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Under the lights of the NCHA Hall of Fame Gala, four horses insured by Ben Emison Insurance took their place among the best the cutting world has ever produced. One was named Freshman Sire of the Year. Three more were enshrined in the NCHA Horse Hall of Fame. These are the horses, and the stories, behind that night.
The Cover Story
Metallic Rey Mink
Metallic Cat × Dual Rey Mink, by Dual Rey
The 2019 NCHA Open Futurity Champion has done it again, this time from the breeding shed. The red roan stallion, an earner of $205,224 and the 2020 NCHA Senior Open Champion, watched his very first foal crop take the sport by storm in their debut season.
Minkish captured the 2025 NCHA Open Futurity Championship by five and a half points. Red N Milds won the 2026 NCHA Super Stakes Open Derby. In a single freshman year, the Minks made their sire a million dollar producer and made Freshman Sire of the Year a foregone conclusion.
NCHA Horse Hall of Fame
Class of 2026
Too Hot To Tagg·Preachersdrinknagain·Reyzin The Limit
Too Hot To Tagg
Hashtags × Too Hot, by Hottish
Known around the barn as Hushpuppy, the red roan gelding owned by JH Nail Ranch Inc. of Albany, Texas announced himself by winning the 2024 NCHA Open Futurity with Kenny Platt, marking a 227 in the finals to top a field of more than 600 and collect $337,730.
He kept right on rolling, adding the NCHA Open Derby title in 2025 and pushing his lifetime earnings past $400,000 on his way to the Hall of Fame.
Preachersdrinknagain
Metallic Cat × Reys Desire
The sorrel gelding owned by Rock'N Diamond Equine, LLC of Horseshoe Bay, Texas has been a model of consistency in the show pen. In 2025 he delivered his signature season, carrying Lee Francois to the NCHA Open Reserve World Championship.
That title capped a remarkable comeback for Francois and stamped Preachersdrinknagain as one of the most reliable campaigners in the sport, a resume now honored with a place in the Hall of Fame.
Reyzin The Limit
Reyzin The Cash × Metallistic, by Metallic Cat
Owned by Katie and Cookie Banuelos and shown by Adan Banuelos, the red roan stallion was the highest earning cutting horse of 2025. His resume includes the NCHA Super Stakes Open Derby Reserve Championship, the West Texas Futurity Open Derby Championship, and a top five finish at the NCHA Open Futurity.
Add third place finishes at both the 2025 American Performance Horseman and The Run For A Million, and he enters the Hall of Fame as one of the brightest stars of his generation, now standing his first public season at the Four Sixes Ranch.
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