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We’re gearing up for another great weekend, with a number of foals heading to their new homes. Most of the show steers have already gone to their new families, too. It’s exciting seeing everyone head off to their home—even if their departure doesn’t seem to make the chore list much shorter!

Anna and McCall are getting ready to head to the NILE in a few weeks, where Tommy Jo and McKenna will join them. Ben may go, too, depending on the harvest schedule.

Once they’re back, we’ll be off to Western Showcase! We’re only taking heifers this time, so we’ll be there Friday night and Saturday. A shorter trip, but somehow I doubt the packing list will get any smaller.

If you’re still looking for a show heifer or steer, don’t forget about the Evergreen Exclusive Angus and Club Calf Sale at the end of this month in Ellensburg! I talked with Jonathan at the Othello Fair, and he said he’s saved some nice steers to take. It’s a great opportunity to find your next show project!

Have a great weekend, everyone! Here’s hoping for smooth pickups, productive harvest days, and a little time to enjoy it all.

Some foals arrive with a lot to live up to. KT Masked Mirage arrived April 30, 2024, wearing a flashy bay splash coat and acting like she knew we’d been waiting for her. To be fair, we had.

Mirage is by Masked Gun and out of Lonesome Jaebargina “Gina,” a mare who came to us from Iowa and quickly figured out that ranch life includes a generous amount of attention. Gina is sweet, loves people, and has a résumé to go with that good disposition: she is an AQHA point earner, NRHA money earner, ROM earner in Ranch Riding, and four-time world qualifier. She makes the rest of us look a little underqualified on Mondays.

Gina’s sire, Lonesome Royalty, earned his ROM in Working Cow Horse and is by Lonesome Lynx. Her dam, Do Right Dew, brings in Docs Jack Sprat and Freckles Playboy.

Mirage’s sire, Masked Gun, has more than $90,000 in lifetime earnings. His accomplishments include finalist spots at the NRHA Futurity Open, NRHA Derby Open, TRFAM Shootout, and AQHA Congress Futurity Open, along with NRHA Derby Open Ancillary Reserve Champion honors.

We waited a long time for this cross, and Mirage gave us exactly the kind of filly we were hoping for: eye-catching, well bred, and backed by horses that have proven themselves in the show pen. The splash was just her way of making sure nobody overlooked her.

And Happy National Sons Day

Some names just fit. Dad picked “Grande” before this filly was born, and she came out looking half grown. She has kept right on developing into a big, powerful bay filly with the bone, shape and substance we love to see in a ranch horse prospect.

KT Hot Grande Mocha was born April 3, 2025. She is by KT HotTimein Cowtown “Tank” and out of KT Mocha Fudsey Lena “Mocha.” We retained too many fillies last year, which is the only reason we decided to offer her for sale. This is a hard one to put on the market.

Tank brings a strong mix of reining and cow-horse bloodlines. His sire, KR Gun Powder, was the 2016 APHA Senior Reining World Champion and earned nearly $13,000 in NRHA competition in just nine shows. KR Gun Powder is by Colonels Smoking Gun and out of A Bueno Poco Dunit. Tank’s dam, KT Cow Cuttin Hottie, is by Cow Cuttin Colonel, whose accomplishments include an NRCHA Superior Cow Horse award and AQHA Open and Amateur Performance ROMs.

On the bottom side, Grande is out of Mocha, one of our favorite mares and a consistent producer of tremendous foals. Her pedigree carries Smart Little Lena, Docs Oak, Tuff Continental, Jackie Bee, Imperial Dixie, Thirsty Blue Boy, Coy’s Bonanza, Wimpy, Skipper W and Little Joe the Wrangler. If you follow our horses, you may know another Mocha daughter: Anna’s riding horse, Jojo.

Grande has the size and substance to be a serious ranch horse prospect, with performance bloodlines that give her plenty of options beyond the ranch. She is an eye-catching filly we would be happy to keep. We simply kept more fillies than we planned, and Grande is available while we’re still willing to let her go!