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One show you won’t want to miss! The Big One, the Borden NCHA Futurity, will be better than ever this year. The 50th NCHA Futurity will be held in 2011 and the National Cutting Horse Association is pulling out all the stops to make it a show you don’t want to miss. If you’ve ever thought about going to the NCHA Futurity, this is the year to do it. Now you can come to Fort Worth, see the greatest cutting in the world, be a part of history, and enjoy the ultimate equine vacation. NCHA Futurity 50 World Championship The world’s most promising three-year-old cutting horses compete over 20 days in the Will Rogers Coliseum for a total purse of $4 million. The Open Champion’s name will take its place on the sport’s most coveted trophy and earn a $200,000 pay day—the richest cutting horse prize of the year. And, as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, on the night of the Open Finals, you can bid to be the first spectator to ever watch an NCHA Triple Crown event from the 6th Judge’s Box. The lucky bidder also will receive a pair of Futurity 50 commemorative chaps signed by all the living Futurity winners. All proceeds from this auction go to support the NCHA Foundation. Neiman Marcus Futurity Champions’ Cup, presented by Jerry Durant Auto Group In celebration of the 50th NCHA Futurity, the National Cutting Horse Association will present a unique event that spotlights the Futurity’s history in a crowd-pleasing format. All 32 living past Open Futurity champion riders were invited to take part in the NCHA Futurity Champions’ Cup, to be held in Fort Worth, Texas. The Neiman Marcus/NCHA Futurity Champions Cup, presented by the Jerry Durant Auto Group, will start at 4:00 p.m. in Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, November 26. Red Steagall, the Great American Storyteller, Hall of Fame Rider Bill Riddle, and Tom Holt, the Voice of Cutting, will host the event. The past champions will compete in one of three age groups, with the winner of each division receiving a specially designed champion’s buckle. All entrants will receive a custom trophy sculpted by Weatherford, Texas, artist Kelly Graham. “The 50th NCHA Futurity gives us a unique opportunity to honor our past champions in a format that will appeal to cutting horse fans everywhere,” said NCHA Executive Director Jeff Hooper. “By bringing together great riders from a span of five decades with some of the top horses in training today, the Futurity Champions’ Cup promises to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience.” General admission is $10, with proceeds to benefit the NCHA Foundation in its mission to preserve the history and protect the future of cutting. Tickets are available online at nchatickets. com. Because of the unique nature of this event, admission will be by ticket only; no buttons or other passes will be honored. Neiman Marcus will host a Futurity Champions’ Cup party for all NCHA members at their Ridgmar Mall store on Friday evening, November 25, with food, beverages, live music and Christmas shopping opportunities. For 104 years, the Neiman Marcus name has been synonymous with quality, service, and the Texas experience. One lucky fan at Saturdays event (18 years old or older) will win $15,000 off the purchase price of any new vehicle from Jerry Durant Auto Group of Weatherford, Texas, the Official Triple Crown Auto Dealership of the National Cutting Horse Association. A drawing of ticket numbers at the Futurity Champions’ Cup will determine the winner. CUTTING HORSE CHATTER • NOVEMBER 2011 129
Western Bloodstock Horse Sales When it comes to buying and selling cutting horses, nothing compares to the sales conducted by Western Bloodstock Partners. During Futurity 50, you can experience six spectacular days of sales featuring cutting horses from the sport’s finest bloodlines. Millions of dollars will be exchanged among buyers and consignors from around the world. And everybody’s first stop on Super Stallion Saturday, December 10 will be the Watt Arena for the Breakfast of Champions and the 10th annual Parade of Champions, where you can take a close look at the sport’s greatest active sires. As part of the 50th Futurity celebrations, Western Bloodstock has invited all 20 living Open Futurity Champion horses to take part in the Super Stallion Saturday festivities. Daily sales will be held, Monday, December 5 through Saturday, December 10. Check westernbloodstock.com for the latest consignments and details. Get cultured in the cultural district Fort Worth’s cultural district is home to five major museums, all located blocks from the coliseum. Feed your artsy side by visiting any or all of these museums, and see what’s in store when you get there. Amon Carter Museum Will Barnet: Relationships, Intimate and Abstract, 1935-1965. An American pioneering printmaker, painter, and educator, Will Barnet is known for his works depicting humans and animals in casual life as well as fantasy worlds. This year would have marked Barnet’s 100th birthday, and this exhibit features nearly 50 of his works that show the evolution of his art from realism to abstraction. 130 CUTTING HORSE CHATTER • NOVEMBER 2011 Masterworks of American Photography: Landscape This exhibit brings together an assortment of the Amon Carter Museum’s magnificent landscape photographs, from daguerreotypes to ink-jet prints. Landscape photography has long been a focal point of American art and of the Amon Carter Museum. Feature Photography Exhibition: Work Photographers throughout history have captured people in their essence doing their jobs. This modest survey exhibition, drawn from the museum’s extensive collection, showcases photographers’ recognition of work from how people are often defined by their jobs to their documentation of labor’s troubles and successes. John Marin: Modernism at Midcentury John Marin is one of America’s foremost modernists, and he was one of the first American artists to make abstract paintings. This special exhibition of more than 50 oil and watercolor paintings from his 20-year career, from 1933 to 1953, will be on view at the Amon Carter. Modern Art Museum Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series Based on the aerial landscape, the large-scale abstract compositions of Richard Diebenkorn’s Ocean Park series are the artist’s most famous work. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is featuring more than 75 paintings, prints and drawings spanning two decades. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Alexandre Hogue: An American Visionary, Paintings and Works on Paper This retrospective display represents a vital link in Texas history, as Hogue remains the preeminent figure from the 1930s and 1940s to consistently capture the look, feel, and psychological character of the Southwest landscape. Fort Worth is the third and final stop on the exhibition’s limited-engagement tour. National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame The Cowgirl Who Became a Justice - Sandra Day O’Connor: A 30th Anniversary Celebration Prior to Sandra Day O’Connor, no other female in the United States had been given as heavy and as public a yoke to carry in representing women, the West and, in turn, the best interests of the nation. The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame proudly celebrates 2002 Hall of Fame Honoree Sandra Day O’Connor on the 30th anniversary of her appointment to the United States Supreme Court.
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