Cutting
Les Timmons & Sindicat Win Futurity
Les Timmons was nicknamed Hollywood for his flair in the cutting arena. It seems he’s found an equine companion after his own heart. Timmons, an icon of the Canadian cutting scene, added another chapter to his already considerable legacy Saturday night at the Stampede Corral — posting a 222 aboard Sindicat to win Open Futurity, …
Race for the World
Waxing ecstatic about this battle in the saddle, Pete Branch invokes the lingo of the sweet science. You know, the squared circle. “It’s two really good horses, and as I told somebody the other day, they kind of remind me of two heavyweight or middleweight boxers just standing in the ring, trading punches,” says Branch, …
Cutting Futurity Season
Canada\’s cutting, cow horse and reining pinnacle event – the Canadian Supreme – is well underway at the Westerner grounds in Red Deer, Alberta. The highlight of course are the aged horse events. This show represents the second final futurity event in Canada, just two weeks prior to the Calgary Stampede Cutting Horse Futurity. We …
Calgary Stampede's Cutting Futurity
Few Canadian cutters, if any, have carved out a throne like the one occupied by Dr. Denton Moffat. Still, says Moffat, winning one of these seats would be a real treat. There’s a special incentive to this year’s Calgary Stampede Cutting Horse Futurity, presented by Wrangler — and that’s the final seven Centennial Trophy Saddles …
Home Grown & Raised
SUBMITTED BY ELAINE GOOD, PHOTOS BY BARB GLAZER Forty horses competed for over $10,000 in prize money at the Limited Age Event held in conjunction with the Moose Jaw Cutting Horse Show, August 2 to 5, 2012. Presented by the Saskatchewan Cutting Horse Association, this event continues to bring the excitement of seeing the 3 …
The Stampede Spotlights Cutting
The Calgary Stampede takes a look behind the cutting event: Why is Dustin Gonnet a heavy hitter in the cutting arena? Put it this way — he’s had plenty of time to ruminate about ruminants. In other words . . . Dustin Gonnet knows cows. Gonnet, 29, has arguably been the most consistent performer in …