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January
2011 Issue
Cow
Country Quarter Horse Assn. Sale
The 11th Annual Cow Country Quarter Horse Association (CCQHA) held their
annual horse sale on September 4, 2010, at the fairgrounds in Miles City, MT.
The sale offered weanlings, yearlings,
mares, started arena and performance prospects, as well as rope and ranch
horses, and was part of a Friday–Saturday event which included a variety of
futurities, open team roping, and 4-D barrel racing.
The high-selling horse was Ambers Doctor Clark, a 2005 gray AQHA gelding
consigned by Jake Kirkland of
Glasgow
,
MT.
Sired
by Ambers Doctor Jack by Son Of A Doc, and out Ohs Doc Tar by Three Deck Ohs,
this quiet gelding had done everything on the ranch including calving, branding,
sorting, and outside roping. He sold for $6,000 to a buyer from
Ekalaka
,
MT.
The second high-selling horse was Wee
Zan Parrs Rose, a 2001 AQHA bay gelding sired by Zan Parr Bar grandson, Zan
Parrs Poco, and out of Chants Gold Rose, a Mr Chant Bob daughter. Clint Weeding
of Jordan, MT, consigned this athletic horse who was really cowy, had been used
extensively on the ranch, and had been headed off of. He sold for $3,900 to a
Montana
buyer.
The high-selling weanling was Colonels
Lil Smoke, an AQHA buckskin stallion consigned by the Murray Ranch of Jordan,
MT. He was sired by Mylantas Colonel, a Peptoboonsmal grandson, and out of a Dun
Its Lucky Charm–Mr Gun Smoke-bred mare, and sold for $950 to a
Montana
buyer.
The volume buyer was James Hoffman of
Billings
,
MT
, who purchased five head. A cowdog puppy, donated by Don and Sheila Nelson of
Glasgow
,
MT
, was auctioned off, with the proceeds going to the Sale Futurity. Allen Munger
of the Borderview Ranch in
Brockway
,
MT
, donated a cow-bred gelding to the Breeders Futurity, which was raffled off and
won by Benny Mullins of
Virginia
.
The 12th Annual Horse Sale & Futurities are scheduled for September
2-3, 2011. For more information on the sale and futurity requirements, call
406-232-3519 or visit www.ccqha.org.
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