Some horses are easier for Rod Thiessen to let go.
Major Pep Sugar, who topped the select ranch horse show and sale at Canadian Western Agribition Nov. 26, isn’t one of them.
Thiessen is the trainer and manager of Frehlick’s Quarter Horses near Estevan, Sask., and was aboard the four-year-old sorrel gelding during the event.
“A horse like this, we could have gone on and on,” he said. “But you’ve made your plan and you go with it.”
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The horse earned the most points during the competition to win the $5,000 first place prize and then brought $10,000 in the sale from Ken Woods of Moosomin, Sask.
He will be used on the new owner’s ranch and feedlot, Thiessen said.
“That’s probably a good life for him.”
Prices on the 12 lots in the sale averaged $7,450, which Thiessen thought was good, considering the market has been a little slower the last couple of years.
“They sold better here than in Lloydminster and Edmonton,” he said. “The Saskatchewan economy for the most part is pretty good.”
Lil War Bonnet, a sorrel mare that tied for second in the competition, also sold for $10,000. Consigned by Wanda Cormach of Pickardville, Alta., and ridden by Dale Clearwater of Hanley, Sask., the mare went to Marcy Orwig of Ellendale, North Dakota.
The sorrel gelding that also finished second, GMR Good Looker from Don Biette of Estevan, sold for $9,100 to Trevor Nicholauson of Esterhazy, Sask.
Thirteen prospect horses sold for an average $3,607.69 after the ranch horse sale. The prospects are two and three year olds that are eligible to return, if selected, to compete as four year olds.
The high selling prospect was Shined N Dancin, a three-year-old sorrel mare consigned by K.J. Bridgeman of Binscarth, Man., and bought by Madison Glen of Regina for $5,300.
