It’s impossible to think about Western performance horses and not think about NRCHA Hall of Fame member Carol Rose. The Gainesville, Texas, horsewoman has dedicated her life to breeding, raising, owning, showing and promoting some of the best reined cow horses in the association’s history, leading her to become an NRCHA’s Three Million Dollar Breeder.

Rose has had many winning combinations, the ultimate jackpot being when she crossed Genuine Doc with Diamond Sparkle to produce NRCHA Four Million Dollar Sire and Hall of Fame member Shining Spark. Shining Spark’s foals have earned more than $4 million in NRCHA competition, placing him in the top five of all NRCHA leading stallions. Rose’s top earners that she bred include CD Dee Vee Dee (CD Lights x Shiners Missy Jay x Shining Spark), with more than $280,000 in NRCHA lifetime earnings; Blind Sided (Peptoboonsmal x Lil Miss Shiney Chex x Shining Spark), with more than $200,000 in NRCHA lifetime earnings; and Shine Like Hail (Shining Spark x Summer Chex x Bueno Chex), with more than $114,000 in NRCHA lifetime earnings.