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NYCHA Stallion Service ONLINE Auction is underway:
Bidding for this year's NYCHA Stallion Service ONLINE Auction is now online at NYCHAStallionAuction.com. Currently 94 stallions to choose from, these stallion owners have generously donated the breeding to their stallions to support NCHA's youth program. 100% of the money from the winning bids goes to the NYCHA to help support programs such as youth scholarships, youth awards and various youth activities. The Stallion Service Program is the primary fundraiser for the NYCHA. Contact the NYCHA if you would like to donate a stallion's services. Come place your live bid, NOW!!!

In his first year as a professional trainer, Beau Galyean rode Metallic Cat to victory in the NCI Building Systems NCHA Futurity at Fort Worth's Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum on December 14. Metallic Cat is by High Brow Cat out of the Peptoboonsmal mare Chers Shadow. He is owned by Alvin Fults of Amarillo, Texas. Galyean follows in the footsteps of his father, Jody, who won the 1986 NCHA Futurity on Royal Silver King, and his brother, Wesley, who won with Spots Hot in 2004. Beau Galyean won the Limited Non-Pro division of the NCHA Futurity in 2004 with Double Down Merada.

Craig Crumpler of Wichita Falls, Texas and Chuck Drummond of Waurika, Oklahoma, won the Non-Pro and Amateur finals respectively at the $4.2 million NCI Building Systems NCHA Futurity on Friday. Crumpler rode Woodys Bad Boy, a son of Nitas Wood. Drummond rode My Darlin Girl, by Dualing Freckles. There's a record of more than 1,800 entries in cutting's spotlight event which continues through December 14. Keep up with the action on the live webcast and the Daily Chatter newsletter.

Can't wait for the mail? You can read the entire January issue of Cutting Horse Chatter, featuring complete coverage of the NCI Building Systems NCHA Futurity and much more, online right now.

Amateur Proposal Presented to NCHA Membership: The National Cutting Horse Association's specially appointed Amateur Definition Review Task Force has presented its recommendations to NCHA's 21,000 members worldwide for consideration and input prior to the 2009 NCHA Convention in Denver next June. Recommendations on the subject emerging from the Convention will be presented to the NCHA Executive Committee at their September 2009 meeting. Any actions taken at that time would go into effect in the 2010 point year.

Click here to review the task force's complete recommendations.

How to Choose the Right Cow: A new two-DVD set is now available from the National Cutting Horse Association. See how leading trainers Phil Rapp, Boyd Rice and Matt Gaines pick the cattle that help make wining runs. Read more . . .

GET THE STORY: The new NCHA Storylines videos were a big hit at the 2008 NCHA Convention. A DVD that includes each of the short features, along with a new Inside the Judges Stand video, is being mailed to all current NCHA members. But you can watch the NCHA Storylines videos right now - and share them with friends - online.

Introducing the Sire's Get, All Foals Report
Order this report for an in-depth look at a breeding stallion. This report includes the following information:

3-generation pedigree of the subject

The stallion's detailed NCHA show record, including all major limited age event placings

Summary of the stallion's foals, performers, and their all-time and current-year earnings

AQHA Alliance earnings for the subject horse

List of all of the stallion's AQHA-registered foals, with their dam's and dam's sires, plus their NCHA earnings.

You can order all these reports right now from the official (NCHA/AQHA) web site by selecting the Purchase Reports option at the top of the page

Get a thrill: More than 100,000 cutting fans have watched the Thrill of Cutting video online. It's just one of dozens of NCHA videos now available on youtube.