JS2 Ranch

Let’s talk about Deacon. 🤍

Every once in a while, one comes along that manages to be the whole package. 🤍

“Southern Salvation” — Deacon — is by Shining C Chrome and out of our perlino dun mare, Boones Snow Wrangler.

From the moment he hit the ground, this c**t has been exactly what we hoped for.

✔️ Perlino Dun
✔️ Splash White 1
✔️ AQHA registered
✔️ APHA eligible
✔️ 7-panel N/N

But what I love most about Deacon has nothing to do with his color.

It’s his mind.

He’s the kind of c**t that meets you at the gate.

The kind that wants to know what you’re doing.

The kind that follows you around just because he can. 🤍

The older he gets, the more he reminds me why we made this cross in the first place.

Strong bone.

Athletic build.

A pedigree packed with versatility.

And a disposition that makes you want to spend time with him.

Foals don’t stay foals for very long.

And when I look at Deacon, I don’t just see a baby horse.

I see a future ranch horse.

A future performance horse.

A future partner for someone who appreciates a kind eye, a willing mind, and a horse that’s enjoyable to be around every day.

October weaning.

North Texas.

And yes…

he’s every bit as sweet as he looks and available. 🤍

If Deacon were yours, what would you do with him?

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲…
𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬? 🤍

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No schedules.

No rush.

No destination.
No shoes. 🙈

Just sunshine, soft noses, tiny hoofbeats, and some of the people we love most. ✨

Little hands reach for mares.

Tiny foals reach for kisses.

And somehow the afternoon slips quietly by. 🤍

There is something special about days like these.

Bare feet in the grass.

Children laughing in the distance.

Mares grazing peacefully.

Baby horses discovering the world one curious step at a time.

The kind of moments that seem ordinary while you’re living them…

until one day you realize they were the moments that mattered most. ✨

One day these foals will be grown.

The children will be older.

And this season will be a memory.

But today, it is still ours. 🤍

So we’ll hold onto every kiss, every tiny hoofprint, every sunset, and every beautiful little moment that makes a life feel rich.

What does a beautiful Saturday look like where you are? 👇🤍

⋆༺𓆩🤍𓆪༻⋆
𝐈’𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞…

𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. 🧚🐉
⋆༺𓆩🤍𓆪༻⋆

One minute she was peacefully standing in her dirt pile.

The next?

Something apparently emerged from the enchanted forest and chose violence. 👀

I’m not saying there was a dragon hiding in the dirt pile…

but I’m also not saying there wasn’t. 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

Because what followed was a series of emergency aerial maneuvers, dramatic leaps, and a full-speed retreat across the kingdom.

Then, just as suddenly as it began…

the danger was gone.

The dragon was defeated.

The realm was safe.

And Story returned to grazing as though none of us had witnessed the incident. 🌱

Honestly, I think this filly spends half her day in a pasture…

and the other half starring in a fairytale nobody else can see. 🧚✨

Watch closely and tell me:

What do YOU think was hiding in the dirt pile? 👇🤍

⋆༺𓆩🤍𓆪༻⋆
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟏𝟑 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲…

…𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟏. 😂
⋆༺𓆩🤍𓆪༻⋆

So I put together photos and videos from Day 1, Day 7, Day 9, and today at Day 13.

Instead of getting answers…

I somehow ended up with MORE questions. 🤦🏼‍♀️😅

Because every time this filly sheds a little more baby fuzz, she appears to become an entirely different color horse.

One day she looks black.

The next day she looks blue roan.

Then the sunlight hits her and suddenly she looks buckskin.

And just when I think I’ve finally figured her out…

I see another photo or video and we’re right back to square one. 😂

The craziest part is watching all the stages side by side.

She has changed SO much in less than two weeks.

The UC Davis results should be back any day now…

but before they arrive, I want to hear your official prediction. 👀

What do you think Story is?

🖤 Black
🩶 Blue Roan
🤎 Bay
🩶 Bay Roan
✨ Buckskin
✨ Buckskin Roan

Drop your guess below…

And tell me WHICH clip convinced you. 😂🤍

⋆༺𓆩🤍𓆪༻⋆
𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐧. 🥹
⋆༺𓆩🤍𓆪༻⋆

At first Deacon wasn’t quite sure what to think.

I was sitting in the grass.

He was standing safely beside his mom.

And for a few moments…

curiosity and caution were having a very serious discussion. 👀

But curiosity won. 🤍

One tiny step.

Then another.

Then suddenly I was being inspected.

Which quickly turned into kisses… 😘

Then neck skritches.

Then full body skritches.

Then teefers. 🦷😂

And before long this little c**t had decided that being with me was a pretty good idea after all.

Mom stood nearby supervising the entire situation, of course. 😌

These quiet moments are my favorite part.

When they stop seeing you as something to watch…

and start seeing you as someone they trust. 🤍

Is there anything better than sitting in the pasture getting baby love? 🥰

⋆༺𓆩🤦🏼‍♀️🦸🏻‍♂️𓆪༻⋆
𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐲…

…guess he’s sensitive. 😬
⋆༺𓆩🤦🏼‍♀️🦸🏻‍♂️𓆪༻⋆

I walked over to Deacon, called him over, and he immediately starts asking for treats.

I mentioned he might be getting a little chunky…

The audacity. 😒

This dramatic little man instantly acted like I’d ruined his entire day.

No greeting.
No forgiveness.

Just:

“How dare you.”

Then he laid down in the hay and entered his victim era. 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

Meanwhile Story happily accepted her b***y skritches and continued being the tiny emotional support fairy she believes herself to be. ✨

But then I discovered the real problem… they’re irritable because..

The horse shelter had been taken over by:

🦸🏻‍♂️ Super Vlad
🐺 Banjo, his loyal sidekick

Neither one seemed concerned that they are, in fact, not horses.

Vlad identifies as a horse/superhero.

Banjo is just enabling him. 😂

The actual horses?

Apparently they’re on their own.

Who is the most dramatic?

🤍 Deacon
🤍 Story
🤍 Vlad
🤍 Banjo

Vote below. 👇😂

⋆༺𓆩🌲𓆪༻⋆
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭… 👀
⋆༺𓆩🌲𓆪༻⋆

So apparently while the adults are out doing responsible horse things…

the babies have been running an entire underground operation in the trees. 🤔😂

It started with Story acting EXTREMELY suspicious and informing me she had “a secret to share.” 👀

Naturally…
this tiny little woodland goblin immediately demanded skritches as payment before giving me access to classified information. 🤦🏼‍♀️😂

Next thing I know…

I’m being escorted through approximately 14 miles (or feet 🤣) of tiny horse trails, low hanging branches, hidden entrances, and what honestly felt like a fairy forest created exclusively by children with no supervision. 😅

Inside we discovered:
🌲 Preacher guarding the entrance like a tiny security officer
🌲 a corgi that may or may not be head of security
🌲 at least one tiny white creature living in the shadows
🌲 and several babies behaving like they were the gatekeepers of an ancient kingdom. 😂

At one point Preacher literally tried to enforce a:
🚫 “NO GIRLS ALLOWED” 🚫
policy in the clubhouse…

which lasted approximately 4.2 seconds before Story ignored him entirely. 😌

Honestly…

it felt like we accidentally walked into a tiny feral foal civilization. 😂

Do your babies have their own little sanctuary they like to visit and play in? 👀

Or are they all secretly planning world domination inside their woodland headquarters? 😂

⋆༺𓆩🖤𓆪༻⋆
𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 officially introduce 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫. 👀
⋆༺𓆩🖤𓆪༻⋆

He’s had “main character energy” from the very beginning. 😮‍💨

“WHL Blue on Black” aka “Asher” is a 2026 grulla c**t.. built right… thick made, correct, strong, and athletic enough to go in just about any direction someone wants to take him. 🤍

And he keeps getting prettier every single day. 😅

He’s ONLY 2 months old and already built like some people’s weanlings. 👀

The size.
The bone.
The substance.

The kind of build that could very easily make somebody one HECK of a rope horse prospect down the road. 😮‍💨

✨ Ee, aa, LP/lp, PATN1/patn1, D/nd2
✨ 7 Panel N/N
✨ Deep hocked with excellent muscle tone
✨ Performance + breeding prospect

But what really stands out about this c**t is the mind he’s carrying already.
Quiet. Thoughtful. Curious without being silly. The kind that makes you stop scrolling and really LOOK at him. 👀

And his sire stack behind him is no joke. 🔥

His sire, RF Wapz Smart Move, is a proven 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 ApHC World Champion with titles in:
🏆 Working Cowhorse
🏆 Cutting
🏆 Reining

PLUS:
✨ 1x ApHC Reserve World Champion
✨ 2x Bronze Medallion Winner

His pedigree is stacked with some of the greatest names in the cowhorse industry:
▫️ Smart Little Lena
▫️ Doc O’Lena
▫️ High Sign Nugget

RF Wapz Smart Move is also by Wapz Navajo Danczer — the EquiStat #7 Freshman Cutting Sire of 2022. 👀

Backed by REAL performance bloodlines with proven ability behind him. 🤍

🚨 He is the ONLY foal from this year’s RF Wapz Smart Move foal crop eligible for the ApRHA $10,000 Open Buy, Breed & Win Futurity.

🚨 PLUS eligible for the Gay Bars Silver Spotty Working Cowhorse Incentive.

His dam, Bandolero Miss Blue, gave him every bit of the substance, bone and disposition we hoped for. She is a homozygous black smokey grulla mare with an exceptional foundation Quarter Horse pedigree and one of the sweetest, most level headed personalities you could ask for. Compact, correct, big hipped, wide shouldered, and beautifully balanced. 🖤

He feels like he’s going to make somebody VERY proud someday. 👀

And yes… before anyone asks… this handsome guy is available. 😅🤍

⋆༺𓆩🦷𓆪༻⋆
𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝… 𝐭𝐨 𝟑𝟕 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐥𝐝? 👀🦷
⋆༺𓆩🦷𓆪༻⋆

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬… 😊

So naturally we conducted a completely serious scientific investigation to see who around here would actually allow us to inspect their tiny little horse teefers. 😂

The lineup included:
👀 4 foals
👀 1 yearling
👀 and OG himself… 37 year old Oldie Goldie. 🤍

Some participants were extremely cooperative. 😌

Some immediately acted like we were violating multiple constitutional rights. 🇺🇸

And a few seemed personally offended that we even asked. 😂

Honestly the facial expressions alone were worth this entire experiment. 🤦🏼‍♀️

The funniest part is how different every single horse reacts.

Some are:
✨ “absolutely mother, inspect away.” ✨

Others are:
👁️👄👁️
“why are your hands in my face and who approved this.”

Meanwhile OG has officially reached the age where he simply tolerates all of us equally… kinda… but he doesn’t have much for teefers. 😅🤍

Watch until the end because Oldie Goldie’s are absolutely the sweetest. 😂

And now we need to know…

Who had the cutest teefers? 👀🦷

⋆༺𓆩🤍𓆪༻⋆
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 is EXACTLY why we handle foals early. 👏🏼
⋆༺𓆩🤍𓆪༻⋆

A couple weeks ago Pearl managed to cut up her legs. 😭

Thankfully she has stayed completely sound through all of it, and our vet got her wrapped, doctored, and started on antibiotics immediately. 🤍

Now we’ve officially graduated to PF Wonder Salve and light daily wraps while everything finishes healing up. 🙌🏼

And honestly?

This is the part people don’t think about when they say foals should “decide” if humans can touch them. 👀

Because emergencies happen.

Bandage changes.
Vet care.
Injuries.
Moments where a horse HAS to safely allow humans to help them even when they’re uncomfortable or scared.

And Pearl is already HUGE. 😅

If she had never been taught handling and manners early on…
every single wrap change would likely require sedation.

Nobody wants to repeatedly sedate a baby foal just to provide basic medical care. 🤍

This is why we teach foals early:
touch, pressure, respect, and trust.

Not to “break their spirit.”
To keep them SAFE later. 🤍

Thankfully this sweet girl has handled everything like an absolute champ. 🥹

Now I’m curious…

Have you ever used PF Wonder Salve and what were your results? 👀

Or is there another “miracle” wound product you swear by for ouchies like Pearl’s? 👇🏼 Let me know!