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High Hopes for Magnum at Cowtown: Magnums Shinin Spark

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The sky’s the limit for Gucci Equine’s 4-year-old palomino stallion Magnums Shinin Spark – and he’s got a great chance in today’s first round of the ARHFA’s Cowtown Classic Futurity in Fort Worth. 

It was just last month at the Old West Futurity that Joseph Harrison won the first round on “Magnum” with that smoking 231.38-point score for $4,000, and they finished fifth overall despite a leg penalty for another $13,152.

“He’s extremely broke and extremely good to heel on,” said Gucci’s Brett Davis. “He’s another Joseph Harrison prodigy.”

Gucci Equine bought Magnum as another stud prospect, and no wonder – he came from the same source as Nu One Time Blues (“Boujee”), the 6-year-old roan stallion that’s already earned nearly $350,000. Magnums’ mother, Shinin, is out of a Nu Cash daughter, just like Nu One Time Blues.

In addition to inheriting the color of her standout roping sire Shining Spark, Shinin has a dam named Its All About Cash, by Nu Cash – the only NRCHA Open Snaffle Bit Futurity champion to sire three other Snaffle Bit Futurity champs. And Its All About Cash was out of a daughter of the great Doc Olena that went back on the bottom side to Thoroughbred racing blood via Depth Charge and Double Bid.

Magnum’s standout breeding continues on the top side. His sire, Magnum Chic Dream, was a reining superstar – a $12 million producer that’s in the NRHA Hall of Fame. Magnum Chic Dream, in turn, was by another reining Hall-of-Famer, Smart Chic Olena, out of a daughter of million-dollar reining sire Topsail Cody.

It’s no wonder that Gucci’s Brett Davis has had some people interested in buying Magnum. But he hasn’t sold him just yet, with a lot of Pre-Futurity money still on the table.

Magnums Shinin Spark is bred to shine—by Magnum Chic Dream and out of a daughter of Shining Spark and Nu Cash. His pedigree is stacked with reining and roping greats.

Back for More: Harrison & Boujee Return to the Old West Futurity in Utah

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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.

Boujee Does It Again: Gucci Equine’s Nu One Time Blues Dominates at Futurity

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Boujee’s resume is getting a bit boujee. 

Gucci Equine’s blue roan stallion, Nu One Time Blues (“Boujee”), just won his fifth futurity – and he’s already been the reserve champion at another five futurities, to go along with his Heel Horse of the BFI award this spring. Did we mention he’s just 6?

At the American Rope Horse Futurity Association’s Red Bud Spectacular in Oklahoma City, May 29 through June 1, he smoked the field of 6-and-under horses to earn $16,350. Earlier this week, he took home $7,830 from the Royal Crown Futurity at the Lazy E Arena. Making Nu One Time Blues lifetime earnings $331,790. He and Joseph Harrison won the first round with a 233.24-point score, and later came out with the aggregate win – 936.56 points on four steers.

“Honestly, he just keeps getting better,” said Harrison. “He gets a little bit older and a little bit more trained and just gets a little better all the time.”

But if you were to ask Harrison what attribute of Boujee’s he thinks really stands out to judges, he’ll say it has to be the whole package.

“He can really run, so he always hits the turn in the right place, and he reads the cow so good,” said Harrison, a six-time NFR heeler. “It seems like I talk about him all the time, because people are always asking about him, and honestly, I have to say he’s just a freak, man. He reads a cow so good. No matter if the cow is super-fast or checks off – or is running really hard and then checks off – he’s so good-footed to where it’s like he never misses the ground. He can be running wide open and slow down instantly. He can be running full out and if I put my bottom strand on the ground, he can start stopping at any time from any speed.”

Harrison didn’t just win $16,350 on Boujee, He banked another $25,410 for placing second and third in the Futurity on different horses, and another $12,954 for winning the Pre-Futurity for heel horses 4 and under. That’s where he first turned heads with Boujee – and when he was purchased by Oklahoma’s Gucci Equine.

“Brett Davis at Gucci Equine has some really nice mares bred to him, and I’m pretty pumped about the colts he already has on the ground,” Harrison added. “Man, they honestly move just like him – the way they carry themselves. I think he’s really going to show up on his babies.”