Posted by QHN on January 25, 2018 by Kristin Pitzer

After performances by his offspring caused Metallic Cat to lead the 2017 Abilene Spectacular as the No. 1 sire, the 2005 red roan stallion hit the mark again at the 2018 edition of the show. Twenty-eight of his offspring garnered $154,934 while in Abilene this year, nearly $50,000 more than No. 2 sire High Brow Cat.

Five of Metallic Cat’s progeny earned more than $10,000 each at the event, including Catarism RG (out of Playgiarism x Freckles Playboy), Copperish (out of Stylish Play Lena x Docs Stylish Oak) and Sweat Son (out of Travalin Miss Mosa x Travalena).

Catarism RG, bred by Mariposa Farms LLP and owned by Rose Valley Ranch, marked a 220 in the 4-Year-Old Open finals with Michael Cooper, tying for the Reserve Championship. The duo banked $15,000, along with $4,040 for tying for second in the Novice class, as well.

In the 5/6-Year-Old Open, Copperish carried Lloyd Cox to the Co-Championship with her score of 221, which came with a $17,000 check. The mare, who is owned by Jimmie Miller Smith, was bred by Double Dove Ranch. Her lifetime earnings were pushed to more than $134,000 with her latest title.

Metallic Cat’s third-highest earner at the show, Sweat Son, placed third in the 5/6-Year-Old Open with a score of 220.5. Also ridden by Cox, he collected $13,000, which pushed him to earnings of $84,804. Nick VandeSteeg owns the stallion, who was bred by Randy and Jenny Free.

Metallic Cat (High Brow Cat x Chers Shadow x Peptoboonsmal), who was purchased by Bobby Patton’s Rocking P Ranch in September 2017, boasts more than $17 million in sire earnings. As of press time, he was quickly approaching Equi-Stat Elite $18 Million Sire status.

Chad Bushaw on Bittersweet. Hart Photography.

Chad Bushaw owned the night, Friday, December 8, with a 225-point championship performance on Bittersweet, by Metallic Cat, in the 2017 NCHA Non-Pro Futurity. Brandon Westfall on Smooth Lil Cowtown, by Smooth As A Cat, took reserve with 221 points, and Cody Hedlund placed third with 220 points on Iggy Reyzalea, by Dual Smart Rey.

This was the second NCHA Non-Pro Futurity championship title for Bushaw, an NCHA Non-Pro Hall of Fame earner of $3,259,465. He won the 2001 Non-Pro Futurity on Jerryoes LTE $252,780, and has been a finalist eight other times. His first NCHA Futurity success came as a finalist in the 1991 Amateur, when he was 18. Friday evening, his son, Charles Russell Bushaw, 14, was a finalist in the NCHA Futurity Unlimited Amateur Finals.

In addition to the NCHA Futurity, Bushaw has also won the NCHA Super Stakes (2008 on Cats Ruby) and the NCHA Derby (2012 on Bet On A Cat), and was reserve champion of the 2007 NCHA Super Stakes on Mocha Cappuccino.

Bittersweet, out of Miss Sea Rey, by Dual Rey, was bred by Marilyn Jo Franz and is a full sister to three other NCHA money earners out of Miss Sea Rey LTE $31,890, by Dual Rey. Bittersweet and Bushaw also won Thursday’s NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Semi-Finals with 219 points.

There was plenty of build up to the Non-Pro finals of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity. After weeks of waiting, the finalists finally got their time in the spotlight.

The competitors did not disappoint, and after just a few horses in the first set, big scores were already being laid down. The biggest of the night was marked by Chad Bushaw and Bittersweet (Metallic Cat x Miss Sea Rey x Dual Rey), who put together a smoking 225 for the Championship.

In addition to bragging rights, the pair earned a massive $61,162 paycheck. Those earnings pushed Bushaw’s Equi-Stat record to nearly $3.4 million.

Bushaw was thrilled with the result of the finals and more than anything was happy he was able to show off the talent of Bittersweet.

“I have had a really good feeling about this mare for a long time,” he said. “Most the year, and certainly in the last six months, I felt like she could be something that I have not got to show in a long time and maybe ever. I was looking forward to tonight. I knew I had a special horse, so I felt relief [coming out with the win].”

The 2017 NCHA Futurity Select Yearling Sale, on Wednesday, December 6, completed sales on 88% of its offering, an all-time record for the sale, where 42 head sold for $2,424,000 and an average of $57,714.

Nu Metallic Lace, consigned by Eddie Longley, topped the sale at $250,000. The bay roan filly, sired by Metallic Cat, was purchased by Circle Y Ranch, Millsap, Tex., home of Im Countin Checks, the sire of 2017 NCHA Open World Champion Deluxe Checks. Out of Nu I Wood LTE $427,152, an NCHA all-time leading producer, Nu Metallic Lace is a half-sister to NCHA Open World Champion Special Nu Baby $LTE $481,197 and a three-quarter sister to Special Nu Kitty LTE $301,268.

Metallic Mystified, by Metallic Cat, was the second-highest seller of the sale. Consigned by Fults Ranch, the bay colt brought $200,000 from Rocking P Ranch, owner of 2017 leading sire Metallic Cat. Out of Sweet Abra LTE $120,151, an NCHA all-time leading producer, Metallic Mystified is a full brother to Metallic Rebel LTE $404,910, 2017 NCHA Horse of the Year and 2017 World Champion Stallion.

Rocking P Ranch, Fort Worth, Texas, also purchased One Time Pepto daughter Foxing Awesum for $150,000 from Waco Bend Ranch. The red roan filly is out of Dont Look Twice LTE $843,096, NCHA’s all-time leading female money earner. Her second dam is Tapt Twice LTE $285,226, a Top 10 NCHA all-time producer of the earners of $1,459,206.

Lou Rey, by Dual Rey, also went to Rocking P Ranch for $100,000. The Oxbow Ranch-consigned filly is out of Louellas Cat LTE $305,305, a full sister to Cattalou LTE $286,647 and half-sister to Movin Downtown LTE $346,715.

Shameless, a Dual Smart Rey daughter out of Miss Pepto LTE $100,727, by Peptoboonsmal, sold for $110,000 to John Thomas, Alberta, Canada. The red roan filly was consigned by Crown Ranch, Weatherford, Tex.

The 2017 NCHA Futurity Sales continue through Sunday, December 10. For the online catalog and daily results: www.westernbloodstock.com

Metallicious, a red roan daughter of Metallic Cat shown by T.J. Good, scored 222 points on Wednesday, to claim the first of six days of NCHA Futurity Open first go-round competition. Sugarush, ridden by Greg Wright, and Catillac Reys, with Ascencion Banuelos, tied with 219.5 points, the day’s second-highest score, while Brandon Dufurrena and Cherry Chapstick marked 219 points. At the end of the day, 31 of the 86 entries had scored 215 points or higher.
Owned by Charles Burger, Chatsworth, Ga., Metallicious was purchased at the 2015 NCHA Futurity Sales for $35,000 from her breeders Alvin and Becky Fults, who have two of Metallicious’s yearling full siblings consigned to this year’s sale. Out of Sweet Shorty Lena LTE $110,484, Metallicious is half-sister to Spots Hot LTE $502,682, a leading sire of 2017 money earners.
T.J. Good, the NCHA earner of $1,103,554, was reserve champion of the 2013 NCHA Futurity riding Stunned LTE $111,797, by High Brow Cat. Most recently, he won the 2017 Arbuckle Mountain Open Derby aboard Game On Smooth LTE $59,433, by Smooth As A Cat.

Fort Worth, TX – November 6, 2017 – The National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) and Bobby Patton Jr., of the Rocking P Ranch and the new owner of one of NCHA’s leading stallions Metallic Cat, with sire earnings of $16,416,826 are pleased to announce a new three-year marketing partnership for 2017-2020. The partnership includes the title position for one of NCHA premier Triple Crown events the NCHA Summer Cutting Spectacular held at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth TX every July-August. The new event title will be:

“Metallic Cat NCHA Summer Cutting Spectacular”

Patton expressed his excitement upon purchasing one of the most impressive stallions NCHA has ever seen, he offers his perspective on the NCHA Summer Cutting Spectacular and his enthusiasm as a supporter of NCHA and all its members. “The Rocking P Ranch looks forward to joining the NCHA and bringing new excitement to the “Metallic Cat NCHA Summer Cutting Spectacular,” says Patton. “I have always been captivated with the sport of cutting and now being involved at this level brings a whole new appreciation of the sport.”
In addition to this new NCHA partnership Patton and Rocking P Ranch want to take this opportunity to announce a $100,000 Metallic Cat Incentive Program. This Incentive Program will be paid out at the NCHA Summer Cutting Spectacular in 2023. All Metallic Cat foals born in 2019 are eligible with money to be paid out to the highest advancing foal in the Derby Open. In the event of ties the money will be split evenly.
Chuck Smith, NCHA Executive Director, is equally enthusiast to have Patton on board as a marketing partner for the next three years. “NCHA has a wonderful group of marketing partners” Smith said, “Therefore we look forward to having Mr. Patton and the Rocking P Ranch join NCHA in this new partnership with both focused on growing the awareness of the sport of cutting worldwide for many years to come.

About the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA)
NCHA features two great athletes: One horse and one rider must act as one unit to form a symbolic competition team. They are equals in the competition, anticipating the other’s actions.
Based in Fort Worth, Texas, the National Cutting Horse Association has members around the world. The NCHA governs the sport sanctioning over 1,800 events annually with over $36,000,000 in prize money. NCHA’s premier events include the NCHA Triple Crown, the NCHA Mercuria World Finals, and the NCHA Youth World Finals events held in Fort Worth TX. The Mercuria World Series of Cutting is held at eight (8) locations throughout North America. Locations include South Point Casino in Las Vegas, Calgary Stampede and Ohio Quarter Horse Congress, as well as two NCHA National events in Jackson, MS and Denver, CO.

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Quarter Horse News – posted October 26, 2017 by Alex Lynch

Metallic Rebel. The name speaks for itself. He is a force in the cutting pen that can seldom be beat. At the Southern Cutting Futurity, he added a couple major accomplishments to his list of accolades – National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Open Horse of the Year and a career record score.
Equi-Stat Elite $3 Million Rider Beau Galyean and “Rebel” (Metallic Cat x Sweet Abra x Abrakadabracre) have been going nonstop all season in an effort to win the NCHA Open Horse of the Year title. Rebel has been neck and neck in the race with NCHA Super Stakes Champion Hashtags (Metallic Cat x Dual Rey Tag x Dual Rey), ridden by Tatum Rice, but some recent success has helped Rebel widen the point gap.
In the past month, Galyean and 5-year-old Rebel, who was bred by Fults Ranch and is owned by Thomas Guinn, won the Classic/Challenge Open at the Brazos Bash and Pacific Coast Cutting Horse Association Futurity to add 80 points to their previous 557-point total.
Last week at the Southern Cutting Futurity, they threw in an additional 14 points after another solid finish in the Classic/Challenge Open to bring their point total to 651, while Hashtags stands at 546 points. Rebel’s final push toward the end of the point year helped him unofficially seal the deal on the NCHA Open Horse of the Year title.
“That horse is just something else,” Galyean said of Rebel, who now boasts lifetime earnings of more than $400,000. “You are always just pushing yourself to do the best you can, but this horse makes you want to push harder. He did it, and that is cool.”
Gaylean also noticed before the Southern that Rebel was just about $9,000 behind Galyean’s former mount Cattalou (High Brow Cat x Louella Again x Dual Pep), who is owned by W.S. “Billy” Morris III, in the NCHA Open World Champion Stallion race. That narrow margin motivated Galyean to ride in an NCHA Open weekend class at the event, and his performance earned the pair a massive 232.
“Every big score I have ever had has been on this horse,” said Galyean, whose personal best before the Southern was a 229. “On Metallic Cat, the highest I had was about a [2]28, and then Cattalou marked I think a [2]26 at the BI [Breeder’s Invitational].
“This horse has had a couple [2]28s, and [2]29s, and now a [2]32. It is kind of funny thinking about this horse, because I have thought about marking a score that high. But that is something you never think about on other horses. I thought if I could break the 230 barrier, it would be on him. There are not many horses that I could say that about. This horse is just so special, and he is really making his mark.”

Sweat Son and Equi-Stat Elite $8 Million Rider Lloyd Cox continued to get things done at the PCCHA Futurity in the Derby ranks with the Open Championship.
The victory for Cox, of Marietta, Oklahoma, and the 2013 stallion (Metallic Cat x Travalen Miss Mosa x Travalena) comes on the heels of their recent Cotton Stakes Derby Open Championship.
Their score of 221.5 was good for a $16,000 paycheck. Bred by Randy and Jenny Free, of Plano, Texas, Sweat Son has now won more than $50,000 for owner NW VandeSteeg, of Hailey, Idaho.

Metallic Rebel LTE $377,496, winner of the 2017 Brazos Bash Open Classic on September 25 in Weatherford, Tex., scored 225 points on Monday, October 9, to claim the championship of the PCCHA Futurity Classic Challenge, in Las Vegas, Nev. Shown by Beau Galyean for Thomas Guinn, Philadelphia, Miss., the 5-year-old red roan stallion, sired by Metallic Cat, is the leading contender for 2017 NCHA Open Horse of the Year, as well as 2017’s leading money earner.
The PCCHA Classic Challenge, with a winner’s purse of $16,000, was Metallic Rebel’s sixth 2017 limited age win and his eleventh major lifetime win.

Sweat Son, by Metallic Cat, scored 221.5 points under Lloyd Cox to win the 2017 PCCHA Futurity Open 4-year-old finals and $16,000 on Tuesday, October 10, in Las Vegas. Betchalou, shown by Morgan Cromer, and SVR Caught Ya Lookin, with Grant Setnicka, each scored 219 points to earn $12,500 and split second and third.
This was the third major win in 2017 for Sweat Son LTE $71,665, who is owned by N.W. VandeSteeg, Hailey, Idaho. The red roan stallion also won the Cotton Stakes with Cox and the Pacific Coast Winter Roundup with Tom Shelly, and placed second in the PCCHA Cutting Stakes with Cox.