Business Profile
QUARTER HORSES
Branger Horse Training
BaDGers GranD slaM 1995 AQHA Bay Stallion
After receiving his degree in Ag
Business at Montana State University, Eric Branger decided to learn more about horses like those he had been riding since he was a kid growing up on his family’s cattle ranch near Ennis, Montana. Branger worked for two years for Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Zane Davis, who introduced him to reined cowhorses. “I trained a lot of colts under his
guidance, and learned all I could about training cow horses in a calm and patient manner,” explains Branger. “I like to work on getting softness in a
horse, especially the hip and shoulder. A rider needs to be in complete control when a horse is moving at a high rate of speed and so I like to work every day to find the area a horse is stiff in — to work on that to make a safer and more enjoyable horse.” Another of Branger’s mentors is Mike Bridges, an internationally- known clinician and bridle horseman in the California Vaquero style, who emphasizes soft, natural horsemanship. In 2007 Branger began his own business in horse training, and lives with his training partner and wife, Annie, and their child (with another on the way) on an Angus cattle operation — the historic Mulvey Ranch near Boulder, Montana. The Ranch provides an indoor training facility, fresh cattle to train with, and miles of scenic country to ride in. Branger usually has a handful of cutting prospects and honest, well-broke ranch horses for sale. He is currently scheduling new horses to train for June and July.
Contact Branger Horse
Training at 406- 581-6564 or visit
www.mulveygulch.com/branger.htm.
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• 14.3 H Sire: SOliTO BAdgeR, King Ranch bred stallion by PePPy SAn BAdgeR out of SOliTO dOC, by dRy dOC.
dam: AlluSive Ann (POCO Pine, MR BlACkBuRn 40 2x). Double bred leO SAn and 4x to BlACkBuRn. Fee: $450
HOrses FOr sale
COrOnas speCIal Fly
2003 AQHA dark Bay Stallion • 15.1 H
• Superior SPeed bloodlines Sire: COunT COROnA - Leading Sire, by FiRST dOWn dASH (World Ch., leading sire of winners earning more than $59,000,000). Out of COROnA CHiCk, (by Chicks Beduino) AQHA Broodmare of the year, si 113, $591,326; race record: 15- 2-0 in 18 starts. Dam of 11 money earners totaling over $3.3 million. dam: My FAvORiTe MOOn (Race ROM), by STRAWFly SPeCiAl (Leading sire of winning 2-year-old) by Triple Crown winner SPeCiAl eFFORT. Fee: $500
4020 Snowdrift Lane • Missoula MT 59808 406-728-5858 •
troy@tkhorses.com
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InvItatIOn
1992 AQHA Sorrel Stallion • 16 H
• 71 Performance Points • Sire of get earning 635 points, 2 AQHA Champions, 1 World Top 10, 7 World Qualifiers, 2 Supe- rior, 12 ROM, 43 All-Around
Sire: ZiPPO JACk BAR by ZiPPO Pine BAR and out of TWO eyed JACk daughter
Dam: Big STeP granddaughter AQHA incentive Fund Fee $700
Open
At Stud
Mammoth Jack
56 inches Fee: $400 • Son of Black Bart • ADMS Reg.
Black Forest Town & Country Saddle
• Flexible • Conforming • Therapeutic
• Absorbs Shock • Ultra-Close Contact — no hard tree between you and your horse • English/Western/Endurance models available • Soft, Natural Leather
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Many registered, gaited, & half draft mares bred to Max & w/mule foal at side! Also: Weanlings, 2-year-olds, started 3-year-olds, started
Mules, Matched Pair! Watch our website
for updates while we spend the winter in Arizona with Steve Edwards!
Jehnet Carlson • Belgrade Mt 406-388-7463 • 406-581-7443 (c)
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MAY 2011 • ROCKY MOUNTAIN RIDER 37
2000 Black
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