Hardy Performance Horses makes its home at Cusker, Inc. in Montana. Its goal is to produce horses that can perform at home on the ranch, or in the rodeo arena. Horses are bred with an eye on speed, disposition, balance, and movement. We currently stand 2 stallions; Zan N Chex (AQHA, Zan N Me x Lenas Bouncing Chex by Night Deposit Chex) and Image Will Call (APHA, Suchanimage x Call Me Amy Gray by Call Me Together). Cusker, Inc. is located in the northeast corner of Montana on the south bank of the Missouri River below Fort Peck Dam. The ranch is home to a cow-calf operation, a broodmare band of 30, & a remuda of 20-30 yearlings & saddle horses. It uses the hay & small grains it raises to support its herds during the winter. Hank Cusker, the ranch patriarch, worked for several large ranches in the area gathering remount horses for the cavalry before breaking off on his own. Eventually, 2 of Hank’s boys, Ray and Jay, took over the operations. Ray Cusker’s oldest daughter Rita and her husband Mark guided the ranch through the drought & farm crisis of the 1980s. Now 2 of their children, Quinn & Vanessa, are operating the ranch. Conservation is a key principle to pass the ranch from generation to generation on the short grass prairie. Rotational grazing, water conservation, & wildlife management practices are being continually updated and improved to pass the ranch and its heritage to the 5th generation. Our mares are foaled in northeast Montana on green grass & stay there until weaning time. We think it’s important that the foals know how to get up and down real hills. Horses are marketed as weanlings, yearlings, 2-year-olds, and some are made into ranch horses or arena horses & sold later. We are excited to be a part of the 2025 Legends of Ranching Sale. Thank you for your interest in the Hardy Performance Horse consignments and for supporting CSU! HARDY PERFORMANCE HORSES 1173 MT HWY 528 • WOLF POINT, MT 59201 • (406) 671 – 6603
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