Rance and Josey Butler Performance Horses

Rance and Josey Butler Performance Horses We enjoy what we do and it shows. Rance is a Firefighter so we are blessed that we don't have to kee

I haven’t been going much with trade show season in full swing for Streakin B Art but at 2023 winds down we were proud t...
12/15/2023

I haven’t been going much with trade show season in full swing for Streakin B Art but at 2023 winds down we were proud to get the news Josey Butler and her daughter of Once in a Blu Boon, Candy Blu won the Limited Hackamore year end in the Southwest Reined Cow Horse Association. Look for Ramona and I in the Limited Open Bridle starting with the Fort Worth Stock Show as well as Red Horse Remix and Frosted Fling in the AQHA Senior Barrels during the times even challenge. Thank you to everyone who keeps them going…
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health

And welcome new partners at Capital Hatters I am looking forward to working with you on some projects.

08/24/2023

DialinJetforCoronas
5 yr old head horse gelding
Gentle, broke,
Double Registered AQHA APHA
Coming to the 𝐍𝐄𝐓𝐗 𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄
September 30 2023
Greenville Tx

Josey Butler and Candy Blu  by Once in a Blu Boon back in the showpen getting ready for the NRCHA Hackamore Classic in a...
07/11/2023

Josey Butler and Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon back in the showpen getting ready for the NRCHA Hackamore Classic in a couple weeks. Ramona won the fence work and was second in the junior reining at the East Texas Stock Horse show in Sulphur Springs TX over the weekend. Thank you to her squad Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health Swanson Ag Wraps, LLC keeping her healthy and happy.

We had one foal born this year but she’s pretty much everything anyone could want… named Zorra instead of Zorro because ...
07/03/2023

We had one foal born this year but she’s pretty much everything anyone could want… named Zorra instead of Zorro because she’s fast with her front feet like swords. Consult with Harper Butler for more cool barn names.
Bet He Sparks x Playgun Grandaughter

06/14/2023

Exhibit A as to why it takes a village to keep a performance horse healthy and happy and it’s imperative your Vets and other Equine Professionals work together and consider what each other has to say. AND why it’s so important to form a consistent relationship with your care providers so they know your horses and aren’t just an injection or an X-ray to them.

A couple weeks ago our daughter’s horse started refusing to accept the bit. Something that’s never been an issue as he usually reaches for it. The other night he sat back when I went to bridle him. Again not an issue he’s ever had. His teeth are up to date all normal things checked off. I had my friend and Equine Professional Chiropractor Shawna Turner Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist out to adjust horses Monday and she pointed out there was entirely too much fluid on his TMJ as she adjusted him. I took him with me to our vet’s at Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery today and Dr Dalton Pate pulled an insane amount of fluid off his TMJ. This horse lives the good life as a kids horse and spends most days in the pasture and X-rays revealed nothing abnormal thankfully. Thanks to some of the Equine Medical Industrie’s best we got him some relief.

Dr Dalton even took the time to check out our rescue Barn Sparrow for our daughter 😉

05/31/2023

This past weekend our daughter competed on a horse we trained from day one in her very first legit reinwork portion of a cow horse show. We had a few nerve caused hiccups but she completed and remembered a very tough pattern and nailed lead changes from a large fast into a small slow change! 😳 You just think it’s satisfying to ride one’s you’ve raised and trained till you watch your kid take them over. MartinisinTraffic by Traffic Guy Stallion out of a stakes producing daughter of First To Flash was shown as a 3 and 4 yr old in the Working Cow Horse by Josey and and is a money earner inspite of being bred to be a world class barrel horse. He runs a beautiful pattern but has shown the nature of a kids horse so we’ve declined to push him to go any faster. My heart swelled seeing the pride of accomplishment on her face after their run together. I swear the horse was smiling too. God bless the ones who live the kids 💜

05/07/2023

Red Horse Remix adding another check to his rodeo career. 2nd at Pittsburg TX UPRA.

Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist
Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health
Streakin B Art

This morning we welcomed our only foal this year! A FILLY! by the incredible Bet He Sparks out of our Pitchfork mare by ...
05/02/2023

This morning we welcomed our only foal this year! A FILLY! by the incredible Bet He Sparks out of our Pitchfork mare by Special Gun x Playgun.

Emily Wright Photography catching Red Horse Remix playing in the slop in Linden Texas to win second. Mid-South Equine Sp...
05/02/2023

Emily Wright Photography catching Red Horse Remix playing in the slop in Linden Texas to win second.

Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist
Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health

04/30/2023

Red Horse Remix and Josey Butler picking up his second rodeo check in a row placing second in the pouring rain and lightening at Linden TX UPRA. Thank you to everyone who keeps our horses feeling their very best.
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health
Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist
Swanson Ag Wraps, LLC
Streakin B Art

We can’t say enough good things about our Veterinarians at Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery and all the othe...
04/29/2023

We can’t say enough good things about our Veterinarians at Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery and all the others out there stressing themselves out to keep our horses going.

04/16/2023

We are so proud of our homegrown boy this weekend picking up his first big rodeo check. Thanks to everyone who keeps him going.. Supple Steeds Wellness SpecialistMid-South Equine Sports Medicine and SurgeryZesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon adding to her LTE this weekend winning the Open Herd Work with a combined 145.5 and the ...
03/27/2023

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon adding to her LTE this weekend winning the Open Herd Work with a combined 145.5 and the Open Rein/Cow at the East Texas Stock Horse Show.
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist
Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health
Streakin B Art

One of the biggest mistakes people make and I confess to making it on this filly is not putting enough pressure on a tal...
03/22/2023

One of the biggest mistakes people make and I confess to making it on this filly is not putting enough pressure on a talented easy young horse when not working the barrel pattern.

This daughter of Champion stallion Highest Fire out of a 1D, Pro Rodeo, and Futurity money earning daughter of SunFrost has been a quick study from the get go. Easy to get broke, easy to start on the pattern. All star potential. When the run started hitting her it didn’t seem to be an issue till last week. A slip on the first caused her confidence to plummet and I realized I don’t think I’ve ever put this mare in a bind. I’ve never loped half circles at speed and asked her to collect and roll back. She’s always been a super star and I skipped the most important thing we can do to set them up for success. Hold her accountable. Today as she stands here and catches her breath we are playing catch up with this oversight. Today we aren’t working the barrels I might go around one barrel if it’s in my way but today she’s being asked to let me push her without a barrel to turn on her own or a cow to make her rate. Today if go around 3 barrels it will be to cool off at a walk. The barrels will be a place to relax for a while. Tomorrow she’ll be a better horse and 2 weeks from now she’ll be ready for more speed.

Genetics are so powerful. I was blessed to ride and win on this son of JL Dash Ta Heaven’s mother. Her name was Nonstop ...
03/02/2023

Genetics are so powerful. I was blessed to ride and win on this son of JL Dash Ta Heaven’s mother. Her name was Nonstop Bug she’s also the mother of our Red Horse Remix. When she was a baby she would get mad when you pulled on her but wanted you to constantly hold her…. but not pull just hold… It was a fine line. My favorite thing to do was hang a bigger bit than she needed on her and change speeds without loosing forward motion till she relaxed and stopped pulling and fighting with me and let me handle her without holding her. She hates spurs… so I rode my biggest pair on her when schooling, she didn’t like the split reins dangling so I rode her in ones that drug the ground. She got over all of it. This c**ts the exact same way. I like my horses to run in there and hold themselves up and turn on their own but if I ask for more finish I want them to take it and come not stiffen and push. I’m not smart enough for all that lift, pull, shape, I’d rather be along for the ride and ready to help than dictating where everything goes at Mach 2. I noticed the last time I ran this c**t in an exhib he was starting to climb and stiffen. The speed is getting to him. Today he got his momma’s go to bit and a lot of ranch pleasure type speed transitions. After a fair impression of a uncoordinated Lipizzaner he decided it was less effort to relax and behave and finished smoothly transitioning around the arena without arguement. A patterned horse isn’t a broke horse but a broke horse will always be easy to pattern.

Beautiful afternoon at home. We hope everyone had a blessed weekend.
02/27/2023

Beautiful afternoon at home. We hope everyone had a blessed weekend.

Yesterday while taking an up close look at Carolyn Simancik Photography photo I noticed something… the cow is all but cr...
02/18/2023

Yesterday while taking an up close look at Carolyn Simancik Photography photo I noticed something… the cow is all but crawling in the bridle with my mare. I jokingly said on my personal page that everyone wants to have a Preston Williams Snaffle even the cows but this shot gives me chills for another reason. All my life I’ve loved great horses no matter what discipline. Number one thing is great horses love their job. And to watch a horse that loves its job is thrilling. You can build work ethic in a horse but you can’t grow them a heart. This big bay mare loves to go down the fence. This was her first turn after leaving the corner. She took a blow to the face from that cow as you can see in the second photo it didn’t phase her. She loves her job. If you have a horse that will run off the end of the world for you, you’re one of the most blessed people in the world. They don’t have to do this for us… they do it because they love it as much as we do. Happy Saturday!

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon marking a 217.5 to win the Level One Open Fence Work in the Tres Osos Performance Horses...
02/16/2023

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon marking a 217.5 to win the Level One Open Fence Work in the Tres Osos Performance Horses Derby at the National Reined Cow Horse Association Celebration of Champions.
Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
100X Equine
Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon winning the Limited Open Hackamore at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo National Reined ...
01/30/2023

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon winning the Limited Open Hackamore at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo National Reined Cow Horse Association show. Looking forward to the Level One Open Derby and the Limited Open Hackamore World Championship class next month at the Celebration of Champions.

01/27/2023

Rise N Fire a 4 yr old by Highest Fire out of Futurity Finalist and Pro Rodeo Money Earner Sunfrosted Moon by SunFrost. This gorgeous filly is a maternal half sister to 1D and American Semi Finalist Frosted Fling. She will be 5 yr old futurity eligible (no incentive eligibility) has all the parts and foundation to be a winner at both the futurities and rodeos. Message FMI

01/27/2023

4 yr old by JL Dash Ta Heaven cruising the pattern last night in Whitewright TX. This handsome kid is out of futurity and 1D Money Earner Nonstop Bug making him a maternal sibling to Red Horse Remix. NFSale

01/22/2023

Red Horse Remix by the late great Jesse Double Dee out of the late futurity money earner Nonstop Bug from the legendary Jud Little Breeding Program, pulling at 1D Check in Marshall TX last night. Next stop the FWSSR Timed Event Challenge.
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01/14/2023

Last minute fence practice before heading to Fort Worth this weekend to compete in the Limited Open Hackamore Monday Morning.

01/06/2023

From Snaffle Bit hopefuls to Slot Race prospects… A beautiful afternoon to be working towards upcoming goals. Follow Josey’s art page Streakin B Art and Follow us on TikTok under StreakinBArt2

The number one problem I see with barrel horse c**ts is they lack confidence in doing things fast away from the pattern....
12/30/2022

The number one problem I see with barrel horse c**ts is they lack confidence in doing things fast away from the pattern. This is a maternal brother to my Red Horse Remix. This c**t is his mothers child. While he’s incredibly smart and trainable he’s faster than his mind processes sometimes. He’s been cruising a really nice pattern but before the wheels come off we are taking a step back from the barrel pattern and going back to the cows and no pressure and the fun of bullying something around. While I have zero intention of pursuing a reined cow horse career with him, Learning to handle himself in fast pressure situations away from the barrel pattern will only ensure when the pressure is on he knows where to put his feet when things aren’t set up perfectly. If he can fence and circle a moving object efficiently he can do any job we ask him too.

Good horsemen recognize a horse for what it is not what they think it should be. I always enjoy reading peoples thoughts...
12/01/2022

Good horsemen recognize a horse for what it is not what they think it should be. I always enjoy reading peoples thoughts on what other people in disciplines oughta ride. It all comes back to how they were started. Our cow horse babies get the same 60-90 days as our barrel horse c**ts but they end up with very different finishes in it. I’m biased to good horses, I don’t care what discipline it is. I appreciate a good barrel horse, a good Reiner, a good cutter, and a good dressage horse. We can learn something from all if we aren’t single minded about how we go about our routines.

About 2 years ago Red Horse Remix had a completely different job description.  The first photo is Remix winning a Herd W...
11/19/2022

About 2 years ago Red Horse Remix had a completely different job description. The first photo is Remix winning a Herd Work Class with a 72 at Sulphur Springs Civic Center. The second he’s laying down a run at the UPRA Membership Rodeo. Happy horses are well rounded horses who can do different jobs.

We just got word this week Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon and Streakin B Art Josey Butler are the East Texas Stock Hors...
11/07/2022

We just got word this week Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon and Streakin B Art Josey Butler are the East Texas Stock Horse Association Open Rein Work and Open Cow Horse high point earners for the year!

Incredibly proud of this big bay mare. Looking forward to the Limited Open Hackamore World Championships at the Celebration of Champions in February.

We have a Snaffle Bit Winner! Harper Butler and her pony Blue Mango won the Little Buckaroos Novice division sponsored b...
10/16/2022

We have a Snaffle Bit Winner! Harper Butler and her pony Blue Mango won the Little Buckaroos Novice division sponsored by Bet He Sparks

It’s been a beautiful end of summer at Rance and Josey Butler Performance Horses Rance is no longer accepting new client...
09/28/2022

It’s been a beautiful end of summer at Rance and Josey Butler Performance Horses Rance is no longer accepting new clients for 2 yr olds opting to focus on the rope horse Futurities instead. Call him or shoot us a message for information of getting a horse in our program.

08/27/2022

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon picks up her 3rd check in row placing 3rd at the show in Stephenville TX today in the Limited Hackamore. Going from training barrel horses to for 20 Years to working cow horses has been an incredible challenge. I can’t say enough about this mare’s mind and try. I’ll always love running barrels but these cow horses are another level of special. Thank you once again to everyone who keeps this mare happy.
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08/20/2022

Rance Butler riding Paris Wixon good gelding Bug Out to a 3rd place finish in the number 14 roping in Athens TX yesterday afternoon. Rance has limited his books on 2 yr olds to focus more on rope horses and the rope horse Futurities. Give him a call if you’re looking for someone to start your next good one. Thank you to the industry professionals who keep our horses going.
Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
100X Equine
Swanson Ag Wraps, LLC
Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health

Josey and 4 yr old Candy Blu picking up a check in the Limited Open Hackamore qualifying them for the Celebration of Cha...
08/15/2022

Josey and 4 yr old Candy Blu picking up a check in the Limited Open Hackamore qualifying them for the Celebration of Champions in February in Fort Worth.

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon winning the Rein work at the East Tx Stock Horse show in Sulphur Springs TX this past we...
08/02/2022

Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon winning the Rein work at the East Tx Stock Horse show in Sulphur Springs TX this past weekend. How amazingly kind is this 4 yr old taking one down the fence and then packing around a kiddo?
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist
Horse Logic Professional

Josey Butler and Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon placing 3rd down the fence in the level one open derby at Memphis TN.
07/16/2022

Josey Butler and Candy Blu by Once in a Blu Boon placing 3rd down the fence in the level one open derby at Memphis TN.

05/06/2022

Clovis Horse Sales bound for the Ranch Gelding Competition. Hip number 9 Frosted Dashin Elvis is a favorite around our place. He’s your guy for all things. Head, Heel, breakaway, started Tie Down, knows the barrel pattern, slap a bridle on him and go play with cows at the horse show. Plenty of sense, plenty of cow, plenty of looks. Don’t miss out of this fancy guy.

Rance Butler winning 9th in the average in the 13.5 shoot out at the USTRC Finals heeling for Luke Dufrene.Just the day ...
04/29/2022

Rance Butler winning 9th in the average in the 13.5 shoot out at the USTRC Finals heeling for Luke Dufrene.Just the day before this heel horse was packing our daughter around a Peewee reining pattern at the East Texas Stock Horse Show. He’s still the best horse Steve Friskup ever sold.
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery Supple Steeds Wellness Specialist Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health Swanson Ag Wraps, LLC

07/14/2020

Last week he's winning his first Ranch Cutting Marking a 71 this week he's winning the 2D behind rodeo horses on his 4th time to ever be entered. He's a gelding now but we can not wait for the 4 foals due next spring by him anyway. ❤️ Red Horse Remix

07/08/2020

For Sale
Coats Original tree barrel saddle
15 inch seat.
This is NOT a trophy saddle!
I had this custom built 6 years ago.
Rides great, in great shape, everything original on it. Stirrups were a gift from a friend so not included.
$3000 or best offer.

07/05/2020

Red Horse Remix winning the $1500 Novice Ranch Cutting yesterday in Sulphur Springs TX at the USCHA Show in Sulphur Springs TX marking a solid 71. Remix was gelded a month and a half ago and is just getting better and better. He has 4 foals coming next spring and a small reserve of frozen semen we will use on our mares. Incredibly proud of our home grown boy he's now a money earner in both the barrel pen and the cow pen.
Thanks to the people who keep him healthy and happy.
Mid-South Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery
Zesterra by Pro Earth Animal Health

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