Metallic Malice has more short round berths than any other sire at the Old West World Championships in Amarillo, Texas, with 10 going into Saturday’s short rounds. Stevie Rey Von is second with nine on seven horses, the most horses of any sire, and Hickory Holly Time is third with eight.
TRJ counted 181 short round berths in the Futurity Heading, Futurity Heeling, Pre-Futurity Heading and Pre-Futurity Heeling. A horse back in the open, Intermediate and Limited counts three times, and a horse back in both a futurity and a pre-futurity counts in each. Eighty sires have at least one berth. Scores are unofficial.
Top 10 sires by short round berths
| Rank | Sire | Horses back, riders and divisions | Open | Berths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metallic Malice | Futurity Heading: Go Metallic, Britt Williams (Open, Int., Ltd.) Pre-Futurity Heading: Little Miss Metallic, Trevor Boatwright (Open, Int.), Seven S Huckleberry, Colton McCarley (Open, Int., Ltd.) Futurity Heeling: Metallic Blueprint, Cade Rice (Open, Int.) | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Stevie Rey Von | Futurity Heading: Crosby Ray Von, Trevor Brazile (Open), Dmac Straight Up, Dakota Kirchenschlager (Open, Int.) Pre-Futurity Heading: Crosby Ray Von, Trevor Brazile (Open) Futurity Heeling: DF Legends Pridenjoy, Andy Holcomb (Int.), Stevie Rey Train, Les Oswald (Int.) Pre-Futurity Heeling: Ozzys Crazy Train, Joseph Harrison (Open), BL Playitsteviegirl, Billie Jack Saebens (Open), Von Voyage Mate, Clyde Bolejack (Int.) | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Hickory Holly Time | Pre-Futurity Heading: Hollytime Boon, Mike Kunzler (Int., Ltd.) Futurity Heeling: DT Hickorys Stinger, Jeremy Buhler (Open), Hickory Glo Time, Jordan Allyn (Int., Ltd.) Pre-Futurity Heeling: DT Hickorys Romeo, Jeremy Buhler (Open), CSR Simply Hickory, Hunter Koch (Open), CSR Hollys Gotrhythm, Steve Orth (Int.) | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Metallic Rebel | Futurity Heading: Rebell Force, Mike Kunzler (Int., Ltd.) Futurity Heeling: Miss Peppys Rebel, Dakota Kirchenschlager (Open), Hes A Rowdy Rebel, Hunter Koch (Open) Pre-Futurity Heeling: Rebel X, Hunter Koch (Open), CA King Rebel, Clyde Bolejack (Open, Int.) | 4 | 7 |
| T-5 | One Time Honor | Futurity Heading: A Relentless Buzz, Trevor Brazile (Open), One Time Pick, Billie Jack Saebens (Open), Relentless Kat, Miles Baker (Open), Fury Of Honor, Jake Cooper (Open, Int.) Pre-Futurity Heading: Time For Play, Kaleb Driggers (Open) | 5 | 6 |
| T-5 | Smooth Talkin Style | Pre-Futurity Heading: In Style Cat, Jordan Allyn (Open, Int., Ltd.), Shhhh Im Talking, Clyde Bolejack (Int.) Futurity Heeling: Rubys Stylish Cat, Paul Eaves (Open) Pre-Futurity Heeling: Rubys Stylish Cat, Paul Eaves (Open) | 3 | 6 |
| T-5 | A Vintage Smoke | Pre-Futurity Heading: Vintage Roan, Culley Morgan (Open, Int., Ltd.), A Smokin Line, Cody Wheeler (Open, Int., Ltd.) | 2 | 6 |
| T-8 | Gunners Special Nite | Futurity Heading: RR Gunners Affair, Trevor Brazile (Open) Futurity Heeling: RR Gold Starr, Miles Baker (Int.) Pre-Futurity Heeling: Royal Nites, Joseph Harrison (Open), This Star Is Special, Trevor Brazile (Open), SH Runnindownadream, Andy Holcomb (Int.) | 3 | 5 |
| T-8 | Woody Be Tuff | Pre-Futurity Heading: Rollin N Hot, Dustin E. Rogers (Ltd.) Futurity Heeling: Tuff Little Flash, Jordan Allyn (Open, Int., Ltd.) Pre-Futurity Heeling: Wood U Be My Lady, Les Oswald (Int.) | 1 | 5 |
| T-8 | Shining Spark | Pre-Futurity Heading: Diceman, Britt Williams (Open, Int., Ltd.) Futurity Heeling: Shiners Diamonds, Gabriel Salgado (Int., Ltd.) | 1 | 5 |
Metallic Malice goes deep
Metallic Malice’s 10 berths come from four horses, and six of them are in the Intermediate or Limited. Go Metallic is back in all three divisions of the Futurity Heading for Britt Williams, and Seven S Huckleberry is back in all three in the Pre-Futurity Heading for Colton McCarley. Little Miss Metallic, with Trevor Boatwright, and Metallic Blueprint, with Cade Rice, are back in the open and Intermediate. None of the four is higher than 16th in an open average.
Stevie Rey Von goes wide
Stevie Rey Von has horses back in all four classes. Crosby Ray Von, the $1.7 million Old West sale mare, is back in both heading classes for Trevor Brazile, sixth in the Futurity Heading and third in the Pre-Futurity Heading. Joseph Harrison’s Ozzys Crazy Train is eighth in the Pre-Futurity Heeling. Five of Stevie Rey Von’s nine berths are in the open, tied with One Time Honor for the most open berths of any sire.
Hickory Holly Time and Metallic Rebel near the top
Hickory Holly Time has the highest-placed horse among the top three sires. Jeremy Buhler’s DT Hickorys Stinger is second in the Futurity Heeling at 685.71, 0.45 behind the leader, and Buhler is also back on DT Hickorys Romeo, ninth in the Pre-Futurity Heeling.
Metallic Rebel, fourth with seven berths, sires the only open average leader among the top 10 sires. Hunter Koch and Rebel X lead the Pre-Futurity Heeling with 686, and Dakota Kirchenschlager’s Miss Peppys Rebel is third in the Futurity Heeling. The other three open averages are led by horses by sires outside the top 10: Fendiii by Valiant Hero in the Futurity Heading, Rockk Star by Peptoboonsmal in the Futurity Heeling and Kiri by Tres Seis in the Pre-Futurity Heading.
All open for One Time Honor
Every One Time Honor berth but one is in the open. Four of his five horses are back in the Futurity Heading, led by Brazile’s A Relentless Buzz in fourth, and Kaleb Driggers has Time For Play sixth in the Pre-Futurity Heading.
The short rounds for all four classes are Saturday, Oct. 17. Full standings, short round qualifiers and the riders with the most berths are in the Old West World Championship results tracker.