2026 Breakaway Futurity Earnings: The Top Horses, Riders and Breeders

Blake RamseyJun 18, 2026

The Leaders

Dont Quote Me leads the breakaway standings at $47,447 and is the only horse to top both its age divisions—4-&-under and 6-&-under—in any roping event this year. Cheyanne McCartney rides her for breeders and owners Bailey and Tia Moore. Reyzin Royals is second in both divisions at $40,000, also ridden by McCartney.

Breakaway’s leading earnings sit just below the team roping figures: $47,447 would rank just outside the overall top 10 across all roping events. Dont Quote Me, Reyzin Royals and No. 3 Thiccthirty are all 2022 foals—4-year-olds topping the 6-&-under list.

#	Horse	2026 $	Event / Rider	Owner
1	AR Metallic Man	$84,028	Heeling / Kollin Von Ahn	Alan Long
2	Rebel X	$75,094	Heeling / Hunter Koch	X Performance Horses
3	RR Gunners Affair	$68,288	Heading / Trevor Brazile	Jared Wittwer
4	A Relentless Buzz	$65,803	Heading / Trevor Brazile	Relentless Remuda LLC
5	Bandit Joaquin	$65,561	Heeling / Logan Anseth	Logan Anseth
6	Crosby Ray Von	$59,720	Heading / Trevor Brazile	Cracklin J Ranch
7	DF N Fena	$58,759	Heeling / Billie Jack Saebens	Southwest Perf. Horses
8	Hide N Go Seek	$55,516	Heeling / Hunter Koch	X Performance Horses
9	Fly Mister	$53,760	Heeling / Colton McCarley	X Performance Horses
10	This Star Is Special	$49,598	Heeling / Trevor Brazile	Jerad Wittwer

Overall top 10 futurity money-earners across all roping events (4-and-under and 6-and-under), 2026 Breakaway’s leader, Don’t Quote Me ($47,447), ranks just outside it.

Breakaway Standings

4-and-under

Horse	2026 $	Sire	Dam	Breeder
Dont Quote Me	$47,447	Taggline	BCR Popular Scotti	Bailey or Tia Moore & Cody M.
Reyzin Royals	$40,000	Reyzin The Cash	Queen Cisco	Utah State University
Thiccthirty	$29,450	Metallic Cattack	Nurse Connie	Solo Select Horses LLC
Natural Silksation	$22,355	Natural Bottom	Heavenly Silksation	Clay Seal
Shes Super Tuff Le	$17,930	Woody Be Tuff	Sarahs Super Cat	Center Ranch

6-and-under

Horse	2026 $	Sire	Dam	Breeder
Dont Quote Me	$47,447	Taggline	BCR Popular Scotti	Bailey or Tia Moore & Cody M.
Reyzin Royals	$40,000	Reyzin The Cash	Queen Cisco	Utah State University
Aldo the Apache	$38,960	Kit Kat Sugar	DMac Easter Bunny	Terry Riddle
Thiccthirty	$29,450	Metallic Cattack	Nurse Connie	Solo Select Horses LLC
Evereything	$26,618	Stevie Rey Von	Stylish Play Lena	Linda Holmes

By The Numbers

Cheyanne McCartney rides all three breakaway money-earners, Dont Quote Me, Reyzin Royals. and Thiccthirty.

Reyzin Royals was bred by Utah State University. Dont Quote Me was bred and owned by Bailey and Tia Moore and Thiccthirty was bred by Solo Select.

The breakaway lists run on more sire lines than either team roping event: the seven horses carry seven different sires—Taggline, Reyzin The Cash, Metallic Cattack, Natural Bottom, Woody Be Tuff, Kit Kat Sugar and Stevie Rey Von.

Two of those sires also placed horses in the heading: Metallic Cattack (Kryptoniite) and Stevie Rey Von (Crosby Ray Von).

Aldo the Apache, third in 6-&-under at $38,960, is ridden by owner Beau Peterson and was bred by Terry Riddle.

Most of the breakaway leaders are 2022 foals. Dont Quote Me, Reyzin Royals and Thiccthirty top the 6-&-under list as 4-year-olds.

Sires With More Than One Top Earner (all events)

Sire	Top earners	Horses	Events
One Time Honor	2	A Relentless Buzz, One Time Pick	Heading
Gunners Special Nite	2	RR Gunners Affair, This Star Is Special	Heading + Heeling
Stevie Rey Von	2	Crosby Ray Von, Evereything	Heading + Breakaway
Metallic Cattack	2	Kryptoniite, Thiccthirty	Heading + Breakaway

Earnings per QStallions / ARHFA-tracked rope horse money (4-&-under and 6-&-under divisions), through June 11, 2026. Pedigree and breeder via Quarter Horse Resource (AQHA); riders and campaign owners per 2026 ARHFA futurity results (Arizona Sun Circuit, Old West Gamble at Guthrie). “Rider TBC” = 2026 rider not yet confirmed. Owner reflects current futurity campaign and may differ from AQHA registration.