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On December 13, 1883 the Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company was
incorporated with 52,500 acres of land in central West Texas and a foundation
herd of 9,750 cattle. Today, the Pitchfork home ranch covers 165,000 acres in
Dickens and King counties near the town of Guthrie, Texas, with a satellite
operation in Oklahoma.
With around 4,500 mother cows grazing the home ranch, the cowboys have
ample opportunity to work the range in a manner very similar to the cowboys
who first rode for the brand. The signature “Pitchfork Gray” - a gray horse
with a black mane and tail -- has now become as synonymous with the ranch
as the brand itself. The Pitchfork’s horses are widely known because of the
success they have had in the ranch country as well as in performance arenas
all over the world.
The remuda, consisting of approximately 50 brood mares, 125 saddle horses
and 4 stallions, have come a long way from the small native ponies first used on
the ranch. The first improvement in the horse herd came from a thoroughbred
US Military remount stallion named Trimmer, he gave the cowboys horses
increased size and stamina. In 1941 the ranch acquired their first quarter horse
stallion Seal Brown, then later Joe Bailey’s King. Through the decades they have
incorporated other legendary stallions such as Savanah Jr., Gray Badger, and
Dash For Cash and in more recent years modern genetics have been infused
through horses like High Brow Cat, Playgun and Grays Starlight.
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