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Charles Russell Bushaw & Hawk Falcon Soar in NCHA Futurity Unlimited Amateur

Posted on December 12, 2020

Charles Russell Bushaw was feeling confident as he walked Hawk Falcon out of the arena after the Unlimited Amateur finals at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity. That’s because he knew he and the horse raised by his family’s Crown Ranch had put in a good run Friday, Dec. 11 at Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth. “It was pretty fun. The horse felt pretty good,” he said. “Probably the best he’s felt out of all...

Will Bushaw Wins Junior Youth World Title

Posted on July 15, 2020

Will Bushaw and Velvets Revolver are quite the team. No strangers to success at Will Rogers Memorial Center, the Weatherford, Texas, rider and the gelding by WR This Cats Smart continued their winning ways on Wednesday, July 15, by grabbing the Junior Youth World Championship in Fort Worth. They did it at the National Youth Cutting Horse Association (NYCHA) Holy Cow Performance Horses World Finals. Bushaw, who also won the 2018 Junior Youth Scholarship Cutting with “Milhouse,” entered...

Family & Cutting

Posted on October 15, 2019

The world according to this non-pro revolves around a fateful trip to the Oxbow Ranch in Oregon as a young boy. It was love at first sight, and he never was the same again. Somewhere between the readin’, the writin’ and the ’rithmetic, Chad Bushaw’s third-grade class carved out a little time for a field trip to the mini-metropolis of Prairie City, Oregon, a neighboring town to his fam- ily’s home in Long Creek. His teacher...

Bushaw & Velvets Revolver Win Junior Youth Scholarship Cutting

Posted on July 27, 2019

Will Bushaw was out for redemption at this year’s National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Junior Youth Scholarship Cutting. He got it, thanks to some help from his horse. Last year, Bushaw and Velvets Revolver won the Junior Youth go-round leading into the Scholarship Cutting Finals. However, he then broke his arm while riding in a golf cart with friends in one of the parking lots at Will Rogers Memorial Center. The injury forced him to withdraw from...

NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro Ends in Tie

Posted on April 17, 2019

The Kit Kat Sugar National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Super Stakes Non-Pro finals turned out to be a marriage of ties, as both the champion and reserve champion spots made room for four. A purse of $471,864 was the carrot for the 20 riders hoping their ride might be blessed on Palm Sunday, April 14, at Will Rogers Coliseum, yet it was Chad Bushaw who felt he might have gotten a little help from above as...

Charles Russell Bushaw Sees It Through to NCHA Futurity Title

Posted on December 4, 2018

In the Limited Non-Pro finals at the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity, 27 competitors rode to the herd in the Will Rogers Coliseum. It was 14-year-old Charles Russell Bushaw who topped them all from the first draw of the second set with a huge 221 aboard the Woody Be Tuff mare Wood You See. “It was good, I’m real excited. I was just trying to have a good, clean run, and have fun,” Bushaw said...

Bittersweet claims 2018 NCHA Non-Pro Horse of the Year

Posted on November 30, 2018

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7 Questions with the Bushaw Brothers

Posted on July 29, 2018

Western Horseman spends an afternoon with Russell, Will and Wesley Bushaw of Weatherford, Texas, and catches a glimpse of what it’s like for three brothers to grow up riding horses together. https://www.westernhorseman.com/slides/3453-7-questions-with-the-bushaw-brothers...

One Sweet Victory

Posted on May 26, 2018

When Bittersweet stepped in the arena at the Breeder’s Invitational (BI) for the Derby Non-Pro finals, she and Chad Bushaw had only shown at two prior shows, where they were named 2017 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Non-Pro Champions and 2018 NCHA Super Stakes Non-Pro Co-Champions. When they rode out of the pen in Tulsa, Oklahoma, they had marked a 223, garnered $23,758 in earnings and secured yet another title as the Derby Non-Pro...

Tic-Tac-Tie in the Super Stakes Non Pro

Posted on April 23, 2018

In a field thick with potential winners, it was no surprise that two rose to the top. “Cutting with the Stars” would have been an apt description of Sunday night’s Lucas Oil National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Super Stakes Non-Pro finals. Among the 21 finalists were 2017 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Champions Chad Bushaw and Bittersweet, as well as Megan Miller and Carolena Reyn, who won the first go-round, composite and Non-Pro semifinals. Both teams scored a...

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