BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY The NRHA Futurity is what dreams are made of. As a little girl I dreamed of being apart of such an amazing world-class show. This year was my fourth time attending the futurity and one thing never changes – the feeling I get from being surrounded by incredibly talented horses …
BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY The road to the futurity is a long one. It takes determination, and dedication, a good trainer/rider and a great horse to just make it to the futurity. This horse show is one of the most motivational, inspiring, eye-opening, exciting and frustrating shows to compete at. The hours of work put in …
BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY Jesse showed the last of his three horses on Sunday – Ten Reasons. He was really looking forward to showing Ten – he\’s been really good all year and is fun to show. There are so many reasons to love Ten. 1. He\’s a cute little bugger. 2. He may …
BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY Jesse showed one more of the boys on Saturday, this time it was CJ. The night before show day, Jesse was working his stop when CJ pulled a shoe off. I\’ve never seen a shoe fly so far – I had to go searching for it in the back stands …
The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) proudly congratulates its newest NRHA Million Dollar Rider – Rudi Kronsteiner. In the world of Reining, only 14 other competitors have crested the millionaire peak to date. Kronsteiner now is unofficially among those elite NRHA Million Dollar Riders and the first European-based rider to earn the prestigious designation. Kronsteiner, …
BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY Thursday was day one of the first go at the NRHA Futurity. Jesse was set to show Cooper and they drew up 85th in the first go of the first day. He was able to ride Cooper in the Coliseum a few times leading up to show day, getting him …
BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY It’s been a busy couple days here at the Futurity. Move in was a couple days ago so we packed everything up at Todd Arvidson’s and made the move early Tuesday morning. This year the show organizers had trailers line-up and competitors were required to show their horse’s coggins papers …
BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY NRHA has an array of activities for spectators and competitors enjoyment over the two week event. For starters, there’s One Stop Shopping! If you are in search of the perfect holiday gift or some new gear for your reining horse the gift market in the Coliseum, Super Barn and outdoor …
BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY Now that we have arrived in Oklahoma, it’s day one of preparation for showing at the “BIG” Futurity. The four boys had a long ride on the trailer, but they were feeling pretty fresh. Jesse opted to work his three in the round pen while Jeff rode Buddy out on …
BY GUEST BLOGGER DEANNA BECKLEY It was a long 32 hours of driving, but we made it to Oklahoma in one piece – horses and all. The trip started out slow, the ranch got a huge dump of snow the night before we left and it snowed hard through most of Montana with a wind …
