About us...We're long time breeders of fine horses for sporting
purposes. The majority of our Appaloosas and Thoroughbreds have top
quality racing pedigrees. A horse can "outrun" its pedigree, but
seldom "out produce" it. Champion families will continue to produce
champions, from generation to generation. Trendy bloodlines eventually
fade, but those known for producing soundness and durability keep going. Quality does pass on.
If speed is what you need, you'll find it here.
Many of our horses have gone on to compete in racing, halter, western
pleasure,
barrel racing, roping, reining, dressage, jumping and 3 day
eventing. No matter what discipline you are in, we have youngsters to
fit every need. Our goal is to raise you a good horse...not be your
competition.
News...I'm still having a
tough time since we had to put Zarf down in January. The wind has been
knocked out of my sails. His antics always made things better.
It's hard to explain the void his passing has left. Only those who
truly love their animals would understand.
As time permits, I'm working on a tribute page.
It's something I need to do. Just as Oklahoma Charge was the
cornerstone, Zarf was the cement to hold it all together for us.
Two weeks after losing Zarf, a huge oak tree came down
between the house and barns. We wondered about it for more than 20
years. Luckily it fell parallel to the fence and missed the one barn
and the two horse trailer.
We were feeding horses and it was already dark. I
was just undoing the hot wire at the gate to bring three mares in.
Standing about 15 feet from the tree, I heard a crack. Thinking it was
just a branch getting ready to come down, I stood back. Then came
another louder noise. That's when I figured I'd better move away.
A couple more creaks and groans, then down it came. Two thirds of the
tree broke away.
It knocked out the steps and gate at the end of the
sidewalk, falling along the fence. The edges of the branches just
touched the gutters on the one barn as it came down. Had it happened
five minutes later, one mare would have been at the feeder where it hit and
I would have been on the steps, going into the house!
Now the hard part is getting it cut up and removed.
Our son came up a few days later and helped Sam remove some of the branches.
We needed to be able get to the other barns. All that has to be hauled
down to a burn pile, but the mud is making it difficult. The mares
aren't helping by dragging the stuff all over.
Truly Marvelous has been bagged up and waxing off and
on for a week or so. We've got her in the foaling stall at night, but
there's no urgency. Her teats are still flat and the color of the wax
is clear. Once it turns whitish, that's when the stall gets bedded
down heavy. I may go ahead and set up the camera in the barn since the
weather is nice.
League City Lady and Night Siren are questionable.
Neither looks very pregnant, nor showing any signs of bagging up. Both
have had many foals and are bigger bodied, but should still show something
by now. Lady didn't bag up until the very end and foaled right on
time. Siren went a couple of weeks late. Need to make an
appointment to get their caslicks removed. I suppose we'll find out
for sure then.
It's disappointing after paying so much in vet fees,
board, etc. The hardest part is that both mares were bred in the final
season for each stallion. Our New Recruit died and Muqtarib has been
pensioned. That's just the risks you take.
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Peggy & Sam Lopez
4787 Fruitland Rd.
Marysville, CA 95901
(530) 743-1737
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