AER Performance Horses

08/16/2024

All the professional couch jockeys out there make it hard for anyone to post on social media anymore.

If you have the “a c**t should never buck” mentality well you haven’t started enough c**ts then. 😉

08/15/2024

A lot of times if I exhibition a c**t you will see them make mistakes and I’ll still let them be done after 2-3 times through the pattern. I’m building confidence not perfection. I don’t want this to be something they despise doing. I want them to think “I go in here and I work for a bit and I’m done”. I don’t want them to think the arena is where they go to get disciplined or where they go to work til they are exhausted every time.

Train for correctness not perfection—

Too many times we want perfection and that can strip away confidence on our c**ts. If they are trying, reward them.

If they are improving, reward them.

If they make a small mistake in an exhibition just roll on.

If it was a really big mistake you can correct them.

However, if every time they make a small mistake and you stop them in an exhibition and continually correct them, they may stop trying for you.

Building confidence is part of the training process when building a winner in the barrel race.

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08/13/2024

One white sock - keep him for a day
two white socks - sell him far away
three white socks - give him to a friend
four white socks - keep him til the end

08/10/2024

How cool is this! You don’t see senior stallions step back in to the arena very often

🤩 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The barn aisle chatter is true..

Living legend Spooks Gotta Whiz to compete at The Run For A Million. The 2007 AQHA/APHA Stallion earned over $346k During his show career and amassed over $9 Million in progeny earnings as a sire. In the saddle none other than the green shirt himself... Shawn Flarida.

PERFORMANCE RECORD includes NRHA Hall of Fame. In 2010: NRHA Open Futurity Champion; High Roller Reining Classic Open Futurity Reserve Champion; in 2011:. Split 6th NRBC Open Derby; split 4th NRBC Derby Preliminaries Open; in 2012: NRBC Open Derby Champion; NRHA Open Derby Champion; top 10 NRBC Derby Preliminaries Open; in 2014: USEF National Champ Reining Cri3 Open Champion; FEI World Equestrian Games Open Reining Champion; FEI World Equestrian Games Reining Team Usa Champion; USEF International Horse Of Honor.

We asked Michell about bringing "Baby" back at 17 years of age, "Baby is a show horse and he and Shawn are an amazing team. I watch him at the breeding farm and he’s still loving, silly, and playful. He’s in excellent body condition. From the first ride, his tail was relaxed and ears forward - a testament to the care he was given both at Cinder Lakes Ranch and now Oswood Stallion Station. Showing is fun - I want him to be happy and, I believe he is happy. He has nothing to prove to anyone but a lot of people will be excited to see him show one last time with his pilot, Shawn Flarida."

Photo Credit: Cam Essick

Stay tuned for more from Vegas: WzEquine.com

08/07/2024

We don’t have a solid plan yet for Metallics Little Cat as far as the 2025 breeding season goes. He’s very young (just a 3yr old) and we are hoping to get his toes in the ranch riding world a bit before he is a full time stallion.

Stay tuned and we should have some answers by the end of the month. I know so many are patiently waiting. ♥️

07/25/2024

Happy to report that these 2 future broodmares are both 6 panel clean! We also tested Annie for the new EJSCA disease because of her bloodlines and she is clear there also!

07/22/2024

Just a friendly reminder that it is not safe respiratory wise to work your horses hard in this air quality.

07/14/2024

Well that wasn’t cheap but soon all the potential broodmares will be either 5, 6, or 7 panel tested depending on age and bloodlines.

Our stallion, Metallics Little Cat, is 5 panel Neg but we will be updating to an 8 panel status later this year. They just keep coming up with more tests 😅

07/13/2024

I used to live & breathe for barrel racing. It was my passion, my hobby and also my job. But it came before everything else in my life. Before family and friends and important events.

I haven’t left my passion behind, but I’ve definitely taken a step back and started putting my priorities in order. Barrel racing (or any hobby) will always be there, your friends and family may not be. Don’t miss the weddings, reunions, etc. You never know when it could be the last time you see someone important to you.

06/22/2024

Picked up this pretty lady yesterday at an auction. She is halter broke so that helps things a lot. She’s not in your pocket but isn’t running away from me either. Touching her feet is an absolute no so we might just leave that be since she’s older and big and so reactive about it. Hopefully I can keep messing with her and get her friendlier and brush out her mane and tail. Seems like she’s had the bare minimum of handling or just hasn’t been handled for a very long time. Feet are rough but she’s nice and fat. Almost looks like she just lost a foal with the bag she has.
I wish they could tell their stories.

“Martina” IBN AStar of Liberty - Independence Day birthday 🇺🇸

06/07/2024

Jenny Kirk 2002 AQHA daughter of No Brakes Now x Dr Kirk - Checked in foal to Flingin Roses for 2025

Yes Jenny is available to the right home. $5000 FIRM. This barely covers just getting that black dot on the screen so please don’t inquire if you aren’t serious. Jenny is older yes but she’s healthy and is sound all the way around. She has 2 things to disclose which is she broke her face as a baby and has a very small piece of hardware that pokes out of her nose now. It does not cause any issues and she is not in pain. Vet said it can be shaved down if more wants to emerge in the future. Just making you aware it’s there because I’m painfully honest about my horses 🙃 she also has a lump in her throat latch. I was told it happened last year after drawing coggins on her. I’ve had it scanned. There’s nothing there/nothing to be done. It’s purely cosmetic.

Good mamma. Foals on pasture. No help. No caslicks. 1D barrel producer. Dam of NFR Haze horse owned by Matt Reeves. She’s the real deal.

05/22/2024

Filly from fall 2023 loose auction that I had picked up and got ground work started on. “Starry Eyed Charley” or Charley as we called her. Her new owner sent an update!

05/15/2024

Your stall mats can double as breeding mats 😂
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05/07/2024

AER Gamblin Man (pending) May 7th 2024 c**t by Casino Heist and out of Starlett On The Bay by Brookstone Bay

05/01/2024

Wow 😮

When designing or picking your next horse trailer, quality matters.

This customer’s Cimarron trailer was unfortunately caught in one of the tornadoes in Oklahoma this week, but take a look at the strength of this drop down window. 😳

Cimarron Trailers
“Better By Design”

04/29/2024

Ok let’s try Starlett foaling giveaway round 2.
Guess her foaling date and I’ll send you AER merch.

340 days and no baby. I really don’t believe it. She has been bagged up for almost 6 weeks now and has had all the signs of foaling being close for 2 weeks now 🙈 PH has stayed steady at the 6.8/7.2 range though.

04/19/2024

A couple of hefty made grays working on fitness. Pepper just came in so she’s a little fluffier. Shaker is coming up on 3 weeks back under saddle.

I am currently booked full for summer 2024. I will possibly have an opening come fall (Aug/Sept ish) but this is not for sure yet. If interested just shoot me a message and I’ll keep you in the loop.

Black Background photos will be available starting May 1st 😊

04/05/2024

Poor mama Starlett is miserable. 4 more days to go and we hit the “safe” zone for foaling. She is miserable and starting to kick at her belly a little. Her edema in her udders should have it’s own area code it’s so large 😖 I can’t wait to see what she has but also can’t wait for her to get some relief. She is not the easy keeper type but we got some extra weight on this winter and she’s been holding it nicely so far. Thanks in large part to Turtle Mountain Flax’s cold milled flax!

04/05/2024

“now it is clear that virtually every thoroughbred in training bleeds into its lung”

Also interesting to read In the original comments where someone states they know of a study done on barrel horses where the majority were shown to have started bleeding ON THE WAY to the first barrel. This means conditioning is not as big of a factor as many think is it. We have bred these horses to run as fast as they can. We did this. And we need to do the prevention or maintenance to prevent bleeding. Don’t just wait for your horse to show signs of bleeding, many will not show outward symptoms.

03/31/2024

We have one mare that looks likes she’s been cycling for a month straight. I figured she was in transition. On the same hand I’ve had a mare cycle in March and we had a Feb baby. Breeding is fun 🫣

It’s that time of year up north when mares are stuck in transition. Unless your mare has been properly under artificial lights for 90 days there is a high probability they won’t start actually cycling/ovulating until mid-end April and should become regular by May. Their first ovulation isn’t always fertile either….your best bet is to wait until they have ovulated once on their own and go from there.

03/29/2024

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted so let’s get back to it with a giveaway!

Starlett on the Bay will be my only mare to foal this year so be the one to guess the date she foals and I’ll send you a baseball cap just in time for spring! April 19th will be 330 days.

Hints - belly is dropped and bag is filling up

*If there are multiple guesses for the same date I will take the first guess made.

03/10/2024

Foals are fragile. They have a very limited time frame to get from womb to standing and nursing. They go downhill fast and generally once they start going downhill, the outcome is not good.

03/07/2024

I guess you can add small sticks to the list of many things that can take down a horse 🤦🏼‍♀️

03/05/2024

2023 Bay c**t by Roller & A Shaker - $4500 would consider SHORT term payment plans. No trades I have to many. SERIOUS INQUIRES ONLY . He was never meant to be available but I haven’t had luck moving my filly.

LOCATION- Towner ND

ROLLER AND A SHAKER (Bogie Biankus x Joaks Lucky Chick)NFR qualifiers & producers on both sides.

Incentives:
Royal Crown
Gridiron
Future Fortunes (paid in)
Glacier Chaser Classic Futurity
Southwest Desert Classic
Triple Crown 100
VGBRA
World’s Richest Breakaway
Homegrown Classic Stallion Incentive
5-State Breeders