Road to the Horse, founded in 2003, has long showcased elite American Quarter Horses from iconic ranches in the ultimate test of horsemanship. The event proudly welcomes the Pitchfork Ranch back as the Official Remuda Partner for 2026. For the first time in more than 20 years, fillies will return to the Championship remuda—last seen in 2005, when Clinton Anderson won aboard the Bartlett Ranch filly SULTRY SAFARI. The 2026 World Championship Remuda from the Pitchfork Ranch will spotlight standout American Quarter Horses with pedigrees tracing to industry legends including MARSALA RED, CD OLENA, PLAYGUN, and HIGHBROW CAT.
#1 AUTUMN METALLIC
April 1, 2023, Sorrel Mare
(METALLIC MASTERPIECE x AUTUMN SMARTS)
This gorgeous sorrel comes from a standout pedigree loaded with talent, including accomplished earners in both the NCHA and NRCHA.
SIRE: METALLIC MASTERPIECE (2011). LTE $73,749 and 23 AQHA points: finalist NRCHA Open Futurity; 4th NRCHA Limited Open Futurity; NRCHA Int. Open Derby Reserve Champion; top 10 NRCHA Open Derby. Sire of 14 money-earners, including SS GENUINE METAL ($22,098 and 100 AQHA points: AQHA VRH World Junior Working Ranch Horse Division Open Reserve Champion), METALLIC WRAPPER ($25,000: RTTH 3-Year-Old Challenge Open Reserve Champion).
DAM: AUTUMN SMARTS (2015). Daughter of WR THIS CATS SMART (1999). $236,514: EquiStat 2nd All-Time Reined Cow Horse Sire; NCHA Open Finals Champion. Sire of 783 money-earners of $19.8 million and earners of 4,468 AQHA points, including SHINE SMARTER ($368,985: The American Performance Horseman Working Cow Horse Open Champion), VELVETS REVOLVER ($301,608: NCHA Junior Youth Co-World Champion), BABES SMART CAT ($258,254).
#2 NASTY TEA POT
May 7, 2023, Sorrel Mare
(NASTY CD x SHINEY TEA POT DOC)
Proven RTTH bloodlines. SHINEY TEA POT DOC has produced two RTTH Wild Card Champions, the 2024 Champion TIGHTFITTINBLUJEANS (C.D. Wilcox) and the 2025 Champion PLAYFUL TEA POT (Buster McLaury).
SIRE: NASTY CD (1999). Son of CD OLENA, EquiStat 13th All-Time Cutting Sire, an NCHA Open Futurity Champion earning more than $170,000 with offspring earning over $17 million and an AQHA Top 25 All-Time Sire of Cutting Point-Earners. NASTY CD is an NRCHA money-earner himself and sire of 10 performing offspring with earnings over $65,000, including: CD SMART BRAT ($42,632: 2014 NRCHA World Limited Non-Pro Champion, 2015 NRCHA World $5000 Non-Pro Limited Reserve Champion), SHINEY ROCKIN CD ($10,000: 2024 Road To The Horse Championships 3rd), NEW OLENA CASH ($5,318 and 95.5 AQHA points with Superior Reining: 2012 AQHA Select World Reining Reserve Champion, 2008 4th AQHA High Point Junior Reining Open), SHESA SASSY CD ($2,551: 2023 3D 5th Round 2 of The Texan Barrel Race), TRR SWEET OLENA (2021 3rd Junior American Rodeo Youth Barrel Race), SIR OLENAS LAD (2019 RHAA Ranch Hand Champion).
DAM: SHINEY TEA POT DOC (2002). Open Performance ROM, 19.5 total AQHA points in working cow horse and reining. She is a daughter of the great TEJONS PEPPY DOC. His offspring have earned over $1 Million Dollars and 4,194 total AQHA points, including: CHEXYS DOCTOR PEPPER ($85,589 and Superior Reining with 370 AQHA points: 2001 NRBC Reining Derby Finalist), VINTAGE TEJONSHINE ($72,206 and 113 AQHA points: 2006 Triple Crown Reined Cow Horse Derby Reserve Champion), INSTANTEE ($66,314 and 180 AQHA points: 2010 NRHA Intermediate Non-Pro Derby Reserve Champion and Limited Non-Pro Derby Champion), BUENO SAN LENA ($50,666: 1998 3rdCongress Reining Futurity, 2000 3rd AQHA World Junior Reining), PLAYIN THE DOCTOR ($38,679: 2004 4th tie NRHA Non-Pro Futurity), TEJONS BOOMENCOMMAND ($38,051: 2011 3rd AQHA World Senior Working Cow Horse), TIGHTFITTENBLUJEANS ($5,000: 2024 RTTH Wild Card Champion), PLAYFUL TEA POT ($5,000: 2025 RTTH Wild Card Champion).
#3 SHES SASSY COWBOY
March 25, 2023, Red Road Mare
(COWBOYS MISSN 214 x SHESA CRUEL CAT)
This striking red roan isn’t just full of sass—she’s packed with pedigree. As a paternal granddaughter of MISS N CASH, she carries the legacy of a truly standout stallion.
SIRE: COWBOY MISSN 214 (2002). Grandson of MISS N CASH LTE $124,661. The largest of those earnings came at the 1987 NCHA Derby, where he won the Open with a 228 to bank $45,557. That same year, he tied for second in the Derby Open at the Tropicana Futurity and won the 4-Year-Old Open at the Reno Celebrity Derby. In the beginning of his 5-year-old season, MISS N CASH retired from the show arena and his first American Quarter Horse Association-(AQHA) registered foals were born.
DAM: SHESA CRUEL CAT (2013). Out of one of Pitchfork’s strongest mare families, this mare’s pedigree will be an asset to anyone’s breeding program! Robustly made with plenty of bone. A half-sister to GS THE ICEMAN ($34,428 and 27 AQHA points: Breeders Inv. $100,000 Limited Rider Derby Reserve Champion; top 10 Breeders Inv. $50,000 Amateur Derby and Senior Non-Pro Derby), GSR SMOOTH JEWEL (Abilene Spectacular Unlimited Amateur Derby Reserve Champion; World CHA June Fort Worth $2,000 Amateur class winner).
#4 SHESA COWBOY DIAMOND
May 21, 2023, Sorrel Mare
(COWBOYS MISSN 214 x SHESA CATS DIAMOND)
This striking sorrel is a true blueblood, the great-granddaughter of BET HESA CAT, EquiStat 4th All-Tim Roping Sire & 7th All-Time Reined Cow Horse Sire. With deep-rooted bloodlines and proven earnings, this filly is a powerhouse in the making.
SIRE: COWBOY MISSN 214 (2002). Grandson of MISS N CASH LTE $124,661. The largest of those earnings came at the 1987 NCHA Derby, where he won the Open with a 228 to bank $45,557. That same year, he tied for second in the Derby Open at the Tropicana Futurity and won the 4-Year-Old Open at the Reno Celebrity Derby. In the beginning of his 5-year-old season, MISS N CASH retired from the show arena and his first American Quarter Horse Association-(AQHA) registered foals were born.
DAM: SHESA CATS DIAMOND (2019). Maternal granddaughter of BET HESA CAT $272,151. 2011 NCHA Open World Champion and World Champion who has topped leaders lists since his first crop. He is EquiStat’s 4th All-Tim Roping Sire & 7th All-Time Reined Cow Horse Sire. Sire with offspring earning more than $10 million with 676 money-earners, including BETCHALOU ($424,443: top 10 NCHA Open Super Stakes; NCHA Bronze Award), BET HE SPARKS ($298,433: NRCHA Open Derby Champion), HESA DUAL BET ($212,844: 5th NRCHA Open Futurity), PLAIN CATTY ($196,245: NRCHA Open Futurity Champion), REYZURBETSONTHISCAT ($199,676: The Ike 4-Year-Old Open Futurity Champion), QUAHADI ($172,921: NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman 5th), BET HES BLACK ($145,154: NRCHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion; NRCHA Cert. of Ability).
DAM: SHESA CRUEL CAT (2013). Out of one of Pitchfork’s strongest mare families, this mare’s pedigree will be an asset to anyone’s breeding program! Robustly made with plenty of bone. A half-sister to GS THE ICEMAN ($34,428 and 27 AQHA points: Breeders Inv. $100,000 Limited Rider Derby Reserve Champion; top 10 Breeders Inv. $50,000 Amateur Derby and Senior Non-Pro Derby), GSR SMOOTH JEWEL (Abilene Spectacular Unlimited Amateur Derby Reserve Champion; World CHA June Fort Worth $2,000 Amateur class winner).
#5 BET SHESA NASTY CD
May 1, 2023, Sorrel Mare
(NASTY CD x BET SHESA PEP)
True to her name, this stunning filly combines powerhouse bloodlines with proven talent, she will turn heads and produce champions wherever she goes.
SIRE: NASTY CD (1999). Son of CD OLENA, EquiStat 13th All-Time Cutting Sire, an NCHA Open Futurity Champion earning more than $170,000 with offspring earning over $17 million and an AQHA Top 25 All-Time Sire of Cutting Point-Earners. NASTY CD is an NRCHA money-earner himself and sire of 10 performing offspring with earnings over $65,000, including: CD SMART BRAT ($42,632: 2014 NRCHA World Limited Non-Pro Champion, 2015 NRCHA World $5000 Non-Pro Limited Reserve Champion), SHINEY ROCKIN CD ($10,000: 2024 Road To The Horse Championships 3rd), NEW OLENA CASH ($5,318 and 95.5 AQHA points with Superior Reining: 2012 AQHA Select World Reining Reserve Champion, 2008 4th AQHA High Point Junior Reining Open), SHESA SASSY CD ($2,551: 2023 3D 5th Round 2 of The Texan Barrel Race), TRR SWEET OLENA (2021 3rd Junior American Rodeo Youth Barrel Race), SIR OLENAS LAD (2019 RHAA Ranch Hand Champion).
DAM: BET SHESA PEP (2018). Half-sister to TRR PLAYBOY CAT (RHAA money-earner) and a daughter of BET HESA CAT, 272,151. 2011 NCHA Open World Champion and World Champion who has topped leaders lists since his first crop. He is EquiStat’s 4th All-Tim Roping Sire & 7th All-Time Reined Cow Horse Sire. Sire with offspring earning more than $10 million with 676 money-earners, including BETCHALOU ($424,443: top 10 NCHA Open Super Stakes; NCHA Bronze Award), BET HE SPARKS ($298,433: NRCHA Open Derby Champion), HESA DUAL BET ($212,844: 5th NRCHA Open Futurity).
#6 BET SHES DASHIN
May 02, 223 Sorrel Mare
(BET HESA CAT x CATS DASHIN DIAMOND)
Pedigree, performance, and a striking sorrel coat—this filly’s winning bloodlines make her a one-of-a-kind find! She’s the perfect mix of World Champion cutting horse bloodlines and proven ranching blood.
SIRE: BET HESA CAT (2006). LTE $272,151. 2011 NCHA Open World Champion and World Champion who has topped leaders lists since his first crop. He is EquiStat’s 4th All-Tim Roping Sire & 7th All-Time Reined Cow Horse Sire. Sire with offspring earning more than $10 million with 676 money-earners, including BETCHALOU ($424,443: top 10 NCHA Open Super Stakes; NCHA Bronze Award), BET HE SPARKS ($298,433: NRCHA Open Derby Champion), HESA DUAL BET ($212,844: 5th NRCHA Open Futurity), PLAIN CATTY ($196,245: NRCHA Open Futurity Champion).
DAM: CATS DASHIN DIAMOND (2008). Dam of multiple performing offspring with 550 AQHA points, including: SOPHISTICATEDDIAMOND ($18,850 and 307.5 AQHA points: Superior All-Around and Ranch Riding, 2023 Ft Worth AQHA Ranching Heritage 4YO Working Ranch Horse Limited Open Class Champion, 2022 Congress Ranch Trail Stakes Open 6th) and CAT CASH N DIAMONDS (2022 RHAA Ranger Cowboy 1500 Limited Open Class Champion). CATS DASHIN DIAMOND is the daughter of SPECIAL GUN, an RHAA money earner and sire of: SPEC GUN DAG ($1,584: 2018 CSU Legends of Ranching Ranch Horse Futurity Open Champion), MCC MAGIC GUN ($1,295: 2023 AHQA Ranching Heritage Finals 4+ Team Roping Amateur Reserve Champion), GUNNIN FOR GRAY DEE ($1,010: AQHA money earner), BECKER GUN (2022 Royal Crown Rock Springs Open Barrel Racing money earner).
#7 DESIRE SOME CASH
March 15, 2023 Gray Mare
(CAT AND CASH x SIXES DESIRE)
SIXES PICK sired offspring has shown a strong RTTH history and include RTTH World Champion Colt WYOMING PICK (2018 Vicki Wilson), RTTH World Champion Colt SIXES RIDINGHOOD (2021 Wade Black) and RTTH Wild Card Champion Colt SIXES WRAPPER (2021 Cole Cameron).
SIRE: CAT AND CASH (2010). Sire of 3 money-earners, including SOPHISTICATEDDIAMOND ($18,850 and 307.5 AQHA points: AQHA VRH World Open Junior Conformation Division Reserve Champion; Superior Ranch Riding), PF PLAYGUNS STARLET ($6,477 and 6.5 AQHA points: Southern RCH Alliance Summer Classic Open Derby Champion), DUAL ROCKIN CAT (AQHA point-earner). Son of SOPHISTICATED CATT, $192,738: AQHA World Champion Senior Cutting Horse 3 times; finalist NCHA Open Super Stakes; South Point Winter Open Classic Champion. Sire of 408 money-earners of $2.9 million and earners of 2,166 AQHA points, including DUCKS DUX (AUS) ($187,497: Australia NCHA Open Futurity Champion; Australian NCHA Hall of Fame), CASEY CATT ($123,260).
DAM: SIXES DESIRE (2016). A daughter of SIXES PICK, who was AQHA’s first Versatility Ranch World Champion and a proven high-performance sire producing RTTH, ASHA, AQHA, RHAA, NCHA, and NRCHA performing offspring with earnings of $396,639 and 591 AQHA points, including: SIXES RIDINGHOOD ($80,000: RTTH 2021 World Champion and Round 1 Winner), FRENCHMANS PICK ($67,011: 2020 PRCA/WPRA NFR Rodeo Round 7 Barrels 4th), WYOMING PICK ($50,000: RTTH 2018 Reserve World Champion), TRIXIES SIXES ($30,194: 2017 AQHA Ranching Heritage Finals 4YO Working Ranch Horse Limited Open Champion), TAKE A PICK ($25,060: 2019 Tri-State Fair AQHA Ranching Heritage 4YO Working Ranch Horse Amateur Class Champion).
DAM: CATS DASHIN DIAMOND (2008). Dam of multiple performing offspring with 550 AQHA points, including: SOPHISTICATEDDIAMOND ($18,850 and 307.5 AQHA points: Superior All-Around and Ranch Riding, 2023 Ft Worth AQHA Ranching Heritage 4YO Working Ranch Horse Limited Open Class Champion, 2022 Congress Ranch Trail Stakes Open 6th) and CAT CASH N DIAMONDS (2022 RHAA Ranger Cowboy 1500 Limited Open Class Champion). CATS DASHIN DIAMOND is the daughter of SPECIAL GUN, an RHAA money earner and sire of: SPEC GUN DAG ($1,584: 2018 CSU Legends of Ranching Ranch Horse Futurity Open Champion), MCC MAGIC GUN ($1,295: 2023 AHQA Ranching Heritage Finals 4+ Team Roping Amateur Reserve Champion), GUNNIN FOR GRAY DEE ($1,010: AQHA money earner), BECKER GUN (2022 Royal Crown Rock Springs Open Barrel Racing money earner).
#8 SUNNY LUCKY CAT
April 14, 2023, Sorrel Mare
(GOODLUCK CATT x MS BECACO SUNNY CD)
This filly boasts elite lineage as a granddaughter of AQHA Hall of Fame HIGH BROW CAT. She is a full sister to Tik Maynard’s 2025 World Championship pick GOODLUCK SUNCAT.
SIRE: GOODLUCK CATT (2016). A Run for a Million Reined Cow Horse Cowboy Invitational Finalist and RHAA money earner. Sired by SOPHISTICATED CATT, a three-time AQHA World Champion Senior Cutting Horse and 2011 NCHA Freshman Sire of the year, who sired over 408 money-earners, with earnings of over $2.9 million and more than 2,100 AQHA points. The grandson of AQHA Hall of Fame and EquiStat Elite All-Time leading sire HIGH BROW CAT with offspring earnings being more than $98 million and SHANIA CEE a NCHA Horse of the Year and member of the NCHA Hall of Fame). GOODLUCK CATT is the sire of CAPERA CATT ($90,000: 2024 RTTH World Champion) and GOODLUCK SUNCAT ($90,000: 2025 RTTH World Champion). This gelding’s pedigree includesSHORTY LENA on the top side, an EquiStat Elite $19 Million Dollar Maternal Grandsire.
DAM: MS BECACO SUNNY CD (2012). A daughter of CD SON OF MAGNOLIA, an NSHA Reined Cow Horse Open Futurity Champion, NRCHA Futurity Open Finalist, and Stallion Stakes finalist, proving himself as an accomplished performer with 9 money earning offspring, including: MS BECACO MAGTHREE ($5,029 and 18.5 AQHA points: 2019 Denver National NRCHA Derby Limited Open Champion), BECACO MAGNUM 357 ($3,152: 2018 NRCHA Futurity AQHA Ranching Heritage 4+ Working Ranch Horse Level 1 Amateur Class Champion), BECACO JOKESTER (2021 SHTX Lubbock AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse All-around Open Class Champion), BECACO CD MAGNOLIA (2022 Illinois Ranch Horse Association Futurity 3YOverall Open 4th), BECACO WRANGLER (2022 RHAA Roaring Springs TX Wrangler $500 Limited Open Class 3rd). MS BECACO SUNNY CD is the dam of GOODLUCK SUNCAT ($90,000: 2025 RTTH World Champion).
#9 SHINEY ROCKIN COWBOY
April 28, 2023, Sorrel Mare
(COWBOYS MISSN 214 x SHINEY ROCKIN LASS)
This sorrel granddaughter is poised to make her own mark on the 2026 World Championship stage. Her dam is sired by ROCKIN W, also the sire of Chris Cox’s 2015 RTTH World Champion Colt ROCKIN HISTORY.
SIRE: COWBOY MISSN 214 (2002). Grandson of MISS N CASH LTE $124,661. The largest of those earnings came at the 1987 NCHA Derby, where he won the Open with a 228 to bank $45,557. That same year, he tied for second in the Derby Open at the Tropicana Futurity and won the 4-Year-Old Open at the Reno Celebrity Derby. In the beginning of his 5-year-old season, MISS N CASH retired from the show arena and his first American Quarter Horse Association-(AQHA) registered foals were born.
DAM: SHINEY ROCKIN LASS (2012). Sired by ROCKIN W, who is an NCHA Open Futurity Champion and has sired top performers across Cutting, Reined Cow Horse, Roping, Barrel Racing, and RTTH, including ROCKIN KW ($216,686: 2021 NCHA Super Stakes Classic Intermediate Open Co-Champion, 2018 Breeders Invitational Cutting Derby Amateur Champion, 2018 Arbuckle Mountain Cutting Derby Limited Open Co-Reserve Champion), ROCKIN THOSE TRICKS ($141,889: 2021 Breeders Invitational Cutting Classic Limited Amateur Champion, 2018 NCHA Futurity Amateur and Limited Non-Pro Top 20), ROCKIN SALLYCAT ($125,033: 2015 NCHA Futurity Open Co-3rd, 2016 Brazos Bash Cutting Derby Open 3rd), ROCKIN A LIL ($104,042: 2018 Reno PRCA/WPRA Rodeo Barrel Race Reserve Champion, Turn N Burn Barrel Race Cascade Classic Slot Race Open Reserve Champion), ROCKIN HISTORY ($100,000: RTTH 2015 World Champion).
#10 TUFF TWISTER
March 9, 2023, Sorrel Mare
(BROTHER TUFF WOOD x BET SHESA TWISTER)
Backed by powerhouse genetics, her paternal grandmother has produced 14 money-earners totaling over $1.2 million—this filly is born to shine.
SIRE: BROTHER TUFF WOOD (2012). Out of the dam TUFFS JUNIE (TUFF LENA X CANDY QUIXOTE X DOC QUIXOTE) lifetime earnings of $46,656. While she proved herself as a performer, TUFFS JUNIE is best known for her offspring. She produced 14 money-earners with total EquiStat earnings over $1.2 million. Her high-dollar earner is JUNIE WOOD ($541,993), followed by WOODY BE TUFF ($351,063: EquiStat 3rd All-Time Roping Sire and 2024 Leading Roping Sire), and WOOD SHE B TUFF ($101,079).
DAM: BET SHESA TWISTER (2013). A daughter of BET HESA CAT; $272,151: NCHA Open World Champion and World Champion who has topped leaders lists since his first crop. He is EquiStat’s 4th All-Tim Roping Sire & 7th All-Time Reined Cow Horse Sire. Sire with offspring earning more than $10 million with 676 money-earners, including BETCHALOU ($424,443: top 10 NCHA Open Super Stakes; NCHA Bronze Award), BET HE SPARKS ($298,433: NRCHA Open Derby Champion).
#11 GOODLUCK LASSIE
May 12, 2023, Bay Mare
(GOODLUCK CATT x SMART ROCKIN LASS)
A proven RTTH pedigree. GOODLUCK CATT is the sire of Tik Maynard’s RTTH 2024 World Champion colt CAPERA CATT and RTTH 2025 World Champion Colt GOODLUCK SUNCAT. The dam’s sire ROCKIN W sired RTTH World Champion ROCKIN HISTORY (2015 Chris Cox).
SIRE: GOODLUCK CATT (2016). A Run for a Million Reined Cow Horse Cowboy Invitational Finalist and RHAA money earner. Sired by SOPHISTICATED CATT, a three-time AQHA World Champion Senior Cutting Horse and 2011 NCHA Freshman Sire of the year, who sired over 408 money-earners, with earnings of over $2.9 million and more than 2,100 AQHA points. The grandson of AQHA Hall of Fame and EquiStat Elite All-Time leading sire HIGH BROW CAT with offspring earnings being more than $98 million and SHANIA CEE a NCHA Horse of the Year and member of the NCHA Hall of Fame). GOODLUCK CATT is the sire of CAPERA CATT ($90,000: 2024 RTTH World Champion) and GOODLUCK SUNCAT ($90,000: 2025 RTTH World Champion). This gelding’s pedigree includes SHORTY LENA on the top side, an EquiStat Elite $19 Million Dollar Maternal Grandsire.
DAM: SMART ROCKIN LASS (2014). A daughter of ROCKIN W, who is an NCHA Open Futurity Champion and has sired top performers across Cutting, Reined Cow Horse, Roping, Barrel Racing, and RTTH, including ROCKIN KW ($216,686: 2021 NCHA Super Stakes Classic Intermediate Open Co-Champion, 2018 Breeders Invitational Cutting Derby Amateur Champion, 2018 Arbuckle Mountain Cutting Derby Limited Open Co-Reserve Champion), ROCKIN THOSE TRICKS ($141,889: 2021 Breeders Invitational Cutting Classic Limited Amateur Champion, 2018 NCHA Futurity Amateur and Limited Non-Pro Top 20), ROCKIN SALLYCAT ($125,033: 2015 NCHA Futurity Open Co-3rd, 2016 Brazos Bash Cutting Derby Open 3rd), ROCKIN A LIL ($104,042: 2018 Reno PRCA/WPRA Rodeo Barrel Race Reserve Champion, Turn N Burn Barrel Race Cascade Classic Slot Race Open Reserve Champion), ROCKIN HISTORY ($100,000: RTTH 2015 World Champion).
