Four Moore Ranch - breeding and showing Arabian horses for over 30 years. Expecting 2006 foals by National Champions Enzo, Pyro Thyme SA and Vanilla Zip.

The Moore's
John M. Moore II & Cynthia Moore

We have been breeding quality mares to national champions for the last several years. The resultant foals have been of exceptional quality. Our best producing mare has been the Spanish, Polish cross mare Sue Bees Honey. Sue Bee produced a bay filly by Pyro Thyme who has won Region 9 Top 3 and Twice Mayfest Champion. She is currently being ridden western. We next bred her to Enzo, she has had two beautiful fillies by Enzo. Enzia was reserve Region 9 Yearling Sweepstakes and multiple class A Champion. She is currently in training with Gordon Potts for Western Pleasure. Full sister Sue Zee FMA was champion filly Mayfest 2009 and then Region 9 Top 5. Sue Bee is in foal the gorgeous Eden C. for 2010. Verona VF had a flashy Enzo Gelding in 2006 named Bandini and has since been sold to Terry Heyroth…The quite correct mare Victoria FMA has had two Vanilla Zip geldings. The younger Vanilla Sky was Reserve Half Arabian yearling Sweepstakes in Region 9 2009. Carlene Winkles is the new owner of Victoria Bay.

How It Started

In 1979 we originally named our ranch Four Moore Arabians for ourselves and our then two little children who participated in the care and showing of the horses. Our son Johnny showed a little in showmanship and he rode western. Stacey, our daughter, rode western, hunter and English.

We originally bought Arabians because of their beauty and character. John really loves halter and living in California we saw many of the greats: Ferzon, Fadjur, Aladdinn, Calobask, Bey Shah and Raffon to name a few. Stacey even got a short ride on Khemosabi. On one occasion we witnessed both Huckleberry Bey and Karajorge perform in the most spectacular liberty class ever in Reno Nevada.

Our local Gilroy club had 55 members in a ten mile area. We were all friends and really enjoyed the camaraderie. Fame VF was born to Bob and Pat Radamacher friends of ours and Dick Adams their trainer called us and said a future national champion was born. We went to the Radamacher Ranch when Fame was three days old to see the future champion. Before the Radamachers purchased Raffoleta Rose, Fame's dam, we had driven by her daily and knew she was for sale, but the Radamacher's had the foresight to buy her and breed her to Bey Shah.

We later bred to Port Bask, Fame VF, Toi Soldier and JK Amadeus. Some of these horses made the move with us to Texas. We purchased a stallion, Toskbria a well balanced beautiful chestnut stallion, which both Kim Potts and Gordon Potts helped us with. Kim showed him to regional top five and John showed him to amateur top five. Toskbria won many halter classes for us. One great memory was when John showed Toskbira to Champion Stallion and then our pure polish mare Gabiotka to Champion mare at the Cowtown Classic. Later, Travis Braden rode Toskbria western where he won in San Antonio.

Daughter Stacey continued showing in Texas with many wins on her English mare Arabasque, her western mare Gabiotka, and her hunt horse Cabria. Cynthia also won a western pleasure championship on her Padron daughter NW Romance, herself many times a halter winner.

Of Late in addition to Showing the Enzo fillies above at Scottsdale and Region 9 our Half Arabian Palomino mare Golden Charms by Vanilla Zip was Champion at several shows and then was Region 12 Champion Western Pleasure Junior Horse with Gordon Potts and placed 3rd Region 9 Western Pleasure Half Arabian Junior Horse with Gordon Potts.