Davis Ranch has been raising top quality ranch horses for six generations in
northern Utah. Titus Davis immigrated to northern Utah in 1863 and started
ranching with the finest horses of his day. His son, Thomas Ap Davis, ranched on
the Promontory range and followed his father’s tradition by adding to the
Davis Ranch remuda any improved stock he could acquire in those early days.
Thomas Ap’s son Tom L. Davis, along with his son, Lloyd N. Davis, continued to
ranch on the Promontory range until 1941 when Lloyd bought the present day
family ranch located just seven miles northwest of Brigham City. Lloyd used some
of the first and finest remount stallions that the government brought into
northern Utah. In later years he and his son, Tom A. Davis kept upgrading the
ranch stock by breeding to the best of the “New Registered Quarter
Horse” stallions that came into the area.
Currently the ranch remains a family owned and operated business that is managed by Tom A. Davis and his sons Zane and Clint. They have continued to add and improve the quality of their horses. Their broodmare band and future broodmares now consist of daughters of Smart Chic Olena, Gallo Del Cielo (2), Boon Bar, Playin Stylish, Wimpys Little Step, Lil Ruf Peppy (2), Peppy San Badger, Bob Acre Doc, CD Olena, Cats Merada, Blue Spark Olena, Colonel Doc Bar Chex, Smart Little Scoot, Chic Please, Reminic and Dunit (2), Powder River Playboy (3), Lean With Me (3), Genuine Jeep, Quixote Mac, Starlights Joy, Master Merada (2), Peppy Badger Chex, Docs Mahogany, ARC Matt Olena, Peppy Boy 895, Smartest Little Pep, Blue Duck Okie, Nitro Dual Doc (2), Boonlight Dancer, Bueno Starlight, Royal Chic Olena (2), DJ Tracker and many others.
Each year these mares are bred to Davis Ranch stallions or other popular performance horse sires with cooled/shipped semen. The ranch currently has an embryo transfer program that results in multiple foals from their very best mares.
Davis Ranch currently stands sons of Grays Starlight, Shining Spark, Peptoboonsmal, Boonlight Dancer, Hollywood Dunit and Like A Diamond. In 2008 over 220 mares were bred at the ranch or by cooled/shipped semen to the 5 stallions that they offered to the public. In 2009 Davis Ranch will offer the following seven stallions to the public for their breeding consideration.
Dun It With A Twist is a 1994 Palomino/Dun Stallion who was the 1997 NRHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion and he has NRHA earnings of $108,946. He was 5th at the NRHA Open Derby, split 4th at the NRBC Open Derby, and he was the Tradition Open Futurity Champion. He has produced over 100 money earning foals that are approaching $500,000 in winnings including, Dunnies Prescription who was the NRHA Intermediate Open and Limited Open Futurities' Champion as well as My Hollywood Ending and Twist A Rey who were NRHA Open Futurity Finalists. Dun It With A Twist stands 15 hands tall and carries both the palomino and dun genes. He is the son of the #1 All-Time Leading NRHA Sire Hollywood Dun It. Hollywood Dun It has sired offspring that have won over 4 million dollars in the reining pen.
Starlight Midnight is a 2002 Black stallion is a NRHA money-earner and he qualified for the 2007 AQHA World Show in Jr. Heeling. He has earned over 60 AQHA points and has earned his AQHA Register of Merit. Starlight Midnight is by the legendary sire Grays Starlight. Offspring of Grays Starlight have won over 10 million dollars. His offspring have made him one of the Leading Sires in the NRHA, NRCHA and NCHA. In 2007 Grays Starlight was the Leading Sire of Broodmares sold in both NRHA and NRCHA sales and the second leading sire of broodmares sold in NCHA sales.
Blue Spark Olena is a 2000 Blue Roan son of of NRHA, NRCHA, and AQHA Leading Sire Shining Spark. He is out of the NRHA money-earning mare Smart Sugalena by Smart Little Lena. Blue Spark Olena was the 2005 URCHA Open Hackamore Reserve Champion and a MRCHA Open Futurity Finalist.
NQH Mossy Boon is a 2003 Red Roan stallion by Leading Sire Peptoboonsmal. He is out of the multiple-producing mare Smart Janey Lena by Smart Little Lena. Thus making him a full-blood brother to the 2006 NCHA Freshman Sire of the Year, Hesa Peptospoonful. NQH Mossy Boon is an AQHA World Show Finalist in Jr Reining and a NSHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Open Finalist.
Cougars Blue Boonlight is a 2004 Blue Roan by NRCHA Open Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion Boonlight Dancer by Peptoboonsmal. He is out of a very good multiple-producing daughter of San Jo Lena.
Duals Blue Nitro is a 2004 Blue Roan by Black Rock Ranch’s popular sire Nitro Dual Doc by Peptoboonsmal. He is out of a multiple-producing mare Sugs Lucky Belle by Docs Sug.
Smokn Black Starlight is a 2004 Black Overo by the most popular APHA sire in the performance horse industry Like A Diamond by Grays Starlight. He is out of a producing Smokin Jose mare.
In addition to raising and selling top quality performance horses, Clint is now offering his training services to the public at the indoor arena facilities at the ranch. He and his assistants keep 25 head of horses in training at all times. We invite you to call and/or come to the ranch to inspect our stallions, mares or sale horses. We usually have foals, yearlings, mares, and broke horses for sale at all times. Please enter in and take a look around our website or call and come by the ranch if we can be of assistance.
Tom A. Davis & Family
Email: DavisRanchUtah@gmail.com
Address:
Tom A. & Ann Davis
4120 North 2800 West
Brigham City, Utah 84302