Optics Ranch LLC

02/19/2026

857 mares on a breeding report. ONE stallion. ONE year.

If YOU, as an AQHA member, had access to the number of mares on a stallion’s breeding report before you bred, would it influence your decision?

Of course it would.

That’s the point.

Information drives behavior.

AQHA is not providing it's members the full data, and then policy is enacted that assumes we are all too incompetent to make informed breeding decisions.

The Jockey Club provides every drop of this information. Why can't we? There are no privacy concerns.

You want genetic diversity? Let the members have the data, then watch them make more informed decisions.

We have a problem. It's not dead stallions.

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Listen to the Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZn26WgJd44

Learn how to get involved: https://news.soloselecthorses.com/twoyear

Send your letter - FOR OR AGAINST the rule change. We will share them all. [email protected]

02/11/2026

02/04/2026

This might be my favorite post since entering the barrel racing world ❤️

01/13/2026

From the female line that produced multiple 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭 winner & 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐃𝐃 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒 ($𝟏,𝟕𝟓𝟕,𝟏𝟐𝟓), the Kelly / Yother Equine offering at the Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale 2026 is built on proven excellence.

Featuring outstanding individuals from the family of 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 ($769,655), 𝘿𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙯 ($356,668), 𝘾𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢 ($577,377), 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙁 𝘼𝙅 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙨 ($302,494).

Click the link to view the flipbook and explore the full pedigree catalog pages for this exceptional offering.

ONLINE BOOKLET: https://bit.ly/3LCN04a

MP Horses Jay Ross

01/12/2026

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝘾𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙀𝘾𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙎𝘾𝙃𝙀𝘿𝙐𝙇𝙀 ♠️

Breeding season is fast approaching!

Our first collection day of the year will be February 1 (Sunday).

𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝟵𝟬𝟯-𝟰𝟯𝟲-𝟲𝟲𝟭𝟱 𝗯𝘆 𝟱 𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗦𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

We are excited to work with all of you this coming breeding season!

*Note — Once in a Blu Boon will be collected on Monday, Wednesday and Friday ONLY.

01/12/2026

A complete dispersal. Proven producers. One rare opportunity.

Flag Ranch announces the Complete Dispersal of the Rope Horse Division, selling January 22–24, 2026 at Triangle Horse Sales during the Triangle Winter Sale at the Oklahoma State Fair Park in Oklahoma City, OK.

These broodmares are the dams behind some of today’s top futurity rope horses.

🔹 Featured Broodmare
Hip 239 – RN SMOOTHNESTLEQUIX (pictured)
2011 Mare (Smooth As A Cat x Miss Quix Trix, Docs Quix Trix)

Dam of:
NESTLE TIME (LTE $41,781) – 2021 Gelding
(One Time Honor x RN Smoothnestlequix, Smooth As A Cat)
• 1st – 2025 Royal Crown Guthrie Judged 4YO Heading Futurity Open
• 4th – 2025 Royal Crown Buckeye Judged 4YO Heading Futurity Open
• 7th – 2025 ARHFA Old West Judged Heading Futurity Open

FIRST PRIZE NESTLE (LTE $3,440) – 2017 Stallion
(First Prize Diver x RN Smoothnestlequix, Smooth As A Cat)
• Placed – 2025 Royal Crown Buckeye No. 15 Heading JP Open

📌 In foal to One Time Honor | Due May 13, 2026

🗓️ January 22–24, 2026
📍 Triangle Winter Sale | Oklahoma City, OK
➡️ Follow for sale updates and broodmare highlights

01/09/2026

Whether you strongly support the rule, strongly oppose it, or are still trying to understand how it affects you, the outcome will be decided by member participation, not online debate. Here’s what every AQHA member should know.

01/08/2026

Here's your opportunity to purchase from the solid and successful program of Kelly Yother Equine, breeders of G1 earners like PARTY POLITICS $1,113,056, BON ACCORD $821,470 and VALUE THE MAN $732,399!

View catalog pages for the impressive individuals offered by Kelly Yother Equine, consigned to the 2026 Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale.

ONLINE BOOKLET: https://bit.ly/3LCN04a

01/06/2026

I know a lot of people have spent the last year arguing on Facebook about the "Two-Year Rule"; the inability to register foals from a mare or stallion two years after their death if born after 2015.

No matter which side you’re on, whether you support it or oppose it, Facebook comments unfortunately DO NOT count as votes.

𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗤𝗛𝗔 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗤𝗛𝗔 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟯-𝟭𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗕𝗬 𝗝𝗔𝗡 𝟭𝟭.

It’s easy to say “AQHA does whatever they want” from the outside.

It’s much harder, and much more meaningful, to participate in the process that actually shapes those decisions.

Many of you have also said you want to change how voting itself is done.

The way to do that is not online debate.

It’s by attending convention, getting in front of the appropriate committees, and formally proposing rule changes.

I can also tell you this: simply attending the AQHA Convention will teach you more about how this organization operates than any social media thread ever could.

Governance isn’t glamorous, but it matters, and this is your opportunity to be part of it.

If AQHA is important to you, this is where your voice actually counts. Please show up and participate.

-Melanie

𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗢𝗦::
Renew your membership by Jan 11: https://bit.ly/aqhamembership

Register for Convention: https://bit.ly/aqhaconvreg

View Schedule: https://bit.ly/convschedule
(I recommend being there Saturday morning thru Monday afternoon)

Book Hotel: https://bit.ly/bookhotelconv
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𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡'𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘:

Please send your letter to [email protected] about whether you are for or against the rule, either way. ALL letters will be printed by my team as given to the members of stud book committee and EC at the convention.

12/22/2025

11/19/2025

Champion 2-year-old-filly and earner of $1,739,485, Dark NME herself will sell in Fastrack's December 14 sale.