Meet Our Gold Buckle Pros
The Gold Buckle Pro program was developed to levarge the best experience and reputations in each discipline to give an unbiased 3rd party evaluation of confirmation, gentleness, and overall performance of the horses consigned to our sale. Gold buckle pros are compensated on a flat rate to make sure they have no alternative motives other than to verify what each consignor has said about the horse.
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Matt Sherwood
Senior VP, Gold Buckle Pro
Pima, Arizona
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Matt Sherwood started his professional rodeo career in the middle of 2005. In 2006 He headed for heeler Walt Woodard.
This partnership turned into a world championship as the team dominated the sport all that year winning the world title.
In 2008 leading the standings all year would result in his second world championship. Since then Matt has made 6 trips to the Wrangler National Finals.
He has also accomplished other prestigious team roping goals. Winning the George Strait team roping classic in 2014. Mike Cervi Memorial 2014.
During his career he has won the Houston stock show and rodeo, San Antonio stock show and rodeo, Ft Worth stock show and rodeo, Tucson, Cody Wy, and others Omaha tour finals.
Other circuit qualifications include qualifying and competing in the final round of the American heeling.
Matt has been married for 29 years, has 7 children, and 4 grandchildren. Lives in Pima Az. Loves basketball and watching his kids play sports. He feels he has had the absolute best life.
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Cody Bradford
Gold Buckle Pro
Payson, UT
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Cody has loved horses since he was a little boy and has done everything from roping, ranching and hunting on horses to running a dude ranch in Hawaii.
When he worked in Hawaii he bought horses from the mainland and had them shipped to Hawaii and trained them and sold them to people on all of the islands for team roping and polo.
He loves to watch his two sons rodeo in the junior high and high school circuits. There aren’t very many days that go by where Cody isn’t on a horse.
He loves to buy prospects and help his friends and family find horses that fit them.
Finding and buying prospects can be very challenging and time consuming in today’s day and age.
We think it should be a lot easier and that’s where Certified Gold Buckle Horse Sales come in!
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Matt Liston
Gold Buckle Pro
Salina, UT
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When I saw what Gold Buckle was trying to do for the horse sale world and how they are trying to be an advocate for the buyer I knew I wanted to be part of that.
I’m a fifth-generation ranch raised cowboy who’s roots run deep in the western lifestyle.
I’m happily married to my sweetheart of 34 years, and together we have 4 kids and 7 grandkids.
I have spent the better part of my 52 years on the back of a horse and have had the opportunity to work with and associate with some of the best cowboys and team ropers in the business.
I have been a PRCA card holder since 1992 and still love to compete at the highest level.
I have trained and sold horses to the public for my entire adult life and feel like I have a good idea of what people look for and expect from a horse sale.
I’m excited to be part of this fast-growing horse industry through the Gold Buckle program.
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Kylie McLean
Gold Buckle Pro
San Tan Valley, AZ
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Kylie McLean makes a living by training high quality rope and performance horses.
Kylie’s life has always revolved around horses. She grew up on a third generation cattle ranch in Alberta, and pursued a rodeo scholarship in Wyoming.
Post-graduation she worked in the
movie industry as a wrangler and stunt double then progressed to providing riding lessons for kids and hosted children riding summer camps.
Currently Kylie lives in San Tan Valley, Arizona. When Kylies not training her horses, you can find her competing at local and World Series jackpots.
It’s not often that Kylie isn’t on or around horses, but in those rare moments she can be found hanging out with her family and friends, or cuddling Millie her miniature
dachshund.
Kylie is always looking to add to her string of top end performance horses.
Kylie’s personal manta is that you can achieve anything if you have enough grit, try and perseverance.
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Jim Randle
Gold Buckle Pro
Alberta/Arizona
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Jim has been involved in the horse industry , ranching, rodeo, and team roping business all his life. Being born and raised in Alberta but now living also part time in Arizona he has met a lot of great people in all areas across North America.
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Andy Holcomb
Gold Buckle Pro
Aromas, CA
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Andy started his horse career as a youth at the AQHA shows in the cow horse and roping events. He then went on to work for Les Oswald training horses for 3 years before starting his own business.
Andy made the California circuit finals multiple times heading and heeling along with winning the year end heeling in the California cowboys pro rodeo association in 2012. In 2019 aboard the grey horse Blueberry Please Andy won the heading at the American Rope horse futurity in Fort Worth.
He now resides in Aromas, CA where he trains and sells rope horses and raises cattle with his wife Fallon.
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Chad Smith
Gold Buckle Pro
Wickenburg, AZ
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I was born and raised on a Central Arizona working ranch. I have had a lifetime of experience making a living with some great horses along the way.
My wife Shawn, along with our two kids help own and operate Wickenburg Equine. Wickenburg Equine is a sales and training center in the team roping capital of the world , downtown Wickenburg, Arizona.
We specialize in assisting people find and sell quality horses that will help them pursue their passion in western disciplines.
A list of my accomplishments include, team roping championships in both high school and college. World Championships in the WSTR , USTRC and a PRCA Turquoise Circuit Champion Team Roper.
I am proud to be a part of the Gold Buckle Pro program. Nobody has ever offered a program that protects the buyer like the Gold Buckle is doing. It also helps showcase the sellers horses by having a pro review and highlight the positives of every horse in the program.
With horse sales at an all time high, this is a sales format buyers can trust. These horses are previewed with an honest test drive!