MEDIA ALERT

 

CUTTERS IN COWTOWN

It's Futurity Time Again

 

November 23, 2000 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

            If you've been seeing a lot a horse trailers on the highways around Dallas-Fort Worth lately, well it's Futurity time again in Fort Worth. The 39th annual National Cutting Horse Association World Championship Futurity begins its 18-day run today, Thursday, November 23, with first-go-round competition beginning at 8:00 a.m.

 

            The event begins today and concludes with the Open Division Finals on Sunday evening, December 10, all at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum in Fort Worth.  The winner of the Open Division Championship receives $200,000 and a place in cutting horse history.

 

            A total of 1,509 horses (three-year-old cutting horses) will compete for a record purse of more than $2.8 million in this year's Futurity event, the richest single equine event in Fort Worth's history.

 

            The NCHA World Championship Futurity, a Fort Worth event since 1967, draws  more than 150,000 spectators and including competitors, their families and visitors to the area, generates more than $25 million for the local economy.

 

            This year's Championship event includes horses owned by residents of more than 40 states. By the way, there are 12 riders named Jim, only one rider named Billy Bob, and more than 8,800 head of cattle will be used during this year's Futurity competition.

 

WHAT:            NCHA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FUTURITY

           

WHEN:            November 23 through December 10

WHERE:            Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum

                        Fort Worth, Texas

 

Contact:            Pete Hale / NCHA Media

                        Media Room 817- 870-2207

                        Cell Phone 512-917-1998

                        NCHA Office  817-244-6188  (Fort Worth)

                        More information at NCHA website:  www.nchacutting.com

 

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NCHA NEWS - November 23, 2000

 

 

 

ABOUT CUTTING AND NCHA

 

 

            The sport of cutting has roots in Western ranching traditions, where good horses were a necessity for everyday ranch work and cattle handling. "Cutting" horses specialized in their ability to separate or "cut" one cow from a herd of others for branding, doctoring or shipping. The National Cutting Horse Association was formed in 1946 by a group of cowboys and ranchers who wanted to promote cutting competition, standardize rules and preserve the cutting horses' Western heritage. Today, the Fort Worth-based NCHA represents more than 13,000 members in 22 countries and oversees more than 1,400 NCHA-approved shows with more than $22 million in total prize money awarded annually.

 

For more information, contact Pete Hale at NCHA, 817-244-6188 or visit the NCHA website at www.nchacutting.com.

 

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