Category: Fulton Family Performance Horses

Tara Stimpson from Lodge Grass, Montana, won the Montana Circuit Finals in barrel racing for the second year in a row. “There are lots of good horses in this circuit and a lot of girls that could go on and make the NFR,” said the 24-year-old who is fortunate to be running one of those good horses – Painted Fling sired by a Streak of Fling from Fulton Family Performance Horses.
“He came from Sara Cheeney, who trains futurity horses,” explained Tara. “I bought my other good barrel horse, Peanut, from Sara, and I’d watched Painted Fling at some futurities and bought him two years ago. I’ve never gotten along with psycho horses and he’s real quiet. Nothing really bothers him too much – he’s real push style and he’s been pretty easy to ride.”
Tara started competing in 8th grade. “I’d always rode horses on the ranch, and since I didn’t grow up in a rodeo family, we didn’t do it. Both of my older sisters wanted to but we couldn’t take the time or money to go.” The family ranch, Stimpson and Brothers, located in Lodge Grass, is located 45 minutes north of Sheridan and an hour and a half from Billings. “I had some friends in middle school that rodeoed and I jumped in with them with an old ranch horse and that’s how it started.” She joined the Wyoming High School Rodeo Association her sophomore year in high school. “I was a way better roper through high school than a barrel racer. I almost made the National High School Finals my senior year in the team roping.”
Her mare, Peanut, is the horse that lit a fire under Tara for barrel racing. She bought Peanut her junior year at MSU Northern, and she got Tara going to where she wanted to do more with barrel racing than roping. Now, she ropes at the brandings and occasionally at a breakaway roping. “I sold all of my good rope horses to buy Peanut.”
This will be her second trip to Florida, which according to Google Maps, is a 34 hour drive. “The hospitality there is great – what they do for everybody is fun.” She will break up her trip this year by stopping first at the American Semi Finals where she is qualified to make a run at the AMERICAN.
Although she spends as much time as she can going to rodeos, she has an obligation to the ranch. “I come back and help my dad with his cows and my cows as much as I can.” One of her goals is to make a run for the NFR, and she plans to go to a few winter rodeos in Texas to see how it goes. “If it goes well, I’ll keep going. I’d like to get out of my comfort zone and go to some of the bigger rodeos.”
Her family is behind her 100% of the way. “My mom, Tana, and my sisters, Stephanie and Ashley, were in Florida with me last year.” Her dad, Dale, stays home to run the ranch. “It’s hard to leave – it’s my home, but I want to try for the NFR someday.”

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The Fulton Family Performance Horse & Production Sale on Friday, August 9, 2019 will feature extremely elite performance prospects that represent the best bloodlines in the industry. The sale will be held in Rapid City, SD at the Central States Fairgrounds this year and includes riding two-year olds, plus yearlings, weanlings, broodmares and performance horses sired by A Streak of Fling, A Dash Ta Streak, and CS Flashlight.
“This offering is a great representation of our program. Our best maternal bloodlines are at the forefront with full and maternal siblings selling and we are excited to showcase new mare lines offered from our consignors and the younger prospects. There is truly something for everyone in this sale,” says Lisa Fulton.
Give Me A Fling (2017 Bay Roan Stallion) A Streak of Fling x Give Me A Wink (Doc O Dynamite)
Giveawinktostreaker (2017 Bay Mare) A Streak of Fling x Give Me A Wink (Doc O Dynamite)
Full siblings. Their dam, Give Me A Wink (Doc O Dynamite), was a 2002 NFR qualifier and 2007 California Circuit Champion with over +$400,000 in barrel racing earnings. Give Me A Fling will be the last stallion out of Give Me A Wink to be offered on the sale and is also the only bay roan stallion of this cross.
Flingin Corona (2017 Sorrel Gelding) A Streak of Fling x Queen Fa Tima (Dash Ta Fame)
A Dash Ta Corona (2017 Sorrel Gelding) A Dash Ta Streak x Queen Fa Tima (Dash Ta Fame)
Maternal siblings. Their dam, Queen Fa Tima si 92 (Dash Ta Fame si 113), has over $115,000+ in progeny earnings and consistently has high sellers on this sale. Progeny from the A Steak of Fling x Dash Ta Fame cross have earned almost $1 million in progeny earnings and are considered a “Magic Cross” according to Equi-Stat.
Wild Shawne Fling (2017 Brown Mare) A Streak of Fling x Wild Shawne Lace (Shawne Bug)
A Wild Shawne Dash (2017 Bay Roan Mare) A Dash Ta Streak x Wild Shawne Lace (Shawne Bug)
Maternal siblings. Wild Shawne Lace is a top producer for Fulton Ranch and is sired by the great Shawne Bug si 101, LTE $277,023 by Lady Bugs Moon si 100, LTE $191, 536.
Flingin French Grey (2017 Bay Roan Mare) A Streak of Fling x French TJ Grey (Frenchmans Guy)
Streak French TJ (2017 Gray Gelding) A Streak of Fling x French TJ Grey (Frenchmans Guy)
Full siblings. These two are flashy and hail from one of the strongest maternal lines in the Fulton herd. Fulton’s have retained several broodmares by the dam, French TJ Grey, in their program. The maternal grand sire is the leading living sire of barrel horses with over $11 million progeny earnings, Frenchmans Guy.
Streakinwinnsboro (2017 Bay Roan Gelding) A Streak of Fling x Winnsboro (Merridoc)
Winn Me A Streaker (2017 Bay Roan Gelding) A Streak of Fling x Winnsboro (Merridoc)
A Dash Ta Winn (2017 Bay Roan Mare) A Dash Ta Streak x Winnsboro (Merridoc)
Full and maternal siblings. Their dam, Winnsboro si 80, is sired by the great Merridoc si 102, LTE $249,736 who has sired earners of over +$13 million. Their pedigree also includes Tinys Gay si 106, LTE +$445,000.
The sale will start at 6:00 PM with a live auction and absentee bidders can bid over the phone or online via TheLivestockLink.com. A performance preview will be held at 2:00 PM. All sale information can be found on FultonRanch.com.

The 19th Annual Fulton Family Performance Horse and Production Sale is quickly approaching this August with an exciting change to the location. The sale will now be held at the Central States Fairgrounds in Rapid City, South Dakota. “Rapid City is a hometown area for me,” explains Lisa, who grew up 75 miles southeast. “This location is a central hub for our customers coming from all over the nation and is a larger facility that will help us accommodate the horses and our customers.” The sale will take place on Friday, August 9th with the preview beginning at 2:00 PM MST and the sale at 6:00 PM MST.
The sale will feature 45 horses with a majority of the offering by Fulton Ranch stallions A Streak of Fling, CS Flashlight, and A Dash Ta Streak. “Our draw has always been our riding two-year olds that are well started and ready to go in any direction you want to take them,” said Lisa. Her and her late husband, Brian Fulton started this program based on their desire to raise the horses that Brian couldn’t find while he was on the rodeo road. They found that in A Streak of Fling in October of 2003. “We knew he could produce the kind of horses that Brian would like to ride.”
The Fulton program has since produced very diversified, athletic horses that have achieved championships in several disciplines – from barrel racing to steer wrestling, team roping, calf roping, reined cow horse, and Quarter Horse racing. “We were looking for confirmation, mind, and speed, and we have proven that these horses have all of that and more,” said Lisa.
“We are evolving and I keep carefully researching the best program I can put together. I learned about horsemanship, confirmation, and how to pick out a good horse from Brian and I continue to get a lot of advice from key people that walk me through my ideas and steer me in the direction I need to go. But you can’t beat life experience to teach you, either. From marketing to time management to knowing what I like and what other people like.”
This year’s sale has bloodlines for every discipline. A Streak of Fling and CS Flashlight sired two-year olds make up over 25 head of the offering, but Fulton’s also have the largest ever showing of A Dash Ta Streak two-year olds with over 8 head and counting. These include several exciting prospects brought in from outside consignors.
Two full siblings out of A Streak of Fling x Give Me A Wink (Doc O Dynamite) are headliners of the sale this year. Give Me A Wink is a standout barrel racing mare who was a 2007 NFR Qualifier, California Circuit Champion, and Cheyenne Shortgo Champion, among other winnings. Give Me A Fling, a 2017 Bay Roan Stud, is an exciting stallion prospect and his full sister, Giveawinktostreaker, a 2017 Bay Filly, offers top genetics for a performance horse or breeding investment.
Fulton Ranch broodmare Queen Fa Tima (Dash Ta Fame) has always produced top sellers and has two sons on the sale this year. Flingin Corona, a 2017 Sorrel Gelding, is sired by A Streak of Fling and is a full brother to proven performers, Streakin Queenie (LTE +$65,000 – owned by Shoppa Ranch) and Streakin Ta Corona (LTE $40,000 – owned by Corny & Maria Wiebe). A Dash Ta Corona, a 2017 Sorrel Gelding, is the first son of A Dash Ta Streak x Queen Fa Tima to sell.
Another top bloodline is a 2017 Bay Roan Filly, A Easy Streak (A Streak of Fling x Easy April Whiskey by Paddys Irish Whiskey). Easy April Whiskey was a top calf roping performer for Jake Fulton and has since been a huge part of Fulton’s broodmare program. Easy April Whiskey’s dam, Easy April Lena (Doc O Dynamite), has produced Streakin Easy April (LTE $250,000+ and NFR Qualifier) and Lenas Last Streaker (LTE $25,000+) who carried Sydney Adamson to the 2018 Nebraska High School Rodeo Reserve Barrel Racing year-end championship.
The sale listing and up-to-date information can be found on FultonRanch.com as the sale approaches.

Garrett Tonozzi just won his second WCRA event, adding $50,000 to his check book, aboard Fulton Ranch raised mare, Streakin Disco. Heading for Joe Mattern, the team also won $62,500 a man at the $1 million Windy City Roundup in Chicago on January 11. On Sunday, June 2, the duo roped for the win at the Title Town Stampede at Resch Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin. “I’ve been around rodeo my whole life and I haven’t seen this opportunity ever,” said Garrett about the WCRA. “The crowd was amazing – you can tell Green Bay is a rodeo town.”
Garrett, who has been rodeoing professionally for 15 years, is mounted on an A Streak of Fling-sired mare named Streakin Disco, who was born and raised at Fulton Ranch in Todd County, SD. The beautiful, stout bay roan was sold in the Fulton’s 2012 sale to Monica McClung who started her on the barrels and at the futurities. She was then sold to Justin and Jordon Briggs, who started her in the heading and eventually sold her to Garrett. “He had taken her to a few jackpots and had won some money at the World Series Finals on her,” explained Garrett. “Brittany was talking to Justin’s wife and mentioned I was looking for a horse.”
“We call her Disco and she is one of the fastest horses I’ve been on. She lets me win everywhere I go from Cheyenne to Green Bay. Every time I nod my head I know she’s giving me 110%,” he said. “When you have a horse like this, it makes rodeo a lot more fun.” Disco is Garrett’s number one horse, but he also has two others that he hauls with him. “She’s the most trainable horse I’ve ever owned. If she makes a mistake and you correct her that day, she’s over it.” Disco fits into the Tonozzi breeding program as well. “We didn’t have a Streaker in the lineup, so we pulled two embryos from her, one is in the recip mare now and the other foal is a yearling.”

Brittany, Garrett’s wife, has been building the breeding program for years, and the couple now has more than 50 horses in their care; training, breeding, and continuing to improve their line. “It’s hard with this many horses. We don’t have a lot of help, so it’s just me and Brittany with Tinlee (their two year old daughter). There will be days Brittany and I will ride 8 to 10 horses each, switching when we ride so we can watch Tinlee.” They just bought a place in Lampasas, Texas, one hour north of Austin, Texas, and home to the world’s largest spur! They spend their winters there and head to Monument, Colorado, for the summer. “We are heading back to Colorado soon, taking 18 head with us.”
They will begin the summer rodeo run from there, starting with Reno, the BFI and going on. They recently purchased a toterhome to make family travel easier. “Tinlee was moving too much and it’s easier on her to do this. She can hang out in the back.” Garrett wouldn’t have it any other way. Growing up in Fruita, Colorado, Garrett started roping at his granddad’s (Tony Tonozzi) jackpots when he was 8. He competed in CJRA, CSHSRA, went to college for a couple days and decided he wanted to rodeo, and he’s been doing it ever since. He married two time World Champion Barrel Racer Brittany Pozzi in 2015 and the couple have been traveling together ever since.
At 34 years old, Garrett and Brittany have no plans to slow down. “We both agree that when it’s time to haul Tinlee, we will focus on that, but for now, this is how we make our living, rodeo and horses.”

article by Maesa Kummer

Painted Fling aka ‘Reese’ is a 7-yr-old sorrel gelding sired by A Streak of Fling and he and his owner/rider Tara Stimpson are the new Montana Circuit Finals Barrel Racing Average Champions and have earned a trip to the RAM National Circuit Finals in Kissimmee, FL in March.
“I bought him a year ago from Sara Cheeney and we started out together really good winning several jackpots and placing in the CSR Derby. I rodeoed on him over the summer and we didn’t have the best luck because he was going through some changes and I hadn’t really had a chance to get him completely figured out.
My main horse ended up getting hurt the week before circuit finals and so it was up to ‘Reese’ to fill in and I wasn’t sure how that would go because I knew it was a challenging arena set up. I knew if I rode him well, that we had a good chance, but I was a little surprised at how well we did!” says Tara.
Tara and Reese placed in every round, won the average and took home a saddle and $7,459.62 for their efforts.
“He stayed really consistent over 3 runs! He was so honest, and we never had a perfect run but he tried his heart out and clocked so well. He doesn’t act like a barrel horse and he handles himself really well. He knows where his feet are and takes care of himself in different types of ground conditions. He’s smart and takes care of himself and me! At the circuit finals, it might have seemed like he was getting by his second barrel but he knew he needed the room so that he wouldn’t come back over the top of it. Some people think he’s a heel horse because of his build! He’s a tank!” says Tara
Tara lives on a ranch in Lodge Grass, MT but has plans to travel south and hit some winter rodeos.

When Katie Pascoe picks out a horse, she loves to go with A Streak of Fling.
The Morro Bay, California cowgirl has raised and ridden five different babies all by Streak of Fling.
Her latest protégé is a five-year-old bay roan gelding, JR Streakin Espuela, sired by A Streak of Fling by Espuela Pleasure (Blue Light Ike.) “Beretta,” as he’s known in the barn, is owned by Katie’s mother, Sherrie Jones and was intended as a rope horse for Katie’s dad, John W. Jones, Junior, a three-time world champion steer wrestler.
But when Beretta showed a liking for the barrel racing, that’s the discipline that was chosen for him.
He was started as a two year old and ridden on the family ranch, roped on, and Katie did a bit of barrel racing training in the practice pen with him, while sending him out to others to train and finish.
In 2018, his first year of competition, Beretta carried Katie to the West Coast Barrel Racing Association’s Finals in King City, Calif. over Labor Day weekend, where the two of them earned $3,470 by winning fourth in the 1D first round, seventh in the 1D average, and twelfth in the finals.
Beretta is young but has quite a personality. “He is just a clown,” Katie said. “He wants to be your buddy all the time, and he’s in your pocket.” Beretta has some antics that keep the family laughing. “He likes to find zippers if you’re wearing a jacket, and get a hold of them. He does some funny things out in the pasture. He’ll spin perfect circles, both ways, when he’s playing, and he’ll go from that into loping perfect circles in both directions. He does that when he’s playing and he’s happy.”
He knows how to behave, as well. “He has good manners and is easy to be around,” Katie said.
In the arena, Beretta is a focused competitor. “He seems to be really gritty and has a lot of try. External things don’t bother him.” Because of that, Katie thinks he’ll do well if she and her mom decide to transition him to rodeo. “We’ll play with him as he matures, and see if he can handle that kind of situation.”
Katie is married to former NFL football player Bear Pascoe, who is in his rookie year of competition in the PRCA as a steer wrestler.
She and her parents have a long history with Lisa Fulton and Fulton Family Performance Horses, owners of the stallion A Streak of Fling. John, Jr. qualified for the National Finals Rodeo ten times in the steer wrestling and twice in the tie-down roping, winning the world title three times (1984, 1988-89), so he and Lisa’s husband Brian, who passed away in 2015, crossed paths as Brian also competed in the tie-down roping and steer wrestling.
Katie spent two summers with the Fultons on their ranch in South Dakota, just across the state line from Valentine, Neb., helping get colts ready for the annual sale. While there, she became close to Brian and Lisa and their three sons. “It was a pretty neat experience,” she said, “to get to see what all goes into a sale. It is an amazingly run production.”
Katie loves the traits that A Streak of Fling babies have. “All of our A Streak of Flings have been very personable, fun to be around, with cute personalities. They have a ton of try and athleticism, and they’re quick. They’re really smart and willing, and they have a style that I really seem to get along with. It’s been fun having multiple A Streak of Flings.”
She likes the understanding that grows between her and the A Streak of Fling offspring. “The ones we’ve raised have been fun to bond with. From my point of view, I feel like when you have a strong bond with a horse, they try harder for you. And it makes your success more satisfying when you have that personal bond.
“They are really personable and do funny things that make them individuals. Those things really make me fall in love with a horse even more.”
Sherrie plans on entering Beretta at more derbies and jackpots in 2019.

article by Maesa Kummer

The 2018 Fulton Family Performance Horse & Production Sale is Friday, August 17, 2018 at the Cherry County Fairgrounds in Valentine, Nebraska! Fulton Ranch has made their mark on the performance horse industry with this annual sale and their ranch stallions, A Streak Of Fling, CS Flashlight, and A Dash Ta Streak. The sale will feature 20 riding two-year olds, 8 weanlings, and 5 broodmares from the Fulton program, as well as several others from their guest consignors.
This year’s offering will feature some extremely special prospects that represent the best bloodlines in the industry, including these two-year-olds.

Maternal Siblings:
A Whiskey Fling (A Streak of Fling x Easy April Whiskey, Paddys Irish Whiskey)
’16 Red Roan Mare
Flashs April Whiskey (CS Flashlight x Easy April Whiskey, Paddys Irish Whiskey) ’16 Gray Mare
This mare line is one of Fulton Ranch’s most treasured. Easy April Whiskey was a top calf roping performer for Jake Fulton and has since been a huge part of Fulton’s broodmare program. Easy April Whiskey’s dam, Easy April Lena (Doc O Dynamite), has produced Streakin Easy April (LTE $250,000+ and NFR Qualifier) and Lenas Last Streaker (LTE $20,000+). There are several broodmares in the Fulton program out of Easy April Lena, as well as a 2002 Palomino Stallion, Frenchmans Easy Doc, who is owned by 88 Ranch Performance Horses.
“She truly loves her job and you can see it with her grit and heart.” Kellie Collier, rider of Streakin Easy April (owned by Kathleen Collier), commented in Barrel Racing Report in October of 2017.
“She runs fast, turns her barrels very square and is very easy to ride. She is kind, humble and always willing to give 110%.” says Sam Flannery, trainer of Lenas Last Streaker (owned by Deloris & Sydney Adamson).

Flingin Flash (CS Flashlight x KR Flingin Bugs, A Streak of Fling) ’16 Brown Gelding
This gelding is an outstanding cross of Fulton Ranch’s most proven lines. CS Flashlight (SI 106) is a proven performance horse sire and his get excel in the rodeo arena and on the track. His dam, KR Flingin Bugs, is a full sister to KR Last Fling (LTE $125,000+) and was raised by the Krebs Ranch in Gordon, NE. They not only raise superior Angus cattle but also superior Quarter Horses. Chris & Cathy Hughes of Sulphur, OK bought this mare on the 2008 Fulton sale as a yearling and gave this embryo to Brian Fulton before he passed in 2015.
“KR Last Fling is the kind of horse that changes your life. I will compare every other horse to her for the rest of my life. With her discipline, focus, and ability, she could have easily been a stand out in any event!” comments Ashley Schafer, trainer and jockey (owned by Joe and Carla Spitz).

Up-to-date sale information can be found at FultonRanch.com.

article by Maesa Kummer

[ The offering at the 2018 Fulton Family Performance Horse & Production Sale will feature some extremely special prospects that represent the best bloodlines in the industry ]

Preparations for the 2018 Fulton Family Performance Horse & Production Sale are underway for Friday, August 17, 2018 at the Cherry County Fairgrounds in Valentine, Nebraska! This year’s offering will feature some extremely special prospects that represent the best bloodlines in the industry, including these two-year old features that are sired by the +$3.5 million dollar sire, A Streak of Fling crossed on mares out of the #1 maternal sire, Dash Ta Fame. Progeny from the A Steak of Fling x Dash Ta Fame cross have earned almost $1 million in progeny earnings and are considered a “Magic Cross” according to Equi-Stat.
Fling A Penny (A Streak of Fling x Short Penny, Dash Ta Fame) — A 2016 sorrel mare that is a full sibling to the infamous, Fame Fling N Bling aka ‘Bling,’ ridden by Sarah Rose McDonald to over +$765,000 in life-time earnings!
Said McDonald in an article in WPRN (Jan. ’17), “It was so thrilling to be on her back! She got down low, kept a low head set, and left the barrel hard. When she went in the arena, she wanted to win and she hustled hard.”
Out of the dam, Short Penny (DTF), Fame Fling N Bling was sold on the Fulton sale by Western 37 Barrel Horses as a yearling and the rest is history! Fling A Penny will be the last full sibling to ‘Bling’ offered at the Fulton sale.

Streakin Kingfatima (A Streak of Fling x Queen Fa Tima, Dash Ta Fame) — This 2016 bay roan stallion is a full brother to proven performers, Streakin Queenie (LTE +$65,000 – owned by Shoppa Ranch) and Streakin Ta Corona (LTE $40,000 – owned by Corny & Maria Wiebe). This has been a top selling bloodline at the Fulton sale, and a full brother, Streakin Fame Boy, garnered $46,000 at the 2016 Triangle Horse Sale.
Ryann Pedone, trainer and rider of Streakin Queenie, says, “I love how she is her own little being at all times. She maybe weighs maybe 1000 lbs soaking wet and gives me 110% every time we head down the alley. She is one of my favorite equine athletes that I have rode to date!”
Corny and Maria Wiebe own Streakin Ta Corona and Queen Flingtima (a full sibling sold on the 2017 Fulton sale). “We like the way they are built and how athletic they are. Streakin Ta Corona is really great minded and really hugs the barrel in her turns. This cross is perfect for an amazing barrel horse.”
Streakin Silk Panties (A Streak of Fling x Famous Silk Panties, Dash Ta Fame) — A 2016 bay roan mare that is out of Famous Silk Panties, the winningest futurity mare of all time (LTE +$237,000). Famous Silk Panties is the dam of several stallions at stud, including The Kandyman (owned by Lee & Hallie Hanssen) and This Fame Is On Fire (owned by Heath Boucher).
Lisa Fulton commented, “We are extremely excited for this mare and this cross. In the right hands, she will make an excellent barrel prospect and broodmare down the road.”
These proven performance crosses and more will be an asset to anyone’s program. Visit fultonranch.com for the most up-to-date information on the upcoming sale!

article by Maesa Kummer

Each day, Wendy Suhn, works to keep her roles as wife, mother, and barrel racer in balance. When she does get time to herself, you’ll find Wendy Suhn working with her horses and preparing for the next race. Sometimes just getting to the races is a victory. She is married to Todd Suhn and they have 2 children, Slate (10) and Zoey (7). They split their time between their residences in Weatherford, TX and Hermosa, SD. She raises, trains, and runs her own horses for barrel racing competition at the futurities, jackpots and rodeos.

Currently she is running two horses by A Streak of Fling and has an estimated $50k in earnings between them. “She B Astreakin aka ‘Sheba’ (A Streak of Fling x Wild Fast Bar Girl ) is out of a mare that I used to run barrels on. When we decided to breed her, I was still running her so we wanted to do an embryo transfer. We tried to flush an embryo but when it was implanted in the ‘recip’, we were told that it didn’t take. I continued to run my mare until around March and I took her to the vet because I wanted to rebreed her to A Streak of Fling in the spring and I jokingly remarked about the fact that she looked bred already. It turns out, she was bred and had her baby (She B Astreakin) in May! ‘Sheba’ was my ‘mistake’ baby and it turns out she was the only foal we got out of that mare, so she will probably never leave the place. She has a lot of grit and try like all the ‘Streakers’ have. ‘Sheba’ has her own opinions and strong personality and when you ride her outside, it’s one hand on the horn with her because every now and then she’ll jump in the air and spin around. She is all of 14.2 and I joke that she is as wide as she is tall but she’s a catty little thing and loves to run on harder ground. Right now, at twelve years old, she is running as good as ever!”
“We bought HLH Streakin A Fling aka ‘Redbeer’ (A Streak of Fling x Tinys Gay Jet) as a yearling and he is 9 years old now. He has had to overcome some injuries including most recently, a medial collateral tear on a front leg but since he is so tough, his injury wasn’t easy to determine initially. He runs best in deeper ground and is a bigger, powerful type horse. He has a stiffer style of turning and doesn’t like his face pulled on. We also own his full brother who I am excited to start running.”
“I think the ‘Streakers’ have heart, grit and try and they have the ability to do anything. I’m thinking about getting my WPRA card again this year and hauling both of my horses.”

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Brian and Lisa Fulton bought A Streak of Fling (Streaker) in October of 2003. “Brian retired off the (rodeo) road in 2001 when he blew his knee out,” recalls Lisa. “He couldn’t find the type of horse he wanted to rodeo on while he was rodeoing, so his idea was to find a stud that he thought would produce rodeo type horses and raise our own.” Lisa laughs as she admits she figured she would be 100 before he found the stud because Brian was so picky. “We found him in October and we were shipping cattle – so Brian didn’t have a lot of time to go look.” Jerry Sipes had advertised Streaker in the back of the Speed Horse magazine in two lines and no picture. There were a lot of people that called on him but did not buy him.
Jerry Sipes bought Streaker off the race track from Jack Marley. “I had him for six months and I bought him for three reasons – He’s the only sire I’ve seen that is colored like that – it’s like looking for a movie star – there’s something unique about them – in Streaker’s case, he was from an exceptional race horse named Streakin Six – he was a great big stout 16 H, 1,300 lb. race horse. His mother, a mare named Moon Fling, had a speed index of 102 AAAT. He’s the prettiest bay roan you’ll ever see.” When Streaker was a long yearling, Jerry had an offer to buy him, and he turned it down. Streaker qualified for the Blue Ribbon Futurity, but cracked a tendon bone and was scratched from the Finals. The horse showed great ability, but still made money. Jerry has no regrets selling Streaker to Brian and Lisa. “The horse went where he needed to be and I doubt anyone in the country would have promoted that horse as good as Lisa and Brian did. I’m thrilled they spent the money to promote him and invest in him the way they did. It takes lots of guts.”
Brian was dragging his feet to head to Oklahoma City to look at a stud right in the middle of fall cattle work. “I bought Brian a one-way ticket to Oklahoma City and had phoned Billy Etbauer and to see if he could pick Brian up and then also called John Rothwell whom was in Texas and headed back to Nebraska and asked him if he could call Brian and if Brian bought the stud could John come through Norman, OK to pick them up.” Brian and Billy looked at the horse, and Brian dickered with Jerry. They then left for coffee and took some time to think it through. “Brian bought him with the condition that he could take him home and ride him before Jerry cashed the check.”
Brian and Billy were longtime good friends, and for Billy, it was a simple act of kindness. “I was picking a friend up and looking at a horse – it was fun to see Brian and it helped him out. I could never have imagined – but I’m glad it worked out that way – that would be a guy’s dream. Thankfully it all worked out – it was a tough decision for him and a lot of kicking the dirt, but it all worked out.”

John Rothwell was hauling calves from that area. “I was in the truck south of Oklahoma City when Brian called me – he always knew how to get things done. He said he was trying to buy this horse and I met him in Oklahoma City. We sat there for a couple hours while Brian got the sale done. We threw the horse in the back of the trailer and we drove all the way back to Brian and Lisa’s ranch.” Streaker was loaded in the dark into a canvas topped stock trailer that had the last gate plyboarded off at the end of the trailer; he was sharing the ride home with calves. “He was in the back – he got the cold spot,” said John, who was hauling calves back to Nebraska. They drove straight through and got home and unloaded Streaker. That was the story – Streaker came home in a cattle trailer.
Brian rode him the next day and called Jerry and told him to cash the check. Brian had Streaker roping in the indoor barn less than 8 weeks after the 700-mile trip from Oklahoma to South Dakota. “To come off the track and transition so easily into roping – he can run and he has a brain,” said Lisa. “Sometimes when they come off the track they are frazzled. Streaker was easy for Brian to train.” The first year Streaker stood in Ainsworth, Nebraska and bred 100 mares at $1,000 a pop. Thirteen years later the fee has gone up to $5,500.
The first weanlings were sold in Kearney, Nebraska, in 2005. The first riding 2-year-old was the 2007 crop which included 23 Streakers between weanings and 2-year-olds. There were a total of 66 horses on the sale that year. “We were still standing our Frenchmans Bullet stud and sold 7 head out of him,” said Lisa. There was no sale in 2006, which was a good thing. “The weekend that we should have had a sale was the weekend that Brian had his first brain tumor, 9/11/2006. Fortunately we didn’t have a sale.” The sale continued for two more years in Kearney and then moved to Valentine, NE in 2009.
2010 was the last year Streaker stood in the north country, Ainsworth Vet Clinic with Dr Chris Finney 2004-2010, seven years. “We moved Streaker for Business reasons to Oklahoma where we thought more people could view him. We knew we had to get him in the horse mecca world,” said Lisa. “The James Ranch stood A Streak Of Fling for five years and then the boys & I moved Streaker the year after Brian passed to High Point Performance Horses in Pilot Point, TX in July of 2016.” 2013 A Streak Of Fling booked full for the first time. “We closely monitor the number of mares Streaker breeds each year. He is a very fertile stud and has been a plentiful producer. We will continue to breed him until he tells us it is time to retire.”
“One day A Streak of Fling will come home to retire with us here at the ranch when he stops producing.”
For now, he continues to prove his genetics with offspring taking contestants to the past six Wrangler National Finals Rodeos. “Breeding with brains, along with speed is obviously Streaker’s game.” concludes Lisa about Streaker. “I want to thank all the people that believed in us and had faith in us and Streaker when we first started standing him and all the breeders, buyers and trainers that continue to believe in Streaker. “The dream of a cowboy of finding the right type of stud to help bring more rodeo type horses into our part of the world are the reasons for Streaker’s prominence in the Horse World.”

Kellie Collier is heading to her first WNFR. The 21 year old dreamed about this for a long time. “I have the horse power and the dedication – I sat down and decided this was what I was going to do.” She is quick to add that none of this would be possible without the support from her parents, Kathleen and Matt. “My mom rodeoed and she taught me about what it took to rodeo. My dad stays home and runs the family business, Top of Texas Mill Wrights, which makes it possible for me to go.” Kellie has one older sister, Kayla, 25, who competed when she was younger, but ended up playing sports and has a Masters in accounting. “She does all of our taxes, so it works out great.”
Kellie tried to make the WNFR last year and ended up 23rd. “My horses got tired,” she said. “I learned how to lose. I was very successful rodeoing growing up, making all the national finals –going out there on the road wasn’t as easy as I thought it was going to be – it was humbling. My mom was with me most of the year. She would come home for a week at at a time, so did my cousin, Kashli. I had two rigs going sometimes, so it took two drivers to get it done. I lived in airports towards the end of the year.” She had a trailer in Canada that stayed up there and one down here. “It was tiring and crazy, but it paid off.”
After graduating from high school in 2014, Kellie went to college at Hobbs College in New Mexico and transferred to Texas Tech her second year. “Then Lolo happened.” Lolo is a 9 year old mare Streak of Fling mare that took Carlee Pierce to the WNFR in 2014. “When I was in college, I had a good horse, Oscar. I knew my goals of going down the road, and we were looking for a horse. We had the tapes from the NFR and my mom kept watching Lolo and loved her demeanor so she gave Carlee a call and bought her three years ago. Lolo has a heart and tries like none other. She’s a very quirky horse and doesn’t trust many people. She is a very mentally strong horse, very independent. She loves me and tries for me – it’s cool to have that feeling. She is not just a horse to me.” The other horse that has made it possible is Muffin, is a 13-year- old mare out of Jig French Truckle. “I rode Lolo most of the year, but Muffin has won a lot for me this summer too.”
Kellie grew up in the rodeo world. “My mom rodeoed so when I was old enough to walk, I was on a horse going to play days, junior rodeoes, and went from there. I was more of a roper when I was younger. I had some great roping horses and I team roped. Then I got one horse, Oscar, and found my love for barrels. He helped me win in the barrels and poles.”
Kellie had a farewell party in her hometown of Hereford, Texas. “It was great to realize what support we have at home – people drove up to seven hours to come celebrate. We ate and danced and called it a night. I signed a couple autographs.” Many of those people will make the trip to Las Vegas to cheer her on. “I’ve lived in Hereford my whole life – cows and feedyards is all there is here; Hereford is called the beef capital of the world.”
Kellie is preparing for the WNFR by continuing to rodeo. “I’m headed to the Wilderness Circuit Finals, and then the next weekend is the Canadian Finals. Once I get back, I’ll work on my mental game, and make my schedule. I think if my horses don’t know how to run barrels by now, we’re in trouble. So I just keep their legs in shape and ready to run. I long trot a lot in the hay field around our house. I like to breeze them out there, stretch them out and let them run.”
Kellie wants to keep going. She’d like to make the finals a few more years. “I’ve always wanted to do some clinics and breed Lolo and train some more barrel horses. I’ve got to get through this first.” It hasn’t completely sunk in yet that she will be running in the Thomas and Mack. “I’m more nervous about what I don’t know – I like to be in control and to not know where to go, what to say, and what to wear is what I’m nervous about. I keep telling myself this is just another rodeo, but I know that’s not the truth.”