The Fuqua’s established Rainbow 1 Ranch
over 30 years ago and have a combination of 60 years experience in the
horse business including showing, breeding and just plain working
horseback. Their customers vary from World Show Qualifiers to top
working ranches, from International owners to enthusiastic playday
participants. The horses have several common characteristics: they have
trainable minds, they look good and they have that want to please
attitude. Often they sell horses and have them pop up in the most
unexpected places; one of their daughter’s Stock Horse Futurity
finalists showed up in a jumping arena, “Clearly that wasn’t what she
was bred to do” said Dave “but she has the heart to try and that goes a
long way.” Another of their horses bred to be a cutter is nearing the
$100,000 mark as one of the hottest heeling horses around. “We have
horses that have gone to Mexico as reining prospects and they are
coming of age this year.” Still many of their horses just get ridden,
enjoyed and loved on; isn’t that the reason we all got in the horse
game?
Susan
successfully trained and showed Reiners and All Around horses for years
before retiring from the spotlight to teach others and manage the
breeding operation. Rainbow 1 Ranch began using equine AI breeding
techniques over 25 years ago and has maintained an enviable conception
rate of over 95% every year. They attribute their success to a
painstakingly detail oriented breeding program and lots of individual
attention to the mares. Dave and Susan have built their broodmare band
around the proven bloodlines of many great sires in the cutting and
reining horse industry. They currently own and proudly stand 3
Foundation bred stallions that offer the discriminating breeder
outstanding genetics, credentials and conformation. (EVA tested
negative/vaccinated.) Peppy Sol Anson arrived in 2004 with
Reining credentials and a great sire record. Anson has 187.5 AQHA
points Reining and cow work, $43,000+ in earnings and has World and
Reserve World Champion titles in the NRHA—just to name a few of his
accomplishments. Smooth Blue Snippy is a Foundation bred Blue Roan
siring huge hips, great heads and almost all roan foals. He is tested
homozygous for the black gene. His offspring work on ranches earning a
living, compete in the show and performance arenas. Red ID Surprise is
the newest addition and is by 2 x World Champion Two ID Bartender and
out of a Mr Baron Red mare. His foals are competing in Barrel Racing
and Calf Roping in the PRCA as well as the best using horses a person
can find.
 The next generation is now stepping into
the limelight. The Fuqua’s daughter Nita, is an accomplished rider: a
PHBA Reserve World Champion, multiple All Around Championships, 10+
Breed Association Top Ten Awards, and ROMS in everything from
Showmanship, Western Pleasure, Reining, Hunter Hack to Barrels &
Poles. Nita is beginning to take over the reins of the day-to-day
operations and she effectively manages the broodmares and assists with
all the breeding activities. She is continuing the training of the
Ranch’s young stock and conditioning and fitting prospects for major
Sales. Nita has a clear vision for the future of the Ranch. “We will
continue to breed and raise the very best horses and treat our
customers as we wish to be treated. Our emphasis on good minds and
conformation with color and excellent pedigrees as a bonus is the
driving force of Rainbow 1 Ranch” Nita stated.
They are very
pleased to announce an alliance with Bonnie Stewart Equine Reproductive
Services, offering Embryo Flushing and Recovery as well as additional
reproductive services at a very affordable price. Services offered
include: Collecting outside stallions, Phantom training, initial
test freezing, freezing semen, mare flushes, reproductive management of
problem breeding mares, receiving/shipping station for cooled and
frozen semen, mare management for cooled and frozen semen, standing
outside stallions and stallion management and embryo transfers.
Bonnie Green
Stewart was raised in Seguin, Texas. She earned her Associate degree in
Farm and Ranch Management from Central Texas College, and a dual BS in
Equine Reproduction and General Agriculture from Tarleton State
University. In continuing her education Bonnie attended several short
courses at Colorado State University and Texas A&M for
certification in classes such as Techniques and Utilization of
Transported Cooled and Equine Frozen semen, Equine Embryo Transfers,
and Equine Reproduction. Bonnie’s career has taken her to several
prestigious positions across the United States with major breeding
farms in the Arabian, Quarter Horse, Paint and Thoroughbred industries.
Bonnie has over 25 years experience breeding mares and over 10 years
experience performing Embryo Transfers very successfully.
The ranch is
located 6 miles north of Stockdale at 6661 State Hwy 123 North. The
facility has a professional breeding lab, 30+ stalls in 3 barns, a
small arena, and lots of spacious pasture turnouts. Rainbow 1 Ranch
usually has weanlings, yearlings, and bred mares for sale and delivery
is an option they offer. Visit their website at www.rainbow1ranch.com
for more photos and detailed pedigrees on the stallions and some of the
horses they have for sale. If you don’t see what you are looking for,
call and discuss your horse needs with them—they might know where that
dream horse is located. Rainbow 1 Ranch is owned and managed by horse
people and they love to talk horses with visitors. This is a true horse
facility with training, riding lessons, sales and a first class
breeding program. Ranch phone 830-996-1105, cell 210-218-4511.
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