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<\/a>Ninety Nine Goldmine<\/p><\/div>\n
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How long have you been breeding Quarter Horses, tell us about the history of your ranch.<\/p>\n
Both our families have raised horses since before we were born, but shortly after we were married we bought the first stallion of our \u201cown\u201d : IT SASKINIC<\/span><\/p>\n What is your ultimate goal for your breeding program? What keeps you going during the hard days?<\/p>\n The Ultimate goal is to raise & train\/sell QUALITY horses\u2026the kind that make winners, Possess good conformation, athletic ability and trainable minds\u2026 being competitive people, we don\u2019t just want to raise them for the sake of raising them\u2026we want them to go on and be successful.<\/span><\/p>\n Tell us about your stallion and what made you pick him to promote<\/p>\n Presence\u2026 there was something about him that I couldn\u2019t get out of my head. He is strong made, with a lot of bone and foot like you don\u2019t see anymore in race horses. This was the initial \u201clove at first sight\u201d thing\u2026but now its more about his offspring. Having worked with them, ridden them and got to know what they are like, this is what has kept us \u201chooked\u201d on 99. His siring ability.<\/span><\/p>\n William and Donna with RC Back In Black after her third go round win at the NFR.<\/p><\/div>\n Tell us about some successful offspring from your stallion or breeding program.<\/p>\n The most notable is RC Back In Black that Jane Melby qualified for the CFR and NFR on.\u00a0 She won 3 rounds at the 2011 NFR.\u00a0 Her back up horse\u00a0 RC Brooks A Streakin, which she rode at the CFR and NFR that year was also by Ninety Nine Goldmine. \u00a0 He won money in the rounds at the CFR. \u00a0\u00a0 Katies Mine holds the arena record in Ponoka with a 17.0 on a standard pattern, KRK Goldmine and RC Packin Gold have both been CCA Finalists. \u00a0\u00a0 Attached is a document listing many more notable offspring on the barrels.\u00a0 Ninety Nine Goldmine has also had several good colts on the track. Click to view<\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Paystreak – 2 Year Old sold for $20,000 at auction in September 2013.<\/p><\/div>\n What is your favorite part of standing a stallion to the public?<\/p>\n We get real excited when people book an outstanding mare. You feel kinda proud that they would choose your stallion, out of the hundreds \u00a0<\/span>(more like thousands) that are out there, available to them. Then hearing back from these people when the foal is born \u2013 the excitement and anticipation in their voice-\u00a0 <\/span>and then later on when they start to work with them and really get to ENJOY them and they share that with us in pictures or little updates\u2026That is very rewarding…Oh!\u00a0 <\/span>and I LOVE pedigrees\u2026could study them endlessly\u2026it\u2019s a good thing to know in this business so that\u2019s one of my favorite parts too!<\/span><\/p>\n Tell us about the mare power on your ranch.<\/p>\n Ninety Nine Goldmine happens to carry the Rabicano gene which makes for interesting color sometimes.<\/p><\/div>\n We have daughters of Firewater Flit, Dash Ta Fame, Sixarun, Frenchmans Guy, Leo Nick Bar etc. but bloodlines aren\u2019t enough. (although we try to stick with families that have produced winners over and over) We are very fussy about conformation that is specific to this event. Elevation, low hocks, strong loins, carry down, v\u2019d up in the front end, \u00a0<\/span>clean necks\u2026and pretty heads. We are continually upgrading (or trying to anyway) We pick mares that compliment the stallion and in hoping to produce great ones, we certainly don\u2019t expect him to do it all himself. We could\u2019ve made a lot of money simply mass-producing foals off 99 but, instead chose to insist on the QUALITY over quantity approach\u2026 Finally, if we don\u2019t like a mare\u2019s attitude she won\u2019t be here long. <\/span><\/p>\n What would be one tip you could offer to owners shopping for stallion services?<\/p>\n Do your homework. <\/span><\/p>\n LOOK AT THE OFFSPRING\u2026because in the end that is what matters. I don\u2019t care how pretty the stud is, who he\u2019s out of, what he\u2019s done or where he stands\u2026some just plain are not PREPOTENT in their siring abilities. If you can\u2019t go out and look at a pen full of his colts and see some consistency (hopefully of DESIRABLE traits) then that stallion has kind of a watered down effect\u2026no different than with breeding cattle\u2026my husband can literally pick out calves off a certain herd sire by the shape of their heads (all black, in a pen of several hundred)\u2026LOOK FOR THAT in a stallion\u2026otherwise you are just rolling the dice. You want the desirable traits to be more the rule than the exception\u2026 and don\u2019t base your opinion (good or bad) on ONE individual off a sire. I see people doing this all the time\u2026they\u2019ve literally ridden one XYZ bred horse in their life and then unfairly go and make generalizations about that XYZ bloodline across the board. <\/span><\/p>\n Could you offer any advice to someone considering getting into the breeding business?<\/p>\n You better darn well LOVE IT\u2026the whole process\u2026if you think is just about cute, fuzzy foals frolicking through the springtime flowers, it\u2019s not. Lol It\u2019s a lot of hard work, time and money invested to do it properly. You will need thick skin. You can\u2019t half-ass it if you are going to do it as a successful business. \u00a0<\/span>Good quality horses continue to bring good money, so strive to put the best quality horses on the market that you possibly can. To learn more about 1Y Quarter Horses check out their website<\/a> or visit them on Facebook<\/a>.<\/a>
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