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NRHA/Markel Insurance Futurity Sales Consignment Deadline Sept. 1

buena-spook2014 NRHA/Markel Insurance Futurity Sales highest seller Buena Spook • QHN photoThe National Reining Horse Association (NRHA)/Markel Insurance Futurity Sale consignment deadline is Tuesday, Sept. 1. The NRHA/Markel Insurance Futurity Sales are held with the largest reining event in the world – the NRHA Futurity. New for 2015, NRHA is adding a Production section to the Marketplace Sale on Thursday, Dec. 3.

The Production section of the Marketplace Sale is a new, special section where breeders can sell two yearlings at a time in the sale arena. The highest bid gets the first pick, and the second yearling will sell immediately following. The Production section is only available to eligible to breeders who consign more than 10 horses.

More information about the sale, as well as the one place to download forms is available at nrha.com/sales. Please note a few important reminders for 2015:

  • Videos and photos for Futurity Prospect and Select Yearling Consignments are due Sept. 1. Digital radiographs must be provided on all 2-year-olds that are accepted into the Futurity Prospect Sale and all yearlings accepted into the Select Yearling Sale. Digital Radiographs must be provided on all yearlings, 2-year-olds and riding horses consigned to the Marketplace Sale.
  • All NRHA Sire and Dam Offspring are eligible to consign to the Futurity Sales.
  • All consignment forms must have original breed papers and signed transfers if deducting consignment fees from sale proceeds
  • Two-year-olds that are consigned to and are sold in the 2015 NRHA/Markel Futurity Prospect Sale (“graduates”) will be eligible to compete for an additional payout during the NRHA Futurity.

Updated Sale Schedule:

  • Marketplace Sale – Thursday, Dec. 3 at 8:30 a.m.
  • Futurity Prospect Sale Preview – Thursday, Dec. 3 at 4 p.m.
  • Futurity Sales Dinner – Friday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m.
  • Futurity Prospect Sale – Friday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m.
  • Select Yearling Sale – Saturday, Dec. 5 at 9 a.m.

For questions about deadlines, consignment fees, commissions and pass out fees, visit nrha.com/sales or contact Tiffany Gonzales at (405) 946-7400. Interested parties are also welcome to email [email protected].