Smart and Shiney
Performances:Fri 10am
Sat 3pm
Sun 2:30pm
Autographs at Stables:
Fri 1pm
Sat 1pm
Sun 9:30-11am
What do you get when you combine all-star breeding, a world champion trainer, a Grammy Award-winning owner, and a touch of gold? Smart And Shiney! The 2003 stallion stands out from the crowd with his golden palomino coloring and his trademark beautiful long mane. Owned by horse lover and reining enthusiast Lyle Lovett, he is double-registered with both the American Quarter Horse Association and the American Paint Horse Association.
On top of his astonishingly good looks, Smart And Shiney has outstanding breeding. He's sired by Smart Shiner, and his grandsire is Shining Spark, National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Hall of Fame inductee and legend in the reining world! With his earnings currently over $100,000 and rising, Smart And Shiney has been enjoying a successful career, no doubt in part to his talented trainer, Tim McQuay. Tim McQuay, NRHA Hall of Fame inductee and the first-ever $2 Million Dollar rider in NRHA history and now $3 Million Dollar Rider, has ridden him to several top 10 finishes, derby championships and finalist placings! Lovett shows Smart And Shiney in non-pro classes and exhibitions, while McQuay has been his primary rider for open competition. In 2010, Smart And Shiney was loaned to team Italy at the World Equestrian Games with McQuay's assistant trainer Marco Ricotta in the saddle, earning team bronze in reining!
Currently standing at stud, Smart And Shiney has sired winners in his first two foal crops, and we'll be sure to see more new generations of reining horses that will live up to their sire's name!