The Ellwood Family had horses
before they ever had cattle. In the 1870s, the Ellwood family began importing
Perchron horses, which came from France, and the Clydesdale horses, which came
from Scotland. Throughout the years, the Ellwood family has been known for
their fine horses and great breeding abilities. However, at the being of the
1900s the horse market was flooded with too many horse causing the price to
drop so much that the Spade Ranch could not give the horses away. So in turn
the horses were sent to the Lubbock County Ranch and the Renderbrook section of
the Spade Ranch so that the cowboys had horses to ride. The horse had always
been the ranch’s primary focus. The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA)
was becoming a big deal for the Spade Ranch in 1942, so they registered their
first horse with AQHA. The first registered was named Colorado Gus. In the
1970s, the spade remuda became a popular award given by the AQHA that the Spade
ranch has win many times. By then the Spade Ranch had established their branch
in New Mexico, which was called Chappell-Spade. Marion Flynt was able to
produce some of the first legendary horse that came from the Spade Ranch. A few
of these horse are Marion’s Girl, Jewel’s Leo Bars also known as “Freckles”,
and Freckles Smoke. Some of the horses were cross breed within the horse lines
to better improve the genetics. All of the horses have proven to be tough and
athletic so that the cowboys are always able to have a good horse.
Link: http://www.spaderanches.com/horses.html
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