Cleland Gully Quarter Horse Stud

Cleland Gully Quarter Horse Stud Established by Karen & Claus Thrun in 1995 in SA. Breed performance horses. She was called Chickasha Hope and she was their first-ever cutting prospect.

They stood an AQHA Champion stallion and produced foals for the local market from a small number of purebred mares. It was at Equitana in Melbourne where they first experienced a professional cutting competition, watching in awe as One Moore Spin, an all-time great, weaved her magic in the cutting arena. Something happened that night and in 2002 they arranged a holiday to Tamworth to check out the NCHA Futurity and Select Horse Sale. The Futurity was so addictive that they returned home with a 9 month old chestnut filly by Acres Destiny. In the cutting horse industry you’ll often hear people say they’ve been breeding and showing cutting horses for over 30 years hoping to have a Futurity finalist one day. Imagine then the excitement for Karen and Claus when Chickasha Hope finalled in all 4 of her Futurity events, placing equal fourth in the prestigious 2005 NCHA Futurity at Tamworth and equal third in Victoria with trainer, Aaron Wheatley. With such great results Chickasha Hope was entered up in her Derby events the following year. By this time Aaron had the mare working so beautifully with her own unique “fluid” style that she was a stand-out for both American judges at the NCHA Futurity in Tamworth. They marked her with a 150 and a 145.5 in her go-rounds. And in the final she scored a 151, the highest score for the whole show, to win the NCHA Derby. From there she went on to final for the next three Derbies and came away as the Derby Champion again in Toowoomba (DDCC) and Victoria. Winning 3 out of the 4 Derby events held in 2006. Chickasha Hope, described as “one of the sweetest moving cutting horses you will ever see,” holds in excess of $50,000 in lifetime earnings with the NCHA. But she is not just a proven performer - she is now a proven producer with her first foal, Smart Little Catolen, an NCHA Open Futurity Finalist in 2011, and her second foal, Lil Rey Of Hope, the 2012 NCHA Open Futurity Champion.

30/07/2026
16/07/2026

This is Katsanjammer Kid (by Sannman USA and out of The Snobbie Moggie, a daughter of Chickasha Hope) doing his best on a tough little beast for his owner Jessie in Oakey, Qld.

Shane Plummer SDP Buffalo Ranch and DUI (Hydrive Cat USA x Chickasha Hope) 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟑 𝐍𝐂𝐇𝐀 𝐍𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 🎥
21/05/2026

Shane Plummer SDP Buffalo Ranch and DUI (Hydrive Cat USA x Chickasha Hope)
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2013 NCHA Non Pro Futurity, GR 2. Shane Plummer & DUI

So proud to have bred such an amazing gelding ❤ he's teaching so many youth and rookies how to go cutting 😃 DUI is from ...
20/05/2026

So proud to have bred such an amazing gelding ❤ he's teaching so many youth and rookies how to go cutting 😃 DUI is from Chickasha Hope and by Hydrive Cat (USA) owned by SDP Buffalo Ranch

Blaire Wheatley and D U I have become the duo to watch in the Junior Youth, with wins across the country proving they are a true winning combination.

D U I first competed at the NCHA Futurity in 2013, trained by Aaron Wheatley. Since then, he has taken many riders to the pay window and helped kick-start careers in the cutting pen.

Some horses are simply irreplaceable — and D U I is certainly one of them.

It's all about the proven GENETICS 💜
06/05/2026

It's all about the proven GENETICS 💜

So proud that this magnificent stallion Reysn Hope carries our stud brand. He's consistently in the winners circle 💜 pho...
19/06/2025

So proud that this magnificent stallion Reysn Hope carries our stud brand. He's consistently in the winners circle 💜 photo by Equine Promotions Australia

This lovely young fella is called Shiner (reg. pending SHINESLIKEHOPE). He is by the awesome sire, Shines Like Metallic ...
12/03/2025

This lovely young fella is called Shiner (reg. pending SHINESLIKEHOPE). He is by the awesome sire, Shines Like Metallic and out of our champion mare, Chickasha Hope. He is Hope's last foal ... there will be no more. Shiner has the best qualities from both of his parents and is showing us that he'll be a very trainable and talented performance horse and a quality stud prospect. He's been a pleasure to work with and I'm very excited about his future as a cow horse. ❤

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Mount Compass, SA
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