KT Smart Likea Bug Filly Sire: KT Jackpot City Dam: KT Lightning Bug Date Born: 3/12/24 Click here for more pictures Color: Grullo Price: 6,500 Smarty is a filly that is cute as a button, she is by KT Jackpot City and out of KT Lightening Bug. Jackpot is out of Lenas Abbie N Charge and is by City Smarts. He has a phenomenal pedigree that includes Smart Little Lena, Mr. Charge Bar, An Educated Guess, Smart Chic Olena and more. 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. Mr. Charge Bar was a racehorse, but he also was an NCHA money earner, had 33 AQHA performance points, 11 halter points, and an SI of 75. An Educated Guess has 385 reining points, and the highest point earning son of Smart Chic Olena. Jackpot is a pretty moving stallion with tons of ability, he can run barrels, turn a cow and more. Lightening Bug is a captivating grullo mare that is a sister to our stallion, KT Gunners Sage Bug. Her dam, Lady Bug, was a big boned Continental Cad daughter going back to Mr Blackburn on the bottom. Lightening Bug’s sire, KT Reed Me a Double is a grullo son of Captains Double Coy and out of Reeds Poco Ms Whinny. This is a fantastic filly that will make an outstanding riding horse.
KT Mochaccino Laroy Colt Sire: Doll Docsan Dam: KT Mocha Fudsey Lena, “Mocha” Date Born: 3/16/24 Click here for more pictures Color: Dun (A/A, D/nd2) Price: $5,000 Laroy is flawless colt with a personality you can’t beat. He greets you out in the pasture to get scratches. His sire, Doll Docsan, “Leroy,” was 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 produced fantastic foals with looks, color, conformation and brains. Leroy was unshown due to a wire cut injury that took a long time to heal. He has produced 1 foal that has NRHA earnings. He also has a 3 year old competing in Western Dressage, was 3rd in Canada in July 2016 and has racked up more 1st place finishes since then. He is sired by Dolls Union Jac- 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. Leroy’s dam is Docsan Jeany who has produced foals with earnings in excess of $3700.00 and AQHA point earners. Laroy’s dam, Mocha, is one of our favorite mares. Her sire was a stud from BNB Quarter Horses. Mocha’s dam, Cheyenne was a really nice mare that goes back to Smart LIttle Lena, Docs Oak, Tuff Continental, Jackie Bee, Imperial Dixie, Thirsty Blue Boy, Coy’s Bonanza, Wimpy, Skipper W, Little Joe the Wrangler and more. Mocha is a really nice mare that produces tremendous foals.
Bright and early Monday Ben, McCall, Lane, Anna and Kade headed to Billings for the Nile. They had an uneventful trip and made good time. Toni went down to mom and dads to show some people around and saw a pole down, so she put that up. Toni worked on the two foals while Jaxsen and I did chores. Jaxsen was super excited it was down to us two. He climbed on top of the hay stack and pushed some bales down, so I had some easier loading on Tuesday since he would be at his football game. Kicker and Kaine did the cattle chores.
On Tuesday Toni went to tie up the show heifers and steers, Kaine supposedly fed grain, but luckily Toni went down because he missed a few buckets. Toni had 5 head of show cattle to tie up, including Kaine’s two. The calves were ok to catch, so it didn’t take all morning. Toni and Kicker did some of the chores early, because they were headed to Royal City for Jaxsen’s game. The game was a tough one because although Connell played really well, they didn’t beat Royal City. Kaine and I finished up chores. Dad ran into Othello on Tuesday to pick up some meat at TLC. At the Nile Anna and Kade helped some Ellensburg people with their mini-Herefords, Kade fitting and Anna showing. Then they helped them wash after.
The crew at the Nile started showing Wednesday morning with the Charolais. Jr then the open show. Mom, Dad and Anna’s two Charolais heifers they got from Alan Alexander were Grand and Reserve Champion in their division in the Jr Show and in the open show. Mom is mad that “Anna’s” beat “Hers.” At home Toni and Kaine did morning chores, Kaine fed grain. Then that night we got all of the evening chores done. Knowing it would be a harder week, we just had Chick, the orphan filly, and Bailey Bug in to halter break. They were so good we never even got the donkeys in. Toni went and stayed with Grandma Wednesday night, and mom stayed with her during the day. Grandma did not sleep.
On Thursday at the Nile they had the Jr Angus Show. Kade was Bred and Owned Sr Heifer Champion with Queen. Haul, Anna’s bull, was Reserve Champion in his Division, I think Late Bull Calves? And Hazel was third in her class. They all showed really well. Morgan and Tell came and watched them show. My couch showed up on Thursday and dad went down to get it unloaded. Jaxsen was getting pretty good at dropping hay bales down from the stack, because if he does a bad job we have to pick them up from the ground. I stayed with grandma Thursday night, and I think she slept better than with Toni, but it still was not great.
Friday was the open Angus show at the Nile. McCall and Daffy were first, they were third in their class, Daffy is pretty green and did great. She is the replacement heifer of Kaine’s that we had to get in after his good heifer died unexpectedly. So Daffy is doing really well for her short time on feed and with the Nile being her first show. Hazel and Anna showed well. Queen was reserve champion Bred and Owned Sr Heifer. Haul got 2nd in his class. They had a different judge for the open class than they did for the Jr show. Chad came out and trimmed Reina, Benelli, Glo, Star, and Sass a frass orphan foal Chick. I went up to Cashmere to watch Kaine play football. The boys played a great game. Kaine and I spent the night in Wenatchee, some other members of the team stayed too, Betsy, Andrew, Max, Cyson and Keegan.
Saturday morning Kicker came down and fed grain and Toni tied up the calves. Kaine and I drove home from Wenatchee. Ben, McCall, McKenna, Lane, Anna and Kade headed home from the Nile. Kaine and I got home mid morning, then he went to drop off his friends. Toni, Jaxsen and I then went to mom and dads and started hauling mares out to the desert. We hauled 18 mares out on Saturday. Then we weaned the three foals in Dudes pen. The Nile crew got home around 4. It was a long done for everyone. We also had a gal out to look at the foals and she fell in love with Colada.
On Sunday morning Lane and Kade both headed to FFA National convention bright and early. Anna and I ran over to Cecil and Debbie’s house and picked up Jesse, Spicy and Lord Farquaad. Lord Farquaad is the best little mini colt, if he was a filly we would keep him. Toni got the pasture in at mom’s and got them worked and sorted. She was trying a new concoction of deworming paste mixed with pellets to try to get the range mares to just eat their medicine. It was a 50/50 result. On the four mares she gave it to, 2 ate it and 2 didn’t. Then Toni and I got in circle 5 and loaded and hauled all the mares home and weaned their foals. It isn’t a long haul but the foals in circle 5 haven’t had much exposure to things. There were some real challenges, but we took it slow and easy and kept things moving forward. Once of our dry mares, Breezy, had a swollen back leg so we brought her home along with an older mare that we don’t leave out for the winter. Jaxsen and Anna worked on their show animals. Kaine washed his and Kades heifers and steers early then went to Kennewick with Cyson.
Sunday when we were finishing up, our buddies Joe and John rolled in on their way through. John likes a running bred horse and Joe just likes a nice horse. Of interest their two favorite foals at this point are 2 of the Dude fillies- Whiskey and Zelle. John’s opinion will change as they grow but it is fun to tease him about his choices. It was a huge relief to get the weaning done and the bulk of the mares hauled out to winter pasture. Kaine brought big bales down and put out and we did our regular chores. We haltered Colada, Frappe, and Tuff Nut for the next week. Colada and Frappe are King fillies so should have some give to them. Tuff Nut is like a pet and it is never fun to halter break a pet. To quote Dale Brisby, “Let him do what he wants. This is his world guys.” Yeah, pretty sure old Tuff Nut thinks this is definitely his world and will be really fun to work with next week.
KT ImaBlueStarShooter Colt Sire: KT Gunpowder N Lead Dam: KT Stars Go Blue, “Star” Date Born: 5/17/24 Click here for more pictures Color: Blue Roan Price: $7,000 Wow, this is an extraordinary colt, chrome, color, pedigree, the whole trifecta. His dam, KT Stars Go Blue, “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. His sire, KT Gunpowder N Lead, “Gunner,” is a fantastic dun roan son of Cue Bars Laddie. Cue Bars Lassie is a roan stallion that has been shown as a reiner, cowhorse and rope horse. He was the recipient of the Open AQHA All Around Trophy and is a CCHA Hall of Fame Horse. Gunner’s dam, Pistol, has been shown NFQHA, has been featured on the NFQHA rule book and in the NFQHA magazine. She is a great working ranch horse, rope horse, and the kids can ride her as well. In addition to this incredible pedigree, this colt is fancy to look at with lots of chrome.
Monday was a pretty normal day, we did not do a lot extra since we were all still tired from CBJLS. Toni had a lot of clients to call, court dates this week to prepare for, etc. Kaine and Jaxsen had football practice. Kade worked on calves, his big heifer. Ben caught Anna’s show heifers, McCall washed them after work. I worked on CBJLS pics after work and chores. Exhaustion played a big part in our bare minimum efforts.
Mom has really been on us to get a donkey into an area between stallion to eat weeds. Tuesday we moved Basil down to the weed patch were the faucet is at the corral. Toni was going to spray it all year but never had time. The weeds have gotten out of control. Toni walked out in the circle after chores to get some pics of the foals. Kade jumped on Joss and took a long ride out to the circle. He rides her out and about frequently and she is really a confident little horse. With the cooler temps the gnats are horrible. We still have lots and lots of favorite foals, basically all of them. It is so interesting to see how they are growing and maturing. For instance, Bailey Bug looks like a mini version of her dam, Bayley. Sugar Cookie has shed out to be a really pretty brown roan out of the AI stud. Marlo washed the Evergreen steers on Tuesday. They were moved up on to the hill, so she had to call me to see where they were at.
Wednesday Nathan Jensen showed up first thing in the morning with our 2025 show steers. The kids are all super excited they showed up, and we were all happy to meeting Nathan finally. All of the steers are friendly little guys. We are really happy with them overall and thankful to have met Tyler, our buddy back East that raises such good quality calves. Then Toni had client meetings, and in between client meetings she ran a bull to Sagehill Vet to get semen tested and a couple fall heifers to get bangs vaccinated, so they could go to their new homes. And she took her cat to be neutered, no cat carrier, he just rode on her lap to the vet. Kade rode Joss out around the alfalfa field again. Toni got some more pics of the calves. Jaxsen had a football Wednesday, he played great, had a great game, and had a big cheering squad. Mom stayed with grandma on Wednesday, and dad and Skip picked her up and took mom into the game. Marlo and Diane also came to watch him play and Debbie showed up for a bit. All of his “extra special” people came to cheer him on.
Thursday morning, since the sale went into the wee hours of the night, we found out we got the last two steers we needed in CA. Nathan is headed to Wisconsin, so we need to find a different shipper from CA. Luckily we know some people…. The big boys went in to the volleyball game in Connell, not together, they both needed to drive. Toni had a big hearing on Thursday that she has been pretty nervous about. Toni got some more pics of foals with her cell phone. I did not work on pictures Thursday night, I went to bed early. Toni went and stayed with grandma. At Grandma’s Toni and Leslie started looking at more show steers and heifer because we need more? Don’t worry, Toni is already asking if she can bid.
Friday we worked on finding a shipper on the two steers. One guy we called says he is friends Ben’s cousin, I think because they are from the same area. I am asking Ben and his sisters and brothers, not because they are actually related. I think that is what happens in SE Idaho, you are related because you are from the same area. I will see if any of you actually read this. LOL. I had a Tri State meeting for work in Pasco, that was interesting. Kind of a cool deal, Miss Rodeo Washington was at the Othello rodeo and has challenged herself to ride 50 different horses. She rode ol Kevin at Othello! We got a really cute picture of her on Kevin. We also got a really nice fb message from Gayle who has a Sagebug Bayley filly that she bought from us. Gayle has had some health issues but was able to start her filly this year on her own! We also rewrapped Copper’s leg on Friday, which is healing. I stayed with grandma Friday night. Marlo went to dinner with Toni. Kicker and Kade rode horses Friday evening. Kicker decided he can ride Friday, and luckily Friday was ok with it.
On Saturday Toni and I were supposed to wean a bunch of stuff, but she had fallen ill, she volunteered to still come but I told her I preferred she stay home. Anna helped me move the rest of the round pen over. I got the Gunner pen in and Kaine helped me load Ro and Playin in the trailer. Then I weaned Playin, Rip, Bee Bug, Mirage, Woody and Shiney Guy. Kade came down and helped me get them all fed. The kids worked on their show animals, we have three Angus steers in the Evergreen Exclusive sale in Ellensburg on October 12th and then Ben, McCall, Anna, Kade and Lane are going to the Nile, Lane is helping the U of I Block and Bridle but they are leaving in the wee hrs of the morning, so he is thinking about going with our crew. McKenna is meeting them in Billings. Then Kade is headed to National FFA Convention to compete and lastly in November we have the Western Showcase show. So the kids are getting their steers and heifers ready to go. That night Kade, Anna, Ben, Dad, Diann and I went in and watch Kaine play football. We played Royal City, it was a great game.
Sunday we went to great Uncle Doug’s funeral in Hermiston, Toni also did not make it to that because she was still ill. I told her none of us wanted to be contaminated. Ben, McCall, Anna, Kaine and Kade got circle 4 in and weaned the rest of the calves. Kaine left early to go to Kennewick and ask Kendra to Homecoming. His friend Cyson went with him, because Cyson was asking Kendra’s friend. Kendra is who Kaine took last year. Kicker and Kade put out big bales to the horses. With the nights being cooler they think they need more hay. Kade started working on the 2 year old we bought back, Remi and she did great. He lunged her and saddled her. We try to take it slow with the 2 year olds so he just messed around with her. Kicker came down and did some maintenance for us on the water trough and the mainline leak. Toni took more pictures of the foals with her cell phone and messed around with them. She is also recommitted to keeping as many of them as she can. So if anyone wants to look at foals, please come do it before she really refuses to sell anything.
KT Gold Buckle Dreams Colt Sire KT Heza Pana Dude Dam: Franks Uptown Zoey Date Born: 3/26/24 Click here for more pictures Color: Gray w/ Bald Face and three socks. Price: 4,500 This is a pretty cool colt 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 colt. 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 Miss Blue Belle, “Peaches” Filly Sire: KT King of Blue Dam:KT Miss Benelli Girl, “Nelli“ Date Born: 3/27/24 Click here for more pictures Color: Buckskin (Roan?) Price: 5,500 Stunning buckskin filly by KT King of Blue and out of KT Miss Benelli Girl, “Nelli.“ Nelli is an eye-catching buckskin that cousin Patricia claims. She is a big, impressive, striking mare with a pedigree that is bred to perform. Her dam, Pepper, is a Dry Spec a Pepper daughter, who was the 1986 Eastern Idaho QH Assn. Senior Cutting Champion. She is a granddaughter of Dry Doc; who is in the National Cutting Horse Association – Horse Hall of Fame. He was an NCHA Futurity Champion, NCHA Earnings: $85,149, AQHA Reserve W.CH. CUTTING. Nelli is a granddaughter of Cue Bars Laddie, who is a roan stallion that has been shown as a reiner, cowhorse and rope horse. He was the recipient of the Open AQHA All Around Trophy and is a CCHA Hall of Fame Horse. KT King of Blue is out of KT Copper Queen Isabelle, “Izzy,” and by Shining Blue DR, “Bish.” Bish is a very good looking son of Autumnator, who is sired by SMART LITTLE LENA. Smart Little Lena is earner of $743,275, NCHA Triple Crown Op Ch. Autumnator’s dam is AUTUMN BOON is an earner of $244,470 NCHA. Dam of 26 foals, 17 perfs earning $1,003,985 NCHA/WS. Bish’s dam is Plum Sparkling who is by Shining Sparkler, a gorgeous palomino son of Reining and Reined Cowhorse Leading Sire Shining Spark. Izzy is out of Captains Double Coy and KT Copper Queen Cleo. Izzy was used as a ranch horse before she became a broodmare, and she really goes after the cows. Izzy’s pedigree includes many greats like Major Bonanza, Sizzlin Hot, Major King, Docs Dee Bar and more.
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