“The Filips had to invest in a new trailer in order to accommodate the size of Tuff...”
Richard & Jeanne Filip
The first time Cowboy Tuff Chex was measured, he was 12 months and reached 42-1/4” TTT. At that time, there had never been an over 40” measurement at that age. “From then on, it just never quit. Tuff and his mother have been that magic cross that grows a ton of early horn, and it just doesn’t quit. It keeps going. That’s what I’ve tried to breed for all my life.”
He has made history twice during his career as a leading herd sire. In October 2016, he made the Guinness Book of World Records by being the Longest Horned Bull in the world. In September 2017, he became the highest selling bull ever to be sold at an auction. At the Hudson/Valentine Sale at the Fort Worth Stockyards, Cowboy Tuff Chex was sold for $165,000. Richard and Jeanne Filip of Bentwood Ranch placed the winning bid.
“I wanted to bid on him, but I never dreamed that we would own him,” Richard Filip says.
Since entering the Longhorn business in 1997, Richard and Jeanne have been major
players in the industry, and their breeding program has produced some of the finest Longhorns in the country. They were heavily using CV Cowboy Casanova, who is out of Cowboy Chex and Smoky Roan, before selling him to the Hudson/Leonard Partnership. Other bulls with great genetics the Filips have used include: Roundup, Hunts Command Respect, and Maximus ST. They also have the longest Total Horn cow, M Arrow Cha-Ching, who measured 128”, roaming their pastures. They have a lot of 90+” TTT animals (including Awesome Trixie, Helm’s Mercy, and Heart Throb) that they hope to put with Cowboy Tuff Chex.
Richard says of Casanova, “We had two or three generations of his offspring, so we couldn’t keep using him. I just like to have the best of the best. Casanova is a great bull, and Cowboy Tuff Chex is in a class of his own.”
Part of the attention that Cowboy Tuff Chex has been able to attract is not only that he is the longest horn bull in the industry, but that so many of his offspring are making incredible strides as well. “I’ve never had so
many hit over 60” at a young age. Today, if anything reaches over 60” at 24 months, it is a huge benchmark. I’ve never had so many heifers that were 60 and over. So, he’s doing an incredible job, and we feel that the numbers show it,” says Bob Loomis.
“It was the hardest decision we made,” Bob says of putting Cowboy Tuff Chex up for auction. “He is like part of the family. We have raised him since he was a calf, raised his mother and father.”
“Bob and I love Tuff so much,” Pam says. “But it helps knowing that he went to a great new home.”
Another positive for the Loomis Ranch has been the fact that they still have another calf crop out of Tuff that will be hitting the ground this spring. They have more than 60 daughters out of him that they will be keeping on the ranch.
“BL Rio Catchit is the greatest cow we’ve ever owned, and Cowboy Tuff Chex is the greatest bull we’ve ever owned. Our program
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