“You can’t ask him for more ’cause he’s already giving you everything.”
Numerous factors – genetics, psychological, cultural, and financial-
go into making a SUPER PERFORMER, but the right genes may be the most critical.
Elite athletes, as these SUPER PERFORMERS are called, are in a sense fortunate freaks of nature.
2010 Sorrel Stallion
A Sparkling Vintage x All Ruffed Up by Lil Ruf Peppy
SIRE
A SPARKLING VINTAGE, (1997). Sire of the earners of $2,000,695, including NOT RUF AT ALL ($456,437: NRHA Open Futurity Champion; NRHA Open Derby Champion; NRBC Open Derby Champion; High Roller Classic Open Futurity Champion; High Roller Classic Open Stakes Champion), PLATINUM VINTAGE ($292,382: NRHA Open Derby Champion; finalist, NRHA Open Futurity), ALL AMERI- CAN VINTAGE ($165,133: 2017 NRHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion; 2017 Congress Open Reining Futurity Champion).
FIRST DAM
ALL RUFFED UP, by Lil Ruf Peppy. Open Performance point-earner.An Equi-Stat Leading Reining Dam. Dam of 7 foals, 4 of performance age, 2 performers, earning $620,671, including—
NOT RUF AT ALL c. by A Sparkling Vintage). Reference.
ALL AMERICAN VINTAGE (c. by A Sparkling Vintage). $168,726 & 18.5 reining points: 2017 NRHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion; 2017 Congress Open Reining Futurity Champion; 2017 Tulsa Reining Classic Open Futurity Champion.
SECOND DAM
Double Wind Chill,by Double R Doc. NRHA money-earner & 6 AQHA points: AZ Sun Country Circuit Limited Open Reserve Champion; 4th, Rocky Mountain Summer Slide NRHA Limited Open. Dam of–
Sailin Whizout Wind (Who Whiz It). NRHA money-earner & 7.5 Open Performance points: 2013 MO RHA Wild Slide Lim- ited Open Reserve Champion.
Tough Pleasin Chics (Chic Please). Split 3rd, Drought Buster RCH Futurity Open Herd Work.
THIRD DAM
Skip A Chex, by King Fritz. 4 Open Performance points. Dam of–
Double Wind Chill (Double R Doc). Above.
Miss Jessie Chex (Jessie Leo Jr). NRHA money-earner. Dam of– Cafes Miss Lena. 20.5 Amateur points and NRCHA money-earner: CA RCHA Classic Limited Open Bridle Champion; Amateur ROM.
Don’t Skippa Lena (Double R Doc). NRHA money-earner & Amateur pointearner: Sandhills Slide Reining Futurity Rookie Champion.
Don’t Skippa Lena (Double R Doc). NRHA money-earner & Amateur pointearner: Sandhills Slide Reining Futurity Rookie Champion.
Timeline
2016
2016 NRBC CHAMPIONSHIP
“The Final Jewel. After winning the National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Futurity in 2013 and the NRHA Derby in 2014, Not Ruf At All didn’t have much to prove in his final year of limited-age competition. He still brought everything he had and secured the third leg of reining’s Triple Crown when he marked a 231 for the Level 4 Open Championship.”
2014
HRRC OPEN DERBY & OPEN STAKES CHAMPION
“The High Roller Reining Classic concluded on Sept. 20 with a large and contentious group of horses in the Lucas Oil Derby Open and Whizkey N Diamonds Stakes Open. When it was all said and done, Not Ruf At All and Jason Vanlandingham added two more major titles and substantial earnings to their records.”
2014 NRHA DERBY CHAMPIONSHIP
“In the end, 2013 NRHA Futurity champions Not Ruf At All and NRHA professional Jason Vanlandingham of Whitesboro, Texas, bested the field by three points for the win with a score of 229.”
2013
NRHA FUTURITY CHAMPION
“Not Ruf At All, the son of A Sparkling Vintage out of Lil Ruffed Up by Lil Ruf Peppy, topped the other 59 horses in the finals with a whopping 225.5 score, taking home the $165,000 first-place paycheck.”
HRRC OPEN FUTURITY CHAMPION
TULSA REINING CLASSIC OPEN FUTURITY CHAMPION
Always a highlight of the week of intense reining competition, the Futurity featured 94 horses with most of the top Open riders in the industry in attendance. And when the last horse had gone, it was the draw 15 that retained the lead throughout the rest of the event. Jason Vanlandingham rode Vaughn Zimmerman’s Not Ruf At All to a score of 222.5, then had to wait it out as 79 more horses tried to best his score.