The Math on the Million: Where Old West Sale Graduates Stand Going Into Heading Pre-Futurity Short Round
Four Old West Sale graduates are alive in the Pre-Futurity Heading short round. Here’s exactly how much ground each has to make up—and the breeding behind them.
Relentless Empire Tops Old West Sale at $900K to Bryan Beaver
Bryan Beaver paid $900,000 for the Show Me The Buckles–Relentless Glory mare—a homegrown daughter of two horses that helped start Trevor Brazile and Miles Baker’s program.
Hickory Holly Time Is Top Sire of the Old West Futurity (So Far)
Eight head in Saturday’s finals—more than any stallion at the roping—and the event’s high-scoring horse.
Steer Report: Old West Builds All-Native Herd for Heber City With Border Still Closed
The last Mexican steers to cross the border roped at the 2025 Old West Futurity in Heber City. A year later, Rhen Richard breaks down how Old West built a futurity-caliber herd without them.
The 16 Graduates Chasing Old West’s $1 Million Bonus Have Already Won $380K in 2026
Sixteen 2025 Old West Sale graduates head to the 4-and-under pre-futurity at the Wasatch County Event Complex, where pedigree meets a seven-figure payout when the money is handed out June 20, 2026.
Yahtzee Comes Home: Driggers’ American-Winning Great Is Now 8-Year-Old Karstyn Francis’s Head Horse
The 22-year-old grey gelding who won the first American Rodeo, three NFR go-rounds and a decade of paychecks for the sport’s best headers roped his first steers with the next generation June 9 in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Two Red Bud-Winning Mares, One Million-Dollar Shot at Old West in Heber City
A head horse and a heel horse that won the 4-year-old divisions at the ARHFA Red Bud Spectacular are among the sale graduates eligible for a $1 million bonus in Heber City—and one of them will run for it in new hands.