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Falling In Loveagain winning a Heritage Place Futurity trial in 1998.
Whistle Stop Cafe winning the Rainbow Futurity in 2020.
Jettz winning an All American Futurity trial in 2020.
Instygator winning the 2021 All American Derby.
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Roger’s road crew works various types of sales, from Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred racehorses to performance horses. “Our road crew consists of people we gather up from various parts of the country,” he says. “Many of the horses that we send up to Kentucky, I send an agent up there to sell because they are right on top of some of our Quarter Horse sales. It’s kind of hard to find people who have that kind of knowledge and can get away for four to six days at a time to go to the sales.”
But Roger attends pretty much all the
sales with the road crew so he can represent
his owners and talk to buyers. “That’s part of the fun of what we do,” he says, “showing off what you’ve done for the last 90 days—your product—and hoping they sell well, and having trainers ask who you like or who works well in the round pen. The sales aren’t days off, but they are a lot of fun and a change of pace. They’re an opportunity to see what everybody else is doing, how their horses look, or whether anybody’s got a better deal than you have, and you might want to change something up. The days are pretty long but the sales are fun.”
A FEW DALY CELEBRITIES
These days, Roger’s clients run the gamut from large-scale breeders such as Bobby
Cox, who sends huge numbers through the program each year, to those who have just one or two horses. “Fortunately, I’ve had good clients I’ve learned a lot from and who have moved up and gotten better horses, and then we’ve gotten better at what we do, and the sales are also better,” Roger says.
Among Roger Daly Horses’ star clients are: • Falling In Loveagain (First
Down Dash-Genuine Knockout,
Special Effort), who topped the All American Sale as a yearling and then won the All American Futurity in 1998 in addition to her trials for the Ruidoso, Rainbow, All American and Dash For Cash derbies
• Whistle Stop Cafe (Freighttrain B-Sinuous, Mr Jess Perry),
• Instygator (Ivory James-Eye Popping, Mr Eye Opener) and
• Jettz (One Fabulous Eagle-First To Celebrate, First Down Dash), all sired by Cox Ranch stallions. “We had all three of them and they ran first, second and fourth in the All American Futurity in 2020, so that was a pretty big deal!” Roger says.
• Reymanator (Dual Rey-Savannah Hickory, Doc’s Hickory), whom Zane Davis rode to the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Championship in 2009, and then was named the World’s Richest Stock Horse Champion in 2015, along with winning the National Stock Horse Association (NSHA) Triple Crown title.
HIS CHALLENGES
Roger says his biggest challenge in today’s world is finding and keeping quality help to care for the horses. Keeping the horses healthy in a commercial barn where horses come and go from various parts
of the country also presents challenges. “Fortunately, most of our owners are quite knowledgeable about keeping their horses up to date on their vaccinations and deworming
Bill Melson, Roger Daly and Dr. Glenn Blodgett.
Photo by Myriam Maynard, Speedhorse
Linda Earley, Speedhorse Linda Earley, Speedhorse Jake Rogers, Ruidoso Downs Remington Park