Quality broodmares are often one of the hottest tickets at the horse sale, with quality producers always in high demand.
Quarter Horse News (QHN) talked with SDP Buffalo Ranch owner Shane Plummer about what he…
The 2-year-olds kicked off this year’s Western Bloodstock National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity Sales in a big way on Monday, Dec. 6, with one prospect selling for $700,000 and…
Identifying Southern Hemisphere Markets for U.S.-Based Stallions – With Shane Plummer as featured on
International trade is always changing, and the same is true for the demand for the services of U.S.-based stallions in Southern Hemisphere countries.
Some countries, such as Australia, have growing Western…
Setting Up US-Based Stallions For Southern Hemisphere Success – With Shane Plummer as featured on QH
Shipping semen to Southern Hemisphere countries such as Australia or Brazil can be a great opportunity for an American-based stallion, but seizing that opportunity is a process.
Shane Plummer, owner of SDP…
Is the Southern Hemisphere an Opportunity for US Stallions? You Betcha! – With Shane Plummer as feat
Given the world-wide nature of the horse industry and the powerful genetics of the American Western performance horse industry, it’s no surprise mare owners around the globe are interested in…
There’s a time for everything, and most in the Western performance horse industry strive to have their mares foal early in the year.
However, sometimes things happen and mare owners are…
So, you’ve got a mare. You like her. You think she’d make a great broodmare.
Then comes the question: What do you breed her to?
Experienced breeders have time-tested strategies, and many…
Life is rather funny.
The picture at the top of this article shows me with two of my all-time favorite horses. I sold both of them; now they are both mine,…
Mare owners in today’s Western performance horse industry are blessed with plenty of quality horseflesh to choose from thanks to the sheer number of high-quality, well-bred cutting, reining and reined…
Winter-geddon 2021 hit Texas. It is pretty serious actually. Below-zero weather is very extreme in these parts. This once-in-a-generation winter storm has caused electricity blackouts throughout the state, frozen pipes that are yet…
Today’s blog entry is being typed less than twenty-four hours from the saddest thing I have ever seen in my 40 years of being an American.
The riotous, insurrectionist, vile mob…
Last month, my blog mentioned the timelessness of faith, hope and charity, the need for us to not give into fear, and for keeping perspective and an eye on what lies…