10/21/2026
2026 AQHA/APHA gray c**t, ❗️A LEGIT SURPRISE ❗️ aka Benjamin, by Legitness, and out of PMP Itchy Bumm.
This c**t has a long history, so buckle up because this is going to be a long one.
We'll start with the good:
Benjamin is by the sire, Legitness, who has earnings in excess of $30,000 and was an NRHA Open Futurity finalist, NRBC Non-Pro Derby Finalist, and winner of the 2025 Calgary Stampede Reining Showcase.
Legitness is a direct son of SG Frozen Enterprise who has over $270,000 in earnings, and OE just shy of $6Million making him a $5Million dollar sire, soon to be a $6Million dollar sire. He was also the 2015 NRBC Open Champion and Cactus Classic Open Derby Champion, the 2014 AQHA World Champion in Jr. Reining, and the 2012 Italian RHA Futurity Champion, not to mention his many reserve champion titles as well.
Legitness is out of the dam Whizzen for Chex who earned over $60,000 and was a High Roller Reining Classic Open Futurity Co-Reserve Champion and NRHA Open Derby finalist.
Just off Benjamin's papers on his maternal side is Smart Little Lena who was the 1982 NCHA champion, as well as the NCHA Triple Crown Champion in 1982 and 1983, and had LTE in excess of $700,000. His papers also go back to Shining Spark who is both an NRHA and NRCHA $4Million dollar sire, as well as Reminic who has NCHA LTE over $90,000 and is an NRHA million dollar sire.
Benjamin is a sweet c**t and has been very well handled! He is also gelded, vaccinated, and dewormed.
Now for the bad:
Benjamin was born with carpus valgus which mostly corrected on his own, however he's had a few other bumps in the road. At a few weeks old he started posturing odd on his right hind leg. He never showed lameness, but would set it down odd on occassion. As he got older and grew more, the odd posturing stopped but that fetlock developed a bit of a bump. Around this time his front right leg was reverting and becoming less straight.
We ended up taking him to an equine surgeon for assessment and they found an old, small fracture in the right hind fetlock which caused the bump, making everything look a bit off, but said the joint itself was aligned and the growth plate was closed, so although it looks weird it shouldn't cause him any issues as a performance horse.
As for his front right, he did have some deviation in the fetlock so a surgical screw was placed to correct it. At time of removal his fetlock had 0 degree of deviation and the growth plate is closed, so no issues there, however his knee that was previously at 0 degree is now at 2.5 degree deviation. The growth plates in the knees don't close until 2 years of age, so the surgeon recommended letting him grow and mature before deciding if it would need correction, as there is a fair chance it will corect on its own.
Overall, the surgeon gave him a good prognosis for being a performance horse, and an excellent prognosis for being a pleasure riding horse.
After surgery we had an issue with the sutures letting go and have been keeping his leg bandaged to avoid proud flesh formation as well as infection, so his front right leg in the photos look a bit discolored from having bandages on 24/7 for several weeks. But it's healing up great and showing nothing concerning.
At this age weanlings look inherently gangly, and because Benjamin looks like he was put together with spare parts we know he's not a particularly desireable choice at the moment.
I am confident that growth and muscle will turn this ugly duckling into a swan and he will be a fantastic partner for someone one day, and he may even become nice to look at! But for now his personality has to do a lot of heavy lifting, which thankfully it does.
He are being very realistic about how he looks and how that limits him in the market, but we are also happy to hold onto him until he's more presentable if the right home doesn't come along.
He is priced at 4️⃣5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ CAD, located by Tangent, AB.
Hauling across Canadada and into the US can be easily arranged.
