2015 NRHA/Markel Insurance Select Yearling Sale Results
NRHA/Markel Insurance Select Yearling Sale
Held Dec. 5, 2015
69 horses consigned
$1,819,700 gross for a $26,372 average
55 sold (80%), $1,554,700 net, $28,267 average and $23,000 median.
NRHA/Markel Insurance Select Yearling Sale
Held Dec. 5, 2015
69 horses consigned
$1,819,700 gross for a $26,372 average
55 sold (80%), $1,554,700 net, $28,267 average and $23,000 median.
NRHA/Markel Insurance Futurity Prospect Sale
Held Dec. 4, 2015
64 horses consigned
$2,838,700 gross for a $44,355 average
38 sold (59%), $1,801,700 net, $47,413 average and $25,000 median.
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NRHA/Markel Insurance Marketplace Sale
Held Dec. 3, 2015
89 horses consigned
$815,000 gross for a $9,157 average
66 sold (74%), $589,000 net, $8,924 average and $7,000 median.
A total of 2,128 horses were consigned to major horse sales across the Western performance horse industry in 2015. Of those, 1,707 changed hands for more than $31 million. The best of the best hit the six-figure mark, with 30 horses bringing final bids of $100,000 or more.
The outstanding show mare Miss Ella Rey has carried Equi-Stat Elite $1 Million Rider Ed Dufurrena and his children, Brandon and Rieta Dufurrena, to earnings of nearly $400,000. Her latest accomplishment put Rieta in 12th place in the 2015 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Non-Pro World standings. As a broodmare, Miss Ella Rey has now given the Dufurrena family the NCHA Futurity Open Champion Stevie Rey Von and NCHA Non-Pro Horse of the Year Purple Reyn. Brandon is the breeder of record for the full siblings by Metallic Cat.
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Born near Brownfield, Texas, Kyle (pictured aboard Miss Peponita Chick at the 1982 American Quarter Horse Association [AQHA] World Show) spent most of his life ranching in New Mexico. Widely recognized in the industry for his trademark black hat and red high-topped boots, Kyle moved to Yukon, Oklahoma, in 1982 to be near his daughter, Jackie Krshka, and her family.
The 2015 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Sales 1002-lotted catalog of horses was the sale’s largest since 2010. While the overall average of $21,260 was under 2014’s all-time record of $27,696, it was just shy of the 2013 NCHA Futurity Sales average of $21,323 and nearly $7,000 more per head than in 2010.
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