OUR MARES
Over
the years, we have hand picked our mares to reflect
the goals of
our breeding program. Within the old Appaloosa
bloodlines,
we have selected for size, conformation
and movement compatible
with the Sport disciplines.
All of our mares are using horses; all have
exceptional
dispositions.
Tierra
Lakota
Oglala
Chief x Kewpie Comanche. 1979 mare, 16.2 hands. Blue
roan
snowcap few-spot. This "gentle giant"
is our retired Eventing athlete whose depth of old-line
breeding served her well, with major wins at recognized
Three-Day Events: 1st Novice Level, CTETA 10/89; 5th
Training Level, Rancho Murietta 9/89; and 1st Training
Level, CTETA 10/99. A super mover with style and grace,
Fingerpaints went on to school beginning riders over
jumps. She has an exceptional depth of old-line leopard
breeding, tracing at least 10 x to the Ghost Wind lines,
and close-up to several Russian leopards imported to
Argentina. She is double-bred Mansfield's Comanche through
the black leopard Depression Argo, with many other leopards
behind her, as well as with such Appaloosa greats as
Redhart, Prince Domino. Intense Con Ruff and Marie Hulseman
breeding. Her elegant 1995 leopard daughter by Sunspot's
Eclipse, Tierra del Sol (Della) is now a part of our
band (see below).
Sonora
Moon
Thunder's Mr. Magpie x Wapiti
Annie. 1994 mare, 16.1 hands. Bay
snowflake with
hip blanket and large multicolored spots. Shown here
with her 1997 daughter, Sunspot's Red Moon, now in our
breeding band, this big, mellow mare has exceptional
foundation and sporthorse breeding. Sired by Thunder's
Mr. Magpie, a 17.0-hand 3/4 TB race winner, open jumper
and Combine Training horse, whose Appaloosa lines trace
to Claude Thompson's Spotted Eagle, through performance
sires Thunder Britches and Thunder's Spotted Bull. Nora's
dam is Wapiti Annie (16.1), an own daughter of Play
Anne Possum (dam of World and National Champion Pondie's
Rocky Road) noted for producing natural extension in
her foals and grandfoals, with the Wapiti sporthorse
line close up. Also close up is four straight generations
of more of Con Ruffs breeding-the "Ruff" horses.
This sensible mare is big, strong and shows the jumping
lines behind her. At 13 months, she sailed over a five-foot
fence and never looked back! We've yet to see Nora take
a wrong step. Nora has to date produced three foals
by Clipper for us: the 1997 leopard mare Sunspot's Red
Moon (below); the 1998 solid bay colt Sun Son Shadow,
destined for the eventing; and 2001 colt, Sun Son Shen.
BDA's Precious
Gem
BBF's Huzzah x Sun's Magic
Miss). 1982 mare, 14.1-hand chestnut
leopard. Like
Clipper, this grand old mare traces close up to both
Sunspot Revel and Bambi E, making her double-bred Sundance
500.
Additionally, she carries some wonderful old-line
leopard blood of
War Whoop, May's Surprise, Illusion
and Dragon Seed, as well Claude
Thompson's breeding
through Old Painter. She has produced many
black
and chestnut leopards over her breeding career. An excellent
riding horse, this mare possesses the fourth gate, known
as the Indian
Shuffle, that gives a "rocking
chair" ride. Shown here with her colt, Mr.
Spots, bred by Brenda Brouder. Gem is bred for a 2002
Sunspot's
Eclipse baby.
Carnival
Moon
Chocklate
Confetti x April O'Riley. 1994 mare, 15.0 hands. Bay
with
lacey hip blanket and spots. Bred by us, the
flashy mare has impeccable conformation. By Chocklate
Confetti, a foundation-bred, 16.3-hand red roan leopard
who competed Preliminary Level Combined Training and
2nd level dressage. Dam's bloodlines include Diamondot
Cantico, a 1/2 Thoroughbred tracing to the stakes-winning
Owen Tudor/Hyperion line. Appaloosa lines of champions
Red Eagles' Peacock through Peacock's Miraklman, Sass
Thomas, and Med-O-Scamp. Moon has a lovely long neck
and gorgeous head with a huge, kind eye, this elegant
mare literally floats! Bred to Sunspot's Eclipse for
a 2002 baby.
Toby's
Lady May
15.1 hands, red roan leopard.
One of our handiest mares at the barn, truly a "bridleless
horse" who
loves her work. First level dressage
skills with wonderful natural
extensions and a fantastic,
ground-covering free walk. Jumps anything
in sight! Etta's first gallop cross country brought
her a third out of 11 at
Beginning Novice in 1993,
with clean cross-country and stadium
rounds. Bloodlines
include Toby I & II, Patchy F-416, Medicine Man,
Umpqua Queen and Cloudy Boy. This quality mare
produced a
wonderful leopard daughter by Clipper.
Tierra
Del Sol
Sunspot's Eclipse x Tierra
Lakota. 1995 mare, 15.3 hands, bay leopard.
Shown
here as a yearling, Della is out of our winning Event
mare, Tierra Lakota (aka: Fingerpaints). Incredibly
smart as well as gorgeous, we've turned down many an
offer for Della. But how can you sell a horse who answers
the phone in the tack room whenever she's nearby! Della
is going well under saddle, with great big, floaty natural
extensions at the trot. Her incredible depth of old-line
leopards top and bottom shows in her both her disposition
(superb) and conformation (smooth muscled with good
bone, a neck that ties in high to the chest, and a high-set
tail.) We will begin breeding Della with the 2003 season
- we've been having too much fun riding her!
Sunspot's
Red Moon
Sunspot's Eclipse x Sonora
Moon. 1997 Mare, 15.3 and growing,
chestnut leopard.
Another of Clipper's wonderful daughters, Red is shown
here as a very "in your pocket" weanling.
Now a very large four-year-old, Red is being started
under saddle this year. She inherited her sire and dam's
size, bone and strength, and also Nora's excellent flint-hard
feet, which our farrier calls "self-trimming"
feet because they wear so evenly. She also gets her
mellow disposition from both sire and dam! We're looking
forward to some nice babies out of Red - once she finishes
growing.
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