This past weekend myself and Wes Tiemann a good friend of mine that I work many of my cattle sales with attended the National Cutting Horse Futurity in Fort Worth, TX. I have been wanting to go to this for sometime now and haven't had the chance, with a weekend open from sales we took advantage and headed to Fort Worth.
The horses at the Futurity were amazing, I would definelty describe them as athletes. I have only ridden a cutting horse one time and I must say it is Awesome. To see the horses work so hard and have total control of a cow is Amazing.
The main reason I wanted to go was to see the Auctions. We went to Friday and Saturday's Auctions. On Friday night they sold the horses in the main Sale Arena, the crowd was huge, it is good we got there early because there was not a seat in the house. Selling the sales were Col. Don Green, Col. Steve Friskup, and Col. Justin Holmberg. I had never got to watch these gentlemen sell a sale and I must say they are all some of the best I have ever seen. It was also good to get to meet these gentlemen and visit with them prior to the sale. One of my good friends Wade Cunningham is a Pedigree Reader for Western Blood Stock, that manages the sales during the Futurity. I must say Wes and I both were very impressed with the job that Wade did at the Futurity. On Saturday we watched the sale, during this sale the horses were working a cow while being sold. This is something I had never seen however is very effective. Again a large crowd was in attendance and horses sold well. It is exciting to see a horse working a cow and selling for $150,000 at the same time.
I had a great time while in Fort Worth and as always Wes and I try to learn "Life" lessons every where we go! I am planning on making this trip again next year to see more great horses and more great sales.
Col. Clint
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