Gold Buckle Futurities is excited to announce the acquisition of the Medal Program breeder-based incentive program from the Platinum Medal Rope Horse Futurity. This acquisition will mark the beginning of the Gold Buckle Futurities Elite Breeders Incentive Program. More information coming soon!
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designed for team roping. A&C is breeding own daughters of Brookstone Bay, Winners Version, First Down Dash, Mr. Jess Perry, PYC Paint Your Wagon, Walk Through Fire, Corona Cartel, Foose, Dual Rey, Highbrow Cat, CD Olena, Smart Chic Olena, Woody Be Tuff, Don't Stop Believing and Hastags.
Our program today is focused on breeding and training horses specifically for team roping. In our program you will see full blood "race bred" horses with the bone structure to hold up as a head horse.
The Bonds Ranch breeding remuda began in the 1970s to provide solid ranch horses for daily use on the ranch and its growing operations. The ranch now supplies 3 of its 4 owned ranches with horses as well as mounting many cowboys across the US. On these ranch horses, Pete Bonds won the 1991 Amateur Team Penning. The Bonds Girls competed in cutting, team penning, and roping from a young age through high school on the same horses they used on the ranch.
Today, the program has grown into the Reined Cow Horse, Ranch Horse Competitions, and Team Roping world. Jaymes Bond, our young stallion, is a recognized talent in the cow horse world with over $50k in earning even after missing his 4 year old year.
We made the Intermediate Open Finals at the 2023 Snaffle Bit Futurities on our young mare, CR Tuff Tazzy. Our cowboys can be regularly seen at ranch horse competitions and team ropings on the weekends. We also have ranch bred horses that have competed in barrel racing. This year we will foal out almost 40 foals and will breed on 50 contracts this year.
Burnett Ranches, LLC has come a long way since Captain Samuel “Burk” Burnett purchased 100 head of cattle with the 6666 brand in Denton County, Texas in 1870. More than 150 years later, we are committed to setting the standard for American Quarter Horses, both on the ranch and in the arena.
In 1960, a formal decision was made to lean into developing the equine breeding program that you see today, one awarded by the AQHA Best Remuda Award, and an AQHA All-Time Leading Breeder of Performance Horses, Race Money-Earners and Winners.
The legacy of great stallions such as Hollywood Gold, Cee Bars, Gray Badger II, Peppy San Badger, Tenino Badger, and Tanqueray Gin is deeply embedded in our ranching heritage. The bloodlines we have developed over decades are integral to the work we do across the 260,000 acres of the Four Sixes Ranch. For us, the horse is a vital and necessary component of our everyday operations, from prowling pastures, gathering cattle, sorting pairs while weaning to dragging calves to the fire at branding time. We take pride in riding these remarkable all-around horses, bred to work and perform at the highest level, every day.
For cow sense, speed, gentleness, correct conformation, and good looks, our horses are unmatched. Nearly 65 years ago the owners and management had a vision of someday having the best horses in the country and today we produce a steady stream of champion performance, race and ranch horses, and continue to push the bar on the goal that was set so long ago. Owning a horse bred by the Four Sixes Ranch or sired by a stallion standing at the ranch is knowing you’re riding some of the best the industry has to offer.
Jose Trujillo and Cinco Ranch have been breeding ranch, barrel, rope and charro horses out of Guadalajara, Mexico for 10+ years.
Some recent accomplishments include:
- Winning 5k+ at riata buckle
- Placing in multiple futurities in different divisions.
- Having multiple charro horses competing full time at the highest level.
He is a very versatile stud who has offspring earning money in NCHA, NRCHA, APHA, NRHA, and Roping events. He is double registered AQHA and APHA. He is known for his wonderful disposition and athletic trainable offspring.
Eligible the 50-Year Breeder Award, the Morris family’s breeding operation is based out of Creek Plantation (Creek). The program began in earnest with the purchase of King of Clubs (0080625 King-P234 – Betty H, by King) and five mares in 1970. This stallion had been shown successfully in halter and performance when owned by August Busch of St. Louis, Mo. Unfortunately, the stallion had become sterile before the Creek breeding program began to accelerate. For several years horses produced at Creek were used primarily for working cattle, trail riding and other plantation chores.
Through the years the equine program grew slowly, with emphasis on performance, disposition, and conformation in foundation bloodlines. During the middle ‘70’s, a large-scale breeding program was planned and developed with a definite focus on the production of cutting horses. The basic plan was to assemble outstanding mares from three foundation families or sire lines – King (0000234), Old Sorrel (0000209) and Leo (0001335). These mares would then be outcrossed on the Doc Bar (0076136) bloodline. It was determined that stallions from each family would be obtained to allow production of the line-bred foundation breeding stock within each family.
• FANCY DOC (1116581) (Doc Bar – Fancy Three, by Three Bars) was the first stallion purchased. When Fancy Doc was bought from Marten Clark and Tom Finley in 1979, he had earned one halter point. Fancy Doc was shown in halter, pleasure, and reigning by Tommy Doughtie to earn his AQHA championship before his retirement from the show ring.
• DOG TOWN KING (0083875) (King – Red Molly B, by Gravis Horse 01), a 1958 son of King P-234, was purchased from Jeff Bracken of Tyler, Texas in 1979. Before his death in 1982, Dog Town King sired three foal crops at Creek Plantation. He produced foals with excellent size, bone and disposition and contributed greatly to the pool within the King family. Mares sired by several other sons of King have been purchased forming sizable nucleus in this bloodline. Several Creek mares have been bred to King Lowell owned by Lowell Hankins and Continental King owned by the University of Georgia.
• LEO BOYD (0262509) (Leo – Sue Sugar, by Sugar Bars), a 1963 son of Leo out of Sue Sugar by Sugar Bars, was purchased from Dick White of Wray, Colo. In 1981. Leo Boyd had earned a ROM in racing and was still working cattle on the White Ranch at the time he was purchased.
In the mid-1970s, Billy Morris became interested in the sport of cutting, and was instrumental in founding the Augusta Futurity. Morris has maintained a consistent interest in cutting horses, and Creek Plantation has been fortunate to have had the services and help of outstanding trainers, among them Larry Reeder, Bill Riddle, David Stewart, and Phil Rapp. Creek’s breeding program has produced numerous NCHA winners, including Splash of Gin (3388303), Wheeling Peppy (1624705), Miss Smooth Splash (4089935), Judge Tanquery (2594696), Shes Pretty Smooth (3009881), Gincoe (2593245) and others.
The 80s were an exciting time in the industry. In the 1980s was the Smart Little Lena, Shorty Lena, Fancy Doc, Wheeling Peppy and Tanquery Gin era and last through the 2000s.
During this time the Old Sorrel bloodline was represented in many Creek broodmares including 15 fillies purchased directly from King Ranch. The ranch also had daughters of many of the best proven stallions in the performance world including Poco Bueno, Rey Jay, Sugar Bars, Leo, Leo San, Captain Joker, Captain Jess, Mr San Peppy, King of Clubs, Down Town King, Okie Leo, Poco Pine, War Leo, Doc O’Lena, Continental King, El Ray Rojo, Mentirosa, Mendigo, El Alejos, Hankins Bars, Harlan and others to round out the program. The following stallions were also added to the stallion roster –
• EL POBRE (0628700, Mendigo – Anita Chica, by Rey Del Rancho), we leased this proven stallion to further strengthen this family.
• BRINKS HICKORY JOE (1561532, Doc’s Hickory – Uno Dixie, by Jose Uno), was purchased in partnership with Larry and Ellen Reeder of Stephenville, Texas, in 1982. This great son of Doc’s Hickory was a consistent winner in the age-limited cutting competition in 1983, earning more than $100,000 in purses. He was a finalist in the Atlantic Coast Futurity, the Gold & Silver Stakes, and the Super Stakes. Despite his heavy show schedule, the stallion was bred to about 40 mares in 1983. Tragically, this great young stallion died of complications following abdominal surgery in December 1983.
• ONE GUN (0938230, Mr Gun Smoke – Miss Seventy One, by King Command), perhaps the most outstanding son of the renowned Mr Gun Smoke, entered the stud program at Creek Plantation in 1983. One Gun was a finalist in the NCHA Derby, AQHA Reserve World Champion Junior Cutting Horse, and the earner of the NCHA Bronze Award. His first foal crops have included Mr Shotgun Willie ACCHA Finalist; One A Chick East Coast Futurity Champion; other cutting champions.
In 1984 Creek Plantation became a shareholder in Smart Little Lena and after a brief lease, Morris purchased TANQUERY GIN, bred and raised by iconic Texas horseman B.F. Phillips. The impact this stallion has had on the both the performance and ranch horse bloodlines is felt still today. He sired the earners of more than $2.3 million, but he may be better known as a great broodmare sire with daughter producing in excess of $3 Million. His impact as a ranch horse sire no doubt grew when he was purchased by the Four Sixes Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, in 1996 and two years later he sired SIXES PICK, AQHA’s first World Champion Versatility Ranch Horse. From 1987 to 1988 SHORTY LENA stood to the public from Creek Plantation.
Our first production sale was held on October 30, 1982. It marked the beginning of the marketing phase of Creek Plantation breeding program. In this sale fifty yearlings and two-year-olds were sold, becoming the initial offering of Creek Plantation horses. Nine more production sales have been held since this time.
Throughout the 2000’s we have Gists Fifty King (4705461) (Gists High King – Miss Fifty King, by Cow Bo Country), Wagon Stake (3730877) (Tanquery Gin – Black Brim, by Peppy San Badger), Splash Of Gin (3388303) (Tanquery Gin – Mario San Badger, by Peppy San Badger) and Hes Playingforkeeps (3778230) (Playgun – Berrie Freckles, by Colonel Freckles) were the stallions that continued our program.
More recently we have added Boon Too Suen (4804808) (Peptoboonsmal – Meradas Little Sue, by Freckles Merada), Cattalou (5424256) (High Brow Cat – Louella Again, Doc O’Lena). In 2022, we purchased The Boon (5062087) (Peptoboonsmal – Boon San Kitty, by High Brow Cat) from the King Ranch to serve as our ranch herd sire.
Through the years Morris believed that a program based on the stability, conformation, ease of handling of foundation Quarter Horses coupled with the and athletic ability, quickness, stamina, and endurance of the Thoroughbred would bring about a horse that would be exceptionally competitive in cutting, reining and other western events.
This program worked and since the early 1980s has produced numerous (over 230) horses that have won over $3,256,734 in prize money in various western events and are the influence of many breeding programs throughout the country.
Fortunately for Billy & the Morris family his grandson William S. Morris V is intently interested in the Creek Plantation horse program, along with his brother and cousins, plans to carry the program forward.
Today the goals of the program are to –
1) Raise high-quality ranch horses from proven broodmares that consistently produce useful, conformationally correct, easy to handle equine partners that have the stamina and xx to work for our family operation or for anyone’s business.
2) Maintain an excellent performance broodmare band that have a performance record and/or proven producers. These mares are bred to the elite performance horse sires and available in the marketplace.
3) Keep a core group of stallions with diverse, proven bloodlines that will be complement our mares to produce the ideal ranch and/or performance horse. These stallions include BOON TOO SUEN and CATTALOU, who both stand at the Four Sixes Ranch. As well as, THE BOON, who we recently purchased from the King Ranch, his frozen semen is offered through the Four Sixes Ranch but he will reside at Creek Plantation and pasture breed.
As we move into this new era we believe this tri-partite program of Creek Plantation will continue to produce horses that are winners on the ranch and in the show ring.
We are committed to excellence in breeding Quarter Horses.
Buck Daniel’s Lake Cattle Ranch, well known home of “D” Brand horses, has continued to breed quality horses since Buck’s passing in 2014, just not with the huge scope of the past. Jason Hanchey, our trainer since before 2005 when he moved here, no longer shows but now concentrates his time on training. He rode “D” Brand horses to multiple AQHA World roping titles and Reserves. “D” Brand horses have also won in the NCHA and ACHA. Recently two “D” Brand horses were roped on in the 2023 NFR. Shane Hanchey rode our most well known and loved horse, Smokin Reata.
Primarily breeding horses for use on the ranch, Dasco Cattle Co has now changed the direction of their program to the breeding and training of rope horses. With horses in training with Tate Kirchenschlager, Cade Rice, Miles Baker and Trevor Brazile, DCC has put together a set of mares that are money-earners or producers and are breeding to the top stallions in the industry.
Our stallion line up Zak 34 and Time ToGet Wreckless. Lenas Cee Boonsmal x Peptoboonsmal, Peptos Pretty Pep x Peptos Stylish Oak, Catzanne x High Brow Cat, Hes Just Fine x High Brow Cat, Smooth Crusin x Smooth As A Cat, Cattatap x Cattalou and out of Tapt Twice, Duallen Cat x Dual Rey and out of Smart Cat Moria, Rebel Rouser x Metallic Rebel and out of Teletrona, Shortys Magic Cat x Thomas E Hughes, Catch This Color x Color Me Smart.
Flag Ranch has been breeding and raising superior quality horses for many years. We take great pride in producing structurally sound individuals with good minds with outstanding pedigrees and genetics, so versatile they excel in many different arenas.
Having a passion for team roping and barrel racing, Grace has been involved in the team roping futurity industry for 4 years, and has streamlined her breeding program towards raising highly competitive team roping futurity prospects, with the ability to also perform in cow horse, barrel racing, and rodeo. We began this journey with our home grown mare GW Red Roses N Guns, who was started, trained, and shown by Andy Holcomb. After being sucessfully shown under the capable guidance of Andy, Pistol is now being campaigned in barrel racing. We are gearing her breeding career towards raising top notch team roping and barrel futurity prospects, breeding her to stallions such as Sanctus, Winners Version, and Travelin Jones.
We believe that any horse can be competitive in the performance arena when quality breeding and elite training go hand in hand. Our breeding program is guided by experts in the Industry, following current trends, while still being faithful to the foundation bloodlines of elite athletes from the past. We connect our horses strengths and talents to the right training program for them. We set high standards for our program and our animals, and we have an unwavering commitment to ..
Hashtags was recently named the 2022 NCHA Leading Freshman Sire of the Year and has already produced over $2,000,000 in offspring earnings.
Winner of the 2024 AQHA Best Remuda International.
We breed ranch, roping and cutting horses with the best bloodlines.
Myers performance horses managed by Bill and Deb Myers and their boys Billy, ans Brandon Myers is situated in the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota. Starting their horse business on the track, Bill And Deb understood early on how spending time with each horse as an individual was. Basing their program around the laughing boy lineage Bill found a horse line that he saw was versatile and could be used in many different aspects of arena competition. Deb being a competitor herself helped solidify the myers bloodlines winning multiple SDRA, NRCA and badlands titles on her go to mare PC Lady Frances(a 3/4 sister to Frenchman’s guy) the Myers found a mare line they firmly believed in it the Loiseau family’s French named horses. Buying Frenchman’s guy as a weanling was a no brainer for the Myers family based on their previous success with the lineage. A little divine intervention placed the idea to stand Frenchman’s Guy as a stud his 4 year old year and with a little sweat and hard work the Myers Family breeding program has spanned over 4 decades with home raised horses going on to be successful in nearly all disciplines, at every level. A breeding program with no short cuts.
Built to last.
The ranch strives to product top quality, good looking, all-around versatility type horses anyone can ride. The breeding program at the ranch is extensive, breeding over 500 mares each summer and standing around 12 proven stallions. The mare power in this program runs deep, several of these bloodlines having been ridden or shown for multiple generations. The Pitzer Ranch hosts 2 sales every year, selling around 300 head in the Spring (last weekend in April), and around 500 head in the Fall (weekend after Labor Day). The Spring Sale features some HP horses, as well as, many other nice consignment horses, from breeding stock, prospects, to finished competition horses. The Fall Sale offers up all the HP branded colt crop from the year. Most of these eligible colts can then later, as 4-6yr olds, be brought back to compete in the HPI Ranch Horse Invitational. This competition has become the highest paying ranch horse competition in the country. It’s allows buyers to bring their eligible horses back to compete in a unique 5 event format for over 100% payback of over $100,000.
Find out more information about the ranch’s breeding program, sales & events at www.pitzerranch.net
Juan Zermeno & Rancho San Bartolo have been breeding ranch, roping, barrel, and charro horses for the last 30+ years out of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Some recent accomplishments include:
- Winning the limited division of the GBF winter roping
- Winning TX Best rope horse futurity intermediate division as well placing in the open
- As well as having multiple charro horses competing and winning consistently at the highest level.
All of our studs are money earners and producers in either NCHA or NRCHA. We have used them on our ranch proving they have the mind we strive to raise in our foals.
Robertson Ranches is a family owned cattle and performance horse operation located in the heart of Gold Country in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Plymouth, CA. Our goal is to provide the performance horse industry with versatile equine athletes that are bred to excel in all aspects of a day’s work. The Robertson Ranches breeding program boasts some of the best bloodlines in the business, including that of working cow horses, reining, roping and cutting horses.
Today, the cornerstone of our performance horse breeding operation is none other than AQHA and NRCHA World Champion Working Cow Horse, One Fine Vintage. One Fine Vintage, or “Vinnie”, is a 2009 Sorrel AQHA Stallion with both the pedigree and the talent to make him one of the top performance stallions of the western industry.
San Juan Ranch is home to three NRCHA Open Futurity Champions — 2018 Champion SJR Diamond Mist, 2012 Champion CD Diamond, and 2010 Champion Stylish Little Oak; 2016 NRCHA Stakes Champion, SJR Diamond Rey; and PCCHA Open Futurity Champion and Open Derby Reserve Champion, Bearly Nuf Taz. San Juan Ranch mare, Shiners Diamond Girl, was one of the first recipients of the NRCHA $500,000 Dam Award in 2022.
2021 NE RNCHA Regional Champion, 2021 VHR Reserve World Champion Cutting. Four Bonnie Bay, Stunned, Smart Boons and The Metallic Patron are Riata, Royal Crown, Iowa Quarter Horse Futurity enrolled. Horses of all ages for sale.
Seven S Crazy Horse, Seven S Hesa Cat, Seven S Indian Maid, Seven S Party Girl, to name a few, have all been champions, money earners, winners in the cowhorse and Seven S Silky Cat, Seven S Gun Moll and Oakley have NCHA earnings. We have also bred and/or owned two American Quarter Horse Association Superhorses. Also, we are very honored to have had a mare, Miss T Stuart, inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2014. Her influence is still evident in our program. We are currently campaigning our stallion, Seven S Grand Slam with Steve Orth in the roping futurities. We look forward to an exciting future with this seven generation validation of our program. “Seven S Strong,” our legacy and commitment to excellence and producing horses that will stand the test of time, our tradition with a future.
We raise prospects with the bloodlines of Colonel freckles, Doc O’ Lena, Boon Bar, Hollywood, Dun It, and Frenchman’s Guy. Our Horses are ideally suited for reining, cutting, roping, working cow, horse, ranch, horse, versatility, barrel, racing.
At 1957 Quarter Horses, we are committed to breeding and training elite rope horses. Each horse is bred for adaptability and scalability to match their rider's skill level. The cornerstone of our operation is a breeding program focused on high-pedigree crosses that yield superior foals distinguished by their confirmation, durability, athleticism, and intelligence.
We are privileged to feature several elite studs, including WSR HESA DUNOFA LENA by HESA SONOFA DUN x PAULENA and HASHTAG BLACKOUT DR by HASHTAGS x BLACKIE BOOBLIGHT. These stallions were specifically selected based on their notable bloodlines and desirable traits such as, proven longevity, athletic capability, agreeable temperaments, and strength.
Our mares originate from prestigious lineages including but not limited to, ONCE IN A BLU BOON, HICKORY HOLLY TIME, BAMACAT, KISS MY HOCKS, DASH TA STREAK, and LEVIS LAST DASH. Whether your objective is to boost your existing breeding program or improve the performance of your competition horses, our breeding program serves as an essential resource for achieving your goals.