2009 was good to the Spiller Ranch! Western Sequel won a year end championship in Stock Horse of Texas The Spiller Ranch was named '2009 Ranch of the Year'
Western Sequel aka 'Cowgirl' with Baru Spiller in Novice Reining at the American Stock Horse Ass'n National Expo, Nov 2009. Photo by Willie Gomez
Western Sequel aka 'Cowgirl' showing in Stock Horse of Texas 2010 Novice Cow Horse Champion at the Ft Worth Stock Show SHoT/APHA Ranch Horse Smackdown
2009 Year End SHoT Novice All Around - 4th 2009 Year End SHoT Novice Trail Champion 2009 Year End SHoT Novice Working Cow Horse - 4th 2009 Year End SHoT Novice Ranch Pleasure - 5th 2009 Year End SHoT Novice Reining - 7th 2009 Champion Novice All-Around, Vernon TX 2009 Reserve Novice All-Around, Belton, TX SHoT standings are consistant with Region I, American Stock Horse Assn standings. Over 170 contestants were in the Novice division all around standings for the year. As a 4-yr old, Cowgirl did a great job for her first full year of showing , especially considering she was running against several aged, finished horses.
Ranch Pleasure at the ASHA National Expo, Nov 2009.
Ranch Trail at the ASHA National Expo, Nov 2009.
"2009 Ranch of the Year" The Spiller Ranch was named "2009 Outstanding Conservation Ranch of the Year" for Taylor County, Texas by the Middle Clear Fork (of the Brazos River) Water & Soil Conservation District. Taylor County is 919 square miles with the county seat in Abilene. The Spiller Ranch lies in the far southwest corner of Taylor County. The award is based on excellence in rangeland forage & grazing management, brush & weed control, and conservation practices. Basically, good land stewardship, quality care for livestock, and a lot of hard work!!
The Spiller Ranch is located south of the Steamboat Mountains between Abilene and San Angelo, where the Big Country region of West Texas unfolds into the Concho Valley. The landscape is a mosaic of rolling hills and rocky breaks, rich farmland and native prairie grass pastures, mesquite and live oak, prickly pear and yucca. It is here, that good horses are made.
Joe Spiller on Roanwood Hancock, grandson of Leo Hancock Hayes & Drifts Chip. Not for Sale.
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A look at Spiller Ranch pedigrees will reveal why our horses have good bone, excellent feet, substance, ability, speed and looks. These enduring qualities have sustained the popularity of Hancock & Driftwood horses for eight decades. In today's world of specialization, where thousands of horses are bred each year with hopes of winning a single event, be it racing's All-American Futurity, cutting's NCHA Futurity, NRHA reining championship, NRCHA cowhorse championship, or an AQHA World halter championship, Spiller Ranch horses hold true to the AQHA's original vision of the versatile performance horse. While they may not win the pinnacle of those specialized events, they will be able to do any of them well and just might be your next Ranch Versatility Champion or AQHA Supreme Champion. That is the kind of horse we strive to produce.
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Spiller Ranch mare power is the heart of our program
SPILLER SPURS & BITS on RFD TV!!
Joe J. Spiller, Spiller Spurs & Bits was be featured on 'Ride Smart with Craig Cameron' on RFD TV on Monday, January 26, 2009. The segment was filmed on location at the Spiller Ranch and Spiller Spurs & Bits shop near Wingate, Texas. If you missed it, please click the link below to view the show; when the link comes up go to the bottom of the list and Play Show #012609 Craig Cameron with Joe Spiller
Craig Cameron with Joe Spiller at the Spiller Ranch
Spiller Ranch supports our troops!
"We all share the love of peace, but our sons & daughters must learn two lessons men everywhere and in every time have had to learn; that the price of freedom is dear but not nearly so costly as the loss of freedom--and that the advance & continuation of civilization depend on those values for which men have always been willing to die." --Ronald Reagan
In God We Trust
Jacob Spiller, crew chief with the USAF THUNDERBIRDS, is now TDY in Kuwait.
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