AFTER LEAVING HER NURSING CAREER TO RAISE THEIR TWO CHILDREN, BONNIE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE HER LOVE OF HORSES, INTEGRATED WITH HER NURSING BACKGROUND.  IN 1996, A WELL-KNOWN QUARTER HORSE BREEDER IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA, WITH A 20-YEAR BREEDER AWARD FROM THE AQHA AND WHO STOOD AN OWN SON OF DOC O'LENA, OFFERED TO MENTOR HER IN THE ART OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION.  IN ADDITION TO TRACKING HEAT CYCLES, KEEPING DAILY DETAILED NOTES, AND THE ENDLESS CHORE OF KEEPING A CLEAN BREEDING ENVIRONMENT, BONNIE HAS ENJOYED A 95% CONCEPTION RATE IN THE LAST 11 YEARS.

DICK SAYS HE IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE IN THE BUSINESS.  "I HAD MORE HELL TRYING TO MAKE THESE HORSES DO WHAT I WANTED THEM TO, WITHOUT KILLING MYSELF OR THE HORSE."  AFTER BEING FLIPPED OVER ON, ROLLED OVER ON, KICKED, PAWED, ETC, HE WAS AT HIS WIT'S END.  "BACK IN THOSE DAYS THERE WERE NO BOOKS, VIDEOS, TV SHOWS, OR ANYBODY THAT WAS STARTING COLTS WILLING TO HELP YOU, THEY USUALLY POLITELY ASKED YOU TO LEAVE."  IN 1983, HE MADE FRIENDS WITH A MAN WHOSE KNOWLEDGE OF STARTING COLTS WAS PASSED ALONG TO HIM BY HIS FATHER, A LIFELONG, FULLTIME HORSEMAN.  THEY WORKED WITH DICK TEACHING HIM THE ADVANTAGES OF PRESSURE AND RELEASE, WHICH CHANGED EVERYTHING AND IS THE FOUNDATION OF HIS TRAINING METHODS TODAY. 

RM QUARTHER HORSES IS A FULL TIME OPERATION LOCATED IN MARANA, AZ.

5 ARROYOS RANCH
P.O. BOX 1256
MARANA, AZ 85653
HOME: 520-616-7093
CELL:  520-307-0651
BARN:  520-240-7648
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