Performance

Granite began his performance career in cutting under trainer Trent Smith, progressing through aged-event competition before establishing himself as a consistent Open and $5,000 Novice competitor. A significant early result came at the 2022 NCHA Autumn Spectacular Open Futurity, where Granite and Smith scored 219.5 to finish equal fourth, earning $3,109.14. He subsequently placed third at the 2022 NSW Cutting Horse Club Deb Elliott Memorial Pink Cutting and continued to compete successfully in Open and Novice cutting competition. His later results included second in both the Open and $5,000 Novice at the Southern Cross Cutting Horse Club Canowindra Championship Show, before qualifying for the NCHA National Finals, where he finished ninth in the Open Classic and equal eighth in the $5,000 Novice. Granite subsequently transitioned into campdrafting, demonstrating the versatility anticipated from his combination of cutting genetics and proven Australian campdrafting maternal bloodlines. After beginning his campdraft career with Matt Moffat in 2024, he was campaigned by Jason Birney in 2025, recording scores of 90 in the Bollon Novice B and Glenmorgan Open, as well as 88 in the Balonne Branch ASH Maiden. His performance career across both cutting and campdrafting demonstrates Granite’s ability to take the cattle sense, responsiveness and athleticism required in the cutting pen and successfully apply those attributes in the broader Australian campdraft arena.

Foal crop