The recording-breaking sale of show mare CR Tuff Lucy for $600,000 was the highlight of the Center Ranch Production Sale on Saturday, October 10, in Centerville, Tex. But there were plenty of other high points as 78 horses sold for a total of $1,889,200 ($24,221 average) and bidding was spirited on 19 horses for which reserves were not attained.
“We knew this would be an outstanding sale and it was exceptional,” said Jeremy Barwick, whose Western Bloodstock Ltd. produced the Center Ranch Sale, close on the heels of Walton’s Rocking W Ranch Dispersal, which realized $3,230,500. “These recent sale results certainly bode well for the cutting industry, as well as for the NCHA Futurity Sales that begin in Fort Worth on December 7th.”
Four-year-old CR Tuff Lucy, by Center Ranch’s foundation sire Woody Be Tuff, was purchased by Glade Knight, owner of Slate River Ranch, also home to 2014 NCHA Horse of the Year Junie Wood, earner of $441,381 and a full sister to Woody Be Tuff.
CR Tuff Lucy, trained and shown by Tarin Rice to win the 2015 Abilene Spectacular and place second in the NCHA Derby, is out of the High Brow Cat daughter Lucindas Catolena, earner of $176,086 and sister to earners of nearly $900,000.
The sale’s third-highest seller, yearling filly CR Tuff To Beat, a full sister to CR Tuff Lucy, brought $92,000 from Kevin Knight, Weatherford, Tex.
CR Tuff Digs Lucinda, at $110,000, claimed the sale’s second-highest price. The 2-year-old mare is a full sister in blood to CR Tuff Lucy and CR Tuff To Beat. Purchased by Vick Etheridge, Corinth, Miss., CR Tuff Digs Lucinda, by Woody Be Tuff, is out of Cat Digs Lucinda, by High Brow Cat.
Six-year-old stallion CR First Tuff, with lifetime earnings of $144,353, brought $89,000, the fourth-highest price of the sale. Trained and shown by Boyd Rice, the Woody Be Tuff son is out of Dees Cats Meow, by High Brow Cat, and went to to Jarrett Callahan, McConnells, S.C.
Cr Tuffer Than Nails, a 2-year-old mare by Woody Be Tuff, out of CR Hot Meow, by Spots Hot, and 3-year-old mare CR Boon To Be Tuff, by Woody Be Tuff, out of CR April Boon, by Duals Blue Boon, each sold for $85,000. Cr Tuffer Than Nails sold to Rocking P Ranch, Aledo, Tex., home of recently acquired stallion Boon San, from the Walton Dispersal. CR Boon To Be Tuff went to Erin Russell, Fort Worth, Tex.
For complete results of the 2015 Center Ranch Production Sale and an online catalog go to www.westernbloodstock.com, where you will also find nomination details for the 2015 NCHA Futurity Sales, with a deadline of October 20, as well as an up-to-date list of early consignments.