Cogdell Family
Recipient of the 2006 AQHA Best Remuda Award
The
Tule Ranch is a family owned Texas ranch that has
spent the past 50 years breeding good quarter horses
with cow sense.
Billy Cogdell taught his four children, Penny, Billy
Rank, Dick, and Jim to be especially particular on
what they keep to breed, in an effort to raise
horses with a good disposition, good conformation,
and lots of cow.
The origination of the Cogdell remuda began in 1951
when D.M. Cogdell, Sr. purchased 10 yearling fillies
and 1 yearling stallion from the King Ranch. The
stallion, named Solis Cogdell after he was
purchased, was by Wimpy P-1. Later that same year,
another stallion by Pretty Buck, named Peppy Buck,
was purchased. Also in 1951, another yearling filly
who was a daughter of King P-234, named Lesa Maria,
was added to the Cogdell remuda. These mares and
stallions were the beginning of the Cogdell breeding
program.
The next phase of the breeding program was the purchase of such studs as Double Vandy by Double Bid, followed later by Maxi Lena by Doc O'Lena, Lance Jones by Pa Jones, and Peppys Boy 895 by Vibrant Peppy. Billy used these studs to improve his foundation remuda's bloodline. In more recent years, in order to further enhance the breeding program, outside stallion breeding services and the purchase of some outside mares have produced the horses they are now raising.
Horses raised on the Tule Ranch are by no means pampered. The colts are born in the pasture and aren't babied in any way. They are weaned and halter broke; then, at two years old, they are broke to ride. The ones showing the most potential are trained at home or sent to cutting horse trainers to be trained and shown. Using strict selection and the horse sense they have developed over many years has helped the Cogdells breed the good horses they have today.
The AQHA BEST Remuda Award began in 1992 and has since recognized several outstanding ranches for their efforts in raising American Quarter Horses, an important tool of their trade. It is to honor the contributions that ranch horses have made to the heritage of the American Quarter Horse. It is sponsored by American Quarter Horse Association and Bayer Animal
The Award will be presented to Tule Ranch & Cogdell family November the 11th during the WRCA Working Ranch Rodeo finals in at Amarillo TX.
Past Awards have gone to:
1992 HAYTHORN LAND & CATTLE COMPANY - ARTHUR, NEBRASKA
1993 6666 RANCH - GUTHRIE, TEXAS
1994 WAGGONER RANCH - VERNON, TEXAS
1995 STUART RANCH - CADDO, OKLAHOMA
1996 BAR B RANCH - BEAVER, OKLAHOMA
1997 R.A. BROWN RANCH - THROCKMORTON, TEXAS
1998 PITCHFORK LAND & CATTLE COMPANY - GUTHRIE, TEXAS
1999 BOGLE LTD - DEXTER, NEW MEXICO
2000 CS CATTLE COMPANY - CIMMARRON, NEW MEXICO
2001 VAN NORMAN RANCHES, INC. - TUSCARORA, NEVADA
2002 W.H. GREEN CATTLE COMPANY - ALBANY, TEXAS
2003 LACEY LIVESTOCK COMPANY - PASO ROBLES, CALIFORNIA
2004 DOUGLAS LAKE CATTLE COMPANY - DOUGLAS LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA