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Top Athletes Ready for 2018 USEF Reining National Championships at Tulsa Reining Classic

by Kathleen Landwehr, US Equestrian Communications Department | Aug 31, 2018, 4:50 PM

Lexington, Ky. – Reining athletes from across the country arrived for the 2018 USEF Reining National Championships at the Tulsa Reining Classic. The $15,000 Added USEF Youth Reining National Championship and the Adequan® $10,000 Added USEF Open Reining National Championship presented by Markel Insurance will take place at 6:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, August 31, at Expo Square in Tulsa, Okla. The youth competitors, participating in either the 13 & Under, 14-18, or 19-21 divisions, will perform pattern 12, while the open competitors will perform pattern 9.

Cade McCutcheon and REF Sturgis, the champions of the 2017 $2,000 Added USEF Youth National Championship 14-18 division (Waltenberry)

Casey Hinton was the 2016 reserve champion in the open division, and, this year, he brings Custom Banjo, Stephanie Nelson’s 10-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, for a run at the top placing in the Adequan $10,000 Added USEF Open Reining National Championship presented by Markel Insurance. Twenty-one-year-oldJack Medows (Cuba, Mo.), a member of the 2017 SVAG FEI World Reining Championship for Juniors and Young Riders team, eyes the win in the 19-21 division of the $15,000 Added USEF Youth National Championship with Surpizentheprincess, his nine-year-old Quarter Horse mare. Eighteen-year-old Cade McCutcheon (Aubrey, Texas), a 2017 teammate of Medows, returns with REF Sturgis, Anne-Marie Burns’s six-year-old Quarter Horse gelding, to defend their title in the 14-18 division of the $15,000 Added USEF Youth National Championship. Twelve-year-old Carlee McCutcheon (Aubrey, Texas), Cade’s sister, was the reserve champion in last year’s 13 & Under division and aims for the top spot with Katy Dun It, Shawn L. Stratman’s nine-year-old Quarter Horse mare.

Competition gets underway this evening at 6:00 p.m. CDT in the Ford Truck Arena.

Watch the live stream and find more information at www.tulsareining.com.

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The USEF International High Performance Programs are generously supported by the USET Foundation, USOC, and USEF Sponsors and Members.