03/20/2026
Next mare we are gonna talk about it is a mare we’ve quickly grown fond of. MF Paydays Gold bug aka Goldie. I was going to post this mare earlier but the day I was gonna post her we ended up losing her 2 week old stud c**t and we were just sick about it.
Goldie was injured when she was a young mare, she got kicked in the knee and now has a very large arthritic knee. She gets around really good considering but we keep her in so she doesn’t strain it much and to keep her comfortable. Because of this Goldie never got to prove herself. Goldie previously was living the pasture pet life with an elderly lady and hadn’t had any foals before we got her. She was very timid and stand offish when we got her but she really has come around and is one of the nicest and most easy going mares we have.
Goldie is sired by Pay Days Andy (Jets Pay Day x Magnolia Bar daughter). Andy sired 100% money earners from his first foal crop, including stand out MF LilRedRidingHood (ridden by Kay Young) who was 2011 Top 15 average finalist WPRA Pro Elite Futurity & Old Fort Days Futurity, also 2011 top 50 finalist at BFA World Championship Futurity. Andy was the site of the 4th high selling prospect at the 2010 Old Fort Days sale. He has sired multiple other open, Futurity, derby, & rodeo winners. He offered an unlimited outcross potential on daughters of leading barrel racing sires.
Goldie’s dam, Dee Black Bug (Mr Master Bug x Jet Deep daughter). Dee Black Bug had two starts on the track before becoming a broodmare. Dee Black Bugs sire, Mr Master Bug, ran on the track with a Speed index of 110, earned his ROM, earned his superior, with earning of $1.7 million. He was 1982 AQHA champion racing 2 year old c**t & champion 2 year old, 1983 AQHA champion racing 3 year old c**t & champion 3 year old, 1984 AQHA Champion Racing aged stallion & champion aged horse. He won the 1982 All American Futurity, 1983 Rainbow Derby, Pilgrim Handicap, 1984 Rainbow Silver Cup, All American gold cup, he ran 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in 24 of his 25 starts. Some physiological issues kept Mr Master Bug from showing his full potential as a breeding horse, although he did sire 9 stake winners and earned of almost 1 million in official quarter horse races from his limited crop.
Goldie has had 2 foals for us. Last year she had a red dun filly by Simply Famous who was born premature, but is a fighter and beat all odds and is thriving now as a yearling standing in our pen. She had an exceptional dun stud c**t by Simply Famous this year that we were so excited about but he ended up passing away at a day shy of 2 weeks old.
We plan on rebreeding Goldie to Simply Famous this year and next year to Special Design.
**pictured is her 2025 filly
Simply Famous
Special Design
Jarred Lepper
Nick Erickson