KT Frankly Shez Uptown “Ghost” Filly, 6 Panel N/N Sire KT Heza Pana Dude Dam: Franks Uptown Zoey Date Born: 4/5/23 Click here for more pictures Color: Cremello that will turn gray, w/ Bald Face and two blue eyes. (Color Tested, Cr/Cr, and Gray Gene Present) Price: 5,000 This is a pretty cool filly out of Franks Uptown Zoey and by KT Heza Pana Dude. Franks Uptown Zoey is by Frankly Majestic and out of Reo Annie Get Yo Gun. Frankly Majestic is by Too Bee Frank and is a Okie Leo grandson. Reo Annie Get Yo Gun is a Major Bonanza granddaughter. KT Heza Pana Dude is a great stallion that we kept by Zinks Major Kid. He has some unique white markings that he passed on to this filly. He also passed down his great bone, big hip, pretty head and a winning disposition. Dude was started by Jordan Crabtree in Ferndale, WA and he was a great horse to start, Jordan enjoyed riding Dude.
KT Smokin Hottie “Gucci” Filly Sire: KT HotTimein Cowtown, “Tank,” Dam: Blue Eyed Reflection Date Born: 5/26/22 Color: Palomino with chrome Click here for more Pictures and Videos WOW, love, love, love this cross. Blue and Tank outdid themselves with this filly. Dark, flashy, shiny palomino with chrome. And check out the pedigree. Her dam, Blue Eyed Reflection, has a pedigree that speaks for itself, daughter of Colonels Reflection, a point earning stallion and son of Colonel Freckles. She is out of Reba Lynx, who was a daughter of Docs Lynx with One Gun on the bottom side. Blue’s full brother has his ROM and her sister is a barrel horse. VERSATILE! KT HotTimein Cowtown, “Tank” is by KR Gun Powder, who stands at Heritage Ranch Stallion Station, and is out of KT Cow Cuttin Hottie. KR Gun Powder is by Colonels Smoking Gun and out of A Bueno Poco Dunit. KR Gun Powder is the 2016 APHA Senior Reining World Champion. In only 9 shows, Gun Powder has been titled as the 2016 APHA Senior Reining World Champion and has amassed nearly $13,000 in NRHA earnings. Hottie is by Cow Cuttin Colonel and out KT Copper Comet. Cow Cuttin Colonel is a major contender in the cow horse industry. A few of his accomplishments include: NRCHA Superior Cow horse, AQHA Open and Amateur Performance ROM, 2008 Paul Dice Memorial Non Pro Bridle Champion, 2007 WSQHA Amateur Hi Point Working Horse Champion, 2006 NRCHA World Show Non Pro Hackamore – 3rd!, 2005 AQHA Amateur Performance ROM, 2005 IRCHA Non Pro Derby Reserve Champion, 2005 Paul Dice Memorial Hackamore Classic Reserve Champion, 2005 NRCHA World Show Non Pro Hackamore Finalist, 2004 WRHA Non Pro Derby Reserve Champion, 2004 Circle Y Derby Amateur Champion/4th in the Non Pro, 2003 WRHA Non Pro Reining Futurity Reserve Champion. This filly has a future full of purples
KT Genuine Starlight, “Gen” Gelding Sire: Just Plain Starlight, “Colonel” Dam: Jazabell Shine, “Bell” Date Born: 5/06/2019 Click here for more pictures Color: Bay Rabicano Price: SALE PENDING KT Genuine Starlight is a gorgeous lovable bay rabicano gelding. He is a great gelding to ride, he walks out, is not spooky at all. Kade has started throwing a rope off of him and he has roped the tuff calf. He is only four and is still going up, so he still needs to fill out. Gen’s sire, Colonel is a son of Tamalight and is out of Wright on Sugarnic, winner of the Cascade Cutter’s Futurity. Colonel has a pedigree that speaks for itself with Lenas Wright on, Grays Starlight, Docs Tamarak, Just Plain Colonel and more. Gen’s dam, Bell, is a daughter of AQHA Rom earner Shiney Men Can Jump. Shiney Men Can Jump is by Shining Spark, who is in the AQHA Hall of Fame, World Champion, ROM Performance, NRHA money-earner, AQHA Leading Sire, NRCHA Leading Sire with $3,000,000. On the bottom side Shiney Men Can Jump is out of Ms Jumpin Jack Sprat, who is a daughter of Docs Jack Sprat. Docs Jack Sprat is an earner of AQHA Show H-58/P-43, Superior Halter, ROM Performance, AQHA Champion, NCHA $3,069.33, NCHA COA. Gen loves attention and is a sweet boy. He does not have a mean bone in his body. He is ready to go. Gen is approximately 15.2 hands.
KT Heza Dandy Soldier Colt Sire KT Gunners Sage Bug Dam: Shesa Leo Dandy, “Eddie” Date Born: 5/30/23 Click here for more pictures Color: Brown Roan Price: $4,000 Sweet Brown roan colt by KT Gunners Sagebug and out of Shesa Leo Dandy, “Eddie.” KT Gunners Sage Bug is out of Continental Lady Bug and is by KT Gunpowder N Lead. Gunner is a roan dunskin son of Cue Bars Laddie, AQHA point earning and producing stallion. Gunner’s dam, Pistol, has been shown NFQHA, has been featured on rule book and in the NFQHA magazine. She is a great working ranch horse, rope horse, and the kids can ride her as well. Lady Bug is a big boned Continental Cad daughter going back to Mr Blackburn on the bottom. This should be a nice sized colt to excel in many different arenas. Eddie is a cute buckskin mare that came to us from Ed Hayes in St John. She is a very personable and balanced mare. On the top side she goes back to King Leo Bar and Quadrant. On the bottom she goes to Cuttter Bill, Doc Olena and Leo Gann.
KT Chex This Doc Colt Sire: Doll Docsan Dam:Sugars Badger Doll, “Camie” Date Born: 5/4/23 Click here for more pictures Color: Palomino Roan (Color Tested nd2/nd2, N/Cr, Rn/N) Price: $10,000 The versatility this colt brings to the arena is unmatched. He is by Doll Docsan and out of Sugars Badger Doll. Sugars Badger Doll is a daughter of Star Chex Badger who was a son of Peppy San Badger and earner of $6,450.39 in NCHA earnings and a COA. This mare is a fancy bay rabicano with Doc Bar on her papers twice as well as Doc’s Malbec, Win or Lose, King Fritz, and is a granddaughter of NCHA cutting mare Docs Star Chex who earned over $64,000.00 and a ROM. This colt’s sire, Doll Docsan is a stallion with a performance packed pedigree along with a very good disposition. He was a very smooth ride with tremendous talent, beautiful movement and huge stop. He was quiet and trainable which he passes along to his foals; he consistently produces fantastic foals with looks, color, conformation and brains. Doll Docsan has produced foals that have NRHA earnings, Western Dressage and more. He is a very versatile stallion. He is sired by Dolls Union Jac who has his ROM, NRHA earnings, and sired foals that have earnings in excess of $310,000.00 in NRHA, as well as earnings in NRCHA, Buckskin Assoc., and the AQHA world show.
KT Double the Jackpot Colt Sire: KT Jackpot City Dam: KT EllyDoubleMelody, “Elly” Date Born: 3/26/23 Click here for more pictures Color: Dunalino w/ spot and 4 socks Price: $4,500 KT Double the Jackpot is a cute colt out of KT EllyDoubleMelody, “Elly” and by KT Jackpot City. Elly is a cute mare by Captains Double Coy and is out of Sonitas Melody. Ellie was used as a trail horse and has been to lots of clinics and ridden by children. She is a very sweet mare that loves attention and looks a lot like Double. KT Jackpot City is out of Lenas Abbie N Charge and is by City Smarts. He is a fancy dun stallion that had some cutting training and was very cowy and agile. He has a lot of natural ability. His dam is a daughter of Smart Like Lena with Mr. Charge Bar on the bottom side. Smart Like Lena is a son of Smart Little Lena and has lifetime earnings of over $89,000.00 a ROM in cutting, and has sired offspring earning over $100,000 in NCHA money. Many people think of Mr. Charge Bar, on Abbie’s bottom side, as a racehorse, which he was, but he also was an NCHA money earner, had 33 AQHA performance points, 11 halter points, and an SI of 75. City Smarts is by An Educated Guess, 385 reining points, and the highest point earning son of Smart Chic Olena.
It was a wet and cold Monday. We needed to get some videos on King 2, so we did that after moving water. The foals were all still pretty mad at us for weaning them. We are up to 4 in the weaning pen. Mom made peach cobbler for Kade’s birthday week of desserts. Dad took Kade into Drivers Ed and then Toni picked him up and let him drive home. Kade is a good “beginner” driver. Since Kade is no longer playing football him and Anna have been getting the chores done early. Since Ben was home REALLY late, I am sure Anna was happy to have Kade there helping. Kade still has a hurt shoulder, but he can drive and help to the best of his ability. Kaine and Jaxsen had football practice.
On Tuesday Kade and Anna had rangeland management practice for FFA after school. They have a competition on Wednesday NW of Ephrata. Anna thinks it is at Lance Hale’s place, he buys bulls from us, so she is going to look for her bull. Since the last one he bought was hers. Toni sold Red and Nugget on Tuesday, Mr Dansie’s brother came out to look at Red and he brought cousin in law Jake’s cousin in law Trevor out. It was one of those small world moments when you figure out the guy coming to look at your horse is your cousin-in-law’s cousin-in-law. So Toni showed Trevor Nugget. Toni hadn’t ridden Nugget since Nugget was 2 or 3, but Nugget is always great, so it wasn’t a big deal. Both Toni and Trevor jumped on him bareback with a random bridle Toni had in her pick-up. That was enough to show Trevor how well broke Nugget is, so he bought Nugget. Nugget was originally trained by our mutual cousin in law Jake. So Trevor in kind of related. Jaxsen had a football game at 4 on Tuesday. He did great. He even got to carry the ball.
On Wednesday Anna and Kade went to NW of Ephrata for rangeland management judging. FYI, the national competition is going to be held in Lind, WA. I am curious to see where all these teams are going to stay, and eat for that matter. Connell FFA placed 3rd overall, really well for the first time they have competed in it. Hank came out to bangs vaccinate heifers on Wednesday, it was me, Toni, Marlo and the dogs. We were crazy efficient and good. It was a little blustery out but that is better than being too hot. It also gave us a good look at the heifer calves. We are still debating what to keep and what to sell, but some of those heifers placed themselves on the sale list. We love a volunteer. A few others put themselves on the love love love list. We have one heifer we think so highly of we are talking about getting some embryos out of her dam. We probably won’t but we will talk it to death.
Thursday was dad’s birthday, Happy Birthday dad. We had a couple of ladies out in the afternoon to look at the foals Toni took them on the big tour. All three of them had to cross the swamp in Circle 5 and didn’t make it across unscathed. So wet socks and shoes, a good laugh, and good sports. The foals all look good and big. Healthy foals are always a good sight. Kids went to school, did chores, Kade rode his horses, Anna worked on her Nile and Evergreen animals, Jaxsen and Kaine had football practice.
On Friday Chad came out, so Toni caught horses in-between court sessions, mom helped and chad trimmed. They are a real team. When Toni got done she went down and her and Chad did some of the harder ones. Mom will hold, but nothing that isn’t good. It was also still a big chilly so Mom and Chad were on a cookie break when Toni got there. After the trimming was done we did chores. We talked about all of the horse moving around we need to do to really start weaning. A hauler showed up with our show steers that we bought in S. Dakota. We had 7 show steers delivered. We had some friends ask us to buy them some so we had all the steers delivered to my house. We were really excited to see the quality of calves that came off the trailer. You always watch the videos and see the pictures, but until you see them for real you don’t know for sure. To say we were pleased would be an understatement. We got some really good ones. We may have screwed our kids over when the other kids get these good steers. Kaine had a football game so I brought home sandwiches. Dad, mom, Kade, Jaxsen and I all went to the game. Toni had work to do so she stayed home, also, I think she is very opposed to paying to go and watch the kids play football.
On Saturday we had our first fall calf, 137 had a heifer. Maki came and got her mare that has been with Sagebug. We worked on the fence on the bottom of circle 8. We haltered and worked the show steers that came. We got pictures of Anna’s two steers in the evergreen sale. I went and stayed with grandma Saturday night. Toni, Kaine and Kade did horse chores, they did them a little early so Kaine could go with Maxx to the Middleton Pumpkin patch to ask Kendra to Hoco. Also, we haltered the weaned foals. Kade practiced roping on Gen. It was Gen’s first time having a rope thrown off of him and he was amazing. Kade roped the Tuf Kaf with him and Gen acted like a seasoned rope horse. He is a pretty fun horse. Anna and McCall worked on Nile cattle and Evergreen cattle. It was a really productive day. The Lewiston Horse Sale was Saturday but Toni didn’t get anything bought. Mom made us all pie- chocolate and banana crème. Mom’s banana crème pie is the best.
Another busy day Sunday. Moved the horses around at Mom and Dad’s. We put Tank into the corral, so he no longer has any lady friends. Then we moved Dude into a pen as well, also no friends. We then took the Dude mares and put them out in the big pasture, moved the old mares from Tank’s pen into the front pasture, then the yearling fillies into Tank’s old pen. It took a little time, but everything went smoothly except Dad telling Toni how she was doing it wrong. If we have moved horses hundreds of times, then Dad has moved thousands and we never do it right. Toni, Ben, Kade, Kaine, and Jaxsen got all of the mares in from Circle 5 to the corral at my house. All of the people that had asked us to buy them steers came out and picked their steers. Everyone seemed pleased. Then we got the mares into the alley and sorted out the ones we needed to wean and some extras. Some of the foals are big enough we need to get them weaned. We hauled those pairs down to Mom and Dad’s, weaned those foals, and took Tulip down. We had birthday lunch for Kade and dad. Uncle Skip came. It was a fun lunch break between the work. For chores we also hooked up 2 of the haltered foals to Tulip. Tulip was not impressed to be back to work. You have to be careful because she will drag the foal over to you and try to highline a person with the foal. That donkey is smart and devious. Toni and I led the other 2 foals. These foals are pretty good so far. FYI on the picture of dad and Kade, NOTHING annoys me worse then bunny ears ruining a good picture. WHY does dad (and Skip and now the boys) have to RUIN pictures ALL THE TIME. Yes, lots of CAPS. VERY ANNOYING.
Lots of fun stuff going on at KT Ranch! We have officially entered into the birthday season. For some reason most of our family has fall/winter birthdays. Toni is sending out texts on things she wants for her birthday- usually expensive horses, heifers, a stallion- whatever she has found that she wants at the moment. Just a reminder that we wean sold foals first, so if you are on the market for a foal and waiting for us to wean it, give us a call otherwise it won’t be weaned until last.
KT Stars Go Blue, “Star” Mare Sire: Just Plain Starlight, “Colonel” Dam: Blue Eyed Reflection Date Born: 5/06/20 Color: Chestnut with 4 socks and blaze Price: $8,000 Click here for more Pictures Click here for videos Star is an impressive mare with a pedigree that speaks for itself. She is out of Blue Eyed Reflection, a daughter of Colonels Reflection, a point earning stallion and son of Colonel Freckles. She is out of Reba Lynx, who was a daughter of Docs Lynx with One Gun on the bottom side. Blue Eyed Reflection’s full brother has his ROM and her sister is a barrel horse. VERSATILE! This colt’s sire is Just Plain Starlight, “Colonel,” who is a son of Tamalight; winner of $21,492.10 in NCHA dollars and COA. Colonel’s dam is Wright on Sugarnic, winner of the Cascade Cutters Futurity. Wright on Sugarnic is by Lenas Wright On, World Champion Jr. Working Cow Horse, Reserve World Champion Jr. Reining, ROM, AQHA point earner. Wright on Sugarnic’s dam, Just Plain Sugari, has NCHA earnings of $111.31 and is an AQHA point earner. She is a granddaughter of Smart Little Mesa, Slide Me Again and Just Plain Colonel, who are all money and pt earners. In addition to this dazzling pedigree, this filly is ELEGANT with lots of chrome. We were planning on keeping her but have not had time to start her.
Monday was a BIG DAY. Blue FINALLY foaled. Blue is 24, and I was feeling like mom thought we were telling her a tall tale that Blue was pregnant. Robins Reflection is a beautiful bay roan (we are under discussion on her color, Toni says she cannot be bay, she has to be brown because King is a/a and Blue is A/A so the baby is clearly a/A) filly. I went to Grand Coulee Dam on Monday for a meeting in the morning and then we went to the Keys Pumping Plant in the afternoon for a tour. Cousin Kendel was on the tour with her husband Toby, who works with me. Beside it being 104 degrees in Grand Coulee, the tour was pretty awesome when you accepted the sweat rolling down you back and in a hard hat. I had a discussion with a bald man if it is better to have hair or not to have hair. He says the hair is better because it keeps the swear from rolling into your eyes. I got back after chores had been done, but mom had made a peach pie and it was to die for. It was still warm when I got there. Toni had a big hearing on Monday. Ben got home late from work and then was out fixing circles. Dad was harvesting wheat on Monday.
Tuesday mom went and stayed with Grandma. Toni went to Tri Cities for a dentist appt and had lunch with Shannon and then a massage. Her and the kids did chores. The colts had a pole down so Toni hammered back up with a rock she found on the ground so she didn’t have to go back to the house for a hammer. We need to put a lag bolt in that pole because they get it down quite a bit. It originally had a lag, but the colts broke it off and we didn’t have a lag with us when we put it back up. So it gets hammered back up a bunch but at some point it needs a fix not a bandaid. I had dinner at a Day with a Farmer Tour. It was pretty good.
On Wednesday Toni had a trial, the boys had football practice until noon. Then the kids started to pack and get ready for the fair. We were back up in the triple digits that week, so it was hot. I was on a farm bureau tour, I got to see some pretty cool things on Wednesday, including the new carousal in the Vandermeulen Dairy that fits 150 cows. It was pretty cool. I got to talk to a lot of people as well. We did chores, Toni told me I had to sell Gucci if someone offered enough money and she told dad he had to sell Robins Reflection (Gucci sister). Then we went out to do chores.
Thursday Toni had court again, in Tri Cities. Boys had football practice. Dad got done harvesting at Thompsons. Joss and Macy came out and Anna was showing Macy how to clip. They took Baby Girl, a fall part clubby heifer that Anna has been halter breaking, back with them for a clinic. Toni stayed with grandma Thursday night. She did the front chores and I did the back chores, the kids did the rest of the chores. Men fixed circles, like normal, it is a never-ending battle.
Friday more of the same, football practice in the morning, pack up the trailer to go, etc. I was at work and got Costco. We parked the trailers at the fairgrounds Friday night. Anna wanted to practice showing the fair cattle so Toni went down and the kids did some practice rounds in the heat. The steers going to BF fair are all pretty good. They have been to lots of jackpots and traveled. Kade finally got to ride Electra. Toni has been making him just work her on the ground to get her back into the riding frame of mind. She hasn’t been ridden in about a year. She did ok. She acted like a horse that has a great foundation, has some spunk, and hasn’t been ridden in awhile. We hope it won’t take much to get her going. Friday afternoon Toni, Anna, and Marlo went over to help our good friend Shelly with her friend Miguel and his goat. I bet no one reading this would have guessed that Toni could be convinced to help someone with a goat but she was. Mostly it was Anna and Marlo that clipped the goat and showed Miguel how to work on and show the goat. The goat is going to Othello Fair. Miguel is a great kid, so everyone was happy to help him.
Saturday was set up day at the fair. The boys had football practice and then Kelten brought them to set up. We were basically done by the time they got here. All the kids seemed really happy to see each other, in the pre-fair way of things. After a straight six days with each other during the fair, they aren’t so chipper. Set up took all morning then Toni met with clients until chores. She also missed a sale she had been meaning to bid at so she was not happy. But we went out and played with the foals after chores so that put her in a better mood. We got some new video of Star. Per the norm we didn’t take a halter out there so when she wouldn’t walk or move for the video Toni caught her with a string and drug her around. We got some fun new pictures of the foals.
Sunday was the calm before the storm. We finished packing before the fair. Kade took Electra for a ride out and about. She is very solid about outside things. Kade, in a teenage boy way, rode her between the trailers with his dog underneath, rode her next to the stud running the fence, rode her next to the road with the cars, nothing seemed to really bother her except for the fact that she was being ridden. The general consensus in getting ready for the fair is that we are overwhelming unenthusiastic about it.
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