Iron Ridge Performance Prospects

07/04/2024

Our second foal born last night and he is a looker! Sharp Dressed Player x BSF Cut N Mustard. This gorgeous guy should be a little cow eating machine with a wonderful personality. He will have Freckles Pl***oy and Peptoboonsmal on his face papers. 😍

04/04/2024

Our first foal has arrived! This big strapping lad is Bay or Bay Roan and has a pedigree to drool over. Hollywood Dun it, Shining Spark & One Gun on his face papers. Lots of money earners on top and bottom side. This boy would make an excellent reined cowhorse or reining prospect 🥰 Should mature around 15h

27/11/2023

New photos of Ginger today! Our first mare due February, this foal will have a loaded pedigree with Shining Spark on its papers as well. Ginger herself is bred in the black, her sire Sunup Gun is a 2x Ltd Non Pro NRHA World Champion, out of solid cutting lines on top. On the bottom is Hollywood Dun It and the maternal pedigree is chaulk full of offspring earnings down the lines. We tested for white genes as she has some unique white markings underneath her eyes. It should be back in aout a week.. To say I'm excited about that little baby arriving in 3 months is an understatement! (P.S> we are over this rain and mud please give us some freezing temps weatherman!

22/11/2023

Honey is looking pretty big for being due April. Finally getting out to get photos too bad this drab weather doesnt make for pretty backdrops. This baby is going to have ton of bone, big hip and square with cow galore making it one heck of a prospect. With that kind eye, she is sweet as pie and loves all the littles human and creature alike. Player is our junior stallion currently in cutting training. His sire is a FULL SIBLING to Dry N Freckled, Freckles Pl***oy's 7th highest all time earning progeny. He amassed $288,816.00 in earnings in the late 1980's. This baby will be something special.

05/11/2023

It’s just over 3 months before we see our first foal arrive! Then we take a slight break until the next group in April. We start taking mare photos today and hope to have the website up in the next week. Stay tuned!

21/10/2023

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19/10/2023

One of the new faces currently in quarantine before joining the herd, Chex! These two THIICK ladies are due April to BSF Pepto Blast, a paternal brother of our mare Honey. He is out of an NCHA earning mare from the states and on the top side has Peptoboonsmal & Smart Lil Ricochet. We expect these 2 foals to have the talent to excel in multiple disciplines including roping or reined cowhorse. We always quarantine new arrivals for optimal bio security measures. They are happy healthy tanks. Stay tuned!

26/09/2023

Give me a good mare any day of the week. Mom is out with a broken ankle but the kids still love spending time with their fave girl. Although she is grade, she came from a ranch program and loves a cow, her 2024 Player baby with be a kids prospect deluxe.

21/09/2023

First AI of 2024 is officially booked! We are thrilled to announced Ginger will be bred to The Notorious B I G early after her February foal. The pedigree on this foal will be phenomenal. We will retain the pregnancy if it’s a filly, a c**t we just might part with!

11/09/2023

Honey is already showing abit of baby belly for her April 2024. Her previous foals off a running stud went on to be children’s lesson horses and 1 is a Western Dressage Champion. This will be her first cross on a straight cutting bred stud. Palomino, Dunalino, Dunskin, Bay, Dun, Red Dun or Sorrel are all possibilities. Peptoboonsmal & Freckles Pl***oy will be on this 2024 foals face papers ❤️

09/09/2023

We are so happy with Pony Starks glow up! This 3yr old QH/Welsh cross is the perfect kids pony. He has been started mostly by our 8yr old and will hopefully see some western gaming in his future 😍

08/09/2023

We have a select lineup of 5 In Utero Foals for reservation! All have top of the line pedigrees with a mix of new and older proven cutting, reined cowhorse and reining pedigrees.

We breed for temperament, conformation and trainability.

Foals will be imprinted at birth and then raised in a natural environment exposed to pasture, water, bush and in a herd setting. They will be DNA’d, registered, halterbroke and work with feet. They will be exposed to dogs, children, desensitizing, equipment etc.

We purchased Ginger from the states for her exceptional pedigree and ability to cross on todays proven sires. This foal is due in February 2024. The service sire is as gentle as can be and is the main mount for his owner in his late 60’s.

Our first In Utero is a reined cowhorse prospect deluxe. All colour possibilities EXCEPT gray, perlino or Cremello. The mare is dunskin so any dun variation including Grullo is a possibility.

Rarely will you find such greats as Hollywood Dun it, Shining Spark, Mr Gunsmoke, Doc’s Remedy and Smart Little Lena in the first few generations of a potential foal. The stallion she is bred to does carry 1 copy of PSSM. As being such, we will offer a refundable deposit contract if the purchaser intends to use the foal for breeder and the foal carries 1 copy if they opt out of foal. You may also opt to transfer your deposit to any other mare not reserved.

Pictures:
1-Mare
2-Mares Pedigree
3-Service Stallion
4-Service stallion pedigree
5-Hollywood Dun It
6-Shining Spark
7-Smart Little Lena
8-Mr Gunsmoke
9-Blue Spark Olena
10-One Gun
11- Docs Remedy
12- Docs Mahogany

We also have other options bred to our new Dun junior cutting sire currently in training with Greg Crispin Performance Horses. The mares have top pedigrees with 1 having NCHA earnings.

We will also offer a design your own foal program off approved AI sires for the 2024 breeding season. Please inquire for more details!

28/08/2023

Who can resist a beauty redhead. Sadie will be bred early to SJR Diamond mist next year and we can’t wait to see what this cross produces!

17/07/2023

With my brother and family up visiting from Ohio, the kids got to love on Harlow and go for a couple rides. This 5 year old mare has an old soul and loves attention. My favourite horse to hack out alone with in a rope halter. She may be grade but she is worth her weight in gold!

10/07/2023

Really enjoying working with this pony. He is going to make a wonderful kids mount in the future!

23/06/2023

Train your babies to ride in a halter and move on to bridle work for finesse in a specific discipline! At home we love to ride in a halter the horses love it and are so responsive/aware of their aids.

27/05/2023

A good farrier is worth their weight in gold! We are so fortunate to have David to tend to our horses hoof care. Pony Stark doesn’t know he is a pony and is just the sweetest shrunken horse. Nobody tell him the truth! 🥰

09/05/2023

This little lady started walking the barrels under english saddle on the weekend. Can’t wait to get her riding at home once the outdoor ring is set up. She is pony crazy!!

18/04/2023

Our Haffie mare Pockets is almost into 2 weeks of her training with Flint Horsemanship! Here she is asleep after a nice scratch. Pockets had a really rough start being starved to almost the brink of death while being bred for the Japan meat market in Alberta. She spent a year gaining weight and has been learning kindness from people. Stay tuned for our full before and after ❤️

18/04/2023

Sheas pedigree has finally been received!! The potency of this combination speaks for itself and we are very happy to have her in our program as a performance and broodmare prospect.

13/04/2023

Miss Shea spent some time learning to trot in hand today in this gorgeous weather. Can’t wait for her to shed her foal coat 😍

24/03/2023

Throwback to baby Shea! New yearling pictures coming 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Pedigree: Peptoboonsmal, Dual Pep, Smart Little Lena & High Brow Cat on face papers! Show & broodmare prospect NFS*

13/03/2023

Wherever the kids are you will find Honey!

10/03/2023

Shae is a 2022 AQHA black filly that is 5 panel negative by parentage. This mating was reserved in utero by another breeder and we were fortunate she came available as the reservation wanted a c**t. Shae is smart, sensible and fearless. Her pedigree is stellar with Smart Little Lena, High Brow Cat, Peptoboonsmal & Dual Pep all on her face papers! We plan on her entering cutting training later next year and shown before becoming an addition to our broodmare program. We can’t wait to get updated pictures this spring 😍

10/03/2023

Sadie is a finished cutter who has $777 NCHA earnings. She is out of the late Peptotime stallion who had $124,506.00 in NCHA earnings and is a full brother to One Time Pepto. Her dam, Smart Flight has produced 3 NCHA money earners.

10/03/2023

Prin is a 2004 Bay Mare. We are so excited to bring this proven broodmare to our program. Agile, catty with a sweet personality and older pedigree. We can’t wait to see what she produces for us next year.

10/03/2023

Honey is a beautiful 2009 palomino mare. 14h with excellent bone and bulldog build. Her daughter Backtrax Grace in Gold is a 2x Western Dressage Champion.