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The NRHA approves shows for all breeds of horses, and for all levels of riders from beginning amateurs to professional trainers. They also sponsor the NRHA Futurity for three-year-old horses. [3] The NRHA also sponsors the NRHA Derby, for horses ages 4–6 years old. These horses compete for more than $600,000 added in purse money.
Futurity competitions for horses include the following. A horse race, usually for two-year-old horses. [1] Multiple horse races carry variants on the name "Futurity Stakes." Similar races for three-year-olds are called a Derby, [7] the best known being the Kentucky Derby in the US and the original “Derby”, the Epsom Derby in the UK.
In contrast, the total purse for the 2021 NCHA Futurity which was held November 17, 2021–December 11, 2021 was $4,160,381.80, with 2,379 Entries, and $600,000 in added money. John Mitchell riding "Janie Wood" won the Open, earning $241,340.31, and Christina Galyean Cox riding "Playful Metallic won the Non Pro, earning $63,186.87.
Each Labor Day, two-year-old horses run the richest quarter-horse race in the world at Ruidoso Downs. Here's a look at its 64-year history.
The Futurity Stakes, commonly referred to as the Belmont Futurity, is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-September or October at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, United States. Open to two-year-old horses, it is raced on turf over a distance of six furlongs .
The NRHA considers all of these individuals contributions exceptional to this sport. The Reining Horse Foundation instituted this hall of fame to continually acknowledge these individuals, and their display is a permanent exhibit which can be visited at the NHRA headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma .
The Los Alamitos Futurity is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds run over a distance of one and one sixteenth miles (8 + 1 ⁄ 2 furlongs) on the dirt held annually in early December at Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, California. The event currently offers a purse of $200,000.
In 1962, Welch and other competitors started the NCHA Futurity. The NCHA Futurity is an event for 3-year-old horses who have not been shown before. In 1962, the NCHA Futurity held its first event at the [5] Nolan County Coliseum [13] in Sweetwater, Texas. [5] Welch rode Money Glo, owned by C.E. Boyd, III, in the event. [13]