When Pam and John Padilla went to the 2000 Paint World Show, they went as spectators, not as potential buyers.  But a stunning colt, Tributes Mister, changed that.  Visiting Bob and Joyce Cassata, owners of Double C Acres and three time World Champion Tribute To Sierra.  We saw this outstanding, large, dark rich chestnut colt.  He had size, quality, and probably one of the best pedigrees that they had ever seen.  John and Pam agreed that if we ever owned a stallion, this is what they would love to have.  The biggest horse in the ring of a class of fifty-five colts, he was named Reserve World Champion, missing World Champion by one placing under the last judge.  And it was his first horse show!  After watching him in the ring with his trainer, Terry Sartain, they became even more enamored with the colt.  At the time, owning him seemed completely out of the question.

     On the way back to Arizona from the World Show, the Padillas discussed Tributes Mister’s attributes.  A colt that had the looks of a four-year-old, his dark rich chestnut coat, highly accented with lots of chrome, four white stockings, a blazed face, and a large white belly spot, finishing out at 16.2 hands, with the body mass to match.  Mister had tested negative/negative for the HYPP syndrome.  He had enough white to cross on Quarter Horse mares, and testing negative for the lethal white gene, he would safely cross with ANY Paint mares, with no chance of producing a lethal white foal, even if the mare carried the lethal white gene.  And now with his AQHA papers in hand, since the excessive white rule change, this information translated to him being a no-risk breeding venture.

     Raising and showing Quarter Horses, Buckskins, and Palominos, for years, several of whom have won Register of Merits (ROMs), Superiors in Halter, Honor Roll, and World Champion titles.  Knowing what it takes to achieve these accolades, Padillas knew Tributes Mister had what it takes to go all the way to the top.  Both his sire and dam have one of the best Quarter Horse pedigrees in the industry and both are crop-outs, so his whole pedigree obviously is Quarter Horse.

     When the timing is right, the right things happen.  After the Padillas arrived home from the World Show, a few events worked in their favor, allowing them to purchase the young stallion.  They had a couple of horses that had been for sale for about a year, and two people who had looked at them previously had left messages on their answering machine saying they wanted to buy them.  After that, things fell into place, and they purchased Tributes Mister.

     This 1999 Paint horse’s spectacular pedigree includes the whose who of some of the greatest Quarter Horses in the industry.  He is by the APHA/AQHA stallion, Tribute To Sierra, a chestnut overo, and out of Causin Confusion, an APHA/AQHA sorrel overo mare.  Tribute To Sierra is by Sierras Tribute (AQHA) and out of Sheza Lucky Streak (AQHA).  Tributes Mister’s dam is the great Causin Confusion, which is by Mr. Conclusion (AQHA) and out of the AQHA mare, Really In Command.  Tributes Mister is the first breeding age colt with a World title by Tribute To Sierra that was available to the public.

     Tribute To Sierra is a three-time World Champion and a multiple World Champion sire, with more than one third of his get having World or Reserve World Champion titles.  He has broken more APHA records doing things that no other horse has done.  His first foal crop took home five World buckles, then Tribute To Sierra went in the ring and won his third World title.  Causin Confusion is a five-time World Champion mare and a World Champion producer.  And with Causin Confusion now gone, Mister is the ONLY breeding offspring of these two great individuals!     After going through years of trials and tribulations of being a mare owners, breeding to stallions all over the United States, John and Pam are determined to make breeding to their stallion a positive experience for themselves and their customers.  The Padilla’s typically, faced situations like the semen was only collected Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or they would call and find that the stallion was off at a horse show or that the owner and/or breeding manager was out of town, and were unable to get semen when their mares were cycling.  One or all of those occurrences can make breeding a very expensive venture.  To avoid situations like that for their customers, Padillas plan to have their stallion readily available for the mares when they are cycling. 

    The Padillas are really looking forward to what the future  may bring!  Mister has proven himself in the show ring, and his foals are now proving themselves as well.  The breeding fee offers a live foal guarantee, a full color guarantee on Regular registry Paint mares, and a limited color guarantee on Breeding stock mares.  Breeding services are by artificial insemination only, from February 1st to July 31st. 

     Mister is a very pretty mover and very athletic especially for being labeled a “halter horse”.  He has a beautiful head with a kind eye.  His long pretty neck with a really clean throat latch, allows a natural carriage that enables him to carry his head fairly level with his shoulders.  He’s got a great heart, and he tries very hard to please.  Mister has consistently sired the big, typie kind of foals that it takes to be competitive.  His get have sure proven themselves in the futurity pen, with current winnings in excess of $85,000.

     Padillas also believe a horse should be able to show at halter and then go on into performance events.  The goal is for Tributes Mister to hopefully someday return to the Paint World Show in Halter, and maybe venture into the performance ring as well.  But they will let “Mister” reveal his yet developing talents and allow him to show them the best path to go with him in the show ring. 

     At the Padilla’s Desert Haven Ranch in Goodyear, Arizona, the Padillas have several registered Quarter Horses and Paints and double-registered Buckskins and Palominos.  For the past ten years or so, they have bred their Quarter Horse mares to Paints.  Pam has shown horses through-out the United States for more than twenty-five years.  In her horse career, Pam has had many Buckskin and Quarter Horse ROMs, Superior halter and Superior performance horses, National Honor Roll titles, four World Champions, and in 1984 she was the International Buckskin Queen.  John is getting his amateur card and one day should prove to be a formidable competitor.

   The Padilla's pride themselves in breeding and raising nothing but HYPP N/N horses...