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Custom Made Gun Headed to Europe After Topping Legacy Reining Sales

As the sun began to set in Aubrey, Texas, the evening of Sept. 28, royally bred reining horses were still walking through the Legacy Reining Sales ring. It was a poetic setting for the McQuay Stables Dispersal session, held immediately before the Legacy Consignment Sale. The anticipation was high leading up to Hip No. 38 […]

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Bling Brings Top Bid in Fort Worth

The Winter Premier Sale was back again at the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Celebration of Champions. Managed by The Sale Company, the Fort Worth, Texas, sale featured more than 40 horses and Smart Little Lena semen. Hip No. 36, Boonsmal Bling, was the highest seller during the Feb. 17 event. The 2008 sorrel […]

Cutting Events

Talented Show Mares Top Cutting Horse Sale

The conclusion of the Western Bloodstock National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Sales was as exciting as the start. Talented show mares were a hot commodity in the Watt Arena on the Sunday, Dec. 10, event. Consigned by Tommy Manion Inc., Miss Meow sold as Hip No. 6036 with an embryo by Equi-Stat Elite $9 […]

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Sought After Bloodlines Top Session III at Preferred Breeders Sale

Top-notch cutting bloodlines are a common offering at the Western Bloodstock National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Sales, and the most sought after pedigrees proved most profitable during the Preferred Breeders Sale Session III, held Saturday, Dec. 9. Hip No. 5060, Splittin Aces, was the highest seller on day five of six at the NCHA […]

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Broodmares Lead Preferred Breeders Sale Session II

Broodmares were in high demand at the second session of the Western Bloodstock National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Preferred Breeders Sale, where three of the top four sellers were breeding stock. Hip No. 4078, Awesome Autumn, was the day’s highest seller when the hammer fell at $200,000 for the 2004 black mare, who was […]

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Select Yearling Sale & Gala Goes out With a Bang

After five years of successful, classy events, the Western Bloodstock Select Yearling Sale & Gala has come to an end. In its final year, the highest percentage of completed sales (88 percent) and the $57,714 average were evidence of the quality horseflesh that walked through the ring. When Hip No. 35, Nu Metallic Lace, entered […]

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Six-figure Sales Highlight Session I of NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale

With 130 2-year-old prospects catalogued in the first session of the Western Bloodstock NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale, Dec. 5 offered a full day of horse shopping in the Watt Arena at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The first day of the Futurity Sales was highlighted by the high-dollar purchase of CR […]

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Blood Runs Deep at NRHA Futurity Select Yearling Sale

Cam Essick’s Pacific Range Ranch is known for its high-caliber broodmares, and that reputation was confirmed Dec. 2 when the hammer fell at $61,000 for NRHA/Markel Futurity Select Yearling Sale highest-seller Hip No. 3052, Loveya To Love Me. A yearling bay filly, Loveya To Love Me is by Equi-Stat Elite $1 Million Sire Gunnatrashya and […]

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Sparky Jac Dun It Brings Top Dollar in OKC

This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Futurity Prospect Sale during the NRHA/Markel Futurity Sales in Oklahoma City. Sparky Jac Dun It celebrated the milestone as the session’s highest seller. Passing through the sale ring as Hip No. 2017, Sparky Jac Dun It garnered an $81,000 bid for consignor Muehlstaetter Performance Horses. The 2-year-old […]

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Chic With Guns & Son Top NRHA/Markel Futurity Marketplace Sale

The first session of the three-day National Reining Horse Association/Markel Futurity Sales – the Marketplace Sale – saw many yearlings and broodmares pass through the sale ring, but Chic With Guns topped them all as the highest seller. Her 2016 colt brought the highest price among yearlings. Chic With Guns, a 2008 gray mare (Smart […]