Page 2 - Hetletved Quarter Horses' 20th Annual Production Sale

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Hetletved Quarter Horses Welcomes You to the Ranch !
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New Sale Locati on! ! ! ! !
Gene & Jan Hetletved Ranch
1390 31st Ave SE • Robinson, ND 58478
(3 mi. West and
5.5 mi. North of Robinson)
Rolling hills. Blue skies. Dakota “peaceful.” To many, this is the defi nition of the
American Cowboy’s Heritage. To Hetletved Quarter Horses, this is simply home –
where we are blessed to be able to offer you over 50 years of horse breeding. We
are offering a quality group of foals again this year. We welcome you to come take
a look and we thank you for your interest.
Where did this begin? It started in Big Sky Country where Bub and Nona Nunn saw
the necessity of good horses, capable of covering big country as well as performing
in the arena. Their program was accomplishing just that and then Nunns discovered
High Rolling Roany as a promising foal. High Rolling Roany proved to be a legend
in his own time. His progeny possess amazing maternal traits from rich milk to
being self-sustaining in the pasture. In addition, High Rolling Roany’s get offer size,
cow ability, disposition, sound structure and mind, a will to work and feet that will
put farriers out of business. Bub loved good horse fl esh – believing that without
hip, foot and bone, a saddle was wasted. He valued a hip that could drag calves
all day and still make good time and distance across the wide-open prairie. He
wanted black feet so that they could self-sustain in the rugged Montana terrain, and
he demanded a cannon bone that didn’t resemble a coyote’s leg. Through this part-
nership, a friendship was developed that we are thankful to have had. We tip our
hats to him this time of year when we remember his 2013 ride from these earthly
pastures.
Gene and Jan are proud to continue on for another 20 years of this program. The
Hetletved Quarter Horse program offers the highest concentration of High Rolling
Roany with the largest band of High Rolling Roany daughters (owning 60%). We
are excited to see our planning and breeding come to fruition with a foal product
that makes us proud. These Roany descendants are known for their uniformity,
maternal traits and saddle-fi tting withers for covering big country with good foot
and bone.
The Hetletved Quarter Horse Ranch consists of a horse breeding and cattle opera-
tion located near Robinson, North Dakota. Gene and Jan run a cow-calf operation,
farm some acreage, and run the Dakota Hills Hideaway hunting lodge. Gene is the
strategist and pedigree man. Jan is the photographer of all of our foals. We enjoy
our horses and strive to make them nice to look at while they are being used. We
work cattle the old-fashioned way by dragging them to the fi re. Our horses are not
strangers to the chores that a ranch requires. It won’t matter if you are looking to
check those yearlings that refuse to stay in, or wanting to stretch that corner fence
that won’t stay tight; we have a horse bred to take care of you. Ranch, performance
or show, we invite you to take a look.
Gene and Jan have two sons – Lee and Clint. Lee is an agriculture education
teacher and Penny is the director of education – both in the fi eld of corrections. Lee
is also a USA Archery coach. Their daughters, Kinley and Hatley, are active in many
activities and are both national archers. We are sad to say that Lee and Penny no
longer own horses or are a part of the sale, but we are proud to watch their family
achievements in the world of archery.
Clint is the go-to man for mechanical expertise on the ranch. He trucks and ranches
with Gene and Jan. His wife, Lacey, is a loan offi cer at Capital Credit Union. Tucker
is his dad’s right-hand man who can quickly bring a smile to our faces as he ex-
presses his love for tractors, cows and farming. Abbie Jo is the youngest and works
hard to be in the middle of the action. She can be found with her boots on, no
matter the weather or the outfi t – all with a sparkle in her eye.
Please bare with us as we make our transition to having our sale at the ranch. We
truly appreciate your business and May God Bless You All!
HQH Production Sale – August 20, 2017 – At the Ranch – 1 p.m. CDT