Welcome to Salter Pepper Paints and Quarter Horses .......................... Site updated May 24, 2013 ..... Scroll down to see all the new News !

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We are breeders of show quality American Paint & Quarter Horses, working to produce modern All-Around Horses with proven, champion bloodlines, correct conformation, and exceptional dispositions. We strive for beauty and athleticism in our breeding program so that our horses can be shown at Halter and also make great Riders. All of our horses are HYPP n/n.

We stand 2 stallions: SPP Hezablonde Andy, APHA palomino overo and Down Came The Spider, AQHA bay. Both have World Champion Bloodlines top and bottom! Awesome Andy, Mighty Awesome, Woodstock Sunny McZip, Barlink Macho Man, One Hot Krymsun and Zippo Pine Bar are on their registration papers!

Not only are we busy with breeding, but we show several of our horses as well. Some of our accomplishments can be seen on the Show Horses page.

We hope you enjoy our site. Please visit often as we are constantly updating and adding new photos and information. Or even better, come and see us in person. Visitors are always welcome.

Our 320 acre ranch is located near Invermere, B.C. in the beautiful Canadian Rocky Mountains, 3 hours drive west of Calgary, Alberta, and two hours north of the USA border.

Contact Us By Clicking Here: Valerie & J.C. Alacoque
Salter Creek Ranch Ltd.

New Arrival -- April 1, 2013 -- APHA Buckskin Overo Filly

HUGE filly, big bone, great body, pretty head. Lots of overo colour on a gorgeous buckskin body. Picture perfect !

Sired by 16h Bay AQHA, Down Came The Spider (son of One Hot Krymsun and out of Zippos Pine Bar bred mare), and out of APHA Superior Halter mare, Shezablonde Woodstock (sired by Res.World Champion Woodstock Sunny Mczip and out of Barlnk Meri Tardi)

This filly is FOR SALE.

Special consideration and pricing to a show home.

New Arrival -- March 28, 2013 -- APHA Sorrel Overo Filly

Very feminine, pretty filly that is ALL LEGS.

Sired by 16h Bay AQHA, Down Came The Spider (son of One Hot Krymsun, out of Zippo Pine Bar bred mare), and out of Misty Quorum (sired by World Champion, Quorum, and out of Sierra Supreme daughter).

This filly is FOR SALE.

Special consideration and pricing to a show home.

Spring Sale -- NEW REDUCED PRICES

SPP Andys Two Faced, 2 yr old

Check out our FOR SALE page to see our new REDUCED PRICES for Spring 2013.

Great show prospects -- with show records, show experience, lots of handling.

Get your show prospect now while these prices are low and you still have time and money to fit and finish them.

SPP Willy Fab Spider, yearling

SPP Andys Cleopatra, yearling

~~ SOLD ~~

New Arrival -- Feb. 11, 2013 Dark Bay Filly

Feb 11, 2013 Dark Bay Filly

SALE PENDING -- will be finalized at weaning time. Goint to an Alberta show home.

Very pretty headed, very petite, little muzzle, one blue eye, funky blaze and 3 socks, legs almost as long as Mom's. Looks overo, but no body white to be seen at this stage - :(

A real tough contender for coming weanling and yearling futurities.

Feb. 11, 2013 Dark Bay Filly

Royal Ur, Dam of Feb. 11/13 Filly

SPP Hezablonde Andy, Sire of Feb. 11/13 Filly

1st Foal of the Year - born Jan. 4, 2013

Joker, born Jan. 4, 2013

Sorrel Overo Colt, 4 high socks, big white face, two blue eyes, and minimal overo spots on both sides of his body. Beautiful soft, floaty, smooth loper too. VERY friendly colt, has not fear, very brave and calm, loves attention. Strong, straight legged, healthy, smart, beautiful. ~~~ FOR SALE ~~~ Eligible for APHA Breeders Trust, Alberta CCF, and INPHC futurities. He looks like he will be a spectacular all-around yearling in the show ring! Sired by SPP Hezablonde Andy, and out of Woodstocks Goldnlocks -- BOTH Top 10 APHA World Show, both multiple futurity winners, both great all around movers and with great conformation.

Joker, born Jan. 4, 2013

Sire - SPP Hezablonde Andy

Dam - Woodstocks Goldnlocks

High Point Halter Gelding

SPP Andys Two Faced (Duke) May 2012 Gelding

Happy to announce that SPP Andys Two Faced (Duke), born May 2012, won the Alberta Paint Horse Club High Point Halter Gelding award for 2012.

Ponoka Show, Sept 29, 2012 - Great finish to the show year

Fantastic Finish to the 2012 Show Year with our two yearlings, sired by SPP Hezablonde Andy.

These two yearlings are out of "Andy's" FIRST foal crop! Now a proven sire!

FOR SALE - $2900

SPP Andys Two Faced, Yearling Gelding, sweeps the Gelding Halter classes for the second APHA show in a row.

**** Four Judges were Unanimous ****

FOUR 1sts in Amateur Geldings All Ages, 18 in the class

FOUR 1sts in Open Yearling Geldings, 7 in the class

FOUR Gelding Grand Champions and

WINS High Point Supreme Halter Horse for the show

For the year, he earned a total of 107 APHA points, along with 12 Grands and 3 Reserves in Open, and 8 Grands and 3 Reserves in Amateur, and 2 Supreme Halter awards.

~~ SOLD ~~

SPP Andys Honey Blond, Yearling Mare

Earns 9 more points in Halter.

Finished the year with a total of 94 APHA points, with 3 Grands and 2 Reserves in Open, and 3 Grands and 3 Reserves in Amateur.

SPP Andys Two Faced

SPP Andys Honey Blond

Sept. 2012 Labour Day APHA Show, Olds, Alberta

SUPREME HALTER WINNER

** WOW** WOW**WOW** FOUR Judges have spoken !!!

SPP Andys Two Faced, yearling palomino tovero gelding, takes Halter with a clean sweep!

FOUR 1sts in Amateur Geldings All Ages, class of 19. FOUR 1sts in Yearling Geldings. FOUR Gelding Grand Championships. Then goes on to win SUPREME HALTER !!!

SPP Andys Honey Blond, yearling palomino tovero mare does very well too!

TWO 1sts, a 2nd & a 4th out of 19 tough Amateur Mares All Ages. THREE 1sts & ONE 2nd in Yearling Mares out of 7. TWO Grand Champion Mares, and ONE Reserve.

BOTH yearlings add to their Yearling In Hand Trail points too.

August 2012 Zone 10 APHA Show, Ponoka, Alberta

SPP Andys Two Faced, yearling gelding

Another great show for our two SPP Hezablonde Andy yearlings!

SPP Andys Two Faced, yearling palomino tovero gelding, does very well earning 19 Halter points. Takes one 1st and three 2nds in a yearling gelding class of 7. Also places very well in the Amateur All Ages Gelding class of 19.

SPP Andys Honey Blond, yearling palomino tovero mare, continues to excel in Halter. She earned 8 more Halter points in tough, big Amateur and Open mare classes.

These great yearlings are FOR SALE. Exceptional conformation, Great minded, Good moving. And a stellar show record and show experience behind them.

SPP Andys Two Faced, yearling gelding

SPP Andys Honey Blond, yearling mare

* Great Results at the Drayton Valley 4 judge Paint Show, July 13 - 15 *

SPP Andys Honey Blond

SPP Andys Honey Blond, yearling palomino tovero filly, won the Yearling Filly Halter Futurity (7 in the class). In Open Yearling Fillies, she took 3 - 1sts and one 2nd, then went on to win a Grand and a Reserve Championship. Also did very well in Amateur Mares All Ages, class of 18, and took a 1st, 2 - 2nds, and a 3rd. Also earned 5 points in Yearling In Hand Trail. Video of her practicing at home. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoa7fZIqkIQ

~~ SOLD ~~

SPP Andys Two Faced, yearling palomino tovero gelding, takes 2nd in the Yearling Colt/Gelding Halter Futurity. In Yearling Colts/Geldings, he takes 3 - 2nds and a 3rd. Then went on to earn 3 x Reserve Grand Championships! In Amateur Geldings All Ages (13 in the class) he takes 3 - 2nds and a 3rd. Also earned 4 Yearing In Hand Trail points.

FOR SALE $2900

SPP Andys Honey Blond

SPP Andys Two Faced

2012 Multiple Pinto World Champion

HUGE Congratulations to Amy Stonehocker (Colorado) and Rock Star Tuxedo on a great show at the 2012 Pinto Worlds.

"Tux" was bred, raised & shown to yearling age by Salter Pepper Paints, then sold to the Stonehockers in Dec. of his yearling year. We are sooooo proud of what both of them have accomplished.

They came home with three world titles. Champion Western Horsemanship, Champion Bareback Western Horsemanship and Reserve Champion Hunter Hack (showing against 4 paint world champion over fences horses) They also had top ten finishes in Western showmanship, English Showmanship, Western discipline rail and Western Ideal Pinto.

Olds, Alberta Paint Horse Show a Success

SPP Andys Honey Blond

SPP Andys Honey Blond makes her show debut. 1st time off the farm! Takes 2nd place out of 17 tough yearling fillies in the Alberta Paint Horse Club CCF Futurity. Also earns points in Yearling Mares and Amateur Mares.

SPP Andys Two Faced makes his show debut too. 5th overall out of 12 colts in CCF Yearling Colts futurity, & earns points in Yearling Geldings and Amateur Geldings too.

SPP Hezablonde Andy goes back to the show ring after 2 years away, and breeding mares one week prior. Performed and behaved beyond our expectations! Wins the CCF 3 & 4 year old Reining Futurity.

SPP Andys Two Faced

SPP Hezablonde Andy

Genetic Defects in Quarter Horses and Paints

There are several genetic defects that should be of great concern to Quarter Horse and Paint Horse breeders. There are genetic tests that can be done to determine if their horses are carriers of any of these genetic defects. The test involves pulling hairs by the roots from mane or tail and mailing to a genetic testing lab.

We have tested both of our stallions, and have posted their results on their website pages. We hope this helps all mare owners make informed, educated breeding decisions.

HYPP (Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis): Linked to the great stallion, Impressive. Characterized by uncontrollable muscle twitching and substantial muscle weakness, paralysis or death. HYPP is a dominant gene, so only one parent has to have the gene in order to pass the disease on to offspring and for offspring to exhibit symptoms. 50% chance of foal inheriting the dominant gene.

HERDA (Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia): Linked to the sire line of the great foundation stallion, Poco Bueno. The great Western Pleasure sire, Zippo Pine Bar is also a known carrier. HERDA is a collagen defect that results in the layers of skin not being held firmly together. When a horse is ridden or suffers trauma to the skin, the outer layer often splits or separates from the deeper layer, it rarely heals without disfiguring scars. In dramatic cases, the skin can split along the back and even roll down the sides, literally skinning the horse alive. Most horses must be euthanized for humane reasons between 2 - 4 years of age. HERDA is caused by a recessive gene, so the disease can only be transmitted to offspring if both parents carry the gene, and pass it on to the foal. Horses who are carriers of the gene exhibit no symptoms. If both parents carry the gene, there is a 25% chance the foal will be born with the disease.

GBED (Glycogen Branching Enzyme Deficiency): Linked to the great stallion, King P-234, and perhaps to his sire, Zantanon. Almost 90% of Quarter Horses trace some part of their lineage to Zantanon. A genetic disease where the horse is lacking an enzyme necessary for string glycogen, the horse's heart muscle and skeletal muscles cannot function, leading to rapid death. Occurs in foals who are homozygous for the GBED gene, meaning both parents carry one copy of the gene and passed it on to the foal. Affected foals born alive are weak, have low body temperature and require warming, need assistance to nurse, might have slightly contracted tendons, develop seizures or respiratory distress, become too weak to stand, or die suddenly. No foal has lived past 18 weeks even with aggressive treatment. At least 3% of late term abortions and stillbirths are caused by this disease. Probably carried by 10% of Quarter Horses, and therefore is found in Paints too. If both parents carry the gene, there is a 25% chance the resulting foal will die of the disease.

OLWS (Overo Lethal White Syndrome): Recessive gene, so if both parents carry the gene, and create a homozygous foal, it is usually pure white in colour, and suffers with a non-functioning colon, causing death within a day or two of birth. If both parents carry the gene, there is a 25% chance that the foal will have the disease.

2010 APHA World Champion - Bred & Raised by Salter Pepper Paints

Amy Stonehocker and Rock Star Tuxedo, 2010 APHA World Show, Showmanship

Rock Star Tuxedo is now an 2010 APHA World Champion, winning the Novice Youth Goat Tying. Also won MULTIPLE Top 10 in Novice Youth Hunter Under Saddle, Hunter Hack, Western Horsemanship, and Reining, Top 15 in Trail and Working Hunter. A truly ALL AROUND HORSE !!!!

Congratulations, Amy Stonehocker and Rock Star Tuxedo, on your very successful 2010 APHA Youth World Show.

We are very proud to say that we bred and raised Tux, before he was sold to the Stonehockers in Dec. of his yearling year, and measured 16h at the hip at that time. He has matured to 16.1h and has proven to be a very versatile and successful show horse for the Stonehockers -- Thank you for all your hard work and dedication in bringing out the true potential and talents of Tux.

His dam is our own mare, UR OH SO ROYAL, now an APHA WORLD CHAMPION PRODUCER!!!

She is also the dam of SPP Sir Cool Ur Hot, black tobiano yearling gelding FOR SALE, and SPP So Saint Telusive, sorrel tobiano 2 yr old gelding, SOLD. Both have APHA show points, earned in Halter & Longeline, both are tall, beautiful movers with great Halter conformation too.

She is now IN FOAL by our own stallion, SPP HEZABLONDE ANDY, due May 24, 2010, and we can't wait to see what this cross produces!!!!!

Ur Oh So Royal, WORLD CHAMPION PRODUCER & Producer of Multiple APHA Point Earners

SPP Sir Cool Ur Hot, 2009 Gelding

SPP So Saint Telusive, 2008 Sorrel Tobiano Gelding

2010 APHA Youth World Champion -- Our own Rock Star Tuxedo

Rock Star Tuxedo, 2010 APHA World Champion

We are very proud of Rock Star Tuxedo. We bred our good mare, Ur Oh So Royal, 15.3h black tobiano, to Black Rock Star, 16h black tobiano, and were given this beautiful colt. The cross was magic! "Tux" was sold as a yearling into the capable hands of Amy and Terri Stonehocker, Colorado. Here is their story of Tux's very successful 2010 APHA World Show as told by Amy Stonehocker ---

"He was a good boy, but the arena shook him, we were placing really well with less then perfect goes. We had two seconds in horsemanship which is my best class. That was Tux's first time goat tying I have done it on my other horse for several years and thought it would be fun to teach Tux some speed events. He can run a 17 second barrel patterns after only a few practice runs. He is getting good at jumping and really enjoys it, he will be a amazing hunter when he is a little more seasoned. He has a great mind and loves learning new events. He has surpassed my expectations for him. I am looking forward to showing him next year in classic amateur. Some highlights from our year are: circuit champion Nov Youth Showmanship National Western Stock Show, circuit champion Nov youth Showmanship and Nov youth horsemanship Tulsa March Mania, High point novice youth at the two Nebraska shows we went to. In the Colorado clubs year-end standings we were hi-point Novice youth and hi-point 14-18 for HPPHC and hi-point novice youth and reserve hi-point 14-18 for the RMPHC. For zone 3 year end top twenty we are second place. Tux now has 5 novice youth ROMs and for 14-18 youth 5 ROMs and 2 superiors. We ended up 3 points away from getting a youth versatility award, that was poor planning on my part, at the beginning of the year we were just showing novice youth trying to get ready for worlds and never dreamed we could get enough points for that title. Tux is still 100% sound, he has never been injected or treated for any lameness and he still is barefoot."

Rock Star Tuxedo, 2010 APHA World Show

Rock Star Tuxedo, 2010 APHA World Show, Trail

Rock Star Tuxedo, 2010 APHA World Show

SPP Hezablonde Andy WINS again!

He wins the Zone 10 Open Yearling Colt Futurity. Also wins the buckle in Amateur Stallions. Then goes on to win the buckle and overall Open Grand Champion Halter Stallion, all ages. We are so proud of this great young stallion!

Earns her Superior Halter!

Aug. 2009 Zone 10 Show

We are very happy and proud to announce that our 2 year old mare, She Willy a Woodstock, has just earned her Superior in Halter!

She had a very good 2009 show season, and did consistently well at every show she entered. She now has a total of 94 APHA Halter points, with 1 Open Grand and 8 Open Reserve Grand Championships on her record. In Amateur, she consistently placed in the top 3 out of huge groups of mares of all ages, sometimes numbering up to 30 in the division, and also earned 7 Amateur Reserve Championships. Way to go "Peanut"!

Rock Star Tuxedo - update from new owners

Amy & Tux portrait

Tux was sold to Terri & Amy Stonehocker from Denver, Colorado as a yearling colt in late 2006. I just received this great news from them:

To quote Terri: "Amy and Tux made their debut at the National Western this week. She showed him in halter, showmanship, horsemanship, and hunter under saddle. He placed under all six judges in halter and they were third overall in showmanship. All the top youth from around the country were there and Tux fit right in. Amy will be showing him in all the High Plains and Rocky Mountain shows this year. We are so happy with Tux. He is coming along so well with his training and is going to be amazing at hunter under saddle and really takes well to trail. Thank you for raising this great horse"

Tux & Amy - Hunter Under Saddle

Amy & Tux - Showmanship

Amy & Tux - HUS

Top 10 at the APHA Fall Championship Show

Woodstocks Goldnlocks places 7th overall in Amateur Solid Paint Bred Mares, All Ages!!!

See photos & details on the Show Horses page.

Top 10 and Finalist at the APHA Fall Championship Show

SPP Hezablonde Andy, weanling colt, by Halter World Champion, Awesome Andy, and out of our own Superior Halter Mare, Shezablonde Woodstock, takes 10th place in Amateur Weanling Stallions! Earned a 6th, 7th and 8th placing under 3 of the 5 judges!

Was also a Finalist, placing 14th overall in Open Weanling Stallions with 26 of the best weanling colts in the World in that class. Earned as high as 3rd under one of the judges! We were thrilled with how well our Andy did!

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