INCENTIVES: Riata Championship, Royal Crown, Gold Buckle, ARHFA Top Gun, The Diamond Classic, NRCHA Stakes, PCCHA Stakes, Brazos Valley Super Stallion

One Fine Vintage, the No. 11 team roping sire of 2024 according to QData, has offspring that have won nearly $500,000 in roping alone. Known as “Vinnie,” the stallion is himself an AQHA and NRCHA world champion, and the cornerstone of Robertson Ranches’ breeding program. 

Sired by $22 million producer One Time Pepto and out of Shiners Siena by Shining Spark, Vinnie’s pedigree is stacked with impressive bloodlines that cross well on a number of mares.

“I think One Fine Vintage horses make a pretty picture,” ARHFA World Champion Andy Holcomb said. “Even when they aren’t perfect, they manage to catch your eye. They also learn fast and pattern well, so they fit my roping program well.”

In October, Kaleb Driggers made the ARHFA Open Futurity Heading Finals aboard 4-year-old Chex Out My Finey, going on to place fifth in the 4-and-Under and 14th overall. In September, Logan Anseth split $21,600 aboard 6-year-old First Class Vintage in the Riata #14.5. Anseth also rode him at the latest World Series Finale in Las Vegas. 

Of course, Holcomb put Vinnie on the futurity roping map with Fine Vintage Cash, a now-9-year-old Vinnie daughter that became the all-time earnings leading futurity mare with $112,361. Futurity breeders and NFR ropers Driggers and Jake Cooper plan to breed their stallions to embryos out of the mare, now owned by Kingpin Genetics. In 2022,  Holcomb also won the 2022 ARHFA 4-Year-Old Heading World Championship on One Vintage Merada. In 2023, they combined again to win the futurity sidepot at the Riata, banking another $51,750.

Standing at 15.1 hands, Vinnie’s versatility and athleticism are unmatched. He is not only, himself, a world champion in working cow horse, but also has AQHA Open Superiors in Working Cow Horse, Heading and Heeling. His average money earner has won $23,725, according to QData, with six having won AQHA points early into his breeding career.

“That horse just gives you confidence,” said $2-million rider Corey Cushing after winning the 2016 AQHA Senior Working Cow Horse World Championship on Vinnie. “I’ve watched him for a long, long time, and I’ve never seen him be outdone. There’s nothing that horse can’t do great. He’s a natural athlete.”

In addition to riding several of his offspring, Daniel and Jazlyn Rice of Clements, California, have fit Robertson Ranches’ One Fine Vintage yearlings for sale over the past several years.

“We’ve been so impressed by the consistency in their size, build and demeanor,” Jazlyn said. “They are equal parts smart and sweet and possess the athletic ability to excel at multiple events just like Vinnie did. He puts his stamp on them every time.”