Metallic Flo, a 3-year-old Metallic Cat daughter in training with T.J. Good, was the high-selling lot, at $60,000, during Western Bloodstock Ltd.’s NCHA Super Stakes Sale on Saturday, April 18, at Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, Tex. Cancan Reyvolution, an8-year-old gelding sired by Dual Rey brought $40,000, as the sales second-highest seller.

The Top 10 sellers averaged $28,000, representing a 23 percent increase over the sale’s 2014 Top 10 sellers, and the Top 20 sellers averaged $22,150, a 22 percent increase over 2014.

The sale’s net average of $11,341 on 76 horses sold represents a seven percent increase over 2014 sale, figures, while the percentage sold remained at 73 percent, from 104 lots, with a gross average of $14,725.

Metallic Flo, consigned by Alan Chappell, Gainesville, Tex., was purchased by Cody Erwin, Vancouver, Wash. Cancan Reyvolution, the 2011 NCHA Derby Non-Pro champion and NCHA earner of $145,837, was purchased by Kent Arnold DVM, Terrell, Tex., from John and Lica Pinkston, Alice, Tex.

Purrfect Playgirl was the high-selling 4-year-old at $25,500. The High Brow Cat daughter, in training with Bill Riddle, was consigned by Glenn Drake, Napa, Calif., and sold to Juan Carlos Rengel Leon, Valencia, Venezuela.

Smart Metallic RG, at $22,000, was the high-selling stallion. The 4-year-old Metallic Cat son, in training with T.J. Good, was consigned by Mariposa Farms and purchased by Billy Gene Crenshaw, Kountze, Tex.

The NCHA Summer Spectacular Sale, August 1 at Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, is the next sale on Western Bloodstock Ltd.’s agenda, followed by the Center Ranch Production Sale, in Centerville, Tex. on October 10, and the NCHA Futurity Sales in Fort Worth, in December.

March 31st, 2015

Open Prelims
The National Reined Cow Horse Association Stakes Open herd work prelims wrapped up at the South Point Equestrian Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday. Call Me Mitch (Metallic Cat x Miss Hickory Hill x Doc’s Hickory), shown by Phillip Ralls for owner Estelle Roitblat, won the go-round with the 222 they scored on Monday. Ralls and the 2011 roan stallion also top the composite on two events with a 440.

Non Pro Prelims
Riding Annies Smarty Cat (Metallic Cat x Lil Miss Smarty Chex x Smart Little Lena), Marjie Robinson scored a 218.5 in the Stakes herd work prelims to win the Non Pro, Intermediate Non Pro and Novice Non Pro go-rounds.
Annies Smarty Cat is a 2011 stallion owned by Robinson’s husband, Ted Robinson, a NRCHA Hall of Fame horseman and Million Dollar Rider. Annies Smarty Cat is the last foal out of the NRCHA Hall of Fame horse Lil Miss Smarty Chex, a 1987 mare who was a leading producer of reined cow horse champions.

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There were lots open of winners at the 2015 Arbuckle Mountain Futurity in Ardmore, Okla, on February 25. But the richest in terms of championships was Beau Galyean, who showed full sisters Magistic Moon and Sweet Metallic, by Metallic Cat.

Magistic Moon scored 221 points in the 4-Year-Old Futurity to tie for the win with NCHA Futurity reserve champion Smooth Talkin Style, sired by Smooth As A Cat and shown by Lloyd Cox for Gail Holmes and Hill Ranches.

Magistic Moon, is owned by Jimmie Miller Smith, Geary, Okla. The wins were worth $18,750 for each horse. Splitting third and fourth were DMAC Spicy Spoon, shown for Kathleen Moore by James Payne, and Sweet Lil Amanda, with Matt Miller for Chris Brengard; each earned $11,639.

Sweet Metallic, owned by Galyean, was one of three horses who tied with 220 points for the 5/6 Classic championship. Co-champion Snap Crackle Cat, by High Brow Cat, was shown by Tatum Rice for John McLaren, McGregor, Tex., and JJs Catless Merada, by Cats Merada, was under Steve Oehlof for Ken Sitton, Freeport, Tex. The trio won a total of $42,148 ($14,049 each).

Sannman, by Metallic Cat, and No Way In Hal, by Halreycious, were co-reserve champions with 218 points under Beau Galyean and Lloyd Cox, respectively. Sannman is owned by Alvin and Becky Fults, Amarillo, Tex.; No Way In Hal is owned by Kathleen Moore, Madill, Okla.

Magistic Moon and Sweet Metallic, bred by Alvin Fults, are both out of Sweet Abra, winner of $117,725, and dam of five NCHA money earners, including Sweet Metallic LTE $93,157; Magistic Moon LTE $50,824; and Magic Metallic LTE $39,486; all sired by Metallic Cat.

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The 2015 season began for 4-year-old cutting horses on January 3, in Abilene, Tex., with the Abilene Spectacular. The event offers, as do all NCHA-sanctioned limited age events, purses for a gamut of official classes, but it is 4-year-old open competition that offers the biggest payoffs in prize money, as well as equally significant returns in breeding barns and training arenas.

The Abilene Spectacular is the first of a series of limited age cutting events, leading up to the NCHA Super Stakes, which will have a significant impact on the 2015 breeding season, initially predicated by the results of the 2014 NCHA Futurity. In that light, the 4-year-old open results of the Abilene Spectacular, the Augusta Futurity, and the Ike Hamilton Derby are worth a look.

High Brow Cat was the leading sire of the 2014 NCHA Futurity finalists with seven, including the champion and winner of $200,000, Classy CD Cat, shown by Phil Hanson for Dottie Hill. Metallic Cat tied Dual Rey with the second-highest number of NCHA Futurity finalists (3 each), but as of Feb 7, 2015, ranks first among sires of 2015 open 4-year-old major event contenders (NCHA Futurity, Abilene Spectacular, Augusta Futurity and Ike Hamilton Derby) with 18 finalists. High Brow Cat is next on the list of top sires with 15, followed by Dual Rey and One Time Pepto with 10 each, then Smooth As A Cat with eight, and High Brow CD with seven.

Metallic Cat – 18
High Brow Cat – 15
Dual Rey – 10
One Time Pepto – 10
Smooth As A Cat – 8
High Brow CD – 7

Among trainers, Lloyd Cox, reserve champion of the 2014 NCHA Futurity on Smooth Talkin Style, by Smooth As A Cat and owned by Holmes and Hill, leads the pack with nine finalists in the four events, followed by Austin Shepard with seven, and Michael Cooper and Grant Setnicka with four each.

Lloyd Cox – 9
Austin Shepard – 7
Michael Cooper – 4
Grant Setnicka – 4
Tatum Rice – 4
Tarin Rice – 3
Matt Gaines – 3
James Payne – 3
Jesse Lennox – 3
Jody Galyean – 3
Casey Green – 3
Chris Hanson – 3

Center Ranch takes center stage among owners of 4-year-old open competitors with six finalists from the four shows, including a record four finalists in the NCHA Open Futurity.

Center Ranch – 6
Kathleen Moore – 4
Walton’s Rocking W Ranch – 3
John & Hope Mitchell – 3
Rose Valley Ranch – 3

The Bonanza Cutting begins its 10-day run in Glen Rose, Tex. on Wednesday, February 11, followed by the Arbuckle Mountain Futurity in Ardmore, Okla., beginning on February 22; the Cattlemen’s Derby, Graham, Tex. from March 2 through 8; the PCCHA Winter Round Up in Paso Robles, Calif., March 12 through 15; and the NCHA Super Stakes, which begins a 24-day run on March 26 in Fort Worth, Tex.

Metallic Cat jumped to the top of the 2014 NCHA Futurity sire list when his 3-year-old offspring posted total earnings of $660,690. He led other sires High Brow Cat, Dual Rey and Smooth As A Cat, which came in second, third and fourth, respectively.

The handsome 10-year-old red roan stallion, champion of the 2008 NCHA Open Futurity, had 45 money earners out of 80 offspring entered in the annual Fort Worth event, giving him an average of $14,682. Metallic Cat also led the list of most offspring entered in the 2014 NCHA Futurity. Although this was the first time he has led all Futurity sires, from the way he has rocketed to the top with just two Futurity foal crops, it won’t be his last.

Owned by Alvin and Becky Fults of Amarillo, Texas, and trained and shown by Beau Galyean , Metallic Cat is the second highest money earning stallion – with $637,771 – in the history of the NCHA. Entered in 12 events during his show career, he made the finals all 12 times and never lost a cow. He was retired to stud at the end of his 4-year-old year.

In 2014, Metallic Cat offspring earnings took a dramatic leap forward. In June, he became a million dollar sire. Astonishingly, six months later in December, he passed the two million dollar sire mark. Both were NCHA records for the shortest time to reach one million and then two million in offspring earnings. Throw in his Futurity totals, and he sits at just over $2.6 million in offspring earnings.
Metallic Cat set another record at the NCHA Futurity. One of his 2-year-olds, Eight Mile, an eye-catching chestnut colt, sold for $400,000, while another, Moses Man, a sorrel colt, was third highest seller for 2-year-olds at $210,000.

Metallic Cat is sired by High Brow Cat and out of Chers Shadow by Peptoboonsmal. He was 2009 NCHA Horse of the Year and is in the NHCA Hall of Fame.

Metallic Mandy (Metallic Cat x Playin With Pep) Owned by: John and Hope Mitchell. Shown by: Chris Hanson. This incredible mare was Metallic Cat’s top money earning offspring at the 2014 NCHA Futurity, earning $84,588.

A new record price at the 2014 NCHA Futurity Western Bloodstock 2 Year Old Sale! Eight Mile, a sorrel colt by Metallic Cat out of Cappuccino And Pasta, just sold for $400,000! The horse was purchased by Nancy Burke from Minnesota.