{"id":11935,"date":"2015-09-23T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T20:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=11935"},"modified":"2024-09-29T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-29T18:37:47","slug":"record-3-2-million-for-waltons-rocking-w-ranch-dispersal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=11935","title":{"rendered":"Record $3.2 Million for Walton’s Rocking W Ranch Dispersal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boon San Baby. Photo by Jim Arnold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, when the final hammer fell on Tuesday, September 22, for Alice Walton’s Rocking W Ranch Absolute Dispersal<\/a>, produced by Western Bloodstock Ltd. at Rocking W Ranch in Millsap, Texas.<\/p>\n

Eighty-nine horses and embryos, the culmination of five decades of Walton’s selective breeding, sold for $3,230,500, with an average of $36,298. Seven horses sold for $100,000 or more; five brought $200,000 or more.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We knew it was going to be a great sale,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jeremy Barwick, owner of Western Bloodstock Ltd. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153But it was truly phenomenal. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/p>\n

The sale topper, Boon San, a leading sire in 2014, sold to Robert Patton Jr. for $500,000. Sired by High Brow Cat and out of NCHA Horse of the Year Boon San Kitty, the 12-year-old stallion was one of 11 horses purchased by Patton, including the sale’s second-highest seller at $410,000, 5-year-old Boon San Baby LTE $197,332, with her 2016 embryo by The Boon.<\/p>\n

Patton, a Fort Worth businessman, investor, and co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, also purchased 3-year-old Rockin Sallycat, by Rockin W out of One Sallycat, along with her 2016 embryo by Boon San, for $200,000; 2-year-old filly Pattie Rocks, by Rockin W out of Stylish Baby Doll, for $200,000; 6-year-old Boon San Spoon, by Hes A Peptospoonful out of Boon San Kitty, along with her 2016 embryo by Rockin W; and a 2016 embryo by Boon San out of Stylish Baby Doll.<\/p>\n

Altogether, Patton, who recently acquired Marvine Ranch, Jon and Abby Winkelried\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s showcase cutting horse facility in Aledo, Tex., bought 11 Walton lots for a total of $1,793,500 and an average of $163,045. <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153None of this was pursuant to a grand plan,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Patton, who has rechristened the former Winkelried facility as Rocking P Ranch. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I looked at buying the property as a good investment. Then someone mentioned that Alice Walton was selling all of her cutting horses in a few days and I ought to go out there and take a look.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know anything about cutting horses, but it got me to thinking and one thing led to another. I looked at it as a business, and thought if these people (who work for Rocking W Ranch) are going to be out of a job, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll take a leap of faith that Alice Walton hires good people and hire them for my ranch. Then we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have good people and a good facility, possibly two of the hardest things to find. And that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s when I approached Jesse (Lennox, formerly Rocking W\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s resident trainer). <\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d never met Alice Walton before the day of the sale, but I asked Jesse questions about different horses, and I think we kind of kept the core of her operation together. That was my goal. It was just really fortunate that things fell in place they way they have.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Alvin and Becky Fults, owners of leading cutting sire Metallic Cat, acquired Stylish Baby Doll, a leading producer in 2014 and the sale\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s third-highest seller at $350,000. Sired by SR Instant Choice and out of Stylish Oak Susie, 13-year-old Stylish Baby Doll, the earner of $201,425 and producer of earners of $360,314, sold with a 2016 embryo by Boon San.<\/p>\n

The Fults also paid $50,000 for Zacks Lena LTE $150,413. The 1998 Zack T Wood daughter, dam of the earners of $376,000 with a 2016 embryo by Rockin W, was one of 16 horses that sold for $50,000 or more.<\/p>\n

Bobby and Dottie Hill, Glen Rose, Tex., owners of 2014 NCHA Open Futurity champion Classy CD Cat, as well as co-owners of 2014 NCHA Open Futurity reserve champion Smooth Talkin Style, also purchased 11 Walton lots, including the 4-year-old mare Rockin Kitty, by Dual Rey out of Boon San Kitty, who they bought in partnership with Gail Holmes, also co-owner of Smooth Talkin Style.<\/p>\n

Other Hill purchases at the sale included 8-year-old Rose Rey, by Dual Rey out of Stylish Rosie and with a 2016 embryo by Boon San, for $65,000; and 4-year-old Boon San Reyette, by Boon San out of Stylish Reyette, and with a 2016 embryo by The Boon, for $50,000.<\/p>\n

Center Ranch, which will hold a production sale, also conducted by Western Bloodstock Ltd., at their ranch in Centerville, Tex. on October 10, 2015, paid $85,000 for 3-year-old Boon Sans Stylish. The Boon San daughter, out of Stylish Rosie, sold with an embryo by The Boon.<\/p>\n

Seven-year-old stallion The Boon, whose first foals are yearlings of 2015, and who is the sire of many of the sales\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 2016 embryos, sold for $65,000 to King Ranch, home of 1977 NCHA Futurity champion and leading sire Peppy San Badger, and his sire, NCHA world champion, Mr San Peppy.<\/p>\n

For complete sale results, as well as catalog, and information on upcoming sales go to www.westernbloodstock.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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