445 Down the Fence: Snapdragons’ TRFM Reserve Finish Adds $40K to Catnaps’ Produce Record
There are great broodmares, and then there are blue-chip genetic engines. Catnaps just proved—on the biggest, loudest stage in Las Vegas—why she belongs firmly in the second category.
Last night at the South Point Arena, her flagship son Snapdragons turned in a masterclass performance to capture the Reserve Championship in The Run For A Million Cow Horse Challenge.
After throwing down a field-topping 223.5 in the rein work with Justin Wright, the 2017 stallion marked a thrilling 221.5 down the fence. That 445 aggregate score earned $40,000, launching Snapdragons’ lifetime earnings to $322,268 and pushing Catnaps’ total produce earnings (PE) to a staggering $794,396.
The Rare Cross-Discipline Engine
Lots of mares produce money-earners. Very few produce open-level, arena-record-setting champions in two completely different sports.
Catnaps doesn't care if you put her offspring in a cutting pen or turn them down a fence. Gingersnaps conquered the NCHA to become an Open Derby Champion and Reserve Horse of the Year. Snapdragons dominates the NRCHA across every major event on the calendar.
That kind of versatility isn't luck—it's pure genetic architecture.
Royalty on the Bottom Line
When Solo Select Horses added Catnaps to their Select Genes program at the 2025 NCHA Futurity Sale, they weren't just buying a producer; they were buying an unstoppable maternal dynasty.
Catnaps’ dam, Starlights Liz, boasts over $614,000 in PE, while her full sister, Kittens ($286,515 LTE), has backed up the family name with over $1.1 million in produce earnings.
Closing in fast on the $800,000 producer mark, Catnaps isn't just an asset to the Select Genes lineup—she’s proof of what happens when world-class bloodlines meet big-stage performance.
