team JPH news

team JPH news

Johnston Performance Horse is proud to share our latest wins!

2022 WINS

2022 NSHA Open Two Rein Champion

Here Comes The Boon start his Sunday of with a bang . . . National Stock Horse Association Futurity – Open Two Rein Spectacular and Open Two Rein – CHAMPION. Shown by: Johnston Performance Horses and Owned by: Rocking BS Ranch.


2020 WINS

2020 NRCHA National Open Hackamore Champion – Annie’s Smart Cat

Annies Smart Cat

Congratulations to Lance, Annie’s Smart Cat (WR This Cats Smart x Shiney Nu Annie x Shining Spark) and Rocking BS Ranch on their NRCHA National Open Hackamore Title.

video of prelims

2020 NRCHA Open Novice Horse Champion – Annies Smart Cat

Annies Smart Cat (WR This Cats Smart x Shiney Nu Annie x Shining Spark) and Lance Johnston won with a 662 composite (H:218/R:220/C:224), owner Rocking BS Ranch collected $2,445 for the title, plus $10,715 for the 2016 stallion’s third-place tie in the Open. He additionally amassed $1,237 for topping the Open and Open Novice cow work.

annie smart cat

2019 WINS

2019 NRCHA Open Hackamore Year End Regional Champion – HeloMyNamesJohnyCash

helomynameisjohnycash

HeloMyNamesJohnyCash (Cee Mr Hickory x Smart Card Chex x Ill Be Smart) . It was a banner year for Lance Johnston in 2019. Not only did the Lindsay, California, NRCHA professional win the 2019 Snaffle Bit Futurity Open, he piloted a horse he co-owns with wife Tammy to the Regional Award. Riding 2014 stallion HeloMyNamesJohnyCash (Cee Mr Hickory x Smart Card Chex x Ill Be Smart), Johnston earned $5,842.50.

The pair won the Intermediate Open Hackmore at the NRCHA Hackamore Classic in October, and also topped the Intermediate Open Hackamore horse show class.

2019 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open & Intermediate Open Champion!

HEre comes the booN

2019 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Championship PUBLICITY

Lance Johnston and Here Comes The Boon (Once in a Blu Boon x Stay Outta My Shorts), owned by the Rocking BS Ranch, marked a whopping 226.5 to clinch the 2019 NRCHA Open & Intermediate Open Futurity Championship titles with a 664.5 composite score!

stories on NRCHA Open Championship win:
The Big CheeseNRCHA
Snaffle Bit’s Top DogQHN
Dreams Converge – QHN
Turning PointWestern Horseman
Thrilling Fence RunsCutting Horse Central
Champions of the FuturityInternational Horse Press

video interviews:
Champion video interview – Cowboy News
Winners Gallop – Cowboy News
Interview – Brady Weaver
Interview – Virtual Horse Help

videos of the champions – Here Comes The Boon & Lance Johnston :
go:
finals cow work– Equine Promotion
finals rein work – Equine Promotion
finals herd work – Equine Promotion
finals cow work – Dennis Moreland Tack
finals cow work – Reined Cow Horse Training

2019 IRCHA Champions!

Intermediate Open Futurity Champions:
Mr Cee Street (Cee Mr Hickory x Miss Bourbon Street x Pep Bar Deck) owned by Trystin Johnston.
read more >>

Intermediate Open Bridle Champions – 6th Open:
Very Smart Choice (Very Smart Remedy x Magical Lena) owned by Rocking BS Ranch

Very Smart Choice

2019 NSHA Futurity Champions!

Open & Intermediate Open Futurity Champions!

Lance Johnston and Here Comes The Boon (by Once In A Blu Boon) owned by Rocking BS Ranch, composite 656.5.

Champion Talk video – QHN
Lance Powers Through – QHN

2019 NSHA Derby Champion!

Intermediate Open Derby Champion

HeloMyNamesJohnyCash (Cee Mr Hickory x Smart Card Chex x Ill Be Smart), owned by Lance and Tammy Johnston.

Video of go
Stallion Stakes-go

HeloMyNamesJohnyCash

2019 NRCHA Stallion Stakes!

read more
video of Open cow work prelims

2019 Reno Futurity Champion!

Diamonds R Metallic

Intermediate Open & Open Reserve Champion

Diamonds R Metallic (Metallic Cat x Shes Ful Of Diamonds) owned by Gretchen Lemoine

video of – herd work
score 221!

full story >>>

2019 NRCHA Hackamore Classic Champion!

Intermediate Open Hackamore Classic Champion

HeloMyNamesJohnyCash (Cee Mr Hickory x Smart Card Chex x Ill Be Smart), owned and ridden by Lance Johnston to a 659 composite (218.5 herd/ 219 rein/221.5 cow)

Emerging as Intermediate Open Hackamore Classic Champion was HeloMyNamesJohnyCash (Cee Mr Hickory x Smart Card Chex x Ill Be Smart), ridden by Lance Johnston to a 659 composite (218.5 herd/ 219 rein/221.5 cow) worth $4,636. The 2014 stallion is owned by Lance and Tammy Johnston of Lindsay, California.
videos of HeloMyNamesJohnyCash:
rein work || rein/cow work

2018 WINS

2018 IRCHA Futurity Champions!

Lance Johnston

Open Novice Horse, Intermediate Open Champion & 3rd Open

Cats MeradaLeena (Cats Merada x Isabellena) owned by Rocking BS Ranch

read more >>

2018 Wild Spayed Filly Futurity Champions!

Lance Johnston and Three Fingers Holly – Wild Spayed Filly Futurity Champions!

Lance Johnston and Rebecca Sternadel tied for first all three events. Lance’s higher cow work score of 226 broke the tie and won him the 2018 WSFF Championship!

Lance Johnston

videos of 2018 Wild Spayed Filly Futurity:
Rein Work
Cow Work

Keeping the Tradition Alive – Protect The Harvest
Wild Spayed Filly Futurity – QHN

stories on Wild Spayed Filly Futurity:
Lance and the Reined Cow Horse Kasey – Protect the Harvest
video of training wild spayed fillies

episode 2 with Lance

“One of the most bad ass fence runs ever. Its hard to put together a run on a finished cow horse but to do it like this on a mustang that a year ago was running wild is absolutely, unbelievably amazing. I do say my husband is the best Fence trainer in our business.”

Tammy Johnston

2018 Reno Bridle Champion!

The 2018 Reno Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Bridle Champion is Very Smart Choice (Very Smart Remedy x Magical Lena), ridden by Lance Johnston and owned by Rocking BS Ranch! The pair won the Open Bridle Finals on Saturday night with a composite score of 440.5!

Very Smart Choice
Very Smart Choice

2018 NSHA World’s Richest Stock Horse Champion!

Very Smart Choice and Lance Johnston earned the Open Reserve Championship with a composite of 661.5 (220/220/221.5). They took home a paycheck of $3,400 for Rocking BS Ranch, of Las Vegas, Nevada. Like the winner, Very Smart Choice (Very Smart Remedy x Magical Lena x Little Lenas Legend) was bred by Joyce W. Pearson, of Hailey, Idaho.

2017 WINS

2017 Reno Futurity Champion!

Two Scoops of Reysin

Open Futurity Reserve Champion:
Daddys Checks (Im Countin Checks X Playguns Courage), owned by Todd and Chrissy Rogers

Intermediate Open Futurity:
Can You See Me Pops (Cee Mr Hickory X Doin It Too) owned by Monty and Carlee Miller

Open Two Rein Champion: Very Smart Choice (Very Smart Remedy x Magical Lena) owned by Rocking BS Ranch

more >>


2017 NRCHA Stallion Stakes!

One Time Merada

One Time Merada (One Time Pepto x Rose Marie Merada), owned by Debbie Proctor.


2017 Salinas Rodeo Champion!

Open Hackamore Champion
Two Scoops of Reysin (Hes A Peptospoonful X Reysin)
video of go


2013 VCHA Derby Champion!

Silky Smooth Hickory

Lance Johnston takes Mary Stroud’s Silky Smooth Hickory to the $10,000-added Open Derby title. Derby classes were particularly well received — and well-rewarded. In the $10,000-added Open Derby, Lance Johnston took Mary Stroud’s Silky Smooth Hickory to a win that paid $6,210.


2007 NRCHA Futurity Champion!

NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Reserve Open Champion
Shes Full Of Diamonds, by Hes A Peptospoonful and out of Shining Rings, owned by Gary and Kay Watt.

Interviews:
Snaffle Bit Futurity – Horse Illustrated
NRCHA SBF – Sally Harrison