Maleah Walker is a Marketing Specialist at Solo Select Horses. Her published work covers western performance horse competition, sales, stallion programs, and the people and horses shaping the industry.
Stories by Maleah Walker
$560,000 Added. Every Dollar Gets Paid Out. Here's How the 2026 Solo Select Rope Horse Futurity Works.
The 2026 Solo Select Rope Horse Futurity adds a minimum $560,000 for 4-year-olds Sept. 30–Oct. 1 at Circle T Arena in Hamilton, Texas. Here's how to enter.
Select Genes Produces High-Seller, $1.25 Million in Sales in Heber City
When Relentless Empire sold for $900,000 last night in Heber City, she didn't just top the sale, she headlined a $1,250,000 day for Select Genes' mares.
Select Genes Offspring Account for $87,505 and Highest Earning Dam at Gold Buckle Futurities Spring Event
The $87,505 earned by Select Genes offspring at the Gold Buckle Futurities Spring Event was another big statement on the value of maternal genetics in today’s competitive rope horse industry—and that kind of mare power is accessible to every breeder.
Metallic Cattack Crowned Top Sire at the Gold Buckle Futurities Spring Event
Metallic Cattack already had a devout fan club and a plethora of repeat breeders, but after siring the Gold Buckle Superhorse, five championships, 8 rounds wins and $148,373 over the weekend—it just got a whole lot harder for the rest of the world to look away.
Inside Select Genes' 2026 Breeding Season
Select Genes gives you access to the best maternal genetics on the market in a way that hasn't existed before: a roster of elite broodmares available the same way you'd book a stallion. The mare power in this lineup has drawn serious breeders who are pairing these maternal genetics with some of the top cutting sires in the business. These are a few of those crosses from the 2026 breeding season.
Movin Like Royce Tops Solo Select March Mixed Sale; Metallic Cattack 2-Year-Old Brings $45,000
The Solo Select March Mixed Sale took place Sunday, March 15, 2026 and brought together a variety of horses representing multiple disciplines. The offering included prospects, performance horses, and broodmares from programs across the country. The aged-event horses averaged $66,333 across the sale, led by a 2020 sorrel mare that topped the offering at $100,000.
Wolverrine and Jaguarr Stand ICSI-Only at Solo Select Horses
Two barrel racing stallions from the most influential bloodlines in the industry–one actively competing and one whose legacy continues through his offspring–are now standing as ICSI-only stallions at Solo Select: Wolverrine and Jaguarr.
The AQHA Two Year Rule: How It Works, the Impact, and Your Role
Whether you strongly support the rule, strongly oppose it, or are still trying to understand how it affects you, the outcome will be decided by member participation, not online debate. Here’s what every AQHA member should know.
Full Sibling to the 2025 NCHA Open Futurity Champion Sells New Year’s Eve
A 2026 embryo by Metallic Rey Mink out of Blackish sells NEXT WEEK, on New Year’s Eve. Selling exclusively online in the Solo Select New Year’s Eve Sale on December 31, 2025, Lot 121 offers buyers a rare chance to invest in a cross that has already proven it can win at the very highest level of the cutting horse industry.
Exclusive Select Genes Mare Ahh Momma Mia To Sell in Solo Select New Year’s Eve Sale
Exclusive Select Genes Mare Ahh Momma Mia To Sell in Solo Select New Year’s Eve Sale And this opportunity gets even better—there are THREE lots of Ahh Momma Mia genetics available to kickstart your program. Along with Ahh Momma Mia herself, the Solo Select New Year's Eve Sale is offering one 2026 foal in utero by NCHA Hall of Fame and $21.6 million sire Stevie Rey Von, and three frozen embryos by $4.4 million sire and EquiStat Leading Cutting Freshman Sire Rollz Royce.
$680,425 Producer Catnaps Strengthens Select Genes' Mare Offering
In their latest acquisition for the Select Genes program, Solo Select brought home Catnaps last week from the 2025 NCHA Futurity Preferred Breeders Sale.
Third Edge Offspring Prove a Reliable Investment in 2025 NCHA Futurity Sale
If there was any doubt about how hot Third Edge is in the cutting horse world right now, the 2025 NCHA Futurity Preferred Breeders Sale put it to rest. There were 26 consignments by Third Edge that brought in more than $1.57 million, averaging over $60,000 each. The market didn’t just show interest, it showed confidence.
FULL Sibling to NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman Champion Hazardouz Material Sells November 27
FULL Sibling to NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman Champion Hazardouz Material Sells November 27
Metallic Cattack Gelding and Chance Thiessen Capture Solo Select Incentive Tie-Down Futurity Title
For calf roper Chance Bradley Thiessen and 4-year-old gelding Tom Cats R Popular, known as “Uzy”, the inaugural year of the Solo Select Incentive Futurity won’t soon be forgotten. On the biggest stage of his young career, Uzy rose to the occasion and put up an impressive 298.43 in the short round to clinch the calf roping championship and a payout of $14,850.
The Animal Extends His Influence with Solo Select Incentive Futurity Sponsorship
Known for his success in the cutting industry, The Animal is starting to make waves in the rope horse world—and now he’s amplifying his...
Kaleb Terlip’s T7 Ranch Steps Into the Spotlight with Futurity Sponsorship
For the T7 Ranch, sponsoring the Solo Select Incentive 4-Year-Old Futurity isn’t just about attaching their name to an event.