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Established
in 1914 and consisting of 3000 acres of wheat land and approx. 1000
acres of range. We are located 3 miles South of Lexington, Oregon
in the foothills of the beautiful Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon.
We are only 45 minutes away from Interstate 84 and Hermiston, Oregon.
Munkers Farms is operated by Barry and Mary Ann Munkers along with
the part time assistance of their two daughters Angela Munkers and
Tiffanie Munkers Greenup, her Husband, Travis & Daughters Blake
& Sierra & son Hunter.
We maintain between 25 and 30 head of horses on the ranch consisting
of stallions, broodmares, colts of various ages and our finished
horses. We also book breedings to outside mares and offer an excellent
equine facilities for their care during the duration of their stay
at Munkers Farms.
Photo above is of
Mary Ann Munkers and "Samantha" winning nearly $6,000.00 in cash &
prizes at the Nat'l Barrel Horse Assn. Finals in Pasco, Washington
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UP ON THE FARM: Our broodmare bands along with their offspring
live in 200 to 500 acre fields with all types of terrain ranging
from steep bluffs and creek beds to irrigated pasture. This
teaches the babies how to handle their feet and also they are
in a natural, healthy and happy environment. The whole herd
will run off those bluffs at full speed and never miss a step.
Sometimes I just have to close my Eyes!! This is such an advantage
their futurity year as they can handle all types of arena footing…Naturally!
They truly love people. All you have to do is call them and
the whole herd comes running to you! By running in herds, they
also learn how to get along with other horses. All my stallions,
mares and colts have great dispositions. If I buy a broodmare
with a bad disposition, she is sold immediately. We don't want
that bred into our herd! |
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All of our mares and colts are given Anipro
supplements
free choice out on the
range. Anipro supplements
help them obtain the proper
nutrition to stay healthy and fit. |
OUR GOAL:
To breed and produce the "ULTIMATE BARREL HORSE", combining
PROVEN NFR & WORLD CHAMPION BLOODLINES of both the mares and
the stallions. The bloodlines that our farm is maintaining are
Dash Ta Fame, Biankus,
Bully Bullion, Flaming Jet, Special Feature,
Joes Genuine Doc, Doc Bar, Doc O'Lena, Dash
for Cash, Jet Deck, Easy Jet,
Streaking Six, Depth Charge, Our broodmares are equally as excellent as the
stallions.
"I believe that you have to have a top level mare
as well as a top level stallion to get the best offspring. We
have achieved this with our broodmare band and our stallions.
Our horses all have a tremendous amount of speed, but also the
desire to turn on their own "Honor". They can run fast and think
at the same time…. excellent minds!!" They are also born with
excellent bone and hoof structure. "I like to see a lot of bone
and good round black hooves w/lots of heel in my horses. Their
injury or hoof disease risk drops to nearly nothing with these
excellent conformation traits." |
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TRAINING
PROGRAM: We wean our foals between 5 and 6 months of age at
which time they are halter broke, sacked out, taught to load
and back out of a trailer and stand to trim their feet. We
keep 2 or 3 foals out of each crop for ourselves to train
and compete on in Barrel futurities. The rest of the weanling
crop is offered for sale each year on our Web Site. As yearlings
we periodically continue their ground training and handling,
but the majority of the time they run with the broodmare band
in the canyons and creeks of the ranch. We spend a lot of
time training these colts before they ever see a barrel. I
always tell people that you could take any of my barrel horses
and enter an English Dressage or Western Reining Class and
place very well. A good training foundation is vital to a
great barrel horse. You can put any part of my barrel horse's
body anywhere you want at any speed...immediately. This is
how well they are trained! Our training program includes lots
of outside riding as well as arena work, all the while applying
low mental pressure techniques. I produce quiet, relaxed,
happy horses that love what they do and want to please! With
our training program, my horses just continue to get better
and better, rather than develop problems when you start applying
speed. Our buyers continued satisfaction and success is very
important to our program and to us.
"LOADING UP
AND HEADIN' OUT OF TOWN"
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MARY
ANN & SAMANTHA RUNNING A 17.3 (Regulation Pattern)
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MaryAnn & "Sand Bar Biankus" (Sandy)
Placing 5th out of 300 entries @ Buttercreek
Classic, Echo, OR w/a 17.37 (Reg. Pattern)
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