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Welcome! We are a small family run horse farm in Central Oklahoma dedicated to preserving the critically endangered Hackney Horse and to producing select Hackney Horse Crosses for Sport. We stand the registered Hackney Horse stallion, Native Xtraordinary, and have a small but mighty band of broodmares that we have chosen for their correct conformation, athleticism, lovely movement, and great minds. We are fortunate to include two well bred and hard to find, registered Hackney Horse mares in our herd, in addition to our Sport Horse producing, Warmblood and draft mares.

Most draft cross breeders today take their heavy stallion to Thoroughbred or other light horse mares but we prefer to stick to the time tested formula of “Light on top/Heavy on the Bottom. This is how the modern Warmblood breeds came into being and we believe a proverbial saying becomes a proverbial saying for a reason. In our experience, this choice, along with careful consideration when choosing our broodmares, produces a more consistent “type” of crossbred. If you take the time to view the albums of our sold horses, we think you will see the evidence of our successful implementation of this “Golden Rule” in the consistency of our foals.

Why the Hackney Horse, you might ask? When it came time to choosing the breed of light horse stallion for our operation there was really only two choices for us, the commonly used Thoroughbred (we love a good one!) or the lesser known Hackney Horse. Having ridden both crosses our first love was always the Hackney Horse cross but we were concerned a nice stallion prospect would be hard to come by. Luckily, we were able to purchase one of the last foals bred by long time Hackney Horse enthusiast, Anne Leck, and we were on our way! Even then we were not at all aware of just how fortunate our choice was because while we knew what we liked in the Hackney Horse crosses we had ridden previously, we hadn’t realized just how much the Hackney Horse contributed to the athleticism, stamina, and jumping ability of those favorite partners?!

With research we discovered just how much the Hackney Horse had contributed to the Sport Horse World. We discovered the Hackney Horse was developed concurrently with the English Thoroughbred and descends primarily from the Darley Arabian as does the modern Thoroughbred. With research, we learned that while the TBs were the gallopers they were not as often ridden in the England of that time, while the trotter -Hackney Horse - was expected to carry a person miles and miles and miles down the road on any given day. This incredible stamina, an example of which is the mare Phenomenon- who trotted 17 miles in 56 minutes!- is still present in today’s Hackney Horse as in the jumping ability that led to a part bred Hackney Horse holding the world high jump record for many years. This jumping ability was also mentioned by the late, great William Steinkraus, in his book “Reflections on Riding and Jumping”, where he states Hackney Horse was often added to the mix of breeding in the Golden Age of Show Jumping to improve...JUMP!

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