Seated high atop his 4-year-old American quarter horse Sweet Holly Okie, Windsor resident Tom Mertle glanced down at a 550-pound black-and-white Angus heifer. He put down his reins, signaling to the ...

Professional cutting horses have never actually worked on a ranch running cattle, but they've trained all their lives to act like it. Roy Carter teaches that instinct - how to separate a cow from the ...

When Stephanie Haymes-Roven and her gelding Hat Trick set out to win some points cutting cows from the herd at the Mercuria National Cutting Horse Association World Series of Cutting, they’re relying ...

“Horse does all the work,” Keith Deaville, a judge with the National Cutting Horse Association, said. The horses he spoke about were cutting horses competing in a show at the Ike Hamilton Expo Center ...

HELIX – Stephanie Wilson nosed her horse, Twotone Jakes, a little closer. The calf in front of her moved its head, paused, then shifted its weight to the other foot. Twotone Jakes, facing the calf, ...

THAT PROMPTED THE MALL’S OWNERS TO SUE THE CITY. THE DIXIE NATIONAL HORSE CUTTING SHOW KICKED OFF TODAY. TAKE A LOOK. SEVERAL RIDERS TOOK ON THAT CHALLENGE AT THE STATE FAIRGROUNDS. HORSE CUTTING IS A ...

The 20-year-old quarter horse stallion has won $204,000 in cattle cutting competition throughout his career, and his offspring have been sweeping up awards and cash, too, said Snackbox’s owner, Mark ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- There aren't many 13-year-olds with a collection of awards from belt buckles to saddles and trophies. "You have to have determination and really work hard," Lexy Slaughter said.

• Cutting horses are used to "cut'' individual animals from herds of cattle. In the Old West — and still today, in some parts of cattle country — these horses helped separate cattle for branding, ...