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Producing Champions at Cowan Ranch

Producing Champions at Cowan Ranch

Jan 29, 2024

By Keri Whitney

The Cowan Ranch is in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Owners Bill and Michelle Cowan are known for raising, training, and showing superior performance horses for the past 20 plus years. The Cowan's program includes the great and very versatile Catty Hawk by the all-time leading cutting horse sire, High Brow Cat x Scarlet Dance x Peppy San Badger.

"Catty Hawk unexpectedly came into our lives, we weren't even looking for a stud," says Michelle. "Bill and I were at Sean Flynn's watching him work 3-year-olds. He worked Catty Hawk and we fell in love with him, so we bought him."

Each one of Catty Hawk's foal crops has produced champions. Catty Hawk's solid foundation results in exceptional performers and with progeny earnings over $3.3 million in cutting, reined cow horse, roping, ranch work and barrel racing.  

"2023 was the first year to have Catty Hawk in the Riata Buckle stallion incentive program. We are seeing the incredible payouts in team roping. Joseph Harrison told us about the program. One of his good horses is Undocumented by Catty Hawk. Coy Rahlmann won money in the Pro Futurity at the 2023 Riata Buckle Championships on Sweeet But Psycho by Catty Rey. And our daughter, Makenzie ropes. Her main horse, Seven S Blackjack by Catty Hawk x Seven S Cattle Kate came off the Stuart Ranch. Terry Forst (from Stuart Ranch) breeds to Catty Hawk. "

In fact, Makenzie won the first roping she'd ever entered on Seven S Blackjack, the 2022 Non-Pro title at the American Rope Horse Futurity in Fort Worth, Texas.    

Catty Hawk is a 2005 AQHA/APHA Double Registered stallion with LTE $240,297. Catty Hawk has been racking up champion titles and earnings since his 3-year-old year in 2008 and has been a %ADfinalist at almost every aged event he's shown at. Catty Hawk was awarded the Leading Freshman AQHA Sire of 2014. 

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