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ADDED MONEY INCREASES FOR NON PRO LIMITED CLASSES AT THE DT HORSES WESTERN DERBY

Non Pro Limited competitors at the DT Horses Western Derby in Scottsdale, Arizona, will ride for more money than ever during the June 2-13, 2021, event. The National Reined Cow Horse Association Board of Directors voted to add money to the Non Pro Limited Derby and the Non Pro Limited horse show class at the premier event.

This year, $10,000 is added to the ever-growing and popular Non Pro Limited class. Riders will compete in rein work and box a cow in this introductory class to the reined cow horse.

While Non Pro Limited riders do not have restrictions in earnings for the boxing, they cannot have earned more than $750 in a down-the-fence class.

In the Derby, the Non Pro Limited will see an increase of $1,000 from last year’s purse to a total of $3,000 added money. In the Non Pro Limited, riders can show 4-, 5- or 6-year-old horses in the snaffle bit. The Derby includes a herd work, rein work and cow work portion to award a composite score winner in the Non Pro Limited.

The newly named Western Derby will be held at WestWorld of Scottsdale for the second year, with DT Horses Inc. supporting the event as the title sponsor for the first of its three-year commitment.

With a full slate of horse show classes, the DT Horses Western Derby is set to be another huge event, especially with the $100,000 added money to the Open 4- and 5-year-old Derby. The CD Survivor Open Bridle Spectacular, sponsored by Holy Cow Performance Horses, includes $25,000 in added money to the top bridle horse at the event. Furthermore, $25,000 is added to the Non Pro Derby, in addition to the money previously stated in the Non Pro Limited. The increase was voted on by the NRCHA Board of Directors last year.

For more information on these events and reined cow horse, visit www. NRCHA.com.