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 In
1999, my father, Arthur E. McKechnie, Jr. was
recognized by the American Quarter Horse Association
for over 50 cumulative years of breeding American
Quarter Horses. Dad's longstanding dedication to the
breed served as the foundation for our breeding
program today.
In 1947, Dad was given a Candy, a Thoroughbred mare,
for a high school graduation present and bred her to
Black Hawk P.1222 by San Siemon P.1810 owned by King
Merritt of Federal Wyoming. Little Sug P.28,930, a
brown mare was foaled thus beginning our family's
breeding history of American Quarter Horses.
Dad took mares to Black Hawk over the years
including a Steel Dust bred mare, "Lady", and a mare
purchased from King Merritt in 1947. In 1950 he
leased Bourbon Tek who was by Bourbon by Ding Bob.
In 1953 he bought an own son of Leo from Bud Warren,
 Leo
Lightning.
In 1960 he added Dixie Jr., son of Dixie's Paul and
a full brother to Paul A, who was Oklahoma Star
bred, and in 1964, a son of Sugar Bars was purchased
from Bud Warren, Horatio, whose dam was Lena Horn.
Dad continued with these bloodlines until 1986 and
added Skip
Will Win, a grandson of Blondy's Dude and 5
times bred Skipper W stallion, and
Whammy Ball,
a grandson of Three Bars tracing back to Little Meow
and Spanish Joy. Skip Will Win and Whammy Ball
continue to stand at stud. We raise horses that are
functional and can work on the ranches we have owned
in the Laramie Mountains of Wyoming, Arizona, and
Kansas. Our horses have successfully been raced,
shown in halter, reining, cutting and other AQHA
performance classes.
Dad's greatest achievement with his Quarter Horses
was making buyers happy and enjoying the feeling he
would get when they would come back a few years
later for another horse for their child. Dad had
repeat buyers from all over the western United
States and Kristy and I are proud to be able to
continue the family tradition of breeding and
raising American Quarter Horses.
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"The Early Days of Horse
Creek Ranch"
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"Awards, ribbons and honors are nice, but real
satisfaction comes from a parent who trusts one of
our horses for their children."
Arthur Edwin McKechnie, Jr. 1922-2000 |
