The annual American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame induction ceremony and reunion took place on September 15-16 at the organization’s headquarters in Amarillo, Texas. The committee chose three horses to be given the honour this year.
Harley D Zip (above left) earned a record $237,176 USD, more than 6,000 AQHA points and won multiple AQHA world championships and year-end high-point titles. He won the year-end all-around senior horse title four times. Harley is also the only horse in history to have won the same class in all divisions (junior, senior, amateur, Select and youth) at the AQHYA, Select, Amateur and Open world shows.
High Brow Cat (centre) was a 1988 chestnut stallion whose progeny have earned over $90.8 million USD. In 2021, 12 of the top 25 cutting horse sires were sons or grandsons of High Brow Cat. Cat is also the No. 2 all-time broodmare sire of horses by performance money earned, with progeny earnings in cutting alone of nearly $63 million USD.