If you have a soft spot for Paints, you are in the right place.
Our story
Horses are our passion.
I’m not the average horse person, I wasn’t born into horses. I won my first horse in a horse raffle at a rodeo when I was 12 years old! I grew up in a non-horse family, and the only way I was going to get my first horse, was to win a horse in a raffle! And that’s exactly what happened. There’s no way to explain the emotions in this sentence, as I was horse crazy from the time I could speak, all I wanted was a horse, so from the time I got that raffle ticket, my focus was on winning that horse! A true testament to putting out your intention, that I would come to live by later in life!
I won second place, a grade solid sorrel paint filly who was in dire need of a loving home! She was emaciated to the point she was cow hocked, she was full of lice & had no idea what good feed looked like - she didn’t even know what grass was, as she was kept in a barn and yard full of mud for the duration of her young life (until she became mine). And we loved each other to no end!!!
From there, I started teaching myself how to train, I read every book, watched every video, and took in every bit of training I could afford. I rode my bike back and forth to the barn year round (I grew up in Prince George, BC) so this was through snow in the winter months, to feed, and water my horses before catching the school bus in the mornings, and after school every day, rain, snow, sleet, no matter what the weather, 7 days/week! As we all do as horse lovers! Before I was old enough to get an actual job to pay for my feed, and horse supplies, I mowed lawns, shoveled driveways, rooves, babysat, you name it, I did odd jobs for neighbours, to pay for my horses.
Horses taught me that I had a responsibility, someone always came before me. I’m so grateful for my horses & what they’ve taught me over the years. Each and every horse teaches me new things, each and every horse brings me new and different love, without losing the love I’ve had for the ones before. My horses have also carried me through the most difficult and darkest days of my life, I am forever grateful for having horses as my “steady” throughout the majority of my life - I would be completely lost without my equine partners.
After tragically losing my paint filly to a drunk driver 2 years later, we went and picked up Kings Poco Babe, a registered Quarter Horse bay filly 1985 model. Babe just passed away here on Nilson Farms in October, 2017 at 32 years old. We kept 3 of her daughters, and they were all amazing mares too. However, we only have one left now & she too is now a senior and retired to the pasture. “Babe” was an amazing mare who was a been there, done that kind of horse, who never stepped a lame step throughout her life! She went everywhere with me, and became my guide of what I expected out of all of my future horses. I cannot say enough about this mare, what an honor to own a mare of this grit. Words do not express the kind of amazement, the stories, the memories we will always have, and I will always cherish!
Our breeding program has evolved over the years as well, with horses coming, going, passing away & always wanting to continue to improve the breed.
I’ll leave it at that, welcome, and enjoy our website!
FAQs
What colour(s) will your stallion throw?
This is a loaded question! We’ve added SO many colour variations with each of our stallions, and each of our mares - the sky is the limit with what we are able to produce!
In a nutshell, here’s the breakdown of what our stallions colour means, so you may be able to predict what your mare crossed with one of them might have for you.
“Rooster” is a chestnut AQHA and will throw 100% red based horses, unless your mare has more colour options to bring to the table.
“Coffee” is a blue roan AQHA and will throw 50% black or red based foals, as well as the roan factor.
“Lenny” is a palomino overo with splash AQHA APHA FQHA and he will also throw 100% red based foals, with 50% chance of cream & splash.
“Milo” is a gold champagne tobiano APHA, so he will throw 50% red or black base, champagne & tobiano.
“Jackson” is a grullo tobiano with the cream gene, he is also homozygous black base, so he will never throw a red based foal & will throw dun, cream & tobiano 50% of the time.
“Koda” is a black tobiano APHA, he has a 50% chance of throwing black or red, and tobiano to any of his offspring.
The mare being crossed with any of the above stallions, will bring the other 50% colour prediction to the table - if she is homozygous (100%) for any colour genetic, that will trump the stallions genetics &/or also give the possibility for a homozygous foal.
This is a VERY diluted layman’s explanation of some of the colour possibilities, but it will give you an idea of what you can expect when crossing with any of our stallions.
Do you offer shipping or delivery?
We offer delivery on occasion throughout Canada, please email us for a quote.
Do you offer shipped semen or AI?
Currently we do not offer AI or shipped semen, but this is something we are currently looking into. We offer live cover, hand breeding only at this time.
Aside from foals, do you offer other animals for sale?
Yes, we occasionally have weanlings, yearlings, 2 year olds, broodmares and broke horses on offer. We will also occassionally offer calves, heifers, heifer bulls, cows, and/or bred cows.
“I’m not the average horse person, I wasn’t born into horses, I won my first horse in a horse raffle at a rodeo when I was 12 years old! I grew up in a non-horse family, and the only way I was going to get my first horse, was to win a horse in a raffle! And that’s exactly what happened.”
- Lanna Nilson