Two-time World Champion Heeler Kollin VonAhn picked up $34,500 for the Gold Buckle 6-&-Under Heeling Maturity Win Dec. 30 on his 6-year-old gelding Flash The Smart Cat on the first-ever occasion in Belton, Texas.
Who gained the Gold Buckle Futurities Heading Maturity?
VonAhn and the son of High Brow Cat out of the Smart Little Lena daughter Smart Ann marked an event-high 908.71 on 4 head, getting the win by almost 7 factors over second-place Billie Jack Saebens and DF Bet Hesa Legend.
“He placed in Fort Worth his 4- and 5-year-old years, and he’s just a good horse,” VonAhn mentioned. “I’ve jackpotted on him, and I’m going to take him with me to Andrews. I’ve used him quite a bit. Everything I have, I’ll sell, but I have not planned on selling him. I bought him to have nice horses, and he’s kept up with me.”
Flash The Smart Cat has saved as much as the tune of $60,390 in QData earnings earlier than the Gold Buckle Futurity, placing him simply shy of the $100,000 LTE mark earlier than the tip of his 6-year-old yr.
The horse match the invoice for VonAhn after flunking out of one of many trade’s main cow horse packages, and VonAhn is glad for it.
“I have a couple crossed like him, and I really like the High Brow Cats myself,” VonAhn mentioned. “You hvave to find ones built uphill, and he’s a real pretty horse, so that’s why I bought him as a 3-year-old. I got him from (Overbrook, Oklahoma’s) Nick Travaglia, but it was TJ Good who set the deal up for me. He was started as a cow horse by Chris and Sarah Dawson, but to be honest, I can see why that wasn’t going to work for him. He couldn’t just drag it, and he didn’t really want to. But TJ called and said, ‘If you’re looking for a heel horse, I don’t see why he wouldn’t make it.’”
VonAhn had the assistance of his new ProRodeo header Andrew Ward on the entrance aspect on the Gold Buckle, and the duo plans so as to add Flash The Smart Cat to the rig after they begin on the winter rodeos and Open jackpots.
Gold Buckle Futurities Maturity Heeling Results
Gold Buckle Futurities | Maturity Heeling | ||||
Belton, TX | Saturday, December 30, 2023 | ||||
1st Go | Time | Payout | |||
1 | NU ONE TIME BLUES | Joseph Harrison | 225.33 | $1,000.00 | |
2nd Go | |||||
1 | FLASH THE SMART CAT | Kollin Vonahn | 228.28 | $1,000.00 | |
third Go | |||||
1 | FLASH THE SMART CAT | Kollin Vonahn | 228.71 | $1,000.00 | |
Short Go | |||||
1 | RACK CITY | Kollin Vonahn | 226.76 | $1,000.00 | |
Average | |||||
1 | FLASH THE SMART CAT | Kollin Vonahn | 908.71 | $8,500.00 | |
2 | DF BET HESA LEGEND | Billie Jack Saebens | 902.93 | $7,000.00 | |
3 | SMOKE N DUALS | Joseph Harrison | 898.74 | $5,500.00 | |
4 | THE KING N DIAMONDS | Cade Rice | 897.80 | $4,000.00 | |
5 | SEVENS STAR GLO | Cade Rice | 897.04 | $2,850.00 | |
6 | DF AMERICANSTARLIGHT | Billie Jack Saebens | 892.59 | $1,750.00 | |
Gold Buckle Futurity Incentive | Payout | Payout (every) | |||
1 | FLASH THE SMART CAT | Kollin Vonahn | 908.71 | $24,000.00 | $12,000.00 |
2 | DF BET HESA LEGEND | Billie Jack Saebens | 901.93 | $14,000.00 | $7,000.00 |
3 | RACK CITY | Kollin Vonahn | 892.03 | $10,000.00 | $5,000.00 |
Gold Buckle Futurity Limited | Payout | ||||
1 | RELENTLESS GLORY | Miles Baker | 664.35 | $1,500.00 |