INCENTIVES: ARHFA Top Gun Stallion Incentive

CFR Arete Gun has proven his mettle as a rope horse, banking money for his owners Jared Crain, Buddy Wacaser and Jack Bogart, and providing invaluable assistance as a helper horse.

By the $9 million sire Gonnatrashya and out of a daughter of Tribeca Tucker, Arete has been successful in tie down and heeling at the AQHA World Show with Cody McCartney, Crain and Steve Orth along with wins at the Royal Crown and Red Bud Classic with Dakota Kirchenschlager.

The 2021 Junior Tie Down AQHA World Champion, the 2016 stallion earned the AQHA Senior Tie Down Roping High Point award in 2023 and returned in 2024 for a top-10 finish. His lifetime earnings are now $68,000 with 419 AQHA points and growing.

In addition to his own winning record, Arete has been one of the most used helper heel horses, instrumental on the heel side for many wins at major rope horse futurities with Kirkenschlager.

Arete is still competing and having success with riders of all levels—a trait that his owners all believe will pass down to his progeny with the first foal crop going under saddle in the spring. With a reining background, the stallion has proven versatile and steady, yet user-friendly.