2021 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales set new standard
With an average price increase of 30% over last year, the 2021 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales gave a strong boost to the National Reined Cow Horse industry
With an average price increase of 30% over last year, the 2021 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales gave a strong boost to the National Reined Cow Horse industry
The Absolute Reduction Sale of Fults Ranch On August 19, 2021, Alvin and Becky Fults will open a new door with The Absolute Reduction Sale of Fults Ranch, at the ranch in Amarillo, Tex. A landmark event for the cutting industry, the sale will include offspring of leading all-time living sire Metallic Cat, and feature[…]
For over four decades Milt Bradford monitored the pulse of the cutting horse industry through public auctions that saw hundreds of millions of dollars worth of horses change hands, while cutting became the world’s richest Western performance horse sport. On May 1, 2021, after a long battle with cancer, Milt passed away peacefully at his[…]
On Friday, December 7, the 2018 NCHA Futurity Sales continued to reflect an energized market, with Session III of the Preferred Breeders Sale, where 90% of 153 horses offered sold for an average of $20,666. While yearling fillies accounted for nine out of 10 of the day’s top sellers, WKG Lotus, a yearling stallion, brought[…]
Completed sales of 89% on Thursday kept Western Bloodstock’s 2018 NCHA Futurity Sales momentum on track for an industry benchmark, as the Preferred Breeders Sale II highlighted a brisk market for yearlings, including the high-selling colt Reyfreshed, purchased for $80,000 from 3 T Ranch, Pilot Point, Tex. Consigned by Lone Oak Performance Horses, LLC, Reyfreshed,[…]
Strong bidding and 88% completed sales defined Western Bloodstock’s Preferred Breeders Sale, Day Session I. Foxies Hibrow Cat, a yearling colt sired by High Brow Cat and consigned by his breeders, Glenn and Debbie Drake, was the high seller at $100,000, and one of 12 horses to sell for $100,000 from Monday morning through Wednesday[…]
Following a stellar Session I Day Sale on Wednesday, Western Bloodstock continued its upswing in the Preferred Breeders I Evening Session with a $30,000 average and 82% completed sales. High Brow CD sold for $401,000. Jim Arnold photo. High Brow CD, the 2007 NCHA Futurity Open champion and a leading sire of the earners of[…]
A new record was set Monday, in Session I of Western Bloodstock Ltd.’s NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale, when Tin Man, by Metallic Cat, sold for $500,000. While Tuesday’s Session II of the 2-Year-Old Sale did not see another record-breaking price, it did see seven individual horses bring $100,000 or more. In just two days of[…]
A new record was set Monday, in Session I of Western Bloodstock Ltd.’s NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale, when Tin Man, by Metallic Cat, sold for $500,000. The previous record was $400,000 for Eight Mile, by Metallic Cat, in the 2014 NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale. Consigned by Wes and Lindy Ashlock and purchased by Stella Swanson,[…]
The 2018 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales concluded on Saturday, October 20 with 90% of the entire offering –173 head –sold for an average of $13,620; on Saturday, the last day of the sales, 94% of the horses sold. Held at Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, Tex., the sale offered a top roster[…]