In just its first two years, the National Reining Breeders Classic has paid out over a half million dollars and has become the largest added money reining event in the world, with over $215,000 added.

According to NRBC officials, the 2000 event, which is scheduled for April 12-16, will be bigger than ever, even though the stallion program will not reach its first year of maturity until 2001. At that point, the program is expected to pay out nearly half a million dollars in just one year!

Cubby Dunn, NRBC Program Director, reports that stallion enrollment is growing and that over 1500 foals were subscribed to the program in 1999 alone. That bodes well for the future, but don’t think the excitement is on hold for the year 2000.

“For this year,” begins Mike Christian, Executive Director and Horse Show Manager, “we’re looking at a few new highlights