National Snaffle Bit Association is pleased to welcome Brad Ost as the newest member of the Quarter Million Dollar Club. Brad surpassed the $250,000 milestone in lifetime NSBA earnings with a win in the $142,000 NSBA All-Age Open Trail Finals at the A Sudden Impulse AQHA and NSBA show, held at the World Equestrian Center in April.

Brad is a member of the professional team at Circle S Ranch in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he trains and competes in Western All Around events. Brad joined Circle S after seeing success training and showing horses at Highpoint Performance Horses and his business, Empyre Show Horses, in Pilot Point, Texas.

Brad has earned NSBA and AQHA world championships as well as Quarter Horse Congress and other futurity wins in Trail, Western Riding and Western Pleasure. Among the horses Brad has shown on his way to the milestone include UF A Certain Star, Caught U Lookin, Cee Money, VS Roll Call, Just Roll With It, Red Label, Ramblin Mann, Al Of A Sudden, Say Somethin, Call You Later, Made It In Time, Homemade, Momma I Made It, Coolkrymsunlady, Anti Hero, All Eyezs On Him and Nothin But Nett. 

Brad will be recognized during the NSBA Honors Banquet during the 2026 NSBA World Championship Show and Breeders Championship Futurity in Tulsa, Oklahoma in August. 

About NSBA

Established in 1983, National Snaffle Bit Association has expanded from its roots in the Western Pleasure discipline to recognize various disciplines and ten breed associations in competition. NSBA’s mission is to grow the show horse community through various equine programs and events where every activity benefits horses, breeders, owners and exhibitors alike.

National Snaffle Bit Association has more than 20,000 active members and more than 44,000 registered horses across its ten alliance breed organizations. NSBA members earn more than $13.5 million in monetary awards at NSBA-sanctioned horse shows annually, and the association sanctions nearly 600 horse show events and close to 200,000 horse show entries each year.

To learn more about NSBA, please visit nsba.com.