Running P Ranch - Quarter Horses

11/04/2026

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We've got a very exciting announcement coming soon!! 🤩🔥🔥🔥

10/30/2026

~NOT FOR SALE~

MISS ROOSTER GUN

Roo is a 2016 AQHA bay mare. She is sired by the legendary Gallo Del Cielo x a daughter of Playgun. Gallo Del Cielo has LTE of $28,438 in the NRCHA. But his defining role would be as a sire, and his foals achieved greatness in multiple arenas. Though “Rooster” was trained as a cutting horse, his offspring demonstrated particular flair for the reining maneuvers, making Rooster a $3 million sire in the National Reining Horse Association. His more than 500 performing foals have earned more than $5.8 million across all disciplines. As for her grand-sire, Playgun, He’s sired earners of more than $9.5 Million and 9,390 AQHA Points. Playgun was a top 10 leading reined cow horse sire, and a top 15 leading cutting sire. He has been on the All-Time Leading Cutting & Reined Cow Horse Sire lists every year since 2003.

Roo stands 14.2 hands and has had extensive training in reining & cutting. She has also been started team roping on the heeling side. We acquired her in December of 2020 & feel very fortunate for the opportunity to add her to our herd here at Running P Ranch.

Roo is 5 panel N/N & AA for agouti.

She is open for 2027. We plan to breed her to REF Majestico for a 2028 foal.

10/30/2026

~NOT FOR SALE~

LINE OF CHEXY LENAS

Letty is a 2014 AQHA sorrel rabicano mare. She is a daughter of Shine On Line (by Shining Spark - a legend in the reining horse world) x daughter of Smart Little Lena (a legend in the cutting horse world).

The legendary stallion Shining Spark was one of the crown jewels of American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame horsewoman Carol Rose’s breeding program. He was sired by the Doc Bar son Genuine Doc, and out of the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame mare Diamonds Sparkle. Tim McQuay guided Shining Spark to be the 1993 AQHA junior reining world champion, and the following year they won the National Reining Horse Association Derby, with a 230.5 score. Shining Spark retired with earnings of $62,674 in his career. While he was a successful show horse, it was as a sire that he cemented his legacy as a legend. He has sired 1,316 registered American Quarter Horse foals to date from 26 crops, that have earned 37,546 AQHA points and more than $10.2 million in performance earnings. He is an NRHA Four Million Dollar Sire and a National Reined Cow Horse Association Four Million Dollar Sire.

Smart Little Lena’s low, flowing snaky cutting style won the 1982 NCHA Futurity. He followed that win with first-place finishes in the NCHA Super Stakes and Derby. After earning $577,652 in just eight shows, Smart Little Lena was retired to the breeding shed. As a sire, Smart Little Lena was outstanding, with money-earning foals in every performance discipline. In AQHA competition, his offspring earned 9,744.5 points and 22 world championships, along with $216,387. In the National Reining Horse Association competition, his foals earned $686,470. In the National Reined Cow Horse Association, they earned $973,136.95 But Smart Little Lena’s foals were primarily destined for the cutting pen and NCHA, where they earned $34.9 million. As a maternal grandsire, his grandget earned 14,979.5 points in AQHA competition and $567,224. In NRHA competition, they earned $1.8 million; in NRCHA competition, they earned $2.56 million; and in NCHA, they earned $50 million. Smart Little Lena was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2015.

Letty had several months of reining training prior to us purchasing her. We bought her in December of 2017 and since then she's been ridden at the local sale barns in NW Iowa and SE South Dakota. Dynamite comes in small packages as she is extremely cowy and is a lot of fun in the sorting pen. Letty stands 14.2 & is very sure footed. She takes her leads easily, has a great stop & can spin a hole in the ground.

Letty is 5 panel N/N & AA for agouti.

She is expecting a foal by Ima Pale Face Cash in 2027.

10/28/2026

~NOT FOR SALE~

BLUE WH***EY

Wh***ey is a 2016 AQHA bay roan mare. She is an own daughter of Once In A Blu Boon x a daughter of Paddys Irish Wh***ey. Once In A Blu Boon has made his mark in the cutting arena and has LTE in excess of $318,000. Bred by the legendary horseman and trainer Bill Freeman. Once In A Blu Boon has 14 major limited aged event championship titles, and 2 reserve titles with an impressive 29 times to finals.

Paddy’s Irish Wh***ey has a proven record of siring both class and high-end trainability with champions in versatility ranch horse, reined cow horse, cutting, reining, calf roping, and team roping. His daughters have produced more than $2,200,000 including an NRHA Open Futurity Champion and multiple AQHA and NRCHA World Champions.

She stands 14.2 hands & we acquired her in early 2019. Wh***ey had her start under saddle with a cutting trainer and she is very catty and quick. She has a great handle, has spent many hours under saddle at sale barns, checking cows, & most recently competed in the sorting pen.

Wh***ey is 5 panel N/N. She is Ee, Aa & heterozygous for roan.

Wh***ey foaled a red roan filly on March 21st by our stallion Colonels Smart Spook. She is available FOR SALE on our 2026 Foals page.

She is expecting a foal by Snipers Smoking Gun in 2027.

10/28/2026

~NOT FOR SALE~

BFR WH***EY PLEASE

Poptart is a 2013 AQHA sorrel mare who is sired by the 6666 legendary stallion Paddy’s Irish Wh***ey. Paddy’s Irish Wh***ey has a proven record of siring both class and high-end trainability with champions in versatility ranch horse, reined cow horse, cutting, reining, calf roping, and team roping. His daughters have produced more than $2,200,000 including an NRHA Open Futurity Champion and multiple AQHA and NRCHA World Champions.

Poptart’s dam, BFR Blaze Face Chic, is an own daughter of Chic Please x High Brow Hickory. When he was just 3 years old, Chic Please took the Western performance horse world by storm. He and Equi-Stat Elite $4 Million Rider Todd Bergen arrived for the 1998 National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) Snaffle Bit Futurity with $9,000 already recorded in their ledger.

Their stellar finals performances, which totaled a 654.5 composite (218 herd/223 rein/213.5), secured the NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Reserve Championship behind Reminics Pep and Greg Ward. But Chic Please was just getting started.

At the time of his death, Chic Please’s offspring record exceeded $2.7 million. His 319 money-earning progeny built that total with paychecks in reined cow horse, reining, cutting, ranch versatility, roping and barrel racing.

She is 5 panel NN & AA for agouti. Poptart stands 14.1 hands.

Poptart is open for 2027.

10/23/2026

~NOT FOR SALE~

KAWEAHS HOLLYWOOD

Diva is a 2013 AQHA buckskin mare that we raised. She is a daughter of Master Kaweah, who has lifetime earnings of $33,122. Her dam, Fritzls Hollywood is a daughter of Hollywood Heat, who has earned 34 performance wins and has 345 performance points. In his career, Hollywood Dun It earned $65,808 in NRHA competition and in 2000 was inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame. His first two foal crops earned more than $350,000, and future crops helped him reach the NRHA $1 million mark at age 16. Dun It eventually became NRHA’s first $4 million sire, and he reached the $5 and $6 million marks after his death. Hollywood Dun It’s legacy continues through his talented offspring, with their distinct “Dun It” demeanor and astounding athletic ability.

She is extremely friendly and has excellent ground manners; she is easy to groom, clip, load, etc. Diva excels in cattle events, is extremely gritty. She is one that I will cuss for being difficult but at the same time will praise for putting her whole heart into a task if she chooses to do so. She stands 14.2 hands.

Diva was one of my husband's favorites to use for team roping on the heeling side. In 2020 she won him a saddle & on several occasions - a little cash. He also used her a lot in 2018 to fix and repair fence in the cattle pastures when the flooding destroyed it over and over again. She's very handy-broke but requires a confident rider. She prefers to be busy & was a great mount. Due to arthritis in her left front knee, caused by another mare kicking her in the pasture, she is broodmare sound only.

Diva is 5 panel N/N. She is Ee & Aa.

She foaled a sorrel c**t dripping with chrome on March 25th by our stallion Colonels Smart Spook. He has been sold & now resides in Georgia.

We’re expecting a full sibling in 2027.

10/23/2026

My mom was gracious enough to be my assistant this past weekend & I was able to get some great new photos of our current mares & a couple of the geldings. 🙌🫶

It's amazing how much more photogenic everybody is when said assistant is waving a plastic bag. 😂

Thank you, Mom! 🥰

BROODMARES KAWEAHS HOLLYWOOD Diva is a 2013 AQHA buckskin mare that we raised. She is a daughter of Master Kaweah, who has lifetime earnings of $33,122. Her dam, Fritzls Hollywood is a daughter of Hollywood Heat, who has earned 34 performance wins and has 345 performance points. In his career, Holly...

10/23/2026

We almost got all of them to look🤪

L to R:
Star - Zippo Mr Mito x Snow Angel Doc Bar (Sonnys Zippo Dude x Ace De Peponita)

Peaches - Hollywood Nose It x La Ultima Diamante (Hollywood Dun It x Gallo Del Cielo)

Letty - Shine On Line x Smart N Chexy Lena (Shining Spark x Smart Little Lena)

Poppy - Classicwatquickson x Ms Fancy Red Bark (Classic Watch x Fancy Red Bark)

Penny - Hollywood Nose It x Playin With Pizazz (Hollywood Dun It x Playboys Remedy)