Two year olds

TSR Playing For Iron 2008 Red Chocolate filly                                       Sire: Triple S Iron Man Dam: Summer Spirit (WGC Conformation)

Have you have ever wanted an Iron Man offspring with all of his exceptional qualities?  This one has a lot of her dad's best qualities, and a flaxen mane and tail as well!  This handsome red chocolate filly is a full sister to the high point winner High Court, and she has the same quality.  She should finish at least 15'1" hh.  There is just nothing about her you would want to change, and she just keeps looking better and better.  This filly's breeding should definitely give her a silky smooth way of going as well.  We will get a two year old photo up as soon as she sheds off.  "Playing" is a bargain at $3,900, until she is started later this year.

Yearlings

In these economic times, we are only breeding at the highest level.   It costs no more to buy the best, so check out our foals from 2009 and as they come in 2010!

This is one fancy fellow!  Leggy and proud, but sweet as can be.  Despite his name, this one's a sure bet!  A Choco Dock colt out of an Iron Man mare - magic.  This is a big, tall, athletic colt!  He also looks like he could be a good in-hand show candidate in 2010 as well.  We will get an updated yearling photo as soon as he sheds out in spring.  Offered for $2,800.

CD's Dancing With The Stars                    Black filly  DOB 5/27/09 Sire: Choco Dock Dam: Triple S Shall We Dance

SOLD!!  Congratulations to Dana Hoffman on the purchase of this exciting filly!

2010 Foals

We are expecting the following foals in the spring! 

Summer Spirit X Choco Dock.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This will be the first breeding of these two multiple grand champions to each other and we are sure excited about this match!  If you would like a show-class baby, call us about this one!  It will be chocolate or black.

Triple S Lady Kate X Choco Dock.  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is Katie's first foal so we bred her to the best.

Mountain Wildfire X Diamond Doc.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This will be Wildfire's third foal and we are expecting great things, based on the prior foals produced by each horse.  This Choco Dock mare is a top champion in conformation, under saddle and versatility events, and Diamond Doc is a World Grand Champion Classic Pleasure stallion with a record of producing winning and very handsome offspring.  This is another show candidate. 

Contact: cell phone:  541-973-0622; e-mail: paula@triple-s-ranch.com.

ABOUT PRICES: 

You may have noticed in your "horse shopping" that there are some wildly different prices out there right now.  There are also, as always, some wildly different levels of quality on the market.  What seems a little different to us right now is that price seems as much or more related to the market available to the seller as to quality.  Larger training barns in central locations that can offer buyers several horses to choose from will sometimes have premium prices.   It is a good idea to look at several horses from several sellers and trust your own instincts.  Do not be "sold" a horse with pacy gait, nervous disposition, average or poor conformation, just because of the barn it comes from, its color, or other factors unrelated to true quality or how it suits your needs.

Another factor is that the market right now is very "hot" for riding geldings under saddle, but cooler for mares, and practically non-existent for younger stock not yet under saddle.  There are some great mares available right now at very good prices and if you might be a "mare person" as I am, don't overlook them!  Also, long yearlings and unstarted two year olds are, and always have been, the best bargains.  They hardly cost more than weanlings, and your selection and ability to get a high quality animal for a very attractive price is the greatest with this group. 

When you are looking at adult, under saddle horses, another thing to keep in mind is what you may still have to put into it to get it to be the riding horse you need.  Health, behavior or gait issues, or training not suited to your needs, may mean you still have significant expense down the road.  So a horse that has a higher price tag but is completely trained, experienced, without "holes", sound and healthy, and in solid gait, may be the best buy even though at first it seems expensive.  But make sure these things are really what you are paying for, and not just an expensive stable's name or a pretty color.

Finally, be aware that a year after you have purchased your horse, you will not care nearly so much what you paid for it, as whether you got a good horse!

Contact: cell phone:  541-973-0622; e-mail: paula@triple-s-ranch.com.

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