Bucking V Outfit is owned by Donna &
Daughters. The cowgirls are grown now; Sterrin is a brand inspector with
the Montana Department of Livestock - in fact she is officially the second
female market head in Montana state history; and has now transferred up to
market head at Montana Livestock Auction, Ramsay MT (Butte). Valene was the
lab technician working under Dr. Sher Nadir, PhD at ORIgen; a position typically
available only to applicants w/ bachelor degrees.
We went from over 100 ranch horses (in 1998, with 6500
acres of working cattle & guest ranching) down to just a select handful
today on a modest rented 20 acres. Most of our horses are registered Quarter
Horses of Hancock, Two Eyed Jack, Zan Parr Bar & Doc Lynx foundation
bloodlines. Over the years, with AQHA judging team competition background,
and large scale ranching experience, we have been fortunate to be able to
develop what we believe is a pretty nice quality little horse program.
Our AQHA stallion Red Apache Hancock is not perfect,
but he is exciting to look at and to own! He is a very linebred Roan Hancock
bloodline colt, with that great big cowhorse attitude & size. He is not
broad, but cinches deep w/ great bone & saddle horse conformation, yet
with a pretty head & neck. He is 15.3 hh, built like a sporthorse &
moves like one. Other saddle horses have to lope to keep up w/ his lazy (very
smooth-to-ride) trot, when he isn't even trying for speed. We think he could
make a nice stallion over the right mares, and if we are real lucky, might
even be homozygous for roan. He is heterozygous agouti so can produce blue
roans as well. With today's horse market we will just play with him for quite
a while before we decide whether to breed him. He had a wreck w/ his leg
last year, and although he is sound, we are still working with the superficial
blemish of the deal.
Crow Country Curly
Horses. Our secondary breed is the North American Curly Horse,
specifically (not surprisingly) the Western cowhorse / stockhorse type which
we are selecting & breeding for improved size, conformation & cow
sense. Donna & Daughters became captivated by the rare Curly Horse in
1996 when acquiring their first Curly bands. The Curly Horse is hypoallergenic,
and is known for their great durable easy-keeping characteristics such as
substantial bone, hard healthy feet, AND, a very kind & steady temperament,
with keen intelligence. The last few head of our best Crow Country Curly
Horses continue to lead the breed standard for quality in the ranch horse
type (Curly Horses come in all equine types). If you love Quarter Horses
but are allergic to them, check out a beautiful alternative. Not all Curly
Horses inherit the curly coat, and interestingly, some of these "smooth-coats"
(SCs) are also hypoallergenic. Our SCs look like registered Quarter Horses.
Our stallion is the famous *Seekers Warrior, and now
Old West Curly Horses has procured *Rush River Slash. These are 2 of the
best stockhorse curly stallions alive. We will continue breeding 1 - 2 curly
babies per year, and will be selecting for sizey (roan AQHA Hancock X) stockhorse
type Curly Horses suitable for allergic people needing horses for ranch work
and trail riding.
North American Curly
Horse Registry (NACHR). By 1999 I realized that entrenched tunnel
vision & politics in the Curly Horse industry were threatening to ignore
the genetic health & diversity of the breed, and formed the
International Curly Horse Organization (ICHO) with the very dedicated
& talented help of several more "dissidents." ICHO is a non-profit
international organization. Its branch registry is NACHR; but it is so much
more - it is the leading resource for unbiased information about the Curly
Horse, combining current research from leading world-renowned equine scientists
with a comprehensive educational approach; an organization with a studbook
and inspection program for breed development & improvement and public
awareness & education about this rare hypoallergenic horse. I no longer
do the website for ICHO, but chair the Genesis Committee, where we formed
ICAMS, the premier international Curly Horse Inspection Program, and the
Western Curly Stockhorse Association.
Fred & Tracy Dalke
Old West Curly
Horses. Seeking to reach out to kids w/ special needs, including
Native American kids - and to enable all of us to pool our resources to preserve
the dwindling last of the best stockhorse type Western bloodlines of Curly
Horses - Crow Country Curly Horses joined forces w/ Fred & Tracy Dalke
to form the not-for-profit Old West Curly Horses project. Watch for exciting
things to come from this venture in the future.
Rez-Dogs. Also in the future,
when I get a place of my own, I will begin running the Rez-Dogs.com venture
for increased awareness of unwanted dogs on the Native American Reservations.
This will involve networking with neutering, rehab & adoption programs.
I have been doing this as I am able on an individual basis, but one day I
want to become organized. Rez-Dogs don't have pedigrees but they typically
have unusual looks, temperament (love & loyalty), intelligence &
survivability (tough!) that inspires admiration. Many choose their own owners.
They are incredibly rewarding, and definitely very unique & different!
If you want one, let me know!
Curly Horse
Web. Amy Stein and I started up this general portal website for the
Curly Horse industry. It includes
Curly Horse
Classifieds, a breeder & stallion directory, articles, links,
and reference pages for links about equine colors, horse trainers, and as
complete as possible directory to horse haulers & transport services
on the web. We have been doing webdesign for several years, after seeing
a special need in the Curly Horse business, but we do all kinds of websites.
Amy is capable of doing really top professional work, and I usually stick
to the simple website designs. We also provide free Do-It-Yourself links
& equine photography tips. We keep the directory listings free, and pay
for our time & expenses with advertisements & webdesign. We welcome
submissions.
Hancock Horse Breeders
Group. I started HancockHorses.com with Michelle Thompson out of
Alberta,
 when
we saw the need for it in the Quarter Horse industry. We keep the directory
listings free, and pay for our time & expenses with advertising &
webdesign. See the article written by John L. Moore (Miles City MT author)
about HancockHorses.com in the April 2008 issue of America's Horse (AQHA
membership magazine).
Homozygous-Horses.com.
I started this website in response to requests on Hancock Horses.com to list
homozygous roan stallions outside of the Hancock bloodline. This site is
just in its beginning stages, but is already a good equine color reference
site for breeding horses with homozygous dominant trait genes: roan, tobiano,
curl, as well as heterozygous dilutes and rare colors & unusual markings.
Lots of networking & cooperation w/ equine experts, geneticists &
breeders of the world. Already used by many as a quoted internet resource.
This site will also remain a free listing directory, with photo advertisements
& webdesign to help offset the cost of maintaining it. Submissions are
welcome; this site is ready to take off this year.
Montana Rope
Halters. Darn slow getting off the ground. I have tied rope halters
off and on since my college graduate days in Bozeman, originally tying for
Pete Melmeker who started Double Diamond Halters. I have a buddy who is
experimenting with a clamping machine, and when he gets the kinks worked
out, we will be able to use copper clamps on the ends, and start official
production. Hey! Got that done, AND the actual Halter Jig - Now in final
stage, saving $ to purchase first rope order... The girls will help me tie
when we are ready to start taking orders. I will move the Trading Post items,
local Crow artisans' beadwork etc, over to this site.
Montana-Ranch-Horses.com.
I started this website in response to requests to photograph & consign
nice quality horses for sale on the internet, owned by local friends &
acquaintances. I have barely begun on this site - lots of work left to do.
We don't expect great quantities here, but as for quality - we won't be listing
anything on it except sure-enough nice horses. We will also take requests
if you are looking for something in particular. (This site may die from neglect,
I have been too busy to work on it or promote it this past year; but - we'll
see.)
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