Team Roping Futurity Earnings 2026: Heading & Heeling - The Team Roping Journal

The leaders, according to QData

AR Metallic Man, a gelding by Metallic Cat out of Stylish Lizzie, is the highest-earning horse in any roping futurity division this year at $84,028, under Kollin VonAhn, who owns him in partnership with Chris Pomeroy. Rebel X, a son of Metallic Rebel out of Flash About, is next among heeling horses at $75,094, ridden by Hunter Koch for X Performance Horses (but VonAhn will pilot him in Utah with Koch rodeoing).

In the heading, RR Gunners Affair, by Gunners Special Nite, leads at $68,288, ridden by Trevor Brazile for Jerad Wittwer, ahead of A Relentless Buzz at $65,803, also ridden by Brazile. Heel horses account for seven of the 10 highest single-division earnings across all roping events.

#	Horse	2026 $	Event / Rider	Owner
1	AR Metallic Man	$84,028	Heeling / Kollin VonAhn	Kollin VonAhn/Chris Pomeroy
2	Rebel X	$75,094	Heeling / Hunter Koch	X Performance Horses
3	RR Gunners Affair	$68,288	Heading / Trevor Brazile	Jerad Wittwer
4	A Relentless Buzz	$65,803	Heading / Trevor Brazile	Relentless Remuda LLC
5	Bandit Joaquin	$65,561	Heeling / Logan Anseth / Douglas Rich	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

By the numbers

Trevor Brazile rides five of the horses listed here, including the top three 6-&-under heading horses (RR Gunners Affair, A Relentless Buzz, Crosby Ray Von).
X Performance Horses owns three of the top heel horses—Rebel X, Hide N Go Seek and Fly Mister—and leads all owners on these charts in 2026 earnings.
Gunners Special Nite, a reining stallion by Colonels Smoking Gun, sired a top head horse (RR Gunners Affair) and a top heel horse (This Star Is Special). Jerad Wittwer owns both.
One Time Honor sired two of the top head horses, A Relentless Buzz and One Time Pick. Flag Ranch bred both.
Most of these horses are 2022 foals. Crosby Ray Von is third among 6-&-under heading horses; Rebel X is second among 6-&-under heeling horses—meaning the 4-year-olds are winning big and, in Rebel X’s case, double-dipping in the 6-&-Under.

Heeling Standings

4 & Under

Horse	2026 $	Sire	Dam	Breeder
Rebel X	$75,094	Metallic Rebel	Flash About	Barker Ranch Cutting Hrs LLC
DF N Fena	$58,759	Bet Hesa Cat	DT American Honey	Dixon Flowers Quarter Horses
Hide N Go Seek	$55,516	Bamacat	Attractive Courage	Burnett Ranches LLC
Fly Mister	$53,760	SJR Diamond Mist	Highly Unlimited	San Juan Ranch
This Star Is Special	$49,598	Gunners Special Nite	Stars and Sparks	Wayne Oldenburg

6 & Under

Horse	2026 $	Sire	Dam	Breeder
AR Metallic Man	$84,028	Metallic Cat	Stylish Lizzie	Atwood Quarter Horses Inc
Rebel X	$75,094	Metallic Rebel	Flash About	Barker Ranch Cutting Hrs LLC
Bandit Joaquin	$65,561	Boot Scooting Wood	Diamond J Twist	Jenniffer J. Lewicki
DF N Fena	$58,759	Bet Hesa Cat	DT American Honey	Dixon Flowers Quarter Horses
Hide N Go Seek	$55,516	Bamacat	Attractive Courage	Burnett Ranches LLC

Heading standings

4 & Under

Horse	2026 $	Sire	Dam	Breeder
Crosby Ray Von	$59,720	Stevie Rey Von	Ma Crosby	Fults Ranch Ltd.
Talk Sassy to Me	$43,668	Mr Sassy Frenchman	A Smooth Ride	Bill or Debbie Myers
Kryptoniite	$43,332	Metallic Cattack	Fun N Fancy Free	Ty M. Smith
Reys Version	$42,276	Reys Smokin Dually	Heavys Version	Chad Richard
DMC Reysin Em Wright	$34,093	Reys of Pep	Wright On Rachel	Diamond MC Performance Horses

6 & Under

Horse	2026 $	Sire	Dam	Breeder
RR Gunners Affair	$68,288	Gunners Special Nite	Cowgirl Affair	Lil Equine LLC
A Relentless Buzz	$65,803	One Time Honor	Makebelieve Mistress	Flag Ranch LLC
Crosby Ray Von	$59,720	Stevie Rey Von	Ma Crosby	Fults Ranch Ltd.
One Time Pick	$47,330	One Time Honor	Picks Petie	Flag Ranch LLC
Talk Sassy to Me	$43,668	Mr Sassy Frenchman	A Smooth Ride	Bill or Debbie Myers