Our mission is to raise and train barrel horses with a soft touch and a sound mind that can go on into any type of competition. Our mares and colts run in pastures with plentiful native grasses, with access to mineral tubs and spring fed water holes. They learn at an early age to cross creeks, steep banks and just learning to get their feet under them - making for a sure footed horse with tough legs and healthy feet. They are wormed, vaccinated and have their feet trimmed on a regular basis. We believe in letting the horse grow naturally and just be a horse.STEVE & DEB CHRISTY
TRIANGLE CROSS QUARTER HORSES
Two are better than one, because they have a
good return for their work: Ecclesiastes 4:9 (NIV)Both Steve and Deb are members of the American Quarter Horse Assn.
Deb is also cardholder with the Womens Professional Rodeo Assn. (WPRA), Nebraska State Rodeo Assn, where she is currently serve as barrel racing director; Mid-States Rodeo Assn and the the Kansas Professional Rodeo Assn (KPRA), also serving on the board of directors. Deb is also a member of the National Barrel Horse Assn. (NBHA).
Deb has been involved with horses all her life and learned to ride by "walking out" her dad's (Bud Forell) doggin'
horse as soon as she could sit in the saddle. It wasn't long before she was competing herself. By the time she was an adult, she had won numerous state and national barrel racing awards. She enjoys training futurity horses that go on to successful rodeo & barrel racing careers. Deb also enjoys instructing with Rodeo Bible Camps.
Some of her more recent accomplisments are:
2007 Mid-States Rodeo Association Champion
2007 Mid-States Rodeo Association Finals Champion
2007 Nebraska State Rodeo Assocation Champion
2007 Kansas Pro Rodeo Association Finalist - 6th
2006 WPRA Divisional Tour Finalist - Alvarado Texas
2004, 2005, 2006 Kansas Pro Rodeo Association Finalist
2006 Nebraska State Rodeo Association Finalist
Rated on the Professional Riders List - top 50 riders - futurities, derbies, WPRA
Finalist - 2004 BFA World Championship Futurity - OKC
Finalist - Jud Little Bar Nothin Futurity, Ardmore OK
Reserve Champion - Jud Little Bar Nothin Stallion Incentive Program
Winner - Kansas Sunflower Barrel Futurity - Scott City KS
Reserve Champion - Bold Heart Open Futurity, Huron SD
Reserve Champion - Bold Heart Breeders Futurity, Huron, SD
Finalist - Nebraska Open Futurity, McCook, NE
Finalist - Sunrise Breeders Futurity & Derby - McCook, NE
Finalist - Fizz Bomb Classic
Winner - Wyoming All Breed Association - Fizz Bomb Classic
2004 Champion Amateur Futurity Rider - Bold Heart Futurity, Huron SD
2004 Champion Amateur Futurity Rider - Fizz Bomb Classic, Gillette WY
Many times finalist - Kansas State NBHA Finals
Multiple World Championship NBHA QualifierSteve is in charge of the breeding operation and initial
foal handling.
He also assists in the production of barrel races and rodeos, including the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn (PRCA) Pro Rodeo Tour Finales and the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo held each December in Las Vegas. On the local level, Steve and Deb help produce variuos barrel races.
“Horses know nothing of money status, beauty or accomplishment…Horses see only our hearts, and they accept or reject us based on what they find within…In short, horses do naturally what humans can pass a lifetime without ever mastering.” --Author Mary Miidkiff, quoted in the Denver Post
