Born 6-9-26 Some years we do a fun theme for names. This year for Top Gun Whiskey we are continuing with Top Gun Call Signs from the original 1986 movie and the 2022 movie. Our other stallions will have the names of Rock Bands from the 70s, 80s and 90s. This filly is named Oates after Hall and Oates. Hall and Oates, consisting of Daryl Hall and John Oates, were an iconic American pop-rock duo known for their fusion of rock, soul, and rhythm and blues, achieving immense popularity from the mid-1970s to the late 1980s. Some of their more popular songs included “Kiss on My List” “Rich Girl” and “Private Eyes”.

‘Oates’ is a perlino as our best guess right now. She will be color tested to know for sure. She has a white star and her feet markings are undetermined right now as well. Her dam Miss Two ID Peponita, aka Salty we raised out of our 92% NFQHA Mr Salty Peponita daughter, Peponita Roan Bar JW aka Strawberry. We also raised Strawberry out of one of our founding mares, Fancy Roan Belle. Salty has very deep maternal roots in our program including 2004 Docs Fancy Roan and her daughter, 2011 Paddys Gin Fanta JW; 2015 Whiskey Up Roan JW and her 2023 daughter, Larimar Bartender JW and 2024 stallion prospect, Condor Bartender JW; and main ranch gelding, 2018 Whiskey Up Poland JW.

Salty’s sire is Two ID Sweet Buck owned by Tien Quarter Horses. Tien Quarter Horses says, “Heff is a good looking stallion that stands 15 hands with a pretty head & neck. This stallion is gentle and good minded, making friends wherever he goes. "Heff" is an asset to our program with his color, mind and athletic ability, passing on to his colts. He has been fun to show, with points in the Versatility Ranch Horse events, Ranch Riding, Heeling and Performance Halter. Heff is an AQHA World Show Qualifier in Jr. Heeling, Ranch Riding and an AQHA  Zoetis Versatility World Championship in 2016 & 2017. In 2022 Two ID Sweet Buck secured the AQHA VRH Cowboy Reserve World Champion.” Salty’s first foal 2023 Whiskey Up Pyrite JW, sold to our college roommate and good friend John. We are excited for his future! Her 2024 buckskin stallion, Bluestem Isengard JW, stayed in ND.

Oates is the 2nd foal crop of our young, home raised stallion My Bluestem Drift JW. He is 91% NFQHA and eligible to register.  He does carry a copy of the cream gene which he will pass on 50% of the time. He is the result of a very good experiment we tried; breeding his dam to his sire, Walter O Rielly aka Radar. Radar was a foundation stallion we had purchased several years ago to get some fillies to retain back for our program. Within the first few years, we discovered we really liked his foals for ourselves as saddle horses. He became a great addition to our program and had 12 foal crops for us. He brought older foundation lines to cross back with our Paddy's get. Radar threw BIG foals that could cover a lot of ground with amazing laid-back dispositions. Most of his offspring have gone on to be ranch horses, with a few rope and barrel prospects too. We then decided to breed one of our favorite ranch mares we used, My Kittys Belle JW, and cross with Radar in hopes of getting some foals we just knew we would want to keep and ride. My Kittys Belle JW’s mother, My Little Kitty, was owned by Barbra Kennedy Johnson and was given to Ella. Belle’s sire was our late 96% NFQHA stallion, JK Jay Reed, who was a consistent producer. We really liked Bluestem and always thought of him as a stallion prospect and replacement for his sire. We were very picky and waited a long time for a Radar replacement and then we had Bluestem! We didn’t need him yet, so he was sent to training as a 2 year old, started under saddle, became quite well broke, did some ranching and was well into his roping training by spring of 2024 when his sire passed at the age of 24. It was time to bring him home to fulfill his place in our program. Bluestem is deeply rooted in our program with JK Jay Reed, Walter O Rielly, My Kittys Belle and My Little Kitty. 2026 is Bluestem’s second foal crop. As we do all our horses, we evaluate after a few foal crops. We like what we see so far.

Oates is a very pretty filly. She has a chance of carrying a copy of MYHM. We are potentially going to keep her to retain the bloodlines on her maternal side in our program but please let us know if she interests you.

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We are working hard to get Bluestem’s Stallion Page created. In the meantime, you can find him under the 2021 Foals.

Genetic Test Results – PENDING