The Northeast Breeder's Trust (NEBT) is how the Central New York Reining Horse Association (CNYRHA) raises purse money for its Northeast Breeder's Trust Futurity each fall - but it's built on something bigger than a fundraiser.
Every year, stallion owners from across the country donate breedings from their stallions into the NEBT Stallion Auction, which goes on for the first two weeks of February. When a stallion sells, EVERY ONE of his three year-olds from that current year's foal crop becomes eligible to enter in and compete at the NEBT Futurity, held each October at the CNYRHA Fall Classic in Syracuse, NY. There is no enrollment or nomination that follows the resulting foal from any breedings.
Since 2011, NEBT has brought national bloodlines into the Northeast reining pen, growing into one of the region's largest breeder-supported purses — and the only program of its kind.
What Is NEBT
Built by breeders, for breeders - The only program of its kind connecting stallion owners, breeders, and exhibitors here in the northeast.
1. Stallion owners donate breedings to the auction. Each year, from February 1 through the second Saturday of the month, breeders have access to bid on these breedings for the chance to win them at often heavily discounted rates. The breeding rights purchased by the winning bidder are for that year's breeding season.
2. A stallion sells - and his whole crop qualifies! When a stallion sells, every three-year-old he's sired for that year becomes eligible to enter that year's NEBT Futurity, regardless of where or how they were bred.
3. Not sold? There's still a path in. Offspring of stallions donated but not sold can still qualify to enter the NEBT Futurity through a one-time nomination fee of $300, which can be split across multiple payers, and then qualifies EVERY three year-old by that sire.
4. Your horse's sire wasn't donated to the auction? There's still a path in. Offspring of non-donated stallions can still qualify to enter with an individual nomination fee of $500 each.
5. Performance pays back the stallion owners. The top 5 scores in both the Open and Non-Pro categories pay back incentives to the stallion owners, as well as incentives paid for every Level 4 entry received.
6. All monines generated from the Auction and nomination fees goes directly into the prizes and payouts for the NEBT Futurity that year.
How it Works
- 70% of the funds go directly into the purse offered at the NEBT Futurity each year.
- 20% goes to the Stallion Owners in the form of incentives paid back for top scores in both divisions and overall Level 4 entries.
- 10% is allocated to prizes given at each year's NEBT Futurity.
- Each stallion owner whose breeding is sold receives one free entry into the NEBT Futurity, at the lowest level of rider eligibility - this entry can be designated to whomever they choose.
Where the Money Goes
Why It Matters
For breeders and exhibitors in the Northeast, NEBT is a special kind of access: a chance to breed to stallions with national reputations, at an often discounted price, while promoting the venue they will come back to compete at. Purchasing your breedings through the NEBT Auction brings the money directly back to the Northeast.
For stallion owners across the country, it's outsized leverage from a single decision - one auction donation can activate an entire foal crop's shot at an established and consistently growing purse. The NEBT Futurity has proven year after year to be a phenomenal display of three-year-old talent from across the region. Plus there's real financial upside connected directly to the performance of those offspring.
For everyone, it's proof that a regional program can pull in national-caliber bloodlines, strengthen the sport locally, and give back more each year to the breeders, exhibitors, and stallion owners who make it all possible.
What began as a stallion service auction has grown, year over year, into one of the Northeast's most significant breeder-supported programs — bringing breeders, exhibitors, and stallion owners together to showcase their bloodlines for over a decade, with no signs of slowing down.
A Legacy
Since 2011
