Hall of Fame horseman J.D. Yates added yet another AQHA World Championship to his career with Sue C Royalty, the 2020 mare owned by Tearney Ranch and by One Time Royalty out of Sue C Lena.
The mare marked a 229.0, worth $25,298.85 for the win against 76 other 5-and-under horses in the Level 3 Championships.
“Luke Jones started her as a colt,” Yates explained. “Then Tate Kirchenschlager’s mother-in-law owned her, and Phil Tearney knew of the horse. She came up for sale, and Phil bought her. I’ve had her for about six months. Tate had her started roping, and I put my own spin on her.”
Yates had his son and NFR average champion Trey on the back side, and Yates said he made more of a jackpot-style run than a flashy horse-show run for the win.
“I guess that’s what the judges were looking for this year,” Yates said. “I mean, I don’t have her where I feel like she should be yet, but I mean, she does two things really good. She scores and she can run. She let me catch up there good. She just did what she did. The senior horse that I had really drug his ass. I didn’t win on him, and I thought he was a winner. So I don’t know. I guess it’s what sitting up there when you got the pencil is what they decide they like. I mean, after all, it’s what we call a horse sale and what we’re doing is just selling the horse to the guys up there with a pencil.”
Yates won the Reserve World Championship in the Junior Heading on Drag All That, a 2019 gelding by All That Boon out of Double R Dragtime for $20,781.20, and he won the Reserve World Championship in the Senior Heading on 2017 stallion Cee My Special Nite, by Gunners Special Nite out of Cee Dun It Do it, for $19,687.45.
