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DRY CREEK MACHA
Approved RIDSH Stallion
Quality Irish Draught Sport Horses
"Irish Talent - Montana Tough"
Greg & Christy Lovegrove
PO Box 80425
Billings, MT 59108
406-252-9137
406-652-9696
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DRY CREEK MACHA RIDSH
1996 Irish Draught Sport Horse Stallion
Inspected and Approved
16.3 hands,
9.5 inches of bone
by Grey Macha RID
Two time National Irish Draught Champion Stallion
out of Slickett TB by
stakes winner Port Authority TB.
"Lovely horse! Fabulous attitude...Brilliant!" says USDF (R) Judge, Dorothy Maxfield of Dry Creek Macha, RIDSH stallion. "Cody" is ridden and trained by an amateur, but he acts like a pro! In the ribbons for dressage and hunter jumper shows. |
 David Ramsay - Photographer |
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FOUNDATION BLOODLINES:
Sired by the great Grey Macha RID,considered one of Ireland's best, Cody's breeding includes foundation Irish Draught bloodlines and Thoroughbred lines of Hyperion, Alibhai, Mahmoud. High inspection scores, 100% on temperament. Big jump, lots of scope. Producing correct foals with lots of presence.
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Bred in Billings, Montana via frozen semen.
Without exception, owners of Cody's get have been pleased with their foal's conformation and "train-ability". Sample feedback from breeders/owners of Cody babies: |
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If you have a mare that is worth breeding, you'll be in a good place with
Dry Creek Macha
Stud Fee: $1000.00
FOR LIVE COVER
$1250.00 FOR SHIPPED SEMEN: includes one semen collection
(shipping costs not included).
More pictures of Dry Creek Macha and his pedigree
GREY MACHA RID
Pride of Shaunlara
(b. 1969)
Pride of Toames
(b. 1975)
Grey Macha
(b. 1981)
Dry Creek Macha
(b. 1996)
The Irish, as do Americans, give significance to horses whose lines go direct to foundation sires. Pride of Shaunlara (636) could be considered a foundation line bred RID. "This stallion has had wide international influence on the modern Irish Draught. Himself a tremendous prize winner, his get are also performers. Jumping ability in the Irish Draught is universal. The ability to breed international success is rarer, but has been achieved often enough to account for the revival of the fortunes of the Irish Draught. (The Irish Draught Horse, Fell, 1991)
Through phone calls to Ireland, we know that Pride of Toames is a popular sire and his get are frequently seen in the winner's circle. Likewise for his son, Grey Macha, who was retired to stud after twice winning the Irish Draught Stallion Championship at the Royal Dublin Society horse show. Grey Macha is considered one of the top ten stallions in Ireland and was one of eight stallions selected to give the American public the best possible exposure to Draught breeding. The breeding program, which began in 1994, was conceived by Jim McGinty of Texas and Kevin Culhane of Castleroy, County Limerick, Ireland. The program required the consent of both the governments of Ireland and the U.S. for the importation of frozen semen to the U.S.
On the dam's side: Cody's dam is a TB mare out of Port Authority, winner of over $166,000 from 1974 to 1978 before retiring to stud. She is an athletic mare with excellent conformation; short cannons, short backed, very strong in the hindquarters, wide based with a deep girth and good legs. She is very well balanced. She is sensible, uncomplicated and easy to work with and has consistently produced correct, high quality foals.