Smokin S Ranch Horses

09/21/2024

AXL.....My best boy.....

07/06/2024

There isn't an artist alive that could paint it better......

05/28/2024

Today we salute all of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice and those that served and continue to serve.

It is because of you that we are blessed to enjoy the freedoms that so many do not.

Happy Memorial Day!!

04/11/2024

As my daddy would have said......He sure is a dandy!
Welcome to the world little man!

By DMR Boons Smart Jay out of Miss Smart Bodee x Bodee Boonsmal

04/03/2024

It won't be long until the first baby of the season will be here. Looking forward to this baby out of Miss Smart Bodee.

09/06/2021

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

08/01/2021

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY!

05/23/2021

Looking forward to these ladies being mommas soon!

05/11/2021

We do like a good bay here at Smokin S Ranch!

05/09/2021

"You want how much?"

I hear this so often when folks ask about a c**t or young horse I have for sale. Most people have no idea all that goes into getting a baby on the ground, much less to keep it going and then to get it started.

Everyone wants the good ones, but are they willing to pay the price? They all want the sires and dams that are Dual Rey, High Brow Cat, Peptoboonsmal, Shorty Lena, etc. for their foals.

As the owner of a breeding operation, this is what it takes to simply get that foal on the ground, and I have tried to be very conservative with my estimates.

Stud Fee + Chute Fee $4,000
Vet Fee For Breeding $ 500
Feed (48 weeks) $ 960
Hay (48 weeks) $ 500
Farrier (every 6 weeks) $ 480
Vaccines $ 125
TOTAL $6,065

This does not include the cost of the mare. If you want a mare with current, relevant bloodlines, you will be lucky to get into one for less that $15,000. Especially if she is an earner or producer of earners. If you are really lucky, you might run across one that is broodmare sound only for around $5,000.

If you own your stallion, there are the costs of the breeding reports, DNA, genetic testing and then registration of the foal in the appropriate association. And then add on the cost of buying that stallion.

Once the foal is on the ground, then the real work begins to include more feed, hay, vet bills, etc....and lots and lots of time, which has not even been considered!

If an owner keeps the foal and pits a good start on that c**t of at least 90 days, that cost is at least $3,000.

Those of us that are breeders, we don't do it for the money. We do it because it is our passion. We love seeing those babies born and want the best for them. We want them to go on and do well, we want them to have owners that love and appreciate them and that use them for the job they were bred to do.

So, forgive me if I am a little frosty when I politely decline the offer you make of $500 or $1,000 for a foal that I have priced at $3,500.

I love what I do, I am truly blessed to be able to live out my childhood dream. I only hope to be blessed enough to keep doing it for many more years to come.

04/18/2021