The
NCHA Triple Crown comprises three major cutting horse aged events beginning with the
NCHA Futurity for 3-year-olds, followed by the
NCHA Derby for 4-year-olds, and
NCHA Super Stakes for 5-year-olds.
All three events are held at the
Will Rogers Coliseum in
Ft. Worth, Texas.
The culmination of prize money for all three events in 2008 was in excess of $10 Million, surpassing that of the
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, often shortened to Triple Crown, is a series of horse racing, horse races for Thoroughbreds, often restricted to three-year-olds. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred racing, Thoroughbred horse races i ...
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There have been only 3 NCHA Open Division Triple Crown winners and 1 NCHA NonPro Division Triple Crown winner since the inception of the NCHA in 1946:
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Smart Little Lena
Smart Little Lena (June 29, 1979–August 30, 2010) was an AQHA registered Quarter Horse, an NCHA Triple Crown Champion cutting horse, and sire of champion cutting horses. He was inducted into both the AQHA Hall of Fame and NCHA Horse Hall of ...
ridden by Bill Freeman (1982-1983) Open Division
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Docs Okie Quixote ridden by
Joe Heim (1983-1984) Open Division
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*Chiquita Pistol ridden by Tag Rice (2002-2003) Open Division ][
*Watch Me Whip ridden by Armando Costa Neto (2015-2016) NonPro Division]
References
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External links
Armando Costa Neto Makes Historic Win in Non Pro Derby Final of 2016 NCHA Summer Spectacular, Video West, August 7, 2016
National Cutting Horse Association