Magicarpet Show Horses

A little about us.... a spot for family pictures, and a bit of bio.

Charna's the owner of Magicarpet Show Horses. She has loved horses all her life. Here's a few pics from days of the earliest horses in her memories. As a girl, she had horses, rode horses and fiddled with them every chance she could get. Her first horse, a big bay tb cross was a lesson horse until an appaloosa stallion got through the fence, the result was Snoqualmie Tom Tom, her first foal.

Her family enjoyed riding together. Eventually, family hardships forced the loss of all the horses. It doesn't at all surprise anyone who knew her then that she became again involved as an adult.

How much a part of her life it became, ok, well maybe... it's gotten pretty BIG!

We met in the summer of 2003, Charna lived in Merced , California . She boarded the horses nearby and John lived in Oakdale, about an hours drive away. We were so happy together, we sold our homes and bought a place together in Merced and got married in it February 15, 2004.

Between the cost of boarding so many and the high cost of California land suitable for horses, we started searching

Charna on Big John, about 8 yrs

Charna & John Watts

Snoqualmie Tom Tom and Charna's beloved Covergirl

in other southwest states for a place to call our own. After researching farm listings on the internet and making a few trips, we believed we had found the right mix of nutritious year round grasses and optimum, horse friendly climates in North East Texas. John flew out to view available properties in March of 2005.

Powderly was the highlight of the his trip and after his return, we eagerly made an offer. This property had been built by a race horse's earnings. Sadly, however it has been sold 10 years earlier to an equipment dealer who had hit the Texas lottery. All the stalls had been torn out of the barn, the pastures were empty, the fence needed repairs.

We moved in June of 2005 and have been very busy ever since getting it just right for the horses. We love it here and it is so very beautiful! The barn now has 6 12x12 premium stalls and 1 12x24 foaling stall (right across from the floor to ceiling window in the bedroom of the barn apartment, of course), all constructed completely open utilizing steel mesh and Priefert's best stall panels. The foaling stall as well as the last stall on the other end have solid wood panes for foaling privacy/stallions.

The entire vet area and breezeway are rubber matted, the vet area has a fridge, sinks, drains, and a set of stocks for vet work and breeding. The 5 pastures are all white pipe and cable fencing. Three of these have generous, year round ponds. There are 4 120' x 120' paddocks up by the house which are surrounded by an open lane to separate them from the pastures...they were clearly meant for stallions. The paddocks and pastures all have large, open shelters for inclimate weather. We put in a 250x150 arena and an oversized, white panel round pen.

New metal roofs on both barn and house completed our 2005/2006 work schedule, and now we focus on getting the sales list a few more SOLD signs.

Thank you for visiting us. Next time you're our way, stop in and stay awhile - there is plenty of room for guests!

Big John, with Charna's mom and little sister Becky aboard. Charna on a rental, sister Amy in the foreground on another.

How it all began....

Charna re-entered the horse world with a vengence as an adult, when her company hired an employee that had Arabians. Within weeks, she was smitten again. Although too tall for most purebred arabians, she loved their character and quality.

She purchased, trained and competed a half arab, half Saddlebred, Kentucky Toy Chest (by Harlequin Magic Maker out of LN Windsong by Toi Soldier). For most of the early 90's they were inseparable and made horse of the year rankings in their region for halter, dressage, hunter, western pleasure, and loved to show at liberty to the music of Steppenwolf's "Magicarpet Ride".

Magicarpet Show Horses began as a desire to produce a calmer, more correct half Arabian with the movement and conformation necessary for the discipline of dressage.

In 1998, partnering with another breeder, she purchased Glacier Bay, a highly acclaimed American bred, grey stallion of mostly Dutch lines. Glacier Bay's pedigree is filled with noteworthy sires of the top sport endeavors. His progeny, especially those which were the result of breeding to mares of lighter bone and refinement, were absolutely superb.

Magicarpet Show Horses breeds to Arabians and Thoroughbred mares which are of good size, with specific strengths of character and type - they must possess athleticism, inteligence, good conformation, great dispositions and demonstrate correct movement. These are broodmares who have proven themselves - in producing quality offspring, under saddle and have been presented to the AWR judges. Even though they share many strengths, they are all pretty different mares. The result is clearly a study in consistency for Glacier Bay. The foals have quality, charisma and are excellent sport prospects.

With the move to Texas, the partnership was dissolved, as Glacier Bay had to stay in California. We have obtained a license to breed our nicest Glacier Bay colt which we kept intact. We will begin to offer breedings to this fantastic youngster in 2007 (see our stallions page!). In the meantime, we are breeding to the best the American Warmblood Registry can provide and to select Arabian stallions.

Terms are available, most all prices are negotiable and include a year's membership in the American Warmblood Registry. Video footage, as well as additional photos, are available upon request. Let us know if you are interested in anything you have seen here. As we handle each horse on a daily basis, we can provide detailed information about each one's strengths, character and overall personality, as well.

We also will lease our mares from time to time. Inquire for more information.

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