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Kryptoniite Locks Up $60,000 Before Solo Select Futurity Heading Short Round

Roper on horseback lassoing cattle during rodeo competition in indoor arena with spectators in bleachers
Chelsea ShafferOct 1, 2026

Kryptoniite has $60,000 locked up before he runs a step in the Solo Select Futurity heading short round.

The Metallic Cattack son is the only Sire Pot horse among the 15 finalists, so he collects the first-place Sire Pot check wherever he places Thursday night at Circle T Arena in Hamilton, Texas. If Trevor Brazile wins the short round on him, the stallion takes home $120,403.

Everyone else is roping for the Main Pot, which pays $60,403 to win and five places deep. Sire Pot money no finalist could claim, $70,800, rolled into it and brought the Open Main Pot to $209,600.

The finals are a clean slate. All 15 horses start from zero after a 6 p.m. Calcutta.

Three head

Cowboy on dark horse swinging a lasso at a rodeo arena with spectators in background

BR Leave A Tip was the high horse on three head with 904.23, the only total over 900. Kaleb Driggers marked 299.17 on the gray gelding in Round 3 after scores of 303.16 and 301.90.

Driggers qualified four of the 15. Time For Play is second on three head at 898.71, Ninety Seven Chevy ninth and Frenchmans Buddy 11th. Brazile has two, Kryptoniite and Relentless Again, and so does Logan Vander Hamm, with Poco Bamacat and Taabe.

Billie Jack Saebens, who won the 2025 heading on Una Furiosa for $102,500, is back on DF Stolen Documents. A non-Sire Pot champion this year wins $60,403.

Round 3 Winner Her Sixes Blazin

Cowboy on horseback roping cattle during a rodeo event in an indoor arena with spectators in the background

Her Sixes Blazin marked the high score of Round 3, a 302.81 for Justin Johnson, and still missed the Open short round.

The mare by Blazin Jetolena came into the round 24th with 568.55. The round win moved her to 871.36 on three head, 0.61 point behind Taabe for the 15th and last spot. Shane Phifer bred her and owns her with Angela Phifer.

Heading Open short round: 15 finalists, by three-head total


Horse

Rider

Total

1

BR Leave A Tip

Kaleb Driggers

904.23

2

Time For Play

Kaleb Driggers

898.71

3

Kryptoniite (Sire Pot)

Trevor Brazile

898.26

4

DF Stolen Documents

Billie Jack Saebens

897.11

5

Diceman

Britt Williams

895.96

6

Shhhh Im Talking

Clyde Bolejack

892.72

7

In Style Cat

Jordan Allyn

891.89

8

GQH Winners On Fire

Miles Baker

889.38

9

Ninety Seven Chevy

Kaleb Driggers

885.19

10

Honor The Wind

Tate Kirchenschlager

884.78

11

Frenchmans Buddy

Kaleb Driggers

883.14

12

Relentless Again

Trevor Brazile

880.47

13

Snowy Rey Von

Luke Atchison

874.74

14

Poco Bamacat

Logan Vander Hamm

874.55

15

Taabe

Logan Vander Hamm

871.97

Sires in the short round

BR Golden Leader, One Time Honor and Smooth Talkin Style each sired two finalists. Flag Ranch bred three: Time For Play, Honor The Wind and Snowy Rey Von.

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