Paint mare Wood She B Magic breaks all-time sale record for cutting horses $1,050,000
Wood She B Magic lived up to the question posed by her name on December 7 in Fort Worth, when she sold for $1,050,000 in Session I of the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale.
Consigned by Wes and Lindy Ashlock of Abilene, Texas, and trained by Wes, Wood She B Magic—a 2018 sorrel overo mare by Woody Be Tuff (QH) and out of Magic Metallic (QH); APHA registration is in process—was purchased by Billy Wolf of Whitesboro, Texas, owner of 2017 NCHA Futurity Open champion Dual Reyish. Wood She B Magic’s price broke an all-time record for a cutting horse sold at public auction. The previous record was set nearly 20 years ago, when 1996 NCHA Open Horse of the Year Meradas Little Sue sold for $875,000, in the NCHA Futurity Sale. Also sold at the NCHA Futurity sale, another chrome-splashed horse, Highrey Man [registration pending] sold for $250,000. The APHA-eligible sorrel overo by Dual Smart Rey (QH) and out of Cats Good And Sweet (QH), was consigned by Royce Stallcup and purchased by Colette Lesh.
Wood She B Magic sold for a record $1,050,000. From left: David Hernandez, Cash Ashlock, Clara Ashlock, Wes Ashlock, Austin Shepard, Steve Friskup, Jeremy Barwick
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A NEW STANDARD The 2020 NCHA Futurity Sales concluded on Saturday, December 12, as the new standard by which all other cutting horse sales will now be measured.
Held live daily, beginning on December 7, at Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, and with online bidding also available, the sale sessions shattered the 2014 overall all-time record average of $27,936 by an increase of 20%, for a new alltime record of $34,504 with completed sales of 83.5%. The 2020 sales also saw a record 22 horses sell for $100,000 or more (the previous record was set in 2007 with 21 horses), and an all-time record price of $1,050,000 for an individual horse at public auction. Session III of the Preferred Breeders Sale, the final day of the sales, reflected the overall strength and consistency of the six-day sales agenda, with 10 horses selling for $50,000 or more, including three at $100,000 or higher, and 87.6% completed sales from 129 through the ring, for an average of $26,315. Lil Lularey, a yearling Dual Rey daughter consigned by Holmes Performance Horses/Linda Holmes, was Session III’s high-seller at $180,000. Purchased by Don Bell, Millsap, Tex., Lil Lularey is a full sister to Two Time Dual LTE $188,129, as well as a half-sister to Sir Long Legs LTE $403,770, reserve champion of the 2016 NCHA Open Futurity, among 10 NCHA money earners out of Lil Lena Long Legs LTE $189,672, by Smart Lil Lena. Babes My Style, consigned Drummond Land & Cattle, was Session III’s secondhighest seller at $150,000. The yearling Dual Rey daughter sold to 32
Lil Lularey sold for $180,000. Billy Wolf, Whitesboro, Tex., who purchased 2-year-old Wood She B Magic on the first day of the Futurity Sales for $1,050,000. Babes My Style, is a half-sister to Moms Stylish Player LTE $430,304, among 11 money earners out of out of Moms Stylish Babe LTE $37,565, by Docs Stylish Oak. CR Tuff Sweetie, a yearling consigned by Center Ranch, brought $100,000 from Jay and Shelley Hall, Granbury, Tex. The Woody Be Tuff daughter is a halfsister to Spots Hot LTE $527,682, the 2004 NCHA Futurity Open champion and leading sire of 2016 NCHA Futurity Open champion Second Spot LTE $449,607, as well as Hottish LTE $286,109, a leading sire of earners of over $4 million. CR Tuff Sweetie is out of the Shorty Lena daughter Sweet Shorty Lena LTE $114,276, a leading dam of earners of over $1.5 million.
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