The Tongue River Ranch reference sires include the following:
PEPCID
(Peptoboonsmal x Brazos Lynx)
NCHA money-earning son of the No. 8 all-time leading cutting sire PEPTOBOONSMAL. Pepcid arrived at Tongue River Ranch in 2004 and his first full crop arrived in 2005. His colts are intelligent, gentle, good travelers and easily trained. He is the sire of cutting, reining and ranch horse money-earners including Tongue River Ranch Bred TRR MR GUNFIGHTER (RHAA WRCA Amarillo Ranch Hand Winner), and TRR MS STRAIGHT BOON (SHOT year-end ALL Around Novice Leader). Pepcid’s dam BRAZOS LYNX was an NCHA Non-Pro breeders finalist and has also produced a AQHYA Reserve World Champion.
CR TUFF BE GREYT
(Woody Be Tuff x Can You Handle A Lil)
“Tuff” is a 2011 Gray Stallion by Woody Be Tuff and out of Can You Handle a Lil (Smart Lil Lena). He was reserve champion at the Run For A Million Cowboy Invitational in 2023 and his LTE is $8,313. In 2020 he was named Top Horse at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. Tuff is the definition of versatility and can handle ranch work, ranch rodeos, and shows. His breeding fee is $2,000.
Other accomplishments include: NRCHA Futurity Cowboy Class Inv. Steer Work Open Reserve Champion; split 4th NRCHA Futurity Cowboy Class Inv. Overall Open; 4th RHAA Clarendon Texas Junior Open class. His first foals arrived in 2019. A son of WOODY BE TUFF, $351,063: Cotton Stakes Classic Open Champion; Augusta Open Classic Champion. AQHA #1 All-Time Leading Sire of Ranch Horse Point-Earners; 2020 RGP #1 Leading Sire of Ranch Riding Money-Earners; RGP #2 All-Time Leading Sire of Ranch Horse Money-Earners. Sire of 259 money-earners, $5,468,210, and earners of 1,302 AQHA points, including CR TUFF LUCY ($382,088: 4th NCHA Open Futurity; NCHA Bronze Award), CR TUFF HEARTED CAT ($276,864: NCHA Open Futurity Co-Champion), CR FIRST TUFF ($191,305: 3rd NCHA Open Super Stakes).