FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Gainesville, Texas – #1 All-Time Earning Rope Horse Stallion Pride And Joyy has booked full for 2025. ICSI contracts remain open.
Last week, the bay roan stallion, who claimed the title of All-Time Earning Rope Horse Stallion after his incredible performances in 2024 that earned him over $164,000 in that year alone, was already nearing booked full. He was only a handful of contracts away.
“Then round three came around of the futurity heeling in Ardmore, and he smoked a 232.72. The whole thing was picture-perfect,” said Melanie Smith, part-owner of Kilo. “He didn’t miss a beat. This is just the start of another successful show season for this horse.”
After spending the early part of the year in the breeding barn at Solo Select, Pride And Joyy returned to the arena on April 27, marking a 232.72 under 26x World Champion Trevor Brazile—the highest score of the week in Ardmore, Oklahoma. The performance triggered a flood of breeding contracts, quickly closing out the remaining spots in his 2025 books.
This is just the beginning.
2025 marks Pride And Joyy’s second year standing to the public, with 2024 being limited to ICSI only. His first foals hit the ground earlier this year, and they’re already showing all the traits that make him stand out in and out of the arena: refined necks, clean legs, correct conformation, and undeniable class. Form-to-function through and through.
The foundation has been laid with purpose, pairing the stallion with some of the most elite mares in the rope horse industry—including Big Time Movie Star (LTE $100,000+), Shes A Smokin Dually (LTE $79,000+), Relentless PYC (LTE $165,000+), Chars Gun (dam of Relentless PYC), Gunna Wanna (LTE $100,000+), and several others.
“All of our own mares here at Solo Select have been bred to him. Miles and Trevor have been crossing their mares on him. Jeremy Barwick and Kaleb Driggers, who own Kingpin Genetics, have crossed mares on him, too,” said Ty Smith. “People know his success so far is just a precursor of what’s to come. We picked him for a reason when we bought him in 2023—even before his success on the heel side, we believed in this horse’s potential.”
