NRCHA Snaffle Bit Round Up, CRHA Reining, AQHA World on the Way: Weekly Performance Report Oct. 27

The Oct. 27, 2026 Weekly Performance Report covers a lot of ground, starting in Fort Worth, Texas, with a recap of all things NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, giving a nod to the reiners at the CRHA show in Burbank, California, and looking ahead to the AQHA World Show that starts this Thursday, Oct. 29.

Table of contents

• What Happened October 19–25Reined Cow Horse: NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity FinalsReined Cow Horse: Big Guns in CowtownReining: CRHA Challenge in Burbank
  • Reined Cow Horse: NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Finals
  • Reined Cow Horse: Big Guns in Cowtown
  • Reining: CRHA Challenge in Burbank
• This Week October 26–November 1Ranch Events and Reining: AQHA World Show
  • Ranch Events and Reining: AQHA World Show
• Looking AheadCutting: NCHA FuturityRanch Sorting: Cinch RSNC All-Star Super Sort
  • Cutting: NCHA Futurity
  • Ranch Sorting: Cinch RSNC All-Star Super Sort

What Happened October 19–25

Reined Cow Horse: NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Finals

The 2026 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, presented by Metallic Cat, wrapped October 24 at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth.

Open Futurity: Candy Shopp and Cushing won with a 665 (225 herd, 220 rein, 220 cow) and $200,000 from a field of 344 Open entries.

Corey Cushing Claims Fifth NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Title Aboard Candy Shopp

Int. and Ltd. Open Futurity: Lanham Brown and Rebel De Rosa (Metallic Rebel x Rosa Del Pepto), ridden by Brown for R A Brown Ranch, was second at 661 for $125,000 and won the Intermediate Open ($45,000) and Limited Open ($20,000), adding up to $206,095 in Futurity checks, plus a $33,120 Solo Select Incentive and a $25,600 Valley Equine Incentive.

Lanham Brown Amasses $264K with NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Intermediate, Limited Wins Riding Rebel De Rosa

Open Futurity Final (Top 5)

Find full NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity results here.

Non Pro Futurity. Crue Dowers, 16, of Dyer, Nevada, and Daisy Jane (Metallic Cat x Scooters Daisy Dukes), owned by Triple D Ranches LLC, won the Non Pro with a 656 (217 herd, 218 rein, 221 cow) for $40,000, plus $10,000 for the Intermediate Non Pro title, a total of $50,000, and a $15,390 Western Bloodstock sale incentive.

Crue Dowers Sweeps NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Non Pro Titles Aboard Daisy Jane

Non Pro Futurity Final (Top 5)

Reined Cow Horse: Big Guns in Cowtown

Haven Meged, the 2019 PRCA tie-down roping world champion, won the first NRCHA Foundation Big Guns in Cowtown on October 21 at the Cowtown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyards, scoring a 232 on Bets R Dual (Dual Smart Rey x Bets R Wild), a gelding owned by Justin Wright.

232! Haven Meged, Justin Wright Win Inaugural Big Guns in Cowtown

Reining: CRHA Challenge in Burbank

The California Reining Horse Association’s The Challenge ran October 20–25 at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center in Burbank, California, with the futurity and derby classes October 23–24.

Open Futurity. Martin Muehlstaetter and The Grand Finale (Sleipner LLC) won the Level 4 with a 222.5 and $10,070. Muehlstaetter’s Got Sass (Sleipner LLC) and Andrea Fappani on Spooked By Design (Juston Palmer) tied for second at 221. Gabriele Landi and Spot Check (Rancho Oso Rio LLC) won both the Level 2 (220) and the Level 1 (220).

Level 4 Open Futurity (Top 5)

Find full CRHA Challenge results here.

This Week October 26–November 1

Ranch Events and Reining: AQHA World Show

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | October 29 – November 18 | OKC Fair Park

The Markel AQHA World Championship Show and Adequan AQHA Select World Championship Show open Thursday, October 29, running alongside the Adequan Level 2 Championships and AQHA Level 1 Champion of Champions.

The show is an all-around event, but coverage here is limited to the reining and ranch classes.

Working orders and results: aqha.com/world-show/results/2026
Tentative schedule: 2026 World Show schedule PDF

Ranch Events, Reined Cow Horse: Stock Horse of Texas World Show

Abilene, Texas | October 27–November 1 | Taylor Country Expo Center

The Western Horseman Stock Horse World Championship is Stock Horse of Texas’s marquee year-end event, combining reining, cow work, trail and rail patterns in one stock horse format.

Details: stockhorsetexas.org/world_show.asp

Looking Ahead

Cutting: NCHA Futurity

Fort Worth, Texas | November 16–December 12 | Will Rogers Memorial Center

The Metallic Cat World Championship Futurity for 3-year-olds; the companion Futurity Sale falls during the final week, November 29–December 5.

Ranch Sorting: Cinch RSNC All-Star Super Sort

Las Vegas, Nevada | November 20–22

Join the CINCH RSNC family for the All Star Super Sort at the South Point Casino and Hotel.

Ranch Sorting Stars Head to Las Vegas for the 2026 Cinch RSNC All-Star Super Sort