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Breeding Rams

DarkHorse Mercury Rising

Mercury is a 2016 PDSS and UHHSA registered ram. 

He is a big ram with an exceptionally calm demeanor and is "Gold Class" certified. Mercury has produced many very nice crops of lambs with a wide variety of color. We couldn't be happier with the overall performance of his sons and daughters. 


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Painted Desert Ram Dark Horse Mercury Rising
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DarkHorse Smaug

Smaug is a 2023 PDSS and THSoA registered 4-horned ram. He's a son of DarkHorse Typhon and a grandson of Mercury Rising. He produced a small test crop of lambs Spring of 2024 and will be given the entirety of our 4-horned ewe flock for Spring of 2025.


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Waltzin' T Acres' Adonis

Adonis is a summer 2023 PDSS registered elf-eared ram. He is out of DarkHorse Pixie and By Arrow J's Stratosphere. He is a beautifully put together and fast growing young ram. 

We are anxious to see his lambs January 2025. 

(Pictured here at 15 months)


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Painted Desert Ram Dark Horse Mercury Rising
Young Painted Desert Ram Dark Horse Ad Victoriam

DarkHorse Gryphon

Gryphon is a 2023 PDSS registered elf-eared ram. He's a son of Diamond Ridge Phoenix and is out of DarkHorse Ember, a Mercury Rising daughter. Gryphon is a large bodied boy, showing a lot of promise. He has one lamb on the ground a few more expected in October. If all goes well he will be given the majority of our 2024 maidens and will likely perform clean-up duties for the remainder of the ewe flock.

(Pictured here at 17 months)


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Past Years' Breeders

Young Painted Desert Ram Dark Horse Ad Victoriam

DarkHorse Slainte Mhath

"Chewy" is a 2020 PDSS and UHHSA registered ram. He's a son of Blackwood's Patron and comes from a long line of trophy rams, top and bottom. Chewy was "Gold Class" certified at just over 2 years of age and last scored 109-7/8" on his 3rd birthday.


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DarkHorse Typhon

Typhon is a 2021 PDSS and THSoA registered son of Mercury Rising. He is a 4-horned (fused left) ram with very nice conformation and color. It is challenging to get a multi-horned to gold with fewer than four sets of measurements, but we believe this ram can do it. 

He was last scored at 100-2/8" at 18-months of age.


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Young Painted Desert Ram Alvizo Ranch Puck
Young Painted Desert Ram Dark Horse Ad Victoriam

Diamond Ridge Phoenix

Phoenix is a 2022 PDSS registered elf-eared ram out of excellent genetic lines. He is a promising youngster who gave us some very nice elf-eared lambs Spring of 2023.  

(Pictured here at 11-months)


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Alvizo Ranch Puck

Puck is a 2018 PDSS and UHHSA registered ram. He is an elf-eared, tri-colored ram from an impressive line of trophy rams. Puck has beautiful conformation and we really love his bold colors. He covered a small group of maiden and elf-eared ewes for the 2021 Spring season and gave us some very nice lambs.  

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Young Painted Desert Ram Alvizo Ranch Puck
Desert Dragon 4 horned Ram Chey White Lightning

CHEY White Lightning

"Moonshine" is a 2015 PDSS, THSoA and UHHSA registered multi-horned ram. He is a large bodied ram with a quiet temperament. Moonshine is a certified "Gold Class" ram scoring just over 142" (with 4 broken tips) on his 4th birthday in 2019.  

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Blackwood's Patron

Patron is a 2015 PDSS and UHHSA registered ram. He is a massive bodied, minimal tri-colored, gold class ram from a long line of trophy rams. Patron is about as docile and laid back as they come.  He has produced some outstanding rams for us and though he only gave us two ewe lambs, they remain among our top favorites.

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Painted Desert Ram Blackwoods Patron
Desert Dragon 4 horned Ram Strains Desert Draco

Strain's Desert Draco

Draco is a 2015 PDSS, THSoA and UHHSA registered multi-horned ram. He is a large, calm and passive ram with good color and horns and excellent conformation. He produced some exceptionally flashy 4 and 5 horned lambs for us, over two years.

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DarkHorse Vane

Vane is a 2018 PDSS and UHHSA Registered ram. He was out of our favorite (and subsequently deceased) ewe; so we decided to use him on a select group of maiden ewes for the 2019 spring season, to keep those genetics alive. He did not disappoint, producing 80% ewes and 80% color. Pictured here at 1-year.

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Young Painted Desert Ram Dark Horse Vane
Painted Desert Ram Dark Horse Maverick

DarkHorse Maverick

Maverick is a 2014 PDSS and UHHSA registered ram who produced many outstanding lambs for us, over a 3 year period. Maverick passed lots of color and massive size on to his offspring with 96% color overall. 

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