///////// FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECT0R
A GRAND CELEBRATION
A year ago the theme of my letter was perseverance. We can all remember the great freeze of February 2021 and the challenges that resulted. If we were challenged in 2021, we were blessed in equal measure at the Kalpowar Quarter Horses Celebration of Champions in 2022. Thank you to everyone who helped make this the grandest celebration of our World Champions, Derby, and World’s Greatest Horseman and Youth Horseman contenders ever! Dr. Anna Morrison Records were broken from the very beginning. Entries were up 15-percent across the board, 40-percent in our Boxing division classes, and we had our first ever 200+ horse Open Derby in the Tres Osos Cow Horse Derby. As expected, a bigger purse drew more competitors to the Western Bloodstock and Hashtags World’s Greatest Horseman than ever before, and our World’s Greatest Youth Horseman, presented by MARS EQUESTRIAN™, boasted its largest field to date. I heard many of you comment that from the first weekend it felt like finals weekend—RV lots were full, parking lots were full, barns were full. Cowboy Channel, a great partner in promoting our sport, featured two live broadcasts from our event, and the World’s Greatest steer stopping and fence work preliminaries were as well attended as the finals used to be. In the midst of all of that excitement, we announced that we had sold out of all tickets available to the public for the World’s Greatest Horseman Finals in the historic Will Rogers Coliseum. On February 19th the 4,900+ strong crowd enjoy the expanded field of 15 Open finalists and were dazzled by the talents of our Youth finalists. The event was on fire from start to finish, and at the end of the night, we congratulated Emily Kent on her phenomenal win in the World’s Greatest Youth Horseman and gave a “hooray” for Corey Cushing as he became a three-time World’s Greatest Horseman aboard his partner, Lynne Wurzer’s stallion, Hott Rod. I hope you all felt the excitement for our sport on that very special night! As we all make final preparations to head to Las Vegas for the Teton Ridge Stallion Stakes, I hope you will remember that excitement and let it drive you. Las Vegas is our next chance to share what makes our sport and our cow horse family special—our amazing horses, our talented horsemen, excitement in the arena, and camaraderie throughout. On top of this, we will be celebrating our newest class of NRCHA Hall of Fame inductees. Here is to cheering on our next set of champions, as well as those who have had the greatest impact on our sport! Viva Las Vegas, and viva cow horse!
4 MARCH/APRIL 2022 | REINED COW HORSE NEWS
Volume 27, Number 2
Official Publication of the National Reined Cow Horse Association Published by Morris Equine Group a division of MCC Magazines, LLC
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