The Wood family ranches on
land owned by their
ancestors since 1820.
Wood Ranch has been home to
fine ranch-bred American
Quarter Horses since 1956.
With few exceptions,
broodmares owned by the
Woods were bred on the ranch
or were bred by an AQHA Best
Remuda Award recipient.
The Wood family came to the
Pumpkintown community in
White County, Arkansas, up
Little Red River in 1820
from Tennessee. This
land has been owned, ranched
and farmed by the Wood
family continuously since
that time.
The Wood family has always
been involved with livestock
and land, including the
breeding and raising of
cattle and horses. The
ranch consists of 8,000
acres of pasture and farm
land.
Wood Ranch runs horned
Hereford cows from the
Waggoner Ranch and they
breed to Angus bulls.
They also maintain a herd of
Longhorn cows and breed 100
AQHA ranch horse mares each
year, many originating from
the W.T. Waggoner Estate.
Other broodmares owned by
the Woods were bred on the
ranch or were bred by the
6666's and R.A. Brown Ranch.
Wood Ranch mares are bred to
outstanding ranch-owned
stallions, including Shining
King Cody and BP Smart
Little Pep. Shining
King Cody, by Shining Spark,
is an NCHA money-earner.
Horses from Wood Ranch have
competed and won at the AQHA
World Show, the All American
Quarter Horse Congress, the
AQHA Youth World
Championships and all major
state fairs. Wood bred
horses have also attained
the distinction of AQHA
Honor Roll horses. New
upcoming Sires Cat Proof by
Highbrown Cat and out of
Play Peek a boo. Rey
of De Playboy by Dual Rey
Heidi's Playboy.
Thomas Saunders,
V
Boss Wrangler Thomas
Saunders V,
Weatherford, Texas
comes from 6
generations of Texas
cowpunchers.
Ranch raised on a
cow outfit, Thomas
has been starting
colts for more than
30 years. He
has started many a
colt under saddle
for numerous ranches
in Texas, New
Mexico, Oklahoma,
Arkansas and
California and
recently Uruguay and
Argentina.
Today, in addition
he produces the Fort
Worth Ranch Rodeo
and the Houston
Ranch Rodeo.
Over the years,
Thomas has been to
many Ray Hunt
Clinics, praising
his technique and is
very proud to be
part of this event.
