One of the most highly-paid events for performance horses begins August 12 at the South Point Arena and Equestrian Center in Las Vegas, NV. There are two huge changes to The Run For A Million 2024: Bullfighters Only will be replaced with a two-round Invitational Bareback Buck-out and The Jump For A Million (a competition for North American diving dogs) will be added. Tickets for this year's event sold out in less than ten minutes.
Although scammers are relentless on social media, the real livestream details can be found here. Livestream access can be purchased at a cost of $75 for full access. Full access includes the $200,000 Cutting Challenge, $200,000 Cow Horse Challenge, Bareback Buck Out, and the $1 million The Run for A Million contest. Access to individual events can also be purchased.
The invigorating event has already generated some excitement in 2024 with the announcement of the first European qualifier and the subsequent change of that rider. Cow horse riders qualified last fall at the National Stock Horse Association's World's Richest Stock Horse competition and the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Western Derby. Five more riders will qualify at the NRCHA Hackamore Classic on July 26.
Quarter Horse News is your behind the scenes and pre-event news source this year, providing you with information on all the qualifiers and their horses.
Click on the subheadings below for more details on each major class as they become available. Each link takes you to a list of the horses each rider will be taking.
Click on “$200,000 Cutting Challenge” above to find out who they will be riding.
The NCHA sanctioned Cutting Challenge will take place on August 15th at 7:00 p.m. PDT.
The NRCHA sanctioned Cow Horse events begin on August 16th at 4:00 p.m. PDT, starting with the Cowboy Heritage Challenge, followed by the Youth Fence Challenge, and concluding with the Cow Horse Challenge.
The NRHA sanctioned reining event will take place on Saturday, August 17, following the Bareback Buck Out Invitational.
