Dig into this weeks’ Performance Report as the summer horse show season is rolls onward, with $1 million events including the Cinch RSNC World Finals wrapping on Saturday, June 13, while the NRHA 6666 Derby has only begun.
Dig into the highlights from the Western performance horse industry in the last week, as well as what’s on the calendar as one of the busiest seasons of the year continues.
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What Happened June 9–14
Ranch Sorting: Cinch RSNC World Finals
Fort Worth, Texas | June 6–13 | $1 million+ in prizes
The 19th Cinch RSNC World Finals wrapped Saturday at Will Rogers Memorial Center after eight days of competition across six pens.
- Les Henderson and Tucker Weatherford opened the week winning the Ride TV Western Heritage #6 HC on 24 head in 219.85 seconds for $8,784.
- Cali Brookshire and Joel Lesh claimed the Spalding Labs Western Heritage All Levels HC on 39 head in 218.12 seconds for $7,972.
Find champion results from the Gold Shootout finals and Championship Saturday here.
Cutting: PCCHA Reyzin The Cash Derby
Las Vegas, Nevada | June 5–14 | $237,000 added
Kenny Platt made South Point Arena his own last week, sweeping both Open divisions on June 8 with two different horses. Platt and Cat (High Brow Cat x Stylish Play Lena), owned by Linda M. Holmes, won the 5/6-Year-Old Open Classic/Challenge at 227. Then he and Tsuenami (Stevie Rey Von x To High For Sue), owned by Jesse Kennon, claimed the 4-Year-Old Open Derby at 225.
LBR Hangem — the reigning Super Stakes champion, also ridden by Platt — tied for second in the Classic/Challenge with a 224 alongside Steele Magnolia (Jesse Lennox, Iron Rose Ranch).
On the Non Pro side, Elizabeth Quirk and Rockn The Rollz (Rollz Royce x Special Nu Kitty) of Ten/27 Ranch topped the 5/6-Year-Old Non Pro Classic/Challenge with a 224.
Case Robertson and Roan (Metallic Rey Mink x Genuine Bear Cat), owned by W. Pete Branch, won the 4-Year-Old Non Pro Derby at 219.
Cutting: Non Pro Plus the Open
Ardmore, Oklahoma | June 4–14
The Non Pro Plus the Open wrapped over the past weekend.
- Clay Johnson and Nicole L G (Reyzin The Cash), owned by Buck Creek Quarter Horses of Nemo, Texas, won the 5/6-Year-Old Open with a score of 224.5, earning $12,000.
- Lance Cooper and Times All Gone (Stevie Rey Von), owned by EJ Huntley of Weatherford, Texas, took the 4-Year-Old Open with a 223, earning $12,000.
- On the Non Pro side, Brody Galyean and Call Me Guido (Metallic Cat), owned by Gil Galyean of Purcell, Oklahoma, claimed the 5/6-Year-Old division with a score of 220, earning $4,210.
- Trystan Crow and Tessa Rey (Metallic Rey Mink), owned by Crow Performance Horses, won the 4-Year-Old Non Pro with a score of 221, earning $5,845, and returned the next day to tie for the Amateur Derby title with a 216.
This Week June 15–21
Reining: 6666 NRHA Derby
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | June 10–21 | $2,000,000+
The 6666 NRHA Derby enters championship week at the OG&E Coliseum. Non Pro go rounds open today across all levels, including the $212,500 Non Pro Derby and the $105,000 Colston Paving Non Pro 4-Year-Old Stakes.
The Freestyle Reining ($20,000) runs Thursday evening before Non Pro Finals take over Friday (June 19) and Open Finals headline Saturday (June 20) — the $205,000 Level 4 Open beginning 5 p.m.
The postponed 2025 NAAC is also running concurrently through June 18.
You can watch the NRHA Derby on Ride TV. Find more information here.
Looking Ahead
APHA World Show
Fort Worth, Texas | June 21–27
More than $1.5 million in cash and prizes on the line at the Will Rogers complex, with the International Ranch Horse Association World Championship Show and Triple Crown Challenge running alongside the APHA slate.
AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse World Championships
Amarillo, Texas | June 21–27
$100,000 in added money across the VRH World Championships, the Ranching Heritage Challenge Finals and the Cattle Level 1 Championships at the Tri-State Fairgrounds in Amarillo — all sponsored by the 6666 Ranch.
NCHA Summer Spectacular
Fort Worth, Texas | July 10–August 2
One of NCHA’s triple crown events opens in July, spanning nearly a month at the Will Rogers complex in Fort Worth.
The weekly Performance Report publishes at the beginning of each week on HorseandRider.com.