November 18, 2019 – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) honors five sires that have recently achieved new multi-million-dollar milestones in offspring earnings.

NRHA Hall of Fame inductee Smart Chic Olena (Smart Little Lena x Gay Sugar Chic)

Smart Chic Olena (Smart Little Lena x Gay Sugar Chic)  was humanely euthanized in 2012, is now an NRHA Seven Million Dollar Sire. Bred by Emily Woodall, “Chic” originally had a bright future in the cutting pen, but a career path change resulted in him earning an NRHA Open Reserve World Championship, among other accolades, with NRHA Million Dollar Rider Craig Johnson. As a sire, Chic passes his athleticism, willingness, and calm mind to his progeny, which includes five NRHA Million Dollar Sires: Magnum Chic Dream, Rowdy Yankee, Smart Spook, Chocolate Chic Olena, and Spat Olena.

Chic’s top-earning offspring include:

• Smart Spook (out of Sugarplum Spook, by Grays Starlight): $403,149 LTE
• Shiners Chic (out of Ebony Shines, by Shining Spark): $298,384 LTE
• Shine Chic Shine (out of Ebony Shines, by Shining Spark): $148,714 LTE
• Smartest Chic Olena (out of Colonels Dove, by Colonel Spats: $129,061 LTE
• Smart N Sparkin (out of Setting Off Sparks, by Shining Spark): $121,697 LTE
• Commandalena (out of Givenchy Command, by Fritz Command): $115,894 LTE Chic Please (out of San O Lenita, by Tenino San): $108,085 LTE
• Wind Her Up Chic (out of Wind Her Up Doc, by Docs Sidewinder): $102,710 LTE Chocolate Chic Olena (out of Jae Bar Felcia, by Leos Question): $86,176 LTE
• Rowdy Yankee (out of Nita Chex, by Ready Chex): $84,480 LTE

Two of Chic’s progeny also recently crossed milestone markers in their own right, becoming NRHA Six Million Dollar Sires: NRHA Hall of Fame inductees Magnum Chic Dream (out of Sailin Barbee) and Smart Spook (out of Sugarplum Spook).

Photo by John Brasseaux