Located in southeast Kansas, Horse Creek Ranch Quarter Horses is a breeding, training and boarding facility.
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Our horses are used for ranch work and shown in AQHA events. Contact us to see if we can help you find your next prospect.
09/09/2024
So very sad to hear about the passing of It’s a Southern Thing. What a significant loss for Amy and Kevin Gumz, as well as for everyone who has been connected to his lineage. This amazing stallion sired so many wonderfully talented Mini Pies! My heartfelt condolences go out to both Amy and Kevin on the loss of Moonpie. I’ve been fortunate enough to own six of his incredible minis and have another one on the way! Thank you, Moonpie, for a great run and for leaving such a lasting legacy.
With great sadness, Kevin and Amy Gumz and Gumz Farms announce the passing of Its A Southern Thing or Moonpie (as known by most). A successful show horse and leading sire, he leaves a legacy that most can only hope to experience. We are blessed to have had this magnificent horse in our lives and his impact on the industry will live on in the show arenas and breeding barns. Thank you to the breeders, owners and exhibitors for not only reaching but exceeding goals that most stallions will never attain. A heartfelt thank you the care providers and support team that made his life a better place for him and us.
07/16/2024
Jackson’s friend Kasiah just walked out and hugged on the Ranch horses! Why I love our breeding program to this day is because of the gentle nature of our horses! Prince, Leotyne and Sissy🥰
07/15/2024
The Barn Cats! They deserve the utmost respect! They have to deal with the raccoons, opossums, coyotes, mice, snakes, and all for the horses who nuzzle them! If you have barn cats post a picture of them!
06/19/2024
Mr Gibson is all personality and tuned up for Berrien Springs! On my way and looking forward to seeing all my horse friends! Cow Creek Photography Taylor D'Amico Victoria Delarosa Jamie Dowdy Mark Katafiasz
03/31/2024
How I feel when I’m around my horses!!!
EC Photo of the Day- An Undeniable Love
This is Paisley Miller with Believe In The Good, aka "Calvin Klein." They were 10 & Under Trail Champions at Sun Circuit, as well as Reserve High Point in their division. "She’s crazy for horses," says her grandmother, Ingrid Miller. "My husband says it’s a genetic defect! Aren’t we blessed?!"
Thank you to Ingrid for sharing this sweet photo! If you have a great photo of the day, please send it by email: [email protected].
03/30/2024
Buddy has been one of the best horses ever added to our barn family! He took care of both my boys in the show pen and riding around the ranch! Safe, affectionate and always one to do his job to the best of his ability. Austin, Peg and I delivered him today to his new friend, Grace Janssen of Desoto! Grace is the most charming young lady and so ready to make Buddy’s stay comfortable! She had welcome signs at the entrance of the stables and on his new stall! Austin and I were so very happy! Thank you Amber Henderson for introducing me to the Janssen’s💯 Lesley Karnes Janssen
02/24/2024
The amazing Good Terms son, Mustbetheterminator! Thank you Cow Creek Photography for this priceless photo of Austin Mckechnie with Mickey! So many memories made with this exceptional horse.
02/23/2024
The McKechnie Ladies are enjoying the warm Texas weather while preparing to become Mommas!
02/05/2024
Please help support however you can.
Many of you know Bob as the voice of the Ozark Quarter Horse Association shows. Our dear friend,… Janet Deckman needs your support for Bob Mitchell Help Fund
02/05/2024
Throwback to a Kansas Quarter Horse show in 2003. Austin Mckechnie was an infant guessing about 3 months old at the time. The Horse was Starring Cool. Sweet boy! I loved working with the babies!
One of my favorite memories from this show was my friend Laurie Reeve Bock gave Austin his first pair of western boots! Laurie and I met through Leadership Kansas and also helped us find our first horse trailer in Garden City.
She was such a kind and loving friend. I am grateful to have had her in my life. She lost her battle to cancer in 2009. Having support in the horse showing world is what makes it fun and she always did that so well. 🙏
01/17/2024
When you sell a horse and he never is transferred out of your name on his AQHA papers, you worry about him…until you hear from a completely different owner in Georgia! Thank the lord this wonderful family has him and reached out to me! Holly Bakke
08/23/2023
South Bound, 2018 sorrel gelding at The Premier in Lexington.
05/07/2023
SOLD
Willow is being offered for your consideration. She was 6th this year in the AQHA World Show Pleasure Versatility Challenge as a 3 year old and was the NSBA 2x World Champion as a 2 year old. Beautiful mover that also is one amazing pony horse too! She has her Performance ROM and is ready to be an All Around horse.
05/07/2023
This boy we refer to as Rip gets better every day!
03/13/2022
The people you surround yourself with will make a huge difference in your success and happiness. So very happy to have Jamie Dowdy Performance Horses, Mary Chris and Cliff Hartman, Amy Gumz, Melissa Hendrix, Lisa Ramsey, and Kevin Gumz on my side when I’m showing and outside the arena as friends!!
We’ve all had those ‘woulda, coulda, shoulda’ thoughts from time-to-time. Whether it’s regretting not taking more practical college classes, saving for retirement, or not stopping to smell the roses when you were younger, as they say…hindsight is 20/20. No matter where we are on our life.....
01/10/2022
If It Aint Southern - living his best life!
2016 gelding
12/22/2021
Yes it has! Thank you To my whole team!
It has been a spectacular year for .mckechnie and her Its A Southern Thing's! Congrats Kristy & Jamie Dowdy Performance Horses!
09/05/2021
Labor Day sale at the Ranch. We have a number of really nice ranch geldings and mares for sale. Ranch is for sale as well! Contact me via PM if your interested.
07/20/2021
This gorgeous mare spent her first 2 years at Hartman farms and is ready to become a show horse. Message me any questions.
06/20/2021
SOLD
06/20/2021
⭐️SOLD⭐️
Western Riding at the American Royal⭐️
04/07/2021
Cam just keeps getting better!
04/01/2021
🌟SOLD🌟
For Sale - Nifty Gold Bars 2009 Chestnut Gelding
Out of our deceased stud Call Me Nifty Tu and our mare Whammy Diane. Very smart and trainable gelding. I am downsizing and need to reduce my herd. All reasonable offers will be considered.
02/25/2021
We hear it all of the time: “I don’t make any money off of boarding, its a business of love.” And we as the boarders shake our heads in frustration, wondering how our hard earned …
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Southeast Kansas knows 25 degrees once a winter for a week…..what in the world is a negative sign in front of a number in regards to temps😵❄️🥶#StayWarmStaySafe #livestock #quarterhorsesarethebest #articblast Austin Mckechnie Jackson Mckechnie
Join us at AQHA shows throughout the country as these two beautiful horses begin their all around careers!
New Year New Lineup! Ladies and Gents The Marvelous Ms Maple and Sir Gibson under the training of Jamie Dowdy Performance Horses! #bayhorse #nodoubtshezazippo #southpointe #horsecreekranchquarterhorses #aqhaproud Brinks Hattery Back to Berrien Futurity Rod Patrick Bootmakers Comeau Jewelry Company Hartman Farms Quarter Horses Blue Ribbon Custom Tack Cow Creek Photography
"Awards, ribbons and honors are nice, but real satisfaction comes from a parent who trusts one of our horses for their children.
Arthur Edwin McKechnie, Jr. 1922-2000
Welcome to Horse Creek Ranch. We breed quarter horses for looks, ability, show, and pleasure. All of our mares and stallion have excellent temperaments and dispositions. We are located outside of Arcadia, Kansas in the far southeast corner of the state. Quarter Horses have been a part of our breeding program for over 60 years.
In 1999, my father, Arthur E. McKechnie, Jr. was recognized by the American Quarter Horse Association for over 50 cumulative years of breeding American Quarter Horses. Dad's longstanding dedication to the breed served as the foundation for our breeding program today.
In 1947, Dad was given a Candy, a Thoroughbred mare, for a high school graduation present and bred her to Black Hawk P.1222 by San Siemon P.1810 owned by King Merritt of Federal Wyoming. Little Sug P.28,930, a brown mare was foaled thus beginning our family's breeding history of American Quarter Horses.
Dad took mares to Black Hawk over the years including a Steel Dust bred mare, "Lady", and a mare purchased from King Merritt in 1947. In 1950 he leased Bourbon Tek who was by Bourbon by Ding Bob. In 1953 he bought an own son of Leo from Bud Warren, Leo Lightning.
In 1960 he added Dixie Jr., son of Dixie's Paul and a full brother to Paul A, who was Oklahoma Star bred, and in 1964, a son of Sugar Bars was purchased from Bud Warren, Horatio, whose dam was Lena Horn.
Dad continued with these bloodlines until 1986 and added Skip Will Win, a grandson of Blondy's Dude and 5 times bred Skipper W stallion, and Whammy Ball, a grandson of Three Bars tracing back to Little Meow and Spanish Joy. Our current stallion is an own son of Whammy Ball, Whammy Dun a Goldbar “Gold” and is a 2007 dun. We raise horses that are functional and can work on the ranches we have owned in the Laramie Mountains of Wyoming, Arizona, and Kansas. Our horses have successfully been raced, shown in halter, reining, cutting and other AQHA performance classes.
Dad's greatest achievement with his Quarter Horses was making buyers happy and enjoying the feeling he would get when they would come back a few years later for another horse for their child. Dad had repeat buyers from all over the western United States and we are proud to be able to continue the family tradition of breeding and raising American Quarter Horses.
