Wild Blood Fortunes Venture purchased Friday's high-seller, Wild Blood Fortunes, for $77,000.

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By H. David Smith, StallioneSearch

KINDER, LA—AUGUST 2, 2025—A pair of fillies by champion sire Apollitical Blood topped the 49th annual LQHBA Louisiana-Bred Yearling Sale opening session held Friday in Kinder, Louisiana.

The Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders Association reported that 200 of the 250 yearlings offered through the ring were sold for $3,008,200, slightly down from last year’s Day 1 total of $3,540,500. The average price for the opening session came in at $15,041, with the median reaching $10,750.

"The sale kicked off with a large crowd today," said LQHBA Executive Director Bruce Salard. "We are excited about this crop of yearlings and look forward to Saturday."

The session’s top seller was Hip 224, Wild Blood Fortunes, a filly by Apollitical Blood out of the multiple stakes-winning Carters Cartel mare Cartels Fortune. Wild Blood Fortunes Venture paid $77,000 for the bay filly that RJ Ranch, Agent consigned.

She is a full sister to Delta Distaff Challenge winner Wild Train Fortune and Crush The Curve Futurity winner Fortunes Wild Blood. Her second dam, Jewels Fortune, won the Louisiana Champions Day Juvenile.

The day's second-highest price came from Hip 171, Hold On Tight, also a filly by Apollitical Blood. Consigned by Robicheaux Ranch Inc., Agent, she brought a final bid of $60,000 from Francisco Urteaga. Out of the Mr Jess Perry mare Runawa Renee, Hold On Tight hails from a strong female family with multiple stakes winners such as Priceless Feature, Uptown Dynasty, and Uptowne Babe.

The highest-selling colt of the session was Hip 230, Patriota Man, a son of second-crop sire Kj Mucho Macho Man, who Rancho La Cobra purchased for $57,000. Consigned by Bielau Oaks, Agent, the colt is the first foal from KK Sandra Patriot, winner of the Mardi Gras Futurity (RG2), and the second dam, Sandra Sue Blue, also won that same futurity. Patriota Man’s pedigree includes stakes winners Mr Game, Redneck Patriot, and Patriots Redneck.

MC Horse Sale Track & Supply, LLC was the leading buyer on Day 1, acquiring eight head for a total of $123,500. Eliel Hernandez Chavez purchased 17 yearlings for $103,700, while Rancho La Cobra picked up two for a combined $94,000.

Robicheaux Ranch Inc., Agent, led all consignors or agents with 16 head grossing $371,000. Grant Farms, LLC sold 14 head for $288,000, and RJ Ranch, Agent, sold eight yearlings for $191,500.

Apollitical Blood was the leading sire by average for the day among those with two or more sold, with six head averaging $41,167. Freighttrain B had 16 yearlings with an average $24,344, and Ivory James saw 16 with an average $22,594. Inspyre led the way among first-crop stakes sires with two yearlings averaging $15,000.

For preliminary day 1 results, with hip-by-hip prices, CLICK HERE.

Day 2 of the sale resumes Saturday at 10:00 a.m. (CDT). Hips 261 through 519 are scheduled to sell. The session will be livestreamed on the LQHBA.com website.