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09/01/2025

08/31/2025

Does Oso stamp his babies or what? The c**t will stay black, the filly will turn gray. These paternal siblings are glued at the hip.

08/31/2025

I'm not sure they make broodmares much prettier than this one. Blossom is one of our best producers (NFS). Please post a picture of your favorite broodmare in the comments!

08/20/2025

Love this!!! Dream big! Here is proof that it does happen…

Let us not forget... many great producers were never trained and/or shown.
Congratulations the RUN FOR A MILLION CHAMPION "Flexing Guns N Town & Arnaud Girinon", owner Anna Maria Scheiflinger and breeder Peter Morgan!
Winners of $500,000
(Hollywoodstinseltown x Shesa Fashion Gun, Lte: 0)

05/31/2025

This is a cool update! We sold Marfa years ago as a broodmare, bred to Reno. She served that purpose for a while and was sold as a middle aged horse to a nice couple who decided to give her a try as a riding horse. She is doing so well in their hands!! They call her Dixie and look what they are up to now! Extra bonus that the husband of this team is kinda new to horses as well so they are learning this training thing together. What a great team they are making!! Just goes to show that you can teach an older horse to ride! What a wonderful update and a great fit for a horse we are proud to have raised.

05/23/2025

I snapped a few candid pictures of Reno while we were waiting for our turn at collection this morning. He is so pretty!

05/03/2025

Stop overthinking! Let us know if you want to breed to one of our fine stallions or if you need a horse in our inventory. We are here for you!! https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1RXPEp4sUc/?mibextid=wwXIfr

04/27/2025

How cool is this. Now I want to measure running angles on all my horses. Both of these horses were very amazing… https://www.facebook.com/share/16UoNnmX5P/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Stride for Stride: American Pharoah vs. Secretariat

Two champions. Two eras. One dream burned into the soul of racing.

When American Pharoah galloped into history in 2015, he ended a 37-year drought and became a household name overnight. He was grace in motion—his stride fluid, powerful, and remarkably efficient. Watching him glide over the track was like watching water find its level—calm, confident, inevitable.

But when you say Secretariat—the earth shifts.

Secretariat's stride was not simply long—it was devastating. Measured at a monstrous 25 feet, it was more than just numbers. It was the sight of him devouring ground, hooves thundering like drums of destiny, chest wide and strong as a freight train, as if he wasn’t running on the track—but over it. His 1973 Belmont wasn’t a race. It was a coronation.

Stride to stride, American Pharoah was the poised tactician—cool, smart, calculating. His Triple Crown run was marked by control and rhythm, a horse who listened to his rider and executed with quiet precision.

Secretariat, on the other hand, wasn’t listening. He was declaring. His stride didn’t ask for space—it took it. He didn’t wait for the wire. He dared it to keep up.

American Pharoah brought us redemption. Secretariat brought us awe.

Pharoah won with grace. Secretariat won with thunder.

Both are legends. But only one made time stand still with every breathtaking, soul-stirring, impossible stride

04/17/2025

This time of year the hardest part is the waiting!

01/18/2025

This page was briefly hijacked by someone overseas. If you got any strange messages or anything else it was not us. Thankfully Facebook Service folks helped me get our page back. Thank you for sticking with us, some of you since 2011. More fun and authentic Morning Ranch stuff to come. In the meantime we will be breaking ice and hauling water for the next few days while this front sweeps across the prairie. Stay safe, stay warm! New content soon!

01/07/2025

God sure did a great job making horses able to deal with extreme weather. I’m thinking I don’t want to be out very long or I’ll be a popsicle and our horses are acting like it’s warm outside and chomping on their hay. Hats off to all the cowfolk out there tending to the livestock in these cold temperatures. Thank God for the equines that help us do the work.