Our Quarter Horse History...

Springtime at South Ram	Working Mom with 2007 colt.
Congratulations to Pioneer Ranches, proud new owners of Matt & Festus!

South Ram Kiwi

May 17, 2001
Quarter Horse (4158319)
Red Dun Mare
15.1 Hands  ~  1050 lbs
Kiwi is available for sale ~ $6,500.00

Kiwi is as pretty as she is smart.  We are raising horses that can work in the mountains but they will truly shine in a ring or on a ranch somewhere.   Kiwi is sassy, keen and a go getter.  I am going to start her on barrels this winter as I believe that is where she should be.  She does have cow sense, is extremely quick and likes to move.  You don't have to put a strong leg on her.

Kiwi has been a guide horse for the past two years and she never hesitates to do what she is asked, just like her mom.  We would like to see her go to a younger girl that wants a good horse for 4-H, rodeo and Kiwi will do it!

Docs Pawnee Bar

We bought Gunner as a 2 yr old and quickly put him to work as our herd sire at the time. We broke Gunner, used him at brandings, around the ranch and eventually sold him as a ranch broke gelding. The buyers appreciate him as a cow smart ranch/rope horse.  This is a picture of Gunner as a three year old.  As his kids get older and work more we realize what a good sire we had.   These colts have the jam and athletic ability we needed to put into the herd.

Vantastic Bardot Too

Baal was bought as a three yr old from Nutting Quarter Horses.  Baal was named to remind us that we should not put such an attachment to the horses that it distorts what really matters!  Her training began in the high country and proceeded into the arenas and ranchland like many of our horses.  Baal is an amazing, kind and talented horse.  She was Sharmane's CEF Coach Clinic horse as a four & five yr old, the girls used her in 4-H and Cow Horse Classics.  She has won the Caroline Stampede Pack horse race twice, used on the ranch as whatever!!!  Yet can go to a trail, pleasure, reining or roping and never falter.  We have three foals and another on the way.  She is now retired to the "dude" string with her little ones trucking along behind her.  She is a solid mountain horse with absolutely no  malice.  Baal is the one we trust to put our most timid rider on.

South Ram Moses

May 15, 2002
Quarter horse (4224277)
Grey Gelding
15 hands ~ 1100 lbs
Moses is available for sale ~ $6,000.00

Moses has been a welcome addition to the horse herd.  We are starting his two year olds and they continue to show the traits that prove this line of horses tough.  They don't waste time bucking, are friendly from the start and just want to go to work. 

Moses worked in the pack string as a three and four year old stallion never giving any indication that he had "other" things on his mind while working.  He is steady, strong and stable & has a great disposition.  We have used him in branding, skidded logs and he is absolutely spook proof.  He is the best lead horse I have ever rode.

We don't think there will be another like him although we have kept his son for our replacement stallion and already he shows the same coolness. 

Moses lopes a circle well, stops hard and has the build to stand up to the work.  He is for sale but will stay here until the right owners show up. A horse you can do anything off of is hard to find!

See J Jewel

Matriarch of our horse herd. Jewel was an all round horse, friend, instructor for our girls and she was an amazing mother. She left her stamp of a beautiful head, a good foot, style & heart. Jewel is pictured here with Josey as her 4-H horse. We were blessed to have this quality of mare to teach our girls to ride and experience the thrill of performance on a star. Always true and reliable Jewel endured a wolf attack, overcame being hamstrung and continued to show and have six more foals. We retired the old grey mare but there are lots of stories of her around the campfire or dinner table. She was truly one of the family. Many, many of her kids, grandkids and great...grand kids are pictured on this site.