One of our projects, "Community Futurisms: Time & Memory in North Philly," is a collaborative art and ethnographic research project exploring the complexities of history, time, temporalities, and futurities within a specific low-income community currently undergoing displacement and redevelopment.
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Both the NRHA and many breed associations offer snaffle bit futurities, usually for three-year-old horses, which pay very large purses.
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Mattson Real American Quarter Horse pp. 26–27 He was an outstanding sire of broodmares, many of his daughters going to on produce racehorses as well as show horses. Leo's daughter Leota W was the 1947 Co-Champion Quarter Running Two-Year-Old Filly. Leola, another daughter, was the first Quarter horse to win three futurities, winning the Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming Futurities.
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Peterson started out her barrel racing career with Bozo in aged events, something she had not tried before. In her first two years at futurities and derbies in 1991 and 1992, she earned almost $150,000. In December 1992, Bozo won the Barrel Futurities of America World Championship Derby and Sweepstakes. She did a little bit of competition with the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) in 1991, after buying her WPRA card.
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The purpose of futurities in general is to identify and promote the best young horses in a given discipline. Futurities are common in performance disciplines such as horse racing, as well as in sport horse competition for jumpers and dressage horses. They are also seen in western-style events such as barrel racing, reining, and cutting. Various horse breed registries also offer futurity events to encourage breeding and development of young horses across multiple events open to a specific breed.
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Youree spent significant time promoting the sport of barrel racing. Under the hands of Youree and other women, it became a standardized event in rodeo. She also participated in bringing the Girls Rodeo Association to a nationally-sized organization. Youree and her husband organized the Barrel Futurities of America, the Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association, and the Youree Horsemanship Camps.
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The ABBI created futurities for registered bulls from ages 1 through 2, and derby events for bulls that are 3 years old. For bulls that are 3- and 4-years old, they created classic events. The annual ABBI Futurity and the Classic World Finals are the top two events for bulls. The Classic World Finals is held at the PBR World Finals.
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Belknap Horsewords p. 204 #A horse show competition for horses of a specified age, where the owners nominate the horse either before birth or as a young foal and then pay additional fees as the horse grows up to continue the eligibility to enter the horse in the class at the proper time. Futurities exist for many different horse breeds and equestrian disciplines.
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Futurities are sometimes criticized for asking too much of young horses, too soon. The debate centers around whether the intense training required can harm the long-term welfare of the horse. Some organizations have responded by moving certain competitions from spring to autumn to allow young horses more time to mature. In other cases, debate rages over allowing young horses one more year before their major performance competition.
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Sign outside of NILE office in Billings, Montana Through the years the NILE Stock Show has always been a show with some of the purest and most influential genetics in the world. The NILE is host to several national cattle breed shows and sales. Additionally, the NILE Gold Buckle Select Horse Sales features a weanling/yearling sale, performance horse sale, as well as six different futurities. The NILE ProRodeo is Montana’s most prestigious rodeos.
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After the incident in which Bodacious injured Hedeman and the bull's subsequent retirement, there was a significant cultural shift in the sport of bull riding. Originally the riders were the focus of the sport, but Bodacious made bulls themselves into popular athletes: many fans knew the name of Bodacious but not that of the injured rider. After Bodacious became so popular with fans, his popularity expanded to other bulls, such as Asteroid, Bushwacker, and Dillinger. Stock contractors started making money from all types of activities, not just bucking them: marketing, futurities, licensing, and breeding.
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Boston and Fashion did not meet again, although there was pressure to do so. Instead a new rival from the south, a mare called Peytona who had amassed more money over a shorter career than Fashion, appeared. Peytona won her stake money by racing in one particular event, an affair very reminiscent of today's "futurities" where bets are placed well in advance of a race, in this case years in advance. Peytona was an undefeated mare with a long stride of , which would have rivaled the great Longfellow's stride.
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Futurity competition Among the events drawing the most entrants are limited aged events, known as futurities, which offer large purses and added money in classes that offer competitors a chance to win hundreds of thousands of dollars, possibly millions. Cutting's "Triple Crown" begins with the NCHA Futurity, an event limited to three-year-old horses. Following the Futurity is the NCHA Super Stakes, and the NCHA Derby for four-year-olds, usually held in conjunction with the Summer Spectacular. Five- and six-year olds, compete in the NCHA classic/challenge.
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Thus, an AKC breed club cannot require a higher breeding age, hip dysplasia ratings, genetic tests for heritable diseases, or any other restrictions. Parent clubs have the power to define the looks of the breed, or the breed standard, and may also restrict participation in non-regular events or classes such as Futurities or Maturities to only those dogs meeting their defined criteria. These non- regular events can require health testing, DNA sampling, instinct/ability testing, and other outlined requirements as established by the hosting club. In summary, attention to health among breeders is voluntary and not mandated.
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Her earnings represented the first time a woman had broken the $30,000 barrier in a single season for the Canadian Pro tour. Her horse Tia won the "Horse with the Most Heart" award from the Canadian Finals Rodeo in 1991 and 1992, which is the award honoring the barrel racing horse with the fastest time. By the end of the 1990s, Robinson had moved to Alix, Alberta, when she repeated as Canadian Barrel Racing Champion in 1999, aboard her Quarter Horse Bud. In 2004, she won the Barrel Futurities of America World Championship mounted on Lady Perks, owned by Grant Little.
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She won her 4th Canadian barrel racing championship in 2005, astride the same horse and that year, won the first of her three consecutive annual championships at the Ponoka Stampede. In 2007, she won her 19th trip to the Canadian Finals Rodeo, a qualifying record among barrel racers. Robinson married Grant Little after 2010, and the couple resided in Thorsby, Alberta, for half the year and in Maricopa, Arizona, for the rest of the year. Little continued to train horses and compete, but devoted most of her time in barrel racing to futurities rather than professional racing.
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