Already 20 Horses entered in € 10,000 added Open Bronze

Press Release February 22, 2012

2012 NRHA European Futurity & NRHA Show:
Already 20 Horses entered in € 10,000 added Open Bronze Trophy,
29 in the € 5,000 added Non Pro

Kreuth (Germany), March 18 to 24, 2012

There are only four more weeks until the 2012 National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) European Futurity & NRHA Show (March 18-24, 2012) at Kreuth, Germany. The internationally renowned event is attracting top riders from all over Europe with more entries are coming in each day. Visitors can look forward to high-class sport not only in the European Futurity classes, but also in the full slate NRHA show. At the moment, there are 20 horses in the €10,000 added NRHA Open Trophy class. That’s six more than last year’s final total. In the  €5,000 added Non Pro class, 29 horses have been entered so far.

In the NRHA Open Trophy class, last year’s champion Volker Schmitt will ride Chic Magnetic (Chocolate Chic Olena x Shiners Crystal) and Hollywood Gun Dunnit (Gunner x Isle Bea Dun It). Both horses are owned by Equus Quarter Horses, Inc. Those who watched the Open Trophy last year will certainly remember Chic Magnetic’s fine run. As the last horse to go in the class, the stallion scored a 228 to win. Bernard Fonck and Kitas Spark placed second (226.5). Volker had the horse in training for only two months prior to the class, and the NRHA Open Trophy was their first as a team.

Bernard Fonck will once again return to the NRHA European Futurity. He will ride BA Reckless Chick at this year’s show. With this gelding by Hollywood Reckless, Bernard earned team siver at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Kentucky. The horse is owned by Nicky Van Tendeloo. Bernard Fonck and BA Reckless Chic have become a ‘winning combination’ with their achievements including the 2008 Americana NRHA Open Trophy class and the $30,000 added NRHA Open Trophy class at the 2009 CS Classic in Givrins, Switzerland.

Then, there is NRHA Million Dollar Rider Rudi Kronsteiner with two horses. One of his mounts is being Hollywood Yankee Kid. The stallion by Rowdy Yankee and out of Sunshine Yellow Kid is owned by Heike Nixdorf and Mario Karner. The pair won the NRHA Open class at the Reining International de Lyon in 2011.

More top riders in the NRHA Open Trophy class include Franco Bertolani, Nico Hormann, Oliver Stein, Morey Fisk, Cody Sapergia, Lukas Brucek, Gennaro Lendi, Jurgen Pouls, Michel Sandijk, Mirjam Gensicke, Peter Ljungber and Christian Dalla Pozza.

In the NRHA Non Pro class, last year’s Champion Claudio Risso and Spat A Blue will give it another try. In 2011, the stallion (Spat Olena x ARC Joy Surprise) scored a 223 winning the class and taking one big step towards the 2011 NRHA Non Pro World Championship title. But it won’t be easy for them with fine horse-rider-combinations like NRHA Germany Breeders Futurity Non Pro class winners Michael Jungfer-Schubert and Dun It On The QT (by Hollywood Dun It), Manuel Bonzano and Splendit As Gump BB (by Little Gump), Lisa Buscher Pfohl and Smart Like Delta, Richard Hagl and Ima Royal Legacy, Tina Kunstner-Mantl and Sparks A Whizzen, and many more.

The NRHA Open Trophy class is scheduled for Wednesday, March 21 with the NRHA Non Pro Trophy class following the next day (March 22). Entries can still be made. Please refer to the website for download.

These are the sponsors of the 2012 NRHA European Futurity so far:


Premium Sponsors

• Main Sponsor (Non Pro Futurity): Roleski Ranch
• Arcese Quarter Horses
• 23 Quarter Horses
• CS Classic Ranch

Platinum Sponsors

• Bob’s Custom Saddles
• Nedpoint
• Eifel Gold Ranch
• La Mesa Performance Horses
• Jac Point Quarter Horses
• Gomeier’s World Of Saddles
• Leson Saddles
• OS Western Sports Apparel
• RK Performance Horses
• De Bruin Reining Horses
• Dreams and Prizes
• Equus
• Lope In Western Store

Gold Sponsors

• Griffin Quarter Horses
• Capello Snc

Silver Sponsors

• Tony Muzi Western Boots
• Markel Insurance

Bronze Sponsors

• Nice Horse Tec
• Shooting Star Quarter Horses
• Dr. Michael Schöberl
• PAVO
• R Double U
• Visions Quarter Horses
• 7 Heaven Reining Horses
• Raffeck Sanitär- und Heizungstechnik
• Siegfried Kraus GmbH & Co KG
• Qd Quarter Dream Breeders

Sponsor overview

» All our Sponsors of NRHA European Futurity in Kreuth 2012 in overview.

Exhibitors:

Ute Wilhelm, Phone: +49 176 63209678, eMail

Information and Entries:

Cristina Serra, phone +39 0521 819151, fax +39 0521 812423, eMail
Via Repubblica 6, Gainago Di Torrile, Parma, 43056 ITA

Press Contact:

Ramona Billing, phone +49 6106 2835961, fax +49 6106 2835973, cell phone +49 170 5827420, eMail