2025 AAQHC: Performance Division

We’ve covered Western All-Around, English All-Around, Longe Line, and Halter, and now it’s time for the grand finale: the Performance division, where speed, precision, and partnership take center stage. From Barrel Racing and Pole Bending to Roping and Reining, this division showcases the athleticism, agility, and heart of the American Quarter Horse.

From blazing sprints to precision maneuvers, the Performance division kept fans on the edge of their seats. With total earnings reaching $1,230,590.96, the competition was as fierce as the talent on display.

Arena Stars: Top 10 Performance Horses by Earnings

The spotlight turns to the stars of the arena — the Top 10 Performance horses whose speed, skill, and consistency propelled them to the forefront of the 2025 AAQHC.

Bloodlines of Champions: Top Pedigrees Shaping Performance Success

Behind every standout horse is a pedigree that proved its worth. The 2025 AAQHC Performance division highlighted sires, dams, and damsires whose offspring consistently excelled, shaping results across all disciplines.

Let’s see the top 10 sires who lead the charts in earnings together with their top 10 performers by earnings.

2025 AAQHC Top 10 Performance Producing Sires by Earnings and Their Top 10 Performers by Earnings

Colonels Smoking Gun

Monies Earned	$142,612.54
Champions	3
Reserve Champions	1
Bronze Champions	2

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Gunners Smokin Chex	Chexanicki	Bueno Chexinic	Clark Reining Horses LLC & Tim	Andrea Fappani	$100,350.00
Best Is Yet Too Come	Wimpys Little Chic	Wimpys Little Step	Clark Reining Horses LLC & Tim	Andrea Fappani	$35,395.37
This Dejas Smokinhot	Dun Its Deja Vu	Hollywood Dun It	SJW Ranch	Jeronimo Leal Lobo	$4,543.36
Bob Lee Swaggerr	Miss Lil Addy Tude	Whizard Jac	Kole Price	Kelsey Price	$1,582.70
This Gunners Dreamin	Dun Its Deja Vu	Hollywood Dun It	Kody Sprague	Kody Sprague	$319.46
Gunners Money	Rowdys Money	Rowdy Yankee	Katsy Flarida	Rafael Xavier	$205.11
Git My Gun	Gotta Git Ya Dun	Hollywood Dun It	Sammi Minich	Sammi Minich	$152.23
Mindyourownbiscuits	Sl Lenas Chick	Lena Spark	Bur Oak LLC	Cappy Dryden	$64.31

Spooks Gotta Whiz

Monies Earned	$125,684.49
Champions	10
Reserve Champions	7
Bronze Champions	2

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Slimm Shadyy	Platinum Magnum	Magnum Chic Dream	Kole Price	Kelsey Price	$29,714.46
Call Me The Breeeze	Dream In Chic	Magnum Chic Dream	Alicia Rapp	Alicia Rapp	$21,767.67
Spooky Magic	Smoke N Magic	Chics Magic Potion	Alicia Rapp	Alicia Rapp	$12,261.69
Swooon	Sheza Smart Wimpy	Wimpys Little Step	Eric Mendrysa	Kole Price	$10,430.46
Spooky Jewels	Jewels Lil Sparkle	Arc Sparkle Surprise	White River Ag Products	Tom Mccutcheon	$9,405.24
Spooks Of Hazard	Gunnin For Chrome	Colonels Smoking Gun	Tori K Thomas	Donald D Thomas / Jesse Gentile	$8,620.25
Scottie Doesnt Know	Chicsdreamofdiamonds	Magnum Chic Dream	Ronald Frank Anderson	Kole Price	$4,864.18
KR Got It All	Smart Shiney Lena	Smart Shiner	Tim Roper	Indy Roper	$4,807.70
Maeihaveanother	Mega Maggie Mae	Magnum Chic Dream	Courtney Chown	Courtney Chown	$4,126.24
Spooks Gotta Homerun	A Ruf Mistress	Lil Ruf Peppy	Tracy Cole	Shawn W Flarida	$2,798.48

Magnum Chic Dream

Monies Earned	$118,992.02
Champions	5
Reserve Champions	3
Bronze Champions	6

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Belissimo	Americasnextgunmodel	Colonels Smoking Gun	Arcese Quarter Horses (USA)	Casey Deary	$57,945.73
Howdreamsrmade	Gotta Diamond Lady	Spooks Gotta Whiz	Carla A Hardin	Gabriel Borges	$18,956.40
Fourtfouramercanmag	Americasnextgunmodel	Colonels Smoking Gun	Enjoy LLC	Francesco Martinotti	$16,983.87
Dreamerinhollywood	Dunnitinmyjersey	Yellow Jersey	Ixtul Quarter Horses LLC	Jordan Larson	$7,965.03
IMA Magnum Survivor	Golden Survivor	Topsail Whiz	Charles P Wiederholt	Charles P Wiederholt	$7,598.00
Thechicsdreamaboutme	Dunnies Luna Negra	Cromed Out Mercedes	TaylorMade Enterprises LLC	Nick Taylor	$6,495.96
Maggie Magnum	Skeets Red Dunit	Skeets Peppy	SRQ Performance Horses LLC	Grace Tachikawa	$728.97
Cruzin Magnum Style	Ms Whiz It	Who Whiz It	Sarah Cotton	Sarah Cotton	$526.65
Nix Groovy Dream	Groovy Spook	Spooks Gotta Gun	Mary I Rose	Mary I Rose	$403.86
Mister Dreamy	Miss Sugar Whiz	Custom Crome	Paige Peshina Merrill	Morgan Merrill / Samuel Flarida	$280.19

Americasnexttopgun

Monies Earned	$66,570.58
Champions	2
Reserve Champions	2
Bronze Champions	0

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Ccr Theadvocate	Its Conquista Cash	Conquistador Whiz	Ruth A Shade	Julia Roshelli	$52,891.20
Maverickbuzthetower	Chics Vintage Flare	Smart Chic Olena	Glenn Spradling	Casey Deary	$11,434.21
Shesmywingman	Gunnabeasuperstar	Arc Gunnabeabigstar	Peyton Addison Derr	Peyton Addison Derr	$2,245.17

Gunners Special Nite

Monies Earned	$54,909.65
Champions	3
Reserve Champions	3
Bronze Champions	1

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Waiting For Tonite	Jlosa	Arlosa Whiz	Tom & Mandy McCutcheon	Mandy McCutcheon	$15,641.93
Too Nite	Darlins Not Painted	Smokin Chic Olena	Mccutcheon & Jacobs	Tom Mccutcheon	$14,402.15
Oh Not Tonight Darlin	Darlins Not Painted	Smokin Chic Olena	Cade & Lexi McCutcheon	Mandy McCutcheon	$8,162.66
Gotta Be Special	Belle Starr Dun It	Hollywood Dun It	Chloe Larson	Taylor M Larson	$7,724.89
Custom Nite	Custom Made Dunit	Hollywood Dun It	Warnimont Performance Horses / Taylor Roeder	Taylor Roeder	$6,344.11
Gunners Mega Nite	Sailon Mega	Topsail Whiz	Tom Mapes	Cass Fox	$2,115.49
Alpha Onespecialnite	One Last Corona	Magnum Chic Dream	April Gentry	April Gentry	$200.00
Itza Ladies Nite	Cee Bees Lady Bug	Cee Bees Peppy	Josh Lefevre	Bradley Boyd	$150.00
Gunners Uptown Girl	Chex My Royal Booty	Gunners Special Nite	Jill S Dehnke	Houston Huff	$150.00
Shining At Nite	A Shining Sidekick	Starbucks Sidekick	Emmaline Rodel	Emmaline Rodel	$18.42

Spooks Gotta Gun

Monies Earned	$42,777.16
Champions	2
Reserve Champions	0
Bronze Champions	0

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
MMB Spookofmydreams	Mmb Shine Yourdreams	Magnum Chic Dream	The Loyal Wolf Ranch	Cira Baeck	$42,777.16

Spooks Gotta Spark

Monies Earned	$40,537.66
Champions	2
Reserve Champions	3
Bronze Champions	1

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Cee Tinsel Spark	Cee Miss Tinsel	Hollywoodstinseltown	George R Bell	Brian Bell	$25,775.20
Cowboy Queen	Colonelsmokintari	Colonelsmokingpep	Sam Schaffhauser	Becca K Schaffhauser	$5,577.87
Steinbeck	Whiznstein	Great Resolve	Lauren Makin	Lauren Makin	$4,812.71
Coogar	Talk About Ruf	Lil Ruf Peppy	Amber Bennett	Anthony Ty Suratt	$2,245.17
Hey Listen Here	Tucked In Wranglers	Okie Paul Quixote	Wesley S Brown	Wesley S Brown	$1,970.77
Gotta Lil Spark	Zip Code 54022	Electric Code	Brian Jenkins	Samantha G Silver	$97.08
Spooks Treasure	Berried Treasure	Wimpys Little Step	George R Bell	George Bell	$58.86

Lil Joe Cash

Monies Earned	$31,594.93
Champions	3
Reserve Champions	4
Bronze Champions	3

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Survivin Joe Mama	Golden Survivor	Topsail Whiz	Melton Valentine	Jesse J Chase	$17,145.17
Gunna Make My Mark	Arc Gunna Mark Ya	Gunnatrashya	Montgomery Reining Horses LLC	Shay Balmas	$10,320.46
SHR Popcorn Gangster	Spooks Sugar Rose	Smart Spook	Ella Smith	Shauna Brown	$1,650.62
Cee Miss Lilly	Cee Miss Hollywood	Custom Crome	George R Bell	George Bell	$1,270.96
Light Me Up Joe	Light Attack	Hit The Lights	Lorri L Peterson	Lindsay Baar / Payton Montgomery Baar	$578.74
SHR Lil Dirty Cash	Kr Skirt In The Dirt	Whiz N Tag Chex	Diamond 4D Performance Horses	Casey Watson	$177.23
A Lil Genuine	Peppy Chic Finale	Peppy Chic Olena	Brianne S Gallagher	Brianne S Gallagher	$175.27
Its Who Ya Kno Joe	Who Whiz That Chic	Who Whiz It	Melton Valentine III	Jesse J Chase	$151.21
Lil Juice Cash	Peppy Lil Juice	Smart Like Juice	Tatum Underwood	Tatum Underwood	$90.00
Hows it Hangin Joe	Hang Ten Jen	Hang Ten Surprize	Rebecca Russell	Rebecca Russell	$35.27

Inferno Sixty Six

Monies Earned	$30,383.40
Champions	1
Reserve Champions	4
Bronze Champions	1

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Spark N Inferno	Shiner Light	Shining Spark	Teresa Wynn	Jack Berggren / Tristan Bagby	$13,734.71
Shiners Escort	Mistress Gotta Gun	Dun It Gotta Gun	High Hopes Farm Of W Grove LLC	Rocky Dare	$5,755.41
TR Take Notice	Taris Designer Genes	Mr Boomerjac	Jesse Asmussen	Jesse Asmussen	$3,169.05
TR Hell Of A Year	Whizzen For Chex	Topsail Whiz	Jesse Asmussen	Jesse Asmussen	$3,169.05
Sixty Six Mercedes	Mercedes Dot Tari	Cromed Out Mercedes	Madalyn F Werner	Madalyn Werner	$1,766.89
Take What You Want	All About Business	Smart And Shiney	Vaughn Zimmerman	Cade McCutcheon	$727.31
TR Git R Done	Whizzen For Chex	Topsail Whiz	Triple R Equine LLC	Gabriel Borges	$583.81
Super Inferno	Secret Rider	Lil Rud Rider	Sotol Investments LLC	Sarah Rose Jons	$273.84
Sparkling 66	Sparkle My Spook	Smart Spook	Lamar Troyer	Jonas Stutzman	$250.00
Reddy To Fire 66	Guns R Reddy	Nic It In The Bud	Wallace Anderson	Bradley Boyd	$225.00

Gunnatrashya

Monies Earned	$28,242.03
Champions	0
Reserve Champions	1
Bronze Champions	8

Name	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Exhibitor	Earnings
Trashinyaonfacebook	I Spook	Smart Spook	Ruoff Dietter Reining Horses L	Robin Schoeller	$7,976.29
Trashd N Hollywood	Be Smart N Hollywood	Be Smart N Hollywood	Anna Johnson	Julia Roshelli	$6,558.83
Surprizedya	Dun With Surprizes	Jerry Lees Surprise	Thorsport Inc	Allison Thorson	$4,607.70
Shift N Gears	Snip O Gun	One Gun	Hilldale Farm	Jessicah Keller	$2,077.96
Gunnabefine	Fine Baby Shine	Spooks Gotta Whiz	April Gentry	Kole Price	$1,897.40
Loaded With Spirit	Ima Sailors Gal	Wimpys Little Step	Nancy Murfin-Moxley	Casey Hinton / Nancy Murfin-Moxley	$1,083.86
Gunna Be A Lady	Reed Her Like A Lady	Reed N Reminic	John A Or Maria R Irish	John A Irish	$683.58
Trashed On Coronas	Coronarita Time	Shine Big Time	Keith R Burton	Todd Sommers	$642.65
Gunnabegreatagain	Jills Remedy	Very Smart Remedy	Peter A Morgan	Kaci Jo O'Rourke	$525.00
Tom Bradee	Lil Ruf Maggie	Magnum Chic Dream	Donald D Thomas	Jesse Gentile	$468.00

While the sires laid the groundwork for many of this year’s standout performers, the dams added their own influence to the success seen across the division. Here are the top 10 dams by their offspring earnings.

2025 AAQHC Top 10 Performance Producing Dams by Earnings

Supporting these strong maternal lines are the damsires, whose depth and genetic impact played a defining role in the consistency of this year’s performers. Here are the top 10 damsires by their offspring earnings.

2025 AAQHC Top 10 Performance Producing Damsires by Earnings

Of course, great pedigrees shine even brighter with the right people guiding them. After the influence of sires, dams, and damsires, it’s the owners and exhibitors who bring out each horse’s potential in the arena. Here are the top 10 owners and exhibitors by their horses’ earnings.

Masters Behind the Magic: Top Owners & Exhibitors

The 2025 AAQHC Performance division delivered a powerful finish to this year’s Congress coverage, showcasing the remarkable versatility and athleticism that define the American Quarter Horse. From elite performers and proven pedigrees to the owners and exhibitors who shaped every ride, this division brought together every element that makes the sport extraordinary.

Across all classes, talent rose to the top — whether through sires and dams producing consistent winners, damsires strengthening bloodlines, or competitors pushing for every point in the arena. With total earnings surpassing $1.23 million, the Performance division proved to be both the most competitive and the most electrifying chapter of the AAQHC.

As we close the book on this year’s Western All-Around, English All-Around, Longe Line, Halter, and Performance divisions, one thing is clear:

2025 was a year defined by exceptional horses, influential pedigrees, and the people who brought out their very best.

We look forward to seeing how these champions evolve — and who will rise next — when the Congress arena gates open again in 2026.