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Smart And Shiney Becomes NRHA’s Newest Million Dollar Sire

His flowing white mane is a stark contrast against his shining golden body, making Smart And Shiney one of the easiest stallions to recognize in the reining industry. The stunner recently reached a new career milestone when he became a National Reining Horse Association Million Dollar Sire.

Bred by Jack Kelley and born in 2003, the stunning stallion is by NRHA Level 3 Open Derby Champion Smart Shiner and out of Tronas Pearl, who produced multiple winners in the western performance horse industry. The colt was bred to do great things.

NRHA Hall of Famer and Three Million Dollar Rider Tim McQuay purchased the colt in 2006 and then partnered with longtime friend and client, Lyle Lovett, later that year.

McQuay trained and showed the colt for most of his career, in which he amassed earnings of more than $151,000. He was an NRHA Futurity Finalist, won the preliminary round of the National Reining Breeders Classic and finished in the Top 10 of the Finals, and was also a Top 10 finisher at the NRHA Derby.

“He was very easy to be around, and just so good-minded all the time that it was easy to train him. He was pretty green when I bought him in March of his 3-year-old year, but he let me teach him and would figure things out,” McQuay recalled. “I was ecstatic when we made the Futurity finals because he had been so behind, but it was because of his attitude that we were able to.”

In 2010, NRHA Professional Marco Ricotta took the reins at the World Equestrian Games, and the pair helped earn a Team Bronze Medal.

That same year, Lovett purchased McQuay’s share of the stallion, and in 2011, showed him in the Non Pro Classic Challenge at the NRBC, placing in the Top 10 or higher in all levels entered. “Lyle’s schedule kept him from being able to come ride much, and then he was still able to do well with him at the shows,” McQuay explained. “That’s a testament to that stallion’s mind that they were still able to be successful.”

Smart And Shiney’s biggest wins in the performance arena are:

  • 2009 NRBC Level 4 Open 9th Place – $26,000 with Tim McQuay
  • 2006 NRHA Futurity Level 4 Open 12th Place – $17,079 with Tim McQuay
  • 2009 NRBC USEF Level 4 Open Champion – $12,352 with Tim McQuay
  • 2008 NRHA Derby Level 4 Open 9th Place – $11,375 with Tim McQuay
  • 2007 NRBC Level 4 Open 15th Place – $10,625 with Tim McQuay

Smart And Shiney’s first limited foal crop was born in 2008 and included standout performers Shiney Tinseltown (out of Dun It In Tinseltown), earner of $44,660, and Shiney Enterprise (out of My Royal Enterprise), who has won more than $73,690.

Smart And Shiney’s highest money earner is Shiney Workboots (out of Reminic At Work), who was bred by NRHA Million Dollar Owner David Silva and is owned by Tim and MaryBeth Ruckman. The gelding, whose lifetime earnings top $114,000, has been ridden to wins by several riders, including NRHA Million Dollar Riders Matt Mills and Dr. Jim Morgan, Ginger Schmersal, Addisyn Schmersal, McQuay, and MaryBeth Ruckman.

Just a few hundred dollars behind Shiney Workboots is Designed With Shine (out of Taris Designer Genes). The mare, bred by NRHA Two Million Dollar Owner Rancho Oso Rio, has won $114,294 with 11 different riders. Most recently, the mare finished as Reserve Champion at The Run For A Million in the Non Pro with McKinnon Larcombe.

McQuay added, “I’ve been able to train and show some of his foals, and the best thing about them is that they were all good-minded like he was. They may not all be superstars, but they’re going to try their best.”

Smart And Shiney now stands at Tom McCutcheon Reining Horses in Aubrey, Texas. He was immortalized as a Breyer Horse in 2014.

Smart And Shiney’s Top Earners:

  • Shiney Workboots (Reminic At Work) – $114,908
  • Designed With Shine (Taris Designer Genes) $114,294
  • Shiney Enterprise (My Royal Enterprise) – $73,690
  • Got That Iowa Shine (SLJ This Is My Juice) – $63,762
  • Shiney Little Queen (Tivios Little Queen) – $52,810
  • Shiney Tinseltown (Dun It In Tinseltown) – $44,660
  • All About Business (Anne Get Your Gunner) – $41,045
  • Berry Shiney Gun (Miss Honey Gun) – $37,106
  • KR Billy Bob (KR English Tee) – $33,950
  • Smart Red Jackie (Great Red Jackie) – $25,438

For more information about Smart And Shiney, visit tmreining.com/stallions/smart-and-shiney/ or follow the stallion’s social media account at Facebook.com/SmartAndShiney

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2022 NRHA European Affiliate Championships: July 11–17

Keep up with the 2022 NRHA EAC at nrhaeac.com

7.16.22: SVAG CS Classic 2022: Riders Write Their Names in the NRHA European Affiliate Championships History Book

7.16.22: First NRHA European Affiliate Champions Crowned at the SVAG CS Classic 2022; Ludwig and Schumacher Triumph in the NRHA Open and Non Pro Ancillary Classes

7.15.22: The SVAG CS Classic 2022 Stage is Set for the NRHA European Championships

7.14.22: SVAG CS Classic 2022 NRHA European Affiliate Championships: Wednesday Ancillary Action and A Youthful Evening in Givrins

7.13.22: 2022 SVAG CS Classic NRHA European Affiliate Championships: Horses and Riders Ready and Set to Go

7.9.22: CS Ranch Welcomes the NRHA European Affiliate Championships With Record Number of Entries

6.23.22: CS Ranch Welcomes Back the NRHA European Affiliate Championships

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Casey Deary Becomes NRHA’s Newest $3 Million Rider

When Casey Deary and Americasnexttopgun won the Level 4 Open Championship at the 6666 National Reining Horse Association Derby presented by Markel, an incredible $75,000 was added to the lifetime earnings of both the horse and rider.

That meant that Deary, already an NRHA Two Million Dollar Rider, was elevated to the fifth position on NRHA’s Leading Rider list. With lifetime earnings of $3,058,233, he is one of only six riders to have won more than three million. That money was won on 161 horses, bringing his average earnings per horse to $18,995.

Interestingly, it was on Americasnexttopgun (Walla Walla Whiz x Americasnextgunmodel) that Deary surpassed two million dollars in lifetime earnings. That happened when Deary and the stallion, owned by Jody and Jolan Puno, won the 2020 Level 4 Open Championship at the National Reining Breeders Classic.

Deary has won the most money on Ten Thirty (Gunnatrashya x Dainty Little Step), his 2021 NRHA Futurity Level 4 Open Champion. The stallion, owned by Rancho El Fortin, and Deary have generated payouts totaling $369,069.

Deary’s fourth-leading earner, Shesouttayourleague (Walla Walla Whiz x Wimpys Little Chic), boasts $252,470 in lifetime earnings. In fact, it was Shesouttayourleague that gave Deary his first NRHA Futurity Open Championship, and that 2015 win was enough to make Deary a Million Dollar Rider for the first time.

One would be hard-pressed to write Deary’s story without including a chapter devoted to Americasnextgunmodel, who holds the third spot of Deary’s all-time leading horses and is the dam of Americasnexttopgun, who sits at second.

The flashy mare was the one who carried Deary to his first major victory – the 2012 NRHA Futurity Level 4 Open Championship. The talented athlete, owned by NRHA Two Million Dollar Owner Arcese Quarter Horses USA, and her offspring have been responsible for more than $900,000 of Deary’s earnings.

Deary’s Top 10 Wins 9 (as of 7/1/2022):

  • 2021 NRHA Futurity Championship – $332,500- Ten Thirty
  • 2012 NRHA Futurity Championship – $156,750 – Americasnextgunmodel
  • 2015 NRHA Futurity Championship – $142,500 – Shesouttayourleague
  • 2018 NRHA Futurity 3rd Place – $96,764 – Americas Supermodel
  • 2020 NRBC Championship – $75,000 – Americasnexttopgun
  • 2022 NRHA Derby Championship – $71,250 – Americasnexttopgun
  • 2020 NRHA Futurity 3rd Place – $69,122 – Down Right Amazing
  • 2014 NRHA Futurity 4th Place – $59,690 – ARC Gunna Sparkya
  • 2017 NRHA Derby Championship – $57,000 – Shesouttayourleague
  • 2016 NRHA Derby Championship – $57,000 – Magnum Starlights

Casey Deary and his wife, Nicole, own and operate Deary Performance Horses in Weatherford, Texas, where they live with their four children. For more information, visit DearyPerformance.com