The team who founded Solo Select is launching its next venture in Fastrack—an online sale designed exclusively to make racehorses more accessible to buyers, create a simpler process for seller and reduce the stress on the horses themselves.
Created by Melanie Smith of Solo Select and backed by some of the most respected names in the racehorse world, Fastrack is a new online sale dedicated only to speed-bred horses. Race-bred barrel prospects. Broodmares. Embryos. Horses currently on the track. All in one place—and all vetted, photographed, and represented at a professional level.
For barrel racers, this changes everything.
One Platform Built Specifically for Running-Bred Horses
The barrel world has never had its own dedicated online marketplace for true running bloodlines. Fastrack fills that gap.
This isn’t a mix of cutters, ropers, and the occasional race-bred prospect. Fastrack is speed horses only, which means:
- Running-bred colts and fillies perfect for futurities
- Track horses ready to transition to barrels
- Embryos by the biggest names in the racehorse business
- Race-bred mares that cross well on top barrel studs
- Prospects with resale value in both race and barrel markets
If it’s bred to run, it fits here.
For barrel racers, that means better inventory, more clarity, and far less digging.
Access to Bloodlines Barrel Racers Usually Can’t Get Without Traveling
Until now, if you wanted the serious running lines—Favorite Cartel, Flying Cowboy 123, Kiss My Hocks, Dash Ta Fame mares, proven track families—you usually had to show up in person at the big sales.
Fastrack puts horses of that caliber online with full transparency.
The Lots You NEED to Watch
#11 • Dark NME – Champion 2 YO Filly – LTE $1,739,485
2021 bay mare, Hes Relentless x Quions, Spit Curl Jess
Agent/Agente: Solo Select Horses, Agent for TYKHE Racing, LLC
Location/Ubicación: Gainesville, Texas
Dark NME is a champion 2-year-old filly who earned more than $1.7 million on the track and even set a track record at Ruidoso—an almost unheard-of feat for a filly. She’s considered a once-in-a-generation mare in the racehorse world. Fastrack’s December sale includes the mare herself and four frozen embryos, which are her first and only foals. For buyers who want to invest in elite running blood with real resale potential, her embryos are some of the most valuable opportunities in the entire catalog.
Contact/Contacto: Butch Wise (405) 640-2234
Matt Witman (405) 613-0047
Ty Smith (405) 317-9363
Freddy Carmona (Español) (214) 687-2528
#42 • Majestic Cartel – PE $2,570,954
2011 brown stallion, Corona Cartel x Five Bar Molly, Dash Ta Fame
Agent/Agente: RJ Ranch
Location/Ubicación: Vinton, LA
Majestic Cartel is a Corona Cartel son out of a Dash Ta Fame daughter, which gives him the kind of pedigree barrel racers look for when they want both power and turn. He’s produced winners on the track, but he’s also sired horses that have gone on to win at pro rodeos and hold their own in tough barrel pens. That crossover success makes him one of the rare studs who truly fits both industries. For anyone aiming to add real speed and proven versatility to their program, Majestic Cartel is a stallion worth paying attention to in the Fastrack sale.
Contact/Contacto: Ashley Hobgood (806) 392-2808
#126 • Flying Fig – LTE $806,920
2008 bay mare, Corona Cartel x Tender Flyer, Strawfly Special
Agent/Agente: Solo Select Horses
Location/Ubicación: Gainesville, TX
One of the Corona Cartel’s all-time money earning daughters, Flying Fig is a genetic gold mine for barrel racers wanting to add even more speed to their program.
Contact/Contacto: Butch Wise (405) 640-2234
Matt Witman (405) 613-0047
Ty Smith (405) 317-9363
Freddy Carmona (Español) (214) 687-2528
#136 • Jes Runnin For Candy
2018 brown mare, PYC Paint Your Wagon x Jess Send Candy, Mr Jess Perry
Sells last bred March 7, 2025 to AJS Tres Of Paint
Agent/Agente: Solo Select Horses
Location/Ubicación: Gainesville, TX
2019 brown mare, Valiant Hero x Miss Jess Lips V, Mr Jess Perry Sells last bred February 11, 2025 to Favorite Cartel
Contact/Contacto: Butch Wise (405) 640-2234
Matt Witman (405) 613-0047
Ty Smith (405) 317-9363
Freddy Carmona (Español) (214) 687-2528
#140 • Vals Sizzling Lips – LTE $106,959
Agent/Agente: Roger Daly Horses, Inc.
Location/Ubicación: Aubrey, TX
Contact/Contacto: Butch Wise (405) 640-2234
Matt Witman (405) 613-0047
Ty Smith (405) 317-9363
Freddy Carmona (Español) (214) 687-2528
A Buying Experience Designed Around Trust, Not Guesswork
Buying online only works if you can trust what you’re looking at. Fastrack built the platform around that idea.
Approved agents, not random consignors
Every horse goes through a Fastrack-approved agent—the same professionals you see prepping and presenting horses at major sales.
They:
- Handle the horse
- Manage prep and presentation
- Provide proper photos and videos
- Have reputations to protect
This alone raises the bar for online buying.
Full vetting up front
Fastrack requires more transparency than most in-person sales:
- Full radiographs for track and barrel prospects
- Walking videos toward and away from the camera
- Conformation photos, including front and back legs
- Vet statements detailing any findings
- Scopes
- Palpation videos for 3-year-old+ fillies
- Hair testing on track horses to confirm they’re drug and steroid free
You aren’t guessing. You aren’t hoping.
You know what you’re bidding on.
A Horse-First Approach That Cuts Stress and Disease Risk
Big sales are hard on horses—long hauls, busy barns, loud crowds, and exposure to everything.
Fastrack avoids that completely.
- Horses stay at the agent’s place
- They’re prepped, photographed, and videoed there
- When you buy, that’s where you pick up
Your new horse never sets foot in a sale barn.
No exposure to hundreds of horses.
No pressure to haul out within hours.
Less stress. Fewer problems. Better starts.
Barrel Racers Finally Have Year-Round Options
Most buying opportunities for barrel racers hit in the fall. Everything lands at once—Pink Buckle, Ruby, BFA, race sales. Then you wait months for another shot.
Fastrack plans sales every 6–8 weeks, year-round.
If you have a mare in foal to a barrel stud, if you raise running babies, or if you simply want to keep improving your program, now you don’t have to wait for a short window in the calendar.
For the first time, barrel racers can buy and sell running-bred horses on their own schedule.
A Team With Serious Horsepower Behind It
Fastrack isn’t a new idea from newcomers.
It’s led by people who have shaped entire segments of the industry:
- Melanie Smith – Founder of Solo Select, known for elevating how online sales are run
- Ty Smith – Deep connections across both the barrel and racehorse industries
- Butch Wise – Past AQHA President, involved in many of the biggest stallion and mare deals in the racehorse world
- Matt Whitman – Stallion manager at Solo, with decades of experience managing some of the most influential stallions in the breed
This group knows what high-end horses look like, how to value them, and how to reach the right buyers.
That credibility now works in the barrel racer’s favor.
How to Get Started
It takes just a few minutes:
- Download the Fastrack app
or - Visit FastrackSales.com
Registering is free. You’ll enter a credit card to confirm your identity, but the small hold is released immediately. Once you’re in, you can view:
- Photos
- Videos
- Radiographs
- Vet statements
- Breeding info
- Agent contacts
Everything you’d want to know before buying a horse that matters.
The Bottom Line
Fastrack is about to change how barrel racers buy running-bred horses because it finally brings all the things we’ve needed—quality, access, transparency, and safety—into one place.
Whether you’re shopping for an embryo, a prospect to futurity, a broodmare, or a horse with real race earnings and crossover potential, Fastrack gives you a cleaner, easier way to buy with confidence.
Check out upcoming sales at FastrackSales.com.
Your next winner might already be listed.