Hancock Bloodline Qtr Horses

We raise our horses out on the range, where they breed, foal and grow up. They know how to cross a creek, turn around in a tight spot, and come off the mountain.

Blue Valentine bred horses are a big part of our program. We stand three Blue Valentine bred studs and most of our mares have significant Blue Valentine influence.

We will be marketing individual colts throughout the year. Stop by and take a look, the coffee’s always on.
Joel Kretz

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Promised Land Ranch Mares

We run about 60 mares and fillies. The brood mares live out on the range. They foal out, breed back and raise their colts out on the range. We round them up in the fall for sale time, wean the colts and kick the mares back out to rustle, paw snow and come down for hay when it’s time. In other words, they live like horses.

The mares are of foundation breeding, take a good look at the horses in their backgrounds. We have tried to select mares from lines that go back to good using and performance lines for generations. Most of them spend time in the saddle string, in fact, all the saddle horses we are using now are mares born here on the ranch. The mares bloodlines run heavy to Joe Hancock, Blue Valentine and Driftwood, blended with proven Northwest lines like Page Lee and Ruffus Bars.

Ms Ruano Hancock with 2008 stud colt.

Sammys Blue Try

The broodmare band includes own daughters of studs like Rowdy Blue Man, Blues Kingfisher, Moms Dream, Leo Hancock Hayes, Blue Try, Twice Roaned, Page Dee Bar, Ruffus Bars, Crowheart Roan, Wrangler Joe Hancock, Fintry Drift Hancock, Lasso’s Windsor,Whiskey River Run, Mira Doc Hancock, Cool Blue Hayes, Roan Ambrose, Blue Man Gist, War Conchos Drifter, Plenty Dividend, Plenty Sage Hancock, Wyo O Blue, Plenty Blue Bonnet, Blue Apache Hancock, and Plenty Coup Hancock. We also have six Joe Hancock Drifter daughters that are proving to be valuable broodmares, plus several Fintry Drifty Roan daughters in the wings.

Perhaps even more important than the stallions mentioned above are the maternal lines, with mares like Hydel Girl, Blue Flashy Kitten, Doll 01, Berrys Babe, Blue Kewpie Doll, Fox Hastings, Blue Hawk 22, Heather Dividend, Heart Hancock, Fintry Roan Amber, Ms Missy Freckles, Heather Gooseberry, Drifting Jewel, Mia Hancock, Linda Mujer, Ms Fancy Page, Zella Hep, Tarvers Pepita, Plenty Blue, Miss Roan Asset, Bunnie Sunday Bar, Lotta Bonnet, Chuckkar Maid 45, Ambrose Sue 30, Wyo Blue Maid, Brown Beaulah, Ceolita Hancock, Bluebird Hancock, Miss Sierra Coup, Dee Reed Roan, Ms Missy Freckles, Leo Lady Hayes, Bonnie Hayes, Mia Hancock, Coups Chick, Mandys Sue Hawk, and Bonny 02 on the papers. We feel that, while stallion selection is critical, these broodmares are the heart of our program.

Fintrys Blue Beauty

Mares & Fillies	YOB	color	Sire	Dam
Adeline Valentine	1995	red roan	Blues Kingfisher	Last Miss Warpaint
Little Scratch Page	1995		Page Dee Bar	Sinners Page
Cool Blue Chucker	1996	gray	Cool Blue Haze	Dart Bonnet
Blue Flash Beauty	1996	blue roan	Moms Dream	Blue Flashy Kitten
Tuf Bambi Hancock	1998		War Concho Drifter	Babys Star Hancock
Tuf Sealpup Hancock	1998	brown	Guatemala Canal	Ms Staarbine Hancock
Dun Blue Hancock	1999	red dun	Blue Man Gist	Wyo Blue Maid
Tuf Rain Hancock	1999	dun	War Conchos Drifter	Tarver Lady Hancock
Sammys Blue Try	2000	red dun roan	Blue Try	Sammy Sunglow
PLR Sunday Bar	2000	black	TNT Tonite	XNR Sweet Treat
Freckles Crusader	2001	sorrel	Blue Crusader	Ms Missy Freckles
PLR Fancy Jewel	2004	sorrel	Joe Hancock Drifter	Ms Jodee Page
Dee Roaned	2005		Twice Roaned	Dee Valentine Chant
PLR Blue Belle	2005	blue roan	Joe Hancock Drifter	XNR Sweet Treat
Wyo Sierra Coup	2006	red dun roan	Wyo O Blue	Miss Sierra Coup
Twice Blue Freckles	2007	blue roan	Twice Roaned	Freckles Crusader
Tuf Roaned Twice	2007	bay roan	Twice Roaned	Tuf Bambi Hancock
Gooseberry Lady Roan	2007	bay roan	Twice Roaned	Heather Gooseberry
PLR Wrangler Jo	2007	red roan	Joe Hancock Drifter	Miss Dee Bee Roan
Wyo Blue Suzy	2008	blue roan	Plenty Blue Bonnet	Lotta Dun Suzy
Plenty Lady Hayes	2008	bay roan	Plenty Dividend	Leo Lady Hayes
PLR Golden Sparrow	2008	dun roan	Joe Hancock Drifter	Hancock Sparrow
Wyo Smarty	2008	grulla roan	Plenty Blue Bonnet	Smart Try
Wyo Red Chick	2009	red roan	Blue Apache Hancock	Blue Hawk Wyo
PLR Plenty Bonnet	2010	bay	Crowheart Roan	Dun Blue Hancock
PLR Toroda Blue	2010	blue roan	Crowheart Flutewood	Ms Ruano Hancock
Wyo Blue Foxy	2010	blue roan	Blue Apache Hancock	Blues Socks
Wyo Dun Pepita	2010	dun	Chucker Blue Kid	Tarvers Pepita
Wyo Edie	2010	bay roan	Blue Apache Hancock	Edie Falco
Wyo Mira Venture	2010	bay roan	JCross Blue Moon	Ms Frosty Lowry
Wyo Smarty Sara	2010	grulla roan	Chucker Blue Kid	Smart Try
PLR Jecca Black	2011		Crowheart Flutewood	Dee Valentine Chant
PLR War Beulah	2011		Joe Hancock Drifter	Tuf Rain Hancock

Promised Land Ranch

Joel, Sara & Jed Kretz, Wauconda, WA