Crossbow Quarter Horses

03/05/2022

One of a Kind.
Blessed❤️

03/05/2022

One of my Haze Daughters
Hazy Ink

06/15/2020

Dying for Driftwoods
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The union of a Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred Joe Hancock granddaughter with Driftwood (“Speedy”) changed rodeo forever. He’d gotten the nickname as a match-racing winner before he became three-time world champion team roper Asbury Schell’s rope horse.

Both Speedy and his most famous son, Driftwood Ike, won money in several different events when he was just 3 years old. Back when Mel Potter was making the NFR, literally 50% of ropers in Arizona and California were riding Speedy’s get.

“I had quite a few Hancocks I roped on, and they were a bit rough-running,” he said. “But put a Driftwood stud on Hancock mares, and the c**ts would get his smooth run.”

Ropers began clamoring for get of full brothers Speedywood and Driftwood Ike, along with Poker Chip Peake—described by Potter as the “greatest calf horse to ever walk.” Potter actually rode all three Driftwood sons, and mentions another son, Nifty Wood.

“His trainer rode him two miles to the track, switched to the flat saddle and set a world record,” recalled Potter. “Then he took him the next day to a team roping and won the team roping on him.”

Potter recalls Hall-of-Famers like Phil Lyne and Walt Arnold saying that it only takes a drop of Driftwood blood to make a horse great.

“Those guys were so high on them, and I remember thinking, yeah, the horses are great, but they had great cowboys training and riding them,” Potter said.

That was until he bred his own good mare to Speedywood. The resulting c**t learned so fast that, at 3 years old, he was out-working Potter’s good calf horse. Potter was sold. So he bought one of the last four Driftwood Ike stud c**ts. Lone Drifter was out of a granddaughter of Top Deck (TB), and was sent with some mares to Pat Cowan years ago in exchange for some of the c**t crop. Team ropers are still reaping the benefits—including NFR header Bubba Buckaloo, whose good horse “Prowler” is a Lone Drifter son.

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02/18/2020

Our main stallion here at Crossbow Quarter Horses
*Driftin Haze*

02/18/2020

08/30/2019

06/17/2019

We almost never breed to outside mares- I do minimal vaccinating and try very hard to keep our little herd CLOSED-
that said- this little one we helped create for a very dear friend and I am SO happy it worked out!
congratulations on your gorgeous filly Leslie Lile!!

05/24/2019

Another one we are beyond happy about!
Our stud is black but NOT Homozygous- and now I am happier than ever about that!
Filly with Driftwood, Blue Val and King is ON the dam papers😍
This one is NFS😊

05/24/2019

so excited about this foal! I think this one will stay black- I have a 2 year old full brother, grey, available as a stud!
25% Blue Valentine
25% Gooseberry
pedigree in photos

05/04/2019

The Round-up Outfit on the move, 1886. Chalk Butte Country, moving from Crow Creek, a Tributary of Powder River. http://ow.ly/T6jI30b1Sqn

04/26/2019

One of our foals all grown up!😍

01/27/2019

One of our foals all grown up and out in the working world! This girl was out and about, packing elk with ZERO issues and all within a month 30 days of being started. We are so proud of her! Now she is teaching the grandkids to ride😊
and only at about 3 months of being broke!

01/12/2019

right!?! hahha

10/11/2018

"Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do."
- Buck Brannaman

09/16/2018

Rolling Snowdrift..we bred and raised this guy - super pleased with how he has turned out. Looking forward to his first babies next spring! pedigree in photos

09/07/2018

the older I get, the more truth I see in this

"Only way that horses win is if you sit there and spend time with 'em. Show 'em that you're tryin' to help 'em. Love 'em. Talk to 'em. Get to know 'em. That's what you gotta do. You love 'em and they'll love you, too. People might call me crazy, but that's the way it is. I been on the racetrack 34 years, and I ain't never gonna give up. I think they'll take me to my grave with a pitchfork in my hand and a rub rag in my back pocket."

Secretariat and his beloved groom Mr. Eddie Sweat.

08/04/2018

hey, I have some reel purty horses for sale LOL- photo session gone wrong! too many flies!

07/04/2018

pretty cool!

06/10/2018

pretty sure all our pups out there speak “human”😍
Thanks Elaine for the photo!!

05/21/2018

makes me laugh everytime!

05/18/2018

My fav. kind of Rainbow

05/15/2018

had to run back “home”
sure missed seeing this little one for a few days!

05/02/2018

a little replacement filly😊
25% Blue Valentine
(Driftin Haze x Funny B Easter Val)..she’ll be grey.
her full brother from last year is for sale!

04/30/2018

This is what makes it all worthwhile❤️