USA & Canada’s 2025 NSBA Pleasure & Hunter Under Saddle Highpoints: Breeding the Unseen Winners

Take a deep-dive with us on NSBA Highpoints for horses competing in USA & Canada, focusing on the foundations behind the top-scoring horses in Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle disciplines. By analyzing the official 2025 Highpoints standings horse by horse, we’ve gathered each horse’s pedigree, owner, and breeder information to identify the sires, dams, damsires, and breeding programs that consistently produced top performers.

This review highlights how pedigrees and breeding strategies translated into arena success. From stallions whose progeny earned top points, to mares and damsires passing on critical traits, and breeders managing long-term programs, these standings reveal who and what laid the groundwork for North America’s top Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle horses.

Top 10 NSBA USA & Canada Highpoint Sires – Pleasure & Hunter Under Saddle (2025)

These stallions sired the highest-scoring Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle horses across USA & Canada. For each sire, we list their progeny that contributed to their total points, along with key pedigree, ownership, and breeder information, showing how these bloodlines shaped North America’s top performances.

Machine Made

Scoring Progeny	36
Base Points	1892.5
NSBA Points	412.75
Year End Points	2305.25

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Made Me Famous	238	One Southern Glow	One Chip Shy	Cathy Ryden	Darren M Putnam
Hand Made Machine	214	Hot Angelina	Blazing Hot	Melissa Armstrong	Schroeder And Yamber
Nothin But Nett	192	KM Hot Number	RL Best Of Sudden	Susan K Johns	Bret And Candy Parrish
Start Ur Engines	162	Momma Knows Best	RL Best Of Sudden	Yvonne A Robeson	Rusty & Katie Green
The Cooki Monster	120.5	A Cooki For Certain	Certain Potential	Capital Quarter Horses Llc	Capital Quarter Horses Llc
Made Of Money	109.5	Huntin A Tune	Huntin For Chocolate	Benjamin G Schoepf	Reid Thomas
Made You Miss Me	95.5	Pr Hot Property	One Hot Krymsun	Lacey Armstrong	Judy Pryor
Saltt Life	90.5	Krymsun Annie Mation	One Hot Krymsun	Kylee Faith Wiseman	Bethany Sharpe
Whiskey Made Me	88.5	Easy To Be Super	Please Be Easy	Lauren Graves	Lisa D Naive
Pinball Machine	86.5	Too Lazy To Pass	Lazy Loper	Alicia J Beynon	Amanda Braedy Foster
Ready Made	80	KM Givin It My Best	RL Best Of Sudden	Hope Elizabeth Prickett	Darren M Putnam
Cool Liike Me	78	KM Hot Number	RL Best Of Sudden	Debby Brehm	Bret And Candy Parrish
Diime Piece	61	Shez Slippin Around	RL Best Of Sudden	J R & Melissa Cook	William M Hodges
Machine Gun Maggie	54	Im Easily Persuaded	Lethal Persuasion	Jessica A Hartwell	Williamson Quarter Horses
Home Made Cookie	53.5	Shesa Cookie Leaguer	Invitation Only	Kelly Goldinger	Stanley Or Susan Scott Llc
Scandal Maker	53	Certain Affair	Certain Potential	Annika I Rear	Linda Petrie
The Whos Who	48.5	Whos Chasing Who	Only In The Moonlite	Mnm Stoneridge Llc	Beth Mcnichol
Justa Fancy Machine	42.5	No Regrets R Best	RL Best Of Sudden	Crawford Quarter Horses Llc	Debbie Lanier Guy
Total Knockoutt	38	Knockin It Out	No Doubt Im Lazy	Cory Seebach/Candice Hall	Richard And Betty Jo Carr
She Made A Scene/Shez Made Red	33.5	My Scenic Romance	Scenic Rio Krymsun	Mr And Mrs William M Wilkes	–
Tom Cruize	31	Strawberri Wine	Openrange	Canyon Road Ranch	Laina P Banks
Sheza Classy Machine	31	No Regrets R Best	RL Best Of Sudden	Dr Gail Mason	Debbie Lanier Guy
Kristal Klear	30.5	Chip Skip N Repeat	Repeated In Red	Starland Ranch Llc	Jessica Stremich
Lookwhatimadeyoudo	29	Lookwhatchamademedo	VS Code Red	Ironwood Farms Llc	Scott A Kesney
Luminously	28	Silk Satin N Sudden	RL Best Of Sudden	Karen G Wood	Thomas/Dana/Kyle/Tom Rudnicki
VS Snap In Code	26	Snap It Send It	VS Code Red	Bill Baskin & Susan Blackburn	Kent Ray Taylor
Dangerouss Woman	25.25	Invited By The Lady	Invitation Only	Ssh Partnership	Bs Ventures, Llc
Momma Im Comin Home	25	My Mommas Dream	RL Best Of Sudden	Karen G Wood	Paul I Thurston
Bite Sized	25	Shes So Sizzlin	RL Best Of Sudden	Justin Clay Arrington	Cody & Chase Parrish
Made For Naturdays	24	KM Little Bit Of Me	RL Best Of Sudden	Mary Alice Nielson	Masterson Farms Llc
Ayy Ladies	20.5	Enchanted Irons	These Irons Are Hot	Top Fuel Ranch	Tali N Terlizzi
Made A Suggestion	17.5	Radically Charged	Open For Suggestion	Jennifer Hagen	Iowa State University
Shez Custom Made	16	Custom Ride	Radical Rodder	Michelle A Sipiorski	Williamson Quarter Horses
Made To Be Foxy	13	Dont Skip Foxy	Dont Skip Zip	Emd Ranch Partners Llc	Tracie L Plummer
R We Clear	12.5	Crystals Legacy	Certain Potential	Scott & D'Lynn Jones	Richard And Betty Jo Carr
American Machine	12	Flashin My Best	RL Best Of Sudden	William M Buckley	Judy Pryor

RL Best Of Sudden

Scoring Progeny	15
Base Points	1442
NSBA Points	364
Year End Points	1806

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Sugaray	338	Whatscookngoodlookin	A Good Machine	Kathy Huspeni	Capital Quarter Horses Llc
Hez Blazin Trouble	321	Troubles A Blazin	Blazing Hot	Susan Wilson	Stanley Or Susan Scott Llc
Whose Your Bay Bae	254	Cool Krymsun Lady	One Hot Krymsun	Kelly M Birkenholtz	Knapp Quarter Horse Farms Lc
Unchained Melody	243	Potential Melody	Potential Investment	Jeffrey T Stanley	Six Stop Acres
Socks For Dayz	168	A Krymsun Babe	One Hot Krymsun	Ingrid Miller Quarter Horses Llc	Dax Atkinson
Baby You The Best	163.5	Lazy Lopin Moonlight	Lazy Loper	Sandy Seeley	Karma Equine Llc
My Dad Is The Best	99.5	A Cowgirl Margarita	Goodcowboymargarita	Lindsay Gunderlock Smaltz	Tom & Dominique Powers
First Thingz First	70.5	VS The First Lady	VS Code Red	Katheryn Van Slyke	Capall Creek Farm Llc
KM Suddenly Genuine	39	Genuine Goodbar	Zippos Mr Good Bar	Jordan Macan	Karen J Boxell
Alternative Facts	32	Cool Krymsun Lady	One Hot Krymsun	Troy Birkenholtz	Knapp Quarter Horse Farms Lc
The Best Tea In Town	25.5	The Only Leadin Lady	Only In The Moonlite	Jamie L Migliori	Todd D Yoder
Certainly Best Bar	20	Certainly A Good Bar	Zippos Mr Good Bar	Abigail Merschman	Knapp Quarter Horse Farms Lc
Ginny From The Block	15	Certainly A Good Bar	Zippos Mr Good Bar	Beth Mcnichol	Knapp Quarter Horse Farms Lc
Snapin It Best	10	Brandys Silver Sheik	Zippos Sheik	Jamie L Migliori	Masterson Farms Llc
Whoos The Boss	7	Lillies Last Love	Zippos Mr Good Bar	Brittany Danna	Eddie Bell

Its A Southern Thing

Scoring Progeny	16
Base Points	1157.5
NSBA Points	271.75
Year End Points	1429.25

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Its Gettin Southern	439	Glowin Around Slo	Impulsions	Faith Dantona	Gumz Farms Quarter Horses Llc
Perfectly Southern	173	KM Perfect Ten	RL Best Of Sudden	Cara Ann Christensen	Gumz Farms Quarter Horses Llc
Ten Kinda Southern	164.5	KM Perfect Ten	RL Best Of Sudden	Gumz Farms Quarter Horses Llc	Gumz Farms Quarter Horses Llc
Wicked Southern	140.25	KM Miss Flashy	RL Best Of Sudden	Danielle E Watson	Susan Jacobs O'Connell
R C Kola	128	Its Al Over	Allocate Your Assets	Madeleine M Bayless	Johnny L Tart
Itsa Afterhoursthing	94	Good After Hours	The Radical Hour	Elizabeth A Munroe	Heather G Wilt
Countray Grammer	51.5	Eyez A Blazin	The Invitation	Kathleen J Spencer	Scott O'Connell
Boifriend Material	46.5	Krymsun Belle	One Hot Krymsun	Shannon M Walker	Breakwater Farm Llc
Straight Up Southern	36	Sure Ama Hottie	Blazing Hot	Diana Midgley	Alexis Loyd
Smalltownsouthrnman	34	RL Best Of Sudden	Dr Gail Mason	Lola R Allen	Lola R Allen
Ima Southern Gent/A Southern Gent	30	VSAnnie Oakley	VS Code Red	Jana Whitley	Steve & Carolyn Alexander
Kruzn South	27	Invitation To Glory	The Krymsun Kruzer	Kayla And Matt Budine	Terry Roberts
Couture Down South	24	Blue Couture	Skys Blue Boy	Samantha Maytag	Debbie L Hodde
Southern Circles	16.5	Lazy Lopen Lindy	Lazy Loper	Londa Pickles	Ulrike Klotz Dvm
Southern Wise	13	Ima Wise Zipper	Investing Wisely	Brian & Angela Stanhope	Shanna Reynolds
Real Southern Assets	12	Pretty Assets	Allocate Your Assets	Heidi A Marhofer	Meghan Tierney

Good Better Best

Scoring Progeny	23
Base Points	1184
NSBA Points	184.5
Year End Points	1368.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Jus Be Good	206.5	Jus Sayin	Coats N Tails	Amanda Nicole Smith	Sara A Jackson-Vance
RS Hank Whydoyadrank	163	Kat Tails R Blazing	Hot N Blazing	Madeleine M Bayless	Katheryn Van Slyke
Boys Are Better	112	Huntin Only Blue	Hubba Hubba Huntin	Carrie Ann Warren	Magnuson Farm Llc
Best Hidden Agenda	100	A Hidden Agenda	Hot N Blazing	Jerry &/Or Vickie Strickland	Jerry &/Or Vickie Strickland
Better Have An Alibi	96	Al Be Your Alibi	Allocate Your Assets	Erin Nicole Duquette	Veronika Andersson
Im Al About The Best	95.5	Al About It	Allocate Your Assets	Sara A Jackson-Vance	Brittany Andrews
Best Be Sleepin In	95	Just Sleep On It	Too Sleepy To Zip	Jennifer Sias Rooks	Jeff Cochran
Only One Like Me	77.5	Always Decked Out	Allocate Your Assets	Kaitlyn Sawyer Smith	Kaitlyn Sawyer Smith
Ok Will Do	75.5	Whenonlythebestwildo	Coats N Tails	Farley M Mclendon	Nancy-Sue Ryan
Bigger The Better	55	Play A Hand In Vegas	All Hands On Zip	Rebekah L Kazakevicius	Anthony Leier
Making All The Rules	49.5	Boys Love Me	Iron Enterprise	Starland Ranch Llc	Nancy-Sue Ryan
Rumm Chatta	47.5	Rum And Koa	Allocate Your Assets	Melissa A Thyfault	Melissa A Thyfault
All The Best Things	44	Iron Out My Assets	These Irons Are Hot	Shelly Boyle	Trisha Yamber
Always Goodtobe Best	33	One Hot Katwoman	Hot N Blazing	Daisy Mendez-Pompei	James P Collier Jr
Good Ol Boys Club	25	Shez Immortal	The Immortal	Allison Rock	Capital Quarter Horses Llc
Best Bea Goodtime	19.5	Bea Sweet Blaze	Hot N Blazing	Allison Ann Rassinoux	Leslie A Bacon
For Better Or Wors/For Better Or Worse	15	Shez Hot And Blazed	Hot N Blazing	Roslyn M Matthews	Merritt Equine Ventures LLC
Good Two B Addictive	13	Al Be Addictive	Allocate Your Assets	Sunny Nagengast	Sunny Nagengast
Good To B Wallen	11	Kruzen Fora Shu Show	The Krymsun Kruzer	Dr Bruce & Leigh Lee	Dr Bruce & Leigh Lee
Were Better Together	10	These Bobbin Irons	These Irons Are Hot	Clarisse Elizabeth Fitzpatrick	Trisha Yamber
We Do It Best	9	Shes Totally Sweet	Totally Hot Hunter	Wendy Shuknecht	–
Elite N Elegant	8.5	Petticoat N Pearls	Coats N Tails	Tammy Lee Ruth Still	Wayne A Burwash Dvm
My Best Addiction	7.5	Al Be Addictive	Allocate Your Assets	Starland Ranch Llc	Sunny Nagengast

VS Code Red

Scoring Progeny	12
Base Points	971
NSBA Points	215.5
Year End Points	1186.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Snap It Send It	478.5	Snap Krackle Pop	RL Best Of Sudden	Bill Baskin & Susan Blackburn	Twylla Lynn Brown
When N Where	171.5	One Hot Mouse	One Hot Krymsun	Jvm Partnership	Voge Quarter Horses
Coolkrymsunladylike	116.5	Cool Krymsun Lady	One Hot Krymsun	Laurel A Champlin Family Trust	Knapp Quarter Horse Farms Lc
VS Sassy Senorita	102.5	Go Princess Sophie	Cooke County Pistol	Sheri Weiss	Mark Or Darby Kakela
Hacked The Code	98.5	Krymsun Kisses	One Hot Krymsun	Elisabet Irene Teagan	Nancy-Sue Ryan
VS Blurred Lines	85.5	Lope The Line	Lazy Loper	David J Or Sherry J Patterson	Zoe Macbeth
Code Of Many Colors	52	Hot Lopin Goodbar	Zippos Mr Good Bar	Steve &/Or Tanya Relander	Chav3Z Enterprises Llc
Code Thirty	25.5	Chocolate Solitaire	Zips Chocolate Chip	Cynthia Mary Rasmussen	Victoria Holt Parker
Mae Break The Code	19.5	Ms Mae Flash	RL Best Of Sudden	Christa L Baldwin	Christa L Baldwin
Season Six	19	Made To Be A Diva	Machine Made	Sunni Chernega Duke Llc	Pittman & Parrish
VS Cool Chocolate	9.5	Ima A Cool Chocolate	Huntin For Chocolate	Cindy Ruble Brown	Superior Care Management Llc
The Champagne Code	8	KM Champagne Life	RL Best Of Sudden	Paula Stewart Croix	Jean Brooks

VS Flatline

Scoring Progeny	5
Base Points	797
NSBA Points	217
Year End Points	1014

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Call Her Daddy	472	HP Goody Gumdrops	VS Code Red	Katie Shepherd	Charlie Cole &/ Jason Martin
KM Flat Out The Best	302	KM Best To Be Slow	RL Best Of Sudden	Susan K Johns	Masterson Farms Llc
Straight Line Breeze	106.5	Only A Breeze	Invitation Only	Alyssa Barbour	Capital Quarter Horses Llc
Cool Moving Lady	76.5	Suddenly A Cool Lady	RL Best Of Sudden	Ingrid Miller Quarter Horses Llc	Starland Ranch Llc
VS Whole Lotta Lucy	57	VSLady In Red	VS Code Red	Christy Lenhart	Kristen N Galyean

No Doubt Im Lazy

Scoring Progeny	10
Base Points	751
NSBA Points	167.5
Year End Points	918.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Im Huntin No Doubt	258	Huntin For Morning	Huntin For Chocolate	Hannah Kate Pipkin	A Tompkins/K Fordice
Full Drape	250	Vitalism	An Awesome Mister	Heidi Rasor	Brunker-Gumz Partnership
Up N The Ante	121.5	Bettin With My Heart	Jacks Are Lucky Too	Mr And Mrs William M Wilkes	Mr And Mrs William M Wilkes
Dang Theres No Doubt	90	So Dang Hot	Batt Man	Amy Lynch	Amy Lynch
No Bad Daze	84.5	Suddenly Style N	RL Best Of Sudden	Emma Kutac	Waymond & Patty Roberts
Chromedoubt	51	Look Whos Ready	Innovation Only	David Shane & Darla Leavell	Dylan Price
Arm Candi	17.5	Whatscookngoodlookin	A Good Machine	Capital Quarter Horses Llc	Capital Quarter Horses Llc
Feeling Lucky	17	VS Code Me Lucky	VS Code Red	Mr And Mrs William M Wilkes	Mr And Mrs William M Wilkes
I Should Have Known	16	A Certain Illusion	Certain Potential	Garrison Gene Phillis	Jay & Kristy Starnes
Dont Gett Me Started	13	Ima Potential	Potential Investment	Tenielle Obrien	Melinda S Defreece

The Lopin Machine

Scoring Progeny	10
Base Points	698
NSBA Points	133.5
Year End Points	831.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
KM Once Upon A Time	219	Suddenly Its Time	RL Best Of Sudden	Firefly Ridge	Masterson Farms Llc
The Whoo	160	Whos Cheating Who	Huntin For Chocolate	Linda Ball Sargent	Scott And Linda Berwick
Lady Mamalade	133.5	My Mama Said So	RL Best Of Sudden	Angela H Wade	Angela H Wade
Certainly Persistent	104	A Certain Illusion	Certain Potential	Richard And Betty Jo Carr	Jay & Kristy Starnes
HP The Lazy Machine	71.5	HP The Lazy Boss	Lazy Loper	Debby Brehm	Mariann Harrington/Joe Prause
This Cowboys Mine	61	Suddens Leadin Lady	RL Best Of Sudden	Alicia Matthies	Paula A Czapko
Its All An Illuison	37	A Certain Illusion	Certain Potential	Scott And Linda Berwick	Jay & Kristy Starnes
Pinky Swear	17.5	VSCheck My Pulse	One Hot Krymsun	Jordan Macan	Kendra Weis
Scoota Little Closer	14	Always Invite Molly	Dont Skip Zip	Jeffrey B Sargent	Masterson Farms Llc
KM Easy Being Me	14	KM Suddenly So Easy	RL Best Of Sudden	Masterson Farms Llc	Masterson Farms Llc

Invitation Only

Scoring Progeny	3
Base Points	561
NSBA Points	104.5
Year End Points	665.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Insomniak	371.5	Sleep Machine	Machine Made	Kaylee M Mellott	William W Cox
She Had Me At Hello	287.5	Wildly Available	Pass The Asset	J Michael Vargo	Ohio Pineview Farms Llc
I Am The Party	6.5	Sheza Radical Chip	Radical Rodder	Dr Ted D Filandrianos	Dr Ted D Filandrianos

Hay Goodlookn

Scoring Progeny	9
Base Points	400.5
NSBA Points	113.25
Year End Points	513.75

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Frank The Tankk/Hes Frank The Tank	93	All Kinds Of Trouble	Blazing Hot	Karen G Wood	Dorothy Ann Murdock Hornback
Feeling Groovey	92.5	Forever N Ever	RL Best Of Sudden	Mnm Stoneridge Llc	Stanley V Scott
Miss Goodlookin	81	Missy Machine	A Good Machine	Nettie Olsen	Anthony Leier
Workin Nine To Wine	60	Strawberri Wine	Openrange	Laina P Banks	Laina P Banks
City Limit Signs	51	No Doubt Im Lucys	No Doubt Im Lazy	Starland Ranch Llc	Susan K Johns
Lookn Like Trouble	43.5	Troubles A Blazin	Blazing Hot	Justin &/ Julie Voge	Ditty Up Llc
Hay Girl Hayy/Oh Hay Girl Hayy	37	Johnnie On The Spot/Shesjohnnieonthespot	RL Best Of Sudden	Jordan Macan	Capital Quarter Horses Llc
Forever In Always	33.75	Forever Kool	Machine Made	Wi Quarter Horse Partners Llc	Ditty Up Llc
Thursty Thursday	22	Only A Sterling Moon	Only In The Moonlite	Ronnie Kent	Paul I Thurston

Top 10 NSBA USA & Canada Highpoint Dams – Pleasure & Hunter Under Saddle (2025)

The maternal lines behind these champions are just as critical. These mares produced offspring that consistently scored points, demonstrating the impact of strong dams in USA & Canada Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle competitions.

Top 10 NSBA USA & Canada Highpoint Damsires – Pleasure & Hunter Under Saddle (2025)

Damsires pass essential traits through their daughters. These top damsires produced daughters whose offspring excelled in Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle, contributing to the soundness, athleticism, and performance consistency seen across North American competitions.

Top 10 NSBA USA & Canada Highpoint Breeders – Pleasure & Hunter Under Saddle (2025)

Behind every top horse is a carefully managed breeding program. These breeders selected mating pairs, developed bloodlines, and produced horses that consistently performed at the highest level. Their programs demonstrate how strategic breeding and long-term planning translate into championship results.

Building North America’s Champions: The 2025 Pleasure & HUS Story

By reviewing each horse’s pedigree, owner, and breeder, we’ve identified the foundations behind North America’s top Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle performers. These Highpoints standings show how sires, dams, damsires, and breeders worked together across generations to produce horses that dominated the show season.

Stay tuned for our next coverage, where we’ll explore USA & Canada Working Western and Sporthorse disciplines, revealing the bloodlines and breeding programs behind the top-scoring horses in these dynamic areas.