Quarter & Paint Horses

          At Cotton Creek Ranch , our Quarter and Paint horses are raised right along side our Brangus and Brahman cattle herd. The steep terrain and rocky hillsides are the perfect combination in making sturdy, surefooted, dependable horses.

          Our horses learn at a very young age how to navigate hills, cross-creeks, and avoid predators. They must travel up and down hills to graze and find water. We believe that a young horse should be allowed to, "just be a horse." They are continually learning survival and socialization skills in an "unpampered" environment.

         During foaling season, our brood mares are continually monitored before and after foaling. The foals are halter exposed within days of birth as our team, including our two young daughters, begin the process of gentling them. When the mares have bred back, dam and foal are returned to the herd, where they graze and develop their foals in the tough hills of our ranch. They are continually brought back to the barn for deworming, vaccinations, farrier work, and further human contact.

Cotton Creek Ranch currently stands two AHQA stallions. They are:  

Tops Major Bar, a 16 hand chestnut with tremendous disposition. "Major" has made many ranch, roping, barrel, and pleasure riding horses.

Peppy's Q Hug, a 15-hand golden Palomino, with an absolutely gorgeous head. "Peppy" passes on his deep palomino color, athletic ability, and corrects common headed mares. His offspring have gone on to be ranch horses, barrel, cutting, reining, halter, and rail horses.

         We are very proud of the performance of our stallions and their progeny. Improving our breeding program is always an exciting and on going process. We work hard at making sturdy, versatile, dependable horses with dispositions to match. Once you have a "hill raised" horse from Cotton Creek Ranch, you'll never be satisfied with anything else.

Horses:

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