Coyote Creek Farm

08/01/2025

Just so sad😞

01/01/2025

This beekeeper made sure to protect his helper very well ❤️
The burrito, named Boneco, works collecting honey in Itatira, a municipality in the state of Ceará, in Brazil. The animal and its owner, Manuel Juraci, have been working together for more than 15 years.

26/12/2024

20/12/2024

Doc O’Lena was foaled in 1967, the offspring of Doc Bar and Poco Lena. He is one of only two horses in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame with both parents also inductees. He was a bay foal owned by Dr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Jensen of Paicines, California.

It is really quite a miracle that Doc O’Lena was ever born at all. The Jensen family bought his dam, the severely foundered Poco Lena, in 1963, with the intention of breeding her to their already proven halter and performance sire, Doc Bar. In addition to an already heart wrenching story behind her laminitis, Poco Lena had suffered long-term effects from the drugs that had kept her from cycling during her cutting career. It took three breeding seasons before she carried a foal. That foal was Doc O’Lena, born June 21, 1967.

The Jensens hoped to sell Doc O’Lena while still a yearling to Don Dodge, who had trained the c**t’s dam, Poco Lena, but Dodge thought the c**t was too small to train as a cutting horse. So instead, the Jensens decided to keep the c**t and have Shorty Freeman of Scottsdale, Arizona, come look at him to see if Freeman wanted to train the c**t. Freeman did not have an auspicious beginning, as the first time Freeman tried to ride the green broke yearling, Doc O’Lena ran away. However, Freeman decided to take Doc O’Lena on, and said of the horse, “I didn’t train Doc O’Lena anyway, he trained himself. I knew about 30 days after I got him that he was an exceptional horse. I always had to ride him last in the training program, ’cause if I didn’t, I’d be mad at all the other horses in the barn. He was just that good.”

Freeman talked one of his clients into going into partnership with him and buying Doc O’Lena from the Jensens in April 1970 for $15,000. That December, Doc O’Lena and Freeman became the first competitors to make a clean sweep of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity’s preliminary go-rounds, semi-finals and finals becoming the 1970 Futurity Champion and winning $17, 357 for his new owners. In all, Doc O’Lena earned $21,991.93 in NCHA earnings, along with an NCHA Certificate of Ability.

Doc O’Lena sired 1,310 foals. Of these, 321 accumulated 3,978.5 points; 87 earned performance Registers of Merit (also nine amateur, three youth); nine earned Superior performance awards; four were world champions; six were youth world champions; six were youth world champions; and four were reserve world champions.

Among Doc O’Lena’s offspring were Tanquery Gin, Shorty Lena, CD Olena, Mr Sun O Lena, Travalena, Sarlett O’LenaDoc Athena, Sugar Olena, Lenas Peppy, Smart LittleLena, and Todaysmyluckyday. His son Montana Doc is a member of the NCHA Hall of Fame. Doc O’Lena was the first NCHA Futurity winner to sire a Futurity winner when Lenaette won the Futurity in 1975. His son Smart Little Lena was the first winner of the NCHA triple crown. And in 1978, Doc O’Lena himself was syndicated for $2.1 million, at that time a record for the cutting horse industry.

Doc O’Lena died on February 27, 1993, at the Phillips Ranch in Frisco, Texas. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1997.

17/12/2024

What a great early Christmas present from my brother! This was in October at the NODA championship with me “B” and Amy! 💫🍾🎊

17/12/2024

I found a couple of old pictures of a couple of my horses. Big horses! Now I’m riding much smaller horses and mostly rescues☀️💫

15/12/2024

12/12/2024

Amazing!

11/12/2024

Furioso II: A Pillar of Modern Sport Horse Breeding 🐴

Furioso II, a French-bred Anglo-Norman stallion, is celebrated as one of the most influential sires in the history of warmblood breeding. Imported to Germany in 1968, he revolutionized breeding programs across Europe.

🏇 Legacy Highlights:

▪️Sired over 70 approved stallions, including For Pleasure and Voltaire, two monumental names in showjumping.
▪️Known for passing on athleticism, trainability, and versatility, making his progeny successful in showjumping, dressage, and eventing.
▪️Influenced the development of multiple studbooks, including Hanoverian, Oldenburg, and Holsteiner.

Furioso II’s ability to consistently produce top-tier performance horses solidified his place as a cornerstone in warmblood genetics. His bloodlines continue to shape equestrian sports worldwide.

Several top-ranked stallions today carry the influence of Furioso II in their bloodlines, particularly in disciplines like showjumping and dressage. For example, For Pleasure, a hugely successful jumping sire in Germany, carries Furioso II genetics, as does Voltaire, another influential sire. Additionally, Florestan (a Westfalien grandson of Furioso II) and his descendants, such as Fidertanz and Farewell, have left a significant mark in the dressage world.

In Holland, Furioso II's influence also extends through sons like Le Mexico and Ulft, whose offspring include famous sires such as Ferro and Negro. Ferro's influence is especially prominent in modern dressage with his grandson, Valegro, being one of the most decorated horses in the sport. These stallions not only maintain but amplify the qualities associated with Furioso II, such as strength, stamina, and versatility in competition.

For a full dive into Furioso II’s impact, visit these articles:
🔗https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2014/10/furioso-ii-vertuoso/
🔗https://www.horsemagazine.com/thm/2014/12/the-two-great-thoroughbred-performance-lines/

02/12/2024

My neighbor, whose daughter rides with me took more pictures of our happy horses. It occurred to me that these are all senior horses in this pasture.☀️🌞