Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales® Top Charts

NRCHA SNAFFLE BIT FUTURITY SALES® TOP CHARTS FIRST, SECOND DAYS

COURTESY OF WESTERN BLOODSTOCK LTD Rey Of Diamond topped the first day of sales with a $100,000 sale tag.

The overall combined sale average for 2022 was $26,898.

By Sally Harrison

An enthusiastic crowd was on hand October 21, at Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, Texas, to kick off two days of the 2022 National Reined Cow Horse Association’s Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales®. The result was a strong first-day Select Yearling and Broodmare Session average of $24,826, an increase of more than $1,500 over the 2021 Session.

The first day’s Session I high-seller was Rey Of Diamond at $100,000. The yearling Stevie Rey Von daughter was consigned by Stevenson’s Quarter Horses/Bill Stevenson and purchased by Triple D Ranch of Dyer, Nevada. A half-sister to Shiners Diamond Cat (LTE $145,992, by WR This Cats Smart), Rey Of Diamond is out of Shiners Diamond Lady (by Shining Spark), who is also the dam of Smart Ladies Sparkle (LTE $82,145, by WR This Cats Smart).

Yearling filly Little Shining Cat brought $74,000, the Session’s second-highest price, from Triple D Ranch. Consigned by Wagonhound Land and Livestock LLC, Little

Stevies Blondie brought the top price of $115,000 at the 2022 Western Bloodstock NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales® .

Shining Cat is by WR This Cats Smart and out of the Shining Spark daughter Shining Madonna, a producer of barrel racing money-earners.

The second day of the 2022 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales saw an average of $28,765 for the Select Two-Year-Old’s Session. Stevies Got Genes, consigned by Bubba and Madison Garcia, and Meradas Outlaw, consigned by Tom and Carmen Buckingham, each brought the top price of $50,000. Stevies Got Genes, purchased by Cooper Smith of Whitesboro, Texas, and in training with Bubba Garcia, is by Stevie Rey Von and out of NRCHA NonPro Futurity champion SDP Got Fancy Genes (LTE $48,040, by RC Fancy Step).

The sale concluded on Saturday, October 22, with Session II of the Select Yearling and Broodmare Sale, where three yearlings sold for $100,000 or more. Both Session I and Session II of the 2022 Select Yearling and Broodmare Sales exceeded 2021 Sale averages. The 2022 Sales also topped 2021 with four yearlings selling for $100,000 or more, including Friday’s Session I high-seller Rey Of Diamond, a filly by Stevie Rey Von.

The high-seller, Stevies Blondie, consigned by Justin Wright, brought $115,000 from Jose Felizardo Elizondo of San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nueva Leon, Mexico. The palomino Stevie Rey Von daughter is out of ShineyDiamondJackie, an AQHA point-earner by Shining Spark and a full sister to four major NRCHA money earners.

Two red roan fillies each commanded $100,000, the Sales’ second-highest price. Halle Berry, consigned by Ty Smith, was purchased by Tyson Benson of Brock, Texas. The Metallic Cat daughter, out of One Sparkling Time (LTE $42,213, by One Time Pepto), is a full sister to 4-yearold One Metallic Spark (LTE $30,392), a NRCHA Futurity Open finalist and first performer out of One Sparkling Time.

Couldya Woodya, consigned by Gardiner-Miller Horses was purchased for $100,000 by Daniel Ruiz of Laredo, Texas. The Woody Be Tuff daughter is out of Abbey Road (LTE $42,292, by One Time Pepto), the dam of four moneyearners, including Hustle And Flo (LTE $45,082, by Metallic Cat), a NRCHA Open Futurity finalist.

For complete sale information, visit westernbloodstock.com.