Olson Quarter Horses

Welcome

2012-01-12T10:54:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the new home of Olson Quarter Horses, a breeding farm from Hawley, MN bringing you quality race bred horses. Feel free to look around, meet our horses and see what is for sale.

Olson Quarter Horses is a modest sized breeding operation of racing and performance Quarter Horses in the upper Midwest, more specifically Hawely Minnestoa.

We have many horses available almost year round. Ask about the foals that are not yet listed on the website as well! We are also offering broodmares for sale since our plan is to downsize, probably to around 10 mares. The reason being is after 20 years of breeding horses Wendell Olson, the owner of Olson Quarter Horses is ready to slow things down a little bit.

We have 2 stallions currently standing at stud. One black AQHA stallion and one sorrel AQHA stallion.

Thats all for now, more comming soon! Be sure to check out the website to learn more.

Horse Flashy Coat Contest

2011-06-13T20:48:00.000-07:00

APHA sponsored contest through Horse Illustrated to show off your horse's flashy coat colors. It is open for all breeds. Some horses entered will be featured in Horse Illustrated. To learn more about entering visit: http://www.horsechannel.com/horse-contests/apha-show-us-your-colors.aspx.

The prize pack includes

An APHA visor
Paint Horse coffee table book
APHA poster

There are also a few different categories: loudest over all coat pattern, most unique marking and look alike markings.

Lookin For Sage

2011-05-25T20:33:00.000-07:00

Lookin For Sage

2000 Grey Mare
AQHA Appendix Registered

Sire: Lookin For Chicks by Chicks Beduino (SI 104)
Dam: Artemisia by Easy Sage --(Easy Jet)

Granddaughter to Easy Jet and Chicks Beduino. Also carrying many other famous names on her papers. She has an amazing build that reflects her breeding. She is a short mare around 14.3hh and would make a great barrel racer or producer of barrel racers. She has a very attractive head and a smooth strong body.

This Mare is For Sale, asking $2250

Artemisia -- Lookin For Sage's Dam

2009 Foals

2011-05-25T07:58:00.001-07:00

2009 is our 20 year Anniversary of Breeding Quality Foals

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Cupid

Sorrel Colt
AQHA

Sire: Folkway by Lookin For Chicks (ROM earner)
Dam: Chicks Dynago

Born Feb 14th 2009

Cupid will be an amazing performer, photographs do not do him justice, his build is amazing! Those hindquarters will make turning barrels a breeze for him.

Either buy him now, or be beaten by him later, he has a proven pedigree and a body to show it. Get him young and start him your way, or have your favorite trainer do the work, it is all up to you.

For full 3 generation pedigrees on either the dam or sire, please go to the broodmare and stud pages.

Sold! Congrats to Megan

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Romeo

Palomino Colt

Sire: Lookin For Dyna by Lookin For Chicks (ROM earner)
Dam: Goldie by Rewarded (TB)

Born Feb 16th 20009
Romeo is going to be tall, another one of this dam's foals reached 16.1 hh and Romeo's long legs suggest he will be around that height too. He took some of the TB look from his grandsire.

He will look great in the Hunt Seat ring. His future will probably include some dressage, jumping, western pleasure, Hunt Seat and English Pleasure and showmanship. Driving as well if he shows the right characteristics.

Update: As of August 2009 Romeo has officially earned his first BELT BUCKLE in the show ring! Hope to see more performance like this in the future.

Romeo is Owned by Highland Grove Farm.

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  2009 Sorrel Colt

Sorrel Colt
AQHA

Sire: Folkway by Lookin For Chicks (ROM earner)
Dam: Lookin For Natives

Born May 28 2009

We do not have a barn name for this colt, name him what you want. His papers are ready to get sent in for AQHA.

This colt is built to be athletic and can really go in any direction. His breeding is known to do it all! Come and take a look at this great colt. If you show him, you can be showcased on our "winnings/showing" page.

Sold! Congrats to Megan

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2009 Sorrel Filly

Sorrel Filly
AQHA

Sire: Folkway by Lookin For Chicks (ROM earner)
Dam: Chick of the Evening

Born June 10th 2009

Another nice athletic horse here. She is a pretty filly with a cute blaze but no leg markings. Should excel in barrel racing and the other games. But could also make a nice Western Pleasure or Hunt Seat ride as well (just look at the nice reach she has in the photo!), or maybe do it all? Great 4-Her's project, especially in the training program, now would be a great time to get started with her. Her confirmation is very nice and correct, straight legs, nice feet, feminine head.

She is a friendly filly that will really look nice in the show ring, and there are no socks to get dirty! Just a lovely blaze for style.

Come and check her out!

For Sale: $450, neg to the right home with special consideration to competition home

2010 Foals

2011-05-25T07:56:00.001-07:00

All of our 2010 foals our sold

2010 is our 21st year Anniversary of Breeding Quality Foals

The 2010 group of foals is quite impressive including some color with a bay filly!

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2010 Sorrel Colt

This is some day old photos, but he is going to be a tall boy, look at those long legs.

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2010 Sorrel Colt

This colt is beautifully built with a nice strong hip and back, will make an amazing barrel horse.

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2010 Bay Filly

Here is the color of the group, a very nice looking bay filly, nice strong hip and back as well.

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Chicks Knuckles

2011-05-25T07:54:00.001-07:00

2003 Sorrel Stallion
AQHA

Sire: Lookin For Chicks by Chicks Beduino (SI 104)
Dam: Folk Knuckles by Folk Dancer (earned over $6,000)

Chicks Knuckles is another young stallion that has not yet had a chance to have many offspring. He is out of Lookin For Chicks and Folk Knuckles, who both have thier racing ROMs. There is a lot of potential and offspring producing ability in this guy!

Stud Fee: call for current fee

Lookin For Dyna

2011-05-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

Lookin For Dyna

2001 Black Stallion
AQHA

Sire: Lookin For Chicks by Chicks Beduino (SI 104)
Dam: Dynago Delight

Lookin For Dyna is an attractive young stallion with a pedigree to match.
With names such as Chicks Beduino who was out of Beduino (TB), Three Bars (TB) (5 generations back), Sugarette Bars, Top Deck (TB), Rocket Bar, Go Man Go, the list goes on and on.

Romeo is one of Lookin For Dyna's first foals.

Stud Fee: call for current stud fee and mare care charges

Yearling Photos

Past Broodmares

2011-05-25T07:50:00.000-07:00

Artemisia

AQHA Appendix Registered

Sire: Easy Sage by Easy Jet

Dam: CanIHaveThEveningOut by Bet I Can

Beautiful Grey Mare, made many babies successful in various disciplines. We own one of her offspring Lookin For Sage and her full Sister Evening Sage.

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Nag's Creme

1984 Brown Mare

Jockey Club

Sire: T. and Creme

Dam: Roller's Nag

Brown Mare, used for Hunt Seat in her prime.

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Sour Cremenraisin

1984 Brown Mare

Jockey Club

Sire: Rewarded

Dam: Nag's Creme

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Diamond's May Lady

1973 Sorrel Mare

AQHA

Sire: Diamond Crest

Dam: John's May Lady

Diamond's May Lady earned an SI of 74.

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Queen Gem

1976 Sorrel Mare

AQHA

Sire: Mr Meyers

Dam: Eternal Gem

Queen Gem earned her Register Of Merit racing.

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Tru Dynago Miss

1979 Brown Mare

AQHA

Sire: Tru Tru

Dam: Dynago Miss

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Little Nettie Sweets

1990 Sorrel Mare

AQHA

Sire: War's Delight

Dam: Diamond's May Lady

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Desparado Miss

1982 Sorrel Mare

AQHA

Sire: ST Bar by Tree Bars

Dam: Anndora Dial

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Folk Knuckles

1989 Sorrel Mare

AQHA

Sire: Folk Dancer

Dam: Diamond's May Lady

Folk Knuckles earned her Racing ROM.

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Look Over Jordan

1973 Bay Mare

AQHA

Sire: Alamitos Bar by Three Bars

Dam: Sweet Chariot

Look Over Jordan earned her Racing ROM with an SI of 92.

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Dashing Dagger

1999 Brown Mare

AQHA Appendix

Sire: Diamond Dagger by Rewarded (TB)

Dam: Dashing Dynago

Beautiful mare with tons of potential, unfortunately lost to west nile.

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Daggers May Lady

1996 Sorrel Mare

AQHA Appendix

Sire: Diamond Dagger by Rewarded (TB)

Dam: Folk Knuckles

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Delightful Ruler

1991 Chestnut Mare

AQHA Appendix

Sire: War's Delight by War Machine

Dam: Catch This Ruler

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Bet I Can Catch EM

1989 Grey Mare

AQHA Appendix

Sire: Bet I Can

Dam: Catch This Ruler

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CANIHAVETHEVENINGOUT

1988 Grey Mare

AQHA Appendix

Sire: Bet I Can

Dam: Catch This Ruler

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Catch This Ruler

1982 Grey Mare

AQHA Appendix

Sire: Mr. Crimson Ruler

Dam: Sure Blaze

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Website Updated!

2010-01-31T09:32:00.000-08:00

The website was updated yesterday.

There are now pictures up of all but 1 broodmare! I also added a page for each of the stallions with a whole bunch of photos. Oh, and I got photos up of the rest of the geldings too.

There were some other little things to such as updates to the 4sale page, but you will just have to go to the website to see that!

Check it out at http://performancehorses.110mb.com/.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2009-12-24T08:13:00.000-08:00

Have a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

We are scheduled to have a blizzard tonight and Christmas Day. So much for Christmas traveling!

Hope everyone has nicer weather than we do!

~Olson Quarter Horses

Follow Us on Twitter and Facebook

2009-12-03T17:53:00.000-08:00

We are now also on twitter and facebook, two great ways to know what is happening at Olson Quarter Horses.

Twitter: http://twitter.com/olsonbreeding -Quick way to catch up on what is happening, just follow us

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hawley-MN/Olson-Quarter-Horses/138735029764 - Check out our photo albums, follow us to keep up on the latest

And do not forget about our website too, filled with color rich photos of our horses and a slidshow on the front page: http://www.performancehorses.110mb.com/

Appaloosa Membership Deal

2009-11-30T07:06:00.001-08:00

Today is the last chance to purchase or renew your Appaloosa Horse Club membership to be eligible for the $10,000 in Member Rewards drawings.

*memo is from the Appaloosa Horse Club*

Find some great deals on your favorite magazines

2009-11-23T07:57:00.000-08:00

On Amazon.com Horse and Rider it cost $15.95.

Horse Illustrated is only $10 on there right now! Or 2 years for $18, that is a pretty good deal. I get my Horse Illustrated for free though for participating online on Horse Channel's Horse Club. Anyone can, and it is kind of fun. Here is a link to Horse Club. Or you can go directly to Horse Illustrated and buy it for that price, by clicking here. If you buy it from Horse Illustrated, you get a free year round horse care, downloadable e-book.

Young Rider is at $20 for a 2 year subscription or $12 for a one year.

APHA 2009 World Show

2009-11-23T07:55:00.004-08:00

The American Paint Horse Association World Show was on Nov 5th - 14th.

For more information check out: http://www.aphaworldshow.com/fall/index.aspx/

Links For APHA World Show
Premium Books and Forms
Qualified To Compete PDF
Class Results
Class Listing
Exhibitor Search
Horse Search
Show Schedule
World Show News
Cash and Prizes

More Information

AQHA Has a New Registration Certificate

2009-11-23T07:55:00.002-08:00

AQHA just came out with a new registration certificate that they started to use durring the world show. It is really nice looking. They said the image they were looking for was something worthy of framing on the wall. It is landscape oriented, with a larger pedigree and identification photos on the back rather than front.

All horses from now on will be issued this certificate or if you transfer ect. Owners may also order this new certificate to replace their old one for $10.

For more information, and to see the new certificate go to http://www.aqha.com/news/2009PressReleases/11092009_newregcertificate.html

This is exciting news for all those AQHA fans out there who were not happy with AQHA's last design.

National Barrel Horse Association Wolrd Championships

2009-11-23T07:55:00.000-08:00

It was going on October 26-31 in Augusta, Georgia.

The youth World Show was durring July in Mississippi.

Approximately $350,000 was paid out in prize money.

For those who do not know the National Barrel Horse Association has a 4D format.

For more information go to the NBHA's site.

*Photo From NBHA.com*

NCHA World Finals Show

2009-11-23T07:54:00.003-08:00

The National Cutting Horse Association World Finals Show

November 24-25 and 27-28, 2009

The show is held in the Will Rogers Complex - Watt Arena - Fort Worth, Texas

There will be live webcasting of the show, go to NCHA World Show Page for more information.

NCHA World Championship Futurity--Watch Live

2009-11-23T07:54:00.001-08:00

National Cutting Horse Association World Championship Futurity

To Watch Live go to
http://www.horseshowwebcasts.com/shows/2009/25206/client.html

Dates: November 21 - December 13, 2009

Location: Will Rogers Coliseum - Ft. Worth, Texas

More Information and Show Schedule: NCHA Futurity Page

Link To Olson Quarter Horses

2009-10-23T12:33:00.000-07:00

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Pinto Congress Show

2009-10-22T10:46:00.000-07:00

The Pinto Congress Show will take place November 4th-8th at the build Ford Tough Livestock complex in Tulsa, Okla.

For more information check out: http://www.pintocongress.com/

APHA World Show 2009

2009-10-22T10:44:00.000-07:00

The American Paint Horse Association World Show is comming up this fall from Nov 5th - 14th.

For more information check out: http://www.aphaworldshow.com/fall/index.aspx/

Horse Channel's Club Horse: Earn free magazines and other horsey supplies

2009-10-21T11:31:00.000-07:00

Horse Channel has a Club Horse program which you can put a profile up on their website for your horse and for each thing you do, ie write on someone's horse's wall, vote for your favorite horse, ex cetera...you earn points. Those points can be used to redeem products such as 1 year subscriptions to Horse Illustrated, Young Rider, and other supplies.

For a full list of prizes click here.

Its a great program and lots of fun, check it out and earn your free stuff! It does not take much work and you meet other horse lovers along the way.

Of course Horsechannel is part of petchannel.com...so there are pages for all your pets, ie Dog Channel, Cat Channel....

Which side to get on and off?

2009-10-21T10:49:00.000-07:00

Here is a cute mounting riddle I found and thought I would share.

"The left side is the right side and the right side is the wrong side"

- Old saying about where to mount and dismount

Business Card

2009-10-20T10:52:00.000-07:00

Here is the prototype for our new business card.

Watch The all American Quarter Horse Congress Live!

2009-10-07T07:33:00.000-07:00

From: http://www.reelhorse.com/

They show a quick commercial and then you can see the live shows when you click play.

Celeste Center
Broadcasting Live with Ustream.TV

Coliseum
Live video by Ustream

Worried about the enviroment and the cost of transport?

2009-10-06T14:57:00.000-07:00

Try the ride share program:

Club Equestrian allows people to post if they have room in their trailer on a trip or allow you to contact people with room, great if you do not have a trailer of your own!

Learn more at http://www.clubequestrian.com/tools/ridshare

*I found this great update in Horse Illustrated*

AQHA Registration Discount

2009-10-06T14:50:00.000-07:00

AQHA is currently offering a registration discount on older horses to max our at $300, that is a huge savings considering a horse 4 years or older normally costs $1000!

APHA is offering a similar thing as well, which has been in effect since last year. Their discount is max of $100 for colored horses and $50 for breeding stock.

Pictures

2009-10-05T11:23:00.001-07:00

Tips for selling horses.

2009-10-04T09:52:00.001-07:00

I found this on ultimatehorsesite.com and it makes a really good point.

It talks about what you need to do to sell not only horses but other sevices on your farm/ranch. It is important to know who your audience is.

Here is the link http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/articles/blazerd_sellperception.html

Enjoy, and good luck selling!

Featured Horse --Romeo--

2009-09-23T07:47:00.000-07:00

Romeo is a 7 month old palomino colt, out of Goldie, by Lookin For Dyna.

Has already won himself a belt buckle in the local show ring in, in hand classes. He is a real sweety and has tons of potential in the show ring. His height will make his Hunt Seat movment graceful, but well built confirmation will allow him to collect up and do western pleasure. I have seen many people take horses like this and make very sucessful gamers as well. He would make a great 4-Her's training project or just a fun youngster for a family to raise and eventually show. Romeo at this young age knows how to pivot, back, walk, trot, set up, ect with his handler. He is amazingly easy to handle and his movment is beautiful and athletic.

Romeo is ready to go now and is currently owned by Highland Grove Farm, the same family that owns and shows Zorro who just came back from the MN state horse show with a first place trophy.

$1150

Minnesota State Horse Show

2009-09-22T06:21:00.001-07:00

Zorro, a 2005 gelding bred by Olson Quarter Horses near Hawley Minnesota is now a 2 time grand champion at the Minnesota State Horse Show!

Upcomming Event

2009-09-16T10:59:00.000-07:00

The Minnesota State Horse Show is this weekend at the MN State Fair ground (starts on the 18th), then the following weekend is the CMHIA Champ show.

Good Luck to all participants!

SI and ROM

2009-09-15T10:48:00.000-07:00

The Speed Index, the measure of a horse's speed used on the race track which was used to replace the letter system (AAA ect.)

Now for today's AQHA a speed index of 80 is required to earn an ROM in racing.

Americas Horse Daily put out a great PDF on how speed index is calculated and how it relates to the older letter sysem, click here to learn more.

Reminder

2009-09-14T10:39:00.000-07:00

Make sure to balance your horses phosphorus and calcium in his diet. Remember that any type of grain tends to be high in phosphorus and alfalfa hay contains higher levels of calcium, so many people seek to balance that by feeding the two together.

Quick Fact --Triple Crown--

2009-09-13T11:38:00.000-07:00

In the USA, the Triple Crown consists of the Kentucky Derby, The Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes. In order to earn this award, one single horse must win all three races. That is why so few horses in American History have.

Our influencial TB sires have been Triple Crown or descendants of Triple Crown Winners. Many of these horses have made themsleves known in the Quarter Horse not just in the racing industry but also in pleasure horses especially Hunt Seat Horses.

Sewing Your Own Tail Bag and How to Use it...

2009-09-12T11:47:00.000-07:00

Now that we are leaving fly season and winter/fall is comming around the corner, it is time to think about protecting your horses' tails in a tail bag. There are many reasons to use them, I once has a miniature horse's tail grow almost 4" in about a month, so her tail was dragging on the ground, I was amazed! The tail gets many benefits from a propperly used tail bag such as it is kept free from tangles, it is kept moisturized and since most of the tail is in the bag, it reduces the chance of breaking off hairs.

Tail bags are really easy to make and since my horses sometimes loose them in the pasture, I am glad to save money on them. I personally prefer the three tube tail bag, but I have noticed that the straight tail bag holds moisture a little bit better. Although the three tube tail bag breaks less hairs when used correctly...so you just have to decide which works better for you. I personally use both.

Maintenance on the horse...
Before I put the tail bag in each year I wash their tails, shampoo and condition. Then I apply some sort of leave in conditioner or moisturizer, I have been so dissapointed with 'comercial' leave in conditioners that I now just use baby oil which does a marvelous job of moisturizing! Then every week or 2 weeks, it really ends up depending on my schedule and how well the tail bag is staying in place, I take out the tail bag and redue it. At this time I reaply more baby oil or leave in conditioner and occasionally wash and condition the tail. If you leave the tail bags in for too long, the tail bag will have reverse effects since you will break hairs as it falls out.

How to Make it...
3 Tube Tail Bag --Braid in Tail Bag--
Cutting it out- measure the lenth of your horse's tail (from the tail bone down), then take that measurement and add 4", this will be the lenth of the fabric you cut, the width will be 7". So Cut out three pieces of material (Lenght of horse's tail + 4") X 7".
Sewing- Use either a 1/2" or 1/4" seam allowance, it does not make much of a difference so use whichever is most comfortable for you. I personally use a surge machine which makes a nice 1/4" seam. If you do not use a surger, go back and sew a zigzag stitch on the outside edge of your straight stitch. Once you have them sewn up you should have three tubes inside out with a seam on one side of the tube. Turn them right side out and then you can connect them together by using a rectangular peice of material (about 2" x 6"), some people prefer to make them longer so you can actually use this to tie the bag in, in my experience it stays in fine without, but this again is just personal preference. Your other option is to sew all the tubes together using appx 1/3 of each tube's opening. That is a bit more difficult, but I perfer to use that technique.

Tie in Tail Bag
Cutting it out- Use the measurement of the horse's tail again, but now cut the material to be about 3" shorter than the length of your horse's tail (from their tail bone to the ground). And make it 10" wide.
Sewing- Fold your peice of material in half (right sides in) and once again either use a 1/2" or 1/4" seam allowance. The only difference here is you also sew the bottom together. I like to round off the bottom to make it look nice. Then take a scissors and cut three tabs on the top (these are the tabs you use to tie it into the horse's tail). Make them about 5" deep, anything shorter does not tie and stay in very well.

A word about sewing materials...
I recomend lycra/spandex because it never ravels and stretches with the tail. I find it is pretty easy to sew like this, if you generally sew non stretch materials, you may need to change the tension on your sewing machine. I just use regular thread and either a universal or a stretch needle. But you can be creative because I have seen tail bages made out of fleece or even cotton!

Feel free to leave acomment if you have a question or anything to add!

Breeding Special! $350 to amazing AQHA stallions

2009-09-12T09:35:00.000-07:00

We are offering a $350 special to our 3 amazing stallions or even better deals to approved mares (special only goes towards first time breedings). Unfortunately we are currently only offering live cover or pasture breeding, no shipping.

Chicks Knuckles

Diamond Dagger

Lookin For Dyna

To learn more about our great stallions, visit our Studs page.

There are photos of them on the slideshow on the side of the page and on the webiste.

You could also call 218 937 5639 for more information.

Book Now for 2010.

Horses For Sale

2009-09-12T09:25:00.000-07:00

I have most of Olson Quarter Horses' advertised horses for sale at Equinenow.com (the link brings you directly to our page). Of course you can also check the website.

I also use a bunch of other sites like dreamhorse, horsetopia, equine.com ect. But I really like equinenow because of their free picture adds and the huge amount of traffic they get. They also make it easy to post stuff to craigslist.org and share with twitter ect.

I will notify when I post a new horse for sale on here too, but there you can see all the recent horses we have advertised. Many of our broodmares are also for sale private treaty and they are just on the website, since we are planning on downsizing the herd over the next couple years.

Thanks for visiting!

Chestnuts

2009-09-12T07:43:00.001-07:00

The old name for horse's chestnuts is 'night eyes' due to the old Chinese myth that said horses could move about at night because they have 'night eyes' above their knees.

There is your quick fact of the day.