08/17/2025
It's the sort of story....... 🦄
𝐀 𝐑𝐮𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐖𝐞’𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭
Some moments in our sport take your breath away, and at Taylor Sheridan’s crown jewel event, The Run For A Million, we witnessed one of those moments.
European-based trainer Arnaud Girinon flew in with European sensation Flexing Guns N Town—a 2019 stallion by the late great Hollywoodstinseltown and out of Shesa Fashion Gun (by Gunner), proudly owned by Anna Maria Scheiflinger. The duo left the reining world absolutely speechless.
Earlier in the week, a few clips were sent to us of Arnaud schooling his horse. The chatter grew quickly—this was a horse with foot speed, brokeness, and an overall disposition that looked like magic in the making. The kind of partnership where it was clear horse and rider knew each other inside and out, perfectly prepared for the stage that awaited them.
While many had their eyes on the U.S. superstars—Andrea Fappani with Casey Hinton’s Magnum Custom Dreams, Casey Deary on Customize My Dream for Deven Warren, or Kole Price with Golden Coins for Coin Toss LLC and the rest of the star studded field overflowing with million dollar riders like Matt Mills, Cade McCutcheon, Nathan Piper, Jason Vanlandingham, Craig Schmersal and more —few had Arnaud and Flexing Guns N Town on their radar. But those who knew him, or watched them prep in the pens, understood something special was coming.
Heading into Vegas, this team wasn’t an unknown. They’d already marked a 230.5 at the NRHA European Derby. But could they stand up against the U.S. giants of the sport?
Andrea’s run set the tone with a brilliant 230—so precise, so difficult, it was hard to imagine anyone challenging it. And then came Arnaud and Flexing Guns N Town.
𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑—𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆—𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒅 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑯𝒖𝒈𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔. 𝑨 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒔𝒔 𝑨𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒖𝒅’𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅: 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.
The slow circle was breathtaking. The kind of soft, cadenced lope that left the entire arena holding its breath. Then came two fast circles—perfectly locked in like they were riding rails—followed by another flawless set. To close, three absolutely mesmerizing stops.
When it was done, Arnaud tipped his hat to his partner. A gesture of gratitude to the horse that had just given him everything. The commentators were speechless. The crowd knew they had witnessed history.
What made it even sweeter was the horse’s backstory. Flexing Guns N Town bred by Peter Morgan of Morgan Reiners in Florida with earnings of $115,000 going into TRFAM is one of the first performers out of Shesa Fashion Gun by Gunner, a mare with $0 LTE herself. In an industry where marketing is largely based on dam's record and produce these two among others in the field proved the industry "norm" isn't a "must". On paper, his dam line wasn’t stacked with huge-dollar earners—but dig deeper, and you’ll find a fascinating thread. His second dam, Shesa Fashion Chic by Smart Chic Olena, was out of Miss Fashion Feet a great show mare herself, sired by none other than Hotrodders Jet Set—a name that rarely shows up in modern reining pedigrees, but one that transformed the western pleasure world. Hotrodders Jet Set sired Blazing Hot, a stallion with over $4 million in winners. Sometimes greatness hides in unexpected places. And perhaps that's where that breathtaking ability to pitter patter lope those small slows surfaced from.
𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒖𝒏. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒖𝒔: 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑯𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑, 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑.
We can breed, plan, invest, and analyze all we want. But in the end God always has a plan better than any of us can pay, predict, or prepare for. It's the intangibles that create special moments like these. The relentless belief in your team, the hours of meticulous preparation, the ability to think outside the box, and the willingness to put yourself out there failing forward a thousand times before reaching the top.
Congratulations to Arnaud, Anna Maria, and the entire team behind Flexing Guns N Town. You gave us a Run for a Million story we’ll never forget.
𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐲’𝐚𝐥𝐥. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧—𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.
-WhoaZone
"Where unicorns live"
John 13:7
Edited to add complete NRHA Produce Record to Shesa Fashion Gun NRHA:
1. 2019; Flexing Guns N Town LTE $614,720 (with TRFAM)
2. 2021: Mr Bring The Money (Lil Joe Cash) $337.01
3. 2018: HollywoodFashionChic (Full Sibling) $27.07
4. 2022: Miss Fashionista Mare by Platinum Vintage
5. 2023: LilemupWithSparks Stallion by Spooks Gotta Spark
6. 2024: Mr Whizzo Stallion by Spooks Gotta Whiz
Total PE: $615,084.39 INCLUDING TRFAM $500k Win
