Package Kat Sugar to stand at the 4 Sixes Ranch in 2023!
CHANNING, TEXAS, September 2, 2022 The historic XIT Ranch has obtained 2008 stallion Kit Kat Sugar. The ranch, based mostly in Channing, Texas, with equine functions in La Veta, Colorado, as soon as relegated to the record pages, has experienced a rebirth in modern decades, led by 3rd good grandson of authentic ranch founder and proprietor John V. Farwell, Drew Knowles, who is concentrated on breeding the best good quality cattle and Quarter Horses.
Package Kat Sugar, by Higher Brow Cat and out of Sugar N Dulce (by Clever Lil Ricochet), earned $240,903 all through a stellar slicing profession the place he gained 7 key occasions in his 4-12 months-outdated 12 months, like the Nationwide Chopping Horse Association Tremendous Stakes Reserve Champion and retired audio. The American Quarter Horse Association stallion, bred by Barbara and Lonnie Allsup, has a long checklist of accolades that features winning the 2012 NCHA Open up Horse of the Year honors.
When we started developing our remuda we started with a handful of the finest mares in the country from the Return to the Remuda sale, claimed Knowles. The addition of Package Kat Sugar shows our commitment to our breeding method and our dedication to constructing a single of the best horse plans in the globe. Wed like to thank the Allsups and Branchs for trusting us with Package Kat Sugars legacy.
In 2021, Skeet was named the NCHA #7 Main Slicing Sire and was a prime 15 Nationwide Reined Cow Horse Affiliation Primary Sire. His impression is evident as his offsprings performance earnings totaled $7,509,695 by August 2022. Elite offspring consist of the NRCHA Open up Snaffle Bit Futurity Reserve Champion Scooter Kat (LTE $340,375), NCHA Open World Champion Sugarspiznevrthingniz (LTE $291,735), and NCHA Novice Horse of the Calendar year Sweet Toothe (LTE $167,374).
We have been extremely affected individual and calculated with our initially stallion acquisition, said ranch manager Ben Lard. Kit Kat Sugar is not equivalent to any other stallion. He checks all the boxes: excellent toes, conformation, an intelligent intellect, and outstanding athleticism.
With that in intellect, the XIT Ranch is supplying horses sired by the stallion an enticing incentivethe $350,000 Kit Kat Sugar Bonusstarting with the 2023 exhibit time. To be eligible, the breeder, proprietor or rider should have a 2023 breeding deal to Kit Kat Sugar on file. At the significant chopping and reined cow horse futurities, the subsequent bonuses will be paid to Package Kat Sugar offspring positioning in the Open division prime three places:
NCHA Open Futurity: $100,000 to the Winner, $50,000 to the Reserve Winner and $25,000 to
the 3rd-put horse.
NRCHA Open up Snaffle Little bit Futurity: $100,000 to the Winner, $50,000 to the Reserve Champion and
$25,000 to the third-put horse.
There is absolutely nothing left to opportunity with XITs acquisition of Package Kat Sugar, mentioned Jim Ware, former operator of equally the Triangle Sale and Western Bloodstock. Drew is committed to raising the worlds very best slicing, cow and ranch horses, and this stallion has confirmed himself as a sire of all disciplines. I am delighted to have been a portion of this transaction involving the XIT Ranch and the stallions breeders, Barbara and Lonnie Allsup.
The stallion will stand at the renowned Four Sixes Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, and Kit Kat Sugar is poised to have his most effective breeding time nonetheless.
“We are very pleased that XIT Ranch chose the 4 Sixes Ranch to stand this very completed and sought-
after stallion, reported Dr. Glenn Blodgett, 4 Sixes Ranch horse manager. He is a exclusive horse who passes all his fantastic qualities to his offspring, as evidenced by the offspring earnings and accolades.
The partnership concerning these two historic ranches spans generations. Former Normal Manager of the XIT, A.G. Boyce, served on the Government Committee of the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas with Four Sixes founder Burk Burnett in the early 1900s.
“I congratulate Drew and the XIT on their buy of Kit Kat Sugar. It is exciting to have this sort of an
outstanding stallion arrive to the Four Sixes, reported Taylor Sheridan. He presents a large quantity of
impact to the cutting, reined cow horse and ranching industries. Standing at the 4 Sixes gives an
chance to provide all all those sides of the horse world.”
About XIT Ranch
1st drawn in the dirt of the Texas Panhandle, the famed XIT Ranch model has a background as very long as its authentic 6,000-mile fence line. Founded in 1885 by the Farwell Brothers of Chicago, the legacy of the XIT was cemented when the State of Texas traded 3 million acres in trade for the brothers funding and setting up the new Condition Capitol Constructing in Austin.
At its top, the XIT Ranch boasted more than 150,000 head of cattle and was considered the biggest cattle ranch in the world. Nowadays, the XIT breeds top tier Quarter Horses and raises substantial-quality Black Angus and American Wagyu on their household owned and operated ranches found on the exact same land as the authentic Rita Blanca Division in the Texas Panhandle, and in Southern Colorado.
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