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Monday, 10 November 2008 |
The Gallop Stallion Services Auction Gets Underway In Its 26th Annual Year!
The upcoming 2009 Ronald McDonald House Gallop - presented by Rhodes River Ranch & Northern Quest Casino; is gearing up for their next event Sunday, February 8, 2009. This upcoming year will mark the 26th year since the inception of the event. This past January, the Gallop continued its growth from a West Coast Event into an International Event. As one of the first in the Industry to add Internet live bidding, successful bids came in from all around the United States and Canada.
‘It was one of the worst winter snow storms to hit the Pacific Northwest in fifty-two years,’ the Spokane Newscasters boasted. Planes were grounded, roads looked like a ghost town, and several surrounding county and city residents were unable to get out of their driveways! January 27, 2008 was the date, the same day of Gallop’s 25th anniversary! So what was the outcome? Many came in from out of town days before the event, while some locals made their way to the casino. The remaining snowed in bidders followed suit with the rest of the nation calling in on our toll free phone lines to bid on stallions! With the switch board lit up for four hours, twelve operators answered calls, took bids, and waved their hands for the ringmen’s attention.
A nice surprise awaited those who attended the event. A silent auction that contained new halters; horse blankets; bridles; vacation packages; barn dry; spurs; chain saw; jewelry; art; gift baskets; western wall decor, tickets to the GU Charities Basketball Classic; Cabbala products; gift certificates to restaurant and western stores, were offered, and much more!
For all participating, non-service packages were auctioned off. These were packages that went up on the auction block with our stallion services lineup. There were GREAT opportunities for everyone participating, whether interested in the stallion services or not. Vacations to a five-star resort, including airline tickets, expensive custom jewelry, Limited Edition Art work, Pendleton Blanket, Horse Sculpture, a Dude Ranch Vacation, Round Trip Airline Tickets, and more. As the gavel came down at the close of the auction, the horse industry once again showed their hearts. With the continued support of the industry pulling together to help, Gallop proved to be another success, raising over $70,000!
The Ronald McDonald House, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, recognizes that when a child is ill or injured, there is nothing more comforting to that child than the presence of their family. The Ronald McDonald House provides temporary housing and other services to families seeking medical care for their critically ill or injured children. In addition to the House providing lodging, they help with transportation, laundry, food and beverages, E-mail access, educational materials, and access to recreational activities.
In 2007, 500 families were welcomed at the House providing them 7,000 nights of lodging. The average stay in 2007 was 16 nights. Over 50% of the guests in 2007 had a premature baby and had no idea they would need our services. Cancer has quickly become the second most common diagnosis of our children at 17%. Most families staying with us arrive with no suitcase or supplies for their stay. Families receive our services regardless of their ability to pay the $18 per night. Less then 50% of our guests were able to contribute something for their stay upon checkout in 2007. Since we are not supported by any “corporate” entity, the majority of our funds come in through private donations and fundraisers, you can understand the importance of Stallion Donors, Sponsors, and Bidders participating at the Ronald McDonald House Gallop event ... and how the joint efforts attribute to the success of our mission.
At the 2008 Gallop this past January, the highest selling service was Two-Time AQHA World Champion and all-time leading AQHA sire, Smart Chic Olena. One of the Quarter Horse breeds most sought after stallions, his breeding was graciously donated by his previous owners, Curran Farms, now home to Royal Chic Olena.
Smart Chic Olena is the earner of $167,471 in cutting, reining and cowhorse events. He has earned 65 AQHA points and holds multiple prestigious titles. Those include: 1990 AQHA World Champion Senior Cutting Horse; 1993 AQHA World Champion Senior Reining Horse; 1993 NRHA Open Reserve World Champion; split 3rd, 1989 NCHA Open Super Stakes & 1991 NCHA Open Challenge; 4th, 1990 NCHA Super Stakes Open Classic; 1990 AQHA High Point Cutting Champion, and an AQHA Superior in Cutting. Smart Chic Olena is an NRHA Two Million Dollar Sire; the NRHA’s #2 All-Time Leading Sire and the AQHA’s #8 All-Time Leading Sire of ROMs. In 2001, Smart Chic Olena was the AQHA #1 Leading Performance Sire (Point-Earners, Points Earned and ROMs), #3 NRHA Leading Sire, #8 NRCHA Leading Sire and a Top 20 Leading Cutting Sire appearing on the Top Five Leading Reining Sires list and the AQHA Top Ten Leading Performance Sires list each year his foals have shown. His foals include the 2001 AQHA World Champion Junior Reining Horse, 2001 National Reining Breeders Classic Open Champion, 2001 APHA World Champion Senior Working Cowhorse and Steer Stopping Horse, as well as the 2002 German Americana Open Reining Champion, and (3) AQHA Reserve World Champions. Smart Chic Olena is an NRHA Open and Non-Pro Futurity Champion Sire, NRCHA Futurity Champion Sire, NRHA World Champion Sire, AQHA World Champion Reining and Working Cowhorse Sire, AQHA High Point Champion Sire in both Reining and Cutting; NCHA Amateur Derby Champion Sire, NRHA Youth World Champion Sire, APHA World Champion Reining & Cowhorse Sire, European Champion Sire, and broodmare sire of an NRCHA Non-Pro Futurity Champion and an AQHA World Champion. Few times in life will you have an opportunity like this to bid on a leading living legend. Standing the 2008 breeding season for $25,000; Smart Chic Olena’s service sold for $5,500 to Roberta Thompson of Cocolalla, ID. In the compassion to help assist in raising money for families in crisis, Curran Farms and Marian Hunter have once again donated a breeding to Smart Chic Olena for the 2008 breeding season. They have also put back in their stallion, Royal Chic Olena! Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane thanks you for your kind heart in giving and support in caring!!
Our second highest selling service (once again), was NCHA Open Futurity Champion, Royal Fletch. He is the earner of $235,852. At three, he was the NCHA Open Futurity Champion and Equi-Stat #1 Cutting Money-Earner. At four he was 3rd at the Polo Ranch 4-Year-Old Open; finalist in the Open Derby, Suncoast Winter Open Derby, Abilene Spectacular Open Derby and Brazos Bash Open Derby. At five and six he was the finalist in the Abilene Spectacular Open Classic. Royal Fletch is packed with quality breeding. He is sired by Jae Bar Fletch, earner of $425,122: NCHA World Champion; NCHA Non-Pro Co-World Champion; NCHA Hall of Fame; NCHA Platinum Award; AQHA World Champion, and Equi-Stat All-Time Leading Cutting Sire from only 68 total foals. His dam Royal Blue Dually, by Dual Pep, is an earner of $86,218: 3rd, in the NCHA Derby, Steamboat Springs 4-Year-Old Open Champion; Gold Coast Fall Open Derby Co-Reserve Champion, and dam of (7) foals of performance age, (5) money-earners earning over $338,000. Royal Fletch’s first foal crop hit the ground in 2002. His offspring have excelled as cutters, reiners and reined cow horses. He has sired such greats as: Honkytonk Diva - 2006 NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes - 3rd; Playing Fletch - 2006 NRCHA Limited Open Derby Champion, 2006 NRCHA Intermediate Open Derby Reserve Champion, and 2006 NRCHA Limited Stakes Reserve Champion; Your Royal Queen - 2006 NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes - Finalist, and the list goes on. Royal Fletch’s offspring share their sire’s solid conformation, great cow sense and incredible athleticism. His foals are eligible for the AQHA Incentive Fund and all Major Cutting, Reining and Reined Cow Horse Events. His service was purchased out of Coeur d’Alene, ID for $3,300. In support of families in crisis who need to be with their child in a hospital, a Royal Fletch service has generously been committed once again to the Gallop 2009 lineup by owners Burnett Ranches, Ltd. and Kit & C.B. Moncrief. God Bless You!
Third highest selling service was Two-Time World Champion (Western Pleasure stallion), Blazing Hot. Never in the history of the AQHA World Show has any horse won both World Champion Jr. Western Riding and Jr. Western Pleasure in the same year! Besides being an AQHA two-time World Champion, Blazing Hot was the 1994 Quarter Horse Congress Two-Year-Old Western Pleasure Futurity Champion; 1995 Congress Three-Year-Old Open Western Pleasure Derby Champion; Congress Three-Year-Old Ltd. Western Pleasure Derby Champion, and Congress Jr. Western Pleasure Reserve Champion. He is sired by Hotrodders Jet Set, out of a Zippo Pine Bar daughter, Tahnee Zippo. As a sire, Blazing Hot is the youngest sire on the AQHA Leading Sire List of 2006 Performance & Point Earners - 7th Year in a Row! This is his 11th year foal crop of riding age, with foal earnings over the $1,000,000 mark! In addition, he is the producer of multiple AQHA & NSBA World, and Reserve World Champions. Having won the title of the AQHA Big Five Alliance Bonus (Sire of the NSBA highest money earnings), Blazing Hot additionally won the NSBA’s Leading Sire Of The Year Award with offspring’s NSBA earnings for 2005 exceeding $120,000! He is now a sire of offspring amassing over $1,000,000 in earnings. He sired the NSBA Horse of the Year - Hot Lopin Louise (recipient also of High Point Open Western Pleasure and Non-Pro Western Pleasure); NSBA’s Two Year Old Open, Ltd., Non-Pro and Non-Pro Ltd., Hunter Under Saddle Horse - Bring Me The Heat; NSBA Two Year Old Open Western Pleasure Horse - I Like Hot Chips; RL Just One Blaze, 2001 Congress 2 year old Non-Pro Western Pleasure Futurity Champion, champion at every futurity shown in 2001; IM Blazing Hot, 2001 Reserve World Champion two-year old Western Pleasure Horse, Congress 2 year old Western Pleasure Futurity Limited Champion; Hot N Blazing, 2001 Congress Jr. Western Riding Champion; Blazing Hot Spots, 2001 ApHC World Champion High-Point Western Horse (The youngest horse to win this title since 1988), World Champion Jr. Western Pleasure Horse, World Champion 3 year old Snaffle Bit Western Pleasure Horse, and World Champion Five & Under Non-Pro Youth Western Pleasure Futurity Champion. His service was purchased out of Peterson, Iowa for $2,400. Now a leading AQHA & NSBA Sire, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane cannot thank the Schroeders enough for once again donating a 2009 breeding service in the upcoming Gallop event. Their gift of love and support is heart felt and appreciated.
Gallop’s fourth highest selling service of the 2008 Auction was a new stallion in the lineup: Smart Lil Highbrow. At three, he was a finalist in the 1992 Will Rogers Open Futurity. At four, he was 4th at the 1993 NCHA Open Super Stakes; top ten at the 1993 NCHA Open Derby, split 6th at the Bonanza 4-Year-Old Open; split 7th at the Abilene Western Open Derby; and finalist in the Abilene Spectacular Open Derby. At five & six, he was 3rd at the 1994 NCHA Open Classic, 1994 Chisholm Trail Open Classic Co-Reserve Champion; 5th, NCHA Super Stakes Open Classic; 3rd, 1995 Abilene Spectacular Open Classic/Challenge; finalist in the 1994 Augusta Open Classic, Abilene Western Open Classic and Glen Rose Open Classic; money-earner in the 1994 Bonanza 5/6 Year-Old Open, and Gold Coast Open Classic. As an aged horse, he was a finalist in the 1997 Chevy Nationals East $5,000 Novice. In AQHA events, he was top ten at the 1995 AQHA World Championship Show in Senior Cutting, holds an AQHA ROM, and is the earner of 18 points. Smart Lil Highbrow is a full brother to world renown, “High Brow Cat.” His sire, High Brow Hickory, earned $229,771 during his performance career. An Equi-Stat All-Time Leading Cutting Sire with offspring earnings of more than $4,500,000. Smart Lil Highbrow has produced over 70 performers that have won close to $510,000 in Cutting, Reining, and Working Cow horse competitions, a sire record that follows a show career with nearly $100,000 in Cutting himself. His top money earners, Smart Little Ginney, a 1994 mare that was a Non-Pro semi-finalist at the 1997 NCHA Futurity, was Co-Reserve Champion at the 2000 Utah Cutting Horse Futurity in the 5/6 Year-Old Non-Pro and was third in the 5/6 Year-Old Non-Pro at the 2000 NCHA Summer Spectacular. She is the earner of over $66,000. He also sired Smart Lil Highjinks, who has earned more than $65,000 in Cutting and was the 2001 NCHA Eastern National Championships $50,000 Amateur Reserve Champion, and he sired Turtle Angel, a finalist at the 2003 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro. Smart Lil Highbrow is owned by Ward River Ranch, and stands in Kingsburg, California. His service was purchased out of Coeur d’Alene, ID for $2,300. Ronald McDonald House Gallop was honored to offer a service to a top notch name in the industry. A strong supporter of the Gallop event, Ward River Ranch has once again donated his service to the upcoming 2009 event in helping families in need. We are indebted to them, THANK YOU!
Gallop would like to congratulate the above stallions topping the sale (of all breeds participating), and all the other stallions that raised lots of money for our mission!
Additionally, Gallop would like to acknowledge those Stallions who were highest selling of their breed.
High Selling Breed Services Were:
- Quarter Horse Stallion - Smart Chic Olena
- Paint/Quarter Stallion - ZeZe Gunsmoke
- Appaloosa Stallion - King Of Broken Hearts
- Arabian Stallion - Bachelor Bey
Congratulations to all the owners of Gallop’s 2008 stallion lineup for their support and dedication to the mission, and to all the breeders who bid on these fine stallion services.
As new stallions are being added to the line up, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Spokane humbly welcomes back many of the same fine stallions as it gears up for the 2009 Ronald McDonald House Gallop on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Northern Quest Casino Pavilion in Spokane. So please mark your calendar! And, don’t forget to start researching our stallion lineup for the 2009 breeding season at: http://www.gallopauction.org or http://www.gallopauction.com. As the 2009 event approaches, we will keep you updated through Gallop’s official publication, Horse Previews. Keep an eye out as additional stallions will continue to be listed into the lineup through January. We look forward to seeing you all there!
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