In their latest acquisition for the Select Genes program, Solo Select brought home Catnaps last week from the 2025 NCHA Futurity Preferred Breeders Sale. Catnaps is an earner of $79,920 herself as well as a high-caliber producer with **$680,425 **in progeny earnings. She is a full sister to Kittens, the $1.1 MILLION+ producer and earner of $286,515.
Catnaps' produce record testifies to the ability of her maternal genetics to bring home titles at the highest levels. She is the dam of , earner of , who claimed the **NCHA Open Derby Championship **under Morgan Cromer. He also claimed significant titles including Breeders Invitational Open Derby Champion, Arbuckle Mountain Open Derby Champion, Brazos Bash Open Derby Reserve Champion, and PCCHA Open Derby Champion.
Gingersnaps | Photo by National Cutting Horse Association
Catnaps also produced Snapdragons, earner of $245,658, who carried Zane Davis to his second NRCHA Open Futurity Reserve Championship. He earned many significant titles including NRCHA World Bridle Open Reserve Champion, NRCHA Supreme Reined Cow Horse, and NRCHA Celebration of Champions Open Derby Champion.
Snapdragons | Photo from National Reined Cow Horse Association
When she walked into the Western Bloodstock ring, Melanie Smith and Ty Smith had their sights set on bringing her home to Solo Select. Already a proven producer, her potential in the Select Genes lineup was beyond debate.
By the industry shaping High Brow Cat out of the $614,414 producer Starlights Liz—they knew she had undeniable depth to contribute to the Select Genes program.
"This young mare could certainly be our industries next million-dollar producer," says Melanie Smith, "And we’re going to give her every chance to prove it.”
When the hammer fell, Melanie and Ty knew they had secured the next great mare offered through Select Genes.
Melanie Smith and Ty Smith ringside at the 2025 NCHA Futurity Sale
Catnaps joins Select Genes, a revolutionary platform giving breeders access to world-class maternal genetics without the need to own a high-dollar broodmare. Through the Select Genes process, you have access to exclusive mares and are supported by expert management and cutting-edge reproductive technology. Create multiple embryos, customize your crosses, and confidently shape your program’s future.
Select Genes puts the industry's most powerful mares within reach—and Catnaps is an example of the caliber of mares available.
With limited aspirations available for 2026, breeders will have the rare chance to incorporate her proven genetics into their program. She will also be bred to several of Solo Select’s resident stallions, offering high-value cross opportunities with exceptional ROI potential.
Aspirations for Catnaps—and all Select Genes mares—are available at select-genes.com, where breeders can immediately reserve their mare by placing a deposit. Once secured, mare owners approve the stallion cross and the ICSI process begins under Solo Select’s expert reproductive management.
For those wanting to learn more about the process or interesting in enrolling an elite mare, visit select-genes.com.
