NCHA Triple Crown

{{Short description|Series of cutting competitions}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/080708/spo_315090093.shtml#.V8WzumUcNZs|title=Cutting Horses Have Own Version of Triple Crown|publisher=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |date=August 7, 2008 | access-date=August 30, 2016}} All three events are held at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Ft. Worth, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/other-sports/article4113958.html | title=Rodeo Insider: Cutting horses’ Triple Crown starts this week at Will Rogers | publisher=Ft. Worth Star Telegram | date=November 17, 2014 | access-date=August 30, 2016}} 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{{cite web | url=http://amarillo.com/sports/sports-columnist/2010-09-06/rodeo-cutting-horse-champ-smart-little-lena-dies#|title=Rodeo: Cutting Horse Champ Smart Little Lena Dies|publisher=Amarillo Globe News|last=Hoffman |first=Brett|date=September 6, 2010|access-date=August 30, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.quarterhorsenews.com/index.php/cutting/cutting-outside-the-pen/9797-smart-little-lena-euthanized.html | title=Smart Little Lena Euthanized | publisher=Quarter Horse News | date=2010 | access-date=August 30, 2016}}
• Docs Okie Quixote ridden by Joe Heim (1983-1984) Open Division
• Chiquita Pistol ridden by Tag Rice (2002-2003) Open Division
• Watch Me Whip ridden by Armando Costa Neto (2015-2016) NonPro Division{{cite web|url=http://lubbockonline.com/sports/2016-08-09/hoffman-neto-pulls-triple-crown-cutting-horse-victories#|title=Hoffman: Neto Pulls Off Triple Crown of Cutting Horse Victories|publisher=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal| last=Hoffman |first=Brett | date=August 9, 2016|access-date=August 30, 2016}}