Billadeau Quarter Horses
Ryder, North Dakota & Wickenburg, Arizona
701-898-1448
INCENTIVES: Riata Championship, Royal Crown, Homegrown Classic, 5 States, Nexus, Platinum Medal
For nearly 20 years, Billadeau Quarter Horses has raised all-around prospects by crossing cow-bred studs on race-bred mares. Their goal is a performance horse that can excel across events.
Their broodmares’ pedigrees range from Dash For Cash, Easy Jet and Frenchmans Guy to Genuine Doc, Freckles Playboy and Peptoboonsmal. And they stand three stallions, two of which boast the blood of the $4 million reined cow horse producer Shining Spark, while the other is by the already legendary, athletic uber-producer Metallic Cat.
“Breeding athletic horses was what we’d always done, but more as a hobby,” Layne Billadeau said. “It seemed a little selfish. We wanted to share these horses with the industries that we so enjoy.”
Billadeau’s sorrel stallion, Exagereyt, coming 8, was campaigned by NFR header Britt Williams. He’s a son of Metallic Cat out of Reytaliate by Stylish Rey, and is eligible for three big roping incentives, as are the other two.
The family’s other junior sire is another sorrel. Smart Shinin Spook, just 6 this year but booked full last year, is by the Smart Chic Olena son Smart Spook (a $7 million reining sire) out of Shining Mona by Shining Spark.
The family also offers the flashy palomino stallion Shiner’s Suduko by Shining Spark, out of Docs Sulena by Doc O’Lena. Ropers will note that the reining money-earner and finished heel horse is an own grandson of Doc O’Lena—an AQHA and NCHA Hall-of-Fame sire.
Shiner’s Suduko is siring proven roping futurity performers, including 5-year-old Shiny Coyote and 5-year-old Shiny Lil Peso (out of a daughter of Poco’s Little Tess), who was the silver-division reserve champion at the 2024 Platinum Medal Heading Futurity. Plus, at the 2024 Royal Crown Futurity in Rock Springs, their filly Shiny Lil Ike captured the 4-Year-Old Incentive in Intermediate Heeling.
“We really love the Shining Spark horses,” Billadeau said. “They are very trainable. They put substance and a good mind in our foals.”
