Taylor Sheridan Recruits Celebrity Friends For a Horse Cutting Event — Nicole Kidman, Brandon Sklenar, and More Take Over Fort Worth This Weekend

What do Bella Hadid, Nicole Kidman, Taylor Sheridan, and Nacho Figueras all have in common, aside from being international superstars? They’re all going to be in Fort Worth this weekend, alongside numerous other celebrities for the 2024 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Celebrity Cutting at Will Rogers Coliseum on Friday, November 29.

The event will benefit UT Southwestern Medical Center in Fort Worth. Director and writer Taylor Sheridan has recruited celebrity friends — a star-studded lineup from his TV shows, including Yellowstone, Landman, 1883, 1923, and Lioness — for support.

Cowtown native Taylor Sheridan and his wife Nicole are co-chairing the Celebrity Cutting, a fundraiser for a cause close to home.

“I was successfully treated at UT Southwestern and saw firsthand the quality of doctors and care,” Nicole Sheridan tells PaperCity. “I believe Fort Worth and areas to the west could greatly benefit from having more doctors and services here. We now have the Moncrief Cancer Institute, and we’re currently raising money to build a state-of-the-art radiation center. We also have a medical center that has amazing specialists, and we have plans to bring in many more,” she says. 

Aside from celebrity sightings, the Celebrity Cutting is also a chance to watch a professional cutting contest — a Western-style equestrian competition. Cutting started in the old ranching days of the American West for practical reasons when a cow needed to be separated from the herd. It then became a sport where riders and their horses are judged on their skills in this practice. Cows have a herd mentality, binding them together, so it’s a challenge. The rider and horse have to work together to cut a cow from the herd quietly, expertly anticipating its movements.

Most celebrities are in attendance only to watch the cutting, but a couple are actually competing: Ian Bohen (Yellowstone, Teen Wolf) and Nacho Figueras, an Argentinian actor, former Ralph Lauren model, and professional polo player. Other celebs attending the event include Brandon Sklenar (1923, It Ends with Us), Jefferson White (Yellowstone, Chicago P.D.), Mo Brings Plenty (Yellowstone), and Forrie Smith (Yellowstone), among others. 

VIP tickets will get you a front-row seat to the cutting and celebrity access, and the VIP Pre-Party includes a performance by Luke Grimes (Kayce of Yellowstone). Nicole Kidman joins the meet-and-greet, and drinks and hors d’oeuvres complete the scene.

You can find tickets for the NCHA Celebrity Cutting event here.