We are a very small quarter horse and paint
farm who not only believes in the concept of "quality not quantity" we live it! We understand
the costs of having these horses and raising them, so our goal is also
to live by the other concept of "form to function" in order
to have horses that will lead good, healthy, productive lives. To accomplish
this we start with the basics. We are primarily halter horse people who
recognize the issues with today’s halter horse brought on by too
much specialization; leg and feet issues being the most prominent problem,
along with other issues like the mentality, etc. So the solution in our
mind is genetics, to produce horses that are solid legged, durable horses
who can do more than just be pretty. Not only is the dam the most important
part of the equation in a resulting show horse but we also feel like
it is equally important to stay away from line breeding too closely for
the specialization in any function of the horse. We feel like it is possible
to produce a "World Class" horse with "abilities" without
intense line breeding. In our opinion that is more valuable than a horse
with this issue or that issue tagged onto him/her. It is a challenge – yes.
And harder to do – yes. But in the end wouldn’t it be much
more rewarding to know you have "broken the mold"? We feel
like it would be, and feel like the industry is leaning toward the direction
we already have a jump start on.
Take a look around our site, you will find that
all of our horses have "ability" bred
into them - from our mares to our stallion offerings to our babies. They
create a good starting point or an atmosphere of good legs and feet,
sound minds, and durability. They will still have great conformation
for the halter enthusiast. They will add beauty to their abilities for
the performance enthusiast as well.
HYPP? Yes, we do have a few of them. But we do not see it to be as
much of an issue as legs, feet, and minds. There are plenty of horses
out there who are N/H and even a few H/H (definitely an issue) who live
normal lives, are ridden, and used regularly. We don't necessarily want
to perpetuate the fault but at the same time our mares and any outside
stallions we breed to who are N/H also have qualities that far out weigh
their HYPP N/H status. When we breed to an N/H horse it is solely to
take advantage of results we have seen in their N/N offspring. Of course,
we always hope for an N/N baby. So in an effort to keep with our basic
goals and offer a quality dam line in our babies, we do have a
place for our N/H mares in our program. Although we always hope for N/N
foals, if we don't get one that year we don't fuss over it too much,
as long as everything else is right or even superior, because there are
still folks who prefer superiority in a show halter horse over an N/N
status.
In the end we feel like we have something to
offer everyone; class, color, conformation, presence and genetics – the
complete package.
