Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine August 2020 Vol 5 Issue 3

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your program? We looked at stallions for a couple years…I liked several of them, but none really jumped out. Then we found Dallas Alley. I originally found him on the internet standing at Bedonna’s Performance Horses in Oklahoma and was interested in breeding him to one of my mares. Then I found out he was for sale. The search was over… he was the one. Not only does he have the color and breeding, the way he’s built and kind disposition sealed the deal. Being a AAA, stakes winner as well as having over $53,000 money earned off the track was just icing on the cake. Knowing we would be 1st time stallion owners, he would be perfect for our program. We found Mr Lineage in late 2013. He was also in OK. He wasn’t an advertised or well marketed at all. He was in a college equine program that more promoted the cutting bred horses, so he wasn’t used much. He started on the track, but never raced. The owners then put him in reining training, but only took him to a few shows. When I found out he was being offered for sale, we jumped at the chance of owning a son of the great Judys Lineage. Although he doesn’t have that many foals on the ground, the ones I’ve seen are built well and very athletic. Mr Lineage also has a very good disposition and a kind eye. We have added a few others the last few years. We lost Dallas in 2015, we

there was less of a market for paint barrel horses out there. When we were talking how we wanted to approach APHA, we both received a call from the APHA Racing Chairman. It took several months of discussions to figure out what we wanted the program to look like and how APHA was going to be involved. We are now in our 8th year…and the PBRIP incentive money is growing. We annually hold our PBRIP 4D Awards ceremony at the All-Paint Race in conjunction with Double B Productions Barrel Bash, and paid out in over $20,000 in money that was distributed to local shows, the APHA World Show and the Barrel Futurities of America. At the 2020 World Show in September, there will be over $25,000 added for PBRIP horses to compete for. What is your favorite part of the business? Oh, there are a couple of them. One of my favorite parts of the business is the foals. I love to see the babies born and watch them grow and take on their own personalities. I enjoy working with them and watching them learn. I also enjoy meeting the people. During barrel racing season, we are on the road 2-3 weekends a month. I run the PBRIP sidepots as well as run my own horse. I like talking to folks about the APHA horses, their breeding, and the programs in general. Talk about your sires, and why you selected each for

added Dash of Tobiano (son of Dash for Perks) and Vibrant Cherokee (homozygous son of Cherokee Indian). These stallions would be added to the program until I could get my 2014 stallion, son of Dallas Alley, Theres FireNDallas performance ready and added to the breeding program. Since then, they have moved on to different breeding barns and I currently have Lonestar Legend, a race winner and proven son of Runaway Winner and RB Bully InASmallTown, a homozygous son of RC Indian Bullion. How do you market your horses? We use advertising in Speedhorse to market our program. Social media (FB, Barrel Horse World) and our website has been a great asset in getting our program out there. We have added several incentive programs to help the marketability of their offspring. What are your future plans for your operation? We continue to move forward with what we have. Focusing on the speed bred line. I would like to add a homozygous stallion to our program, whether we find one or raise one. I’m also always on the lookout for well bred, proven APHA and AQHA mares. I think the demand for APHA horses is growing in the Barrel Racing and Race world, and we want to be there to assist in supplying them the color and speed they are looking for.

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