Fort Worth, TX – Western Bloodstock graduates continued to show their strength in the show pen as Tuffer Than Metal claimed the Open Co-Reserve Championship at the 2024 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity. Ridden by Veronica Swales for Sandhill Stueter Ranch LLC, the mare also posted the Fence Work Prelims Reserve High Score, securing her place among the elite of this year’s Futurity field.
Tuffer Than Metal was sold in Session II of the 2023 Western Bloodstock NCHA Futurity 2-Year-Old Sale, consigned by Rej Hintze/Rocken H Cutting Horses and bred by Rocking P Ranch. Purchased by Jim Brinkman, she represents the kind of horse that buyers have come to expect from the sale: well-prepared, bred for success, and ready to step into major competition.
By Metallic Cat and out of CR Tuff Tizzy (by Woody Be Tuff), the mare carried her lineage into Fort Worth and backed it up with results. Her Co-Reserve Championship adds to the long list of Western Bloodstock graduates making headlines at shows across the industry, underscoring the sale’s role as the leading marketplace for performance horse prospects.
Tuffer Than Metal’s performance at the Snaffle Bit Futurity is another reminder of the quality horses that come through Western Bloodstock, and the impact they continue to make in the years that follow.
