Bullet and Toto (9/2006)     

    May 2007  

!!!!BULLET has his first season of foals in the Superstakes and has a money winner!!  Of the 5 foals (all were shown) a filly (5th out of 23) and a colt (2nd out of 17)!!!!

2008 Breeding Information           

Bullet stands almost 15 hands and weighs in around 1000 pounds. He's a dark dunalino that breeds  97% color.  Out of mares who are grey, black, bay, sorrel or buckskin he has had one bay. He classes up many solid colored mares. His foals are palomino, buckskin, dun, dunskin, dunalino, bay dun, red dun and zebra dun.

We searched for the right stud for our band of mares for quite some time. We were lucky enough to find much more than we expected. We bought Bullet as a yearling in 2004, from good people who were skilled in raising quality horses. Bullet has the intelligence and instinct of a world-class cow horse but a settled mind. He is laid back with a easy loving nature until he is asked to perform. 

For a stud he has gentleman-like manners. In the pasture, he protects his harem for unseen competition. Yet he is gentle and calm if he can get human attention. Bret has taken him out of the mares, leading him to the breeding pen where an outside mare awaits. After Bullets covers the mare, he is saddled and goes through the routine schooling session. Thirty minutes to an hour Bullet returns to his harem. All in a days work for this wonderful horse.

As a cow horse he is a quick study and very agile. This horse knows where his feet are every moment and can shift weight quickly by the heart beat. Bullet competes in working classes as well as showing in halter at OKFQHR shows. 

2005, Bullet bred three mares his first year, 2004. It was as much a training session and an experiment to see what he could produce as a sire. We were thrilled to say the least. His only ranch bred foal was a filly, Isabela. She is gorgeous.

2006, Bret pasture put him on our mare band and a group of selected mares. His ranch bred offspring are Foxy, Gabriel, Kiwi and Samson. They are all extremely nice!

2007, Bullet had four foals at the ranch and one to an outside mare, one dunalino, two ruddy palominos, a very golden palomino, and a dark dun.  In order of birth, Dove, Scott, Rowdy, and Amber.

Bullet strutting out to the mares March 15, 2006.     Click to see stripes!     Bullet standing at rest with his mares.

We are VERY pleased at the color and quality of his offspring. Click here to see the individuals on the foal page. Looks like his 2007 foal crop is 100% color and all are extremely correct and highest quality.

The stallion auction for OKFQHR was in February 2007. His services sold to Janet Fanning at Moore Blue Skies Ranch. The stallion service auction is a great place to get a deal on a breeding from a wide range of foundation quarter horses. We donated a breeding last year, this year and will again next year. The bidding starts at half the regular breeding fee. Must be a member to bid. Every 2007 and 2008 foal by Bullet can be in the Super Stakes classes. Call (580) 622-5439 for prices and more information.

We drove down to Tioga, TX, and met the nicest people and the greatest horse in the world,  Dunit With A Twist, Bullet's daddy at McQuay Stables. Moninya was so excited. To her it was like meeting Queen Victoria. The horse looks very much like Bullet except for the ruddy that is on Bullet's face and legs. They act very much alike, very laid back, easy to be around. Scratch Dunit on the under part of his cheek and he makes exactly the same face of intense pleasure that Bullet makes. Hmmmm, must have the same petting and scratching gene. Dun It With A Twist, is by Hollywood Dun It and is out of the great cutting mare, Peppymint Twist. Bullet's bloodline with the grand dam and grand sire of such notablity makes us expect great things from his offspring.

Bullet is training the grandkids. He is easy to ride but has too many buttons for a wiggling child. We give instructions from the ground and if they don't follow them or sit still he gets hung in reverse. A child learns how to sit and where they place their hands. Balance is very important. Click here for recent pictures

    Bullet was in the front yard for a month or so. He enjoyed the extra attention and had a daily routine that we found typical of a 'people horse'. He watched TV! We moved the extra TV closer to "his" window and left it on when we are gone. I played him the movie, "Black Beauty". He watched the whole thing! Usually he'll go to the shade around 9 but he stayed until 10 because the movie wasn't over. He walks around the house all day looking in the windows but that day he kept coming back to the TV. As much as we enjoyed him, we were glad when he went to the gelding pasture. He had taken to "helping" with the laundry. He pulled the clothes off one by one, finally pulling the whole line down. We miss his closeness but not his piddling.

2008 BREEDING INFORMATION

Bullet's breeding fee is $500. Pasture breeding season is March 15th through May 15th. Breeding outside of this time period as well as other arrangements can be made including collection and shipping cooled semen. Please contact us for more information. 580-618-0038