USA & Canada’s 2025 NSBA Working Western Highpoints: Where Pedigree Meets the Arena

Working Western events showcase a different dimension of the modern show horse—one built on versatility, responsiveness, and athletic ability. In this next installment of our 2025 NSBA Highpoints series, we turn our focus to the USA & Canada Working Western divisions, which include Ranch Riding, Ranch Pleasure, Ranch Trail, Ranch Rail, Cutting, Working Cow, and Reining, examining the horses that rose to the top of the standings throughout the season.

Looking beyond the results, we reviewed the official 2025 Highpoints list horse by horse to trace the pedigrees behind these standout performers. By compiling each horse’s sire, dam, damsire, owner, and breeder, we begin to see the bloodlines and breeding programs that consistently produce horses capable of excelling in events that demand both precision and adaptability.

Top 10 NSBA USA & Canada Highpoint Sires – Working Western (2025)

These stallions stood out in 2025 for producing the top-scoring Working Western offspring across the USA & Canada. For each sire, we also highlight the progeny that fueled their success, while also noting key pedigree, ownership, and breeder details—revealing how these bloodlines translated into the season’s standout performances.

Spooks Gotta Whiz

Scoring Progeny	5
Base Points	1355
NSBA Points	200
Year End Points	1555

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Chillinlikeavillain	636	Oaks Steady Star	Steadys Dude	Kim & Bud Lyon	Two Doves Ranch
Dad Gotta Bugatti	452	Hermosa Dun It	Hollywood Dun It	Michael Mcguire	Gerardo Leal Trevino
Gotta Roll The Dice	344.5	Glo N Sparkle	Shining Spark	Kerry K Papendick	Larry D Weihing
Nic The Whiz	94.5	Hollynic	Reminic N Dunit	Sofia Roberts	Mosing Performance Horses Llc
Designerr	28	Wild Tink	Custom Crome	The Bar Llc	Tish Or Andrea Fappani

Shiners Voodoo Dr

Scoring Progeny	3
Base Points	806
NSBA Points	178.5
Year End Points	984.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
SS Pity Tha Fool	585	Foolish Little Step	Wimpys Little Step	Clara Tracy	Silver Spurs Equine
Xtra Magic Doctor	259.5	Aleena Starlight	Grays Starlight	Leslie Vagneur Lange	Cache Performance Horses Llc
Daytona Five Hundred	140	Okie Starbella	Grays Starlight	Debbie Kuffer	Silver Spurs Equine

Gunnatrashya

Scoring Progeny	2
Base Points	595
NSBA Points	189
Year End Points	784

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Sumac Gunnabeflashy	602	Chics Graceful Whiz	Whiz N Tag Chex	Leslie Vagneur Lange	Donald Sobey
Lil Trash Talk	182	Dainty Little Step	Wimpys Little Step	Susan M Van Cleve	W T Waggoner Estate

Royal Blue Quixote

Scoring Progeny	1
Base Points	564
NSBA Points	106
Year End Points	670

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Cowpuncher Cadillac	670	Miss Dakota Eyed	Two Eyed Red Buck	Jimmy Daurio & David Renier	Pitzer Ranch/Dack Cattle Llc

Wimpy Chic

Scoring Progeny	1
Base Points	545
NSBA Points	117.5
Year End Points	662.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Alpha Black	662.5	Chexanicki	Bueno Chexinic	Rancho Verde Llc	Alpha Quarter Horses Llc

Bet Hesa Boon

Scoring Progeny	1
Base Points	546
NSBA Points	113
Year End Points	659

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Bet Boon Gone Blue	659	Shes Gone Dark	Dark And Available	Carol A Dewrell	Clark Williams

Wimpys Little Step

Scoring Progeny	3
Base Points	514.5
NSBA Points	111
Year End Points	625.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Xtra Wimpys Catalyst	569	Im Not Blonde	Catalyst Too	Erika Collins Sterling	Milholland Training Inc
Evry Step Of The Way	44.5	Cremes Chic Olena	Smart Chic Olena	Patricia L Clements	Silver Spurs Equine
Xtra Smart Creme	12	Cremes Chic Olena	Smart Chic Olena	Derryl L Brandt	Keith &/Or Kathy Klover

SG Frozen Enterprize

Scoring Progeny	3
Base Points	447
NSBA Points	94.5
Year End Points	541.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
SS Wrecking Ball	353	Xtra Ruby Step	Wimpys Little Step	Alexius Dorsey	Silver Spurs Equine
Princess Ice	121	Jacs Electric Gun	Jacs Electric Spark	Erika Collins Sterling	Joseph Treib
Good Gravy	67.5	Smart Oaklynn	Smart Chic Olena	Dana Lanning	Suzanne D Cooper

Electric Snow

Scoring Progeny	2
Base Points	453
NSBA Points	68.5
Year End Points	521.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Electric Berry	268.5	Custom Roan Berry	Custom Crome	Sydney Freeman	Steven H Simon
They Not Like Us	253	Lil Night Rider	Lil Ruf Rider	Kim & Bud Lyon	Travis Smith

High Roller Whiz

Scoring Progeny	1
Base Points	395
NSBA Points	61.5
Year End Points	456.5

Progeny	Overall Points	Dam	Damsire	Owner	Breeder
Lets Double Down	456.5	Dunitz Midnight Glo	Heeza Dun It	Wendy K Mcconnell	Stoney Russell

Top 10 NSBA USA & Canada Highpoint Dams – Working Western (2025)

While sires provide the foundation, the mares on this list highlight the importance of maternal influence. Their offspring earned high points throughout the season, proving that exceptional breeding requires both sides of the pedigree to work in harmony.

Dam	Scoring Progeny	Base Points	NSBA Points	Year-End Points
Miss Dakota Eyed	1	564	106	670
Chexanicki	1	545	117.5	662.5
Shes Gone Dark	1	546	113	659
Oaks Steady Star	1	532	104	636
Chics Graceful Whiz	1	439	163	602
Foolish Little Step	1	471	114	585
Im Not Blonde	1	464	105	569
Dunitz Midnight Glo	1	395	61.5	456.5
Hermosa Dun It	1	406.5	45.5	452
Xtra Ruby Step	1	278	75	353

Top 10 NSBA USA & Canada Highpoint Damsires – Working Western (2025)

Damsires play a subtle yet critical role, shaping traits that appear in their daughters’ progeny. The sires on this list helped pass on soundness, athleticism, and consistency—qualities that showed up in top performers across Ranch Riding, Ranch Pleasure, Ranch Trail, Ranch Rail, Cutting, Working Cow, and Reining.

Rank	Damsire	Scoring Progeny	Base Points	NSBA Points	Year-End Points
1	Wimpys Little Step	5	942	220	1162
2	Whiz N Tag Chex	3	615	195.5	810.5
3	Two Eyed Red Buck	1	564	106	670
4	Bueno Chexinic	1	545	117.5	662.5
5	Dark And Available	1	546	113	659
6	Steadys Dude	1	532	104	636
7	Catalyst Too	1	464	105	569
8	Heeza Dun It	1	395	61.5	456.5
9	Hollywood Dun It	1	406.5	45.5	452
10	Grays Starlight	2	335	64.5	399.5

Top 10 NSBA USA & Canada Highpoint Breeders – Working Western (2025)

Behind every top-performing horse is a breeder with vision and dedication. These programs selected the right pairings and carefully managed their breeding operations, producing Working Western competitors that consistently excelled across multiple disciplines.

Rank	Breeder	Produce	Base Points	NSBA Points	Year-End Points
1	Silver Spurs Equine	4	905.5	217	1122.5
2	Pitzer Ranch/Dack Cattle Llc	1	564	106	670
3	Alpha Quarter Horses Llc	1	545	117.5	662.5
4	Clark Williams	1	546	113	659
5	Two Doves Ranch	1	532	104	636
6	Donald Sobey	1	439	163	602
7	Milholland Training Inc	1	464	105	569
8	Stoney Russell	1	395	61.5	456.5
9	Gerardo Leal Trevino	1	406.5	45.5	452
10	Larry D Weihing	1	313.5	31	344.5

Connecting the Bloodlines to the Champions: The 2025 Working Western Story

The 2025 Working Western Highpoints reveal more than a list of champions—they highlight the pedigrees, breeding programs, and long-term decisions that shaped them. By connecting each horse’s performance with its sire, dam, damsire, owner, and breeder, we see the network of bloodlines fueling North America’s top Working Western competitors.

Watch for the next feature: USA & Canada Sporthorse, where we uncover the pedigrees behind the rising stars in these growing divisions.

Natashya V.

Founder, StallionCompare.com | Creative Director

Natashya, the founder of StallionCompare.com, is a dynamic force in both the equine and creative industries. As a lifelong equestrian, Natashya’s journey with horses began with Quarter Horses in her hometown in British Columbia, Canada. During her college years she took a brief (and eye opening) hiatus from Quarter Horses to work in the Thoroughbred industry – returning to the AQHA circuit as a young adult. Natashya was also able to reconnect with the quarter horse industry through design. She worked with former owners of Pleasurehorse.com and Show Horse Today on their design needs prior to Robyn Duplisea purchasing the business. Natashya also worked at Horse Canada (HPG) as the Creative Director for many monthly, quarterly, and annual equine magazines. Her passion (read: obsession) for breeding, genetics, and equine pedigrees ran ever-increasingly deep, which lead her to create StallionCompare.com.

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