AQHA FEATURE
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2023 NUTRIEN SALE
2023 NUTRIEN CLASSIC STALLION CAMPDRAFT AQHA $ 1,000 OWNER INCENTIVE AQHA $ 1,000 BREEDER INCENTIVE
ONE MOORE METALLIC A2-3067
OWNER : ONE MOORE METALLIC A2-3067 - WALLY REA BREEDER : ONE MOORE METALLIC A2-3067 - R & R BRADLEY
WORDS BY : LYN HOFFMANN © 2023
In 2017 , One Moore Metallic was the Landmark Classic Sale record-priced colt , walking out the gate after being sold to prominent Central Queensland cattleman , Wally Rea , for a price tag of $ 210,000 . The stallion was bred by Russell and Rebecca Bradley and , at that time , had been prepared and presented by Rob Leach Equine .
But while being sired by one of the most notable sires in the cutting , cowhorse and performance horse world , that being Metallic Cat Q-72828 , a sire that earned the title of 2022 Leading AQHA Cutting Sire , One Moore Metallic is also out of a standout , well bred mare . Out of the Docs Freckles Oak Q-14053 mare , Lexolena AX-732 , that brown mare was foaled around the same time that Makybe Diva claimed her second victory in the Melbourne Cup . The little filly by One Moore Playboy , was gifted the name , One Moore Diva A1-10444 , by her breeder , Alex Hough .
Longreach Stockman ’ s Hall of Fame Campdraft with a score of 269 . Diva became a valuable mare in the Bradley broodmare line-up .
So , there ’ s no doubt that One Moore Metallic is not only full of talent — the flashy red roan stallion also has the breeding on both sides to propel him to the top , as a performer and a sire . After a score of 202 took him to third place in the Nutrien Stallion Campdraft , with owner Wally Rea in the saddle , this young horse is well on his way .
At the NCHA 2008 ANZ Open Futurity Final , with three Futurity wins to his name , the legendary trainer and rider , Graham Amos , rode the Alex Hough owned One Moore Diva to a score of 145.5 , to finish 3rd in the event . The mare successfully continued on in her aged event years . Russ and Rebecca Bradley later purchased Diva to enjoy some competition on her and then keep her as a broodmare . Under the ownership of the Bradleys , she was transitioned over to Campdrafting to become a very successful Open Campdraft mare , eventually ridden by Tom Williamson to take out the
AQHA MARCH / APRIL ISSUE 2023