05/20/2026
Weeks like last week remind us just how special this sport can be.
On one of the Cutting's most respected stages, the 2026 Breeder’s Invitational in Tulsa, our horses showed up—and made us proud.
LBR Hangem 'Shotty' and Kenny Platt — Champion, 5/6 Open Classic Challenge
Sweet On Stevie and C**t Moore — 4th, 5/6 Open Classic Challenge
Dutchess Deluxe and Kenny Platt — Open Classic Challenge Finalist
Gottii and Tarin Rice — Reserve Champion, Open Derby
Nightt Moovez and Rowdy Larson — Open $10,000 Novice Finalist
We’re incredibly grateful for the horses, trainers, opportunities, and the people behind every run.
Thank you to Kenny Platt, C**t Moore, Tarin Rice, and Rowdy Larson—and their teams—for the preparation, feel, discipline, and horsemanship it takes to compete at this level.
To our friends and partners on LBR Hangem — Don Ham, Melanie Smith, and Ty Smith of Solo Select Horses—we’re proud to be alongside you.
And to our entire team at Carpenter Farms, this is your work too. The care behind the scenes, the long days, the attention to every detail… it all matters, and moments like this are built long before the lights come on in the show pen.
Grateful. Proud. And back to work.
