Top Ranch Horse Sires of 2024

Top Ranch Horse Sires of 2024

See the bloodlines that dominated ranch horse events in 2024.

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Looking for the best ranch horse stallions in the industry? Ranch horse events highlight the unmatched versatility, athleticism, and cow sense of the American Quarter Horse, both on the ranch and in the show pen.

These exclusive rankings, powered by the QData Leaderboards, cover the period from January 1 to December 31, 2024. Each stallion is ranked based on offspring earnings in 2024.

You can explore even more details on the free QData Leaderboards, including a breakdown of the number of money-earning offspring, average earnings per foal, 3- and 4-year-old ranch horse earnings by sire and the number of offspring represented in each age group.

Discover the top ranch horse sires of 2024, exclusively from QStallions.com:

10. Smart Nu Shiner

2009 buckskin (Smart Shiner - Annies Nu Lena by Nu Cash)
Offspring Earnings: $44,362

9. Dual Smart Rey 

2002 sorrel (Dual Rey - The Smart Look by Smart Little Lena)
Offspring Earnings: $48,123

8. Peptoleap 

2000 gray (Peptoboonsmal - Debra Dun It by Dun Commander)
Offspring earnings: $65,683

7. Electric Snow 

2011 sorrel (Electric Spark - Snow Gun by Colonels Smoking Gun)
Offspring Earnings: $72,917

6. Magnum Chic Dream 

1996 sorrel (Smart Chic Olena - Sailin Barbee by Topsail Cody)
Offspring Earnings: $81,443

5. Shiners Voodoo Dr 

2007 palomino (Shining Spark - Voodoo Chic by Smart Chic Olena)
Breeder: Rogers Heaven Sent Ranch LLC of Tucson
Owner: Silver Spurs Equine of Purcell, Oklahoma 
Offspring Earnings: $91,117
Money Earners: 23
Average Earnings: $5,298
No. 1 Money Earner: Xtra Magic Doctor, 2014 palomino stallion out of Aleena Starlight by Grays Starlight, $3,962

4. Wimpys Little Step

1999 sorrel (Nu Chex To Cash - Leolita Step by Forty Seven)
Breeder: Hilldale Farm
Owner: Silver Spurs Equine  
Offspring Earnings: $91,526
Money Earners: 29
Average Earnings: $3,156
No. 1 Money Earner: SS Walk The Line, 2021 gelding out of Aledo Advance by Custom Cash Advance, $20,450

3. Lil Joe Cash

2008 sorrel (Nu Chex To Cash - RS Lilly Starlight by Grays Starlight)
Breeder: Kurt & Angie Harris of Oakdale, California 
Owner: JBJ Agropecuaria LTDA of Brazil  
Offspring Earnings: $100,591
Money Earners: 16
Average Earnings: $6,287
No. 1 Money Earner: Double Tapn, 2018 sorrel gelding out of Whiz N Snap by Topsail Whiz, $87,493

 

Lil Joe Cash

2. Spooks Gotta Whiz

2007 bay (Spooks Gotta Gun - Prettywhizprettydoes by Topsail Whiz)
Breeder: Clint Haverty of Gainesville, Texas
Owner: Michell Anne Kimball of Collinsville, Texas 
Offspring Earnings: $103,762
Money Earners: 18
Average Earnings: $5,765
No. 1 Money Earner: ChillinLikeavillain, 2019 stallion out of Oaks Steady Star by Steadys Dude, $46,640

 

 

Spooks Gotta Whiz 

1. Gunnatrashya

2006 sorrel (Colonels Smoking Gun - Natrasha by Trashadeous) 
Breeder: Katarina Dorminy of Williamston, South Carolina
Owner: Arcese Quarter Horses USA of Weatherford, Texas 
Offspring Earnings: $118,830
Money Earners: 24
Average Earnings: $4,951
No. 1 Money Earner: Sumac Gunnabeflashy, 2017 chestnut gelding out of Chics Graceful Whiz by Whiz N Tag Chex, $60,128

 

 

Gunnatrashya 

 

See who's currently leading in 2024.

Updated weekly, the free QData Leaderboards, from the QData Database, include the top 50 Money-Earners, Sires, Dams, Grandsires, Owners and Breeders in 16 different event groups for both all-time and yearly leading. 

Sortable columns allow you to see leaders by age and other filters. Plus, stallions subscribed to AQHA's partner service, QStallions.com, are highlighted on the leader lists and linked to their QStallions page when their names appear.

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