Ghostwind Appaloosas

Welcome to Ghostwind Appaloosas at the Greenwood Ranch located in the central plains of Saskatchewan, Canada, just NW of Williston, North Dakota and NE of Chief Joseph’s famous last stand near Chinook, Montana. Here at Ghostwind Appaloosas we are continuing our selected appaloosa breeding for those intrinsic qualities of endurance, confirmation, correctness, demeanor, disposition, and color which foundation appaloosas are renowned for.

Our breeding philosophy comes from the first cardinal principle of horse breeding found in the 1750’s expression, “like begets like.”(1) This expression has been followed in the creation and maintenance of all the great horse types in the world. Our Ghostwind Appaloosa foundation horses have the pedigrees that come from some of the best breeding programs in the United States and Canada.

Our two senior stallions, HMH Phantom Spirit and Apache Kid Galahad, bring powerhouse pedigrees to our program and our mares bring their own distinguished foundation pedigrees to Ghostwind Appaloosas.

Our pedigree research led us to geneticists, biologists, historians, archivists, stud books, letters, books, official records and documents from horse owners and various associations. We are continuing to interview, investigate pedigrees, visit foundation breeders, and electronically research the continuing Appaloosa Story. .

Our ranch’s search for just the right type of horse began decades ago when Bill was riding 12 to 16 hours a day while judging hunting dog field trials in the Pacific Northwest – Ghostwind Appaloosa Country. After many years of riding many different breeds of horses Bill found the Appaloosa had the endurance to work all day, the temperament, demeanor, and disposition to put his children safely on their backs while on breaks, the confirmation to cover ground, go over obstacles and the surefootedness to wade through creeks and go down steep terrain without a misstep. Then there’s the added bonus of all that beautiful color. It wasn’t long before Bill bought his first horse and our breeding program began.

At first we decided to breed to outside stallions, but as our passion for the true foundation appaloosa grew it quickly became evident that we needed to build our own program using our own carefully selected stallions and mares. Along the way we have met some wonderful people and we are very proud that they have entrusted us with continuing the legacy of these extraordinary horses. Many of them have shared their knowledge and their stories and they are now life long friends.

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(1) J.G.Speed’s, The Horse in America 1905

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