Best driftwood horses for ranch, roping, rodeo, & barrels

Premier Driftwood Breeders

Memory Ranches is the Northwest's premiere Driftwood breeders. Our stock also includes the highest percentage of Joe Reed Blood in the World. We find that crossing Driftwood and Joe Reed works extremely well.

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Strong, Tough, Smart Horses

The East Humboldt mountains (known as the Little Alps of America) sit in our backyard and rise to over 11,000 feet. This is a great place to raise and train horses. The elevation combined with the rugged terrain develops our young horses’ physically and they learn to handle their feet in rocks and steep country.

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Running on the Mountain

Many horses being bred today lack bone structure and are being bred with feet and leg problems. Our horses have excellent feet, legs and bone. That's because of breeding and the importance we place on having them run on the mountain.

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Horse Drive

Our new ranch in Clover Valley, Nevada, gives all of our foals, yearlings, and two-year-olds the opportunity to run on the mountain. There is 10,000 acres of rocks, steep inclines, brush, trees, and approximately 2000 feet of elevation change.

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We breed our horses for disposition as well as usability.

Our focus has been on foundation bloodlines that have proven themselves on the ranch and in the rodeo arena. Driftwood, Joe Reed, Leo, and Joe Hancock breeding make up the majority of our bloodlines.

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Driftwoods

For well over half a century the name “Driftwood” in a using horse’s pedigree has defined outstanding performance. On the ranch, in the show ring and in the rodeo arena….especiallly the rodeo arena, the Driftwoods have set the standard by which other contest mounts are measured.

—Phil Livingston (“The Driftwood Legacy,” Western Horseman “Legends” series)

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Testimonials

LMP April Wood or Sox as we call her is just coming into her second full season of roping. Last year was just the beginning where she helped me win over $15k and qualify to rope for my first time in the World Series of Team Roping finale. The way she cows up and chases down steers, it’s almost like something personal to her. You can tell she loves her job and even though she can’t say it, she loves to win. I can’t wait to see what this next year has in store for us as she’s already been getting better in the practice pen. Everyone knows her by the way she works and that big ‘MY’ on her shoulder. A big, stout, fast, and very smart horse, yet gentle enough to put anyone on. She’s a great horse and the sky is the limit for her.

Jarad LaMarsh Oregon