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    Specializing in Performance paint horses

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Color and Ears Ranch

Specializing in Performance Paint Horses
 

The picture above is Alois Martin and Smokey Illusion when we won the Color class in 2006

Color and Ears Ranch  where Color meets performance

Color and Ears Ranch is located in the beautiful equestrian town of Apple Valley.  Color and Ears Ranch is dedicated to raising performance paint horses that can hold their own in halter too.  We feature a registered American Paint Horse Stallion  Smokey Illusion and we also have two registered Paint Horse Brood Mares Rowena Hancock and Daddy Cant Sing which produce beautiful offspring which are for sale. We have a two year old paint horse named Shy Painted Moon. Shy is built for performance, have outstanding athletic ability and are very quick learners.  Our horses are built for performance but also do very well in halter classes.  Smokey Illusion has won over 2,000.00 in prizes both halter Western Performance and English Pleasure.  Smokey has a baby Smokeys Melody who is now a yearling and will be competing in Paint shows.  We raised a champion loungeline paint horse named Lily Cat Hancock who will now be showing in Colorado.  Lily has a new owner Mercedes Harris.  We have a new paint horse named Smokeys Melody who is out of our solid paint Daddy Cant Sing and our paint Stallion Smokey Illusion.

For more information about Color and Ears Ranch please feel free to contact us at 760-240-9528 and ask for A.J. or Marlee Martin. E- Mail    ama9643855@aol.com

Color and Ears Ranch is located  in Apple Valley, California 92308 

Our paint horses have been bringing even more color to our lives by coming home with lots of blue and red ribons. 

Jennifer Schooler won Champion Yearling Longeline with Shy Painted Moon and Marlee Martin won Reserve Champion Yearling Longeline with Lily Cat Hancock at Hesperia Horsemens Open Horse show 2006


Our Stallion Smokey Illusion has the following PAC credits

98 Halter Credits
12 Points in Grand Champion Halter
7 Points in Reserve Champion Halter
56 lifetime Performance Credits
27 Western Pleasure Credits
10 English Pleasure Credits
7 Equitation Credits
1 Over Fences
8 Points in Trail
34 credits 2007 Halter
29 credits 2007 Performance
16 credits 2008 Halter

PAC Awards
2005 Certifiicate of Recognition  in Halter
2007 Certificate Achievement in Halter
2007 Certificate of Recognition in Western Pleasure


On 17 Feb 2008 at the Saddle and Harness Association Smokey won 1st place in the Light Horse Halter class, 1st place in Halter Color, 1st place in Western Pleasure, 2nd in Western country Pleasure, 2nd in Western Equitation and Grand Champion Halter horse

On 16 June 2007 at Trailseekers of Moreno Valley CSHA Region XI, Smokey placed 1st in Trail and 1st in Western Pleasure

On 18 July 2007 Smokey Illusion placed 1st in the color class at I triple E, in Norco, CA

At Yucaipa Pinto Horse Show Smokey placed 1st in Western Horsemanship
On July 21st

On 4 August 2007 Smokey got the following at Hesperia 1st in Stallions, 4th in Paint Pinto, 
1st in English pleasure, 1st and 2nd in English Country Pleasure, 1st and 2nd in Obedience, 1st and 2nd in Western Equitation 

On 9 September 2007 at Mojave River Horsemans Association in Apple Valley Smokey scored 1st place in the Stallion Class and 1st in Performance Halter.  Smokey also placed first in his english riding classes

At HIDHA Smokey won Reserve Champion Open Halter 2007

At Hesperia year end Smokey won Champion Stallion, Reserve Champion Paint Pinto Appy and Reserve Champion 18 and over Western Pleasure

 





Color and Ears Ranch welcomes  our newest paint horse  Smokey's Melody APHA/PtHA born 4am 3/10/07

Smokey Illusion  APHA/PtHA X Daddy Cant Sing APHA

Smokeys Melody 1st and 2nd place in the Weanlings class at MRVHA 9 Sep 07


Smokeys Melody placed 1st and 2nd in Color at Bakersfield   photo by Digital Pics & Kim Qualls Photography at www.mobiledigitalpics.com

Smokeys Melody has 18 PAC Credits in halter, 15 Color Credits and 1 Performance credit in Yearling Loungeline, 1 APHA point in Color and 11 Pinto Points.

 High Desert Pinto Association
At Melody's first show in 2008 she placed 1st in the Open Color class and She placed 1st in the Tobiano Color Class. 

Smokeys Melody placed 1st and 2nd at Bakersfield Paint Horse Show in the Color class.

Smokeys Melody places 1st in Color at GSPA and 1st in Performance halter on the 6th of April.  Smokey Illusion placed 1st in the Stallions, 1st in Paint/Pinto and 3rd in color.

Pinto World Show Top 5
Smokeys Melody placed 5th in Halter Mares St Type Tobiano Yearling Horse, pictures comming soon



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  2. photo by Mobile Digital Pics & Kim Qualls Photography at http://www.mobiledigitalpics.com


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  5. Smokey Illusion and Eric Wynn in Mira Loma in 2007
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  7. Color and Ears Ranch features our Stallion Smokey Illusion
  8. Smokeys first filly Smokeys Melody APHA/PtHA Placed Top 5 at the PtHA World Show
  9. in 2008 in Stock Type Tobiano Yearlings
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  11. Smokey Illuion 2002 (APHA/PtHA 721256/127926) Gray Tovero
  12. OLWS: Negative
  13. Cream Dilution Gene: Negative

  1. Smokey has a very nice dispostion and is built for performance
  2. Smokey's sire Goshawk is out of Kiblers Black Hawk
  3. Kiblers Black Hawk is a black and white Tobiano
  4. Smokey Illusion's dam is Rodeo Illusion  (AQHA) gray
  5. Smokey 's Stud fee is 500.00
  6. Booking fee 150.00
  7. Artificial Insemination only
  8. Collection fee 150.00

Color and Ears Ranch will be offering 2,000.00$to the first of Smokey's get to place in the top 10 at the APHA World Show

  1. Smokey Illusion 2007 Western Paint World Show
  2.  photo by Mobile Digital Pics & Kim Qualls Photography at http://www.mobiledigitalpics.com
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Eric Wynn and Smokey Illusion at Miraloma 2007 Smokey won Reserve Champion

Smokey's 2007 Show Results

Smokey placed Reserve Grand Champion in Mira Loma California\
Smokey also placed 1st in Stallions and Gieldings


Smokey showed under saddle at the Pinto Show in Hesperia

20 May 07 at HIDHA smokey placed 1st of 10 in Open Halter,   Eric Wynn won the Highpoint of the Day on Smokey Illusion.

on 2 June 2007 Smokey scored the following at Hesperia Open Horse show
2nd in Stallions
2nd in Open Halter
2nd in Paint Pinto Appy
2nd in Performance Halter

1st in Western pleasure (both judges)
1st in  Country Western Pleasure (both judges)
1st in Trail (both Judges)
Eric Wynn won the High Point of the Day on Smokey Illusion

Smokey Illusion won Overall Daily High Point at Hespria Open Horse show in August 2007.  He and Eric won a great big belt buckle

At HIDHA Smokeys overall standings for 2007 were Reserve Champion in Open Halter
3r place in Color and
4th Place in Trail

Eric Wynn  got the Sportsmanship award at HIDHA

Smokey placed the following at Hesperia Horsemens Association in 2007

Champion Stallion

Paints/Pintos  Reserve Champion

Color  4th Place

Open Halter 4th Place

Western Pleasure Reserve Champion

 

At MRVHA for 2007 Smokey placed the following

Stallions Champion

English Pleasure Reserve Champion

 

 






Eric Wynn and Smokey Illusion at the Western Paint World show in Bakersfield, CA

photo by Mobile Digital Pics & Kim Qualls Photography at http://www.mobiledigitalpics.com





Marlee Martin and Shy Painted Moon at High Desert Pinto Association in 2007

Shy Painted Moon APHA/PtHA


Shy now has 37 PAC credits in Halter

Shy has the following Pinto Points

4 Halter points
7 Overo Color points

Shy has earned 11 OCAP points in 2007

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  2. Shy has a 2007 PAC Certificate of Recognition in Halter


    At the June Show in Hesperia  2008 Shy placed 2nd of 10 horses in Performance Halter under one judge and placed 3rd of with the other She placed 2nd in Color and Smokey placed 1st in Paint Pinto and placed 2nd in Color, SAS Venturess placed 1st in the Color class, Smokeys Melody placed 4th in the Color Class
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