Bill Thomas Performance Horses

12/24/2024

Congratulations Calla Thomas

After the initial selection round and fan favorite voting, this prestigious award is presented to an individual who is passionate about the horse industry along with being a role model toward their peers.

✨𝙎𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙐𝙥! 𝙈𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙚 is proud to present the 2024 𝙀𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 to Michigan native, 𝘾𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙨. ✨

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢’𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘙𝘏𝘈 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘙𝘏𝘈 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴.

𝘉𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢’𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳.

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢’𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭.”

12/07/2024

Congratulations Calla Thomas

The 2024 Adequan® NAAC concluded today with tough competition in the Youth 14-18 classes.

Calla Thomas rode Great Pepto Pine to an impressive score of 221 to win both the NAAC and NRHA Youth 14-18 classes with 62 entries.

Read more here reini.ng/NAAC14-18

11/27/2024

This is so cool Calla Thomas is a Finalist!!! You can vote by liking the individual picture Thank you!!!

11/13/2024

10/27/2024

Good day at the office

02/15/2024

✨𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙒𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙✨

𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙒𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙 "Nugget" will be at the 2024 Michigan Horse Expo under the guidance of Bill Thomas Performance Horses

We invite you to check out their stalls in Blain's Farm & Fleet Stallion Alley & watch their 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 during our 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙧 & 𝙀𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙧 at the Michigan Horse Expo!

This 2021 AQHA reining stallion, 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙒𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙, is by the great Gunnatrashya (who is an NRHA Hall of Fame sire with offspring earning over $12 million) and out of Dun with Black Gold (a grand daughter of the great Wimpys Little Step. This young stallion is showing amazing potential with big stops and proficient, quick spins. His showing debut starts late this summer with the beginning of Futurity season, which includes the Michigan Reining Horse Association Futurity. Gunna Win the Gold is a 6 panel genetic tested negative. 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙒𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙 is proudly owned by Rob and Michelle Gilman of Rafter Bar G Quarter Horses.

𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙒𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙 is under the care and guidance of Bill Thomas of Bill Thomas Performance Horses. Bill is the highest NRHA Open money earner in Michigan and holds multiple World Championship titles as well as top placings at the most prestigious Quarter Horse shows in the country. Bill has also trained multiple World Champion, Congress Champion and NRHA Champion horses and Non Pro riders. Bill has over 35 years of experience training and showing reining, cutting and working cow horses. He trains out of this 26-stall barn located in Saginaw, Michigan. Bill’s proven record and expertise makes him the best partner for 𝙂𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙒𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙 in his 3-yr-old year and for many more prosperous show seasons to come!

We invite you to visit both “Nugget” and Bill at the Bill Thomas Performance Horses booth.

Michigan Horse Expo March 8-10, 2024 at the MSU Livestock Pavilion in East Lansing, Michigan
🤠 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: www.mihorseexpo.com/tickets

12/29/2023

Getting the truck and trailer washed and ready