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DT Horses Increases Riata Buckle’s Hickory Holly Time 2024 Incentive to $50,000

DT Horses Increases Riata Buckle’s Hickory Holly Time 2024 Incentive to $50,000

Jan 22, 2024

DT Horses will pay Riata Buckle ropers winning on Hickory Holly Time offspring some $50,000 in 2024, an increase of $10,000 over its 2023 campaign.

Announced last January, the Hickory Holly Time Incentive was the first of its kind in the rope horse business. Only Hickory Holly Time offspring competing at the 2023 Riata Buckle were eligible for the money, paying out bonus funds to the four highest winning HHT colts at the event.

"At the 2023 Riata Buckle Championships this past November, Hickory Holly Time rope horses collected $72,000 in Riata earnings across divisions," Riata Buckle's Denny Gentry said. "The sponsorship really didn't raise too many roper eyebrows until the winners were announced, and the incentive bonus had a huge impact on what ropers were able to take home. With this incentive Hickory Holly Time has posted over $300,000 in earnings from Riata Buckle alone, and the stallion will continue his rise up the all-time producer list."  

The Riata Buckle program—with its extensive reach into every level of roping competitor—aligns with DT Horses' goals to see horses at the Ariat World Series of Team Roping Finale, the National Finals Rodeo, in cow horse competitions and barrel races and everywhere in between.

"I see how this incentive program supports our competitors and breeders in every division, and it worked so well we are raising our incentive to $50,000 for the 2024 season," Dean Tuftin, owner of Hickory Holly Time and DT Horses said. "We have always been about our young horses, and we will continue to place priority on the futurity incentives, but this was a good split with two futurity champions and the other two horses from the All-Age. Our participation in this incentive is a 'thank you' to those who have believed in Hickory Holly Time, and anyone stepping up to support horses in the team roping industry."

The 2023 Hickory Holly Time Incentive Winners

Time To Get Wreckless, Douglas Rich, TX, $22,772 plus $16,000 HHT Inc

Stray With Me, Dave Williams, NE, $14,980 plus $12,000 HHT Inc

Sue C Time, Dwight Adams, NE, $14,342 plus $8,000 HHT Inc

DT Hickory Blu Steel, Marissa Boisjoli, TX $10,696 plus $4,000 HHT Inc