Overview

Fiddle And Steel is a 2017 red roan American Quarter Horse stallion by Metallic Cat and out of Lil Bit Reckless, a daughter of CD Royal. His pedigree combines two accomplished cutting families: Metallic Cat, an NCHA Horse of the Year and Open Futurity Champion, and Lil Bit Reckless, an AQHA Senior Cutting Reserve World Champion and NCHA Gold Award earner with US$231,124 in reported earnings. Fiddle And Steel earned US$203,508 in reported lifetime earnings and was named NCHA Non-Pro Horse of the Year. His major achievements include championships in the NCHA Non-Pro Futurity, NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes Derby and Breeders Invitational Non-Pro Derby, establishing him as a leading Non-Pro cutting competitor of his generation. His subsequent cutting performances included the Cattlemens Non-Pro Derby Championship, third place in the PCCHA Fall Four-Year-Old Non-Pro Stakes, fifth in The Non-Pro Open Classic and fourth in the NCHA $25,000 Novice Finals. He was also Reserve Champion of the Arizona Sun Circuit Cutting Day 1 Open Classic and reached the finals of additional major Open and Non-Pro cutting events. As a sire, Fiddle And Steel is in the early stages of his breeding career, with his first foals born in 2023. He offers breeders a combination of elite Non-Pro cutting results and maternal and paternal bloodlines with established performance records. Owned by Wagonhound Land & Livestock, he stands at the Four Sixes Ranch Granbury stallion station in Texas.

Breeding Summary

2026 advertised breeding fee: US$5,000 plus chute fee. Transported cooled and frozen semen available through Four Sixes Ranch. Frozen semen is also advertised as available to Australia and the European Union. Four Sixes Ranch currently lists a waitlist for the 2027 breeding season. Contact Four Sixes Ranch directly to confirm current fees, the applicable breeding contract, collection and chute charges, shipping costs, semen availability, international shipment requirements and any additional fees before booking.

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