Reys Of Pep is one of the winningest stallions in the history of the rope horse futurity business, having won under the likes of world champions Colby Lovell, Kaleb Driggers and Kollin VonAhn, amassing $127,655 across futurity, Open and non-pro competition.
Reys Of Pep, first started and shown by Brad Lund at the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, carried Lovell to the American Rope Horse Futurity Association’s Reserve Heeling World Title in 2022, marking the highest score of the entire show, qualifying for the short round in the heading, too. The horse won the 2023 RFA Heeling Derby with Lovell, the 2023 ARHFA Cowtown Classic Heading Futurity with Lovell and the TX Best Heading Futurity with Driggers, too. In 2024, he came out of the breeding barn to win the Old West Futurity’s Non-Pro Heading Championship with Halie Richey.
“He can do anything—he’s outstanding on each end—truly one of the best I’ve ever rode,” Lovell said. “He’s good-minded enough to take the heat of battle any time you ask. My little girl can warm him up, and I don’t give it a second thought.”
For his exceptional 2023 campaign, Reys Of Pep won the ARHFA Head Horse of the Year title, awarded at the World Championship in Fort Worth in October.
Owned by NFR header Jake Cooper, Reys Of Pep will stand at 113 Equine for 2025, where he’ll come and go in between a full jackpot and rodeo schedule.
INCENTIVES:
• Royal Crown Roping
• Gold Buckle Incentive
• Riata Buckle
• Colorado Classic
2024 Old West Futurity Non-Pro Heading Champion
2023 Roping Futurities of America Heeling Derby Champion
2023 ARHFA Cowtown Classic Heading Champion
2022 ARHFA Reserve Heeling World Champion
2022 ARHFA World Championship Royal Crown Breeders Incentive Champion
Numerous go-round wins at the ARHFA World Championship and Royal Crown
About Reys Of Pep’s Sire: Duel Rey
The 1994 stallion is the #3 All-Time NCHA Leading Sire, with total progeny earnings of over $53 million—including little-to-no tracking on rope horses. An AQHA Hall of Famer, Duel Rey earned $105,038 in his performance career.
About Reys Of Pep’s Dam: Peppys Stylish Lena
Herself an earner of $183,779 in the cutting, Peppys Stylish Lena has produced 21 foals with earnings of $485,016 and counting. Her 13 money-earning offspring averaged $37,309 each in the cutting, and her highest earner—the 2011 gelding Peppys Cashin Checks—excelled at the Open level in the NCHA, earning $203,581.
