Andy Kurtz Performance Horses

10/11/2024

Proudly serving the great folks of the western and equine industries!

09/27/2024

CRCHA Mid America Show in Douglas, Wy was a success for our barn!

𝓜𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓡𝓮𝓫 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓐𝓷𝓭𝔂 𝓚𝓾𝓻𝓽𝔃
Owned by Cross Performance Horses

4th Open Derby
3rd Intermediate Open Derby
1st Limited Open Derby
1st Novice Horse Open Derby
1st 4-Year-Old Open Derby

𝓗𝓸𝓽 𝓓𝓸𝓷𝓷𝓪 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓮 𝓦𝓮𝓫𝓮𝓻
Owned by Megan Ciana Rand

1st L1 Open Derby

𝓘 𝓢𝓾𝓻𝓵𝔂 𝓝𝓲𝓽𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓽 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓮 𝓦𝓮𝓫𝓮𝓻
Owned by Linda Pratt

1st Limited Open Bridle

𝓒𝓟 𝓗𝓪𝓵 𝓸 𝓗𝓪𝓿𝔂𝓪 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓣𝓪𝓰𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓽
Owned by Betsy and Joe Taggart

5th Youth Boxing Horse Show #1
2nd Youth Boxing Horse Show #2

𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓖𝓸𝓮𝓼 𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓣𝓪𝓰𝓰𝓪𝓻𝓽
Owned by Betsy and Joe Taggart

4th Youth Boxing Horse Show #1

𝓒𝓱𝓲𝓬𝓪 𝓒𝓲𝓮𝓵𝓸 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓛𝓮𝓲𝓰𝓱 𝓟𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓴𝓲
Owned by Leigh Gillingham Papierski

6th Limited Non Pro Boxing

09/20/2024

It’s always a good day horse showing when your barn has the 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 at the Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association Mid America show! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Andy & Metal Reb marked a 147 to finish 🥇 in the Open, Intermediate Open, Limited Open, Novice Horse, and 4-Year-Old Incentive Derby. Congrats to owner Cross Performance Horses.

Madie Weber & Hot Donna, owned by Megan Ciana Rand, have the top spot 🥇 in the Level 1 Open Derby and 🥉 in the Limited Open Derby with a 142.5.

Andy & CP Hal O Havya, owned by the Taggart family, had a nice 144.5 for🥈in the Limited Open Derby and 4-Year-Old Incentive Derby.

They’re ready for the fence work today!

📸Haley Sue Media

08/27/2024

How about assistant Madie Weber & Hot Donna winning the Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association Western Slope Level 1 Open Derby! Along with their win, they finished 6th in the Limited Open Derby and Top 10 in both the Intermediate Open & Open Derby. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Congrats, Madie! You put in the work, and we love to see you get the results you deserve.

Thank you Dean & Megan Ciana Rand for giving Madie the opportunity to train and show such a nice horse. Congrats on her win.

07/27/2024

Mason Taggart & One Timin Katie are on 🔥 in Tulsa. They rode into the herd of the Youth Boxing Spectacular today and left with another 148 -- 3 points ahead of their competitors.

They finish out with the rein and cow work tomorrow. Best of luck Mason & Katie. We're all cheering for you!

07/26/2024

🔥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 🔥
Congrats to Andy & Metal Reb, owned by Cross Performance Horses, on making the Limited Open Hackamore Classic Finals.

Herd work starts tomorrow — Draw 5

Watch Live >> Chclivescoring.com

🎥 Haley Sue Media

07/25/2024

𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘯 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘈 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘢. We're ready to cheer on Andy and his gritty red mare, Ms Genuinelysmart. The duo is draw 32.

This is some of the best cowhorse watching around Catch the action live >> https://chclivescoring.com/live.phtml?cid=25455

🎥 Haley Sue Media

07/24/2024

🔥Fire🔥

07/24/2024

💥BAM💥
Mason Taggart and One Timin Katie strike again!!

07/23/2024

Couldn’t be more proud of Mason Taggart and One Timin Katie and his 148 today!

07/23/2024

𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗔 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗮, 𝗢𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮 👏🏽

Metal Reb marked a 215 in the Herd Work.
🥉Limited Open
6th Intermediate Open
Top 20 Open Derby

CP Hal O Havya is sitting 11th in the Limited Open.

One Timin Katie & Mason Taggart marked a 144 in the Rein Work of the Non Pro Boxing Spectacular, putting them sitting 5th.

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Tuesday is Rein Work for the Open horses:
CP Hal O Havya is draw 30
Metal Reb is draw 84

Katie & Mason are draw 39 in the Herd Work.

As always, you can run in to catch the action live.

Cross Performance Horses

07/16/2024

Congratulations to Collins Kurtz & Docs Vintage Oak on their success at their first Ranch Versatility show. The duo finished the weekend as the 🥈 Reserve Overall Champions in the Youth division.

Thank you to the CoWN-SH crew for being so welcoming to Collins. You all went out of your way to help her tackle some new events. She had the best time, and she can’t wait to make it to another one.

07/06/2024

What a great week in Douglas, Wyoming, for the Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association Firecracker Show! The highlight of the show may have been seeing at least one +1 on every horses scorecard at some point throughout the week!

Metal Reb showed up! We are beyond proud of how well Reba showed for Andy in only her third outing.
🥇 Limited Open Derby
🥈 Novice Horse Derby
🥈 4-Year-Old Incentive Derby
4th Intermediate Open Derby
8th Open Derby
3rd high Open Herd Work score with a 146.5 and a 146 in the Rein Work

CP Hal O Havya got fancy in the cutting pen, marking a 1️⃣4️⃣7️⃣ in the Herd Work – the high mark in the IO, LO, NHD Derby and 2nd high mark in the Open Derby.

Thank you Cross Performance Horses horses for keeping me mounted on such nice mares.

Hot Donna and Madie Weber are becoming a great team.
🥉 Level 1 Open Derby
Highest Level 1 Herd Work score
Thank you Megan & Dean Rand for giving Madie the opportunity to show such a nice horse.

I Surely Nita Cat had success in the Open and Non Pro ends of the arena.
🥈 Limited Open Bridle with Madie Weber – 291.5 composite
7th in the Intermediate Non Pro Boxing with owner Linda Pratt – 286.5 composite

Slugging Whiskey and Mason Taggart put together one of their best Rein Work runs yet – a 146.

Collins & Hazie Kurtz each took The North Face for a spin in the Short Stirrup class.

Next stop, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the NRCHA Hackamore Classic!

06/14/2024

We wrapped up the Colorado Reined Cowhorse Association Drought Buster show a few weeks ago, and we want to send a big congratulations to our clients and their successes:

Megan Ciana Rand & 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗮 put it together for a stellar show, taking home a nice check.
🥈Non Pro Derby
🥇Intermediate Non Pro Derby
🥇Limited Non Pro Derby
🥇4YO Incentive Derby

Mason Taggart and his two horses — 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲 & 𝗦𝗹𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗸𝗲𝘆 — had great runs, won some money, and got ready for the NRCHA Western Derby.

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦
🥉Youth Boxing
5th Non Pro Boxing Spectacular

𝘚𝘭𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘺
4th Youth Boxing
6th Non Pro Boxing Derby

𝗠𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁 made it to her first show after a couple years in the breeding barn. She and Andy had some fun in the Open Bridle & Open Stock Horse Challenge 4 Event.
4th Open Stock Horse Challenge
4th Open Bridle
4th Intermediate Open Bridle

𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘺 Michael Magill Photography

05/29/2024

It's time for the National Reined Cow Horse Association Western Derby in Scottsdale!

Best of luck to all the competitors, especially our horses and clients.

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘆
CP Hal O Havya owned by Cross Performance Horses
Metal Reb owned by Cross Performance Horses

𝗡𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗯𝘆
Sluggin Whiskey and Mason Taggart

𝗡𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿
One Timin Katie & Mason Taggart

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗕𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴
One Timin Katie & Mason Taggart
Sluggin Whiskey and Mason Taggart

As always, catch the action live at https://www.nrcha.com/events/western-derby/

05/27/2024

𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮 🇺🇸

Today, we remember all those who have fought for our great country to allow us to live this wonderful, western way of life. Thank you from the bottom of hearts to all those, and their families, who have sacrificed so much.

6-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘒𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘻 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘤𝘴 𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘖𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳.

Photo credit: Jaime Barton

05/25/2024

Exciting news! We have a SNEAK PEEK of my book Your Complete Guide to Equine Arenas right here! https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0832/4422/0713/files/Your_Complete_Guide_to_Equine_Arenas-excerpt.pdf?v=1716323565 Check it out! Don't forget to pre-order here https://trafalgarbooks.com/products/your-complete-guide-to-equine-arenas so you're first in line to get your copy. Whether you're looking to build an arena on your property, or maintain the riding space you already use, you'll find useful tips from experts including Bob Kiser of Kiser Arenas and Danny Austin of Austin Operated Equipment!

05/03/2024

04/16/2024

🥈𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬🥈

Mason Taggart & One Timin Katie added another title at the NRCHA Stallion Stakes to their list of accolades. It’s always fun to watch these two show!

Congrats to Mason, Katie & his parents, Joe and Betsy.

04/13/2024

Finals Day at NRCHA Stallion Stakes

CP Hal o Havya owned by Cross Performance Horses

06/02/2023

Reysin Royalty
Owned by Cross Performance Horses
2nd Open Two Rein CRCHA SageBrush
1st Open Two Rein CRCHA Drought Buster
2nd Open Bridle Spectacular CRCHA Drought Buster

03/31/2023

𝐌𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝 & 𝐍𝐨𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐳 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 & 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬!

Huge congratulations to this team. We’re excited to watch these two in the finals today & tomorrow.

Megan & Jimmy are draw 11 in the herd work today. Tomorrow, they are draw 15 in the rein work and draw 8 in the cow work.

As always, you can watch live at nrcha.com.

03/23/2023

It’s Vegas time! We’re ready to cheer on our crew over the next week at the National Reined Cow Horse Association Stallion Stakes.

As always, you can catch the action live at https://www.nrcha.com/event/teton-ridge-stallion-stakes/.

02/04/2023

💥 The countdown is ON 💥 February 6th is our first collection day of the season!

The boys are ready to rock and roll and we are looking forward to another great season! Please call our office with any questions regarding our collection calendar!