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After last weekend’s graduations, birthday parties, and celebrations, this weekend feels a little more like our normal pace—and honestly, that’s not a bad thing.

The agenda looks pretty familiar around here: fencing projects, showing horses, and getting the trailer packed and ready for the next show. Ranch life doesn’t slow down for long.

We also had some concrete poured this week, and Hector is nearly finished with the project. He’s done an outstanding job, and we’re really happy with how everything is turning out. If anyone is looking for quality concrete work, we’d be happy to pass along his number.

Around the family, everyone is staying busy:

Dad has taken on chauffeur duties, hauling Jaxsen to summer weightlifting.

Kaine is working on getting his drive time hours in for his CDL. A big thank you to Mr. Dansie for helping make that happen. He has also been welding up a lot of gates, again thanks Mr Dansie and Mr Palmer.

Kade is balancing a summer class with riding horses, working on his steers and heifers and keeping projects moving forward around the ranch.

Anna is busy with her internship at Ag Health while working on her last year of heifers showing Angus as a Jr and also getting the sale show steers and heifers halter broke.

The days are long, the to-do list never seems to get shorter, and there always seems to be another project waiting around the corner. But that’s summer on the ranch, and we wouldn’t trade it.

Wishing everyone a safe and productive weekend. Enjoy the sunshine, spend time with family, and make a few memories along the way.

Happy Friday from all of us at KT Ranch and Horseshoe Angus!

What a week it’s been around here.

Last weekend was packed full of celebrations and good memories. We celebrated Kaine’s high school graduation, graduation parties, June birthdays. Coco, Shea, and Erina were up for the weekend. Kaine and Cyson’s engagement. It was one of those weekends that reminds you how quickly time passes and how important it is to enjoy the moments along the way.

Back at the ranch, we welcomed our final foal of the season on Saturday, with the last two foals arriving this week. Just like that, another foaling season is officially in the books. It’s always a bittersweet milestone—there’s relief in making it through another successful season, but it’s hard not to miss the anticipation that comes with checking mares every day.

We also had several yearlings head off to their new homes this week. It’s always rewarding to receive updates and see them settling in well with their new families.

One of the highlights of the week was getting to spend time with McKenna during her annual Strawberry Market visit. Strawberry season may have wrapped up at Lovejoy’s, but raspberry season is just getting started.

Kade is wrapping up his final week before summer at CBC—although with a summer class on the schedule, “summer break” might be a bit of a stretch.

Toni has been putting some rides on her 4-year-old mare, Holly, and making good progress. Meanwhile, we’ve been busy hand breeding mares to Cal, keeping the breeding season moving along.

As one chapter closes with foaling season, another continues with riding, breeding, hay season around the corner, oh yea, our hay is down, your welcome for the rain. All the summer projects that ranch life brings.

Have a great week, everyone!

Born: 3/30/26
Sire: KT Gunners Sage Bug
Dam: KT Easter Bunny (“Peanut”)
Color: Dunalino (Roan?)
Price: $5,000

There’s just something about this filly.

KT Golden Sage Toffee is a beautiful dunalino filly with eye-catching color, a sweet expression, and the kind of pedigree that suggests she can go just about any direction. She combines proven ranch, cow horse, and performance bloodlines with a disposition that makes her easy to like.

Her sire, KT Gunners Sage Bug, has quickly become one of our favorite young stallions. SageBug is by KT Gunpowder N Lead (“Gunner”), a powerful son of AQHA point earner and producer Cue Bars Laddie. Gunner’s dam, “Pistol,” is a featured NFQHA mare known for her versatility as a ranch horse, rope horse, and family mount. SageBug’s dam, Continental Lady Bug, is an 81% NFQHA mare by Continental Cad and tracing to Mr Blackburn, bringing foundation bone, structure, color, and exceptional minds to her offspring. SageBug consistently passes along his intelligence, trainability, and willing attitude.

On the bottom side, KT Easter Bunny (“Peanut”) is one of those mares we simply couldn’t let leave. She’s sweet, personable, and loves attention, but still has enough sass to remind you she’s special. Peanut is by KT Heza Pana Dude (“Dude”), whose pedigree includes respected foundation names such as Pana Dude, Major Bonanza, Skipper W, and Skipster. Her dam, Reed Dunny Doll (“Dunny”), adds generations of proven ranch and performance genetics through Reeds Rangler, Somethinglovely, Johnny Pine, Snipper Reed, and Pine Doc Smith.

Golden Sage Toffee is built the way we like them—good bone, balanced structure, and plenty of eye appeal. More importantly, she’s bred for the kind of mind and versatility that can take her from the ranch to the arena and anywhere in between.

Whether you’re looking for your next ranch partner, performance prospect, or just a really nice horse to enjoy, this filly deserves a serious look.

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Some horses leave their mark in the show pen. Others leave it through the generations that follow. City Smarts did both in his own way.

Born in 2005, this handsome chestnut stallion had a pedigree packed with performance horse royalty and all the talent to match. City loved working cattle and could really turn one down the fence. Quick-footed, athletic, and naturally cowy, he embodied the traits that made his bloodlines so respected.

City was sired by An Educated Guess, the highest AQHA point-earning son of the legendary Smart Chic Olena. An Educated Guess compiled an impressive record that included:

🏆 385 AQHA Reining Points
🏆 Over $20,000 Lifetime Earnings
🏆 Highest AQHA Reining Point-Earning Son of Smart Chic Olena
🏆 Sixth on the All-Time Leading AQHA Reining Point Earners List
🏆 Multiple AQHA and NRHA Circuit Championships
🏆 AQHA World Show Finalist and Top-10 Competitor in Reining

City inherited the athleticism, trainability, and cow sense that made those bloodlines famous. But beyond his pedigree, what made him special was his temperament. He was easy to handle, enjoyable to be around, and had the kind of willing attitude that everyone appreciates in a horse.

Unfortunately, City’s own performance career never had the chance to fully unfold. As a young horse, he suffered a broken leg that limited his opportunities in the show pen. Even so, his ability was evident to everyone who saw him move and work. Tragically, after rebreaking that same leg at ten years old, we made the difficult decision to put him down.

While his life was cut short, his legacy lives on.

City Smarts became an important part of our breeding program, passing along his athletic ability, intelligence, and disposition to his offspring. His influence can still be seen at KT Ranch and throughout the area in the horses carrying his blood today. He is also the sire of KT Jackpot City, one of the stallions that helped continue his impact on our program.

Not every great horse gets the opportunity to show the world everything they are capable of. Some leave their greatest contribution through the horses that come after them.

The man. The myth. The legend. City Smarts.

“A good horse leaves memories. A great horse leaves a legacy.”

Palomino Filly
DOB: 5/12/25
Price: $10,000

If you’re looking for a filly with color, class, cow sense, and a great mind, KT Shez Playn Stylish deserves a serious look.

This beautiful palomino filly checks all the boxes—eye-catching color, proven performance pedigree, athletic ability, and a disposition that makes her a pleasure to be around. She’s the kind that catches your attention from across the pasture and impresses you even more when you learn what’s behind her.

Her dam, Promising Style (“Minnie”), is one of those mares everyone loves. Kind, gentle, people-oriented, and always willing, Minnie is broke to ride, naturally athletic, and extremely cowy. She possesses the kind of disposition and work ethic we strive to produce and pass on to the next generation.

Minnie is backed by an exceptional cow horse pedigree. She is a daughter of a son of Playin Stylish, one of the most influential sires in the cutting horse industry:

🏆 LTE $119,550
🏆 NCHA Earnings $111,330
🏆 1999 NCHA Horse of the Year
🏆 1999 NCHA Open Super Stakes Champion
🏆 EquiStat #1 Four-Year-Old Money Earner

On the bottom side, Minnie is out of Miss Oakies Chula, an own daughter of Chula Dual, an NCHA money earner of more than $168,000 and AQHA World Show Senior Open Finalist. This maternal line is packed with proven performers and industry greats including Hesa Commander, Docs Oak, and Duel Pep.

Her sire, KT Heza Pana Dude, is a stallion we proudly raised and retained. Started by Jordan Crabtree in Ferndale, Washington, Dude showed from an early age that he possessed the traits we value most—trainability, athleticism, and an outstanding disposition. He consistently sires big, attractive foals with good minds and natural ability.

His pedigree traces back to Zinks Major Kid, Pana Dude, Major Bonanza, and Skipper W, combining foundation strength with proven performance genetics.

KT Shez Playn Stylish brings together generations of cow horse talent, athletic ability, and trainability, wrapped in a beautiful palomino package. She has the pedigree to excel, the mind to be enjoyable, and the kind of presence that makes people stop and look.

Whether you’re looking for a future performance prospect, ranch partner, or broodmare prospect, this filly has all the ingredients to be something special.

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Pretty enough to catch your eye. Bred well enough to keep it. Golden Looks, Cow Horse Roots

Buckskin Colt
DOB: 3/07/26
Price: $6,000

Some colts are bred for the arena. Some are bred for the ranch. Truth was bred for both.

KT Sioux Shining Truth is a sharp-made buckskin colt with the kind of pedigree, disposition, and build that make a true all-around prospect. He combines elite cow horse genetics on the bottom side with generations of proven ranch horse breeding on the top, creating a colt that should have both talent and practicality.

His dam, HK ShineOMite Sioux (“Sioux”), is a beautiful mare that came to us from Texas. She is one of the sweetest mares on the place—friendly, people-oriented, and always looking for attention. More importantly, she carries an exceptional performance pedigree.

Sioux is by A Shiner Named Sioux, an accomplished performer with:
🏆 LTE $163,934
🏆 2011 AQHA World Champion Junior Working Cow Horse
🏆 2010 AQHA World Champion Junior Reining
🏆 3rd Place NRCHA Derby Open
🏆 Top 10 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open

Her dam is by Doc O Dynamite and comes from a proven producing family, adding even more depth and versatility to this colt’s genetics.

On the sire side, Nugget of Truth represents the kind of breeding that built the American ranch horse. Although he was never shown, he spent the majority of his life as a ranch remuda stallion for McMullin Ranch, where he became a cornerstone of their breeding program. His offspring are known for being:

✔ Big-boned and durable
✔ Conformationally correct
✔ Trainable and willing-minded
✔ Dependable working horses

Time and again, Nugget’s foals have proven themselves as versatile horses capable of handling long days, hard work, and multiple disciplines.

Truth brings together the best of both worlds—the talent, athleticism, and performance credentials of his dam’s side with the toughness, soundness, and usability of his sire’s ranch horse heritage.

He’s the kind of colt we love to raise: good-minded, well-bred, and built to have a job. Whether your plans include the ranch, the arena, or simply a dependable partner you can count on, Truth has all the ingredients to be something special.

KT Sioux Shining Truth — where proven performance meets practical ranch horse genetics.

Built on Truth, Backed by Champions