PAGE 4 ROPERS SPORTS NEWS APRIL 2024 CIRCLE ARENA Tulare, CA 12742 Avenue 240 FAIRLEA RANCH Exeter, CA 31535 Road 204 FRIDAY NIGHTS Sign Up 6pm • Rope 7pm MAY 10, 17, 24 & 31 JUNE 7, 14, 21 & 28 JULY 5, 12, 19 & 26 AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 23; Aug. 30: Hoke Evetts Handicap Pick And Draw.... 3 for $30 Pick One, Draw One ..............for $60 Pick Two, Draw Two.............for $120 Pick Three, Draw Three .......for $180 or Draw Six ..........................for $180 ACTRA Numbers • Even At #8 Hdcp • 35% Cattle We Have The Right To Refuse Any Entry SUNDAYS Sign Up 8am, Rope 9am MAY 5, 19; JUNE 2, 16, 30; JULY 7, 21; AUG. 4, 18 & 25 (Finals) #5.5 Roping Go 4 Times ............3 for $25 #4 Roping Go 4 Times ...............3 for $25 #3 Roping Go 4 Times ...............2 for $20 All Ropings Are Now Pick Or Draw. The #3 Gets Two Steers ACTRA Numbers • 35% Cattle We Have The Right To Refuse Any Entry Must Rope at 6 of 10 Ropings To Qualify For Finals. ACTRA Members Only N PARMA ARENA GROOMER Arena Sponsors: For Roping Information Call Jim or Karen Waggoner (559) 686-4476 WICKENBURG, ARIZONA – The Horse Sale at Rancho Rio presented by Tito’s Handmade Vodka took place Saturday, March 16, in Wickenburg, Arizona, in conjunction with the National Team Roping (NTR) National Finals X. The 66 consignments that ran through the ring at the 10th annual sale drew spectators and buyers from all over the nation and brought $2.66 million in total sales. With 52 horses sold, the overall sale average was $51,154 and the top 10 average was $94,800. Early in the sale, auctioneer Steve Friskup dropped the gavel to the tune of $180,000 at Lot 8 on the 6-year-old red roan gelding Rusty Peptoboosmal. Consigned by Brooke and Rodey Wilson, Wilson Cattle Company, of Canyon, Texas, “Twizzler” marks their third consecutive high seller in as many years. Their first-ever high seller was in 2022 when they sold Sportin Roscoe (“South Point”) for $200,000, and in 2023 when they sold TRR Kadabra Kat (“Honkey Tonk”) for $160,000. “It’s nerve-racking,” said Brooke. “You don’t really know what’s going to happen, or who is going to show up, or if there’s something better that they’re waiting on. You just have to bring a good horse and see what happens. “Twizzler is the winningest horse we’ve ever had,” continued Brooke, who won the #10.5 Riata Buckle heading on the horse in 2022 for $62,000. Twizzler was then on the winning team of the exact roping in 2023, this time on the heel side with a #5 roper. “It doesn’t matter who’s riding him.” Twizzler was purchased by Javier Rodriguez, of Las Vegas, Nevada, who also purchased Honkey Tonk in 2023. “He actually came out to ride him,” Brooke said. “I went back and watched his videos over and over and that horse was unbelievable for him. He’s a #3 and that horse made him look like a #6. It was unreal. I’m just so glad he’s going to someone that’s going to enjoy him.” Hooks Flintrock, Lot 24, followed as the second-high seller at $115,000 and was purchased by Roberto Brembilla of Scottsdale, Arizona. “Jube Jube,” a 2016 chestnut gelding, was consigned by Kale and Tatum Peterson, Peterson Performance Horses, of Wittmann, Arizona, and Buck Lake, Alberta, Canada. Rounding out the top three high sellers was Lot 30, Gin N Guns Dont Mix, who sold for $110,000. Consigned by Chad and Paje Turner, Turner Performance Horses, of Congress, Arizona, and East Helena, Montana, the 2018 palomino gelding was purchased by James Hunter, of Eagle, Idaho. “Townes” is by the NRHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion Gunners Tinseltown and out of a daughter of Nu Chex To Cash and is eligible for APHA Chrome Cash. Superior Productions broadcast the event live bringing the sale to additional spectators and potential buyers worldwide. Renowned auctioneer, Steve Friskup, Muleshoe, Texas, was joined on the auction block by longtime team roping announcers Ferron Lucero, Stephenville, Texas, and Doug VanDyken, Bozeman, Montana, along with sale clerk Katie Yost, Billings, Montana. The Horse Sale at Rancho Rio continues to be the premier rope horse sale of the world and will once again take place in March 2025 during the NTR National Finals XI. You can find additional information and sale results online at RanchoRioAZ.com. Sale results: total consignments, 66; horses sold, 52; sale average, $51,154; top 10 average, $94,800; top 20 average, $79,150; top 30 average, $66,900. Wilson Cattle Company’s Third Consecutive High Seller ‘Twizzler’ Is High-Seller At The Horse Sale At Rancho Rio Rusty Peptoboosmal consigned by Brooke and Rodey Wilson, sold for $180,000 to Javier Rodriguez. Hooks Flintrock was the second high selling horse at $115,000 to Roberto Brembilla. Gin N Guns Don’t Mix, consigned by Chad and Paje Turner, was purchased by James Hunter for $110,000.
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