AQHA CHAMPION JR HEADING

Hall of Fame horseman J.D. Yates added yet another AQHA World Championship to his career with Sue C Royalty, the 2020 mare owned by Tearney Ranch and by One Time Royalty out of Sue C Lena.

The mare marked a 229.0, worth $25,298.85 for the win against 76 other 5-and-under horses in the Level 3 Championships.

“I guess that’s what the judges were looking for this year,” Yates said. “I mean, I don’t have her where I feel like she should be yet, but I mean, she does two things really good. She scores and she can run. She let me catch up there good. She just did what she did. The senior horse that I had really drug his ass. I didn’t win on him, and I thought he was a winner. So I don’t know. I guess it’s what sitting up there when you got the pencil is what they decide they like. I mean, after all, it’s what we call a horse sale and what we’re doing is just selling the horse to the guys up there with a pencil.”