Shield Five Quarter Horses

2014 was our first RQHBA sale. We are now gearing up for our 11th sale! Where does time go? We are so thankful we get to be a part of this organization! We have based our program on 2 beliefs: 1 – a good cow horse can excel at anything, and 2 – we won’t sacrifice quality for the sake of color. Over the course of the years we have followed Chris Cix Horsemanship, and attended 2 of his colt starting clinics. While our Horsemanship has come a long ways, we are still trying to learn something new everytime we touch a horse. His methods have helped us to maximize results with being efficient with time.

Dave and I are very fortunate that we live in a rural country, with the opportunity for a lot of miles horseback. We are even more fortunate that our 2 kids, Curtis and Raelee have the same passion for horses and ag life that we do! Our kids have grown up horseback, and are turning into top hands! Curtis has started starting some of the colts, and is working on learning how to finish them. Raelee has started competing in cutting in high school rodeo, and is working hard at turning 2 of our horses into cutting prospects for her to compete on!

We started our breeding program with a double bred Cutter Bill stud, Mr Royal Blake, who is no longer with us. He put a solid foundation under his babies with some speed and cow. We were then able to add Boonylensma, by Peptoboonsmal to our program. Boony had over $34,000 in NCHA earnings when he retired. Boony puts a lot of muscle and cow in his babies too. 14 years ago, we found a stud colt by Red Pepper Cat by Highbrow Cat, and added him to our program. Shield Five Ole Cat…aka Ole is fast and Cowy! He is a great size to ride, and has AQHA points in Heading, Ranch Riding, Stakes Race, and Pole Bending. Ole has also drug 1000s of calves to the fire. We are now crossing him back on Boony daughters and are super pleased with the outcome! With Boony getting up in years, we kept a stud colt by him, a palomino that we felt checked every box.
Boonys Cee is by Boony, and out of a daughter of Palo Duro Cat. His second crop of colts hit the ground this spring, and we are very pleased with them!

We look forward to visiting with customers and meeting new faces. Feel free to come visit and look at horses anytime! Give us a call, 307.467.5644 or 605.639.9482, or follow us on Facebook, Shield Five Quarter Horses. We would like to give a big thank you to the RQHBA sale in providing us a reputable sale to market our horses in, as well as to all of our customers….we couldn’t do this without you all!