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Breeding
Stephen has more than 20 years experience breeding and developing the Paint horse breed in Ireland. Stephen specialises in overo paint horses in his breeding programme. Our mares carry the lines of
Hot Shot Hancock, Klassic Keno, RR Risky Master Piece, Paid By Chic, My Painted Robin, Jester, Mr Gun Smoke, Painted Robin, Hobby Doc, Mr San Peppy, Sayaarr, and Northern Dancer.
Meet our stallions at stud below.
Shotgun
Buck
Buck
Shotgun
The foundation of our Breeding Programme,
"Cowboy"Allstar Crash Hancock
"Cowboy"
Allstar Crash Hancock.
Allstar Crash Hancock "Cowboy", is out of CH HART FELT TUX A DAUGHTER OF THE LEGENDARY BLACK TUX, BY THE RSM CRASH HANCOCK AND BY THE LEGENDARY HOT SHOT HANCOCK.
Stephen purchased Cowboy in 2007 all the way from Sulphur, Louisiana from Jack Hebert of Allstar Paint Horses. Thoroughly a magnificent Stallion and arguably the best Paint Stallion ever to stand in Ireland.
Cowboy is a leading Sire with the largest amount of fully registered American Paint foals and the highest performance Paint horse Stallion in Irish History.
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Cowboy is a fully trained Working Cow Horse
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Bronze Cert endurance Horse
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3 time APHA PAC leader in Europe
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Poll Bending Champion
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Barrel Racing Champion
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2 time Reserve Reining Champion IPHC.
Cowboy is now retired from breeding, with two of his sons "Shotgun" and "Buck" taking over. Cowboy has played a special role for Stephen, as Bullhorn Ranch would not have been possible without him.
About Paints
The patterns of the Paint horses’ coat are three types – Tobiano, Overo, and Tovero. The pattern and colour of the coat is unique for every horse.
APHA describes overos that the head is a distinctive feature being bald-faced, apron-faced or bonnet-faced. On the body the white usually does not cross the horse’s back between its withers and tail. The unique white markings are irregular – scattered or splashy.
The Frame Overo often have blue eyes. Heads are extensively marked with white. Interesting feature is the common moustache, a pigmented upper lip which stands out on the predominantly white head. The body of the frame overo has horizontal white spots on the middle of the sides and the neck, rarely crossing the topline.
The Splashed White Overo horses are distinctive with their blue eyes. Head is extensively, and most often, completely white. The Splashed White Overo horse usually has white legs, and the body is white ventrally.
The Sabino Overo often features irregular spotting usually on the legs, belly and face, often with extensive roaning. Spotting can vary from minimal to almost entirely white. White markings often have narrow extensions up a leg or down the throat, and edges are often jagged. Partially blue eyes are common.