NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity – September 2012

This high-profile event has probably created more fans for reined cow horses than any other single show. The first Snaffle Bit Futurity was held in 1970 at Cal-Expo in Sacramento and boasted 27 entries. The Futurity has become a major spectator event with thousands of fans now making the trip each fall to the Reno Livestock Events Center in Nevada for twelve days of the world’s finest cow horse action. Horses entered in the futurity are 3-year-olds and shown in a snaffle bit in three different disciplines: herd work, rein work and cow work. It’s been called, “The Greatest Show on Dirt”. In addition to the snaffle bit competition, the show features all of the NRCHA bridle and hackamore classes, the annual Hall of Fame Banquet, the Best of the West Trade Show, and the Snaffle Bit Futurity Horse Sale.