2023 AQHA BREEDERS INCENTIVE WINNERS : MAC & GAYLE SHANN OF CANTAUR PARK PERFORMANCE HORSES
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2023 AQHA BREEDERS INCENTIVE WINNERS : MAC & GAYLE SHANN OF CANTAUR PARK PERFORMANCE HORSES
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ARTICLE BY : LYN HOFFMANN © 2023 • PHOTO BY : JO THIEME PHOTOGRAPHY
Mac & Gayle Shann , of Cantaur Park Performance Horses , and the breeders of Cantaur Park Kid U Not , have each been around horses and cattle all of their lives , each growing up with their families on larger properties . Together for around 24 years , they were married in 1999 and the following year , moved into Cantaur Park , situated on around 29,000 acres . Their horse stud , Cantaur Park Performance Horses , was formed a short time after that .
Mac and Gayle created their stud prefix , ‘ Cantaur Park ’ and also incorporate the stud name in all of their registered Quarter horses . The couple also took over the management of the Lamont Stud Droughtmaster herd , a stud formed in the memory of Gayle ’ s grandfather , Monty Atkinson , who was the Founder of the Droughtmaster breed . Cantaur Park is situated about 2 hours north of Clermont , in central Queensland , and Gayle says it ’ s the closest either of them has ever lived to a town .
Gayle ’ s father , Alan , and her Uncle Rob , had imported several Quarter Horse stallions from the USA , many years ago . Eternal Slave Q-590 and Hill King Bars Q-280 were imported by Rob Atkinson . Alan imported Wholeheartedly Q-1011 and a pregnant mare , the resultant foal being Bar No Money Q-1012 . Alan also imported a sprint-bred horse , the very successful , Another Jet . So along with the Australian
Stock Horses and Thoroughbreds , the Quarter horses were very much a part of the family ’ s horses when Gayle was growing up .
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Cantaur Park Kid U Not was foaled , a chestnut filly , in September , 2017 . Mac and Gayle sold her as a yearling to Zane Habermann and Kerrie Thompson . Zane broke the filly in and then he and Kerrie got her prepared to put her through the 2020 Landmark Classic Sale as a ridden 2yo . Kid U Not caught the eye of David Smith , of Peak View Quarter Horses , situated just south of Rockhampton . David subsequently purchased the mare for the sum of $ 28,000 . With light competition on this mare David and Cantaur Park Kid U Not scored an 88 to sit equal 2nd in the 2022 Cloncurry Futurity Campdraft , and went on to take runner-up in the Cloncurry Futurity Campdraft Final , again on a score of 88 .