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.
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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