Born 5-10-25. Some years we do a fun theme for names. This year we have chosen movie themes for our different stallions. Top Gun Whiskey foals will be named after the Top Gun Call Signs from the original 1986 movie.  Next year we will do similar call signs from the 2022 movie. Our other stallions will have Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit themed names. This colt is named Aragorn. Aragorn is a fictional character in The Lord of the Rings. He was a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider and later revealed to be the heir of Isildur, an ancient King of Arnor and Gondor.

'Aragorn' is a buckskin stallion with a few white forehead hairs. His dam, Shezatwoeyed Playgun aka JoJo was purchased as a weanling to add more Playgun influence to our program by crossing with our Paddys Irish Whiskey sons and now with Bluestem. She is an 87% NFQHA (F0039282) bay very sweet daughter of PG Dry Fire. He has earned a total RGP earnings of $146,871 in NRCHA and NCHA events. He has been nicknamed the "Horseman's Horse", he continues to rack up titles and earnings almost every time he enters the arena. He is an exceptional horse with the color, confirmation, breeding and soundness who is a reflection of many generations of great breeding programs and will assure his offspring remain on the "most wanted list". JoJo’s dam is Pitzer bred through and through which we like. Her first foal was by Whoop Up Whiskey, Whiskey Up Roper JW, and went to IL. She had a bay stallion in 2023, Emerald Topsail JW.

Aragorn’s sire is our newest and youngest stallion My Bluestem Drift JW. He is 91% NFQHA and eligible to register.  He does carry a copy of the cream gene which he will pass on 50% of the time. He is the result of a very good experiment we tried, breeding his dam to his sire, Walter O Rielly aka Radar. Radar was a foundation stallion we had purchased several years ago to get some fillies to retain back for our program. Within the first few years, we discovered we really liked his foals for ourselves as saddle horses. He became a great addition to our program, and had 12 foal crops for us. He brought older foundation lines to cross back with our Paddy's get. Radar threw BIG foals that could cover a lot ground with amazing laid back dispositions. Most of his offspring have gone on to be ranch horses, with a few rope and barrel prospects too. We then decided to breed one of our favorite ranch mares we used, My Kittys Belle JW, and cross with Radar in hopes of getting some foals we just knew we would want to keep and ride. My Kittys Belle JW’s mother, My Little Kitty, was owned by Barbra Kennedy Johnson and was given to Ella. Belle’s sire was our late 96% NFQHA stallion, JK Jay Reed, who was a consistent producer. We really liked Bluestem and always thought of him as a stallion prospect and replacement for his sire. We didn’t need him yet, so he was sent to training as a 2 year old, started under saddle, became quite well broke, did some ranching and was well into his roping training by spring of 2024 when his sire passed at the age of 24. It was time to bring him home to fulfill his place in our program. Bluestem is deeply rooted with JK Jay Reed, Walter O Rielly, My Kittys Belle and My Little Kitty. 2025 is Bluestem’s very first foal crop. As we do all our horses, we evaluate after a few foal crops.

Aragorn should be a nice all around prospect. He is Bluestem’s 2nd foal and is very nice foal. We would expect Aragorn to have enough athletic ability to perform in or out of the arena. He will be 89% NFQHA eligible.

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We are working hard to get Bluestem’s Stallion Page created. In the meantime, you can find him under the 2021 Foals.

UPDATE 5/12/26: Aragorn was resold to our veterinarian and will be staying in North Dakota. She treated him inpatient for 11 days this past winter and credits his exceptionally calm and sane mind with helping keep him alive through the ordeal — noting that many horses would have panicked and likely not handled the situation as well as he did.

$4500 (US)

Foal is eligible for the Iowa Quarter Horse Association Ranch Horse Futurity.

2025 PRICING INCLUDES: Halter/lead rope, negative coggins, health, brand inspection, initial and booster vaccinations of EWT-Flu-Rhino, 1 bag of his current feed, AQHA transfer fee paid and halter training. This is a $300+ value included in the price. Repeat and multiple horse buyers will be less.  If you are not already an AQHA member, you may get your own membership, or we will assess you an additional $65 one-year membership fee to do the $40 transfer for your new purchase.

Genetic Test Results