Yearly Archives: 2011

At its annual convention in Grapevine, Texas, the AQHA handed out its coveted all-around high-point awards. Molli Lyn Jacobs and Radical McCue won the Featherlite AQHA Youth All-Around High-Point title; Lindsey Stevenson and RL Cocoas Version (pictured here) won the Featherlite AQHA All-Around Amateur title; and Four Bonnie Bay, owned by Mike St. Clair of Kahoka, Missouri, won the Featherlite Open All-Around High-Point title.

UPDATE:

GoHorseShow.com just got an update from Maddi Williams. She has just informaed us the cost of one dose will include 8 straws instead of four. Everything else remains the same regarding prices. Please contact her for more information. 

Maddi Williams

940.736.9491

[email protected]

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GoHorseShow.com just talked to Maddi Williams who was hired as a consultant by Federal Bankruptcy Trustee Mark Weisbart to deal with the selling of all the Babcock frozen semen that is available from such outstanding studs as Smart Chic Olena, Trashadeous, Cowboy Smarts. The semen is currently being stored at Select Breeder's Southwest in Aubrey, Texas. The 200 head of horses that were auctioned off late last year were bought by a church in Oklahoma, reports say in the $200,000 dollar range for all of the horses-- these horses are not involved in this dispersal of assets.

Please read more information and details below provided by Maddi Williams--her email and phone number is also provided at the end of this article.

Horse industry friends-

I wanted to let you know that we have started the marketing and sale of all Babcock Ranch breeding assets. Contact me for any further information.

Remember, this is a federal bankruptcy case and will only be active for a certain period of time. Once the case is completed, any remaining breeding assets will be destroyed.

Also, I wanted to note that 1 dose includes 8 straws. Once you have purchased the dose/doses you can purchase as many breeding permits from AQHA, and any resulting foals will be eligible for registration. AQHA is very familiar and supportive of this case.

We also have a list of embryos available for sale.

Sale Prices – Frozen Semen

Smart Chic Olena

2 US Doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested) - $2,500 each ($5,000)

10 US Doses (5 SB Tested, 5 Untested) - $2,250 each ($22,500) + 4 choice doses (2 SB Tested, 2 Untested)*

20+ US Doses (10 SB Tested, 10 Untested) - $2,000 each ($40,000) + 6 choice doses (2 SB Tested, 2

Untested)*

2 Export Doses (SB Tested) - $5,000 each ($10,000)

ICSI Straw - $1,000 each

Trashadeous

2 US Doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested) - $1,000 each ($2,000)

10 US Doses (5 SB Tested, 5 Untested) - $700 each ($7,000) + 2 choice doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested)*

20+ US Doses (10 SB Tested, 10 Untested) - $500 each ($10,000) + 4 choice doses (2 SB Tested, 2 Untested)*

Cowboy Smarts

2 US Doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested) - $500 each ($1,000)

10 US Doses (5 SB Tested, 5 Untested) - $250 each ($2,500) + 2 choice doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested)*

20+ US Doses (10 SB Tested, 10 Untested) - $200 each ($4,000) + 4 choice doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested)*

Royal Blue Quixote

2 US Doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested) - $500 each ($1,000)

10 US Doses (5 SB Tested, 5 Untested) - $250 each ($2,500) + 2 choice doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested)*

20+ US Doses (10 SB Tested, 10 Untested) - $200 each ($4,000) + 4 choice doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested)*

Bueno Fritzi Nic

2 US Doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested) - $500 each ($1,000)

10 US Doses (5 SB Tested, 5 Untested) - $250 each ($2,500) + 2 choice doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested)*

20+ US Doses (10 SB Tested, 10 Untested) - $200 each ($4,000) + 4 choice doses (1 SB Tested, 1 Untested)*

Paid By Chic

Only low motility doses & "epididymal" sperm available – 1 dose = 8 straws)

2 US Doses - $1000 each ($2,000)

5 US Doses - $750 each ($3,750)

7 US Doses – Complete package of all available semen ($4,000)

Choice Doses:

Cowboy Smarts

Elans Playboy

Mister Dual Pep

Royal Blue Quixote

Bueno Fritzi Nic

-SB Tested – Housed with and tested for motility by Select Breeders in Aubrey, Texas and identified as having a PT Progressive Motility = 30%

-Sold “as is, where is”

Contact:

Maddi Williams

940.736.9491

[email protected]

Additional price lists including:

Mister Dual Pep & Elans Playboy will be made available as soon as approved.

SALE OF BABCOCK FROZEN SEMEN AND EMBRYOS

What is being sold?

Frozen semen and embryos owned by the bankruptcy estates of Jim Babcock and Babcock Quarter Horse Ranch (“Sellers”) pursuant to an order approved by the Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division on February 9, 2011. A list of the frozen semen and embryos is attached.

What is the quality of the semen?

Some of the frozen semen has resided with Select Breeders Southwest, Inc. since 1999 (the “SB Doses”). For example, most of the frozen semen from Smart Chic Olena was collected between 2001 and 2004. That semen has been tested for motility by Select Breeders and only commercially acceptable doses are being sold. Other semen was retrieved from Babcock Ranch in September 2010 and delivered to Select Breeders (the “Ranch Doses”). Random DNA and motility tests have been run on that semen.

Can I select which doses I want to purchase?

No. Except for doses which have been approved for overseas transport, the doses will be sold in pairs, one dose coming from the SB Doses and the other dose coming from the Ranch Doses. The doses you buy will be randomly selected from each grouping.

Are there any guarantees?

Sellers make no guarantees that a live foal will be born from the semen or embryos and there are no rights to a re-breed. The semen and embryos are being sold “as is, where is” without any representations or warranties. There is no recourse against Sellers related to a purchase of the semen or embryos and the Bankruptcy Court has retained exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any issues, questions or disputes related to such sale.

Will I be able to register the resulting foal(s) with the AQHA

or will I get a breeder’s certificate?

Each buyer of eligible semen or embryos will have the right to purchase retained semen or embryo rights permits with the purchase of the semen and/or embryos. One permit may then be used in place of a breeder’s certificate for registering one foal with the AQHA. The buyer will decide how many permits he/she wants to purchase with the semen/embryos being obtained. For example, if you buy 2 doses and pay for 6 permits you can register 6 horses produced from those doses. However, if you buy only 2 permits and produce 6 horses from those doses, only 2 horses can be registered with the AQHA. No additional permits may be obtained after the sale is concluded. The cost of the permits is $65.00 per permit, and there will be no refunds for the purchase of these permits. You will be responsible for submitting the permit along with all other paperwork and other information to register your foal to AQHA. You will also be responsible for submitting the stallion report to the AQHA at the time you inseminate your mare with the semen. At this time, the AQHA has informed us that it will not register foals resulting from frozen semen or embryos of certain horses, which will be clearly identified on a separate listing. If you wish to purchase semen or embryos from this list, you understand that the resulting foal will not be eligible for registration with the AQHA.

Trashadeous – APHA Registration

If I buy Trashadeous semen and get a paint foal, will I be able to register the foal with the American Paint Horse Association?

The American Paint Horse Association has informed us that buyers who purchase frozen semen from Trashadeous will be able to register the resulting foal with the American Paint Horse Association if the foal otherwise meets the registration requirements of the APHA, and the buyer obtains a semen permit from the APHA before the buyer uses the semen. The buyer will be responsible for contacting the APHA and obtaining the semen permit along with the requisite fees. We understand the current fee is $100.00. This is a different permit and fee from the permit and fee required by the AQHA for AQHA registration. At the time of sale, we will ask each buyer of Trashadeous semen for authorization to submit the buyer’s name and other contact information to the APHA after which it will be the buyer’s responsibility to follow up with the APHA and obtain the permit(s) if the buyer wishes to qualify any resulting paint foal for APHA registration.

Delivery of the doses

At the time of sale, a bill of sale will be signed and the doses will be transferred to you as of funding. Checks should be made payable to Mark A. Weisbart, Trustee. You will then assume all responsibility for coordinating with Select Breeders concerning the continued storage, delivery or use of your doses for breeding and will be responsible for all such costs after closing.

Overseas Doses

A limited number of the SB Doses are approved for transport overseas. These doses will be marketed and sold on a per dose basis.

"24 hours of labor and one c-section later-it was worth every bit!" said the happy Mom.

There are several halter and performance exhibitors in the horse industry who are concerned about the direction of the Performance Halter class. Suggested rule changes have been submitted to the Show and Contest Committee that will be discussed at the AQHA Convention. We asked multiple experts what they would like to see changed about the class. Vote at the end of the article and let us know your opinion.

The late and talented western pleasure mare, Gypsys Little Image's, recipient mare foaled a filly by Invitation Only this morning. "We are beyond thrilled. This is the only filly she ever had!," Sarah Rosciti said. The Rosciti family of North Scituate, Rhode Island own the filly.

GoHorseShow.com recently wrote an article about this amazing mare that recently and unexpectedly passed away. Read more about her in the article here. We are excited that the Rosciti Family finally got a little filly from Gypsy. What a great final gift from an amazing sweet and talented mare. Pine View Farms graciously sold the recipient pregnant mare back to the Rosciti Family after Gypsy's passing. Debbi Trubee reports that the new bay filly is gorgeous. "She is everything she was supposed to be. Gorgeous great big doe eyes lots of body."

Stay tuned for some more photos after she dries out and gets a little older!

Good Cowboy Margarita, NSBA Horse of the Year, is proud to announce the arrival of his first foal. This video link says it all. Taken at 24 hours of age, he obviously has inherited his Daddy's talent!

Check out his first foal on this YouTube Video.

Additionally, the stud fee includes the first shipment for semen or the first insemination for mares hauled to the farm. Additional shipments are only $150.00. Shipped semen is available any day of the week with a prior day's notice. Counter to counter also available. We offer an unprecedented 30 DAY LIVE FOAL GUARANTEE, or if for some reason you don't get a baby, there is a NO REBREED FEE the following year. With the "Circle of Friends", save $500 each when breeding three mares together...you or your friends.

Good Cowboy Margarita is the only stallion to ever earn the title of NSBA Horse of the Year and he's only the second horse to do it as a three year old! Many stallions hang out their shingle after winning only one title. Check out Cowboy's outstanding show record.

AS A TWO YEAR OLD...

• NSBA BCF Co-Champion-Intermediate Open Western Pleasure
• NSBA Reserve World Champion Western Pleasure-Gold Division
• NSBA Reserve Year End Champion
• Reserve Reichert Celebration Champion
• Other Futurity Championships

AS A THREE YEAR OLD...

• AQHA Reserve World Champion Amateur Western Pleasure
• AQHA Fourth World Show Junior Western Pleasure
• 3 x NSBA World Champion
• 3 x Reichert Celebration Champion
• 2 x QH Congress Reserve Champion
• QH Congress/Southern Belle Derby Reserve Champion
• Tom Powers Champion
• Reserve Southern Belle Champion
• Superior Junior Western Pleasure
• Superior Amateur Western Pleasure
• #1 AQHA High Point in the Nation Junior Western Pleasure
• #1 AQHA High Point Stallion in the Nation Western Pleasure All-Ages
• AQHA Reserve High Point in the Nation Amateur Western Pleasure
• #1 NSBA Year End Champion 3 Yr Old Intermediate Open
• #1 NSBA Year End Champion Dual Approved Amateur Western Pleasure
• #1 NSBA Year End Champion Intermediate Non-Pro Western Pleasure
• NSBA Year End Reserve Champion Dual Approved Junior Western Pleasure
• NSBA Year End Reserve Champion 3 Yr Old Non-Pro Open Western Pleasure
• NSBA Year End Reserve Champion Limited Non-Pro Western Pleasure
• Numerous Futurity Championships
• Numerous Circuit Championships

• Over 165 Lifetime AQHA Points
• Over 75 Lifetime NSBA Points
• Over $55,000 Lifetime Earnings (approximately $45,000 in NSBA)

Thank-you to those who have already booked their mares. Breedings are still available. Contracts available at www.GoodCowboyMargarita.com. Contact Roger at 859-494-9491. Gollehon Quarter Horses, Versailles, Kentucky.

Good Cowboy Margarita, LLC

Kathleen Trommer

Roger & Robin Gollehon

Managing Partner - Roger Gollehon

Could you be the next “Face of TQHYA?” 

Launching February 17, “Face of TQYHA” is a scholarship contest open to current or new members of the Texas Quarter Horse Youth Association. 

Contestants are to submit a 30 second to one minute video describing what the “Face of TQHYA” should look like, i.e. service to the Texas Horse industry, mentoring other youth at school or horse shows, responsibility with the family horse business, etc. BE CREATIVE! 

First prize is a $2500 scholarship and second place is a $1,000 scholarship. Honorable mention awards will also be given. The contest runs through May 1, 2011. Email your video to [email protected] along with your name, address and contact number.

Judges will select the top 5 videos from videos submitted. The top 5 videos will be posted on the TQHA website and TQHA FaceBook pages where the public can vote on who will be the “Face of TQHYA.”

Not only will the winner receive a $2,500 college scholarship, the winning contestant’s video will also be re-shot by a professional production company and featured in all TQHA media and TQHYA promotion for one full year.

Not yet a TQHYA member, click here

By AQHA Professional Horseman Jim Searles with Christine Hamilton in The American Quarter Horse Journal

Straightness can make the difference between 1st or 10th place.

If you go by the dictionary, being straight means free from curves, bends, angles and irregularities. But our show-ring patterns always have circles or half circles and bends of some kind. It’s still important to stay straight, or on line, even in those maneuvers.

Think of it like driving an automobile. When you’re approaching a bend in the road, you curve, but you still stay straight in the middle of the road. If you don’t, you veer off and end up in the woods. 

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