09/10/2025
🔥🔥USCHA NEWS:🔥🔥
The United States Cutting Horse Association is not sitting idle. Full throttle ahead! Out with the old and in with the new!!
Information below will give you a glance at what USCHA will offer in 2026.
USCHA INDUSTRY FOCUS
🔹1. Cost containment-achieved by limiting USCHA members expense during qualifying season to obtain great goals, payouts and awards in participation based competition. Additionally no membership fees.
🔹2. “Level Up” NON Limited Age contests in “weekend” sector of cutting horse industry. Achieved by creating a totally new class structure.
🔹3. Encourage more entries in NON Limited Age contests.
Achieved by creating unlimited entries in Professional (trainer) “weekend” classes. Also, by expanding Limited Rider Classes not requiring horse ownership.
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USCHA CLASS STRUCTURE
FOR QUALIFYING YEAR 2026
“ Trainer Classes”: 3 classes with 2 levels in each. At USCHA NATIONAL FINALS 2026 ALL trainer classes will pay Level 2 Champions guaranteed 💥$10,000.00
Level 1 Champions guaranteed 💥$5,000.00
Top 5 total payout at finals
all classes.
Highest levels of class eligibility in the industry .
“ Non Professional “classes there will be 2.
Non Pro level 1
Non Pro level 2
Both divisions will receive a guaranteed minimum payout of $3,500 to Champions at National Finals plus Top 5 payout & many awards.
“Limited Rider” classes there will be 3. All divisions will receive a minimum guaranteed
$2,500 to Champions at National Finals plus Top 5 payout and many awards .
Please note full details with much more information and additional changes will be available in the official 2026 United States Cutting Horse Association rulebook. When the rulebook is available online at the USCHA website we will notify members via email and social media.
We are very excited and look forward to the USCHA 2026 show season! 🤠