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///////////////// TWO-YEAR-OLD BUCKSKIN STALLION TOPS NRCHA SNAFFLE BIT FUTURITY SALES Courtesy Western Bloodstock — Photos: Sally Harrison Courtesy Western Bloodstock
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n Saturday, October 14, it was standing room only in John Justin Sale Arena, for Session II of the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales, at Will Rogers Equestrian Center in Fort Worth, Texas. A strong market with 88 percent final sales had been affirmed on Friday in Session I of the Yearling and Broodmare Sale, and the Select 2-Year-Old Sale had averaged $19,669.
When the final gavel fell on the two-day NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales, Western Bloodstock reported a record total of 243 horses had sold for an average of $12,461 and a total of $3,028,100. Consignors and buyers included leading breeders, owners and trainers in both the NRCHA and the NCHA.
Highlights from the sales sessions included Shiine, at $90,000, high seller in the Select 2-Year-Old Sale. The buckskin stallion by One Time Pepto and out of the mare Shiners Eva by Shining Spark, was consigned by John and Melanie Lowrance and in training with Hunter Meinzer. Short On Sugar 016, a buckskin colt sired by Kit Kat Sugar out of Shiney Shorty (LTE
$62,483) by Shorty Lena, was high seller of Select Yearling and Broodmare Sale Session I. Consigned by Shadow Oak Ranch, he brought $44,000. Flag Ranch consignment My Cats Hips R Metal topped Session II of the Select Yearling and Broodmare Sale at $35,000. The 2016 sorrel colt is sired by Metallic Cat and out of Hip Hip Sue Rey (LTE $34,102).
SALLY HARRISON PHOTO COURTESY WESTERN BLOODSTOCK
The highest selling horse overall at the Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales was in the Select 2-Year-Old session when the gavel fell at $90,000 for Shiine.
Short On Sugar 016, consigned by Shadow Oak Ranch, topped Session I of the Select Yearling and Broodmare Sale at $44,000.
Flag Ranch consignment My Cats Hips R Metal was the topseller in Session II of the Select Yearling and Broodmare Sale at $35,000.
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