Crossbow Quarter Horses

03/05/2022

One of a Kind.
Blessed❤️

03/05/2022

One of my Haze Daughters
Hazy Ink

06/15/2020

Dying for Driftwoods
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The union of a Quarter Horse-Thoroughbred Joe Hancock granddaughter with Driftwood (“Speedy”) changed rodeo forever. He’d gotten the nickname as a match-racing winner before he became three-time world champion team roper Asbury Schell’s rope horse.

Both Speedy and his most famous son, Driftwood Ike, won money in several different events when he was just 3 years old. Back when Mel Potter was making the NFR, literally 50% of ropers in Arizona and California were riding Speedy’s get.

“I had quite a few Hancocks I roped on, and they were a bit rough-running,” he said. “But put a Driftwood stud on Hancock mares, and the c**ts would get his smooth run.”

Ropers began clamoring for get of full brothers Speedywood and Driftwood Ike, along with Poker Chip Peake—described by Potter as the “greatest calf horse to ever walk.” Potter actually rode all three Driftwood sons, and mentions another son, Nifty Wood.

“His trainer rode him two miles to the track, switched to the flat saddle and set a world record,” recalled Potter. “Then he took him the next day to a team roping and won the team roping on him.”

Potter recalls Hall-of-Famers like Phil Lyne and Walt Arnold saying that it only takes a drop of Driftwood blood to make a horse great.

“Those guys were so high on them, and I remember thinking, yeah, the horses are great, but they had great cowboys training and riding them,” Potter said.

That was until he bred his own good mare to Speedywood. The resulting c**t learned so fast that, at 3 years old, he was out-working Potter’s good calf horse. Potter was sold. So he bought one of the last four Driftwood Ike stud c**ts. Lone Drifter was out of a granddaughter of Top Deck (TB), and was sent with some mares to Pat Cowan years ago in exchange for some of the c**t crop. Team ropers are still reaping the benefits—including NFR header Bubba Buckaloo, whose good horse “Prowler” is a Lone Drifter son.

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02/18/2020

Our main stallion here at Crossbow Quarter Horses
*Driftin Haze*

02/18/2020

06/17/2019

We almost never breed to outside mares- I do minimal vaccinating and try very hard to keep our little herd CLOSED-
that said- this little one we helped create for a very dear friend and I am SO happy it worked out!
congratulations on your gorgeous filly Leslie Lile!!

05/24/2019

Another one we are beyond happy about!
Our stud is black but NOT Homozygous- and now I am happier than ever about that!
Filly with Driftwood, Blue Val and King is ON the dam papers😍
This one is NFS😊

05/24/2019

so excited about this foal! I think this one will stay black- I have a 2 year old full brother, grey, available as a stud!
25% Blue Valentine
25% Gooseberry
pedigree in photos

05/04/2019

The Round-up Outfit on the move, 1886. Chalk Butte Country, moving from Crow Creek, a Tributary of Powder River. http://ow.ly/T6jI30b1Sqn