JF Ranch
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Earlier this fall, I announced that we raised a mare that qualified for the 2006 AQHA World Show. I'm a bit tardy in telling you about this trip to Oklahoma City. We left at 4:30 am Monday, Nov. 13 and returned home Saturday evening, Nov. 18. We are very proud of how well our mare did in this tough competition. We had a wonderful time and saw millions of dollars worth of horses!
We saw many of the events and took quite a bit of video. Some of which I'd like to put on the computer to share with you later. We also visited the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Muesum. We were impressed with how easy this city of half a million people was to get around in and how friendly the people were.
If you'd like to see what her sire Frosty Feature looks like check out this link to Jordan Quarter Horses:
http://www.jordanqtrhorses.4t.com/
I wrote the folowing story for our local newspapers:
JF Miss Black Frost Goes to the AQHA World Show
A ten year old mare, JF Miss Black Frost raised by John Fairhead (JF Ranch) of Merriman, NE and shown by Mark Fish of Morrill, NE qualified for the 2006 AQHA World Championship Show in Open Senior Tie-Down Roping, held November 11-18 in Oklahoma City, OK. The black mare, is a Frosty Feature daughter out of a Stage Bar Ted dam. All are bloodlines from Jordan Quarter Horses of Harrison, NE.
There were 46 entries in the preliminary event held on Tuesday, November 14 and this mare came in 19th place scoring 212.5 points, just out of the top 15 which went on to the finals. The top score of 224 was awarded to Blair Burk of Durant, OK, riding Eightys Sport who was the 2005 Champion. On Friday November 17, in the Championship round, Blair took first place with this gelding for the second year in a row. C. R. Bradley took second, J. D. Yates rode two for third and fourth while Blair rode a second horse to fifth place.
John recalls that in 1989 he attended the Jordan Quarter Horse Sale at Fort Robinson, where he purchased two horses. When paying for them the clerk mentioned that he would be getting the filly. Unaware that Bob Jordan was giving a weanling filly to the volume buyer, John was quite surprised to be taking home three for the price of two. This sorrel filly, Miss Zip Coin by Stage Bar Ted and granddaughter of Two Eyed Jack on the bottom side was bred to Frosty Feature and produced this gorgeous, super quick and cowy mare.
After starting her as a three year old and calving on her in the spring of 1999, she had limited riding before producing a "surprise" foal in 2001. She was bred again and raised a second foal before John put more serious riding on her during the fall of 2002. This mare displayed tremendous athleticism, quickness and cowsense. By the spring of 2003, it was decided that she should be evaluated for potential as a performance horse. Tubby Fish was helping calve at Fairhead's JF Ranch and he suggested his son Mark should give her a try.
Mark Fish had taken two other horses to previous World Shows in the Amateur division and was willing to give an honest appraisal of the mare's potential. John delivered her to Mark expecting to hear from him in a month, but received a call after his first ride saying, "John, this might be the most talented horse I've ever ridden!"
She has become a member of the Fish family in the years since. Mark trained her as a calf roping horse and earned the necessary points this past year to qualify for the World Show in the Open division. The dream of roping with the best in the world came true this month. He remarked before the event that he knew the mare would do her part, now it was up to him to do his. There was little question about that as Mark is a top roper and made an excellent run. Although he missed the finals by a slim margin, he placed solidly in the top half beating many of the top professionals in the business.
The plan for now is to raise as many foals as possible in an effort to build a breeding program from her success and the Jordan bloodlines that produced it.
We saw many of the events and took quite a bit of video. Some of which I'd like to put on the computer to share with you later. We also visited the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Muesum. We were impressed with how easy this city of half a million people was to get around in and how friendly the people were.
If you'd like to see what her sire Frosty Feature looks like check out this link to Jordan Quarter Horses:
http://www.jordanqtrhorses.4t.com/
I wrote the folowing story for our local newspapers:
JF Miss Black Frost Goes to the AQHA World Show
A ten year old mare, JF Miss Black Frost raised by John Fairhead (JF Ranch) of Merriman, NE and shown by Mark Fish of Morrill, NE qualified for the 2006 AQHA World Championship Show in Open Senior Tie-Down Roping, held November 11-18 in Oklahoma City, OK. The black mare, is a Frosty Feature daughter out of a Stage Bar Ted dam. All are bloodlines from Jordan Quarter Horses of Harrison, NE.
There were 46 entries in the preliminary event held on Tuesday, November 14 and this mare came in 19th place scoring 212.5 points, just out of the top 15 which went on to the finals. The top score of 224 was awarded to Blair Burk of Durant, OK, riding Eightys Sport who was the 2005 Champion. On Friday November 17, in the Championship round, Blair took first place with this gelding for the second year in a row. C. R. Bradley took second, J. D. Yates rode two for third and fourth while Blair rode a second horse to fifth place.
John recalls that in 1989 he attended the Jordan Quarter Horse Sale at Fort Robinson, where he purchased two horses. When paying for them the clerk mentioned that he would be getting the filly. Unaware that Bob Jordan was giving a weanling filly to the volume buyer, John was quite surprised to be taking home three for the price of two. This sorrel filly, Miss Zip Coin by Stage Bar Ted and granddaughter of Two Eyed Jack on the bottom side was bred to Frosty Feature and produced this gorgeous, super quick and cowy mare.
After starting her as a three year old and calving on her in the spring of 1999, she had limited riding before producing a "surprise" foal in 2001. She was bred again and raised a second foal before John put more serious riding on her during the fall of 2002. This mare displayed tremendous athleticism, quickness and cowsense. By the spring of 2003, it was decided that she should be evaluated for potential as a performance horse. Tubby Fish was helping calve at Fairhead's JF Ranch and he suggested his son Mark should give her a try.
Mark Fish had taken two other horses to previous World Shows in the Amateur division and was willing to give an honest appraisal of the mare's potential. John delivered her to Mark expecting to hear from him in a month, but received a call after his first ride saying, "John, this might be the most talented horse I've ever ridden!"
She has become a member of the Fish family in the years since. Mark trained her as a calf roping horse and earned the necessary points this past year to qualify for the World Show in the Open division. The dream of roping with the best in the world came true this month. He remarked before the event that he knew the mare would do her part, now it was up to him to do his. There was little question about that as Mark is a top roper and made an excellent run. Although he missed the finals by a slim margin, he placed solidly in the top half beating many of the top professionals in the business.
The plan for now is to raise as many foals as possible in an effort to build a breeding program from her success and the Jordan bloodlines that produced it.
