Bernie Kirkland, 71, Weatherford, Tex., a longtime NCHA member, as well as an Area Director and Amateur Committee member, passed away on Monday, December 21.
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Owned by Holmes/Hill Partnership, Glen Rose, Tex., and shown by Adan Banuelos, All Spice delivered on her name with a 224-point performance on Sunday, December 13, to win the 2020 NCHA Futurity Open championship and $246,880.
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The 2020 NCHA Futurity Sales concluded on Saturday, December 12, as the new standard by which all other cutting horse sales will now be measured.
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For 23 owners and riders of Open 3-year-old cutting horses, the day of December 12, 2020, in Fort Worth’s Will Rogers Coliseum, meant the light at the end of a year-long tunnel of hard work and hope. And following three elimination go-rounds, it all came down to a score of 217.5 points for qualification to the NCHA Futurity Finals
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It began on Day One of the 2020 NCHA Futurity Sales, when Wood She B Magic sold in Session I of the 2-Year-Old Sale for an all-time record price of $1,050,000. By the next day, when Session II had ended, a record number of 11 horses had been sold for $100,000 or more.
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Brandon Westfall scored a near-record 227 points riding Fiddle And Steel, by Metallic Cat, to win his second consecutive NCHA Non-Pro Futurity championship, on Saturday, December 11.
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Charles Russell Bushaw, Weatherford, Tex., scored 219 points on Friday, December 11, to win $28,679 as the 2020 NCHA Futurity McAlister Assets Amateur Unlimited champion.
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It seemed fitting. The name was Hott Attack. And he sold for $185,000 on Thursday, December 10, to top Session I of the NCHA Futurity Preferred Breeders Sale, where 92% of the offering sold for an average of $23,056, a substantial 33% increase over the same session in 2019.
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Riding Reyzin Nu Desires, by Reyzin The Cash, Madalyn Colgrove, Boligee, Ala., scored 222 points to win the NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Semi-Finals. Twenty-three riders with 216 points or higher, from 63 semi-finalists, will compete in the Non-Pro Finals on Friday.
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The Evening Session of the 2020 NCHA Futurity Sales, on Wednesday, December 9, built on the momentum of the morning Cutting Horse Sale with 80% of the offering sold for an average increase of 25% over 2019.
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