Quealy Probst had ridden Reyzin Royals exactly once before she backed into the box with her at the Old West World Championships.
Two days later, Probst left the Pre-Futurity Breakaway with a $40,000 check, the biggest single payout of the week so far.
The 2022 bay mare has now won $175,652 at Old West in 2026, for three riders, in two events, at three stops. Every check came with the same eligibility: she went through the Old West sale.
“She’s proven herself that you can buy a horse out of the sale and win that much on her,” Probst said.
She has one more chance this year. Kollin VonAhn heeled his way into Saturday’s 4-&-Under Heeling short round, putting her in line for another Sale Graduate check on top of the main pot.
How the sidepot pays
Old West’s Guaranteed Sale Graduate Side Pot pays only horses bought through an official Old West sale, and in 2026 only horses that sold in 2025. A graduate has to compete in the 4-&-under division and make the short round. The side pot then pays five places in heading, heeling and breakaway separately, and it pays on top of whatever the horse wins in the main futurity pot. Eligibility follows the horse, not the rider, so an owner can put any roper on it.
Old West added $300,000 to the side pot at Guthrie and $375,000 at Heber City. Heber City also carried the Road to the Million bonus for a graduate that wins a 4-&-under title outright.
Reyzin Royals has cashed in that system at every 2026 stop.
Guthrie: $85,652
At the Gamble at Guthrie in April, Cheyanne McCartney got the call two days before the breakaway, picked the mare up the morning before and won the $40,000 breakaway side pot. The mare had spent her career in the heeling pen with Von Ahn.
VonAhn then marked a 228.17 in the first round of the Pre-Futurity Heeling, third-high in the go. He finished fifth in the finals with a 904.35 for $5,652 and won the heeling side pot for another $40,000.
Heber City: $50,000
McCartney got her wish. She rode Reyzin Royals back to the breakaway short round in Heber City, Utah, in June and collected the $50,000 breakaway side pot.
Amarillo: $40,000 and counting
Probst, of Wallsburg, Utah, first rode the mare at VonAhn’s place two days before the Oct. 11 breakaway.
“I went up to Kollin’s house, and he obviously trained her and shows her in the heeling,” Probst explained. “And so I went up there and ran some calves and it didn’t go very well. He just had a tough setup and she was kind of hot, but we got through. I’m glad I rode her at least one time for the show. So I got to the show and I was a little nervous, but she did great. She’s really quick-footed. The more quiet you ride her, the better she is. So I tried to just be quiet in the box on her and just go and do my job.”
Probst made the finals and won the $40,000 Graduate Sale Horses incentive. She also won $6,655 on Playin Catty Style to lead all riders in Amarillo with $46,655.
“And Kollin’s done such a great job training her that she was able to go focus on her job and we both executed. So, she’s a great mare. I’m excited for her and I really like her.”
A mare anybody can ride
Probst credits the start. Jason Romney, who specializes in cow horses, started the mare, and she went through the sale as a 3-year-old.
“I think it’s kind of how it all starts. She was started by a great guy. His name’s Jason Romney. He specializes in obviously cow horses and stuff. And so he started her and then she went through the sale as a 3-year-old. But I think it all just, it’s how they’re started. And so she’s really broke and I don’t know what Kollin’s honestly done, but whatever he’s done, she’s so good-minded and it’s been amazing that all three of us can ride her and win on her. I don’t know what it is. She’s just special. I don’t know.”
What stands out, Probst said, is that the mare shows up the same way every time.
“I think something that she has that a lot of horses don’t or that struggle with is she’s really consistent. Whether it’s heeling steers on her or roping calves, she’s a horse that you can go and make however many runs on her and she’s going to be pretty average every single run. She might not be the highest marker horse, but she’s going to go and try her job every single time and give her your all just because she’s that type of gritty mare. I think that’s what stands out. And then obviously for breeding purposes, I think she’s going to put some really pretty babies on the ground eventually one day, hopefully.”
“She kind of pulls with her front end a little more, which I like it. So it kind of pulls you to the front of the saddle and helps you get to the front and really go and rope your calves. But I don’t know, she has a really pretty style to where I can just go run up there and pull my slack and she’s already dragging her butt because, I don’t know, that’s just how she’s been trained. That’s her style. But also she doesn’t really act too much like a mare. She’s been so good to be around.”
How she’s bred
Reyzin Royals is by Reyzin The Cash, a Dual Rey son and NRCHA Million Dollar Sire who stands at the Four Sixes Ranch in 2026, out of Queen Cisco by Peptoboonsmal. Utah State University’s equine program bred her, and the Reyzin Royals Partnership owns her.
Saturday
Von Ahn and Reyzin Royals marked 223.31, 225.84 and 225.23 in the Pre-Futurity Heeling on Oct. 14 for 674.38, 11th on three head and ninth back in the Oct. 17 short round. She is one of three 2025 graduates in the top 20, with Ozzys Crazy Train eighth and This Star Is Special 20th.
