Solo Select Grad Look My Rey Crowned 2025 NCHA Open World Champion
- Taylor Zimmerman
- 3 days ago
- 2 min read
Look My Rey—a standout Solo Select Sale graduate—turned a year of exceptional consistency into the ultimate accomplishment: the 2025 NCHA Open World Championship.
Look My Rey has had the kind of year every cutting horse owner dreams about.
“He walked to the herd 237 times and never took a lame step. He’s one of the fittest, toughest horses I’ve ever swung a leg over.” — NCHA Professional, Cass Tatum
By the time they reached the 2025 NCHA Broke Spur Ranch World Finals, their hard work paid off in the best way possible. With the same consistency they’d shown all year, they wrapped things up as the 2025 NCHA Open World Champions for Milner Enterprise LLC, putting the perfect exclamation point on an already impressive season.
Back When “Sold!” Happened in the Comments
Look My Rey’s story with Solo Select goes all the way back to the early days—before the sale platform, before the polished listings, back when everything happened on the Solo Select: Cow Horses, Prospects, & Sales Facebook page.
He was a cute, promising yearling who didn’t stay available long; one good post and he was snapped up almost instantly. It was the kind of simple, fast Facebook sale that built Solo Select’s foundation. No one knew it then, but that yearling colt from the Facebook comments was on his way to becoming a top Solo Select Sale Graduate.
“I’d watched Solo Select for years and always noticed that their prospects didn’t just look good— they went on to win in all kinds of disciplines. So when I saw Shrek’s—Look My Rey’s—sale video, I knew I had to try one. He was such a cool colt from the start… fast, athletic, low-moving, and exactly the kind of horse I’d been hoping to add to our program. That’s really where it all began. I completely trust the program Melanie and Ty have built, and I’ll always be proud to own one that came out of their program." — former owner Pat Taylor
Look My Rey, a 2018 sorrel gelding, is sired by the late Dual Rey—an EquiStat Elite $54 Million Sire. His dam, SVR Look Cat Me (by Metallic Cat), has produced two money earners, both by Dual Rey. His full sister, CP Dual Smart Look, launched her reined cow horse futurity career last summer, becoming a money earner in her first two shows with Colorado trainer Andy Kurtz.
Solo Select congratulates Cass Tatum, Milner Enterprise LLC, and everyone behind this remarkable gelding on an unforgettable year. Look My Rey proved himself again and again—and now stands as one of the most exciting Solo Select Sale success stories to date.
“Solo Select sells quality prospects—Look My Rey is proof of that. He’s been a game-changer in my program.” — Cass Tatum
Solo Select Horses continues to stand by their slogan... The Very Best.
