NCHA Triple Crown

The NCHA Triple Crown comprises three major cutting horse aged events beginning with the NCHA Futurity for 3-year-olds, followed by the NCHA Derby for 4-year-olds, and NCHA Super Stakes for 5-year-olds.^[1] All three events are held at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft. Worth, Texas.^[2] The culmination of prize money for all three events in 2008 was in excess of $10 Million, surpassing that of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

There have been only 3 NCHA Open Division Triple Crown winners and 1 NCHA NonPro Division Triple Crown winner since the inception of the NCHA in 1946:

• Smart Little Lena ridden by Bill Freeman (1982-1983) Open Division^[3][4]
• Docs Okie Quixote ridden by Joe Heim (1983-1984) Open Division^[5]
• Chiquita Pistol ridden by Tag Rice (2002-2003) Open Division ^[5]
• Watch Me Whip ridden by Armando Costa Neto (2015-2016) NonPro Division^[5]