INCENTIVES: Ropers Classic

One of today’s winningest roping sires has never before stood to the public. But now, 10-year-old Cat Man San is available as 2023’s high-money-winning stallion in all of team roping with $234,708 (trailing only Clint Summers’ legendary gelding Transmission). 

“He has the best mind and a huge heart to go with his talent,” said Kayelen Helton, who won checks on the stout sorrel in both breakaway roping and heading last year.

By the High Brow Cat/Freckles Playboy stallion Cat Man Do and out of the race-and-cow-bred Waggoner mare Peppy Diversion, Cat Man San was a tie-down roping futurity and AQHA champion the same year he earned $129,153 heeling and $105,555 heading, according to QData.

Also by Cat Man Do are Soda Pop Cat that won last fall’s ARHFA World Heeling Finals by a whopping 12 points and 4-year-old Pretty Poco Girl Fja that won a staggering $117,250 at the Riata across the Pro Futurity, 14.5 and 8.5.

Cat Man San had just three performing offspring last year—two of which were 4 years old—but they earned $149,660 to already make him the fourth-ranked roping stallion of all time in terms of average earnings per offspring.