April 26 & 27 "April Catalog Sale" featuring ROPE horses!!!
May 24 & 25 "Cow Country Classic Sale" featuring the Best of the Remuda Ranch Horse Competition! & Kids horses and ponies!
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NCHA SUMMER SPECTACULAR SALES SCHEDULED FOR AUG. 1-2 270 HEAD TO BE SOLD DURING TWO-DAY SALE By Glory Ann Kurtz A total of 270 consignments will be auctioned off, with the largest percentage of horses selling being the 72 yearlings. Of those 72, 41 will be yearling stallions, 28 mares and three geldings. Three weanlings will also be offered. The second largest group of horses selling will be the 42 broodmares, with many of them being 3-in-1 packages. Many of the broodmares have earnings and are producers. Three-year-olds will also be in abundance, with 40 of them being offered. Thirty-one will be mares, seven geldings and two stallions. You will also be able to choose from 25 2-year-olds, with 13 being mares and six each of geldings and stallions. Offspring of some of the most popular sires in the industry will be available, including 14 Peptoboonsmal offspring, 13 each by High Brow Cat, Smart Little Lena and Dual Rey. Bet On Me 498 has seven offspring and there will be six offspring of Cats Red Feather, Hes A Peptospoonful, Cat Ichi, Playgun, Freckles Playboy and Its Just About Me available. Meradas Blue Sue, Dual Pep, Royal Fletch and Lenas Telesis will also each have five offspring for sale. While several consignors have more than one offering, the leading consignor is the Buffalo Ranch with 22 head with 16 of them being yearlings. Also Atwood Quarter Horses have 11 head in the sale, with seven being yearlings. Both days of sales will
start at 9 a.m., with viewing available from 8 a.m. The Friday,
Aug. 1 sale, featuring 136 consignments, will be held in the Watt
arena, while the Saturday, Aug. 2 sale, with 134 consignments,
will be held in the John Justin Sale Arena. The list of horses
and a full pedigree of all the horses in the sale, as well as
a list of consignors and sires is available at www.westernbloodstock.com. POLO RANCH TO HAVE DISPERSAL SALE HORSES, REAL ESTATE AND EQUIPMENT TO SELL By Glory Ann Kurtz According to ranch manager Susie Reed, the dispersal sale will include horses in training, broodmares with foals, 2-year-olds and yearlings as well as equipment. The real estate, including breeding and mare-care facilities on 333 acres, an indoor arena, and an office that could be made into a nice home, will sell at private treaty. Polo Ranch will continue to offer the services of the three stallions: Gallo Del Cielo, Boonlight Dancer and Soula Jule Star, managed by Susie Reed and Shane Wilson at her facility located next to the current Polo Ranch breeding facilities. According to Reed, she will be offering a new program of shipped semen only. “I feel in this age of the internet and computers, cooled semen is the way of things to come – especially with fuel so high.” She emphasized that the stallions will continue to be paid up in all the incentive programs. Gallo Del Cielo, is a 1989 son of Peppy San Badger out of Doc’s Starlight by Doc Bar. He is a leading sire of performance horses and his offspring have won over $3.3 million. He is a full brother to the legendary Grays Starlight. Boonlight Dancer, a 1998 red roan son of Peptoboonsmal out of Little Dancer Lena by Smart Little Lena, was an NCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion and later was a finalist in the NCHA Derby, earning over $136,250. The young stallion is a leading sire of performance horses and was one of Equi-Stat’s 2007 Leading Sires of 3-year-olds. Soula Jule Star, a 1997 son of Grays Starlight out of Bella Coquette by Docs Okie Quixote, is owned by the Polo Ranch and Sandy Bonelli’s Heart Ranch. The stallion is siring some outstanding offspring which have won close to $300,000. He was one of Equi-Stat’s 2007 Leading Sires of 4-year-olds. For more information on
the sale, the real estate and breeding facilities or the stallions,
contact Susie Reed (580) 276-4830 or e-mail polo@ardmore.com or
go to their web site at www.poloranch.com.. WYO QUARTER HORSE RANCH HAS A "BARN BURNER" OF A SALE HIGH-SELLING GELDING BRINGS $50,000 May 19, 2008 - Thermopolis,
Wyo. A total of 83 aged geldings averaged $11,237, and the top 10 geldings averaged $27,450. The sale-topper was a 6-year-old that sold for $50,000. What's amazing is that these are just good, safe, gentle, ranch geldings - not cutters, reiners, pleasure horses, or barrel horses - that have the potential to more than earn back their sale price. It sure says something good about the horse industry and market. Because of the recession and high fuel costs, I was curious as to how their sale would go this year. According to some of those in attendance, the sale was better than ever and run legitimate, with no hanky-panky. Bill was the 1971 PRCA World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider back in his hey-day and was known as Cody Bill Smith. In 1983, Bill and Carole Smith started the WYO Quarter Horse Ranch Sale and over the years, their two sales each year have developed into the nation's elite Quarter Horse Gelding Sales. The 8th Annual Arena, Ranch Broke Gelding and Production Sale is coming Sept. 13, 2008 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. Friday evening, Sept. 12, there
will be a pre-sale get together where each gelding will be led
through the sale ring for viewing. There will also be videos of
all the geldings and started 2-year-old colts starting at 7 p.m.
All sale members will be present after the viewing for any questions
about their horses. BROODMARES TOP SUPER STAKES SALES KWACKIN TOPS SALE AT $265,000 Article and photo by Glory Ann Kurtz April 25, 2008
– Fort Worth, Texas
Session I, made up mostly of broodmares, included 47 consignments, with 31 selling (66%) for a $33,716 average and $12,000 median. Session II included 32 of 44 consignments selling (73%) for a $5,228 average and $4,500 median. The session included 3-year-olds on cattle, followed by 2-year-old prospects, Session III included 96 seasoned cutting horses, with 69 selling (72%) for a $14,359 average and $10,200 median. What’s the median and why is there such a difference between the average and the median? The median is halfway between the highest and lowest-selling horses and the huge difference comes in when the highest-selling horses and the lowest-selling horses are entered into the equation. This is the way the Thoroughbred business has done it for years because it takes away the incentive to fabricate prices on high-dollar horses. BROODMARES: High-seller Kwackin, a 1996 daughter of Dual Pep out of Crackin by Smart Little Lena, consigned by Jack and Linda Kenney’s Elephant Butte Ranch, Millsap, Texas, was purchased for $265,000 by Carol Rose as the agent for Floyd Miller’s Cottonwood Springs Ranch, Bayfield, Colo. Bambi Freckles, a 1995 daughter of Freckles Playboy out of Smarter Than Gay by Smart little Lena, consigned by John and Hope Mitchell, Weatherford, Texas, was purchased by Jack and Sherry Cowan, Peyson, Ariz., for $225,000. Although both of these high-selling mares were bred – it wasn’t exactly like it was listed in the sale catalog; thereby, making it very important for buyers to listen to the announcements from the auction block. Kwackin, was advertised as selling with two embryos, one conceived in 2007 by High Brow Cat and another conceived in 2008 by One Time Pepto. The catalog also said she sold with a 2008 paid breeding to High Brow Cat. From the auction block, came the news Kwackin had been exposed, or had already been bred to High Brow Cat – no paid breeding. But more important, the High Brow Cat embryo conceived in 2007 was a “return” breeding, meaning that if something happened and the mare didn’t have a live foal, there would not be another “return breeding.” Most of the top stallions are now enforcing that – if a customer is breeding on a return breeding and a foal is not born, there will not be another breeding available. That needs to be something you should watch for when purchasing a broodmare. For Bambi Freckles, the catalog said she was “Open,” or not in foal. However, it was announced from the podium that she sold exposed to High Brow Cat on April 12. Also, the announcer revealed that the mare had double ovulated and would be flushed the next day. He said that if the new owner was lucky enough to get two embryos from the flush, they would be responsible to pay for one additional stud fee to High Brow Cat. That is also currently being enforced by most of the popular stallions. That change in Bambi Freckles’ breeding status was pretty significant – going from being “Open” to having the possibility of three offspring next year. As usual, trained cutting horses were also in great demand, with 69 selling for a $14,359 average and $10,200 median. The high-selling cutting horse, Snow Rey, a 4-year-old son of Dual Rey out of Lenas Snow by Docs Stylish Oak, was consigned by Florida Horse Ranch and brought $40,000 from the Crown Ranch. L.P. He was trained and exhibited by Zane Davis. LEADING
SELLERS/BUYERS: Floyd Miller was the leading buyer, purchasing Kwackin for $265,000, while Jack and Sherry Cowan came in second for the $225,000 purchase of Bambi Freckles. The volume buyers was split between Bill and Jann Parker, purchasing eight head for $79,200 and Jared Lesh, who bought eight head for $63,000, At least six head headed to South America, netting $33,000 for a $5,500 average. 2008
BREEDINGS: On Saturday, Freeman sold four more Smart Little Lena breedings, which brought $8,000, $7,500, $7,500 and $7,500 and Carter sold his Smart Little Lena breeding for $7,500. Two breedings were sold to Bet On Me 498, with a full breeding bringing $1,200 and a return breeding bringing $1.300. These sale results have
been itemized in a spread sheet and they are available at no cost
to you if you e-mail me at glory@glorykurtz.com. I will e-mail
you the spread sheet asap. TOP SELLER AT 30th SEMI-ANNUAL RANCHERS & BREEDERS PRODUCTION SALE BRINGS $16,000 TOP 10 HORSES SELLING AVERAGE $13,375 April 9, 2008
- Ardmore, Okla.
With 180 head passing through the sale ring, 150 sold for an outstanding 83 percent completed sales. The top 10 averaged $13,375. Two head brought $15,000 each and included Splitten, a 2005 sorrel gelding by Boonlight Dancer consigned by Polo Ranch, Marietta, Okla., purchased by Tomas Pereira, Ardmore, Okla., and Sancie Cat, a 2002 chestnut mare by High Brow Cat consigned by Flynn Stewart as agent, Bowie, Texas, and purchased by Joe Heim, Thackerville, Okla. The crowd on hand came from across the U.S. and as far away as Italy, Venezuela and Mexico. PCCHA GELDING STAKES-QUALIFYING AND PERFORMANCE SALES HELD DURING PCCHA DERBY CLASSIC/CHALLENGE April 5, 2008
– Paso Robles, Calif. Royal Dually, a 3-year-old son of CD Royal out of Darlin Little Dually by Dual Pep, topped the Gelding Stakes Qualifying Sale at $32,500. Jerry Louie purchased the sorrel which was consigned by the Brinkman Ranch, LLC., Lockeford, Calif. The horse was trained by Steve Schleshinger, who also rode him in the sale ring. The gelding was a half brother to Cats Full Moon, the High Brow Cat stallion, also owned by Paul and Dorothy Brinkman, that Schleshinger was riding when he won the PCCHA Derby, scoring a whopping 226 in the finals the day following the sale. The Gelding sale was for 3-year-old geldings sired by PCCHA Cutting Stakes Subscribed Stallions. Gelding consignors paid a flat fee, depending on when they consigned the gelding to the sale. The Incentive purse for the Gelding Stakes, to be held with the PCCHA Futurity will include $2,000 added by Dave Hammond Auctions and 50 percent of the net income from the sale. The gelding must actually go through the sale and be sold or bought back to be eligible for the Sale Incentive purse. Fifty percent of the total purse will go to the highest-advancing 3-year-old in the PCCHA Open Futurity and the other 50 percent will go to the highest-advancing non-pro entry. The second high-selling gelding was CD Royal Peppy, another son of CD Royal, out of Beautys Little Peppy by Peppy San Badger. Also consigned by the Brinkman Ranch, the gelding brought $11,750 from Frank and Bonnie Martin, Las Vegas, Nev. With 35 geldings consigned, nine (25.71 percent) changed hands for $72,500, averaging $8,055.56 for a $3,250 median. Twenty-six of the geldings were buy-backs by the owners. All 35 head grossed $329,600 for a $9,417.15 average. The PCCHA Performance Horse Sale featured 43 consignments, with 20 (46.51 percent) selling for 462,650 for a $3,132.50 average and $2,150 median. Twenty-three horses were repurchased by the consignors. All 43 consignments grossed $228,800 for a $5,320.93 average. The high-selling horse was Travlin Bunny, a 1997 chestnut gelding sired by Travalena out of Lenas Playboy Bunny by Freckles Playboy. The earner of $25,017 was consigned by Norma J. Hanks and purchased by Marty Eyraud for $9,600. Two horses brought $6,500, including SB Poker Hand, a 2001 sorrel gelding with $1,858 in NCHA earnings, sired by Sanman Badger out of Poco Plumb consigned by White Oak Farms and purchased by John and Suzy Moon. Highstyle Calamity, a 2002 daughter of Master Merada out of SR High Style by Doc’s Hickory also brought $6,500. the earner of $12,767 in NCHA competition was consigned by Carolyn Reynolds and purchased by Tom Bruch.. All horses selling in both the Gelding Sale and Performance Horse Sale sold while working cattle in the main arena at the Paso Robles Event Center. For full sale results go to davehammondauctions.com. THE CHARTS TELL THE STORY OF THE NCHA FUTURITY SALES By Glory Ann Kurtz Jan. 21, 2008 Those are only a few of the interesting
facts that emerged from the results of the sales. I including
links to 11 charts that I put together from the sale results and
I hope these charts will help you determine how the horses in
the different age groups, broodmares and cutting horses faired.
They should also help you during the upcoming breeding season.
Following are a few others. What was even more interesting was the fact that of the 13 broodmares selling in the $50,000-and-over list, only seven sold with embryos included. Four of them sold with a single embryo, two sold with two embryos and only one sold with three embryos included. This could be a sign that multiple embryos are on the decline – or maybe just a sign that owners are only getting multiple embryos out of the really great mares – and they’re not selling those mares. Last year, several mares with multiple embryos sold for less than the cost of the embryos. YEARLINGS: The high sellers in this year’s Invitational Yearling Sale saw 43 yearlings in the list of 78 horses selling for $50,000 or more. The rules were stringent and the cost was high to get into the sale: Entrants had to receive an invitation from the sale company, determined by personal inspections at “acceptable fitters” within a 100-mile radius of Fort Worth and two out-of-state fitters in California and Oklahoma. The consignment fee and RNA (pass-out) fee was also $2,000, and an 8 percent commission was charged on horses sold. A withdrawal fee of $2,000 was charged with a notarized vet excuse or $1,500 PLUS 8 percent of the auctioneer’s appraised value for any other reason. However, several sale goers mentioned
to me that they felt the Invitational Sale hurt the rest of the
yearling prices because the buyers felt they weren’t top-of-the-line
yearlings if they weren’t in the Invitational Sale. This year, all 554 yearlings that sold during the Futurity sales, sold for a $19,788 average and $10,000 median. However, the 148 2-year-olds that sold during the sales, ended up at the bottom of the list, averaging $18,850 for a $9,200 median. Many of you remember the sale of 2-year-olds held years ago, when consignors had to bring their horses to Fort Worth weeks before the sale and have them judged by pedigree and performance before they could even get in the 2-Year-Old Sale. Spectators even turned out to see the judging. By judging pedigree and performance, buyers knew only the best were in the sale. I’m not saying, that was the way to go, but it did add drama to the sale of 2-year-olds. This year’s Select 2-Year-Old sale required “any” video for inspection purposes and a marketability evaluation based on ability, pedigree and conformation. Also radiographs were required. However, the rules didn’t say who was doing the evaluation and what the criteria was to determine which horses would be included in this sale. Following the sales, Western Bloodstock announced that they would no longer have the 2-Year-Old Select Sale; however, there would be quality 2-year-olds within their sales.
WOULD
YOU LIKE AN EXCEL CHART FOR ALL HORSES IN THE SALES? Sales held during 2007 NCHA Futurity Breakdown by types of horsees sold Leading Sires of Yearlings by median Leading Sires of 2YO by median
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING SMART LITTLE LENA MARE TOPS NCHA SELECT SEASONED CUTTING HORSE SALE AT $575,000 By Glory Ann Kurtz Jan. 2, 2008 Asked if she was surprised at how much the mare brought, Freeman said, "I was stunned, almost speechless," but she went on to say that she really didn't want to sell her, but needed to. "She was probably worth more as a 5-year-old than she will be worth for several years. She is proven in the arena, now she has to prove herself as a producer," said Freeman. The sale, which featured 93 consignments, with 75 (81 percent) changing hands for a $2,675,000 net, $35,676 average and $27,000 median topped the 2006 sale by $8,761 in the average and $9,000 in the median. (median is halfway between the highest- and lowest-selling horse. Absolutely Stunning has been shown by Phil Rapp to over $107,751 in lifetime earnings. Her dam, Autumn Boon, has lifetime earnings of $258,185, including the championship of the 1998 NCHA Open Super Stakes and the Super Stakes Classic/Challenge in 1999. The great mare, granted to Karen Freeman in her divorce from Bill Freeman, who rode the mare to her earnings, has 17 foals, with 15 being performers and 14 earning over $746,347, averaging $53,310 per money earner. While most of Autumn Boon's offspring were sired by Smart Little Lena, her highest money-earning offspring was the stallion Im Countin Checks, a 2002 stallion sired by Smart Lil Ricochet, owned by Tommy Manion. He was ridden by Matt Gaines to $318,438 in earnings to date. Smart Little Lena offspring out of Autumn Boon (full brothers and sisters to Absolutely Stunning) include Boon A Little, $118,405; Wild Thing DNA, $108,322, Boogie Boon, $31,275; Blue Autumn Baby, $15,463; Little Autumn DNA, $14,589; Royal Blue Autumn, $12,894; Awesome Autumn, $10,000 (made the semi's in this year's NCHA Open Futurity with Phil Rapp riding); Autumn Dual, $3,589;Picante Boon, $665 and Autumn Blue, $163.27. Karen Freeman has Little Blue Boon, a full sister to Absolutely Stunning and Autumated, a yearling full brother. And a yearling red roan filly by Manion's stallion Smooth As A Cat, out of Absolutely Stunning, sold during the Invitational Yearling Sale. Consigned by Manion and Freeman, the filly, named Lights Out, brought a $157,000 final bid from Louis and Ray Baldwin of Waco Bend Ranch, Fort Worth, Texas. Asked how Absolutely Stunning got her unique name, Karen said, "I guess you could say Tommy named Stunning - that is how he described her to me when she was born. He said, 'She is red roan, a strip on her face, socks behind and absolutely stunning.' I checked for the name on the AQHA web site and it was available, so we used it." The owner of Jackson Land & Cattle Co., is Richard Fields, 62, a native New Yorker who is a successful businessman involved in the entertainment business and casino gaming. He was the driving force in the development of the Seminole Hard Rock Resort and Casino with locations in Tampa and Hollywood, Fla. Within the past two years, he purchased both the Jackson Land & Cattle Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo., and then Peptobonsmal, the 1995 NCHA Futurity Champion and the 12th leading cutting horse sire, with offspring earning over $8.75 million in lifetime earnings. Elaine Hall, Weatherford, Texas, representing Larry Hall Cutting Horses, sold the great stallion, but still owns his dam, Royal Blue Boon, the leading broodmare of all time with offspring earning over $2.6 million. She is the dam of Peptoboonsmal and Autumn Boon. (Peptoboonsmal was sired by Peppy San Badger while Autumn Boon was sired by Dual Pep) Royal Blue Boon was cloned and Hall has two healthy yearling clones. Jackson Land & Cattle Company is located on 2000-plus acres in the historic Spring Gulch corridor of Jackson Hole, Wyo. The cutting operation is run by Al Dunning, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Jackson, Wyo., who was instrumental in the sale of Peptoboonsmal. Fields and his wife, Meeka, are the founders of the Fields Family Foundation, a non-profit group that allows them to support charities and other non-profit organizations. They are committed to helping underprivileged and neglected children. The second high-selling horse was Swinging Eclipse, a 2002 sorrel daughter of Justa Swinging Peppy out of Haidas Eclipse by Haidas Little Pep. Consigned by Wade Rust, the mare, with lifetime earnings topping $136,190, sold for $125,000 to Alvaro Simoes. The mare earned all of her money in non-pro competition with Rust in the saddle. Her largest paychecks came from being a Non-Pro finalist in the 2006 NCHA Super Stakes and tying for the Derby Non-Pro title at the 2006 Cotton Classic Derby. EDITOR'S
NOTE: Ownership of all the horses designated
by the sale company as being sold will be checked with the AQHA
or other registry in a couple of months, giving them time to get
transferred, and a Cutting Horse Sale Guide for 2007 will be created.
If you are interested in receiving a copy of this Cutting Horse
Sale Guide, please let me know by e-mailing me.
NEW SIRES SPOTLIGHTED IN PREFERRED BREEDERS SALE SESSION 3 75 OFFSPRING OF STALLIONS WHOSE OLDEST FOALS ARE 3 AND UNDER SELL FOR $16,459 AVERAGE - $11,000 MEDIAN By Glory Ann Kurtz While the sale didn’t exactly determine which young stallion is the hottest at the moment, it did determine which stallion’s offspring that were entered in the sale sold the highest. When the final gavel had fallen, 74 of the 85 yearlings and weanlings (87 percent) consigned to the sale had netted $1,218,000 for a $16,459 average and $11,000 median. Offspring sired by 12 young stallions were sold, including Boonsmal Cee Lena, Cat Ichi, Cats Merada, Its Just About Me, Laredo Blue, Meradas Blue Sue, One Time Pepto, Smooth As A Cat, Spots Hot, Sweet Lil Pepto, TR Dual Rey and WR This Cats Smart. When the sale results were posted, the highest net sales and most offspring selling sired by a single stallion was earned by Cat Ichi. The High Brow Cat stallion had 23 head net $430,000 for an $18,696 average and $12,000 median (median is halfway between the highest- and lowest-selling horse). His highest-selling offspring, Bet Ichi, a yearling stallion sired by Cat Ichi, consigned by the Oxbow Ranch and purchased by Bet Ichi Partners, topped the sale at $87,000. He also sired the third high seller – Ichi Mama consigned by the Rocking W Ranch purchased by Robert Tower. Cat Ichi, out of the great mare Laney Doc ($245,494 in earnings) sired by Doc Quixote, was bred and is owned by EE Ranches, Inc., Whitesboro, Texas. He won the 2004 NCHA Derby and was an NCHA Futurity finalist, with earnings topping $306,190. Cat Ichi’s 2008 fee is $6,500. However, in the median (which is halfway between the highest- and lowest-selling horse, Spots Hot, the 2004 NCHA Futurity Champion, topped the charts with two head selling for $57,000, with an average and median of $28,500. Spots Hot to Trot, consigned by Barry Livestock, brought a $50,000 bid from Wesley Galyean, the owner of Spots Hot – which was the second highest in the sale. He also had a colt sell for $7,000. Spots Hot has $511,702 in earnings. His 2008 fee is $5,000 and he also stands at the EE Ranches in Whitesboro, Texas, which next year will over a $100,000 Gelding Incentive Program for stallions standing at their facility. Sweet Lil Pepto, the sire of an NCHA Futurity finalist this year, came in second in the median, however, had the highest median with three or more offspring selling - $27,500. Owned by Dana Harrah, Frisco, Texas, Sweet Lil Pepto sired six of the sale horses, netting $110,200 for a $22,040 average (third highest) and $27,500 median. The 1999 roan stallion won over $236,000 in cutting earnings in eight months. One Time Pepto came in third in the median, with two head bringing $51,600 for a $25,750 average and median. One filly, One Time Diva, consigned by the Rocking 5 Ranch, purchased by Lori and Bobby Gale, was the fourth high-seller, bringing $43,000 while the other brought $8,500. The 2005 NCHA Super Stakes Champion, owned by Jeff Matthews, Warsaw, N.C., had a 2008 advertised fee of $7,500 standing at Oswood Stallion Station; however, he is booked full.
WESTERN BLOODSTOCK SELECT 2-YEAR-OLD SALE AVERAGES $32,788 ON 64 HEAD SOLD DURING FUTURITY AVERAGE DOWN $9,000 – MEDIAN DOWN $10,000 FROM 2006 Dec. 18, 2007 –
Fort Worth, Texas This year’s sale featured 86 consignments, with 64 (75 percent) changing hands for $2,098,400, averaging $32,788 for a $20,000 median (median is half way between the highest- and lowest-selling horse.) In 2006, 59 of 91 consignments (65 percent) sold for $2,474,500, averaging $41,941 for a $30,000 median. Surprisingly, the top two sellers were not sired by the industry’s leading sire, High Brow Cat, but were grandbabies of the great sire. What A Smooth Cat, a red roan filly by Tommy Manion’s Smooth As A Cat by High Brow Cat out of Nurse What by Doctor What, was the high seller at $225,000. Trained by Matt Gaines, the catty filly was consigned by Lee Gaule, Springfield, Ill. Nurse What is the earner of $13,164 and the dam of two money earners, including Chickochet by Smart Lil Ricochet, earner of $13,410 and Nurse Hen by Gallo Del Cielo, that earned $7,713. The second high seller was SDP Tell Me Kitty, a chestnut daughter of Mr Jay Bar Cat by High Brow Cat, out of Miss Telesis by Lenas Telesis. Consigned by Trey Hunt III, Simonton, Texas, who showed her on cattle, the filly brought a $200,000 final bid. Miss Telesis is the earner of $39,637 including the Canadian Non-Pro Maturity Champion and Open Co-Reserve Champion. Two other horses sold for over $100,000 and included Smart Like Boonlight, a red roan filly sired by Boonlight Dancer by Peptoboonsmal, out of Smart Lena Peppy by Smart Little Lena. The filly, which brought a final bid of $110,000, was consigned by Larry Reeder, Fort Sumner, N.M., and trained by T. J. Good. Smart Lena Peppy is the earner of $19,506. Bobbie Boonsmal, a red roan daughter of Peptoboonsmal out of Bambi Freckles by Freckles Playboy, consigned by John and Hope Mitchell, Weatherford, Texas, brought a final bid of $108,000. Bambi Freckles, with $102,104 in lifetime earnings, won the 2001 NCHA Non-Pro Classic/Challenge and her first two foals have earned over $107,000. Bobbie Boonsmal is eligible for the NCHA Super Stakes Incentive Purse and was in training with Curtis Bass. All 2-year-olds had to be nominated to the 2008 NCHA Futurity. The sale had a $1,500 entry fee and $125 cattle charge for four head of cattle. Owners of sold horses were charged an 8 percent commission and the owners of horses that didn’t sell were charged a repurchase fee of $1,500. At press time, buyers of the horses had not been posted by Western Bloodstock.
The second stallion in the median and first in the average was the young stallion Smooth As A Cat, when three of his offspring netted $312,000 for an average of $104,000 and a $45,000 median. Dual Rey was third in the median, with five head netting $194,500 for a $38,900 average and $37,000 median. Two sires had six offspring selling, including High Brow Cat, with six head netting $205,000 and averaging $34,167 for a $32,000 median. Bet On Me 498 also had six sell for a $25,067 average and $11,500 median. Other sires with three or more offspring selling, included Boonlight Dancer, 3, $50.500 average, $30,000 median; Hes A Peptospoonful, 3, $25,667 average and $21,000 median; Playgun, 4, $23,750 average, $19,500 median; Mr Jay Bar Cat, $76,500 average, $16,000 median, and Sweet Lil Pepto,with 5 head averaging $9,800 and a $10,000 median.
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BARREL HORSE CLAIMS TOP SPOT FOR SECOND STRAIGHT MONTH AT BILLINGS SALE July 8, 208 - Billings, Mont. For the second straight month
and the third sale this year, a barrel horse has claimed the No.
1 selling position of the weekend at the Billings Livestock Special
Catalog Sale held June 28-29. Good geldings aplenty, the finished,
fit, and fancy kind led the charge at the sale, with a jumbo selection
of 993 head of horses, 430 plus buyers, and 35 roping steers headed
to the Big Sky for the two-day summer supersale - and, hear the
news - in all divisions, all classes - sale averages held steady
or beat the final figures from one year ago. Buckskins ruled supreme
as a special session of buckskins crowned the June event with
the top selling buckskin bringing $8,000 and the top five wearing
the butterscotch tint averaging $6,740. NRHA DERBY SALE AVERAGES $4,130 ON 44 HEAD HIGH SELLER BRINGS $22,000 By Glory Ann Kurtz The high seller was Bunny Smart Chic, a 1992 daughter of Smart Chic Olena out of Bunny Tari by Doc Tari, consigned by The Right Ones and bringing a $22,000 final bid from Leopoldo Riano Diaz. The second high-seller was Litanic, a 1998 daughter of Reminic out of Colonelita by Colonel Freckles, selling for $12,500. Consigned by Debbie Hubbert and Garth Brown, the mare sold to Sergio Elia. Also, Rooster Sunday, a
2004 bay stallion by Gallo Del Cielo out of Doc O Mia by Doc O’Lena,
consigned by the Dan Hirsch Ranche, brought a $10,500 bid from
Mark Lundberg. Lundberg also purchased BR Whiz In Town, a 2005
chestnut gelding by West Coast Whiz out of Holly Tinseltown by
Primary Pine for $10,000. The gelding was consigned by Brian and
Elaine Brown. OBSC JUNE 2-YEAR-OLD RACE SALE RESULTS CLOSE TO 2007 June 19, 2008
- Ocala, Fla. The sale featured 452 consignments
(down 3.2 percent from 2007’s 467), with 367 actually selling
– compared to 316 in 2007. This was a buy-back rate of 18.8
percent, considerably down from 2007, when the rate was 32.3 percent.
The 367 head purchased grossed $7,864,700, up 14.6 percent from
2007’s $6,860,700. They averaged $21,430, down 1.3 percent
from 2007’s $21,711 for a median of $13,000 – the
same is in 2007. BRAND NEW DUALLY TOPS POLLY HOLLAR SALE By Glory Ann Kurtz The 1994 gelding, which had over $147,759 in lifetime cutting earnings, is sired by Dual Pep and out of Miss Sabrina Lena by Doc O’Lena. Although buyers were not provided, the gelding was consigned by William Lambright, Houston, Texas. He was bred by Bobby Pidgeon’s Dogwood Farms, Germantown, Tenn., and owned by the Bar H Ranche, Weatherford, Texas. As a 4-year-old, he was sold to Tommy Manion, Inc., Aubrey, Texas and as a 5-year-old, he was owned by Miles Elliott, Estill, S.C. The bay gelding has been ridden in Open, Non-Pro and Amateur competition, with his largest paycheck of $17,193 coming from a fourth-place tie in the 1999 NCHA Open Classic/Challenge. The second highest-selling horse was Travalenas Rey Jay, a 2006 sorrel mare consigned by Mark Hollar, selling for $12,000. Third was Leoetta Ichi, a 2006 red dun mare, consigned by Angela Montalbano, bringing $10,500. Fourth was Mecoms Blue Diamond, a 2005 bay roan mare consigned by the Wichita Ranch, which brought $10,000. Following are full sale results: POLLY HOLLAR'S
5TH ANNUAL BLUEBONNET COUNTRY HORSE SALE RESULTS ROPE HORSES "ROCK" AT BILLINGS SALE May 1, 2008 - Billings, Mont.
From professional grade to weekend warriors, a dandy set of rope of horses - 101 in all - headlined Billings Livestock’s 10th annual spring “Rope Horse Special” catalog sale April 25-26. With a final tally of 984 horses and 30 roping steers, the rope horses showed and glowed at a pre-sale jackpot held Friday afternoon in the BLS arena. Welcoming 126 teams, the tell-all competition allowed the consignors to show their horses in a contest setting and gave buyers the opportunity to closely shop the rope horse rides. They put it on three steers in 21.29 and the team of Britt Givens, Riverton, Wyo., and Justin Hammerich, Banner, Wyo., claimed the jackpot championship, Masters Saddles breast collars, and $332 per man. Rope horses ruled the high sellers listing as the top two selling horses of the weekend - a calf horse and a head horse - brought $16,000 and $14,000 respectively. The top 20 rope horses - head, heel, breakaway, or calf rope - averaged $7,250. The sale weekend saw 86 percent completed sales, marketing horses to 21 states and Canada. Leading the charge was CW MR Grape Juice, a 2001 AQHA bay gelding by Smart Like Juice and out of a Mr Melody Jac daughter. Just call him the business, the fancy, finished calf horse came trained, shown, and consigned by PRCA Million-dollar cowboy Brent Lewis, Eloy, Ariz. Dennis Ludington, Ephraim, Utah, purchased the quality rodeo gelding for $16,000. With 23 National Finals Rodeo qualifications between them and 16 appearances at the National Finals Steer Roping, Billings Livestock was proud to offer horses consigned by Million-dollar cowboy and World Champion Team Roper Bobby Harris, current World Champion Saddle Bronc rider J.J. Elshere, 11-time NFR qualifer Brent Lewis, and National Finals Steer Ropers J.R. Olson and Ora Taton. Back at the sale, runner-up honors went to Onyx, a grade, 12-year-old black gelding offered by Turner Performance Horses, Victor, Mont. Head, heel, or run barrels, the all-in-one super horse brought $14,000 and sold to Elke Edwards, Gillette, Wyo. Number three in rope horse rank
was Jackson Kyd, another 12-year-old black gelding, this one AQHA
registered and sired by Three Chicks Flash - came offered by Travis
Elings, Helena, Mont. Pat and Connie Fitzgerald, Fitgerald Cutting Horses, Paoli, Okla., home of the $4 million dollar sire “Smart Mate” offered Tomson Cat, a 1991 AQHA sorrel mare by Son O Doc. The NCHA money-earning mare sold with a Smart Mate baby at side and bred back to Smart Mate for 2009. David Day, Broadus, Mont., purchased the package for $12,500. Good horses, both mares and geldings - fit, ready, and riding - continued to wield their market power at the sale, as averages beat 2007 figures all the way through. The top five selling horses averaged $12,900 compared to $11,640 in 2007; the top 10 averaged $11,000 vs. $9,600 last year; the top 20 at $8,965 likened to $8,205 one year ago, the top 50 came in at $6,444 compared to $6,212, and on the top 100 - $4,724 in 2008 against $4,694 in 2007. The trend continues and the gap
inches wider - the thinner, less-experienced horses face challenged
demand. On the loose horse side, the top-end market horses and
prospects held their own ground, however, the middle and bottom
end - the younger, thinner, poorer-quality individuals, met with
a softened market. Billings Livestock’s next sale event is set for May 24-25 and will feature the annual “Cow Country Classic” catalog sale in addition to the “Best of the Remuda” Ranch Gelding competition. Featured in May will be Ranch geldings along with kid’s ponies and horses. Ranch Horse competition is set for 3 p.m. Friday, May 23 in the BLS Arena. Cattle will be available both days to preview the rope horses and cutting horses. For more information, to consign or request a catalog, contact Bill and Jann Parker, BLS Horse Sale Managers at 406-245-4151 or see it all at www.billingslivestock.com. NEWS FROM THE RACE SALES KEENELAND APRIL 2-YEAR-OLD SALE UP IN AVERAGE; MEDIAN DOWN FROM 2007 April 16, 2008
– Lexington, Ky. According to an article in the Thoroughbred Times, the high prices for Storm Cat offspring are fueled by the report that leading sire Storm Cat is dealing with fertility problems related to old age. SYNERGY INVESTMENTS ACQUIRES FASIG-TIPTON SALE CO April 16, 2008 Al Habbai is a close associate of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai and owner of Godolphin Racing and the global Darley breeding operation. Fasig-Tipton is North America’s oldest Thoroughbred auctions and conducts auctions in Lexington, Saratoga Springs, New York, Timonium, Md., Miami and Grand Prairie, Texas. WESTERN BLOODSTOCK PLANNING FOUR SESSIONS OF 2-YEAR-OLDS BY SELECT SIRES DURING NCHA FUTURITY SALES April 6, 2008
– Fort Worth, Texas All 2-year-olds consigned must be nominated to the 2009 NCHA Futurity and must be sired by an NCHA Top 100 All-Time Leading Sire, an NCHA Top 50 current leading sire as of Sept. 1, 2008 or an NCHA earner of $100,000. Videos to be used for promotional purposes only must be submitted to Western Bloodstock by Oct. 31. If you don’t have a 2-year-old
with the above qualifications, Western Bloodstock has advertised
that they will consider exceptional applicants by non-qualifying
sires for the sales if you submit a video for inspection by Oct.
10. BARREL HORSES BOOM AT BIILLINGS April 2, 2008 - Billings,
Mont Barrel horses that were hauled and won on brought $16,500, $9,800, and $8,000 respectively, and five out of the top 10 selling horses were again barrel horses - boasting an average sale price of $9,060. The sale featured "Outfitters,
Guides, Trail and Guest horses, along with a special session of
BILLINGS
LIVESTOCK SALE TOP LAST YEAR'S AVERAGES ACROSS THE BOARD From the first horse to the last,
an ambitious market played to a full house of buyers as over 700
individuals registered to buy the 883 head of consigned horses
at the three-day sale which included an indoor preview of all
performance horses. CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA PROPOSALS WOULD FOLLOW KENTUCKY IN DISALLOWING DUAL AGENCY IN HORSE DEALINGS RESULTS OF PASSED BILLS COULD AFFECT PERFORMANCE HORSE SALES IF OTHER STATES FOLLOW SUIT
Jan. 26, 2007 Even though these proposals and bills were brought on by the Thoroughbred industry, they simply address “horse sales,” and in the future could affect all horse sales across the United States – even cutting, reining and cow horse sales, if Texas, Oklahoma and other states follow suit. The Kentucky bill was sponsored by Denver Butler, chairman of the House Licensing and Occupations Committee, which heard testimony from Jess Jackson, a wealthy businessman who owns the majority of Curlin, the Horse of the Year. Jackson was involved in a high-profile lawsuit against two agents and a trainer he said defrauded him by accepting undisclosed commissions from horse sellers. Jackson said it happened to him 38 times in 20 months. In September 2007, the suit was settled when Jackson received a $3.5 million settlement. Now the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is seeking to ban dual agency in the horse business and will require a written receipt for all horse sales, under the terms of a proposed law. Also, following suit, the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) are calling for full disclosure of medical and ownership information of horses at auction - and the licensing of bloodstock agents and consignors. Both of these proposals would demand transparency in horse dealings and eliminate dual agency at horse sales. In other words, agents would no longer be able to collect commissions from both sellers and buyers. According to articles in the Thoroughbred Times, House Bill 1427, which was passed in June 2007, ordered the Florida state agency to adopt rules to prevent “unfair and deceptive practices at horse sales.” The movement originated with Florida owner and breeder Earle Mack, but the final proposal fell far short of what Mack and some others had pushed for, including disclosure of ownership and medical information of horses at auction. However, the proposal must go through a public comment period and could still change. Mack issued a press release on Friday, calling it a good first step. Mack said. “There are several additional issues of great importance that will also need to be addressed. These areas were specifically recognized by the Florida Legislature when it passed legislation requiring transparency in the purchase and sale of horses in Florida, and we will work with the agency on the next steps to ensure the goal of transparency.” The law would ban a person from representing more than one party in a transaction without prior knowledge and written consent from the purchaser and seller. Any compensation, fees, or gratuities of more than $500 must be disclosed in writing. The TOC, Mack, and Jess Jackson believe the Sales Integrity Task Force did not go far enough in its recommendations that the auction industry police itself through self-regulation, including a code of conduct for bloodstock agents and voluntary disclosure of medical and ownership information.
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