Located in beautiful Centerville, Texas, the Center Ranch Quarter Horse operation
houses a first class breeding, training and veterinary facility.

Center Ranch is home to top quality cutting and ranch horses. We offer full equine breeding services, standing a number of outstanding studs, owned both by the ranch and by our friends. Our staff of equine experts administers a professional large animal care facility, offering a full range of equine services and specializing in equine health and breeding.

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Jewel Bars Cat (High Brow Cat x Sprats Dualin Jewel x Lenas Jewel Bars), a gelding owned by Center Ranch, Centerville, Texas, and shown by two-time NCHA Futurity Open Champion Ronnie Rice, Centerville, Texas, set the bar high from the opening run by marking a first-set, first draw 225

That held up for a Reserve Championship finish to earn $121,082 and extended Rice’s all-time career earnings solely at the NCHA Futurity to more than $1.5 million, according to Equi-Stat records. That’s more money than any other rider has earned at the Borden Milk/NCHA Futurity which started in 1962.

“I’d have loved to have won it but it is what it is. That’s why we’ve got the training on these judges. That’s what they seen and I accept it,” Rice said. “I’ve got the two best cow pickers in the business, my son [Tag Rice] and Eddie Flynn, and it couldn’t have worked out any better. They were right where we needed them. I came cutting tonight, drove up out of there and showed my horse. And he is a good little horse. I want to thank Ed and Tag for knowing those cattle.”

Ronnie Rice, a veteran of the sport, said he didn’t mind cutting first. The draw doesn’t matter when you make it to the finals, he said.

“You can set the bar and if they beat you, they beat you. I’ve drawn everywhere you can draw in here and it don’t bother me. I’m just proud to get my horse showed.”

Jewel Bars Cat will take time off until the Bonanza cutting in February and then head to the NCHA Super Stakes and Breeders Classic during the spring.

Jae Bar One Time (One Time Pepto x Jae Bars Fancy Cat x High Brow Cat), ridden by Michael Cooper, Bucyrus, Kan., and owned by James Hooper, Decatur, Ala., finished third with a 224 to earn $104,170. Cooper also tied for fourth with a 218 aboard Im Smart And Smooth (Smooth As A Cat x Chiquita Shorty x Shorty Lena), a gelding owned by Rose Valley Ranch, Vail, Colo. That horse earned $70,349, and he gave Cooper combined show earnings totaling $174,519.  Thank you Quarter Horse News for your coverage

Center Ranch is wishing all of our cutting friends good luck in the coming days. We've got three horses - Jewel Bars Cat (marked a 217, ridden by Ronnie Rice), CR Sun Reys (marked a 217, ridden by Boyd Rice) and CR Smart Brow April (marked a 215, ridden by Boyd Rice) that are all advancing to the 2nd round of the Open! Keep it up guys! We'll be cheering you on.