Whiteley Performance Horses, LLC

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas from our family to yours! We hope you all have a safe and blessed day!

12/19/2024

Let's talk about non pros for a minute.

"Is this trainer the best fit for my horse?" is an excellent question. Stay with me. Looking for a trainer with soft hands, who is fair, who rides your horse the way you want them to be ridden are all crucial in ensuring your horse's success.

But what about you? "Is this trainer the best fit for me?" is just as important of a question for your own success, just as much as your horse. Just like everyone has their own style of riding, they also have their own style of learning. Just like every trainer has their own style of teaching.

It's important to discuss your goals, near-sighted and far, with your current or potential trainer to ensure that you're both on the same page, and that you're working towards the same thing. Success is not linear and it takes a team!

12/10/2024

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What the NFR is teaching me this year ⬇️

As I drive out to Las Vegas today, I'm reflecting on watching the best of the best compete in the first few rounds of the National Finals Rodeo, and it is nothing short of inspiring. If 10 days of elite athletes leaving it all in the arena doesn’t light a fire under you, I'm not sure what will.

Here’s the truth I’m reminded of every time I watch these athletes: You have to be 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 to your goals, not just 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 in them.

👉 Being 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 means:
• You have a goal but lack a clear plan to achieve it.
• You dream about success but don’t set timelines.
• You work hard but without clear direction.
• You want results, but keep finding reasons why you haven’t seen those results yet.

👉 Being 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 means:
• You have a clear vision and set specific, actionable goals to support this vision.
• You have a plan and you stick to it, even on the hard days.
• You hold yourself accountable and take responsibility for your progress.
• You are disciplined and find a way to make it happen—no excuses.

The difference between 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 and 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 isn’t talent; it’s 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. Your daily habits, no matter how small, determine your results.

So, as you set your goals for the year ahead, ask yourself: Are you 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝? Or are you 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝? The choice is yours.

12/03/2024

Horses naturally want to work smarter, not harder. There are horses born with a greater desire to work, but they are nonetheless equipped with self-preservation skills that make shortcuts more appealing. Instilling a work ethic in our equine athletes is as essential as instilling it in ourselves; the goal is to make the reward of working hard more comfortable than the alternative.

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to our family, friends and clients. We are thankful for each of you and hope you all have a safe and blessed day!

11/25/2024

Whiteley Performance Horses is proud to announce that we are now accepting horses into our training program! Conveniently located just outside of Graham, Texas, we’re equipped to support everything from starting two year olds with the best foundation possible, to building confidence in young horses, to fine-tuning seasoned show horses. Seth specializes in reined cow horse training and regularly competes in NRCHA events, but his expertise and horsemanship cross over to a wide variety of disciplines. Seth’s 2025 show calendar includes NRCHA premiere and affiliate events, as well as SHOTX and other local circuits.

We also offer training opportunities for the competitive non-pro and have availability for lessons. Whether you’re looking to prepare for the show pen or advance your skills, Whiteley Performance Horses is here to help you succeed!

11/16/2024

Practice doesn’t make perfect, perfect practice does. 🥇

11/12/2024

Thank you to those who have served. 🇺🇸

11/06/2024

Look at Vesspa go! 😍

Only 𝟗 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 left to take advantage of the $275 flat rate nomination fee for offspring of 𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐀𝐆𝐄 for the 𝐍𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀 𝐂𝐨𝐰 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 at the NRCHA Stallion Stakes!

Submit your offspring nominations by 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟓 to lock in the $275 fee, applicable to any age offspring. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞.

This is your chance to compete for larger purses than ever before, including the Nominator purse!

The nomination form is available at the link below:
https://nrcha.co/incentive-nomination-form

10/15/2024

And that’s a wrap on the 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐍𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲!
🔥 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟, owned by Anna Richards, added $𝟐𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐋𝐓𝐄, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝟏 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 with a big 𝟐𝟐𝟎 and 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟏𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝟏 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟏𝟔 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬!
🔥 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐩𝐚, owned by High Stakes Performance Horses, also had a very successful Futurity 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝟏 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝟐𝟐𝟎 and adding to her LTE as well.

Congratulations to Seth, Quahadi Chief and Vesspa, and of course, our owners. It takes a village and we have one of the best!

10/11/2024

Congratulations Seth and Vesspa, owned by High Stakes Performance Horses, on their high score in the L1 Open Futurity Herd Work!

10/07/2024

𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐩𝐚, owned by 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, marked a 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝟐𝟐𝟎 in the 𝐋𝟏 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤! We are so proud of this team!
The Whiteley Performance Horses composite scores after today are as follows:
🔥𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐩𝐚: 𝟒𝟑𝟐.𝟓
🔥𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟: 𝟒𝟐𝟗

Next up, the fence work!

10/07/2024

🔥🎉Congratulations to 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, for marking the 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝟐𝟐𝟎 in the 𝐋𝟏 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤, and taking 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥! 🎉🔥

Watch them in the herd work tomorrow!

10/04/2024

🎉𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐭 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲! 🎉
Watch them in the John Justin arena for 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟏 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲!

🔥 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝟏𝟎: 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟
🔥 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰 𝟓𝟎: 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐩𝐚

10/04/2024

We’re all moved in at the Snaffle Bit! Quahadi Chief and Vesspa got into the arena and are ready to go! Be on the lookout for draw posts!

10/02/2024

Fresh drug pen views. 😎 We love seeing this place coming together!

10/01/2024

Congratulations to Anna Richards for the purchase of MS METALLIC REY from the 6666 Ranch Return to the Remuda Sale! We are so excited for you and for her future in our program!

09/28/2024

We had a great weekend at the 𝐍𝐘𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐀 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚!

💥 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝟏 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲!

💥 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐢 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, and 𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐩𝐚 put in some good runs in the futurity in 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐭.

💥 Congratulations 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 on entering your 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 aboard 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐉𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐞 and marking a 70.5 your 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝!

💥 We also had a great time cheering on 𝐋𝐞𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐲𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐫 𝐌𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 in the limited non pro boxing spec!

We love weekends like this with great horses and great people!