Breeding American Quarter Horses - Bridgeman Land & Livestock  

  Kirk and Gail Bridgeman, along with daughter, Kristy, breed, raise and train Registered Quarter Horses and Appaloosa horses. Bridgeman Land & Livestock Ltd. started breeding American quarter horses in 1981. Their horses are bred to perform whether it is at a horse show, in the rodeo arena or on the ranch.
The ranch is home to 8 stallions. Four buckskin quarter horses, one red dun quarter horse, 3 colored appaloosas and one solid appaloosa. All eight stallions are available to a limited number of outside mares each year.  The Buckskin stallions result in a number of buckskin quarter horses for sale, usually as weanlings.

  As Appaloosa Horse Club of Canada members, the Bridgemans have been very involved showing their Appaloosa horses. Ranch raised Appaloosas have earned Canadian National Championships and have claimed High Point Games, High Point Overall Youth and Novice Amateur Western Equitation Championships. In 1999, Kristy won the Overall High Point Youth title and the High Point Youth 13 & Under title at the Canadian National Appaloosa show. To do this she had help from three horses: Maid By Fact, Go Chico Go, and Stars & Stripes. Go Chico Go and Stars & Stripes were both raised at Bridgeman Land & Livestock Ltd.

  Horses raised on the ranch are AQHA point earners, ApHCC and ApHC point earners. Many are futurity champions and have careers as youth and amateur horses. Bridgeman Land & Livestock strives to breed quality horses for a variety of events.

   Manitoba High School Rodeo provided an opportunity for the Bridgemans to begin showing their horses in different performance events. Ranch raised geldings were used to help Kristy earn All-Around Cowgirl, Breakaway Roping, Pole Bending, Goat Tying Championships in High School Rodeo. Two horses were involved in helping Kristy earn these awards: Moon Too and Stars & Stripes. Both geldings are appaloosas who originated on the farm. Stars & Stripes is a former Canadian National Appaloosa Show High Point Games Horse and Moon Too has points in multiple events with the ApHCC.

  The ranch consists of 2,100 acres of pasture, hay land grain land. Many of the pastures have been sowed down to a blend of grass seed and alfalfa to allow the foals and their mothers quality grazing. Bridgeman Land & Livestock Ltd. also grows all their own oats, timothy and alfalfa to feed their horses. This allows them to have high quality feed to make their horses perform and nutritional needs. In 2002, Bridgeman Land & Livestock Ltd. was named the Little Saskatchewan Conservation District Conservation Farm Family of the Year. They strive to ranch in harmony with the wildlife and natural habitat and are very proud of the award and continue to improve their land management practices.

  The Bridgemans offer horses for sale each year at select consignment sales and by private treaty. You are invited to stop by the ranch located near Rapid City, Manitoba to tour the broodmares and stallions that contribute to the program. There are weanlings, yearlings, started 2 and 3 year olds and finished horses available to view any time you are in the area. Just give us a call and let us know when you are coming so we can have the coffee on.