After big performances by offspring at The Run For A Million and the 100X Reining Classic, four stallions have crossed multi-million-dollar milestones with the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA): Topsail Whiz, Magnum Chic Dream, Spooks Gotta Whiz, and Pale Face Dunnit.
Topsail Whiz – NRHA $13 Million Sire
Bred by Tom McBeath, Topsail Whiz (Topsail Cody x Jeanie Whiz Bar) was owned by Bob Loomis Reining Horses. Loomis rode the late sire to nearly $50,000 in NRHA Lifetime Earnings (LTE) during his show career. During the 1990 NRHA Futurity, the duo rode to their top finish—the Level (L) 4 Open Championship.
Topsail Whiz was inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame in 2003 and has continued to leave his mark on reining through remarkable offspring. The stallion has more than 1,000 offspring with NRHA LTE. Several of his progeny have contributed to this newest milestone, including his second-highest earning offspring—Dun It For Whizkey.
Dun It For Whizkey helped Topsail Whiz cross his last historical milestone after top finishes at the NRHA Futurity and Derby. Since then, he’s added nearly $55,000 more toward his sire’s offspring earnings. Nearly half of that total came during the 2019 The Run For A Million, where he and NRHA Million Dollar Rider Franco Bertolani earned a ninth-place finish in the Million Dollar Competition.
Topsail Whiz’s top-earning progeny include:
- The Great Whiz (out of Pines BH), bred and owned by Lance Griffin, $256,470 NRHA LTE
- Dun It For Whizkey (out of Dun It For Chex), bred by Oldenburg Farm LLC, nominated and owned by Cardinal Hill Training Center LLC, $244,528 NRHA LTE
- Easy Otie Whiz (out of Miss Poco Easy), bred by Bob Loomis Quarter Horses Inc., owned by Outwest Stallion Station LLC and Bobbie Cook, $233,611 NRHA LTE
- Whizkey N Diamonds (out of Princess In Diamonds), bred by Cristin Schuetz, owned by Rhodes River Ranch, $216,336 NRHA LTE
- Smoking Whiz (out of Glendas A Smokingun), bred by Susan Ray, owned by Silver Spurs Equine, $208,839 NRHA LTE
Magnum Chic Dream – NRHA $12 Million Sire
NRHA Hall of Famer Magnum Chic Dream is making history once again as an NRHA $12 Million Sire after only crossing the $11 million mark a mere five months prior. The Guy A Du Ponchel-bred stallion, by NRHA Hall of Famer Smart Chic Olena and out of Sailin Barbee, garnered $44,294 in NRHA LTE for owner Viola Scott. With NRHA Million Dollar Rider Casey Hinton at the reins, the stallion was crowned 2004 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Senior World Reining Champion, his most notable title within his show career.
The breeding shed is where Magnum Chic Dream continued to leave his mark on reining. His progeny have competed and earned top titles in nearly every facet of reining competition, including the NRHA Futurity, the NRHA Derby, the National Reining Breeder’s Classic (NRBC), and the World Equestrian Games. To date, 28 of his offspring have over $100,000 NRHA LTE.
Custom Dreams (out of Gunna Be Custom) has led the charge to push Magnum Chic Dream over the $12 Million Sire milestone. Owned by Custom Dreams Brazil, the Devin Warren-bred and -nominated stallion has earned nearly $215,000 this year, including a $100,000 paycheck at the 100X Cowtown Classic where he and Deary won the L4 Open Stakes. They went on to earn top marks at the 2024 6666 NRHA Derby presented by Markel with a reserve championship in the Tamarack Ranch Open 4-Year-Old Stakes, a first-place finish in the American Paint Horse Association (APHA) Chrome Cash division, and sixth place in the L4 Open Derby.
Magnum Chic Dream’s highest money-earning offspring include:
- Mr Farenheit (out of Wimpy Little Girl), bred and nominated by Peter Morgan, owned by Morin and Vandorp, $298,022 NRHA LTE
- Custom Dreams (out of Gunna Be Custom), bred and nominated by Devin Warren, owned by Custom Dreams Brazil, $279,603 NRHA LTE
- Msdreamy (out of A Gal With A Gun), bred by Jana Simons, owned by Frederick Christen, $263,131 NRHA LTE
- Chic Dreamin (out of Skeets Red Dunit), bred and nominated by Casey Hinton, owned by Silver Spurs Equine, $250,421 NRHA LTE
- Customize My Dream (out of Gunna Be Custom), bred and owned by Devin Warren, nominated by Garth Hystad, $236,767 NRHA LTE
Spooks Gotta Whiz – $9 Million Sire
Michell Anne Kimball’s Spooks Gotta Whiz (Spooks Gotta Gun x Prettywhizprettydoes) was bred by Clint Haverty. With NRHA LTE of nearly $350,000, the 2007 stallion is one of only a few to win the NRHA L4 Open Futurity, the NRHA L4 Open Derby, and the NRBC. He also earned two gold medals at the 2014 World Equestrian Games. Spooks Gotta Whiz entered the show pen at the 2024 The Run for Million with NRHA Hall of Famer Shawn Flarida at the reins, proving that at 17 years old, the stallion still loves the limelight in the show pen.
Now, Spooks Gotta Whiz is making an even bigger mark on reining, which was solidified with his induction into the NRHA Hall of Fame in 2022. He’s continuing his legacy by flying through NRHA milestones at a remarkable rate, crossing the $8 million only earlier this summer.
His top-earning offspring, Mic Dropp, has helped usher him to $9 million with a third-place performance in the Million Dollar Competition at The Run For A Million last month. The performance led to a $90,000 paycheck with NRHA Hall of Famer Andrea Fappani at the reins. Fappani has piloted the stallion his entire show career.
Top-earning progeny of Spooks Gotta Whiz include:
- Mic Dropp (out of Dun Dry Whiz), bred and nominated by Clark Reining Horses LLC, who owns the horse along with Tim Anderson, $347,390 NRHA LTE
- Alpha Jac Sparrow (out of Chexanicki), bred and nominated by Alpha Quarter Horses LLC, owned by Fritz Leeman, $273,097 NRHA LTE
- Spooks Gotta Spark (out of Dolittle Lena), bred and nominated by Bobby Lewis, owned by Kevin Truax, $215,585 NRHA LTE
- Spooky Whiz (out of Myo Starlight), bred and nominated by Spence Bell, owned by Bosque Ranch Performance Horses LLC, a subsidiary of NRHA Corporate Partner 6666 Ranch, $186,043 NRHA LTE
- Gotta Twist It Up (out of Make It With A Twist), bred, nominated, and owned by Sandra Bentien, $183,837 NRHA LTE
Pale Face Dunnit – $4 Million Sire
With the parentage of NRHA Hall of Famer and All Time Leading Sire Gunner and Lena Dun It, Rancho Oso Rio LLC bred Pale Face Dunnit to be a reining superstar. The Schmersal Reining Horses and Silver Spurs Equine-owned stallion garnered over $70,000 in NRHA LTE before establishing his legacy-building career as a breeding stallion.
The 2007 sire had his first crop of foals in 2012. After crossing his last historic milestone in 2022, Pale Face Dunnit’s over 340 NRHA money-earning offspring have now made him a $4 Million Sire.
One of the offspring pushing him to this new milestone is TA Dunit Redhot, a 6-year-old stallion out of Redhot Walla owned by Hickory Creek Ranch LLC. With National Reining Horse Youth Association (NRHyA) member Addisyn Schmersal at the reins for nearly all of the stallion’s career, he has amassed $145,901 NRHA LTE with nearly $60,000 earned in 2024 with wins including a reserve championship at the NRBC L4 Non Pro and a championship in the L3.
Pale Face Dunnit’s top-earning offspring include:
- Face The Attitude (out of Miss Lil Addy Tude), bred by KC Performance Horses LLC, nominated by Ginger Schmersal, owned by Hickory Creek Ranch LLC, $228,352 NRHA LTE
- Phantom Face (out of Gorgeous Like A Star), bred by Greg Hill, nominated by Hickory Creek Ranch LLC (North America) and Maria Fiorucci (Europe), owned by Maria Fiorucci, $182,235 NRHA LTE
- Pale Dun Star (out of Get Ya Some Stars), bred by Hickory Creek Ranch LLC, nominated by Ginger Schmersal, owned by Rancho Oso Rio LLC, $153,315 NRHA LTE
- Pale Face Gunslinger (out of Lost In Tinseltown), bred, nominated and owned by Tim Anderson, $152,898 NRHA LTE
- TA Dunit Redhot (out of Redhot Walla), bred by Tamarack Ranch LLC, nominated by Tim Anderson, owned by Hickory Creek Ranch LLC, $145,901 NRHA LTE