The pedigrees of the heel horses coming back to the ARHFA World Championship short round are stacked with cow and consistency.
ARHFA Heel Horse Pedigree Takeaways:
- The John Justin is SEVENS STAR GLO’s house. The stallion by CSR DUAL GLO is high back for the second year in a row, and last year he completed the course in epic fashion for the title. He’s poised to be only the second two-time champ of the ARHFA World Championship. The only other two-timers? J.D. Yates and DT AIR JORDAN in 2017 and 2018 on the head side.
- WOODY BE TUFF has two colts in the heeling short round—CR BETTER BE TUFF ridden by Paul Eaves at 21st call and CR PEPTO TUFF LENA ridden by Dakota Kirchenschlager at 15th call. to join the two he had in the heading.
- NOT RUF AT ALL has two colts in this year’s short round, too: RUFS GUNNER MAN at 24th callback with Gus Mosley, and NOT WHITE AT ALL and Trevor Brazile at 20th call.
- BET HESA CAT also has two colts in the game this year: IM BETTING ITS ON ridden by JoJo LeMond and DF BET HESA LEGEND
- ONE TIME PEPTO might just rule this year. He’s got two colts in the short round—second callback NU ONE TIME BLUES ridden by Joseph Harrison and fourth callback PEPINSTEP ridden by Colby Lovell—and two paternal grand-get in it WOODEN IT BE TIME by Hickory Holly Time and ridden by Casey Hicks at 16th call; CASHING N MY DIAMOND by Time For The Diamond ridden by Andy Holcomb at 11th call; and TIME TO GLO by Hickory Holly Time ridden by Joseph Harrison at eighth callback.
- HICKORY HOLLY TIME owned by DT Horses has two colts in the short round: WOODEN IT BE TIME ridden by Casey Hicks at 16th call and TIME TO GLO with Harrison at eighth call.
- Blue-hen mare DT SUGAR CHEX WHIZ has two of her famous colts dueling it out in the short round: THE DARKK SIDE by ONCE IN A BLUE BOON and THE NOTORIOUS B I G by CD LIGHTS.
- Nine of the horses in the short round are 4-year-olds this year, as opposed to 15 on the head side.
MORE: The Pedigrees of the Top 25 Head Horses in the ARHFA World Championship Short Round
25. XTRA RUBY SLIPPERS
RIDER: JUNIOR NOGUEIRA
OWNER: JUNIOR NOGUEIRA
SCORE: 685.8
24. RUFS GUNNER MAN
OWNER: DILON MOSLEY
RIDER: GUS MOSLEY
SCORE: 685.9
23. JONEZ GOTA SHINER
OWNER: JUNIOR NOGUEIRA
RIDER: JUNIOR NOGUEIRA
SCORE: 686.4
22. THE KING N DIAMONDS
OWNER: CASSIE SILVEIRA
RIDER: CADE RICE
SCORE: 686.4
21. CR BETTER BE TUFF
OWNER: DARREN & TARA JOHNSON
RIDER: PAUL EAVES
SCORE: 686.8
20. NOT WHITE AT ALL
OWNER: RELENTLESS REMUDA
RIDER: TREVOR BRAZILE
SCORE: 687.8
19. SS PLATINUM CAT
OWNER: KOLLIN VONAHN
RIDER: KOLLIN VONAHN
SCORE: 687.9
18. PROBABLY SMART N NU
OWNER: CHRIS SUTTON
RIDER: DANIEL REED
SCORE: 687.9
17. MIZ BAMA
OWNER: JOHNRYON FOSTER
RIDER: PAUL EAVES
SCORE: 688.57
16. WOODEN IT BE TIME
OWNER: BOGART PERFORMANCE HORSES
RIDER: CASEY HICKS
SCORE: 688.73
15. CR PEPTO TUFF LENA
OWNER: K4 PARTNERSHIP
RIDER: DAKOTA KIRCHENSCHLAGER
SCORE: 688.96
14. IM BETTING ITS ON
OWNER: AMY LUND
RIDER: JOJO LEMOND
SCORE: 689.03
13. THE DARKK SIDE
OWNER: THE DARKK SIDE SYNDICATE
RIDER: TREVOR BRAZILE
SCORE: 689.22
12. DF BET HESA LEGEND
OWNER: PATRICK GIDEON
RIDER: BILLIE JACK SAEBENS
SCORE: 689.56
11. CASHING N MY DIAMOND
OWNER: MARK BECK
RIDER: ANDY HOLCOMB
SCORE: 689.83
10. SMOKE N DUALS
OWNER: SUE SANCKEN
RIDER: JOSEPH HARRISON
SCORE: 690.43
9. HEAVENLY CATT
OWNER: JEREMY BUHLER
RIDER: JEREMY BUHLER
SCORE: 691.51
8. TIME TO GLO
OWNER: BOBBY LEWIS
RIDER: JOSEPH HARRISON
SCORE: 692.95
7. CANTEBURYS CHERREY
OWNER: JD AND/ OR LINDSEY MCGUIRE
RIDER: HUNTER KOCH
SCORE: 693.1
6. ISAACS FIRST CODY
OWNER: RYAN FOWLER
RIDER: PAUL EAVES
SCORE: 693.14
5. THE NOTORIOUS B I G
OWNER: SOUTHERN RANCHES
RIDER: BILLIE JACK SAEBENS
SCORE: 694.06
4. PEPINSTEP
OWNER: THEOREM RANCH
RIDER: COLBY LOVELL
SCORE: 694.54
3. METALLIC PAYDAY
OWNER: KALEB DRIGGERS
RIDER: DAKOTA KIRCHENSCHLAGER
SCORE: 695.04
2. NU ONE TIME BLUES
OWNER: PREMIER ROPE HORSES
RIDER: JOSEPH HARRISON
SCORE: 697.27
1. SEVENS STAR GLO
OWNER: MARSHALL S WIER
RIDER: CADE RICE
SCORE: 698.45
