With yesterday’s runs completed, reining fans moved one step closer to seeing the NRHA Futurity Open Champion earn $165,000, a piece of the estimated $1.5 million+ open purse.

The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) hosts the Adequan North American Affiliate Championships each year during the NRHA Futurity in Oklahoma City. The championships are for NRHA members and horses that have qualified through their respective Regional Affiliate Finals.

Beginning January 1, 2014, Show Passes will no longer be offered at NSBA events. All exhibitors and owners will be required to have an active NSBA membership before showing.

Mandy McCutcheon (Aubrey, Texas) and her Ms Whiz Dunit (Topsail Whiz x A Bueno Poco Dunit) jumped to the top of the level 4 non pro standings with a score of 219. Mandy and the mare won the Southwest Reining Horse Association Futurity Non Pro in October to bring her freshman earnings to more than $7,700.

Yesterday’s show concluded with section two of the second go-round of the nearly $500,000 added NRHA Open Futurity.

More than 60 open riders and horses entered the Jim Norick Coliseum Arena at Oklahoma State Fair Park to battle for a qualifying position in Saturday’s finals. Two offspring of Walla Walla Whiz sit atop the leader board of the level 4 open division composite: Walla Whiz Affair and ARC Prized Walla.

The $260,000-added National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Cinch Non Pro Futurity entered the Jim Norick Coliseum Arena at Oklahoma State Fair Park yesterday with the first section of the go-round. More than 100 non pro riders took to the arena yesterday at the 2013 NRHA Futurity & Adequan® North American Affiliate Championship (NAAC) Show that runs until December 7 at Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City.

Each finals sends its eight highest placing riders, plus ties, to the Adequan NAAC to compete for North American bragging rights. NRHA congratulates the following champions that already have been crowned during the show.

With six sets of points over the course of the four-day event, this show is the perfect primer for your post-Thanksgiving show schedule.

Thursday/Friday judges- John Briggs, Kelly McDowall, and Chris Jones

Saturday/Sunday judges- Brad Kearns, Liz Baker, and Debbie Cuvelier

Each received a bevy of prizes for their achievements, including cash, saddles, custom trophies, tack, grooming supplies, embroidered gear and photographs. Hart Trailers awarded one-year use of a three-horse aluminum slant-load trailer to the All-Around Horse.