FORD RANCH PUBLIC BLOGS Posted 07/27/2010 20:17:36 by Charolette Well, at long last I have all the colts on. Don't have all the pictures on but will get them on in a few days. We've got some really nice barrel prospects and arena prospects this year. We are really happy with Guys Gold Coins babies. They really have speed and great movement.We bred for later colts this year due to our weather here during March and April. We still didn't have great weather in May, but lots of colts. We sold Flossy to a barrel racer in Texas. We sure miss her. She is so kind and gentle and loves people. Doc said she would have never left here if he had been 50 instread of almost 70. Everybody loves that mare. Looks like Black Valentine will be going to California. She is a big beautiful mare. He plans to rope on her. We sold our older stud, Shambo Sam. Shed some tears, but we don't need three studs and we really like First Down Frenchman that we bought last year. He is two, and really smart. We trained him to the phantom and used him for breeding this year as Guys Gold Coin in running in some futurities. We have almost all of the buildings repaired from the storm last July. The steel roofs, north sides and west sides of all eight building had to be replaced and the house had windows knocked out and they were boarded up until this spring. We were very fortunate that no ome was hurt, but it sure was scarey. We were really glad we had a basement. Posted 08/31/2009 23:01:31 by Charolette Just put new pictures on for RCK Black Valentine and RCK Frenchman Flossy. They have really grown, really filled out. Posted 08/17/2009 18:05:34 by Charolette Barrel Racers check out our Barrel Prospects. They are by Guys Gold Coin who is an own son of Frenchmans Guy who sired SX Frenchmans Vanila - the Nation's first Triple Crown Barrel Horse. His Dam is Queen's Coin(SI 94)who has produced AAA offspring Queens Streakin Coin si 105, and Sissy's Little Coin - All time Barrel Futurity Money Earner. We are campaigning Guys Gold Coin in the 2010 Barrel Futurities ridden by Hallie Melvin. His colts are intelligent, athletic, move well and have speed. For those of you who might be going to sales in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana we are located about two hundred miles North of Rapid City and the Black Hills and about 130 miles from Bismarck, ND. Posted 08/11/2009 17:51:34 by Charolette I've added new pictures to most of the colts. They really are growing. We'll be weaning some of then the week of August 24 and the remainder the third week in September. Be sure to check out the new pictures. Posted 05/06/2009 19:17:45 by Charolette Hi from the plains of NW South Dakota. Looks like spring has finally arrived. The snow has melted and the sun was out all day today. Still chilly at night. We still have five more colts to go. I put some more pictures on today. Guys Gold Coin's first colts are here and they are really, really nice. I'll keep updating the pictures every few days. Still have lots of work left to to on website. We trained Guys Gold Coin to the phantom last year at two, broke him to ride, and had him with the barrel trainer until breeding time this spring. He'll go back to the trainer in July for the futurities. He is just the neatest horse, Very quick and very smart. And likes people. Posted 08/18/2010 17:14:15 by Charolette We had an exciting weekend. GUYS GOLD COIN won the Dash and Dance Futurity in Spearfish, SD this past week end!!! We got to go see him run for the first time. He and Hallie were awesome. This brings his total earnings to alittle over $8,600.00.