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Quarter Horse News, January 15th, 2000
Volume 22, No. 1

To excel in the reined cow horse event, a horse must possess several important qualities.

He must be "cow smart," or in other words, he must be able to "read" a cow and interpret what the cow's about to do. He must possess the athleticism to run hard, stop and turn around in order to control a cow. And, he must possess the desire, or heart, to complete the tasks that his rider asks him to do.

The reined cow horse industry's leading sire in 1998 (according to Equi-Stat, a division of Cowboy Publising Group), Smart Chic Olena, deserves to be labeled as a "uper sire" as well as a "super star."

Smart Chic Olena was bred to be a champion performer with his sire, Smart Little Lena, having won the National Cutting Horse Association's triple crown - the NCHA Futurity, Derby and Super Stakes - and his dam Gay Sugar Chic's sire being Champion performance sire, Gay Bar King. Smart Chic Olena provied himself to be a champion performer in the cutting and reining pens, having won an AQHA World Championship title in each discipline and having lifetime career earnings of $127,600. And now, with nine foal crops on the ground, a large number of his offspring have proven that they have what it takes to become cutting, reining and/or reined cow horse champion. In 1998, Smart Chic Olena's offspring credited him as the year's leading sire in both the reining and reined cow horse events.

The 20 stallions listed on the charts within this article topped the list of leading reined cow horse sires in 1998, which was publishe in the Quarter Horse New's annual Reined Cow Horse statistical issue.

The information on each stallion includes where they will stand the 2000 breeding season, what their breeding fees and related costs will be and who to contact for breeding information. Each stallion's total number of 1998 money-earning offspring, their total earnigns, average earnings per head and leading money-eraners are included. also, each stalion's ranking and related information from 1997 is also listed (9n parenthesis).

The No. 1 sire, Smart Chic Olena, owned by Jim Babcock of Gainesville, Texas, had 14 reined cow horse money-earners in 1998, which credited their sire with total earnings of $137,058. His biggest money-earner was Chic Please, out of San O Lenita by Tenino San, which was ridden to the NRCHA's Snaffle Bit Futurity Reserve Championship by Tod Bergen. Displaying his sire's vesatile talent, Chic Please added the National Reining Horse Association's prestigious Open Futurity Championship to his yea-end show record.

The Top 20 Money-Earning Reined Cow Horse Sires
(for more check out this article in the Quarter Horse News, January 15th, 2000, Volume 22, No. 1)

1. Smart Chic Olena(5)
1985 Sorrel
Sire: Smart Little Lena
Dam: Gay Sugar Chic by Gay Bar King
Offspring Earnings: $137,058 ($29,980)
Money-earning offspring: 14 (7)
Average per offspring: $9,790 ($4,140)
Leading money-earning offspring:
    Chic Please, $68,179
    Fantaschic, $15,138
Shipped Cooled Semen: Yes
Standing in 2000:
    Babcok Ranch Quarter Horses Inc.,
    Ganines Ville, TX
    (940) 665-7961
Mare Care: n/a
Breeding Fee:
    (before Jan. 1) $7,500
    (after Jan. 1)$10,000
Owned by Jim Babcock, Gainsville, TX

2. Reminic(3)
1978 Bay
Sire: Doc's Remedy
Dam: Fillinic by Arizona Junie
Offspring Earnings: $130,742 ($60,021)
Money-earning offspring: 14 (21)
Average per offspring: $9,339 ($2,858)
Leading money-earning offspring:
    Reminics Pep, $111,000
Shipped Cooled Semen: Yes
Standing in 2000:
    Babcok Ranch
    Ganines Ville, TX
    (940) 665-7961
Mare Care: n/a
Breeding Fee: $6,000
    (before Jan. 1)$5,000
Owned by Reminic Partnership, Gainsville, TX

3. Shining Spark(11)
1989 Palomino
Sire: Genuine doc
Dam: Siamonds Sparkle by Mr Diamond Dude
Offspring Earnings: $61,820 ($13,955)
Money-earning offspring: 4 (2)
Average per offspring: $15,455 ($6,978)
Leading money-earning offspring:
    JRS Shining Cash, $25,000
    Bald N Shiney, $7,530
Shipped Cooled Semen: No
Standing in 2000:
    Carol Rose quarter Horses,
    GAinesville, TX
    (940) 665-9304
Mare Care: Ranges from $9 to $16 per day
Breeding Fee: $3,000
Owned by Carol Rose Quarter Horses, Gainesville, Texas

4. Nu Cash(1)
1984 Sorrel
Sire: Colone Freckles
Dam: Nu Rendition by Nu Bar
Offspring Earnings: $59,508 ($191,259)
Money-earning offspring: 18 (17)
Average per offspring: $3,306 ($11,251)
Leading money-earning offspring:
    Cash Mo Chex, $18,499
    Smart Little Cash, $84,750
Shipped Cooled Semen: Yes
Standing in 2000:
    Santa Lucia Farm
    Lindsey Creed, CA
    (805) 688-3673
Mare Care: Inside (with daily grass turnout), $17 dry, $18 wet; 50x50 pen outside - $10 dry, $11 wet
Breeding Fee: $3,000 (includes $500 chute fee and reproductive expenses)
Owned by Gragg Family Trust, Oak View CA

9. Just Plain Colonel (2)
1983 Brown
Sire: Colonel Freckles
Dam: Grey Nelly by Blue Whammy Cat
Offspring Earnings: $28,888 ($124,298)
Money-earning offspring: 13 (13)
Average per offspring: $2,222 ($9,561)
Leading money-earning offspring:
    Nicilena, $12,485
    Just Plain Pici, $53,875
Shipped Cooled Semen: Yes
Standing in 2000:
    Ward River Ranch,
    Kingsburg, CA
    contact Dar Hanson at (559) 897-8616
Mare Care: Stalled - $14 per day (dry), $15 (wet); Pasture - $10 per day (dry), $11 (wet)
Breeding Fee: $2,000
Owned by Kirk and Greg Ward, Tulare, CA

13. Master Remedy(6)
1980 Bay
Sire: Doc's Remedy
Dam: Winnic By Sugar Vandy
Offspring Earnings: $21,196 ($23,666)
Money-earning offspring: 8 (8)
Average per offspring: $2,649 ($2,961)
Leading money-earning offspring:
    Sugar Babe Taffy, $15,072
    Write the Chex To Me, $5,556
Shipped Cooled Semen: Limitedly
Standing in 2000:
    Ward River Ranch,
    Kingsburg, CA
    contact Dar Hanson at (559) 897-8616
Mare Care: Stalled - $14 per day (dry), $15 (wet); Pasture - $10 per day (dry), $11 (wet)
Breeding Fee: $3,000
Owned by Greg and Laua Ward, Tulare, CA