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THIS is what we do. We recently put together a "reunion/refresher" camp, which several previous customers brought their horses to and rode with us while we offered pointers and helped with any issues they might have questions about, and we all had a very, very LARGE time! Gourmet meals at camp, fellowship dinners, singing and laughing around the campfire. Click on the above embedded arrow to ride along with us.
October, 2010 NWHA show: First horse show for this duo! Hannah wins several blue ribbons on Joy (click on her picture to see more)
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October, 2011 NWHA show: Second horse show for this duo (different judge)! Hannah wins several blue ribbons on Joy and this time, she does it on her own, without my supervision! This is a dynamic team of talent, for sure! |
2010 Year End Champion Horseman Division Texas Trail Challenges
riding "LV King Tuck", a beautiful stout bay horse she purchased from us in 2006. Click on their picture to see video from our recent weekend on this competitive trail ride and for more info on Texas Trail Challenges.
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(All of the following horses have current (within one year) negative coggins, and all are on grass hay as well as MG 12/8 pellet feed (12% protein, 8% fat) with a few oats thrown in. They are stalled during the daytime and turned out to pasture at night for freedom and socialization.)
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"Takoda" -- Mellow fellow! Another home grown jewel -- half brother to Chisum and Lash Larue, this 3-year-old 14.3H extremely flashy sorrel and white tobiano Tennessee Walking Horse gelding just made his first camping trip and trail ride, and did a fabulous job, thanks to his rock solid round pen foundation training. He stepped over logs, crossed deep creeks, splashed in the lake with waves rolling in, climbed hills, gaited beautifully and cantered slow and easy like a rocking chair. He's going to be that family type horse that you love to have sitting in the your pasture when company comes over or that you take occasionally when the husband joins you. Easygoing and mellow. Right now, probably most anyone can ride him and feel safe -- he is solid four-beat gaited smooth, slow athletic rocking canter, will cross any obstacle or body of water (see his videos!) $4500 Click on his picture to follow his progress. |
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"Bond" -- Very calm, easygoing, gentle 3-1/2 year old 15H (just a hair under) gorgeous golden palomino and white tobiano spotted mountain horse gelding with athletic gait, easy going natural canter. We've had him almost a year, turned him out all last winter and spring to run with the cattle and broodmares and just be a horse, then brought him up and worked him in the round pen, took him on trail rides. Not much really bothers this guy -- he is a nice lifetime horse. Click on his picture to see more info. $3500
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"Alen's Skye Walker" a/k/a "Luke" -- Gorgeous (rare) unusual grey tobiano Tennessee Walking Horse stud colt, so named because he was born the day of the release of Star Wars 3D edition ("May the '4th' be with you!") . . . he will make a beautiful stallion prospect, capable of producing both solid greys as well as grey tobianos, black and whites, blacks, etc. He is a DIRECT SON of the famous multi-world grand champion producing "Spotted Alen Again" and out of a wonderful foundation dappled grey mare going back to Prides John Grey/Shades of Carbon/Mack K's Handshaker/Midnight Sun. His gait is perfection and he's athletic with a nice little slow rolling canter in the pasture. Sensible, imprinted at birth, the best of gentle care his entire life. Good things ahead for this beautiful boy! He is a half brother to our beloved "Joy", further down this page. Click on his picture to stay tuned to his progress. $2750
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"Carter" -- Beautiful 15H 8-yr-old jet black Tennessee Walking Horse gelding with long, thick flowing mane and tail. This gorgeous horse sits up in the bridle and strides up under himself, picks his front feet up beautifully on plain keg shoes. Whether on the trail or in the show ring, he attracts attention with his presence. He is gentle and easy to handle with enough energy that we believe his rider should at least be a confident advanced beginner, and intermediate/experienced riders will find him to be a really fun ride. Carter comes from the top of the line bloodlines. He is sired by a direct son of Prides Gold Coin that was out of a direct daughter of Delight Bumin' Around. Carter's dam is a granddaughter of Ebony Masterpiece on top, and GLL's Carbon Copy on bottom. Carter is that all around horse that is beautiful and fun on the trails, and competitive in the show ring -- he performs a ground covering flashy smooth racking gait as well as a nice, athletic canter. Click on his picture to see more info. $4500 |
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"Zip" -- Extremely flashy 50/50 black and white Spotted Saddle Horse gelding with a beautiful presence about him. He's just about 15H and 3 years old, sets up naturally in the bridle, cute little racking gait and easy lope. Zip will walk slowly like a Quarter Horse, rack softly in a nice slow gait, rack quickly and then do a soft little canter. When you ask him to halt, he will stop and then stand quietly, waiting for your next command. He is one of the most beautiful spotted horses I've ever met and the pictures don't do him justice -- his mane is crimped and wavy and will be stunning when he's about 5 years old. Click on his picture for more info. $4500
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"Santana" -- Strikingly flashy 3-1/2 year old black and white Spotted Saddle Horse gelding with wonderful athletic smooth gaits, slow canter. He flexes, backs nicely and is learning to neck rein, pivot, forehand turn and side pass now. Santana has been ridden on the trails in Tennessee and Texas and does well alone and in groups. He's very gentle and sweet, puts his head in a halter for you, willing to go anywhere you ask and is going to make a nice lifetime horse. Click on his picture for more info. $4500 |
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"Mojo" -- 20-month-old Spotted Saddle Horse coming 2-yr-old Stallion -- One handsome hunka burnin' love! If you like Spotted Alen Again bloodlines, and you like a big-boned, good big sized horse, you will love this fellow! "Mojo" is only 20 months old and already 15H with a wide chest, big rump, crease down his back, long arched neck and beautiful head. He is still a stallion single registered SSHBEA directly by SAA and out of a Clayton's Geronimo mare. $2750 Click on his picture for more info. |
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"Chisum" -- That rare amber champagne color that everyone is looking for, and he also carries the tobiano gene, making him capable of producing spotted foals! What a beauty he is with his four long white stockings, stripled mane and tail, and what a flashy horse he will be when he's old enough to ride. This gorgeous Tennessee Walking Horse yearling stud colt (born 6/24/2010) is extremely gentle, quiet and sweet-natured. He gets his color from his sire, our "Go Boy's Champagne Pride" and his mother "Gypsy", a gorgeous, stocky bay Tennessee Walking Horse mare. He will be beautifully gaited and canters effortlessly, athletically across the pasture now. Click on his picture to see more info and video. $2750 |
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"Pusher" "Generator" "Delight Bumin' Around" "Spotted Alen Again" Just a few of the greats in this young, gentle stallion's pedigree! "Caper's War Eagle" -- Strikingly handsome eye-popping black and white spotted tobiano 15.3H (and still growing) 3-yr-old Tennessee Walking Horse stallion, gentle as a lamb, with very much a puppy dog disposition. He has been tested by University of California as being homozygous for the tobiano gene, which means that ALL his foals will be tobiano. He is sired by "Alen's Caper", which is a direct son of the great "Shadows Spotted Alen" and out of a "Delight Bumin' Around" mare (who was known for producing great broodmares), and his dam is "Prides Generator" and "Spotted Alen Again", producer of many World Champions and World Grand Champions. This horse has had an extensive round pen foundation training and then slowly brought along, gently and easily. He has never known any abuse, neglect and was never allowed to develop any bad behavorial habits. His gait is like floating across the ground -- extremely smooth like glass. He's a big boy and still growing -- we believe he will not only be 16H at maturity, but spread out with a stock horse type chest and hindquarters. We have a few mares in foal to him for 2012 crop. $8500 |
"Magic" -- Gorgeous, sweet, probably great for advanced beginners and up! Bred and raised by the same family, Magic comes out of a winning show mare and by a phenomenal winning stallion (see below). She bathes, clips (with no twitch), loads, backs, side passes . . . she is very, very gentle, pleasantly spirited, slow canters on the trail, performs a head-shaking walk, accustomed to highway traffic, dogs, sheep, cattle, goats, 4-wheelers, loads and unloads, has had probably hundreds of baths in her life, can be clipped easily . . . very people-oriented. She has a Quarter Horse stocky build with a crease down her back, wide chest, big rump, yet a beautiful neck and almost Arabian head. Her color is a huge bonus -- deep almost chocolate chestnut, bronze/reddish with little silvery white hairs sprinkled throughout her coat. Her big blazed face and naturally wavy flaxen mane and tail really set her off and make her flashy. Magic's bloodlines are tops, so she has a lifetime to offer her new owner, both in the saddle and in the broodshed. $4500
"Raggedy Ann" -- Fun little motor scooter! This mare is well bred, a direct daughter of JFK out of a direct daughter of The Pusher, with her 2nd dam going back to Delight Bumin' Around. This little mare is 8 years old, 14.2H and stocky built, performs a beautiful smooth racking gait with nice speed, and a nice canter as well. In these pictures and video, this is the first time she has been ridden in at least 3 years, and she is doing really well, all natural gait on bare hooves (no shoes). She is nicely spirited and probably would be best suited for advanced beginner and up. We'll be taking her camping with us soon, so click on her picture above to go to her page and visit often for updates. $3500
"Bunny" -- 10-yr-old drop-dead gorgeous stocky 15.2H buckskin Tennessee Walking Horse mare with all-natural BAREFOOT true head-shaking Tennessee Walk, four beat and smooth, proud, with easy, natural, athletic smooth canter. She has proven herself as a broodmare and has been trained on the trails -- she backs, flexes, yields front and hindquarters, side passes, canters, always the best of care her entire life. This beautiful mare has a big wide chest, huge hindquarters, sloping shoulder -- both handsome and beautiful at the same time. Not for timid rider -- she does absolutely nothing dangerous, but she is sensitive and wonderfully responsive, and I have found that most timid and beginner riders prefer a horse that is more sluggish to respond. Click on her picture to see more! $8500
Bunny foaled a gorgeous jet black stud colt "Jaguar" by George Foreman's speed racking stallion on 4/26/11).
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"Ernie" -- GORGEOUS buttermilk buckskin 3-1/2 year old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding with our favorite kind of gait -- square, four beatin' with absolutely NO PACE!! Barefoot and wonderful, currenly in our natural horsemanship training program with 3 or 4 more months to go to be a polished trail pleasure horse. Athletic, rolling, easy canter (all natural), neck reins, side passes, forehand turns, pivots, picket lines, bathes . . . Current on vaccinations (VEWT, Flu/Rhino, Rabies, West Nile on 6/17/11) and deworming, negative coggins. Stay tuned for more on this beauty. Click on his picture to go to his page to watch his progress.
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"Costano" -- 5-1/2 year old registered 13.3H Paso Fino bay gelding in training for trail pleasure riding. Click on his picture to go to his page to follow his progress.
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Congratulations, Julie !
"Pepe Lepew" -- 7-yr-old 14H black and white horse in a pony package! Pepe is extremely smooth gaited totally barefoot, does a nice little slow cowboy canter, flexes, neck reins, backs nicely, yields front and hind, and built like a little stock horse. He's jet black with a strip down his face, four long white stockings and a thick, flowing white tail. NICE PONY! Has been ridden on the trails in Tennessee and is starting a trail riding career in Texas now. See more info by clicking on his picture to go to his page. $3500 |
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Congratulations, Terry, who joined us for a ride at Spring Creek and fell in love!"Smoky Robinson" -- NICE HORSE! 15H 5-1/2 year old very flashy smoky black roan sabino registered Tennessee Walking Horse gelding (TWHBEA), extremely gentle and quiet, and very smooth gaited with nice lope. Smoky has been trail ridden and on camping trips in Tennessee and Texas, has done parades, gets along great with other horses, picket lines overnight, stands tied quietly, just no fuss or trouble with this sweet natured, gentle guy. He's the one you keep around for your family and visitors to ride. As a bonus, his bloodlines are impressive (Motown Magic, Pusher, Sun's Delight D, Go Boy's Sun Dust). Smoky Robinson has to be one of the best family horses I've ever met! Rain didn't keep us from riding today (Dec. 22, 2011), and here, Smoky comes in from the pasture to go to work. We put a saddle on him and young Francisco (a 12-yr-old visitor boy) who has only ridden 3 or 4 times in his young life, took Smoky all over the pasture, past the barn (no barn sour issues!), and through the arena for a couple of hours. $4500 Click on his picture for more info. |
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Congratulations, Lili !"Shane" -- Gorgeous, very gentle, people-loving 4-yr-old 14.3H stocky black and white Spotted Saddle Horse gelding with gorgeous 50/50 color pattern, cute little refined head, kind eyes, sweet disposition, sweet little racking gait. He flexes and backs, goes anywhere you ask him, and learning to forehand turn, pivot, sidepass. Shane would make a nice perfect-sized family horse and great candidate for a competitive trail riding career. Click on his picture to see more info. $4500 |
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Congratulations, Carolyn -- her 4th Cloud 9 Walkers horse in about 7 years.Home Grown! We bred and raised him.
"Lash Larue" a/k/a "Cody" -- Half brother to "Takoda" (sorrel/white spotted gelding advertised below). We raised him and he's wonderful. Side passes, forehand turns, pivots, wonderful smooth gaits, slow lopes on correct leads. This is Cody and Cody -- quite a pair! Cody (the grandson) is 14 years old and wanted a summer project, so we picked our most gentle, mellow unbroke colt in the pasture and brought him up. Cody spent hours and hours in the round pen putting a solid foundation on this colt (with Grandpa Huey's supervision) and turned out quite a nice pleasure horse. In addition, Cody wanted to learn to shoe a horse, so he used this colt to shoe his first horse, and by the way, the shoes were the first this colt ever wore, as well! Click on his picture to see more info. $3850 |
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"Vaquero" -- He's that broke, broke horse that everyone is looking for. Big boned, seasoned black and white spotted gelding that is great to have on the farm. A real work horse -- saddle him up, point him and go -- crosses anything, goes anywhere, rides for probably anyone and also pulls a buggy. His gait is flowing and smooth and he's the perfect age at 9 years old. He is a great match to the horse above "Teddy"! Click on his picture to see more info. $6500
Congratulations to Tommy and Ann in Brenham, Texas -- Vaquero joins two other horses they bought from us ("Jackie" and "Mikey") and he will be an all around ranch horse for their guests and family. |
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Congratulations to the Platon family from Virginia! We look forward to watching your partnership with this magnificent mare!"Pia" -- Absolutely gorgeous coming 4-yr-old Tennessee Walking Horse buckskin mare with some of our favorite bloodlines (Spotted Alen Again's sire "Shadows Spotted Alen" and the World Grand Champion "Delight Bumin' Around", "Personal Power", "Pride of Midnight", "Sir Winston"), but these are not the reaons we love her so. In the spring, her coat blooms with dapples all over it, and with her black mane and tail, four white stockings capped by black 'garters', she is an extremely flashy horse. Because she has such a beautiful headset with proud arched neck, tucked nose, she could be mistaken for a stallion with her looks, but she is very gentle, loving and affectionate, causes no problems with other horses, not 'mare-ish' at all, loads in the trailer right next to other horses uneventfully, stalls next to others with no problems, pastures easily -- just a joy to have around. Her gaits are the reason to own a fine mare like this. She performs a true head-shaking big striding SMOOTH flat walk and running walk, textbook Tennessee Walker, and then her canter is the definition of rolling carousel canter, slow and easy, loose rein. She has a beautiful high stepping natural front end both barefoot and on plain keg (lite plates like Quarter Horses wear) shoes -- she made our whole Kentucky trail ride trip this past October with only front shoes and barefoot behind, and no problems -- good hard, healthy hooves. Then, if you want a really fun 'different' ride -- you can ask her to raise her head, squeeze her up and she will perform a flying rack with fun, fun, fun speed! She's several horses in one. Because we were going to show her in October (but had to cancel at the last moment because of the drought causing us to abandon all plans in the pursuit of hay!), we put extra special time and training into her getting ready for this show. She pivots like a dream, forehand turns, side passes, opens and closes gates, crosses any obstacle you ask her, and all of this is done pretty much on loose rein. Very light touch is needed -- she is the epitome of a true pleasure horse. Click on her picture to see more of her story. $6500 |
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BEST OF BOTH WORLDS: Trail savvy and excellent show potential as well! "Leo" -- Probably anyone would feel safe and have fun on this horse. This gorgeous black and white 3-yr-old 15H spotted black and white Tennessee Walking Horse gelding is a versatile fellow -- our 14-yr-old grandson Cody has been riding him on the trails and he will go anywhere, cross any water obstacle, step carefully over logs, wade into the lake. He will walk along relaxed, or you can squeeze him up and ask for a natural high stepping rack -- as a bonus, he will slip into a nice, easy canter if you ask. He has a much longer stride than most spotted horses which would make him very competitive in the show ring. He is registered TWHBEA and comes from Rock & Roll Star/Paint's Rooster on top, and Pride's Dark Spirit/Triple Threat on bottom. Click on his picture to see more info. $4500 -- Not available until April, 2012 -- currently leased out to teenaged girl for showing! |
"Joy" -- 4-1/2-yr-old mare true head-shaking, walking machine! This beautiful Tennessee Walking Horse mare is one of those talented horses that can perform the true walking gait, as well as an exhilarating fast rack, and then as a bonus, she slow canters like a carousel horse. This is the kind of horse with the conformation and gait that we need to be breeding for.
Because of her training, this horse not only hasn't been allowed to, but doesn't even know that she can buck, rear or be barn sour. When a horse is started this way, slowly, the horse is never allowed to develop bad habits. Moreover, the horse is taught to THINK, and not just REACT. We have chosen to breed her to our young buckskin homozygous tobiano spotted Tennessee Walking Horse stallion "Alen's Painted Desert" and she should foal in late April, 2012.
Direct daughter of Spotted Alen Again
Incredible big-striding smooth true running walk
Will rack beautifully
Slow, easy, athletic canter
$9500
TOP FIVE REASONS TO LOVE THIS HORSE:
Her gait is PERFECTION! Smooth as silk, all natural, BAREFOOT and 4-beat;
Sensible and sane, sweetheart disposition, gentle natured;
Great conformation (wide chest, nice rump); hard, healthy hooves; beautiful spotted pattern;
Excellent care all her life, not started until she was 3 years old and then with natural horsemanship methods;
Excellent bloodlines -- direct daughter of Spotted Alen Again out of Ebony Masterpiece mare.
Our future speed racking filly! (NOT for sale at this time -- we are looking forward to the joy of developing her.)
By George Foreman's "Cocoa" and out of his mare "Miss Amazin'"
Click on her picture to go to her page and follow her progress.
"Kimmy" -- beautiful, all natural 4-beat gaited wonderfully smooth and sweet young mare by Seve out of a Generator/Ebony Masterpiece mare. She is SOLD and in her new home -- click on her picture to follow her adventures, soon to be sent to us by her new owner, "Barley".
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"Go Boy's Champagne Pride", known around the barn as "Gunsmoke"
Click here to see GO BOY'S CHAMPAGNE PRIDE (Gunsmoke) info and progeny
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WARNING: This stallion ( "Go Boy's Champagne Pride", also known as "Gunsmoke") may not be exciting enough for your taste. (Click on his picture to go to his page -- plenty of his foals for sale!) This is the first time (on 9/1/05) that he has been ridden in two years, and Jennifer chose to ride him bareback. She thought (actually hoped) that he would challenge her riding skills, and after a 20-minute workout with no misbehavior for her to practice her horse whispering on, she couldn't decide whether to challenge him herself or hug him, so she did both!!
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Congratulations, Hannah and "PattyCake" on your FFA Showmanship Grand Championship!
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All of the Tennessee Walking Horses are registered with the Tennessee Walking Horse Breeders' & Exhibitors' Association, unless otherwise stated. Some are also registered with the Racking Horse Breeders' Association and/or the Spotted Saddle Horse Breeders' & Exhibitors' Association (or National Spotted Saddle Horse Association), and all have current negative coggins report (within one year).
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NOTICE: We are not a 9-5 business, and since we work and travel a lot, we show horses on an appointment basis. Please be sure to call and set up an appointment before driving out here -- we'd hate for you to make the drive and then us not even be home for a few days! (We state this now because it has happened a couple of times already.)
Click on either picture to see 2009 foals for sale!
What does the elephant and the Tennessee Walking Horse have in common? Wanna see proof that the Tennessee Walking Horse is an all-natural gait, not man-made? Click on the elephant to find out!
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Announcing: "Peddlin' The Gold"
4-yr-old Beautiful Palomino Tennessee Walking Horse Mare
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NATIONAL SUPREME VERSATILITY CHAMPION***
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These pleasure Tennessee Walking Horses are ridden daily through neighborhoods around traffic, dogs, 4-wheelers, 18-wheelers, school buses, cattle, emus and we take them through the National Forest, to the Gulf of Mexico to play in the ocean, the river, organized trail rides, parades and even an occasional show or two. We have relied on honesty, quality and integrity for the last 15 years to maintain a solid reputation and these horses will be exactly what we tell you. All vices/personality traits are disclosed up front before you meet the horse. Weanlings and yearlings Tennessee Walkers have been imprinted at birth, taught to lead, stand tied, handle their feet, be clipped and load in a trailer. If you desire, we can arrange for a vet check on the horse you are interested in, and for out-of-state buyers, you can check to see what your state requires for shipping a horse (from anywhere) into your state, as well as a list of equine transport companies, by clicking on the animated "Hobo Horse", above left. (Most of the time, all that is required is a negative EIA (neg. coggins) within 12 months and a health certificate within 30 days.) All sales transactions are the jurisdiction of our barn in Hardin, Liberty County, Texas.
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Lunch break at a restaurant on the way to the Angelina Forest.
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Cloud 9 Walkers
P. O. Box 878
Hardin, Texas 77561-0878
(55 minutes east of Houston)
281-726-4545
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