Cheyanne McCartney had a HUGE day April 8, 2026, at the Old West Futurities’ Gamble at Guthrie inside the Lazy E Arena—a day good for $61,967 across the Pre-Futurity, Futurity and the $40,000 Old West Sale Graduate side pot.
Dont Quote Me
McCartney, 29, of Durant, Oklahoma, and Dont Quote Me have had an absolute standout futurity year thus far, going two-for-two to start the futurity season. Dont Quote Me, “Muffin,” is the same mare that McCartney won the Shane Hanchey Invitational Slot Roping on back at the end of March.
According to McCartney, Muffin just wants to be a rope horse.
“I ran probably three calves on her before Shane’s deal. I ran two there and haven’t roped on her since,” she said. “She wants to pay attention to the calf. She wants to be good in the box and just please. I think she just has the breeding to be a rope horse.”
The breeding in question was indeed built for the roping pen. Muffin is a 2022 mare by Taggline out of Popular Resortfigure mare BCR Popular Scotti and was bred and owned by Bailey and Tia Moore.
McCartney and Muffin didn’t just win the Pre-Futurity—they made a clean sweep of it. McCartney, who is a 5-time NFBR qualifier, won all three rounds at The Gamble at Guthrie. A score of 227.21 in Round 1 combined with a 230 in Round 2 had them in the high callback position going into the short round. Once there, their 226.55 brought them to a total of 683.85 on three-head and a $12,850 payout in the Pre-Futurity alone.
Alongside her husband, Cody, McCartney operates a rope horse training business, with Cody handling and riding the horses behind the scenes while she competes.
“Codys behind the scenes getting horses everywhere that they need to go,” McCartney said.
Reyzin Royals
The win on Muffin was just the beginning of the day for McCartney. She switched horses and won the Old West Futurities’ Sale Graduate side pot on Reyzin Royals—a 2022 bay mare by Reyzin The Cash out of Peptoboonsmal mare Queen Cisco bred by Utah State University and owned by Reyzin Royals Partnership.
The Guaranteed Sale Graduate Side Pot is a separate incentive within the 4-and-under division of the Old West Futurities that is exclusively available to horses purchased through an official Old West Horse Sale.
McCartney got the call two days before the roping that she had been signed up to ride a sale horse—she just said yes and didn’t ask any more questions. She picked up the mare the morning before, ran a few and took her to the show.
Reyzin Royals was just as new to the breakaway roping as McCartney was to her. The mare has been in the team roping pen where Kollin VonAhn has been heeling on her and has only had a handful of breakaway runs made on her before McCartney picked her up.
“I’m just really fortunate to get to ride her and hopefully I’ll get to run some more on her in the future,” McCartney said.
Evereything
McCartney rounded out her morning doing it all again in the Futurity aboard Evereything.
McCartney jockeyed Evereything, “Stevo,” a 2020-model gelding by Stevie Rey Von out of Doc’s Stylish Oak mare Stylish Play Lena. He was bred by Linda Holmes and is owned by T J Good.
Stevo’s bloodlines do not usually end up in the roping arena. In fact, horses with breeding like his would typically be categorized as cutting royalty—and this one’s life started no different.
“I know they cut on him,” McCartney said. “Anytime you have a horse like that, I just try not to mess off on him when I have a chance to go at money on him.”
McCartney showed Stevo for a 227.9 in Round 1 and 234.62 points to take Round 2 for $2,000. Coming back in the short round, she marked a 232.97 to win the round and the average with a 695.49 on three-head.
She credits his speed and natural cow sense for the win.
“That makes showing and roping calves out in front of you very easy,” said McCartney. “When they have that much ability to go after the calf but also pick up their shoulder and rate the calf and hold a spot is huge.”
