Solo Select-Raised and Consigned Horses Average 40.7% Above the Rest at NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales
The 44-horse consignment grossed $1.842 million, while 10 horses out of Select Genes mares averaged 41.1% more than horses out of all other mares.
FORT WORTH, Texas—Solo Select Horses’ 44 head averaged $41,864 at the Western Bloodstock NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Sales Oct. 23-24, 40.7% higher than the $29,750 average for every other 2-year-old and yearling sold.
Ten horses out of Select Genes mares sold, grossing $446,000 and averaging $44,600, 41.1% above the $31,599 average for horses out of all other mares.
Solo Select sold four of the 10 highest prices and 13 of the 30 horses that sold for $50,000 or more. The consignment grossed $1,842,000.
Solo Select averages compared with the rest of the sale:
- 2-year-olds: $90,000 vs. $39,636, 127.1% higher
- Yearlings: $39,571 vs. $29,083, 36.1% higher
- Yearling Session I: $42,471 vs. $29,630, 43.3% higher
- Yearling Session II: $37,600 vs. $28,812, 30.5% higher
“These were good horses from the start, and our team did a great job getting them ready,” Melanie Smith said. “When the horses are right, the buyers show up. We’re just grateful to be part of it.”
Several of the weekend’s top sellers remained connected to the Solo Select program from breeding through sale preparation.
Yella Belly, a 2025 palomino colt by Shining Spark, was bred and raised at Solo Select for Paul and Valerie Gober. His dam, SS Blacks Lil Kitty, sold in a Solo Select sale. He brought $150,000, the third-highest price of the sale.
Solo Select sold Cuff It, the Stevie Rey Von filly out of Shiners Tuff Chic, to Ramos Remuda as a yearling. Trainer Tyson Benson developed her into a snaffle bit prospect, and she returned to the ring as a 2-year-old to bring $100,000 as the high seller of the Select 2-Year-Old Sale.
Cuff It’s dam, Shiners Tuff Chic, is offered for custom embryos and aspirations through Select Genes. Cuff It's full brother, Jus My Type, sold the next day for $42,000. Shiners Tuff Chic earned $34,982 herself in the NRCHA and now with the conclusion of the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, her first two offspring were BOTH Snaffle Bit Futurity finalists. Vudu Chic tied for the high cow score in all three divisions with a 222 in the prelims and was an Open Finalist with Isaac Johnson, and My Chic Hood tied for the high herd score in the Intermediate Open finals with Tyson Benson.
Jaime Ramos has spent the last few years breeding in partnership with Solo Select.
“It’s been a great experience, and today was a rewarding milestone after a couple of years of involvement,” Ramos said.
Texxas Holdem was bred by Paul Gober and raised at Solo Select. The 2024 colt is by Solo Select stallion Woody Be Tuff and out of Select Genes mare ARC Ruby Playgunia, who has $207,186 in lifetime earnings and $166,200 in produce earnings. He sold for $80,000, adding another top-end result for the Select Genes mare group.
Sean Connerey, a Jaymes Bond colt consigned by Bonds Ranch, matched Texxas Holdem at $80,000.
Cakke Boss further supported the mare program’s average. The Woody Be Tuff colt out of Select Genes mare Ms Baby Cakes sold for $57,000. Ms Baby Cakes has $227,720 in earnings and $121,580 in listed offspring earnings.
