The NSBA World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity closed it ten-day run at the Built Ford Tough Livestock Complex at Expo Square in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Sunday, August 18. The show attracted nearly 8,000 total entries and crowned 198 world champions as well as 57 Breeders Championship Futurity champions. The 2024 NSBA World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity paid more than $1.5 million in cash and prizes to exhibitors and horse owners.
The show has been held for the past 19 years in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and provides a direct impact on the city of Tulsa of $7.5 million.
Yearling Sale and Yearling Graduates Generate Interest
In addition to the horse show, the National Snaffle Bit Association hosted its annual NSBA Markel Insurance Breeders Championship Futurity Yearling Sale on Friday, August 16. The sale saw 102 yearlings pass through the sale ring. The 2024 sale saw an average of $17,490 per head, and generated a sale graduate purse of $186,622.50 for graduates who show in either 2025 or 2026. The High Selling Horse and High Selling Mare was Extremely Snappy, consigned by Kent Ray Taylor, which brought $100.000; the High Selling Gelding was Key Stone Lite, consigned by Bob and Kathie Kennedy and sold for $62,000.00, while the High Selling Stallion, Made To Be, was consigned by Cindy McGraw and brought $42,000.00. The High Selling Hunter Under Saddle Horse was GTG Hold My Beer, consigned by Angela Dahse, which sold for $35,500.
Previous sale graduates who showed at the 2024 NSBA World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity saw a big return on their investment. Twelve two year olds earned a share of the $109,060.75 in purse money from the 2023 sale, with pay checks ranging from $5,453.00 to $12,269.33. Twelve three year old graduates also earned a share of their 2022 sale graduate purse of $105,497.50. Their earnings ranged from $11,868.46 to $5,274.88.
Owners of sale graduates were required to declare a class within the Breeders Championship Futurity class list one day before their class was shown and place in the top ten placings to earn their share of the purse. The sale graduate purse is generated from the yearling sale annually, and divided in half to be earned by graduates in either a two year old or three year old Breeders Championship Futurity class.
‘Spyder’ and Aneene Miller Named Final NSBA World Champions
Winning the final class of the 2024 NSBA World Championship Show was Aneene Miller, who showed Moonrageous to win the NSBA Maturity Limited Non-Pro Western Pleasure for her ranch, Starland Ranch LLC.
“Spyder is nine years old now,” Aneene said of her show gelding, who is by Only In The Moonlite and out of Suddenly A Cool Lady. “He had a year off, and we just brought him back in July. I’ve worked hard to get back with him again. It’s been a little challenging because I live in Oklahoma and Aaron Moses lives in Texas, so I haven’t got to ride him very much.
“My goal was just to have a good ride out there. In my first split, I didn't think we did as well as I knew we could do, so I adjusted some things before we went in for the finals, and he listened to my feet and worked pretty well. The coolest part of the class was that Aaron had the top three placings in the class. That doesn’t happen very often for a trainer.”
Alicia Ritsema and This Cowboys Mine earned the reserve champion title in the class while Air Ryde, owned by Anita Weiscamp, earned the bronze champion award.
In addition to Spyder, Aneene brought her Hunter Under Saddle horse, Rockstar Status, as well as a three year old Hunter Under Saddle horse and a three year old Western Pleasure horse to the NSBA World Show. She had been showing her horses all week. Aneene has been an active NSBA exhibitor for a number of years. “I guess we saved the best for last this year,” she laughed.
When Aneene isn’t showing horses, she’s very hands-on with a large breeding program at Starland Ranch. “We have nine yearlings at home,” she said. “We only had three babies this year, but we have nine mares bred for next year. Plus we have 50 other horses including 15 geriatric horses that require a lot of care. It’s just never ending.”
The Way To Go congratulates Aneene on being the final champion to be named at the 2024 NSBA World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity. Be sure to plan for the 2025 NSBA World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity, scheduled for August 8-17, 2025, at the Built Ford Tough Complex in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
To view complete show results, please visit www.nsba.com.
Some images courtesy of Cody Parmenter Photography.
