“Legends” horse auction brings $US295,000 in sales

The high-selling immature Equus caballus inwards the 2013 CSU Legends of Ranching sale, Gunpowder Pick, was trained past times equine pupil Kawena Schuman.

Colorado State University’s 8th annual Legends of Ranching Performance Horse Sale generated $US295,000 inwards proceeds, organizers said.

It was the largest sale inwards the event’s history, with an offering of 79 quarter horses.

The average toll for the horses auctioned was $US3600 during the effect on Sat at the B.W. Pickett Equine Center on the university’s Foothills Campus. The top-selling immature Equus caballus brought $US10,000, as well as the top-selling older Equus caballus brought $US13,000.

The high-selling older horse, Peptoplay, a 2004 sorrel gelding, was consigned past times Cowan Select Horses.

Of the horses sold, one-half were 2- as well as 3-year-olds provided past times consignors to the academy Equine Sciences Program final autumn as well as were trained past times students majoring inwards equine scientific discipline at the university.

The organization provides a singular learning sense for students inwards the university’s equine sciences program: The students showtime the well-bred immature horses with faculty guidance inwards horse-training laboratories that run nearly the amount academic year.

In improver to the promising immature horses, consignors offered proven older horses through the Legends of Ranching Performance Horse Sale, which focuses on standout bloodlines from approximately of the nation’s premier western ranches.

“We appreciate the interest of our many dedicated partners inwards the Legends of Ranching Sale,” said Jerry Black, manager of the equine sciences computer program as well as the university’s Equine Reproduction Center.

Zach Iddings, riding the high-seller, was named an outstanding immature alumnus of the CSU Equine Sciences Program.

“Consignors participate inwards what has grown into a notable sale inwards the region, spell supporting the didactics of students who shape the time to come of the equine industry.

“The pupil didactics that precedes the Legends sale, provided through our pop colt-training classes, sets this sale apart as well as helps to define the hands-on learning inwards our undergraduate program,” Black said.

In improver to preparation the immature horses, students likewise planned as well as managed close aspects of the sale.

Highlights from the sale:

• The top-selling older horse, a 9-year-old gelding from Cowan Select Horses, brought $US13,000. Named Peptoplay, the sorrel is an experienced trail as well as ranch Equus caballus used inwards the arena as well as working cattle. He is sired past times Pepto Taz as well as is out of Desire H5N1 Playboy.
• The top-selling immature horse, a 2-year-old mare from Burnett Ranches (6666), brought $US10,000. Named Gunpowder Pick, the filly is sired past times PG Gunpowder, a successful National Cutting Horse Association competitor; she is out of Pick The Pay, a immature lady of Sixes Pick, an American Quarter Horse Association World Champion Versatility Ranch Horse.
• The average toll for younger horses was $US2995, as well as the average for aged horses was $US4274.
• Zach Iddings, who graduated from the academy inwards 2008 with a bachelor’s marking inwards equine science, was recognized at the sale with the “Creating the Mold” award, given to outstanding immature alumni of the equine sciences program. Iddings is ranch manager for Cowan Select Horses of Havre, Montana.

Proceeds are dissever with sale costs, consignors as well as the equine program.

 

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