Holiday Special Catalog Sale
Special Indoor Preview Friday, November 25 at 3 p.m. HORSEPALACE Arena
| NCHA SUPER STAKES SALES BOOSTED BY BREWER DISPERSAL AND FOREIGN BUYERS; SALE AVERAGES $13,576 Article
and photos by Glory Ann Kurtz Today we have a global economy
– and that flowed over into better prices for cutting
horses during the NCHA Super Stakes Sale, held Saturday, April
14. Wherever one sat in the Watt arena in the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, to view the sale, they could easily see, or hear, a Venezuelan or Brazilian accent, as they bid for horses or signed buyer tickets. With a gross of $2,009,200 on 148 head, the average was a very respectable $13,576. However, “RNAs (Reserve not achieved)" “pass-outs” or “no sales,” were published today by Western Bloodstock, the net on the 119 horses that were marked sold was $1,639,200 for a $13,775 average. A total of 29 head did not change hands, meaning 80 percent of the sale horses changed hands.
The sale gross and average was also boosted by the Tim Brewer Dispersal, with 40 head grossing $790,600 for a $19,765 average. It was announced from the podium that there would be no floor of $1,000 for bids in this section of the sale and that all horses would go to the final bidder. The high-selling horse (a cutting mare with an embryo selling with her for $148,000), a 3-year-old, 2-year-old and yearling all came from the Brewer consignments. They were all sired by High Brow Cat and out of Peptolena Lucinda by Peptoboonsmal. It was interesting to note that the two highest-selling horses were broodmares – even though one was a high-dollar cutting horse, selling with an embryo. The highest-selling horse was Cats Peptolena, a 2005 red roan daughter of High Brow Cat, the cutting industry’s leading sire and out of Peptolena Lucinda by Peptoboonsmal, a leading sire sired by Peppy San Badger (Little Peppy), who started the “roan rage” in the cutting industry. Peptolena Lucinda has a stellar pedigree, as her second dam on the bottom side, is Lenas Lucinda, a daughter of Doc O’Lena with $161,760 in lifetime earnings and the dam of foals earning over $910,000. Peptolena Lucinda had the most foals in the sale, with 14, grossing $499,700 for a $35,693 average. Cats Peptolena is the earner of over $100,000 in NCHA earnings and was consigned by the Brewer Ranch. She sold with an embryo by Pepto Rio Playboy, for a $148,000 final bid. The mare, previewed by trainer Ben Roberson, had been an NCHA Open Futurity finalist in 2008, and in 2009 was third in the NCHA Limited Open Derby a finalist in the 4-Year-Old Open Futurity at Augusta and a semifinalist in the NCHA Open Super Stakes. In 2010, she was the NCHA Limited Classic/Challenge Reserve Champion, placed 4th at the Chisholm Trail Fall Open Classic and in 2011 was an NCHA Eastern Nationals $10,000 Novice.
The second high seller happened near the end of the sale when Hangem High Playboy, a 1997 daughter of Freckles Playboy out of Stressin by Dual Pep, commanded a $117,000 final bid, following a heavy “bidding war.” She sold with an embryo for 2012 by Peptoboonsmal and she was carrying a Metallic Cat foal for 2013. The earner of $75,543 was consigned by Jackson Land & Cattle Co. She was great producer, with her 2002 foals, both fillies sired by Hickorys Indian Pep, including Hickory Indian High ($38,137) and Hangem High Pep ($54,381). Her 2003 gelding, Hangem High Lena earned $26,880; 2004 gelding by Dual High ($31,866) and 2005, gelding Hangem Cat ($274,152) for a total of $425,416.
Cats Boonolena, a 2009 daughter
of High Brow Cat out of that same great mare, Peptolena Lucinda
and consigned by the Brewer Ranch, was the third high-selling
horse and the high-selling 3-year-old at $80,000. The mare,
previewed by trainer Ben Roberson, has a full sister with earnings
of close to $100,000. The high-selling 2-year-old was High Class Peptolena, a red roan filly sired by High Brow Cat out of Peptolena Lucinda in training with Ben Roberson. A part of the Brewer Ranch Dispersal, she brought a $48,000 final bid. The high-selling yearling was Cats Boonsmal, a red roan filly by High Brow Cat out of Peptolena Lucinda, consigned by the Brewer Ranch and selling for $55,000. LEADING
SIRES OF SALE: Leading the average for sires was Kay Floyd’s Freckles Playboy, who finished second in the gross, even though he has been deceased for several years. He sired four offspring grossing $152,500 for a $38,125 average. His highest-selling horse was the second leading horse in the gross, Hangem High Playboy, bringing a final bid of $117,000. In between the Brewer
Ranch Dispersal and the selling of the open consignments, several
breedings to High Brow Cat sold. A lifetime breeding with the
2012 privileges and return, was sold by the Brewer Ranch, bringing
$31,000. The Iron Rose Ranch, Carbondale, Colo., sold two 2012
breedings with return, with one bringing $20,000 and the other
$19,000. His 2012 breeding fee is advertised as $22,500 plus
chute fee. It was announced at the sale that he was standing
at Equine Sports Reproduction in Weatherford, Texas. $50,000 MARE TOPS MARKETPLACE SALE THE NUMBERS SHOW THE MARKET IS HEALTHY FOR GOOD HORSES By
Glory Ann Kurtz When the Babcock Dispersal Sale showed great numbers, everyone was wondering if the upbeat horse market was just a “flash in the pan” during a dispersal sale, or if it was here to stay. The numbers put up at this weekend’s Marketplace At Ardmore consignment auction for performance horses held March 31 at the Hardy Murphy Coliseum in Ardmore, Okla., showed the healthy market for good horses is on its way up. The Top 10 at the sale averaged $24,620, the Top 20, $17,185 and the overall average was $5,361.62, with 80 percent of the consignments changing hands. “We couldn’t be happier with these totals,” said sale manager Susie Reed, “and they certainly reflect the higher end of performance horses that we work so hard to attract. More important, we feel an upswing in the economy and the market is coming back.” The high-selling horse was Cat N Gail, a 1998 mare by High Brow Cat out of Abigail Fletch by Jae Bar Fletch, with earnings of $56,240 and the producer of offspring earning $123,000. The mare, which sold with her 2012 colt by One Time Pepto, was consigned by Sunrise Ranch and sold to Dr. David Hartman for $50,000. The second high seller was Starlights Sonny, a 2000 stallion by Grays Starlight out of Meradas Sunshine by Freckles Merada, with $10,718 in NCHA earnings. Consigned by Brian and JoAnne Workman, the stallion sold to William Randle for $35,000.
Hillis Aiken had the winning bid of $30,000 for Kelle Earnheart’s consignment, A Spoonful Short, a 2008 daughter of Hes A Peptospoonful out of Shorty Lou Lena by Shorty Lena, who was a 2011 CHA Non-Pro Futurity finalist and the 2012 Tunica Futurity and Classic 4-Year-Old Non-Pro Champion, with earnings of $28,880. The next Marketplace
At Ardmore Sale will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3 at Hardy Murphy
Coliseum. Consignment forms are available on the website: www.themarketplaceatardmore.com.
For more information, contact Susie Reed at 580-276-4830, cell
580-490-1103. BABCOCK DISPERSAL SALE AVERAGES CLOSE TO $7,000 ON 280 HEAD BUT THE STORY OF THE SALE WAS THE SELLING OF CAPTAIN NICE Article
and photos by Glory Ann Kurtz Five stallions topped the list of the top 10 horses selling during the Babcock Ranch Dispersal Sale held Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18, at the JL Cow Horse Arena, Whitesboro, Texas. The sale was produced by Bill Richardson of the B&R Ranch, also of Whitesboro, who had purchased all of the Babcock horses from James Bond, who had purchased them from the Bankruptcy court last year. But the heartwarming story of the sale was the sale of Captain Nice – the 11th high-selling horse.
The sale featured over 300 horses, with 133 selling being the Babcock horses and 147 being consignment horses. Also selling on Saturday was equipment, Western art work, including C. R. Morrison bronzes and furniture taken from the Babcock homes. Also 25 saddles, blankets and other equipment sold just prior to the Saturday sale. The used saddle prices ranged from $175 to $1,300 with a couple of trophy saddles going for $1,650 and $1,800. THE
STATISTICS The Babcock horses had not been cared for properly during the time James Bond had them. Feed had been short during a long, hot, dry summer and many of the young horses and broodmares were underweight and not fat and slick like most people would expect at a sale, and many had most of their manes rubbed out. Some mares either hadn’t gotten in foal or lost their babies, and some new babies were very small. But where else could one find such a concentration of the bloodlines of Smart Chic Olena, a popular Smart Little Lena sire now sterile, with 45 of his offspring selling. Seats around the sale ring were at a premium, with most prospective buyers having to stand. But obviously they didn’t mind with buyers came from all over the United States and Canada and a couple of buyers from Australia even bought horses to be sent back to Australia. HIGH-SELLING
HORSES: The five top-selling horses were stallions, with four of the five being from the Babcock bankruptcy, including the high seller, Lot 19, Hesa Catty Chick, a 3-year-old son of Smart Chic Olena out of WSR Cassies Cat by High Brow Cat, bringing $100,000. (Buyers were not announced at the sale).
The second high seller was sold on Sunday as Lot 209 and was a beautiful blue-roan stallion Royal Blue Quixote, a 1999 Peptoboonsmal stallion out of Otro Mundo by Doc Quixote, brought the second high price of $50,000. With an AQHA Superior in Open reining and an ROM in Amateur AQHA reining, the stallion also earned 77 AQHA points and was in the Top 10 at the AQHA Selection World Show in reining.
Lot No. 4, Cowboy Smarts, was the third high seller, bringing the high bid of $40,000. The 14-year-old stallion by Smart chic Olena out of Clarks Hilda bar by Clark’s Doc Bar, has an AQHA Superior in reining with 289.5 Open and 147.5 Amateur reining points, making him the all-time AQHA reining point earner. He has NRHA earnings of $36,148.75, AQHA earnings of $10,798.26 and was in the Top 5 at the AQHA World Show. He sold with frozen semen also.
Bringing $33,000 for fourth place in the Top 10 was one of the most beautiful horses in the sale, Lot No. 174, selling on Sunday. Breyerwood, an 8-year-old son of the famous reining horse and sire Hollywood Dun It, consigned by Bill Richardson. The beautiful palomino stallion, with a mane down to his knees, was out of Last Little Lena, a daughter of Smart Little Lena who produced both NRHA and NCHA money earners of over $28,000. The stallion has been shown and is an NRHA money earner, as well as a trained cutting horse, being on cattle at the Four Sixes Ranch. He has 24 AQHA points earned at the Congress, where he was named the AQHA Junior Reining Junior Champion. No 5 and bringing $28,000, was Chics Leavem, a 10-year-old stallion by Smart Chic Olena out of Docs Leavem Smoke by Mr Gun Smoke, that was announced as being breeding sound. The NRHA money earner qualified for Junior Open Reining at the AQHA World Show and holds an AQHA Open Performance ROM. Docs Leavem Smoke is also the dam Boomernic, an NRHA Futurity Champion and earner of $109,905. Letithappen Captains, a 7-year-old daughter of Smokin Trona out of TM Quiver by Smart Lil Ricochet, was the high-selling mare, and sixth highest horse in the sale, bringing $27,000. She was consigned by David McDavid, trained by Phil Rapp and shown by Phil and Mary Ann Rapp to over $54,500 in earnings, and in foal to NCHA Futurity Champion Rockin W for an April foal. TM Quiver is the earner of $151,544. The second high-selling mare, at $25,000, was WSR Cassies Cat, an 11-year-old daughter of High Brow Cat out of Cassies Oak by Doc’s Oak. Consigned by the B&R Ranch, the mare had $4,412 in earnings and had five foals that sold at the 2004 NCH Futurity sales for a record 2-year-old price of $190,000. She sold with a foal at her side by Leitachic, a son of Smart Little Lena out of a Colonel Freckles daughter. Lizzies Last Player, an 11-year-old daughter of Freckles Playboy out of Lizzielena by Doc O’Lena, consigned by David McDavid, was the third high-selling mare, brining a final bid of $20,000. The money earner of $22,133 was a finalist in both the Open and Limited Non-Pro divisions of the 2004 NCHA Futurity, as well as the Reserve Open Champion of the $10,000 Novice Horse and finishing third in the $10,000 Novice Horse Non-Pro division. The No. 116 horse, and the ninth high seller, was Dunit Starhide, a 5-year-old stallion by Im Chairman (Grays Starlight x Miss Dual Doc) out of Freckles On My Hide by Dunit Rawhide by Hollywood Dun It. Consigned by Bill Richardson, the stallion also brought $20,000. The 10th highest-selling horse was No. 242, Lenas Black Witch, a 14-year-old black mare consigned by the B&R Ranch, bringing $19,000. In foal to Mister Dual Pep, the mare was sired by Dynamite Badger out of Missy O Lena by Man Olena. She was the dam of nine foals, with three being performers earning $72,709 and 76 AQHA points. THE
SELLING OF CAPTAIN NICE
But the 11th high-selling horse was the story of the sale! Captain Nice, a 17-year-old stallion sired by Smart Chic Olena out of Dry Tang by Dry Doc, sold as the last horse in the sale on Saturday, bringing a $16,750 final bid. He was raised by Dick and Trisha Goldstein, Paso Robles, Calif., and caught the eye of Ron Ralls as a weanling. Ralls, who had won the World’s Greatest Horseman title, won $25,866 together, including the 2003 AQHA Reserve World Champion Sr Working Cowhorse title. He was also a proven sire, having offspring winning over $200,000, including Starlights Captain, the 2004 NRCHA Open Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion and the earner of $104,502. In 2003, Captain Nice was sold to the Babcock Ranch. When Ron and his wife, Patty, lived only a mile from the sale in Gainesville, Texas, and when they heard that Captain Nice would be selling in the sale, took the short trip to Bill Richardson’s ranch to look at the stallion. Bill asked Ralls if he would take the stallion home and take care of him and get him ready for the sale, as he was the one who had shown him so successfully. Ron and Patty were more than happy to do that, as they wanted to give the stallion a chance to be owned by someone who would let him spend the rest of his days with them. “We thought about buying him, but we really couldn’t afford it,” said Patty. However, they both agreed that if the horse was within their budget, they would ride him, take him home and let him enjoy a life he deserved. While Ron rode the horse in the arena, showing how beautiful he was and how beautifully he worked, Patty stood by the auction stand – and was bidding. She had a low budget, but she was bound and determined to give the stallion a chance. But when the bid got up to $16,500, Patty looked at Ron and they both decided they’d have to quit. Ronnie Pruitt, Henderson, Texas, got the stallion at $16,750. Heartbroken, Ralls said goodbye to the stallion for the second time and drove home. But Patty wasn’t about to give up. She told Pruitt about the history of the man and the horse and the next morning she received a call from Pruitt, who made her an offer she and her parents, Jim and Elaine Pollard, Nipomo, Calif., just didn’t have the heart to pass up. “I just didn’t feel right having another man’s horse and felt it was only right to offer the horse for the original sale price to the man who truly deserved to have him,” said Pruitt. The next morning, Patty told a still-dejected Ron that they had to go back to the sale because she had purchased a “baby” the day before and they needed to pick it up. Ron begrudgingly drove back to Whitesboro and Patty took him to the barn saying, “There’s your baby.” Ron responded that he didn’t see any babies and she said, “In that stall.” The stall contained Ron’s new baby – Captain Nice. “We were brought back into each other’s life for a reason,” says Ralls. “Whatever that might be, I am proud to call him mine". DISPERSAL OF BABCOCK HORSES PLUS CONSIGNMENTS TO BE HELD SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MARCH 17-18 IN WHITESBORO, TEXAS By
Glory Ann Kurtz On Saturday, the equipment and furniture will be sold, starting at 10 a.m., at the B and R Ranch, also located on Highway 82, just one mile from the JL cow Horse Arena, with four auctioneers working at the same time. There will be a large selection of signed Western art and bronzes, with some by C. R. Morrison, and 25 saddles. A total of 150 horses will start selling Saturday at 2 p.m. The remaining 150 head will sell on Sunday, starting at 10 a.m. All of the horses will be available for viewing at 12 noon Thursday, March 15 at the JL Arena. Show horses will be sold while on cattle and a catalog will be available on the day of the sale. It is also available now on the internet at http://www.bandrranches.com or http://www.brperformancehorses.com. The sale will include 25 breeding stallions, including Captain Nice, Royal Blue Quixote, Cowboy Smarts,, Bryer Wood, Chics Leavem Smoke and Hickaboom. Captain Nice, a 17-year-old stallion by Smart Chic Olena x Dry Tang), trained and shown by top reined cow horse trainer Ron Ralls, is an AQHA Reserve World Champion Sr. Working Cow Horse, an NRHA money earner with an AQHA ROM in Performance. He is the sire of the 2004 NRCHA SBF Open Champion. Royal Blue Quixote (Peptoboonsmal x Otro Muno) has his AQHA Superior in Reining, an ROM in Amateur Reining with 77 AQHA reining points, and Cowboy Smarts (Smart Chic Olena x Clarks Hilda Bar) is AQHA’s No. 1 all-time leading reining point earner and has his AQHA Superior in Open and Amateur Reining. There will also be over 100 mares and foals and 2 & 3-year-old prospects by Smart Chic Olena, Trashadeous, Mister Dual Pep, Hickaboon, Cowboy Smarts and Elans Playboy. There will be a total of 300 head sold, including special consignments from Allen Chappell, Winston Hansma, Bobby Lewis, David McDavid, Carol Rose, Jack Waggoner and Western States. According to Richardson, he purchased the horses from owner James Bond, who purchased them from the bankruptcy court, and all the Babcock horses are in his name with the AQHA. A line of credit or cash will allow for transfer of papers the day of the sale. According to Patty Ralls, “Bill Richardson saved a lot of horses’ lives when he purchased them from Bond.” Auctioneers include Don
Green, Roanoke, Ala., and Tony Langdon, Aubrey, Texas. Pedigrees
will be read by Bill Parker, Billings, Mont., and Tom Brown,
Ruidoso, N.M. For more information on the Babcock horses, contact
the BR Ranch 940-612-1655 or Blair Bailey 940-284-6781. SHINERS RED MAN TOPS TRIANGLE FEBRUARY SALE AT $18,500 March
2, 2012
Shiners Red Man, a 2003 stallion sired by Shining Spark out of a Smart Little Lena mare topped the Triangle Mid-Winter Classic Sale, held Feb. 24-25 in Shawnee, Okla., bringing $18,500 from Kenneth Heritage, Fort Stockton, Texas. The seller was Thomas Parker, Magnolia, Texas. The stallion is a finished heeling horse, placing in the top 10 at Houston and was the 2008 San Antonio Show Circuit Amateur Heeling Champion. He competed professionally at the CPRA National Finals, the PRCA and at USTRC roping.
The second high seller, bringing $15,700, was Mr Whiskers One Time, a 2009 red roan stallion by One Time Pepto out of a daughter of High Brow Cat, with earnings of $112,934, consigned by Bobby Lewis, Overbrook, Okla., and purchased by Leroy Hoffman and Adam Donaldson, Mt. Vernon, Mo. According to sale management, with a great turn-out of buyers and awesome weather, averages across the board were strong, with an overall average of $3,240. The top 100 averaged $6,585, the top 60 averaged $8,150 and the top 15 averaged $12,020. The Triangle 33rd Annual
Spring Sale will be May 4-5, 2012, including a Mixed Session
on Friday, May 4 and a Select Quarter Session on Saturday, May
5. Cutting and roping cattle will be available and there are
no pass-out fees. By
Glory Ann Kurtz With five horses having $100,000 or over bids, the top 10 horses included four broodmares and six yearlings. A yearling was the high seller with a $280,000 final bid. After the bidding was over, it was announced that Tapt Cat, a daughter of High Brow Cat out of the $285,000 money-earning mare Tapt Twice, consigned by the Baldwin’s Waco Bend Ranch had sold to a syndicate which included the Baldwins. The second high seller, at $220,000 was ARC Catty Dual, a 2004 chestnut mare by Dual Pep out of Cat Mist by High Brow Cat. Consigned by AK Cutting Horses, the mare sold to the Center Ranch, Centerville, Texas, with three embryos by One Time Pepto, Smooth As A Cat and High Brow Cat (with no return) and a 2012 breeding to Metallic Cat. The third high seller, at $185,000
was a sorrel yearling filly by High Brow Cat out of Miss Stylish
Pepto by Peptoboonsmal, consigned by Glenn and Debbie Drake.
A full yearling brother to the filly also sold as the next horse
in the sale, for $54,000. Prior to the Preferred
Breeder Sale, S1, breedings to 13 top stallions were auctioned
off with the proceeds going to Horsemen For Christ Ministries.
The stallions included: Autumn Acre, $700; Bet Hesa Cat, $2,800;
Cat Ichi, $1,300; Cats Merada, $2,200; High Brow CD, 6,500;
Im Countin Checks, $1,400; Its Just About Me, $500; Metallic
Cat, $7,000; Palo Duro Cat, $500; Sophisticated Catt, $2,200;
Spots Hot, $3,200; Third Cutting, $4,700 and WR This Cats Smart,
$3,500. BUYERS PART WITH THEIR MONEY DURING NCHA FUTURITY 2-YEAR-OLD SALE By
Glory Ann Kurtz According to prices announced at the sale, the highest-selling horse, bringing $330,000, was High Brow Jackson, a beautiful red roan stallion by High Brow Cat out of Money Talks Smart by Smart Mate, consigned by Gaddy Performance Horses and shown by Hayden Upton. The second high seller at $90,000, was Above Smart Lil Lena, a daughter of Smart Little Lena out of A Cat Above by High Brow Cat, owned by Jo Goertz. Three horses brought $70,000 and six horses sold for $50,000 or more. However, those figures
may all be adjusted downward tomorrow as several tickets did
not go out on several of the horses. The following results were
announced during the sale and are unofficial Full results should
be posted tomorrow with the pass-outs or “reserves not
achieved.” KEENELAND NOVEMBER BREEDING STOCK SALE TOPS 2010 BY DOUBLE DIGITS BROODMARES, RACING MARES AND WEANLING FILLIES TOP THE CHARTS Nov.
18, 2011 However, the larger story is that high-quality broodmares, race mares that are broodmare prospects and weanlings selling well above 2010 figures. According to Eric Mitchell in an interesting article on bloodhorse.com, these outstanding sale results show that buyers are confident about the future of the industry and could mean that the Thoroughbred sale industry has seen the bottom of the market and shows signs of “rising off the floor.” The two top-notch dispersals included the estate of Edward P Evans’ Spring Hill Farm and Prince Saud bin Khaled’s Chanteclair Farm. The number of sale horses offered was down 15.7 percent to 3,185 from 3,780 and the number sold was down 12.8 percent from 2010’s 2,929 to 2,554. Also, the percent “not sold” was down to 19.8 percent from 2010’s 22.5 percent, which are all very positive figures. Spiraling up with very positive numbers were total sales of $208,511,200, up 41.5 percent from 2010’s $147,392,900. Also, the $81,641 average was 62.2 percent above 2010’s $50,322 and the median of $24,000 was up 41.2 percent from 2010’s $17,000. (median is halfway between the highest- and lowest-selling horse). The Keeneland November sale crossed the $200 million barrier for only the tenth time in its 68-year-history. But possibly the best news was in the female category, with the 23 horses selling for over seven figures being mares or fillies! The highest brought $8.5 million. Those 23 mares and fillies brought a total of $54,100,000, for a $2,352,174 average and $2 million average. The seven highest-selling weanlings were all fillies, with the highest bringing $2.6 million. Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland’s director of sales, said a mouthful in Thoroughbred Times Today, following the sale: “Everybody strives to buy quality and as we found out (at) this sale, quality costs a lot of money.” Hopefully the cutting sales held six days, Dec. 5-10, during the upcoming NCHA Futurity sales will be the next to show improvements in all categories. With fewer consignments from 2010 (67 less with 923), if the quality is there, higher numbers should prevail. TRIANGLE OCTOBER SALE SHOWS $10,010 AVERAGE ON TOP 10 HORSES AND $8,160 AVERAGE ON TOP 20 Nov.
9, 2011 On Oct. 7-8, Triangle Sales, Shawnee, Okla., held their 32nd Annual Fall Consignment Sale with the top 10 horses averaging $10,010 and the top 20 averaging $8,160.
The high seller, at $25,000, was Style O Lizzy, a 2004 sorrel daughter of Lizzys Gotta Player that was consigned by Browne’s Bar XL Ranch, Wilburton, Okla., and purchased by Terri Brown, Nocona, Texas. Bringing $11,500 was Hollywoods Watchn Me, a 2006 brown stallion sired by Jewel Dun It, consigned by Glen Shade, Hartford, S.D., and purchased by Dan Twombly, Baynard, Neb.
Headin To Boston, a 2006 sorrel daughter of Cats Headliner, consigned by Browne’s Bar XL Ranch, sold to Jordan Lisenbey, Nogales, Ariz., for $8,700. Two horses brought $8,500, including PRF Lot Of Gun, a 2005 gray daughter of Playgun consigned by the McDaniel Ranch, Ardmore, Okla., selling to Erwin Kranawetter, Jackson, Mo., and Slenas Lil Pepto, a 2006 red roan mare by Sweet Lil Pepto, consigned by Blue DeBord, Claude, Texas, and purchased by Maurice Monias, Alberta, Canada. Frosty Starlight, a 2006 bay roan, overo gelding by Sting N Starlight was consigned by Double S Ranch, Scroggins, Texas, and purchased by Ken Williams, Afton, Texas, for $8,400. Dry golden Gun, a 2006 buckskin gelding by PG Golden Gun, was consigned by Dick Munsell, Woodward, Okla., and purchased by Ryon Simon, Cannon Falls, Minn., for $7,700. Two horses brought $7,500, including Graica Girl, a 2007 buckskin mare by Quigley Dun It, consigned by Chad Green, Roanoke, Ill., and purchased by Alejandro Alvarez Malo, Chula Vista, Calif., and Bobs Chica Lena, a 2007 sorrel daughter of Brigadier Bob consigned by J Bar P Ranch, Weatherford, Texas, purchased by Vittorio Rabboni, Italy. BN A Clipsote Mate, a 2000 gelding by Smart Mate, consigned by the J Bar P Ranch sold to Maurice Monias, Alberta, Canada, for $6,800. The next sale managed by Triangle Sales will be the 2nd Annual Triangle Select Performance Sale, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 2 at the Heritage Place in Oklahoma City. The sale will be held during the NRHA reining Futurity at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, with the Heritage Place facility being just around the corner from the Futurity. There will be a $5,000 Select Sale bonus. Go to the website at http://www.trihorse.com for consignment forms and incentive program details. NEWS FROM THE SALE ARENA By
Glory Ann Kurtz MARKETPLACE
AT ARDMORE SALE: FASIG-TIPTON
FALL YEARLING SALE WRAPS UP MAJOR YEARLING SALES According to Bayne Welker Jr., Fasig-Tipton's vice president of sales, in an article in Thoroughbred Times Today, the 1,046 yearlings is a drop from 2010's 1,168, following the national average, but the quality of horses offered is climbing. "October is probably one of the best times of the year to sell a horse (yearlings) in the fact that it's had as much time as you're going to be able to get it to mature and grow out." If those words are true, will the yearling sales at the NCHA Futurity be good? UPCOMING SALES: Oct. 29 - Brown Farms Dispersal Sale. Westmoreland Expo Center, Westmoreland, TN. 80 head cutting and foundation-bred Quarter Horses. Contact Professional Auction Services 800-240-7900 - www.professionalauction.com. Nov. 5 - Marketplace At Ardmore Sale, Hardy Murphy Coliseum, Reining 2-year-olds in training. Demonstrations Nov. 4, Sale at 9 a.m., Saturday Nov. 5. Susie Reed's 32 Cattle Company; www.themarketplaceatardmore.com. Nov. 10-12 - Head Quarters Sale. Tri-State Fairgrounds, Amarillo, Texas. Demonstrations Nov. 10 - horses sell Nov. 11-12. Held during WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo. www.westernbloodstock.com. Nov. 17-18 - AQHA World Show Sale in Oklahoma City, Okla. 800-240-7900 or www.professionalauction.com. Nov. 18-19 - Clovis Winter Horse Sale in clovis, N.M. Demonstration Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. 575-762-4422 or go to www.clovislivestock.com. Nov. 26 - Billings LIvestock Holiday special Catalog Sale featuring Performance Horses. Billings, Mont. www.billingslivestock.com. Nov. 25-27 - East Texas Fall Spectacular Ranch Gelding Competition & Sale at Lufkin, Texas. George Henderson Expo Center. Havard Sales. www.havardhorsesales.com. Dec. 1-3 - NRHA Futurity Sale at Oklahoma City, Okla., held during NRHA Futurity. 419-565-3837 or go to www.nrha.com. Dec. 2 - Triangle Sales 2nd Annual Select Peformance Horse Sale. Heritage Place, Oklahoma City, Okla. www.trihorse.com. Dec. 5-10 - 8 NCHA Futurity Sales held during NCHA Futurity in Fort Worth, Texas, Western Bloodstock, www.westernbloodstock.com. 2012 Jan. 28 - Augusta Futurity Sale held with Augusta Cutting Futurity. Sale Manager: Ben Emison Sale Co. 817-304-0599. Feb. 4 - 56th Annual Select Breeders Quarter Horse Sale held in John Justin Arena during Fort Worth Stock Show, Fort Worth, Texas. Segraves & Associates. www.ddsegraves.com. Feb. 18 - San Antonio Select Sale held during San Antonio Stock Show, Auction Sale Arena, AT&T Center. Starts at 11 a.m. Segraves & Associates. www.ddsegraves.com. Feb. 19 - San Antonio Ranch Gelding Stakes & Sale(America's Premier Gelding Sale) held during San Antonio Stock Show. Competition at 7 a.m., sale follows. Segraves & Associates. www.ddsegraves.com. NEWS FROM THE SALE ARENA Oct.
13, 2011 NRCHA
SNAFFLE BIT FUTURITY SALES SHOW STRONG GAINS OVER LAST YEAR NRCHA Sale Committee Chairman Sandy Collier reported the final numbers to the NRCHA Board of Directors during the Oct. 11 Board Meeting, saying that overall, the sales showed strong gains over the previous year.Gross sales were $1,694,750, and that was 2 percent higher than 2010 at $1,164,750, with 43 fewer horses. Overall, the average sale price of $9,363 was up 17.5 percent from $7,965, and the median price rose 42.5 percent to $5,700 from $4,000 in 2010. The high over-all seller, Honey Bees, sold in the Select 2-Year-Old Sale, commanding a price of $125,000. The mare, consigned by Eric Dunn and purchased by Debbie Branch, is by Peptoboonsmal and out of Savannah Hickory, and is a full-sister to last year's high seller Savannahboonsmal. Thursday,
Sept. 29 Friday
Sept.30 Saturday,
Oct. 1 NRCHA
Performance Horse Sale The sale was managed by Professional Auction Services, Merryville, VA. For more information go to http://www.professionalauction.com. EIGHT
NCHA FUTURITY SALES SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 5-10 The tentative schedule is as
follows: The nomination deadline is Oct. 25. All sales also carry an 8 percent commission charge. For nomination forms go to www.westernbloodstock.com or call (817) 594-9210. THOROUGHBRED
SALE POSTS DOUBLE-DIGIT GAINS IN TOTAL SALES & AVERAGE RANCH
GELDINGS TO COMPETE FOR $6,500, HORSE TRAILER, SADDLE &
BUCKLES AT EAST TEXAS FALL SPECTACULAR RANCH GELDING COMPETITION
& MIXED SALE NOV. 25-26 The competition geldings will be selling as well as a fantastic group of others on Friday night following the competition. On Saturday there will be a free full breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and the Premiere Mixed sale will follow at 9 a.m. The consignment deadline is Oct. 15. If you have horses to consign you can go to http://www.havardsales.comand it will take you to their web site. If you have questions you can call the office at (337) 494-1333. UPCOMING
SALES: Oct. 22-23 Billings Livestock Fall Special Catalog Sale, Billings, Mont. www.billingslivestock.com. Nov. 5 - Marketplace At Ardmore Sale, Hardy Murphy Coliseum, Reining 2-year-olds in training. Demonstrations Nov. 4, Sale at 9 a.m., Saturday Nov. 5. Susie Reed's 32 Cattle Company; www.themarketplaceatardmore.com. Nov. 10-12 - Head Quarters Sale. Tri-State Fairgrounds, Amarillo, Texas. Demonstrations Nov. 10 - horses sell Nov. 11-12. Held during WRCA World Championship Ranch Rodeo. www.westernbloodstock.com. Nov. 26 - Billings LIvestock Holiday special Catalog Sale featuring Performance Horses. Billings, Mont. www.billingslivestock.com. Nov. 25-27 - East Texas Fall Spectacular Ranch Gelding Competition & Sale at Lufkin, Texas. George Henderson Expo Center. Havard Sales. www.havardhorsesales.com. Dec. 2 - Triangle Sales 2nd Annual Select Peformance Horse Sale. Heritage Place, Oklahoma City, Okla. www.trihorse.com. Dec. 5-10 - 8 NCHA Futurity Sales held during NCHA Futurity in Fort Worth, Texas, Western Bloodstock, www.westernbloodstock.com. 2012 Feb. 4 - 56th Annual Select Breeders Quarter Horse Sale held in John Justin Arena during Fort Worth Stock Show, Fort Worth, Texas. Segraves & Associates. www.ddsegraves.com. Feb. 18 - San Antonio Select Sale held during San Antonio Stock Show, Auction Sale Arena, AT&T Center. Starts at 11 a.m. Segraves & Associates. www.ddsegraves.com. Feb. 19 - San Antonio Ranch Gelding Stakes & Sale(America's Premier Gelding Sale) held during San Antonio Stock Show. Competition at 7 a.m., sale follows. Segraves & Associates. www.ddsegraves.com.
KEENELAND YEARLING SALES ENDS WITH 20 PERCENT RISE IN MEDIAN Sept.
28, 2011 A total of 2,921 horses sold from the 3,688 offered, with 20.8 percent not changing hands. This is down from the 26.7 percent that didn't change hands in 2010. According to an article in Thoroughbred Times Today, Geoffrey Russell, Keeneland's director fo sales said, "There are some real positives in the industry right now: anticipation of higher prices in New York due to the new gaming revenue, lucrative tax incentives for buying yearlings and lower production costs. The market is reflecting that optimism." Six yearlings sold for $1-million or more, including the sale topper during the opening session, a stud colt by A. P. Indy out of Malka by Deputy Minister, consigned by Hill 'n' Dale Sales Agency, agent), which brought $1.4 million from a syndicate which included Robert S. "Shel" Evans, John and Jerry Amerman and other investors. The second high seller went for $1.350,000. Cutting horse sales will have two of those positives: the lucrative tax incentives for buying yearlings and lower production costs (including breeding fees); however, the new gaming revenue will not be there as slot machines at race tracks did not pass during the election in Texas during 2011. However, the industry is getting ready for a bigger fight for the machines, which will split revenues among several horse organizations, including the NCHA, if the slot machines are voted in during the next election, which will take place in two years. On another note, the Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 1,007 yearlings for its Kentucky fall yearling sale that will be conducted over three sessions from Oct. 24-26 in Lexington.
KEENELAND, THE WORLD’S LARGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT THOUGHBRED SALE, STARTS OUT WITH MODEST GAINS OVER 2010 Sept.
13, 2011 The industry’s largest and most important sale, started out with two evening sessions which grossed 2.9 percent higher than 2010 at $45,600,000 and the average growing 1.3 percent to $353,488. However, the best part was the median which advanced 5.3 percent to $300,000 – which, according to Thoroughbred Times, equaled the record for the select sessions, which have been part of the September sale since 1989. Also, a filly topped the second session, becoming the most expensive filly sold so far during the auction, bringing $1 million. In addition, the number of horses that were sold rose from the select sessions’ all-time low of 127 in 2010 to 129. However, the buy-back rate also increased - from 31.4 to 32.5 percent. But the complete story won’t be told until the sale, which will continue for the next 10 days (there is no sale on Sept. 16), ends on Sept. 24. Expectations are high since there have been positive signs at the yearling sales held in Kentucky, New York and Florida so far this year. However, with the number of horses in the 2011 sale, the question may be if there are enough well-heeled buyers to continue the upward trend. This year’s 4,319 cataloged horses in 13 sessions, is the smallest since the 4,294 cataloged in 12 sessions in 2003. The hope is that a provision
in the 2010 tax law, signed by President Obama on Dec. 17, 2010,
that makes 2011 the only year in which the entire cost of horses
purchased can be written off , will induce buyers to spend money
on yearlings. The tax benefits include several provisions that
can significantly lower taxes for Thoroughbred owners and breeders.
Bonus depreciation has increased to 100 percent for eligible
horses and farm equipment put into service after Sept. 8, 2010
and before Jan. 1, 2012, meaning the entire cost of eligible
horses and equipment can be written off. The rate will go down
to 50 percent for eligible horses in 2012. TRIANGLE AUGUST SALE SHOWS AVERAGE UP FROM 2010 Aug.
22, 2011
With the outside temperature being 114 degrees in Shawnee, Okla., 258 horses passing through the Triangle Sales ring on Aug. 6 for a $2,644 average, up from the August sale in 2010. Top buyers came from all over the United States, with 83 percent being completed sales. The high-selling horse was Lil Hick Wil, a 2001 sorrel gelding by Peppys Lil Wil, consigned by Linda Donaghe, Piedmont, Okla., and through agent Steve Colclasure, Cushing, Okla., sold to Morris Monias of Canada, for $15,000. The second high seller, at $11,200, was Hickorys Indian Bell, a 2005 black mare by Hickorys Indian Pep, consigned by Leroy and Donna Hoffman, Mt. Vernon, Mo., purchased by Barry and Linda Howton, Eddyville, Ky Royal Aristocrat, a 2000 red roan mare by Smart Aristocrat consigned by Kenneth Rodgers, Paragould, Ark., was purchased for $10,600 by Mary West, Conroe, Texas. Also, buyer Thomas Bruch, Quitman, Texas, purchased DJ Melody, a 2002 chestnut mare by Dual Jazz, also consigned by Rodgers, for $10,400. Other top sellers included Jae Bar Jewelrs Son, a 2000 sorrel gelding by Lenas Jewel Bars consigned by Mike Wilkins, with Jim Wilkins, Geneva, Neb., as agent, purchased by the Bermuda Ranch, Hennepin, Okla., for $10,000. Also bringing $10,000 was Doc Lena Boon, a 2006 sorrel gelding by Duals Blue Boon consigned by Michael McCall, El Reno, Okla., purchased by Joe Simon, Webster, Minn. The next sale will be the 32nd annual Fall Sale on Oct. 7-8, 2011. Consignments are now open. Go to www.trihorse.com or call (405) 275-2196 or 405-273-2818 or fax (405) 273-8959. ALL THOSE GOOD GELDINGS SELL AT BILLINGS LIVESTOCK COMMISSION'S MID-SUMMER SPECIAL CATALOG SALE Press
Release Offering a big selection of horses - 780 in all - every kind , color, and class, all in one place, and all in one weekend, buyers from New York state to California headed to the Big Sky for a weekend chuck full of horses, ponies, and mules. Leading the pack were two geldings offered by the Double K Ranch, McCook, NE, and included Hip 31 “Sonnys Fine Chex” a 2003 AQHA palomino by Chexs Gold Fritz and out of a Sonny Dee Bar mare and Hip 83 “Quarter Osage” a 2005 AQHA Blue Roan x Last Canal and out of a Blue Boy Hancock-bred dam. Both geldings came gentle, ranch ridden, and handsome, with Hip 31 purchased by Mike Chipko, Topanga, CA and Hip 83 heading north with Grant Little and Rayel Robinson, Thorsby, Alberta, Canada. The top five horses averaged $10,680. Just call them “made-to-order” Hips 173/173X “Duke and Daisy” a 6- and 7-year old gray pony team, were broke to ride and drive and had been in parades, grand entries, sleigh rides, and been all over town. Shown and offered by Kelly Horses, Midway, UT, the unique pair - complete with their special sized harness - sold to Drew and Judy Hutchinson, Alladin, Wyo. In the cutting session, Zeph Schultz, Coalville, Utah, offered an extra nice mare, Hip 145 “Lil Miss Missfit” a 2008 AQHA bay by Pepto Taz and out of Miss Cuttin Wood. Pretty, ready-to-show, and flashy on a cow, the mare showed extremely well in the previews and sold for $8,400 to Belinda Zundel, Portage, UT. BLS is proud to be “Pony Central” offering ponies of all sizes and levels including Hip 109 “Peanut” a 2003 Grade Sorrel gelding offered by Shelly Brodkorb, Vigirl, S.D. The pint sized fellow brought $1,100 and sold to Elvera Neuhardt, Miles City, Mont. Good mules like good horses get attention and Hip 432 “John” a 2005 Dun John Mule offered by Clancy and Ida McNabb, Cody, Wyo., was gentle, stayed gentle, ranch ridden, and would pack and drive, too. Marvin Freid, Bismarck, N.D. bought the hard-to-find-kind for $7,400. Loose horses gained some speed over June prices, and in the prospect division the top five averaged $1,375, top ten at $1,230, top 20 at $1,040, top 50 at $517, and the top 100 averaged $456. Billings Livestock’s next sale event includes the annual “August Catalog Sale”, and “Montana Miniature and Pony Sale” Aug. 27-28. A UBRC barrel race with $300 added - open to all barrel racers - will kick off the weekend’s activities on Friday afternoon Aug. 26 in the BLS Arena. Sale horses are encouraged to compete and enter with a $100 bonus awarded to the sale horse clocking the fastest time. To enter, consign or request a catalog, contact Bill or Jann Parker, BLS Horse Sale Managers at 406-245-4151 or see it all at www.billingslivestock.com
NRCHA SNAFFLE BIT FUTURITY SALES ENTRIES DUE JULY 15 July
9, 2011 Consignment fee for the Classic Yearling and Broodmare Sale, held in the Pavilion Arena of the Livestock Events Center, is $450, which includes the stall fee. If the horses sells, a commission fee of 9 percent of the selling price will be due. There will also be a $15 brand inspection fee. A $250 flat fee will be charged for buy backs, which is in addition to the consignment fee. All fees will be deducted from the sale proceeds if the horse sells, or they must be paid at the sale. There is also a $250 optional fee for the NRCHA Stakes Eligible yearlings. Consignment fee for the Select Yearling and Broodmare Sale, held in the Main Arena, is $650, including the stall fee, plus a 9 percentcommission and $15 brand inspection fee. Buy backs will be a $650 flat fee in addition to the consignment fee. The Select 2-Year-Old Sale consignment fee is $750 plus a 9 percent commission and $15 brand inspection fee. The buy-back fee is $750. The sale will be held in the Main Arena and consignment fee includes stall fee and fee to work cattle while selling. There is a $650 consingment fee for the Performance Horse Sale, held in the Main Arena, which includes a stall fee and fee to work cattle while selling, plus a 9 percent commission and $15 brand inspection fee. Horses bought back must pay a $650 flat fee in addition to the consignment fee. Bridle horses should provide a video of reined work and cow work. Finalists in the 2011 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity in any division may enter the Performance Horse Sale at the Futurity and a finalist supplement session will be held immediately before the Performance Horse Sale. This sale is open to performance horses 2 years old and older and they will work cattle as they sell. Bridle horses will be required to demonstrate a reined work pattern using romal reins in the Preview held Sept. 30 at 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in the covered arena. They will be previewed on cattle at approximately 11:30 a.m., Oct. 1 and a cattle charge will apply. Radiographs are strongly recommended for yearlings, 2-year-olds and performance horses to be in the sale. They should be made within 30 days of the sale and turned in to the sale office. They will be maintained by the sale veterinarian at the sale for viewing by appointment. All sale horses must have a signed consignment form (faxed or mailed), the original registration papers, a signed transfer and a completed disclosure form. Also they must have a current Coggins within six months of the sale and a health certificate dated within 30 days of the sale. For bred mares, a signed breeders certificate or letter from the breeder saying that the mare was bred to the stallion indicated is required, as well as four photos - one from each side, front and back. All sellers must be NRCHA members in good standing. Sale entries will be selected by the Sale Committee based on performance, conformation and quality in photos (at least 4 photos with horse standing, showing front, back and a profile of both sides of the horse). Priority will be given to NRCHA Stakes Eligible entries. If entries are sifted from 2011 Select Yearling and Broodmare Sale, sale management can move the entry to the Classic Yearling and Broodmare Sale. There will be a $5,000-added Yearling Sale purse for the NRCHA Stakes-eligible yearlings that actually sell in the 2011 Select or Classic Yearling and Broodmare Sales. A $250 fee pays the yearling up for the Yearling Sale Purse and may be paid by the consignor or the buyer. The payment must be made by Oct. 2, 2011. Added money, plus fees, will be paid to the highest-advancing eligible 3-year-old in the 2013 NRcHA Open Futurity preliminaries. According to sale management, early entries show consigned yearlings by High Brow Cat, Dual Rey, One Time Pepto, CD Olena, Hes Wright On and other top sires. Also, several proven show horses have been entered in the Performance Horse Sale. Carol Rose Quarter Horses has donated four breedings to be awarded in a drawing from the buyers of each of the four sale. There will be two breedings from each of her stallions: Shiners Lena Doc and A Shiner Named Sioux. The drawing will take place at the end of the sale and the buyer must be present. The drawing is for a non-transferable breeding fee only and any farm fees, vet fees, semen shipping fees must be paid by the winner. Also, each consignor will receive a $100 gift certificate for products from San Juan Ranch Animal Health, a division of Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc. Also, buyers of San Juan Ranch horses at the sales will receive a $100 gift certificate. Commentary on sale horses will be made by Ted Robinson, Benny Guitron, Pete Bowling and Robert Chown. For additional information, call (800) 240-7900 or e-mail snafflebit@professionalauction.com. Or you can click on the following links for consignment forms and information on each of the sales. This year's NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity will have over $432,000 in added money with a total payout of over $1.1 million. There will be a featured Cinch Intermediate Open with $70,000 in added money and $30,000 guaranteed to the champion. New this year will be a Level 1 Limited Open class for riders who have not won more than $7,500 in LAE competition. It is a stand-alone class with a separate draw and intended to let entry-level Open riders compete with lower entry fees against riders of similar experience. Click
for Classic Yearling & Broodmare Sale>>
HIGH-SELLING HORSE AT TRIANGLE SPRING CLASSIC SALE BRINGS $14,000 June
30, 2011 The second high-selling horse, Black Hawk Down, a 2000 black stallion sired by Mr Peponita Flo, brought $13,000 from buyers Vernon and Jean Gawlik, Cache, Okla. He was consigned by Dennis Frascht, Alva, Okla. According to sale management, the top 100 horses averaged $5,371, the top 50, $7,001 and the top 20, $9,310. Horses 3-5 years of age averaged best, with 136 Quarter Horses and Paints averaging $3,312. A total of 158 horses 6 & Over averaged $3,098; 2-year-olds averaged $2,138 for 67 head and 27 yearlings averaged $1,857. Stallions fared the best with 61 Quarter Horse and Paint stallions averaging $3,548; followed by 151 geldings averaging $3,071 and 176 mares averaging $2,575. Geldings were most popular in Paints, with 15 averaging $2,204. Eleven were 6 & over and averaged $2,516. Twenty-three Paint mares averaged $1,681 and nine Paint stallions averaged $1,180. The highest average of $6,657 were the 11 Quarter Horse stallions age 6 & over - aided by the two high sellers. Ten Quarter Horse stallions from 3-5 years of age averaged $6,638. Fifty-three Quarter Horses geldings, from 3-5 years of age, averaged $3,323, while 76 Quarter Horse geldings that were over 6 years old averaged $3,083. Sixty-five mares from 3-5 years of age averaged $2,999. Forty-four mares, 6 & over, averaged $2,795. The Triangle Mid-Summer Consignment Sale is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011, with consignments opening on May 5. There are no pass-out fees, cutting and roping cattle are available and videos that are provided will be shown as horses sell. For more information contact Cindy Bowling Garner (405) 275-2196 or (405) 273-2818. Fax (405) 273-8959. The Triangle Sales Website is www.trihorse.com. ARC SHOTGUN BRINGS $27,000 AT FEBRUARY TRIANGLE MID-WINTER SALE March
31, 2011
ARC Shotgun, a 2006 stallion sired by Playgun, was the high-selling horse at the Triangle Mid-Winter Consignment Sale held Feb. 25-26 in Shawnee, Okla. Consigned by Bobby Lewis Quarter Horses, Overbrook, Okla., Johnny and Michele McGriff, Quinn. S.D, paid $27,000 for the stallion..
The second high seller was also a stallion: Shining Major, a 2007 palomino son of Shining Spark consigned by Diane Beckman, Gainesville, Texas. Dan Twombly, Baynard, Neb., purchased the stallion for $17,200. According to sale management, the averages were up once again at the Mid-Winter Classic Consignment Sale. A total of 344 horses went under the gavel, with 82 percent of the sales being completed. The top 20 averaged $11,384, the top 40, $8,451, Top 60, $7,363, Top 80, $6,483 and the top 100 $5,902. The overall average was $3,492. Upcoming sales include: May 6-7, 2011, 32nd Annual Spring Consignment Sale, consignments open Feb. 6; Aug. 5-6, 2011, Mid-Summer Consignment Sale, consignments open May 5; Oct. 7-8, 2011, 32nd Annual Fall Consignment Sale, consignments open June 2, and Dec. 2011, Select Performance Sale, Heritage Place - Oklahoma City, Okla., during the NRHA Futurity. Click on the Triangle
Sales ad on the main page of Allaboutcutting.com and sign up
to win a Stanley Allen custom-made saddle. LITTLE POLO JOE TOPS BILLINGS LIVESTOCK SALE Courtesy Billings
Livestock Co. Three full days of horse sales at Billings Livestock’s “February Special Catalog Sale” Feb. 25-27 saw a good and glowing market where the top five rang the bell with a $20,000 average ticket price. They included a $124,000 money earning son of Grays Starlight, a solid-as-solid-gets head horse, an NRCHA World Champion, and two money earning daughters of High Brow Cat. Quality was King - from promising prospects to arena-ready campaigners, purple pedigreed mares to stand-out stallions, the weekend was a one-stop-shop that welcomed 659 head of horses and nearly 700 registered buyers. Sale averages are comparable or better than one year ago and actually higher on the top 50 head by nearly a $1,000 bill. Top 10 averaged $15,150, top 20 brought $11,645, top 50 at $8,126, and the top 100 brought $5,798. Pretty, polished, and ready-to-go, Little Polo Joe, selling as Hip 327, a 1999 AQHA sorrel stallion sired by Grays Starlight and out of Little Missy Lena by Smart Little Lena came with $126,854 in earnings and 40 AQHA points. Truly a showstopper, the stunning stallion showed outstanding in the preview and sold sound to show and breed. Offered and ridden by Burke Sullivant, Gainesville, Texas, the special stallion was purchased by Linda Collins, Olathe, Colo., for a final bid of $36,000. Billings Livestock was proud to offer three head consigned by the No. 1 NRCHA Lifetime Leading Owner and No. 1 NRCHA Lifetime Leading Non Pro Rider, Anne Reynolds, King Hill, Idaho, including Hip 346, Cash Us McClain, a 1997 AQHA sorrel stallion sired by Nu Cash and out of the famous mare Nancy McLain. The $50,000 NRCHA money-earning stallion was purchased by Don Harrington, Dillon, Mont., for $17,000. Oh so pretty - Hip 284, Susies Kitty, a 2005 AQHA bay mare sired by High Brow Cat - Equi-Stats No. 1 Leading cutting sire, NCHA-AQHA leading Cutting Sire for seven consecutive years, and the sire of offspring with earnings exceeding $43 million, and out of the Little Peppy daughter Glo Bonita Peppy, brought $12,500. Shown by Steve Colclasure and consigned by Tim Dunn, the NCHA money-earning mare sold to Tom Atwood, Orland, Calif. He bred him, raised him, and still owns his mother, and Harvey Lewis, Livingston, Mont., offered Hip 345 “MJ Dunit” a 2005 AQHA buckskin gelding by Hollywood Dun It and out of Catty N Classy x Taris Catalyst. The one-owner gelding with NRHA earnings including wins at Energy City Open, Big Sky Reining Open Reserve Champ, and Yellowstone Slide Novice Horse Open Champion was shown by J.R. Winter, sold for $10,000 and moved to New York with Lauren and Cynthia Pfifer. Hip 277 “NutinButTheTailLites” a 2005 AQHA sorrel gelding sired by King Of The Lanes and out of Famous Irish Cream x Dash Ta Fame was the weekend’s top-selling barrel horse. Offered by Jill Miller, Lewistown, Mont., the talented gelding brought $10,500 and sold to Tony Langdon, Aubrey, Texas. Possibly the biggest news of the weekend was in the loose horse pen where loose horses brought more per head than they have in three years - 50 cents per pound on a processing horse. A total of 191 head were offered loose with the top 100 - over half of the horses offered as is, where is, how is - averaging $606.50 per head. That compares with $408 on the top 100 just one month ago and $518 per head one year ago. Loose averages include the top five at $1,365, top ten brought $1,162, top 20 at $947, top 50 averaged $738 and top 100 at $606.50. Billings Livestock’s next sale event will be the “Spring Special Catalog Sale” March 26-27and will feature the annual “Outfitters, Guest, Dude Ranch and Trail Horse” offering in addition to a special session of “Roans Only”. All classes of horses will sell, in addition to a big selection of mules. An indoor preview of the barrel horses, cutters, saddle horses, and rope horses is scheduled for Friday, March 25 at 1 p.m. For more information, to consign or request a catalog, contact Bill and Jann Parker, Billings Livestock Commission Horse Sales at 406-245-4151 or see it all at www.billingslivestock.com BILLINGS LIVESTOCK JANUARY SALE: GOOD, BETTER AND BEST Feb. 3, 2011 The Leola, S.D., rancher and breeder had the day’s top-selling horse - Hip 65 “Biebers Oak Lite” a 2003 AQHA palomino gelding sired by TC Rebel Cody out of Docs Golden Oak x Doc’s Oak. A finished reiner that had been shown in “everything” at local shows by kids, the pretty gelding was started on barrels, and had also been used elk hunting. Ed Burge, Medical Lake, WA purchased the all-around, one-owner gelding for $3,900. 4K Livestock, Jackson, Minn., offered Hip 56 “First Buckwheat” a 2004 AQHA sorrel Gelding by Adams First Dancer out of First Down Dash and out of a Special Effort granddaughter. The big, upstanding gelding had been used on the ranch calving and sorting and came smart and sensible, and moved to Meridian, Idaho, with Quint Whitman for $3,000. On the tack side, the “Cabin
Fever Tack Sale” saw a 1920’s horsehair hitched
, Deer Lodge, Mont., prison-made, headstall fetch $2,600. Selling
in excellent condition, the multi-colored, complete headstall
and reins sold to a Montana collector. A preview of the rope horses, cutting horses, barrel horses, and saddle horses is set for Friday, February 25 at 11 a.m. at the Horse Palace Arena. Rope horses, calf horses, and cutting horses will all preview on cattle. Catalogs will be available on-line Thursday, Feb. 17 with hard copy catalogs mailed on Friday, Feb. 18. See it all at www.billingslivestock.com SMART LITTLE CLAY BRINGS $25,000 TO TOP FIRST JANUARY MARKETPLACE SALE Ardmore,
Okla. - Jan. 11, 2011
The Marketplace at Ardmore,
a consignment auction for performance horses, held its first
sale of the year on January 8, at the Hardy Murphy Coliseum
in Ardmore, Okla.
Other top sellers were Pepto
Smart Freckles, an AQHA ROM and NCHA money earner consigned
by WASA Ranch Horses and purchased by Herbert Leach for $19,000.
NCHA earner of $11,788, Coontail Cougar, consigned by Brad Wilson
was purchased by Jimmy Farris for $18,000. When asked to comment on why a January sale was added to the Marketplace schedule this year, sale manager Susie Reed commented, “Ardmore has always been a good venue for selling performance horses in the spring and fall, and we just felt like the timing was right to add a January sale,” she continues, “our goal was to attract more finished show horses, and we found there was a big demand for them. The top 10 head averaged $15,520.”
Of the 114 head that went through
the sale ring, 80% sold for an overall average of $4,200. The next Marketplace at Ardmore
Sale is scheduled for March 26, 2011 at the Hardy urphy Coliseum
and Reed says, “We are really encouraged by the direction
our sales are taking. Not only did we see that the seasoned
show horses sold well, so did good broke geldings, and we have
already started getting calls from consignors wanting to get
in our March sale.” NCHA FUTURITY 2-YEAR-OLD SALE FEATURES $14,579 AVERAGE, $7,600 MEDIAN AVERAGE DOWN $2,618; MEDIAN DOWN $900 FROM 2009 2-YEAR-OLD SALE Article
and photos by Glory Ann Kurtz . Although the numbers from sales held during the NCHA Futurity were up 8 percent from 2009, (according to sale managers Western Bloodstock), the market for 2-year-olds in the NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale, held Wednesday, Dec. 8 in the Watt arena, was not as strong as it was last year. The number of horses consigned and sold was each down by nine from last year, the average was down $2,618 and the median $900. Also, the high seller last year brought a $125,000 final bid while this year’s high-seller brought $110,000. But a couple of young stallions, experiencing the first year their offspring could compete in the NCHA Futurity, and two young pinhookers stole this year’s show of 2-year-olds. FIRST-YEAR
STALLIONS: Dual Smart Rey, who was the second leading stallion for yearlings sold, was the sixth leading sire for 2-year-olds sold with 4 of 6 consignments averaging $15,500 for a $19,250 median. His yearlings saw two sell for a $45,750 average. The young stallion owned by Don Horton’s Strawn Valley Ranch, also saw his first offspring eligible to show in the NCHA Futurity take home $89,385. The two outstanding young pinhookers, who purchased prospects as yearlings and sold them as 2-year-olds in the NCHA Futurity sales were Tate Bennett, 27, Hereford, Texas. Tate owned, trained and sold the high-selling horse of the 2-Year-Old Sale, Jewel Bars Cat, a young stallion by High Brow Cat out of Sprats Dualin Jewel by Lenas Jewel Bars, who was purchased by the Center Ranch, Centerville, Texas, for $110,000. He also owned, trained and sold the fifth high-selling horse, James Boond, a red roan stallion by Peptoboonsmal out of Stylish Amanda by Docs Stylish Oak, which brought a $65,000 final bid and Dual Spice, a daughter of Dual Pep out of Spicy O Lena by Doc O’Lena for $35,000. His three consignments sold for a total of $210,000, averaging $70,000.
Justin Cunningham, 30, Bethalto, Ill., owned, trained and sold three consignments, including the third high-selling horse, Four Or Five Times, a stallion by One Time Pepto out of Lovely Lynnie O Lena by Doc O’Lena for $90,000; One Fabulous Time, a blue roan stallion by One Time Pepto out of Cat Mist by High Brow Cat for $50,000 and Hicka Rey, a red roan stallion by Dual Rey out of Hicka Boonboon by Peptoboonsmal for $43,000. His three consignments totaled $183,000 for a $61,000 average. Buyer’s names were not released by Western Bloodstock. A feature story on the two pinhookers follows this article.
The second high-selling horse was Look The Look, a daughter of High Brow Cat out of Dual Lookin Pep by Dual Pep, bringing a $105,000 final bid. Consigned by the Estate of Kenneth Jackson, the mare was shown on cattle by Eddie Howard. The fourth high seller, Cat Above One Time, was a daughter of One Time Pepto out of A Cat Above by High Brow Cat owned by Jo Goertz. Gerald Alexander rode the mare to a final bid of $70,000. Each of the 156 consignments
in the sale paid a $900 Entry Fee plus a $115 cattle charge
for three head of cattle. The 108 consignments that sold also
had to pay an 8 percent commission. If the horse did not sell,
a $900 repurchase fee had to be paid. HIGH BROW CAT TOPS SIRES OF YEARLINGS WITH 18 AVERAGING $47,000 FOR $39,500 MEDIAN By
Glory Ann Kurtz Even though the Western Bloodstock Invitational Yearling Sale was held on Tuesday evening, Dec. 7, the same time as the 20th Annual Goodnight Gala featuring Reba McEntire, the John Justin Sale Arena was filled to capacity, with standing-room only. Many feared the “big money” was at the Gala; however, prices held their own compared to 2009. This year 77 of 112 consignments sold for over $2.3 million, averaging $30,182 for a $24,000 median. Those figures compare to 2009 when 70 of 94 consignments sold for just over $2 million, for a $29,460 average and $25,000 median. Sixty-nine percent sold this year, compared to 74 percent in 2009. It was announced prior to the sale that the horses in the sale had dams whose produce averaged $347,000. While the highest-announced seller at $145,000 was Nsync, a beautiful blue roan stallion sired by Smooth As A Cat out of Autumn Boon by Dual Pep, consigned by Karen Freeman, Clarksville, Tenn., it was later learned by posted results that the stallion had not changed hands. Also, Athleta, a full sister to Nsync, was also passed out by owner Tommy Manion, Aubrey, Texas, at $92,000. The embryo-transferred siblings were offered one behind the other during the sale. Sweet Little Cats, a chestnut son of High Brow Cat out of Sweet Little CD by CD Olena, took the top spot, selling for $120,000. Consigned by long-time quality horse owners, Bob Wendel, Bastrop, Texas, and James Eakin, Hondo, Texas, the full brother to the young stallion High Brow CD commanded a $120,000 final bid. High Brow CD, the 2007 NCHA Futurity Champion and 2008 Horse Of The Year, has over $542,101 in lifetime earnings. No buyers’ names were posted by Western Bloodstock Sale Company.
The second high-selling yearling was Shes Uh Secret, a chestnut filly by Peptoboonsmal out of Shes Pretty Smooth by Wheeling Peppy – the dam of Tommy Manion’s stallion Smooth As A Cat – the leading siring son of High Brow Cat with over $501,874 in lifetime earnings. Smooth As A Cat is the first Horse of the Year that has also sired a Horse of the Year. The filly, bringing a $93,000 bid, was also consigned by Manion. Two horses brought the third high price of $80,000, including Antebellum Cat, another son of High Brow Cat out of Cappuccino And Pasta by CD Olena, consigned by Chad Bushaw’s Crown Ranch, Weatherford, Texas, and Reyz Me Twice, a daughter of Dual Smart Rey out of Tapt Twice by Dual Pep, consigned by Phil and Mary Ann Rapp, Weatherford, Texas. Antebellum Cat’s dam, Cappuccino And Pasta is the great mare that Bushaw rode to $155,522 in Open and Non-Pro earnings, and then went on to have six money-earning offspring of $41,385, including Mocha Capucino, $221,967 and Frappuccino N Pasta, $105,472. Reyz Me Twice is a daughter of the great Tapt Twice, Equi-Stat’s No. 2 leading producer of 2009, with earnings of $285,226 and seven offspring earning $528,444. Her main money-earning offspring is Don’t Look Twice, a daughter of High Brow Cat, who finished the year just behind the Horse of the Year. Reyz Me Twice is sired by the new sire, Dual Smart Rey, the earner of $330,437 and NCHA Open Super Stakes Champion, whose first colts are hitting the cutting arena. Dual Smart Rey is sired by Dual Rey and out of The Smart Look, a daughter of Smart Little Lena, who was the 2009 Equi-Stat No. 6 all-Time Leading Cutting Producer. Her other offspring include the stallions WR This Cats Smart ($236,514), One Smart Lookin Cat ($226,310) and Smart Lookin Hi Brow ($216,395). Dual Smart Rey is owned by Don Horton’s Strawn Valley Ranch, Strawn, Texas. THE
SIRES: Dual Smart Rey was second in the average with only two offspring – both fillies – averaging $45,750 (no median can be determined with only two selling). The third leading sire in the average was Peptoboonsmal, with seven of his 12 consignments netting $253,000 for a $36,143 average and $30,000 median. A colt sired by him brought $11,000 while his six fillies averaged $40,333. The sale company gave a New Sire Spotlight award, to the sire whose yearling offspring sold for the most money during all of the Futurity Sales. A “new sire” was considered a sire whose first offspring were showing in the 2010 NCHA Futurity. Six of the 16 sires on the top sires list were considered “new sires.” Dual Smart Rey topped the “new sires” list from the Yearling Sale, followed by High Brow CD, One Time Pepto, Autumn Acre, Im Countin Checks and Hydrive Cat. High Brow CD won the New Sire Spotlight award for all of the Futurity sales. The sire with the most consignments
was One Time Pepto, with 25 (16 or 64 percent changed hands).
Many would-be buyers probably had buyer’s remorse following
the Futurity Finals when One Time Pepto sired both the Open
and Non-Pro Futurity Champions. The beautiful red-roan son of
Peptoboonsmal is owned by Matthews Cutting Horses, Weatherford,
Texas. He was followed by High Brow Cat with 22 consignments
(18 or 82 percent changed hands). Peptoboonsmal had 12 consignments,
with 7 or 58 percent changing hands while Dual Rey had 10, with
six or 60 percent selling.
SMART LITTLE LENA CLONES TOP NCHA WORLD FINALS; SALE AVERAGE $5,292 By
Glory Ann Kurtz With the Smart Little Lena Clone Syndicate deciding to sell the four Smart Little Lena clones during the World Finals Sale held Saturday, Dec. 4, at the John Justin arena, the first clone brought $28,000 – the highest price of the 195 horses cataloged in the sale. Jack Waggoner, the owner of High Brow Cat, signed the ticket for the beautiful 4-year-old stallion. An excited Jill Freeman, the wife of Bill Freeman, Smart Little Lena’s trainer who is now deceased, was with Waggoner. The second high seller at $27,000 was also a Smart Little Lena clone, and it was announced from the podium that the purchased was a telephone bid. The other two clones were announced as unsuitable for breeding during a vet exam a few days prior to the sale. One sold for $3,000 while the other brought $2,400. A fifth clone had died earlier from complications of a cancerous tumor. According to the experts, genetics material contributed by a cloneof a male horse is identical to the original, as the mitochondrial DNA is not passed on in the breeding process. This means an offspring of a mart Little Lena clone carries the exact same genetic material as an offspring of the original Smart Little Lena; however, the foals sired by the clones cannot be registered by the American Quarter Horse Association.. To date, 5,697 money-earning foals have so far won over $67 million. He is also a leading broodmare sire. According to sale prices announced from the podium at the sale, which had 195 horses cataloged, grossed $984,400 on the 186 head that went through the ring for a $5,292.48 average. No sale results were posted outside the sale office or on the Internet as of this posting. Sixteen horses brought $10,000 or more and 13 brought $1,000 – with some of them not obtaining a bid on the upset $1,000 level – and others bringing $1,000. Costs for the sale included a $450 entry fee, an 8 percent commission, a repurchase fee of $450 and a cattle charge for those shown on cattle of $115 for three head. The sale crowd was small
with possibly half the seats being occupied during the sale
and fewer toward the end, which could have been caused by the
$5 parking fee charged by the city, which could have discouraged
spectators. Also another change from prior sales was that it
was not webcast, which left computer users at home voicing their
displeasure – since that was not announced beforehand.
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MARCH MADNESS AT BILLINGS LIVESTOCK COMMISSION'S SPRING SPECIAL CATALOG SALE April
4, 2012 A solid set of labor-ready horses, mules, and ponies filled Billings Livestock Commission‘s “Spring Special Catalog Sale,” March 24-25. Billings welcomed big numbers to the annual sale selection of “Trail, Outfitting, Guide, and Guest“ rides, including 827 horses and mules, and 20 head of Montana-raised roping cattle. Better geldings abounded in all colors, classes and kinds, and realized strong demand as 19 of the top 20 selling horses were geldings, five of them grade - and boasted an average ticket price of $5,075. Four of the top-five selling horses had barrel racing resumes which included hauled and won on rodeo horses, junior rodeo ponies, and an honest-to-goodness big time prospect. The top five averaged a strong $6,680. The only mare to crack the top 20 was also the weekend’s top sale horse, Hip 169 “Zeeslash Azure Flury” a 2004 AQHA brown mare by Yellowstone Dash by Dash For Cash and out of a Doc’s Jack Frost granddaughter. Consigned by Phyllis Owens, Milton Freewater, Ore., the WPRA/PRCA rodeo horse brought $8,800 and sold to Megan Hardy, Wolf Point, Mont. He had been in good hands and it showed at the preview, and Hip 177 “Cat N The House” a 2008 AQHA brown gelding x Lions Share of Fame x Dash Ta Fame and out of a Leinster House daughter was well on his way in his barrel racing career.Offered by Jill Miller, Lewistown, Mont., and purchased by NFR steer wrestler Birch Negaard, Negaard Ranch, Inc, Sundance, Wyo., the extra-broke 4-year-old had also been ranched on. He brought $6,800. Hip 218 “Ranger” a 2003 grade roan pony gelding had been ranched on, trail ridden, used in the mountains, hauled to shows, and did what was asked. The attractive, gentle guy was consigned by Doug Stoddard, Billings, Mont., and sold for $6,000 to Reann Crane, Whitewood, S.D. One of those hard-to-find kind, Hip 209 “Pasa My Whiskey” a 2007 AQHA chestnut gelding by Surefine Whiskey came trained, shown, and offered by J.B. Lockie, Le Center, Minn. Talk about nice, the gelding stayed gentle, had been shown in AQHA events, and came with three Open and seven Amateur AQHA points in team sorting. Carmen Gilbert, Camp Crook, S.D., purchased the ready-to-do anything gelding for $5,700. Tight averages indicate the quality and demand for that quality at the March event as the top five averaged $6,680 and the top 10 brought $6,030, top 20 at $5,075, top 50 averaged $3,797, and the top 100 rang the bell at $3,007. Loose horses continue to hold their own, however, a lessened demand on the processing horses could be seen this month over February and January figures. It continues as the best in the west loose trade where 414 head sold as is, where is and the top five averaged $1,415, top 10 came in at $1,252, top 20 brought $1,073, top 50 at $832, and the top 100 brought $639. Billings Livestock’s next sale event is set for April 28-29 and will feature the 14th annual “Rope Horse Special” catalog sale and regular monthly horse sale. Lots of cattle, lots of opportunities to watch the rope horses, including a jackpot team roping open only to sale horses set for Friday, April 27. PRCA World Champion Team Roper, Bobby Harris, will be on-site Friday, 12 noon, prior to the jackpot, for informal, free roping seminar which will touch on scoring, horse position, facing, stopping and roping basics. Rope horses will show again in previews on Saturday and Sunday. All classes of horses
will sell including mares, stallions, finished horses, prospects,
and young stock. Cattle will also be available to show the cutting
horses and calf horses.Catalog closing date is April 5, with
a supplement printed for later entries. PERFORMING RANCH GELDINGS TOP AVERAGE AT $7,772 By
Glory Ann Kurtz Performing ranch geldings seemed to be what the horse buying public was looking for at the 63rd Annual San Antonio Livestock Exposition and Rodeo sales held in San Antonio, Texas. The San Antonio Ranch Gelding Sale, held Feb. 19, saw 67 ranch geldings from nine states, compete in judged competition and averaged $7,772 on geldings sold. The top gelding sold for $25,000. Also the San Antonio Select Sale saw 246 horses average $3,075 on horses sold and the top horse bringing a $20,000 final bid. A capacity crowd was present in the sale pavilion for the two-day sale managed by Segraves & Associates. SAN
ANTONIO SELECT SALE The San Antonio Select Sale, held Feb. 18, followed a performance demonstration held Friday evening, Feb. 17, when 246 consigned horses averaged $3,076, with 79 percent of the horses changing hands. The Top 5 horses averaged $11,680, Top 10 $9,360 and Top 20 $7,525. The high-selling horse at $20,000 was Shiners Big Top, a beautiful 5-year-old palomino stallion that had been started on cattle and had reining training. Sired by Shining Spark, “Shiner” was out of Lenas Topsy by Doc O’Lena, with six offspring earning $112,887, mainly in NCHA competition. Consigned by Jason and Julie Smith, Whitesboro, Texas, and exhibited by Cutter Cole, Cannon Falls, Minn., he sold to Domingo Alvarado of Monterrey, Mexico.
Show Biz Lady, a 7-year-old daughter of Show Biz Haida ($103,529) out of Sonitas Rocky Lady, sired by Sonita’s Last and the dam of three foals earning $47,732 in NCHA, 5 AQHA Open Performance Points and 6 AQHA amateur Performance points. She was the third high seller and the high-selling mare, bringing $9,400. Consigned by West Farms of Louisiana, she was purchased by David Harvey, also of Louisiana. The fourth high-selling horse at $8,700 was Nu Pep Chex To Cash, a golden palomino 2-year-old stallion sired by Nu Peppy Chex, an AQHA Superior Reining horse, out of Sugarina Bear by Orphan Bear. Consigned by Bobbie Kelley from Texas, he was purchased by Steve Pattillo of Illinois. An 8-year-old gray stallion was the fifth high-selling horse at $7,800. Cat N Around Tino, a ranch-used stallion sired by Cat Silver by High Brow Cat out of Peppernita by Mr Peponita Tivio was consigned by Wes Mason and Klay Waters of Texas and sold to Sergio Martinez of Mexico. RANCH
GELDING STAKES AND SALE: However, the excitement in the crowd seemed to be drawn to the San Antonio Ranch Gelding Stakes & Sale, which included a stakes competition held at 7 a.m., Sunday Feb. 19. The event, held just prior to the Gelding Sale, was judged by Tripp Townsend, Earth, Texas, a Ranch Horse Association of America five-time World Champion and George Chappell, Terrell, Texas, an AQHA World Champion roper and an AQHA judge since 1980, judging the AQHA World Championship Show twice. A total of $12,600 in cash and prizes were awarded to the top-placing geldings, including a trophy saddle and $2,100 to the Champion. Sponsors for the Stakes and Sale were D&D Farm and Ranch, Wrangler and Espuela de Plata (formerly H&H Livestock), who contributed prize money, the Champion trophy saddle and trophy breast collars and jackets to the top eight geldings. The Champion and Reserve Champion buckles were sponsored by Segraves and Associates, manager of the Stakes Competition and Sale. The top five ranch geldings averaged $15,567, the Top 10 $14,010, Top 20 $11,545. The overall average on the 67 geldings was $7,772 on geldings sold, with 64 percent actually changing hands.
However, just because a horse won the competition, did not mean he would sell the highest. The winner of the competition was Becaco PIW, a 2003 bay gelding sired by Paddys Irish Whiskey out of MS Becaco Silver by Strait Silver. The gelding had been used on the ranch and qualified for the 2011 RHAA finals in two divisions and won several other titles. Receiving the Championship of the competition, with 175 out of a possible 200 points, the gelding was consigned and shown by T. J. Roberts, Snyder, Texas. He tied for the second and third high-selling gelding, bringing $15,000 from PRCA roper Randon Adams, Logandale, Nev.
Sky Dog, a 5-year-old, 14-hand gelding by Cats Red Feather out of Shady Lil Aristocrat by Smart Aristocrat, was the Reserve Champion in the competition, scoring 172 points. Consigned by the Fred Bray Ranch and ridden by Thomas Bray, Fulshear, Texas, the trained cutting horse used extensively for ranch duties, was the fifth highest-selling horse, bringing $12,700 from Kristin Belt, Driftwood, Texas.
The high-selling gelding was HA Gypsys Nic, a 6-year-old Palomino gelding with a long, white mane that was sired by Starlights Gypsy out of DA Nic A Tune by Reminic. The winner of AQHA Ranch Versatility classes, was consigned by Cowboy Collection Quarter Horses, Gainesville, Texas, owned by Todd Richardson, Dana and McKenzie Boone, and shown by Richardson. The gelding did not place in the competition; however, he sold to Steve Blake Pattillo, Altamont, Ill., for $25,000.
Tying for the second high-selling gelding title with Becaco PIW, the champion gelding, was Play Boon Dox, a 7-year-old red roan gelding sired by Playdox out of Peekaboonsmal by Peptoboonsmal. The top horse at the 2011 Windy Ryon Memorial Roping, 2010 Houston Ranch Rodeo, 2011 Brazos county Cowboy Gathering and 2009 BTCG Ranch Rodeo, qualified for the RHAA finals in 2010, but also failed to place in the Gelding competition. Consigned and shown by Buster Frierson, Aledo, Texas, he sold to Russell Moore Eason, Alvarado, Texas for $15,000. Other high sellers included
Chex Out The Acres, a 6-year-old gray gelding by Acres Upon
Acres out of Handle Bar Boogie, was broke the best and a trained
cutting horse. He was consigned by Fred Bray Ranch and purchased
for $13,500 by Aleah Powell of Texas. Also, Two Eyed Shining
Jack, a 5-year-old palomino gelding sired by Sunshine Jac out
of Two Eyed Dapple Jack, used extensively for ranch work, brought
a $12,200 final bid from Sue Swaim of Texas. He was consigned
by Meyer Horse Company of Iowa.
By
Glory Ann Kurtz When the final gavel was pounded at the Fort Worth Stock Show 56th Annual Select Breeders Quarter Horse Sale held Feb. 4 in the John Justin Arena of the Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, 86 percent of the 73 cataloged horses had new owners. The sale, which definitely is an alternative market to some of the other sales held at major events, saw a strong list of pedigreed performance horses. When the sale ended, it had racked up an overall average of $4,292, about $300 higher than 2011. With gross sales of $266,100, the top five head averaged $11,460, the top 10 averaged $9,510 and the top 20 averaged $7,670.
According to Sale Manager Dale Segraves, there was a huge crowd on hand for the sale. “More than I can remember in the past five years,” said Segraves. “The crowd really likes the format of working the horses live on cattle as we sell them. We started that with this sale in 2011.”
The high-selling horse, Lot No. 2 Smoken War Jessie, consigned by Larry Porter, Weatherford, Texas, was purchased for $17,500 by Mary Hicks, Cleburne, Texas. The 1998 palomino gelding by Cooke County Etc out of Ms War Smoke by One War, had been originally trained as a heading horse, but has since been used on the ranch. He was advertised as being a horse you could rope on, drag or sort cows and was safe for children. He even carried State representative Charlie Geren in the Grand Entry of the Fort Worth Stock Show. He stood 15.1, weighing 1,300 and was advertised as “bomb proof.”
The second high seller, Lot 19, Shorty Style, was consigned by Tom and Jan Merryman, Baird, Texas, and purchased for $12,500 by Everett George Helzer Jr., Perrin, Texas. Tom is a long-time, highly respected horseman in the cutting horse business and showed the horse on cattle, showing his versatility. The 2005 bay gelding sired by Docs Stylish Oak ($77,182 and a leading sire and broodmare sire) out of Miss Shorty Lena ($174,899) by Shorty Lena, was gentle, had cutting earnings and had been roped on. Hancocks Leo Sport was the third high selling horse, bringing a final $9,800 bid from Johnny Denham of Texas. The 2003, 14.2-hand brown gelding by Adons Wyomin out of Sparking Joanns by Sparking Doc Bar, was consigned by Pine and Samantha McQuay, also of Texas. The solid ranch gelding had not only helped doctor, sort and gather cattle, but also had been in parades and grand entries – carrying flags. He was also a heeling horse, had been team sorted on and had carried hogs out of the woods!
Another NCHA money earner was the fourth high seller, bringing a final bid of $9,000. Smart Lil Gunpowder, a 2006 gray gelding sired by PG Gunpowder out of Jos Smart Lena by Smart Little Lena, had won close to $2,100 in NCHA earnings. The stylish horse was consigned by David and Leslie Baxter from Texas and purchased by Bill Richardson, also of Texas. RL Gunpowders Iokay, a 2006 gray mare that was an NCHA money earner, was the fifth high-selling horse, bringing a final bid of $8,500. Sired by PG Gunpowder, she was out of Iokay by Doc’s Oak. Consigned by Lowrance Horse Division LLC of Texas, she was purchased by Oswaldo Celis of Venezuela.
Following the conclusion of
the sale, Segraves commented further. “The high level
of enthusiasm we had in this building today was outstanding.
You could just feel it in every area of the John Justin Arena.
And, you could see that all those people came specifically for
the horse sale. They came in, registered at the buyers registration
desk and packed the seats. That creates a great atmosphere.
This sale provides an excellent opportunity for cutters, reiners,
working cow horse and ranch horse owners to show case their
horse before a unique crowd that gathers for the Fort Worth
Stock Show.” HIGH SELLER AT BILLINGS LIVESTOCK FEBRUARY SALE BRINGS $33,000 March
6, 2012 An ambitious market brimming
with enthusiasm and energy fueled sale averages to a four-year
sale high in all classes, all divisions including blue-chip
livestock at Billings Livestock’s expanded three day “February
Special Catalog Sale” event Feb. 24-26. A one-stop-shop for arena, performance, and powerhouse prospects, the supersized, three-day sale format hosted 787 head of horses, and came complete with an indoor demonstration of the barrel horses, cutters, saddle, ride, and reiners, and rope horses. The best news of the weekend was that all classes of horses saw significant market increases as optimism gains regarding domestic horse processing. Pink, fancy, and offered by the man who raised her, Hip 308 “Peptos Cuttin Girl’ a 2006 AQHA bay roan mare by Peptoboonsmal out of a $60,000 NCHA money earning mare by CD Olena, earned top sale honors with a final bid of $33,000. Consigned by Joe Bishop, Steamboat Springs, Colo., and trained and shown by Robin Hayes, Orchard, Colo., the finished cutting mare sold to Claudia Lummis, Cheyenne, Wyo. Sired by the No. 1 sire of barrel horses, Dash Ta Fame - with offspring accumulating over $6.6 million in barrel racing earnings through the end of 2010 - Hip 332 “THR Jusda Beda Fame” a 2009 AQHA Bay Gelding - was out of Poo Cheng, a barrel racing money earner, producer, and Beduino granddaughter. Raised and offered by Two Hats Ranch, Tillamook, Ore., the handsome, well-started colt sold to NFR qualifier Shelley Murphy, Helena, Mont., for $20,000. Pekisko Ranch, Ltd, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, offered 19 head in their herd alignment offering including “Lil Pepto Pistol” a 2005 AQHA gray stallion by Sweet Lil Pepto out of the famous mare and $500,000 money earner, Miss Silver Pistol. Brad Howe, Empress, Alberta bought the fancy stallion with the top shelf genetics for $23,000. Good geldings with credible arena records were a sought-after commodity as the weekend’s top two selling rodeo-ready rope horses brought $15,500 and $12,000. In shape and ready to haul, Hip 398 “Tejons Peppy Tucker,” a 2002 AQHA brown gelding by Tejons Peppy Doc, was a 1D/2D barrel horse and first-class head horse consigned by Dean and Gina Welch, Cottonwood Equestrian, Silesia, Mont. Whether you head steers or run barrels, the strong, all-business gelding sold to Dayle Kountz, Bozeman, Mont., for $15,500. Hitting a four year best across all classes, sale averages indicate an upgraded market as the top five averaged $23,300, top 10 at $17,775, top 20 brought $13,200, top 50 averaged $9,146 - compared with $8,126 one year ago, and $7,242 in 2010; and the top 100 horses averaged $6,697, versus $5,797 last year. A much improved loose horse market saw an all-time, BLS record price paid for a loose horse of $3,000, followed by $2,900 and $2,100. Over 30 head of horses that sold loose brought $1,000 or more boosting the top five sale average to $2,410, top 10 at $2,110, top 20 at $1,757, top 50 to $1,235, and the top 100 at a $879 per head price tag. In 2010, the top 100 loose averaged $518 while just one year ago they calculated at $606 - making the $879 figure for 2012 a whopping $279 per head increase - or total dollars of $27,900 on 100 head. Billings Livestock’s
next sale event will be the “Spring Special Catalog Sale”
March 24-25 and will feature the annual “Outfitters, Guest,
Dude Ranch and Trail Horse” offering in addition to a
special session of “Roans Only”. All classes of
horses will sell, in addition to a big selection of mules. An
indoor preview of the barrel horses, cutters, saddle horses,
and rope horses is scheduled for Friday, March 23 at 3 p.m.
Loose horses sell on Sunday, March 25 at 9 a.m. HIGH SELLER WAS AUTUM KITTY, A YEARLING HIGH BROW CAT FILLY, CONSIGNED BY THE MANION RANCH, BRINGING $220,000 By
Glory Ann Kurtz The high selling horse was Autumn Kitty, a yearling daughter of High Brow Cat out of Autumn Boon, the great Dual Pep mare owned by Karen Freeman, that has been a big part of Manion’s successful breeding program. It was announced during the sale, that the high-selling horse went to a buyer in San Diego, Calif. It was interesting that half of the top 10 horses were consigned by Manion; however, one, Icing On The Cake, a yearling red roan daughter of High Brow Cat out of Autumn Boon, going through the ring for $92,000 did not reach Manion’s reserve. The second high-selling horse was Ruffian Cat, a weanling daughter of Metallic Cat out of Bet Yer Blue Boons by Freckles Playboy, consigned by Lindy Burch’s Oxbow Ranch, and selling to the Alvin Fults, the owner of Metallic Cat, for $149,000. The third high seller and the high-selling broodmare was Reylena Moon, a 6-year-old daughter of Dual Rey out of Carolena Moon by Peptoboonsmal, consigned by Chad Bushaw, as agent. The earner of $116,913 sold for $140,000, with two embryos: High Brow CD and Metallic Cat for 2012 babies. The last horse selling for over $100,000 was Justasassycat, a yearling daughter of High Brow Cat out of Autumn Boon that was consigned by the Manion Ranch and brought a final bid of $115,000. The Manion horses also included Catzanova, a beautiful blue-roan yearling daughter of Smooth As A Cat out of Autumn Boon owned by Karen Freeman. Bringing $69,000, it was announced that the mare was going to Brazil. The sale finished up the New Sire Spotlight, which included a special offering of select yearlings ad weanlings by prominent show stallions whose only get are 3 years old and under. Eligible sires included Autumn Acre, Cats Quixote Jack, Halreycious, High Bobcat, High Brow CD, Hydrive Cat, Metallic Cat, Palo Duro Cat, Sophisticated Catt and Woody Be Tuff. Alvin Fult’s Metallic
Cat won the award for the Highest Averaging Get of Sire (with
a average of $30,000) and the Highest-Selling Filly, Ruffian
Cat, consigned by the Oxbow Ranch and selling to Fults for $149,000.
High Brow CD had the high-selling colt: High Steppen CD, a yearling
son of High Brow CD out of Remedy For Sweets by Grays Starlight,
consigned by the Hill Ranches and selling to the Center Ranch,
Centerville, Texas. TODAY WAS YOUR DAY By
Glory Ann Kurtz The high-selling horse, bringing a $27,000 final bid, was a yearling daughter of Dual Smart Rey out of My Other Toys A Car by Smart Lena Boon, consigned by Phil and Mary Ann Rapp. The second high seller, at $20,000, was split between a broodmare and a yearling: Filled With Desire, a 2002 gray daughter of Playgun out of Genuine Desire by Genuine Doc, bred to Halreycious and consigned by the Lazy H Ranch and Rubys CD, a yearling son of High Brow CD out of Playboys Ruby by Freckles Playboy, consigned by the Waco Bend Ranch. From there, the babies and
broodmares sold from $19,000 down to seven horses that brought
the minimum $1,000 bid and five horses were excused from the
arena when they did not receive a $1,000 bid. NCHA FUTURITY SALES OFF TO A SLOW START By
Glory Ann Kurtz With 97 consignments going through the ring in the NCHA Futurity Cutters Prospects Sale, sale prices announced during the sale added up to a $775,150 gross, a $7,991 average and a $6,000 median (halfway between the highest- and lowest-selling horse. The high-selling horse was Way Too Cool, a 2-year-old daughter of Dual Smart Rey out of Cool The Engines by Smart Little Lena, consigned by Phil and Mary Ann Rapp, Weatherford, Texas, and shown by Phil on cattle. The second high seller, at
$30,000 was Catazan, a chestnut gelding by High Brow Cat out
of Smart Little Dainty by Smart Little Lena, consigned by the
Wrigley Ranches, Weatherford, Texas. Prices ranged from the
$57,500 down to $1,100 and were the prices announced during
the sale and not confirmed by Western Bloodstock, and without
any pass-outs or “no sales” marked. The Western Bloodstock Producers
Sale – Session 1, saw 42 consignments grossing $142,000
for a $3,381 average and a $2,400 median. Most of the horses
in this session were yearlings, with the high-seller and high-selling
yearling at $18,500 being Reysmal, a yearling son of Dual Rey
out of Sheza Boonsmal by Peptoboonsmal, consigned by the Southern
Cattle Co. The second high seller, at $14,500 was CT Sweet Rey,
a son of Dual Rey out of Cats Remedy by High Brow Cat, consigned
by Cox Trinity Equine LLC, selling for $14,500. Prices ranged
from the $18,500 down a hard-to-get $1,000. MARKETPLACE AT ARDMORE SALE AVERAGES $13,900 FOR TOP 10 HORSES SOLD By
Glory Ann Kurtz The Marketplace At Ardmore Sale, held Nov. 5 at the Hardy Murphy Coliseum in Ardmore, Okla., saw 217 consigned horses sell under the gavels of Steve Friskup and Don Green. When the gavel had been pounded the final time, Denim And Curls, a 7-year-old blue roan mare sired by Pretty Boy Boon, a son of Peptoboonsmal, out of Lenas Glamour Doll by Lena My Way brought the highest bid of $30,000. Consigned by Sunny White of Fair Fax Station, Va., the earner of $46,154 in NCHA earnings, sold to Cynthia Harr, Grafton, W.V., through her trainer Roy Bauer. Pretty Boy Boon, the sire of Denim And Curls, is the earner of $19,999, siring 18 performers earning over $113,740.
According to sale manager Susie Reed of Thirty Two Cattle Co., the top 10 horses averaged $13,900, the top 20 averaged $9,750, with the lowest-selling horse in the top 10 being $8,800 and the lowest-selling horse in the top 20 being $5,500. The overall average was $3,732 with 75 percent selling. “Well bred, pretty and well-trained horses are selling as good as ever,” said Reed following the sale. “It’s just those middle-of-the-road horses, or those with holes in them, that are having problems bringing a good price.”
Her statement proves very true in the industry as a whole, as the well-bred Thoroughbred horses with race or produce records are bringing top prices, with averages and medians going up by double or triple digits over 2010. A cutting horse and reining-bred horse with top handles on them included Stylish Red Feather and Easy In The Black, both consigned by Chris Cox, Mineral Wells, Texas. Stylish Red Feather, a beautiful 2005 bay daughter of High Brow Cat out of Stylish Pepper by Docs Stylish Oak, that is a trained cutting horse, was shown on cattle by cutting trainer Chris Johnsrud and spun like a top in the smaller sale arena, bringing an $18,000 final bid. Easy In The Black, a 2-year-old coal black daughter of Easy Otie Whiz (with $243,441 in lifetime earnings) by Topsail Whiz out of Dunit Lika Juice, an NRHA money earner, by Smart Like Juice, is a top NRHA Futurity prospect enrolled in both the NRBC and NRHA Futurity/Derby programs. Her spinning in the small sale arena brought a final bid of $12,000. Another outstanding horse selling was Katnapper, a 3-year-old sorrel stallion shown on cattle, sired by the industry’s leading sire, High Brow Cat, out of Travs Smart Kit by Kit Dual. Consigned by Richard Carney, the stallion brought a $12,500 final bid and is headed to Venezuela. The next Marketplace Sale will take place on Jan. 7, with the deadline for consignments being Dec. 1. Catalog fees are $250, there are no “no sale or pass-out” fees, an 8 percent commission on horses selling and a $50 cattle charge. Consignment forms are available at http://www.themarketplaceatardmore.com. Or you can call Reed at 580-276-4830, cell at 580-490-1103 or e-mail her at polo@ardmore.com. Fax number is 580-276-4281. STOCK RISING Nov.
3, 2011 - Billings, Mont Statistics tell the story - the top five averaged $7,660, top 10 $6,760; and the top 20 deep at $5,500 - with 949 total horses offered and 65 no-sales. The weekend’s top sale honors were split between Hip 116 - an honest rope horse prospect - and Hip 185 - a finished reiner with NRHA earnings - both horses commanded a final bid of $8,000 each.. Echeta Performance Horses, LLC, Gillette, WY offered Hip 116 “LH Decathalon Tivio” a 2005 AQHA buckskin gelding by CM Sugarfrost Tivio and out of a Friendly Fritz/Docs Decathalon granddaughter. The attractive gelding showed better than good in both the heading and heeling during the sale previews, had been hauled to some high school rodeos, and came with an outside education as a ranch horse - gathering, doctoring, and branding. With $5,000 in NRHA earnings, Hip 185 “Dual Rey Olena Play” a 2005 AQHA sorrel mare by Dual Rey and out of Little Nurse Lena x Doc O’Lena previewed flawlessly. Offered by Sharon Gelhaus, Wilsall, Mont., the ready-to-go-show mare sold to Sandy Corriveau, Eckville, Alberta, Canada. Her name fit her perfectly and oh, what a pony - Hip 146 “Fancy” a 1998 grade buckskin mare had raised three boys in the arena earning them buckles, confidence, and all-around titles. The hard-to-find-kind, “Fancy” was offered by Bille Schaff, Worden, Mont., and sold for $7,800 to Curt Ackerman, Crawford, Neb. Full of substance and extra-pretty, too - Hip 150 “Irish Serendipity” a 2005 AQHA bay Mare x Paddys Irish Whiskey was out of Kempe Doc x Doc’s Hickory was consigned by Tony Wilson, Greenville, Texas. Selling in foal to Banjo Whiz, the mare brought $7,000 and sold to Valley Sian, Worden, Mont. Hip 184 “Whizs Painted Gun” a 2007 APHA sorrel tobiano gelding by Colonels Smokingun was the first “Gunner” to be offered at Billings Livestock Sales. Owned and trained by Matt Wilson, Las Animas, Colo., the finished reiner had been used all summer on the ranch moving cattle and came gentle and friendly. The unique gelding brought $7,500. Loose horses saw a bump in value over September figures as the top five averaged $930, top 10 brought $770, top 20 averaged $658, top 50 came in at $509 and the top 100 averaged $405. Billings Livestock’s next sale event is the “Holiday Special Catalog Sale” featuring performance horses - set for Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26. The weekend will offer an indoor, climate-controlled preview for all horses on Friday, Nov. 25 at the HorsePalace Arena. All classes of horses will sell, including finished horses and prospects for ranch, roping, arena, cutting, or recreation. Cattle will be available to show the cow horses and rope horses. To consign or reserve your catalog, contact Bill and Jann Parker, Horse Sale Managers, at 406-245-4151 or see it all at www.billingslivestock.com SMOOTH ASA ZEE TOPS SLATE RIVER SALE AT $230,000 SALE
FEATURED 36 HEAD AVERAGING $17,522 FOR A $4,000 MEDIAN High Brow Cat is the industry’s leading sire and that rolled over into the highest prices paid for horses during the Slate River Ranch Production Sale, held at the ranch in Weatherford, Texas on Friday, Oct. 14. The high-selling horse was a grandson of High Brow Cat, while the second, third and fourth high sellers were sired by him. Smooth Asa Zee, a 2005 gelding with $252,339 in lifetime earnings, sired by Smooth As A Cat, sired by High Brow Cat, out of Zee Dualy by Dual Pep. The gelding brought a $230,000 final bid, topping the sale. The second, third and fourth high sellers were all sired by High Brow Cat.
The gelding, shown by Slate River trainer John Mitchell, is the second high money earner sired by Smooth As A Cat, who has earnings of $474,325 and offspring earning over $5.35 million. Zee Dualy has lifetime earnings of $201,900 and is the dam of three other NCHA money earners: Shimmerz, $30,841; Little Blue Zee, $30,576 and Smart Zee Lena, $5,747. The second high-selling horse in the sale was Play Brow Cat, a 2-year-old stallion by High Brow Cat out of Play Miss by Playgun. Looking good on cattle, the young stallion saw the gavel drop at $150,000. Play Miss has lifetime earnings of $180,165. Spin N Cats, a 3-year-old daughter
of High Brow Cat out of Spin N Roses by Australia’s leading
sire Docs Spinifex, was the third high seller, bringing a $32,000
final bid. The chestnut mare in training with Clint Allen, is
eligible for the 2011 NCHA Futurity and has winning in her genes.
Spin N Roses has NCHA earnings of $19,002 and is the dam of
six money earners with NCHA earnings of $203,257. On top of
that list is Cat N A Hat, a 2003 stallion by High Brow Cat –
and a full brother to Play Brow Cat, with earnings of $114,407.
Play Brow, a 2-year-old bay
stallion that is a full brother to Play Brow Cat, also being
sired by High Brow Cat and out of Play Miss by Playgun, brought
a $28,000 final bid. Another High Brow Cat offspring, Fatty
Cat, a 2007 mare, brought $16,000. RANKED
BY AGE: Six 3-year-olds netted $65,700 for a $10,950. Two fillies netted $35,700 for a $17,850 average and four geldings netted $30,000 for a $7,500 average. The highest average came from the two aged geldings: Smooth Asa Zee, who brought $230,000 and Aristo Twister, a 2004 gelding by Smart Aristocrat out of Sheza Jazzy Player by Freckles Playboy, with $58,719 – who sold for $10,500. They netted $240,500 for a $120,250 average. Five mares sold for $38,000, averaging $7,600. RANKED
BY SIRE: The second highest number of
consignments, with six, were sired by another Slate River Ranch
sire, That Sly Cat, a 1997 son of High Brow Cat out of That
Smarts (offspring earnings of $1,122,450), by Smart Little Lena.
That Sly Cat earned $104,893 in lifetime earnings, including
being Non-Pro finals and an Open finalist in the 2000 NHA Futurity.
His get have won over $12 million and include Catmas ($126,273),
Fancy Lookin Cat ($102,345) and Sly Tabasco ($93,092). C’MON LET'S GO ROPING TOP
FIVE ROPE HORSES AVERAGE $8,750 AT BILLINGS SALE Saturday’s offering included a special “Retirement” offering from Jim and Dena Bower, Worland, Wyo., home of Lowry Star Jr. A total of 57 head from their foundation program were offered. Rope horses laid it out there Friday afternoon where 126 teams - all aboard sale horses - competed in a two-go-around and finals format “Sale Horse Jackpot“. Winning the roping, taking home Gordy Alderson Trophy Bits, and nailing three steers with a total time of 22.15, Hip 425 “WR Mr Smokecloud,” offered by Turner Performance Horses and ridden by Chad Turner combined forces with Hip 508 “Safari High” on the heel end. The snappy little heel horse - a 2004 AQHA Red dun gelding by Sportin High Brow and out of a Little Safari Badger daughter was consigned by I.W. Ward, Crawford, Texas, and roped on in the jackpot by Sid Sporer, Cody, Wyo. He also came complete with NCHA earnings and had won three saddles and a trailer so far this year and Debra Loendorf, Kersey, Colo., purchased the quality gelding for $8,500. “Rope Horses” claimed 13 positions in the BLS Top 20 Sellers listing - bearing an average ticket price of $6,886. Rope, run barrels, or just ride around on a nice horse, Hip 362 “Hickory Tally” a 2004 AQHA palomino gelding offered by Ferlin Darnell, Pueblo, CO was the real deal. The attractive head/heel horse combo showed outstanding in the previews and jackpot and brought $13,500, making him the weekend’s top sale horse. JHG Land and Livestock, Palo Cedro, Calif., offered eight head of cowbred horses including Hip 344 “ Bugs Merada” a 2003 AQHA sorrel gelding by Meradas Money Talks and out of Lucky Baylite by Grays Starlight. An extra-nice ranch and using horse that came double-gentle, “Bugs” had been used extensively as a turn-back horse and used at rodeos, ropings, and as a bridle horse. The honest gelding brought $7,200 and sold to Morris Monias, LacLa Biche, Alberta, Canada. Montana’s working class gelding market continued it’s stonghold as buyers came to gather “all business” geldings. Top five geldings averaged $8,840. Hip 325 “Pryors Buckett” a 2004 AQHA buckskin mare consigned by Lexy Burgduff Villegas, Casper, Wyo., was a finished barrel horse by Pryors First Prize out of Dash For Perks. The good little mare brought $6,750 and sold to Donna Rankin, Dillon, Mont. Sale averages include the top five selling horses at $10,600, top 10 brought $8,795; top 20 at $7,072; top 50 averaged $5,168, while the top 100 brought $3,907. Motivated by supply and demand, the loose market saw the top five bring $1,134; top ten at $964; tp 20 borught $791; top 50 averaged $571; and the top 100 brought $428.
PERFORMANCE TESTED TOP FIVE HORSES AVERAGE $11,260 AT BILLINGS AUGUST SALE Sept. 18, 2011
From the ranch to the
arena and all stops in between, experience paid dividends at
Billings Livestock Commission’s “August Catalog
Sale” Aug. 27-28. NEW INCENTIVE UNVEILED FOR 2ND ANNUAL TRIANGLE SELECT PERFORMANCE SALE Sept
8, 2011 Horses earning the most verifiable money in NRHA events during 2012 will be eligible for the added bonus. The money will be equally divided between the Open and Non-Pro divisions with $2,500 awarded to the highest total money earner in each division.Horses selling through the sale will be certified to compete in the program throughout their show career. The money will be awarded annually to the horses earning the most money in each calendar year. Accumulated earnings are eligible on a year by year basis. Horses consigned to the sale are not required to be paid up in the NRHA Futurity & Derby Nomination Program. Again, this year the sale will feature a performance demonstration and presale party. Consignment forms can be downloaded from the internet at http://www.Trihorse.com or obtained by contacting Triangle Sales, 43207 Benson Park Rd, Shawnee, OK 74801. 405/275-2196 or 273-2818. Fax 405/273-8959. Also, don't forget the
Triangle Sale scheduled for Oct. 7-8 at their Shawnee, Okla.,
location. The Saturday session is closed and they will finish
up taking consignments for the Friday session this week.
WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO FIND IF YOU ARE YOU PLANNING ON ATTENDING A HORSE SALE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS By
Glory Ann Kurtz By all indications, the racehorse sale industry is doing well. In fact, according to the web site www.surebetracingnews.com, at the recent New Mexico-bred Quarter Horse Sale held at Ruidoso Downs, N.M., yearling Quarter Horse sale prices were up a stunning 33.7 percent over 2010 figures. The average per horse rose to $9,207 this year from $6,886 last year. Also, at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales August Yearling Sale held Aug. 25, 522 of the 689 offered yearlings sold for a $16,935 average (up 15.1 percent from 2010’s $14,716), while the median was $10,250 (up a whopping 28.1 percent from last year’s $8,000). Part of the secret may have been the fact that fewer horses went through the sale ring (down 15.5 percent, with 815 offered in 2010 compared to 689 in 2011). Of course, the number sold was also down: 522 to 610 in 2010, down 14.4 percent. On the good side, the number that also went down was the percentage of horses not sold: 24.2 percent this year, compared to 25.2 percent in 2010. In fact, according to John P. Sparkman, in his “Industry Insights” in the e-newsletter Thoroughbred Times Today, in all North American yearling sales held this year, the average and median were up or even with 2010 and the percent not sold was down. Overall, the average was up 9.4% to $67,501 while the Median stayed the same at $20,000. Then number offered and sold and total sales were all down this year. And there’s also some good news for you prospective buyers. The Aug. 29 issue of Thoroughbred Times Today, there was a chart of the Fasig-Tipton Summer Yearling SaleS covering the years 2000-2009. Horses were categorized by the amount of money they sold for: $300,000 to $399,999, $100,000 to $299,999; $50,000 to $99,999; $25,000 to $49,999; $10,000 to $24,999 and $0 to $9,999. It was interesting to note that the most horses (1,748) sold in the $0 to $9,999 range, with an average price of $3,744 and median of $3,200. Those cheaper horses went on to win an average of $17,755 – the second lowest average of the divisions – but substantially more than they cost. The lowest average money won was with the one horse in the highest division ($300,000 to $399,999). That one horse, selling for $330,000, won a total of only $8,502. The 15 horses selling from $100,000 to $299,999 sold for an average of $124,467 and a median of $130,000 – and went on the win an average of $84,401 each. The 93 horses that sold from $50,000 to $99,999 averaged $64,452 for a $60,000 median. They went on to win $46,631. The 213 horses that sold from $25,000 to $49,999 sold for an average of $33,563 and a median of $32,000. They went on to win an average of $44,729 each. A total of 517 sold from $10,000 to $24,999, for an average selling price of $15,024 and a median of $15,000. They earned an average of $42,470 each. You may have figured it out by now, but it’s evident that the horses selling for the most money, didn’t earn what they cost. And the lower-priced horses won more money than they cost. So whether you have horses to sell, or some you want to buy, there are quite a few interesting sales coming up. The East Texas Fall Consignment Sale in Lufkin, Texas, will be held Sept. 2-3 (go to havardhorsesales.com for a sale catalog); the Pat Fitzgerald Dispersal Sale, featuring 134 head, will be held Saturday, Sept. 27 at the EE Ranches in Whitesboro, Texas (troystewartranch@gmail.com); the Billings Livestock Commission Cow Country Classic Catalog Sale, featuring the Fall Rope Horse Sale, will be held Sept. 23-25 in Billings, Mont. (billingslivestockauction.com); the Return to the Remuda Sale hosted at Pitchfork Ranch at East Dickens, Texas on Sept. 23-24, (cg@6666ranch.com); NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales at Reno, Nev., Sept. 28-Oct. 1 (www.professionalauctio.com); the 32nd Annual Fall Triangle Sale will be held Oct. 7-8 in Shawnee, Okla. (www.trihorse.com); The Perkins Ranch Sale at Tyler, Texas, Oct. 8; The Slate River Ranch sale, featuring 37 head, will be held Oct. 14 at their ranch in Weatherford, Texas; the Marketplace Sale in Ardmore, Okla., will be held Nov. 5 and the NCHA Futurity Sales will be held in December.
NCHA SUMMER SALE ENCOURAGING DESPITE DEFYING LOGIC MAYBE SALE COMPANIES SHOULD THINK “LESS IS MORE” By
Glory Ann Kurtz Throughout the years, the cutting horse sales have followed the Thoroughbred sales as far as the movement of prices up and down. With the same economy striking the Thoroughbred sales as is knocking down prices in the cutting horse sale market, one would logically expect the cutting sales to follow the same path as the Thoroughbred sales, which have been increasing this year in both the average and the median. However, for whatever reason, the cutting sales don’t seem to act as logically as the Thoroughbred sales. The first two Thoroughbred yearling sales of 2011, the Fasig Tipton Kentucky July sale of selected yearlings and the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings improved in both the average (up 11.5 percent) and the median (up 5.9 percent) compared to the same two sales last year. However, the 2011 NCHA Summer Sale, held July 29-30, during the NCHA Summer Spectacular, decreased considerably in both the average (down 23.8 percent) and the median (down 12.4 percent). What happened? Some of the difference between the Thoroughbred sales direction and the cutting horse sales’ direction may be that the cutting sales had more of a variety of aged horses, but I believe that what mostly happened was the change in the number of horses consigned to the cutting sales. The cutting horse sales consignments were up 53.79 percent from last year, while the Thoroughbred industry has figured out that “Less is More,” with their number of cataloged horses going down 24 percent from last year. This was dramatically pointed out in an Aug. 12, 2011 industry insights article by John P. Sparkman in the Thoroughbred Times Today that with the falling economy, which has led to shrinking foal crops, they should limit the number of horses in their sales. The number of cataloged Thoroughbred horses went down 24 percent, the number offered went down 22.2 percent and the number sold went down 18.6 percent. Total sales were down 9.2 percent. As a contrast, in the NCHA
Summer Sale, the number of horses consigned was up 135 horses
or 53.79 percent from the same sale in 2010 and the net was
up $1,066,050 or 44.5 percent. However, the percentage of horses
selling was high, with 229 of the 251 head (91 percent) that
actually went through the ring selling. This compares with the
84 percent that sold a year ago at this same sale. However,
the brightest spot of the whole sale was the fact that broodmares
sold the best – showing the buyers’ faith in the
near future of the industry. THE
NCHA SUMMER SALES: Median is halfway between the highest- and lowest-selling horses and is generally accepted in the Thoroughbred industry as the way to rate how horses sell due to the fact that average can be manipulated or just be lopsided considerably by one or a few more high-priced horses. And that’s exactly what happened at the Bar H Dispersal, with the top selling horse, Little Baby Sister, bringing a $230,000 final bid from Tim Dewey, Cimarron, Kan., and the second- and third-high sellers sliding dramatically to $30,000. The lowest-priced horse went for $1,200. If you average in the $230,000 horse, it raises the entire average to an unreal figure. Little Baby Sister was a 1995 daughter of Dual Pep out of San Jo Pat by San Jo Lena, with offspring earning $1,041,548, including Sister CD, by CD Olena, earner of $828,939. She had a filly by her side by Third cutting and sold with an embryo by Metallic Cat (with return) and High Brow Cat (with no return). Other factors hurting the prices of the Bar H horses, included the fact that Smokin Dually, one of the top broodmares with earnings of $254,038 and foals earning over $311,380, had an edema on her stomach and was pulled from the sale. She was to sell with an embryo by High Brow Cat. Also, all of the 2-year-olds were not broke and all of the 3- year-olds only had six months of training with Paul Hansma during their 2-year-old year. Also there were a couple of well-bred yearlings with only one testicle down at sale time. The sale did; however, make the Bar H Ranche’s Dual Pep the No. 1 stallion in net sales, with 20 of 21 consigned, bringing a net amount of $488,900. He ranked fifth in the median at $28,000. CD Olena ranked fifth in the net with all 21 of his offspring netting $117,400 for a $5,000 median, ranking 18th. (see linked charts of sires) Also, the Bar H Ranche ended up being the largest consignor with 49 of their consignments netting $661,200, averaging $13,494 for a $13,494 median (ranking 12th). Emphasizing the importance of the Bar H Ranche Dispersal, following that portion of the sale held in the John Justin sale arena, approximately half of the crowd left. Part
I – Lots 1051-1108 Setnick’s GS Cutting Horses LLC, was the second high seller of horses with all 20 consignments selling, netting $226,500 for an $11,325 average. He was 11th in the Median with $6,750. The second high seller, at $33,000 was Dual Reys Catalac, a yearling colt by Dual Rey out of Kitty Catalac by High Brow Cat, consigned by Sunrise Ranch, LLC, Bentonville, Ark.
The highest-selling horse of the Saturday sale was Miss Rey Hickory, a 2003 daughter of Dual Rey out of Miss Dry Hickory by Doc’s Hickory, that had earnings of $77,561 and was still sound to show. She had a colt at her side by High Brow Cat and sold with an embryo by High Brow CD. Consigned by the K & C Ranch, the mare brought a final bid of $98,000. The second high seller was Spoonfuls Supercat, a yearling red roan colt by Hes A Peptospoonful out of Highbrow Supercat ($366,230 in lifetime earnings and an NCHA Open Futurity Champion) by High Brow Cat. Consigned by the breeder Paul W. Dean, Claremore, Okla., the beautiful colt brought a $37,500 final bid. Also, Abbigail Grace, a yearling sorrel daughter of High Brow CD out of Ride A Merada by Freckles Merada, consigned by Bernie Kirkland, Weatherford, Texas, received a $37,000 final bid. A hit of the Saturday sale was Dox Olena Lady, a 2002 daughter of Miss N Cash out of TNT Chic Olena Lady by Smart Chic Olena, that had $67,681 in lifetime earningts and 68 youth points. The NCHA Junior Youth Co-World Champion, consigned by Terry and Catherine Pigg, Collinsville, Ala., the mare was shown on cattle by Brett Davis, and during most of her run was shown without a bridle. She had the audience whistling and screaming, and had a final selling price of $26,000. An outstanding event during the Saturday sale was a yearling bay filly by Halreycious out of Travs Smart Buy by Travalena that was consigned by Eddie Longley’s Crystal Creek Ranch, Weatherford, Texas. The mare’s sale price didn’t make news, as it brought a $7,000 final bid. But Longley donated all the proceeds to the J. B. McLamb fund. McLamb, an NCHA Hall of Fame Rider and Zane Schulte Award winner from Stephenville, Texas, had complications from double-knee replacement surgery earlier this year. He is going to have to have further surgery and treatment for the infection and will be unable to work for several months and a fund has been set up for him. Send donations to the Jasper B. McLamb Benefit Account, Town and Country Bank, PO Box 1157, Stephenville, TX 76401. Also, during the Saturday sale, it lasted later than 3 p.m. when the Non-Pro Derby Finals started and again, a majority of the crowd trickled out of the Watt Arena, leaving a hey-day for the traders. HIGH
SELLERS: The fourth high-selling horse was the high-selling yearling - Spoonfuls Supercat, a yearling red roan stallion by Hes A Petospoonful out of NCHA Futurity Champion Highbrow Supercat by High Brow Cat, selling for $37,500; 5) Abbigail Grace, a yearling filly by High Brow CD out of Ride A Merada by Freckles Merada, sold for $37,000 and 6) Dual Reys Catalac, another yearling colt by Dual Rey out of Kitty Catalac by High Brow Cat, brought $33,000 and 6) Dual Reys Ticket, a yearling filly by Dual Rey out of Etickets Cat by High Brow Cat, brought $31,000. Four horses sold for $30,000,
taking the seventh through 10th places and included Shes A Smokin
Dually, a yearling filly by Third Cutting out of Smokin Dually
by Dual Pep; Tornados First Mate, a 2000 daughter of Smart Mate
out of Hickorys Tornado Rio by Doc’s Hickory, with an
embryo by CD Olena and Hollys Pepto Lena, a 2005 daughter of
Peptoboonsmal out of Holly Cee Lena by Doc O Lena, the earner
of $8,838 – making her the high-selling trained cutting
horse. HORSES
SOLD RANKED BY AGE: Horses 6 years old, where five of the 14 sold were broodmares, also did well, finishing second in the average and median with $14,371 in the average and $8,250 in the median. Five year olds, including two broodmares, topped the median at $8,350 and finished sixth in the average for $7,975. Four year olds were third in both categories averaging $10,310 and $8,000 in the median. Three year olds finished last in both the average and the median – with 32 averaging $6,052 for a $4,750 median. But that’s understandable at this time of the year, with the buyer thinking if they were NCHA Futurity material, the owners would not be selling them. As usual, there were some good buys in this category, as they were mostly well started on cattle and while they may not be competitive enough for the NCHA Futurity could be in the running at some of the later and smaller futurities. It wasn’t long ago when
2-year olds were the top sellers; however, they were soon usurped
by yearlings, with buyers evidently thinking the 2-year-olds
were mostly culls – as they finished seventh in both categories,
with 21 averaging $6,586 for a $5,000 median. But at this sale,
weanlings did the best, finishing fourth in both categories,
with six averaging $9,783 for a $7,100 median. SIRES: In the median it was Dual Rey,
No. 1, with a median of $28,000; No. 2 was Doc’s Hickory,
$20,000; No. 3 High Brow CD, $18,000; No. 4 Dual Pep, $15,500;
No. 5 High Brow Cat, $10,000; No. 6 Peptoboonsmal $9,000; No.
7 Smart Little Lena, $8,850; No. 8 Cats Merada, $8,600; No.
9 Halreycious, $8,500 and No. 10 Smooth As A Cat, $8,450. SELLERS: In the median, the Banawien
Ranch was first with $19,000; 2) John and Hope Mitchell, $12,500;
3) David/Stacie McDavid, $10,000; 4/5 Mama’s Ranch LLC
and Wrigley Ranches, each with $9,500; 6) Magic Cross, $9,250;
7) Sunrise Ranch, $9,000; 8) Rodrock Ranch, $8,000; 9) Jane
Jones Estate, $7,750 and 10) James Eakin, $6,800. These July NCHA Summer Sales were both encouraging but could they have been much better if the sale company had adhered to the “Less is More” consignment theory?
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Cats
Boonolena was the high-selling 3-year-old of the sale.
Here
is where they come from - those big, northern geldings! "Lazers
Arrow Lad," a 2005 AQHA buckskin offered by Bill Johnson,
Big Sandy, Mont., brought $6,000 at the Billings LIvestock March
24-25 sale event. It was a good sale with lots of good horses,
mules, ponies, and teams with a weekend total of 827 head of
horses and 20 roping cattle offered, with only 28 no sales.
The next sale event is April 28-29. 
Hauled
to high school rodeos and educated on the ranch,LH Decathalon
Tivio, a 2005 AQHA buckskin gelding by CM Sugarfrost Tivio showed
extremely well heading and heeling. Well on his way to being
a solid rope horse, the good gelding brought $8,000 and was
consigned by Echeta Performance Horses, LLC, Gillette, Wyo.
By
the end of the day, 36 head had netted $630,800 for a $17,522
average and $4,000 median. The sale was managed by Western Bloodstock
and no buyers were announced or published.
He's
the business! Hip 186 "Okey Dokey Partner" a 2001
AQHA Bay gelding x Okey Dokey Dale was offered by Mike Grewell
and Jon Ottun and brought $26,000. 
