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March 1, 2023
This big 22 month old MA filly arrived at her new home with repeat buyer Marvin P. of Texas. Thank you Marvin and son Josh, for coming back to get another baby. The first colt they purchased, back in 2021, is a full brother to this filly. They were so impressed with him and already roping off him as a 2 year old. He said that he is right at 16 hands. Each year we put our smallest stud, 14.3h Tip Top Valentine (x Leo Hancock Hayes), in with a 15h tank of a mare, Trixie Leo Hancock (L.H.H. granddaughter) and they consistently produce a bigger baby than either of them. March 1, 2023
2018 Buckskin Roan Stallion, Drifters Seeker MA. Purchased by Larry A. of Texas back in 2019. His trainer, Jared G., has had him since he was a yearling and shared these photos and updates with us last night: "He is still a stud mainly because I love his mind and how well behaved he is. I can take him to a roping with a hundred mares, and no one would know he was a stud. Here is my 15 yr old daughter breakaway roping at the Region 3 High School Rodeo in Graham. I have a couple of foals out of him already. Great horse." Thank you so much for taking the time to catch us up on this beautiful, young stallion's progress. 11-21-2022
Just wanted to send an email to let you know how happy I am with Salty! I’ve bought and raised several horses over the last 35 years. Salty is incredible!!! Not just his looks but his mind as well. Going from a young stallion that had not been handled Saturday, to a young stallion, that took maybe 20 minutes to halter train on Monday morning, is amazing!!! Not only was he the easiest horse to halter train I’ve ever dealt with, he also hooked up with me within 2 minutes in the round pen and acts like a horse should. I drove 8 hours to your ranch. I saw some incredible young horses. The decision wasn’t easy. I feel like I could have left with anyone of several young horses and am sure I would have been happy with each and everyone. I will definitely be back!!! Salty is going to be a pleasure to train. He is truly going to be a horse that I will be proud to own! Gonna be a long 4 years waiting to see his babies, but we are going to ride him for a few years before breeding him. We like a good using horse. We train fillies as well before breeding them. Thanks for breeding and raising horses of this quality!
Thanks So Much!!! September 2021
Hey there, I own Redbone Saucy MA. She is such a blessing and I wanted to share some photos. She is so kind and an old soul. Thank you for breeding great minded horses. My son is not even 2 years old and she is so solid with my kids, it blows me away. I’m also totally blown away by how well she stops. She will lay down stops all day, 10 ft. We are still working on roping and overall ranch reining stuff. She’s a beautiful mover and is 16.1 hands. She’s grown a ton since we got her and the kids are 4 and almost 2 years old. She’s really sweet and nothing really bothers her. She’s great in new places and performs the same way at new places. She is leading our show series in ranch green horse and she won me 3rd in the No Loping Roping Jackpot 2 weekends ago and I’m a green roper. Oh and she won the ranch roping and ranch cutting with my husband back in March and she did all the work lol. We are very blessed to have her. A lot of people are surprised when we say she’s a Hancock. My reining mare bucked, in warm up, with my husband at the roping (she IS a saucy mare LOL) but everyone was saying, “Your Hancock horse bucked”, and I said, “No, that is the reining bred that’s bucking, I’m on the Hancock.” LOL I will keep you updated on the future and thank you for letting me brag about her. ~ Catherine D.
May 8, 2020
Good morning, I just wanted to give y’all an update on my MA horses. Salty Drifter’s first foal is due in about 4 weeks, I’ve dreamed about this cross since I bought Salty! The mare is 25% BV 15h and 1300lbs! They will have a tank of a baby!! Shiner and Salt MA and Plenty A Gunsmoke MA will be getting their first 30 days riding this month and they’re just so smart and easy. That big filly follows me around like a giant puppy she is just so sweet! It is so dang hard to get pictures when they just follow your every step, haha. Not complaining though, they are just the coolest colts. ~Taylor B. of Texas May 4, 2020
2016 Salty Mo Limited MA, "Drama" being ridden by a former world champion reiner in the teen division, current Captain of the equestrian team at the University of Georgia. She loved her! Said she loves her build, how she naturally drops her head, and how smooth her gaits are. Thought I would share. -Deanna S. of Florida April 6, 2020 Buyer, Karl K. of Arizona, just sent us an update on his huge, beautiful girl that he got from us last year. She is by Plenty Blue Day MA and WYO One Sock.
"Just some pics of our first ride out in the desert under saddle. This filly has been awesome. Next month she turns 2 and I’m sure the way she is going she will be chasing the dummy in six months." April 2020 This filly, a coming 2 year old that sold yesterday afternoon to Joel S. and his son Jayden (who is in college and will be training her) they are from Texas. "Blackie" was completely untouched, had never even seen a halter. Jayden sent me this video after 1 p.m. today. Jayden called and said he got on and rode her today as well.
"Just wanted to give you an update on "Storm". That's the name we gave her. She got her first taste of snow! We got 6 inches last night. We woke up early Sunday morning to work with her and could not believe how easy she is. The first 30 minutes we had already put a halter on her, brushed and picked up her feet. We also had her lunging. By the end of the day she learned to tie and had saddle pads on her. No issues what's so ever. Amazing horse plus my wife loves her color! All of this in the first 30 minutes of working with her.
I will send
some pics that my wife got of dad and the horse. We always
have bought colts or 2yr old or raised our own and when we
start them it has never been as easy or quick learners like
this one. She is going to be a good one!"
April 19th,
2020:
Thanks again!
April 1, 2018
Just saying hello and wanted to tell you
guys how much fun we are having with the babies! Jen - Texas
"I have dealt with Mike and Delanie for years and have always been pleased with our horses we got from them!" ~Joey Kitchens “MA Quarter Horses produces outstanding horses with great bloodlines, awesome minds and stunning color. Our bay roan filly from a Mike & Delanie was one of the nicest we've ever owned. Going back for more!” ~C&L Livestock (Craig and Laurie Claver) “I definitely recommend MA Quarter horses, best crop of stud colts you could ask for even better set of filly's, & the 2013 set looks even better. We couldn't be happier with the stud colt we got and we will be back for another soon. Thank you Mike and Delanie you can definitely tell y'all put your heart in to having the best.” ~ Angela Shearer
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MA Quarter Horses ~ Mike and
Delanie Adkins |
April 13, 2020-
I don't have time right now to write all the
wonderful things that I would love to say about
Delanie and Mike's horses!! It would probably take
me two hours to say all that I want to say... but
here's a little bit... First, I have to say that I
expected that everything Delanie told me about their
horses would not be true- she explained how willing
they are and easy they are to work with even though
they have never been handled- My daughter has always
wanted to get a young horse and train it herself
(since she was 5, and now she's 18). I really
thought this was a bad idea because I've seen so
many rank, young horses! My daughter and I really
loved Delanie when we spoke with her on the phone,
so we planned a trip to Texas (from CA) so we could
go see these horses (that I was sure were going to
be nothing like Delanie had described)! We were
fortunate enough to meet with Mike, who turned us
loose with the fillies (not sure how many of them
there were- 60?) in a huge pasture, while we waited
for Delanie to arrive. I think we were out with
those horses for almost 2 hours! Delanie shows up
full of apologies for keeping us waiting- and both
Savannah and I were like, "Are you kidding??? This
is HEAVEN!!! We LOVE all of your horses!!!" They
were the kindest, gentlest horses- and GORGEOUS!!!
They were so friendly and followed us around as we
walked through the pasture! We kept note of the ones
that we might be interested in, as we were unsure of
each of their prices! There was this one Blue Roan
filly that kept following us everywhere- and that's
when we fell in love! When Delanie arrived, I swear
ALL of those horses gathered around us- they LOVE
her, and you can tell!!! It was the most amazing
experience I have ever had with horses- EVER!!! We
were fortunate enough that the little filly that we
loved was within Savannah's price range (as she had
saved her money to buy a horse herself)! So we
arranged for her to be hauled to our house a couple
weeks later!
Delanie helped us to find a really nice
and gentle hauler who made sure that her first
trailer ride was a positive one! When she arrived,
Savannah went into the trailer and put a halter on
Keaira (that is the name she gave to Poco's Blue
Breeze)- Keaira was curious, but had no problem
letting Savannah put that halter on. Then we opened
the trailer doors, and Keaira very calmly walked out
and walked around our arena checking things out- I
was so extremely impressed! Within an hour, Savannah
was leading her around with a lead rope! The very
next day, Savannnah was able to walk her around our
property (which is not fenced) with a lead rope
on... she had her tied to the hitching post (and she
never pulled back or anything)… she untied her and
sprayed her with fly spray (she reacted a little,
but barely at all)! That night, or maybe it was the
next night, Savannah put a saddle pad on her and the
small saddle from when she was little (Keaira is
only 16 months old- so not old enough to ride-
Savannah was just seeing how she would take to a
saddle)- and I'm telling you... zero reaction from
Keaira- except that she wanted to see what the
saddle pad and saddle were when Savannah kept taking
them on and off of her! She even cinched the saddle
up, and this little filly took it like a champ! I'm
sure you can imagine how delighted I was when all of
my fears melted away! Delanie was 100% correct about
her horses- they are SO WILLING, and SO SWEET, and
SUPER CURIOUS! Not spooky at all! These are the best
horses ever! I read other people's posts about how
they will never get a horse anywhere else, and I'm
telling you- I feel exactly the same way! There are
so many more stories I could tell, but I have a
bunch to do today, so I will end with this... Two
days ago Savannah introduced a bridle to Keaira,
just to show it to her, and that silly filly grabbed
the bit in her mouth! So Savannah just held in up
over her head (as it was not sized for her), and
just let her play with the bit in her mouth a
little- All of this, while she now had her regular
saddle on her- and had walked up to the house with
her, without even holding her lead rope! If you are
like me, and have dealt with dishonest people
selling horses (I've met so many liars over the
years), do yourself a favor and visit Mike and
Delanie and meet their horses! You will be glad you
did! And now we have new friends for life! We love
them so much!!! I'm sure that everyone who has
bought a horse from them will agree with me! Thank
you Delanie and Mike! ♥
I
just wanted to write you and let you know what awesome
horses both of the fillies I bought from you turned out to
be! They are both 4 year olds this spring and I love having
them! I bought them as weanlings in your auction and
purchased them online, here they are 4 years later, and I
love them both!!!! They are SO awesome, they are gorgeous
foundation mares, exactly what I was looking for, and I
couldn't be happier. They both have TONS of personality and
they've come so far and learned so much over these 4 years
it's really awesome. I've double registered both as AQHA &
foundation. "Falina" is the appendix bay roan mare, I
wouldn't trade her for the world. She is super smart,
unbelievably curious about everything, outgoing and
friendly, and the bravest little horse I think I've ever
met. 'Mango' is the red roan, the one with the beautiful
blaze face, and out of a mare you told me was the sweetest
mare you had on the property. Well, I believe it, because
she is the kindest, gentlest, sweetest horse I've ever
owned. She loves people and just wants to do whatever you
ask her. Not a mean bone in that horses body! These two have
completely opposite personalities but they are both unique
and special in their own way, and I just love 'em!!! I often
pull up from work and see them standing there or running
around in the pasture, and they are sooo darn gorgeous it
takes my breath away. No kidding, they are that awesome.
They are both great athletes too. Simply awesome equines!!!!
Thank you for breeding and selling them to me! I LOVE my
girls and they are exactly what I wanted. I waited and
waited to find my perfect foundation Hancock horses and
these two are it for me (and they know it,!). I will try to
send you a cute video clip from this winter, have to figure
out where I stored it, it was muddy that day but it gives
you an idea of how much personality and athleticism they
have. Really awesome horses. I'm very proud of them.... 
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