Armani Update

Here are some current pictures of Kbar Fashion Label (Armani)...taken Nov 17, 2009.

I found a new horse.....

After we put Versace down a few weeks back I thought I would pull Poncho out of retirement and just enter him till Braska is running at futurities. So, we go him up, legged him up, did some injections and started running him. I ran him 6 times=3 3D times and 3 NTs because of ducked barrels. I decide he can stay semi-retired this time and be a lesson horse.

Then began the unpleasant search for a new prospect for me. I wanted something age 3 to 10 that was not started on the barrels but really broke! Brandon and I prefer mares, not just to bred later but I get along with hormones better than geldings. I tried not to be a complete pedigree snob but I really can not help it. Oh, and it had to be a bargain!!!! I looked at 7 horses......6 were lame(seriously peps), 1 was a midget(tape measure people, no guessing!) and 1 was the mare we bought. My math is correct the midget was lame too! One of my best friends Jennifer Zeller (the South Dakota Cowgirl) knows the girl who had her for sale and like everyone right now she need to sell one and get some cash flow! Jennifer told Jamie that she knew a perfect home for the mare...My house!

She is by Special Show and out of a daughter of Moon Lark. Special Show is by Special Effort and we all know how much I Love Special Effort. She is big and sorrel with some roan and a coon tail! She has the typical Special Effort mare disposition... not real trusting and bitchy at first but then they come around and love you! My favorite mare Gucci and this mare look so much alike. They even have the same marking on their faces. I did not know what the mare's name was when I brought her home so I named her Vanity. Her registered name is Ima Special Lark(we will have to see about changing that...sounds like a western pleasure gelding's name.) I think she has been around the barrels a bit like trotting them or something. I want her to go the left and change a couple things about the way she is broke, but I can hardly wait to get her bulked up, in shape and going! Thanks to allbreedpedigree.com for the link to her pedigree. http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/ima+special+lark

Thank-you so much, Christine Peck for all your help and support!!! And, Thanks so much Brian and Jamie Buckingham for letting us purchase this nice horse!

2008 babies!!!!!!!!!!

Lucky~Frost~Armani~Azrael~Nessie

Frost~Armani~Lucky~Azrael
Azrael~Lucky~Nessie~Armani~Frost

Frost~Lucky~ Nessie~Armani Lucky~Azrael~Nessie~Armani~Frost

Lucky~Azrael~Armani~Frost

Armani~Frost~Lucky~Azrael~Nessie

Armani~Frost~Lucky

Brandon and I are super happy with our 2008 babies! All of them are super sweet and PRETTY! They are all turned out right now being horses...Here are some pictures from the first week of Nov 2009. The big black gelding baby sitting is Lucky and he really thinks he is smart bossing around a bunch of yearlings. Lucky is a 2006 gelding; he stands 15 hands and wgts about 1100 lbs. The bay roan paint filly is Nessie (Nessie the Raffle Horse~PtHA.) The blue roan filly is Azrael (Frosty Twisted Moon~AQHA.) Frost is the blaze face gray filly, (Blue Cyclone Frost~AQHA.) And, our only colt for 2008 is Armani (Kbar Fashion Label~AQHA.)

Kbar Fashion Label

Here is Armani; a 2008 sorrel AQHA colt. He is out of a half sister to Kendal Owen's 2009 Superstake Horse. Kbar Barrel Horses is wishing them luck to make the run she is so capable of making. Both his dam & sire are $money$ earning barrel horses. He is super sweet and broke. He leads, ties, trims, UTD on everything, saddle broke, gives his face, trailers like a champ(some times he loads himself) and is extremely athletic. He has been a doll to raise and work with. His dam, Gucci is my favorite broodmare and was a pleasure to work with. These pictures are from June 2009. Armani is for sale. $2500 Thanks to allbreedpedigree.com here is a link to his pedigree: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/kbar+fashion+label

(note: The photo attached to his sire's page is not his sire.)

Jills Blue Moon~Braska

This is my baby!!! I love her. She is the best 2yo I have ever rode. She is by Nebraska Blue Moon and out of a 1/2 sister to Charmayne James' stallion A Black Feature. She was broke by John Clark, Peyton Rainey's husband and is trotting a pretty barrel pattern. 2010 BFA juvenile futurity hopeful! Here is a link to her pedigree, provide by allbreedpedigree.com

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/jills+blue+moon

Strings to the Moon

She is built like a little tank. She by Nebraska Blue Moon and out of a foundation breed mare. She will be an awesome all around horse. She is major ATHLETIC!!!! So catty! She is leading and standing tied. This filly is sold and from what they say is doing really well with her new owner, Austin.

Here is her pedigree. Thanks allbreedpedigree.com

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/strings+to+the+moon

Blue Cyclone Frost

Frost is so PRETTY! She has fast become my husband's favorite out of our 2008 Nebraska fillies. Her full sister, Blue Cyclone Feature is doing great with her new owner, Brittney Jetton. This filly is super athletic and graceful. Like all the Nebraska fillies she is by Nebraska Blue Moon, a son of Leo Hancock Hayes and grand son of Raise Your Glass. And, out of a half sister to Charmayne James' black stallion A Black Feature. Frost's dam is out of a daughter of one of the fast quarter horses ever, Ciclone. She is going to be an amazing mare!!! She would make an awesome hunter jumper. Great trot! Frost is for sale. $1500

Here is a link to her pedigree. Thanks, allbreedpedigree.com!!!!

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/blue+cyclone+frost

Frosty Twisted Moon

Azrael is super sweet and is my favorite by far of 2008 Nebraska fillies. She reminds me allot of Braska. She is gentle, standing and leading. You can rub her all over and brush her mane and tail out. She is easy catch. Azrael is out of a half sister to Charmayne James' black stallion A Black Feature and goes back to some great TB breeding. Her sire, Nebraska Blue Moon is a grandson of Blue Valentine and Raise Your Glass and an own son of Leo Hancock Hayes. This filly is currently not for sale. Please check back or contact us if you are interested.
Here is a link to her pedigree. Thanks All Breed Pedigree!!!
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/frosty+twisted+moon

Frosty Moon Bug

This little filly is SOLD and doing really well with her new owner Kyla.

Frosty Moon Bug is a July 2008. She is true black with a strip and no socks. Super sweet and athletic! She is currently being halter broke and is doing really well. She will stand tied up like an old horse. This filly is going to mature to be about 15.2 to 16.1. She is bred extremely well also. A grandaughter of Leo Hancock Hayes and Frosty Feature. Her dam is a 1/2 sister to Charmayne James' black stallion A Black Feature. Here is a link to her pedigree.

http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/frosty+moon+bug

VM Valentine

Lucky is a 3 yo black son of Leo Hancock Hayes and out of a foundation bred mare. Lucky is as close to Blue Valentine as you can get these days....a grandson. He is broke! You can also put kids on him. Lucky is trotting the barrel pattern. He gets hauled to barrel races and nothing bothers him. He has great bone and near perfect conformation. He is around 15 hands. Long mane and tail!! We work cattle and check fences on him. I rode him in the river for a few miles the other day; then in the woods, we saw deer, turkeys, dove, wild pigs and more....no boogers. Lucky would love to be a rope or ranch horse, but at my house he is stuck being a barrel horse.

Versace...We will miss you!

Monday, Sept 21, 2009...IPH Dapper Dan Man aka Versace was put to sleep at Equine Sports Med in Weatherford, Texas. Versace was taken Sunday to Equine Med Ctr in Granbury, Texas because while at a barrel race he tied up. The doctors at ESMS found that nothing could be done to repair a stress fracture to V's left humerus. While, Brandon and I have only owned V for a year, we had already been through allot with him. From sorting things out from the past about him to getting him to actually run to broken bones. After gelding him he was finally starting to fire during a run and clock. We had just decide to keep him as my personal horse. We have one foal by him that will be born next year out of Gucci, and Ducheneaux Qtr Horses will have one. Ruby may be bred to him but I doubt it. He won Res World Champ at the PtHA 2009 World Show. He won nearly $2000 in the 3D and prizes. He was starting to place in the 2D and work like a Kbar horse. I already miss him terribly. I know Poptart does...He does not have anyone to fight with. The barn is empty without him. It will be strange to go to a barrel race without him in the front of the trailer. Here are some photos videos of him.