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MILLION DOLLAR NEWS The NRCHA congratulates four on their newest million dollar milestones.
By Bonnie Wheatley & Kate Bradley Byars
The Million Dollar ranks are growing in the National Reined Cow Horse Association. Three sires add to their get’s earnings, and, with his win at the 2019 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity® in the Open and Intermediate Open, Lance Johnston topped $1 million in earnings.
MILLION DOLLAR RIDER
10 MAY/JUNE 2020 | REINED COW HORSE NEWS
Landing at 19th on the NRCHA top sires list is Bet Hesa Cat (High Brow Cat x Bet Yer Blue Boons x Freckles Playboy), siring earners of more than $1.15 million. Bet Hesa Cat is a 2006 red roan stallion owned by the Bet Hesa Cat Syndicate that stands at historic 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas. The stallion has sired NRCHA earners of $1,197,573.90—and counting. Bet Hesa Cat’s top NRCHA money earner is 2017 Open Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Plain Catty (out of Miss Plain Plain by Just Plain Colonel), ridden by Jake Gorrell for then-owner and breeder Kevin Cantrelle. Plain Catty is now the property of Kalpowar Quarter Horses; the stallion has NRCHA earnings of $186,097.23, and counting. For more information on Bet Hesa Cat and his progeny visit NRCHA Breeder Sponsor 6666ranch.com.
COURTESY OF THE 6666 RANCH
PRIMO MORALES
Lance Johnston dreamed about winning the Snaffle Bit Futurity since he was an 8-year-old youngster. In 2019, he piloted Here Comes The Boon (Once In A Blu Boon x Stay Outta My Shorts x Shorty Lena), owned by Rocking BS Ranch, to the Open and Intermediate Open Futurity Champion titles. The wins pushed his lifetime earnings to $1,083,297.43 (as of February 29, 2020) and made good on that childhood dream. The Lindsay, Californiabased trainer earned more than $322,000 last year, between his Futurity wins and National Stock Horse Association Futurity Open and Intermediate Open wins on the same horse. Johnston will be formally inducted into the prestigious Million Dollar Club at the 2020 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity in Fort Worth, Texas.
MILLION DOLLAR SIRE