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Slick By Design: The $7m Legend

World class stallion, Slick By Design, progeny rake in more than $7,000,000.
Madison Roelofsen|
A saddle, cowboy hat and chaps that belonged to the late Harold T. Holden are displayed at JRB Art
A saddle, cowboy hat and chaps that belonged to the late Harold T. Holden are displayed at JRB Art | Brandy McDonnell / USA TODAY NETWORK

There's not much more stunning than a black stallion—even more so a stallion who was not only a proven winner himself but also went on to sire winners.

Slick By Design, owned by Highpoint Performance Horses, embodies this precisely. He is by the American Quarter Horse Association World Champion stallion Designer Red, out of the producing mare Dreams Of Blue.

Slick is a three-time qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo with both Women Professional Rodeo Association barrel racers Michele McLeod and Stevi Hillman. Together, Slick and McLeod achieved a remarkable feat at the NFR, running a 13.48, which remains the fastest time a stallion has ever run at the event.

Slick won an astonishing $640,000 in his career, along with multiple other achievements such as AQHA Reserve Horse Of The Year, 11 WPRA Rodeo Championships, AQHA Champion, and Fort Smith Derby Champion. 

He left his mark on the barrel industry before hitting the breeding barn. Once he moved to Highpoint Performance Horses' state-of-the-art stallion station, he was not about to let his story stop there. Slick's incredible offspring just hit the $7 million mark. This makes Slick the tenth all-time leading barrel sire, just behind Tres Seis. With over 400 money-earning offspring, Slick has put more than just a few winners on the ground. Slick's top-performing offspring are Slicks Little Amigo ($351,473), Slick Lane Ta Fame ($279,630), and Slick N Black ($273,434).

Owners Jason Martin and Charlie Cole have enrolled Slick into every lucrative incentive available to give his progeny the best chance possible at those large payouts. These include but are not limited to the Pink, Ruby and Riata Buckles, Royal Crown, Diamond Classic, and many more. 

This standout stallion is currently standing to the public for a stud fee of $3,100 at Highpoint Performance Horses, where fans can meet and fall in love with him in person. 

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Madi Roelofsen
MADISON ROELOFSEN

Madi Roelofsen is a writer for Sports Illustrated's feature, Rodeo Daily. Madi not only writes about the western lifestyle and rodeo world but lives it daily. She attended Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, and competed in the barrel racing as part of their rodeo team. Roelofsen graduated in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in animal science. Madi enjoyed not only competing in rodeo events but also spectating the greatest sport on dirt. In 2017, while on vacation attending the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, she met her husband Tim Roelofsen. They got married a few years later in 2020. Tim had already established TVR Working Horses but together they grew their program and enjoy raising foals, training colts, barrel racing, team roping and standing their stallions (TVR Eye Needa Corona and CR Baron Bee Joy "Big Sexy") in both Texas and Iowa. They stay busy with the horses, farming alfalfa and raising their baby girl, Texi. Madi has always been passionate about horses, from learning about different bloodlines, breeding the foals themselves to training and competing. She expresses that passion within the articles she writes to open up the world of horses and rodeo to everyone.  Twitter-@Madi_Roelofsen  Facebook- @TVR Working Horses

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