Desert Wind Pintos

06/03/2025

What a small world it really is! We are breeding our saddlebred mare Pearl, to Leading Contender this spring. He is a son of Fames Diamond Chip. Over 20 years ago, I bred a mare to a full brother to Fames Diamond Chip, Super Lucky Fame! That resulted in a son named DW Spot O' Fame, who now lives in Ireland. The last photo is the dam of both Fames Diamond Chip and Super Lucky Fame, Worthy Diamond (saddlebred name) or Diamond in the Sky (pinto name). I've come full circle now with this family line.

10/02/2025

I've had a few people ask me if we will stand our saddlebred stallion at public stud again. Sorry, the answer is no. I'm the one that handles him during breeding and while he has exceptional manners and I trust HIM completely, I do not trust a mare that I don't know. I'm too stiff to get out of the way quickly, if something goes south! Also, the closer stallion collection sites that I used to use for shipping semen, aren't available any longer. I'd have to trailer him (by myself) well over an hour one way to collect.
In light of that, I thought I'd share some stallions that I would highly recommend (and will use on my own mares)!

If you are looking for that golden color and want english, I'd suggest one of our stallion's sons, Desert Wind Wings of Fyre. He stands in Ohio and is an Arabian Breeders Sweepstakes Nominated Sire. He is a cremello pinto saddlebred, 50/50 chance of pinto and 100% guaranteed to pass on his cream gene and can never produce a smokey black (he is AA in color testing)! His owners are wonderful horse people and great to work with!! His barn name is Phoenix and he is a super show horse and has inherited his sire's fantastic temperament! He is one of the sweetest and most easy going stallions I've ever had the pleasure of being around!! He earned a Supreme Halter Champion against all breeds in a large show last year!! He earned his Pinto ROM in open halter in 2023 and has 72 open halter points and 65 amateur halter points (showing against all breeds/types and earned these by the time he was 4 years old with light showing)!! He is also a true, natural english pleasure horse with a great mind! He does offer shipped semen. Contact Lyssa Marcum or Scott Marcum for more information (both found here on facebook).

If you want the golden color but are looking for a western horse, I'd suggest a gorgeous QH in NC that I've recently become aware of! Stats First Goodbar, https://www.statsfirstgoodbar.com, a cremello roan AQHA stallion standing in NC. His barn name is Marley. Marley is a Multiple World Champion Producer, is an all around horse and sires that, has a fantastic temperament, is now 8-panel genetic testing negative and will be an Arabian Breeder's Sweepstakes Nominated Sire this spring. He is guaranteed to pass on his cream gene and has a 50/50 chance of passing on his roan! He ships semen from Paradise Pines Repro Center and Stallion Station in NC and will offer live cover from his home farm of Hardy Rose Horses in Marshville NC after July 1st. Contact Lauren Hardy for more information (also found be searching on facebook).

For a more sport horse type of saddlebred, I'd go with (and am breeding my saddlebred mare to him this year), the pinto stallion Leading Contender located in FL. His barn name is Joe and he is live cover only now. Old blood up close and show horses galore in his pedigree!! Stonewall bloodlines, Snowy River, Chubasco, The Color of Fame (his maternal grandpa), Worthy Son, Supreme Sultan, Skywatch, Flashy Bourbon Peavine, Bourbon King, to name a few!! He's led a quiet, under the radar life and boy, IMO, the saddlebred sport horse world has REALLY been missing out on his wonderful genetics!! Excellent temperament and producing very correct, flashy foals!! Standing at Sunday Best Farm in FL and owned by Erika Gilbert, contact either of them for more information (both found on facebook).

09/02/2025

OK....folks looking to produce those winning half arab ranch horses and western dressage horses should really look at this boy located in NC!!! "Marley" is 16 hands, color tested cremello and 1 copy of roan, now tested 8 panel negative for genetic diseases and is simply GORGEOUS IMO!!!! His owner is looking into nominating him for Sweepstakes as well!

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$800!
*Collection & Shipping $350*
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Stats First Goodbar- "Marley"
⭐️Cremello Roan ~ee|aa|CRCR|RNn {100% Palomino on red mares!}

⭐️True 16hh, and throws height!
~Marley also stamps all his foals with an amazing amature friendly brain, good feet, and friendly personalities.

⭐️Packed Pedigree! Marley is by Goodbar In Gold (Zippos Mr Goodbar) out of Stats Nicolette》almost 800 performance points

⭐️Currently enrolled in Color Classic, Roan 2 Riches, Go For The Gold, NSBA, and more to come!

Stud Fee $1,000 《$800 early booking》
*Shipping & collection > $350
Shipped cool or frozen
Or live cover

Disciplines: All Around/Western Pleasure/ Ranch Trail

Standing at Hardy Rose Horses in Marshville nc

27/01/2025

The results for the AMHR Super Gelding Program 2024 are in and have been double checked........very happy to say that Mr Spirit (aka IGF Crown Royal) managed the win in his stock halter category, even though our show season was cut short!! This horse is SO much more than a horse to me....he is a reminder that while my body has changed a lot in the last 13 years medically, I'm far from being in the grave!! He reminds me to keep trying and keep going and to not ever give up! In turn, I'm here to remind those of you who need to hear this.....DON'T YOU EVER GIVE UP!!!! Things may look different now, than they did in the past, but you aren't done either!! Keep dreaming and keep striving forward!!

18/01/2025

These are SO worth it!!!!!!!!! I love them!! You have to have the scanner that reads temperatures too, but literally within seconds, you have your temperature of the horse!!

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08/01/2025

Great article about horse trailer inside temperatures!

This Is A Reprint Of A Very Good Post From A Very Good Horse Woman: Really Worth The Read
Jo Christensen AERC: American Endurance Ride Conference
Hey everyone,
Temperatures inside horse trailers are a concern to most endurance riders I know. We tend to haul very long distances, both in the heat and in the cold. I had to do some winter hauling today and before I left, I installed a temperature monitor inside my horse trailer. What I discovered was surprising and fascinating and changed my mind about what I thought was going on back there… so I decided to share what I learned in case of value to anyone else.
I hauled two horses about 6 hours today through the mountains here in western Montana, to a veterinary facility in another town. I was concerned about temperatures for the horses before I left. Forecast temps along some of the route were in the low single digits. My horses have very good winter coats but I was trying to decide whether to blanket or not. I recently switched to an enclosed gooseneck trailer and realized that I had no idea what hauling conditions in the winter were like back there.
I bought an inexpensive temperature monitor with a base station- the kind folks hang out on the porch so they can see what outdoor conditions are like without going outside. Before I put it into use in the trailer, I verified its accuracy by comparing its readings to some equipment I know is very accurate.
I hung the sensor in a mesh bag (good air flow) about halfway up the side of the wall in the trailer that encloses the rear tack room. I didn’t put it on the roof (heat rises) or near the floor (cold air sinks). My trailer is a 3 horse slant load, and I put it in the stall that did not have a horse in it. It was not hanging on an exterior wall. My trailer is not insulated- no living quarters, just a standard small dressing area in the front.
The trailer did have about 3 inches of hard encrusted snow insulating the roof-this snow stayed the entire journey.
The side windows could not be opened- they were encrusted with ice- however we opened all three roof vents to their maximum extent and turned the so that airflow would be maximized.
When we left our house in the Bitterroot, the temp inside and outside the trailer both read 20 degrees. BTW I was using my truck temperature monitor to determine the outside temperature (I had previously verified its accuracy and that it read the same as my newly purchased gear).
We loaded the horses and took off this morning about 0345 hrs. By the time we got to Missoula (30 minutes later), temps in the trailer had risen from 20 degrees to 32 degrees. In contrast, outside temp was still 20 degrees. By the time we had been on the road for an hour, the temperature in the trailer was (are you ready for this?): FORTY FOUR DEGREES.
Along our route, outside temps dropped as low as 14 degrees. At the same time, temps in the trailer NEVER dropped below 39 degrees. For the vast majority of the journey, the trailer was holding at 44 degrees. Temps inside the trailer were ALWAYS OVER TWENTY DEGREES WARMER than the outside.
We stopped for a half hour pitstop did not unload the horses. However I opened the back door and let cold wind flow into the trailer. Temps in the trailer quickly dropped to the high 20s. But they were back up to the low 40s in about half an hour.
We left both horses at the vet in Three Forks and returned with an empty trailer. All the way home, temps inside the trailer were identical to temps outside.
So here are my take-aways from all this. First of all, it’s very easy to monitor temps in your trailer and I would highly encourage everyone to do it! I think I spent about 20 bucks on my monitoring stuff and it was easy to use and very accurate. Secondly, I cannot believe how fast two horses could heat up a 3 horse trailer in very cold weather and keep it warm. I never dreamed that horses radiate that much heat. And to think I had been considering blanketing them.
Of course the need to blanket and other things might be different if your horses are body clipped or your trailer is different. And of course this is an enclosed gooseneck, not a stockside trailer. But rather than just guess what might be going on back there and whether it is appropriate for your clipped horse (or sick horse or…?) just go get a temperature monitor and find out!
And believe me, my eyes are going to be GLUED to this thing come summer and I’m hauling in hot temperatures…

07/01/2025

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05/01/2025

06/12/2024

🎉🎉Shouting a huge Congratulations ⭐️⭐️ to Susan Summers Wyse on her purchase of DW Jamaican Fire! Thank you to Melody Elaine for sending us this fabulous gelding to market for sale!

23/11/2024

challenge. I loved looking back through pictures for the last post on this topic so much, that I decided to do one for the saddlebreds that we've bred also!