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he 22nd Annual High Plains Ranchers and Breeders Association Sale & $30K Ranch Horse Futurity, was held in June in Amarillo, Texas at the Bill Cody Arena. It was sponsored by Jon Galland-White Face Ford, Anderson Bean Boot Company, Rodeo King Hat Company, Will Durrett-Superior Livestock Representative, Caviness Beef Packers, 287 Ag, Livestock Nutrition Center,
Hereford Vet Clinic, and Hughes Ranch Trailers. The High Plains Ranchers & Breeders Association (HPRBA) are a group of 10 Panhandle area ranches that have come together to market their ranch-raised horses in an annual production sale and ranch horse futurity. Members are Chisum Ranch, CL Quarter Horses, Durrett Cattle, H Ranch, Martin’s Last Dollar Ranch, Michael Ranch, Scivally Ranch, Summers Cattle, Wing Brothers (Mike Wing & Jo Wing), and Zieman Ranch. Eight of the ten members are AQHA Ranching Heritage Breeders. New in 2021 was the HPRBA Ranch Horse Derby for 4-, 5-, and 6-year-old horses who had sold as a yearling or two year old through the HPRBA Sale. Accent West magazine sponsored the Red Bluff trophy buckles, and there was $4,000 added money for the 15 horses in the competition. This was held Friday, June 4 and drew an impressive crowd. Husband and wife team,
TOUGH ENOUGH FOR BISON-TOUGH ENOUGH FOR CATTLE
We met up with Brock Toler with Back Forty Bison and asked him a few questions about his opinion on the effectiveness of the Lewis Cattle Oilers. Brock is the ranch mana er for Back Forty Bison near Dadeville, MO. Brock was skeptical, at first, on the durability of the Oilers. qBison are notorious for tearin thin s up....flippin thin s over....To bison, everythin ’s a toy! To this date, they haven’t tipped one over! The durability has really been surprisin ”. The bi est thin that Brock loves about the Oiler is the efficiency.
“In the bison industry, the oiler pays for itself in one year” -Brock Toler, Back Forty Bison "They are so efficient! With the fact that they are not gravity fed, I’m not losing a bunch of product on the ground! The pump administers only the amount that needs to be put out on the animal! With the Lewis Cattle Oiler, there is no waste. I can fill up the 8 gallon tank, on the Oiler, and it will last all summer long with the bison scratching on it ALL the time!”
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Orren and Leah Koontz of Des Moines, NM took away top honors on their Durrett Cattle bred horses in the Open and Limited Earnings Rider Classes. Open Derby winners: Champion, Orren Koontz & RANCH ROOSTER, with a score of 319, bred and owned by the Durrett Cattle Company, won $2,200 and a Red Bluff Buckle. The Reserve Champion, Gatlin Duncan of Clarendon, TX, and last year’s HPRBA Futurity winner, LITTLE RUN SHINNING with a score of 307, bred by Chisum Ranch and owned by Gatlin Duncan won $1,000. Third place was Wes Housler of Cloudcroft, NM & DREAMIN DH MAGNUM, with a score of 277, bred and owned by Martin’s Last Dollar Ranch won $750. Rounding out 4th in the Open was Leah Koontz and FANO RIO, with a score of 272, bred by the Durrett Cattle Company and owned by Orren Koontz won $450. Limited Earnings Rider Derby winners: Champion was Leah Koontz and Fano Rio with a 272, bred by Durrett Cattle and owned by Orren Koontz. This pair won $1,900 and a Red Bluff trophy buckle. The Reserve LER Champion was Colby Davis of Amarillo, TX, and SS PACKIN THE QUEEN with a 221 winning $1,140. Bred by Silver Spur Ranches and owned by Colby Davis. Third place was Ashley Posthumas of Dalhart, TX and METALLIC CHILLY bred by the Chisum Ranch with a 212, winning $760. The Ranch Horse Futurity had a total of 23 entries competing for an unprecedented $30,000 purse. For the third year, a Limited Earnings Rider class was incorporated with a purse of $10,000 to riders who have won less than $2,500 in any major organization, such as AQHA, SHOT, RHAA, NRHA, NRCHA & NCHA, etc. A total of 12 of the 23 entries were eligible for incentive, given by the HPRBA. They were also eligible to compete for the $20,000 Open purse. The Ranch Horse Futurity is open to 3-year-old horses who have sold as a yearling or two year old through the HPRBA Sale. When the dust settled, coming all the way from Marsing, Idaho, Matt Frederick and HAL REYSIN CAT (HAL OF A RUN X LITTLE TR REY X TR DUAL REY) were crowned the Open Futurity Champion with a 304 score, winning $10,000, a Red Bluff Buckle, and other prizes. HAL REYSIN CAT was bred by Chisum Ranch and is owned by Chelsea Frederick. For the second year in a row, Reserve Champion in the Open was the Limited Earnings Rider champion also. Jimmy Sorrell of Claude, TX and H FANCY REY bred by H Ranch, and owned by Ryan Fairbank scored a 259, and winning a
