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02/10/2023

This filly has us super excited about her future.

02/10/2023

Super satisfied with our first crop of c**ts by our stud.

We had a stud c**t this year and his full sister is on the right. We are pretty excited about this one.
04/28/2022

We had a stud c**t this year and his full sister is on the right. We are pretty excited about this one.

04/02/2022

Dying for Driftwoods

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 rode a stud from Logan Olson named “Prowler”, a Lone Drifter son.

Full story by Julie Mankin, and photos courtesy American Quarter Horse Association: http://bit.ly/2MZEBXJ

This filly has big shoes to fill!
02/10/2022

This filly has big shoes to fill!

This is the time of year they will drive us crazy! Ready for some new scenery!
02/10/2022

This is the time of year they will drive us crazy! Ready for some new scenery!

06/10/2021

Feeling feisty!

We are kind of fond of this lil yellow filly!
05/17/2021

We are kind of fond of this lil yellow filly!

03/09/2021

He was worried where his buddy was. 🙄. This c**t may be our next favorite.

03/09/2021

Had to laugh at these two babies (not yet year old) checking things out. Love the roan fillies reaction to the sled watching a cow. I think if it had moved she would have too. These two are by our roan stud.

The stud c**t (darker roan) is out of a Jody o Toole x Azure Te mare

The filly is out of Playgun Olena x pitchfork mare.

We kind of like them.

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570 CR 422
Stephenville, TX
76401

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+15122276816

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