Callaway Performance Horses

11/06/2024

🌟Looking forward to our next star!🌟
We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming APHA prospect out of **Sweet Shade of Red** (VS Code Red x Ima Sweet Sensation)! 🎉
✨ Not only is this beautiful mare full of charm, but she’s also bred to the one and only **No Doubt I'm Lazy**and due in **February 2025**, we’re excited to see what the future holds!

11/06/2024

11/03/2024

This is a trailer loaded full of amazing mares and we are heading home! I LOVE this trio of “working moms!”

🔹Lopin To The Party, (Patsy) multiple world champion, APHA supreme champion daughter of Lazy Loper, winning in ranch, western pleasure and performance halter mares this week.
Due in February.

🔹Sweet Shade of Red, (Teagan) multiple world champion daughter of VS CODE RED, unanimous winner in the youth western pleasure, circuit champion in the novice western pleasure and holding her own in the Junior WP (3rd overall) and Amateur Western pleasure (3rd overall) with her novice amateur pilot (ME!) against world champions.
Due in February.

🔹Made Best With Honey, (Charlotte) Machine Made/RLBOS daughter and APHA National Top 10 Jr. WP horse. Winning in the youth showmanship, reserve in the youth western pleasure and earning points in both APHA and AQHA western pleasure classes! 
Due in February.

Thank you to our horse amazing horse show community for supporting me, my kiddos and our horses!
I know I am forgetting someone, but thank you to all the following whether it’s the coaching, fixing Jordan’s tie, bands, encouragement, golden retriever therapy,  etc. You know who you are and you know how you loved on me and my kids!!

Thank you to the horse show judges, staff, and team, Goldmine is always a favorite show of mine and my kiddos! Your customer service, office staff is exemplary and of course, the extra prizes make it fabulous for our youth! 

10/28/2024

🌟My sweet Lucy!! She is one of my all time favorite mares! I really can’t wait to meet her baby this spring!! ♥️

10/17/2024

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my VS CODE RED mare Teagan and cannot wait to meet our newest one when Charlotte foals in the Spring! 💜

VS CODE RED
Stud Fee: $5,000
Contracts & Inquiries: [email protected]
INCENTIVES:
Incentives:
Super Sires
Premier Sires
APHA Breeders
NSBA BCF
NSBA SIF
Roans To Riches
Southern Belle Breeders
Tom Powers Breeders Futurity
Owned by: Katie Van Slyke | VS CODE RED

10/10/2024

Stop and think for a minute about the beloved show horse you gush about regularly on social media. Do you know off the top of your head who bred that horse you love so much? If someone asked you at your next show, could you tell them where to go to find another horse bred like yours? Many cannot. But even if you can, do you make an effort to help promote the breeder who brought your beloved horse into this world? If no, why not? Would crediting that breeder take away from your success? Would it take away from your trainers worth? I would contend no. But would it help to elevate a quality breeder and help others to find them when they are looking for a horse? Yes, hugely.

Even if you can’t name them off the top of your head, I can almost guarantee you that somewhere, there is a breeder who still cares about your horse. A breeder who spend hours planning for the perfect breeding cross. A breeder who crossed their fingers in anticipation that the mare would take and be in foal first try. A breeder who watched in anticipation as that mare grew round and heavy in foal, hoping for the perfect foal. A breeder who gave up many nights of good sleep to watch that mare closely to ensure a safe and healthy birth. A breeder who sat beside that mare while she labored to bring your horse into this world and maybe even gave it the extra pull. A breeder who helped to dry off that little miracle and watched in never diminishing awe as they took their first breaths and first steps. A breeder who taught your horse all the basics and instilled a trust in humans from the beginning. A breeder who loved this horse and cared for them from the first breath. A breeder who likely found it hard to say goodbye when the day inevitably came, no matter how good of a home the horse was going to. A breeder who probably still thinks about your horse from time to time and would love to know how they are doing. A breeder who watches from afar while those babies they raised go on to do great things and cheer them on with every success, even if they are no longer within that horses inner circle. A breeder who repeats the cycle each spring and keeps striving to breed the best possible horses, even when they know that they may not get any credit when those horses are out winning someday. Without that breeder, you would not have your horse. Stop and think about that for a second.

There is no horse industry without horse breeders. No matter what scale they operate- 2 mares or 20 mares- they are all valuable to the industry and deserve respect and recognition for their efforts. Breeding horses is not for the faint of heart. It is a tireless and often thankless endeavor. It can be as heartbreaking as it is exciting. Some years you bring healthy, beautiful foals into the world and their mothers get to raise them. Other years you may lose a foal or a mare or both and that is something no breeder can get past without a heavy heart. The average horse owner may not think or know of all that goes into breeding a horse while they are enjoying their equine partner. So I am here to shed a little light on the life of a horse breeder. I have been raised in this industry and can’t count the number of foals I have seen enter this world. So many have gone on to do great things and many times I am able to follow that progress and keep in touch with the new owners. That is best case scenario- to be able to stay engaged with a horse you loved from the first breath and know they have gone on to be someone’s beloved partner. Alternatively, many of the horses we’ve bred disappear and we are unable to keep in touch. This is the saddest part because you just don’t know. You hope the horse has a great life but you can’t be sure.

So here is my request: take a moment and figure out who bred your horse. Often, breeders are fairly easy to find thanks to social media. If you can find them, reach and let them know that horse is loved and thank them for their part in the journey. I can guarantee getting a note like that will make almost any horse breeders day and it only costs you a bit of time and effort. I think it would be great for folks to also take it a step further- when your horse is out winning, make a point to give some credit to that breeder on social media or to the people who ask about your horse or admire them. If a breeder is breeding great horses, make sure people know! If people out there are looking for a horse like yours, help them learn where they can find another one just like yours!

To all the breeders out there, big or small, I see you and I commend you. To all the horse owners, I set forth a challenge: when you post about your horse

Written by: Brandy Brown and published on 8/28/20

(Feel free to share but please give me author credit ☺️)

09/25/2024

🌟Fall has officially arrived and with it, the opportunity to secure breedings for 2025 for our mares. So many great possibilities! It is one of my favorite things to work out each year!🌟

09/15/2024

🌟 We are so very excited to meet this baby from this cross! I absolutely love my Fireman baby from this year! 

09/14/2024

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🚨 ARTICLE ALERT 🚨

We dove deep into the results of the 2024 NSBA World Show and uncovered some incredible insights! 🏆 From the top-earning stallions to standout progeny, our latest article covers it all. 🌟

Highlights include:

🐴 The highest-earning horse: Cocochella by Makin Me W***y Wild ($11,860.93)!
🌟 Top sires, dams, and damsires making waves.
📊 Unique stats such as top earners, and even a list of every single stallion that had an earner at the show this year!

Read the full article now:
https://stallioncompare.com/article/2024-nsba-worlds

09/10/2024

💜 Some of our “working moms” of Callaway Performance Horses!!💜
Foals in January/February and back to the show pen by June!!
Great minds and soundness!!

09/08/2024

Ok… it’s September! Who wants to play breeding match up for 2025? I will be breeding the following mares:

🔹Invest N Therapy AQHA/APHA
(RLBOS x Dark Jasmine)

🔹RidinTheBreeze APHA/AQHA
(No Doubt Im Lazy x Only Breeze)

🔹KM Best In Line AQHA/APHA
(RLBOS x Hot Little Momma)

🔹Sweet Shade of Red, APHA
(VSCR x Ima Sweet Sensation)

🔹Made Best With Honey AQHA/APHA (Machine Made x RLBOS)

🔹KM OnMyBestBehavior AQHA/APHA
(RLBOS x Hot Little Momma)

🔹Lopin To The Party, APHA
(Lazy Loper x Party Dress)

08/31/2024

A heartfelt thank you to our remarkable customers and trainers who have chosen Callaway Performance Horses as the launchpad for their 2024 prospects! We are excited to witness the phenomenal growth of these exceptional individuals. Your commitment is the backbone of our program's accomplishments!

08/27/2024

My secret weapon! Todd Legler, master horseman, farrier and engineer making sure all my mares are trimmed and all the babies get a solid, patient start with farrier work!

08/19/2024

🌟 Great news!! Sweet Dollface’s testing came back and she’s homozygous w35/w35!🌟

08/01/2024

It is with huge excitement that I introduce these two exceptional new broodmares to Callaway Performance Horses:

🌟KM BEST IN LINE🌟

2014 AQHA/APHA Mare
(RLBOS X Hot Little Mama) bred to
🔥VS The Fireman🔥 for a 2/10/25 foal

"Dollface" is a FULL sibling to MULTIPLE World and Congress Champion; MOMMA KNOWS BEST

Dam: Hot Little Mama
Congress Masters Res Champion
Producer of foals earning $50,000+

Grand Dam: Talk To Me Vicky
Producer of foals earning 1,480+ points and $80,000+

🌟RIDINTHEBREEZE🌟

2016 AQHA/APHA mare
(No Doubt Im Lazy x Only A Breeze) bred to Required Invitation for a January 2025 foal.

Dam: Only A Breeze, AQHA
2 Select World Championships, 3 Open World Championships, and multiple Congress and NSBA World Championships.
Sire: Invitation Only, AQHA

Talk about MARE POWER!