Today’s the day! Nu One Time Blues (“Boujee”) is back in Heber City, Utah, for the ARHFA’s lucrative Old West Futurity, where he was the reserve champ in the Open Heeling last year by less than three points on four steers for a cool $39,600.
Earnings for the bay roan stallion by One Time Pepto out of the Nu Cash daughter Nu Bay Be Blue now tally more than $331,000, and he’s only 6. If the stud lands at the top of the heap this weekend, it would mark his sixth futurity championship.
The inaugural Old West event last year was the richest in rope-horse-futurity history, and Boujee’s trainer, six-time NFR heeler Joseph Harrison, actually won first through third there in 2024 with Jake Smith at the other end to take a whopping $168,480 out of Utah.
So, we’re rubbing our hands together to see what Harrison and Boujee can do this year, with the first round starting later today. Judges are Jody Ramer, Gary Wells, Robbie Boyce and Kevin Stewart. You can follow the live scoring all weekend at CHC Live Scoring.
It’s safe to say the Oklahoma heeler is already on a roll in Heber City. Harrison won first and second yesterday in the first round of the 4-year-old Heeling Pre-Futurity for $6,000! The champion of that round was Gucci Equine’s own palomino 4-year-old Magnum’s Shinin Spark, by the Smart Chick Olena/Topsail Cody stallion Magnum Chic Dream and out of Shinin, by Shining Spark out of a Nu Cash/Doc Olena dam.
The finals for every division will take place on Friday, showcasing the best of the best in rope horse futurity competition. The action-packed day will wrap up with a banquet and the Old West horse sale that evening, capping off one of the most anticipated weekends of the season in Heber City.