Twenty-eight horses earned a spot into the Open finals of the 2021 Metallic Cat National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity.
The top score from the Open semifinals was marked by last year’s million-dollar sales topper, Wood She B Magic and Austin Shepard, who marked a 225. Close behind them, at 224, were Janie Wood (by Stevie Rey Von) and John Mitchell.
The clean-slate finals are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 11, at the historic Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.
Below is the draw for the finals, with horses, pedigrees, owner and rider:
Draw | Horse | Sire | Dam (sire of Dam) | Owner | Rider |
1 | TF Chex Are Blue | Once In A Blu Boon | TF High Chex CD (High Brow CD) | Clark Butte Ranch | Morgan Cromer |
2 | Sweet N Looow | Metallic Cat | Sweet Shorty Lena (by Shorty Lena) | Pat & Lisa Taylor | Foster Johnston |
3 | Attakapas | Kit Kat Sugar | Playin One Time (One Time Royalty) | James & Gay Karhan | Russ Westfall |
4 | Suen To Be Cool | Hottish | Donas Suen Boon (by Boon Too Suen) | Paula Wood | Kobie Wood |
5 | Wood She B Magic | Woody Be Tuff | Magic Metallic (by Metallic Cat) | Billy Wolf | Austin Shepard |
6 | Blue Autumn Rey | Dual Rey | Déjàvu N Blue (by Smooth As A Cat) | Hook’em & Gig’Em LLC | Jonathan Rogers |
7 | Purdys Rebel | Metallic Rebel | Purdy Bet (by Purdy Aristocrat) | Kathleeen Moore | James Payne |
8 | Hawk N Cash | Catty Hawk | Peptoboondoll (by Peptoboonsmal) | Cowan Ranch, Inc | Nathan Gribble |
9 | Janie Wood | Stevie Rey Von | Junie Wood (by Nitas Wood) | Slate River Ranch | John Mitchell |
10 | DMAC Take The Bet | Smooth Talkin Style | Stylish Bet (by Docs Stylish Oak) | David & Stacie McDavid | Clint Allen |
11 | Pocket Kings | NRR Cat King Cole | Purdy N Smooth (by Purdy Boy Flash) | Kira Wright | Greg Wright |
12 | Sinn City | Dual Rey | Justasassycat (by High Brow Cat) | Beechfork Ranch | Michael Cooper |
13 | One Way Or Anuther | NRR Cat King Cole | Duallys Little Queen (by Dual Pep) | Pat & Lisa Taylor | Rodrigo Taboga |
14 | Coco Kit Kat | Kit Kat Sugar | My Other Toys A Car (by Smart Lena Boon) | Johnsrud Ranch | Chris Johnsrud |
15 | Markle Sparkle | Hottish | Smooth As A Twist (by Smooth As A Cat) | Timman Maupin | Russ Carroll |
16 | Steele Monkey | Metallic Cat | Lipshy (by Haidas Little Pep) | Stanford Ranch Performance Horses | Kody Porterfield |
17 | Rosalitta | Metallic Cat | GS Countin On Kitty (Im Countin Checks) | Clay & Kelsey Johnson | Lloyd Cox |
18 | Third Edge | Metallic Rebel | Lil Rattler (by Dual Rey) | SMF Cutting Horses LLC | Wes Galyean |
19 | Hottish Metal | Hottish | Snow Me The Rey (by Metallic Cat) | Jim Good | Adan Banuelos |
20 | Konna | High Brow Cat | Sofie Rey (by Dual Rey) | Milner Enterprise LLC | Tatum Rice |
21 | Boon San Bunny | Im Countin Checks | Boon San Kitty (by High Brow Cat) | Stanford Ranch Performance Horses | Kody Porterfield |
22 | Mezmorize | Reyzin The Cash | Reycy Moon (by Cats Moonshine) | Barker Ranch | Tarin Rice |
23 | Moms Smart Babe | WR This Cats Smart | Just U Babe (by Lizzys Gotta Player) | Jan Rutledge | Kenny Platt |
24 | Baby Im Hot | Hottish | Special Nu Baby (by Dual Rey) | Pat & Lisa Taylor | Lloyd Cox |
25 | Telet Like It Is | Meteles Cat | Madelena (by Smart Little Lena) | John McGraw | Cara Brewer |
26 | Heisenbergg | One Time Royalty | No Way In Hal (by Halreycious) | Ross Hardester | Monty Buntin |
27 | Don’t Stopp The Reyn | Dont Stopp Believin | NRR Holy Cat (by High Brow Cat) | Regan & Reyly Plendl | Nick O’Dell |
28 | Tagging | Metallic Cat | Dual Rey Tag (by Dual Rey) | Jim Haworth | Cara Brewer |