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Spots Hottist
HOT...HOTTER...HOTTIST!

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  • US $182,000
Spots Hottist Story
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SDP Buffalo Ranch stands an elite band of Stallions at their Station, each have earned their right to be there.  SDP principal Shane Plummer has a keen eye for great horses and is always on the lookout for the next standout to join the #boysofbuffalo. 

We asked Shane to explain the attraction and enlighten us as to what the future might hold for SPOTS HOTTIST.

Spots Hottist.

What were your first impressions of SPOTS HOTTIST?

I first saw this beautiful stallion show at the 2020 NCHA Futurity in Fort Worth, Texas.  Trained by Jesse Lennox, he had a freakish way of moving which is pretty rare to see.  He oozed class and talent.  I don’t recall the go round scores, but the stud was a leader and tons of buzz from everyone going into the Finals.  I followed him very closely as I track all stallions, he and Jesse went on to win at the Breeders Invitational and the Idaho Derby that year.

The next show season, I called Jesse to see what his then owner Rockin P had planned with him.  Jesse said they loved him, that he himself loved him, “A special horse that I love to ride”, he said.   Jesse told me they didn’t have plans to stand him yet, but were flattered by my interest.  I then inquired if they’d be interested in pricing him and Jesse told me he’d call me back.  When he told me they wanted $4M for him, I thought Jesse was joking and I chuckled with him on that.  Well, he wasn’t joking, so the laugh was on me.  I said I loved him and if there was any way I could speak with them on standing him in the future, I’d love the opportunity.  I guess it was fate that he eventually ended up here.”

There is a large roster of stallions at SDP Buffalo Ranch what is it about SPOTS HOTTIST that made you feel he would compliment the stallion station?

Photo by PHC. Spots Hottist & Jesse Lennox. 2020 NCHA Futurity.

There is a wise cattleman saying, “A good bull is half your herd and a bad one, is all of it.”  Translation, a stallion gives you half the genes so you better be giving yourself all the potential you can afford request to your mare’s needs.

Breeding to win is my game.  I could write a book about the question you ask here, but suffice to say on this stallion specifically, there is zero reason that he could not be an all-time great sire, if he’s bred to the right mares, with the right owners, who send them to the right trainers.

He is the goods: pedigree, phenotype, athleticism, grit and shine.  Sexy sells, he’s that.  High Brow Cat is the greatest breeding animal ever, his blood permeates in everything and for good reason.  His counter weight the past 20 years is the great Dual Rey, he too has a gene pool that is gigantic.  Hottish is in the same realm as those two great sires, but unfortunately his life was cut short and he did not produce a lot of inventory of semen.  Spots Hottist is his line and, thankfully, can produce plenty of semen.

Spots Hottist does not have a drop of High Brow Cat in him, so he has a lot of opportunity ahead of him on mares to breed to.  I also expect the line-breeding on some of the mares with the Dual Rey line, offers some exciting potential.  If that is what the market wants, we want to supply it.

What plans do SDP have for Spots Hottist’s future?

He will be bred to the best we can get to him.  He’ll be supported by our training dollars for his foals, giving them the best shot we can give them to be successful.  We will market him and promote him proper, so horse owners and trainers get excited.  We have a good track record for this, Spots Hottist will get our best.

Spots Hottist.

Are there any performed progeny by Spots Hottist?

He bred his first mare in March 2024, shortly after we purchased him.  His first season at stud was this year and it is neat, his first year at stud in Australia will be the same year.  I always find that quite exciting.

What progeny are you expecting from your mares?

Buying him two months already into the breeding season, he got a late start in promotion and mares to breed.  But, we did get some great pregnancies for 2025 foal crop.  Miss Meow has two foals coming, she won $200,000 as a show mare and is a full sister to the great all-time leading sire, Smooth As A Cat.

One of our best mares, SDP Hicapoo Cat (Hydrive Cat x Hicapoo who was NCHA Horse of the Year, winner of $447K and producer of $800K with two daughter producing over $1M each), has a foal coming.  The resulting 2025 foal will be a half sibling to one of our great show mares out of SDP Hicapoo Cat, SDP Carpe Diem Baby (by Sannman) who has won over $60,000 this year and is in the top ten running for the $25,000 Novice World Finals.

And then we have flushed one out of another great show mare we have, SDP Flashy Rebel by Metallic Rebel, she’s won $60,000 to date.  Between our babies coming next year and that of his customers, it is an exciting first crop.

Results
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Spots Hottist is an aged event Champion and finalist in numerous Open & Amateur events!

Career highlights include:

2024

Shown by Christian Miller.

  • WINNER M5 CHA $5000 Limited Novice Horse. Won on both the Saturday & Sunday (75 both days)
  • Western Sports Productions $5,000 Novice – 2nd (73)
    Top scored two days in a row (75 74)

Career Highlights include:

Shown by Jesse Lennox.

  • US NCHA Open Futurity Finalist
  • Breeders Invitational Open Derby Reserve Champion
  • Idaho Futurity Open Derby Champion
  • The Ike Open Derby Finalist
  • Abilene Spectacular Derby Open Finalist
  • NCHA Summer Spectacular Open Derby Finalist
  • The Cattlemen’s Open Finalist
  • PCCHA Futurity Classic Open Finalist
Progeny
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As the story states,  Spots Hottist bred his first mare in March 2024, shortly after they purchased him.  Some of SDP Buffalo Ranch’s top mares have been bred to him.  They include:

  • MISS MEOW (2 foals due).  She won $200,000 as a show mare and is a full sister to the great all-time leading sire, Smooth As A Cat.
  • SDP HICAPOO (Hydrive Cat x Hicapoo who was NCHA Horse of the Year, winner of $447K and producer of $800K with two daughter producing over $1M each).  She is one of SDP’s best mares.  The resulting 2025 foal will be a half sibling to one of their great show mares o/o SDP Hicapoo Cat, SDP Carpe Diem Baby (by Sannman) who has won over $60,000 this year and is in the top ten running for the $25,000 Novice World Finals.
  • SDP Flashy Rebel (by Metallic Rebel), another great show mare who has won $60,000 to date.

Exciting times ahead for SDP Buffalo Ranch and their customers.

Pedigree
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Sire: Hottish

LTE: US$301,843

Statistics include:

  • Champion or Reserve Champion of several major NCHA events (See details opposite)
  • Sire of over US$13,800,000 in NCHA and NRCHA money earners.
  • Sire of noteworthy horses such as:
    • NCHA Futurity Champion, Dual Reyish
    • NCHA Horse of the Year, Cool N Hot
    • NCHA Champion, Hottish Metal
    • NRCHA World’s Greatest Horseman Champion, Hott Rod
    • NCHA Champion, Blackish

Dam: Reyann Hickory

Winner of US$324,000 and producer of over US$360,000!

  • 4th NCHA Non-Pro Futurity
  • Breeders Inv. Non-Pro Derby Reserve Champion
  • Top 10 NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes
  • Cotton Stakes Non-Pro Classic Reserve Champion
  • Split 6th NCHA Non-Pro Derby
  • 3rd Brazos Bash Non-Pro Derby
  • Abilene Spectacular Non-Pro Derby Reserve Champion
  • Tunica Non-Pro Classic Co-Reserve Champion.

Maternal Grandsire: Dual Rey

Offspring earnings in excess of US$31 million. The only horse to ever sire the NCHA Futurity Open Champion, the National Reined Cowhorse Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion and the National Stock Horse Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Champion — and all in the same year!

Visit Holmes Performance Horses’ website for a full list of this outstanding sire’s accomplishments.

Studbook
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Registration: USAQHA# 5834297
Foaling date: 22/04/2017
Colour: Bay
Height: 14.2hh
Breeder: Loan Oak Performance Horses LLC
Current Owner: SDP Buffalo Ranch
6 Panel N/N, N/Gbed

VIEW FULL INTERACTIVE PEDIGREE CHART >>
(Pedigree Online database)

 Sire: Hottish  Spots Hot  Chula Dual
 Sweet Shorty Lena
 Stylish Play Lena  Docs Stylish Oak
 Play Lena
 Dam: Reyann Hickory  Dual Rey  Dual Pep
 Nurse Rey
 Hickorys Tachita  Docs Hickory
 Dry Taco
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2024

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2021 Idaho Futurity Ipen Derby Champion (226)

Sire: HOTTISH 2012

Contact

Australian Contact
Blair Keyte
Mob: 0438 327 244
Email: blair@sdpbuffaloranch.com
Web: www.sdpbuffaloranch.com

 

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