Wyo Grulla Try

We are grateful every day for the opportunity to own Wyo Grulla Try. Known to everyone around our farm as “Bub,” he has been the cornerstone of B&T Performance Horses since 2014. His disposition, conformation, and mind have helped shape both the horses we raise and the direction of our program. His influence reaches into arenas, breeding programs, and family barns across the country.

The horse behind the pedigree.

Bub brings the bone, foot, and substance we want in a ranch horse, together with the disposition and willingness that make those physical qualities useful. We want a horse with the ability to work and a mind that makes people enjoy working with him. Bub has helped us keep those priorities together.

He has been used extensively on cattle and shown on a limited basis in ranch horse versatility with the Kentuckiana Ranch Horse Association. That practical experience matters to us. Our breeding decisions are grounded in the individual horse as well as the names on his papers.

Blue Valentine roots. Texas Blue Bonnet influence.

Sired by Plenty Blue Bonnet and out of Smart Try, Bub brings together several branches of the foundation families we value. His sire’s side combines Plenty Coup Hancock and Lotta Sierra; his dam carries Blue Try through both her sire and her maternal grandsire. That makes Bub 37.5% Blue Try by pedigree, with Plenty Try and Gooseberry helping carry the Blue Valentine influence forward.

Texas Blue Bonnet was a major reason this pedigree caught Bradley’s attention. Bub’s published pedigree percentages include 15.23% Texas Blue Bonnet, alongside 16.41% Plenty Coup, 15.63% Gooseberry, and 14.06% Blue Valentine. He also carries 12.5% Rip Rip, keeping a connection to Leo in the mix. These overlapping ancestral percentages describe the pedigree; they are not separate portions to add together.

Conversations with Chip Merritt about the importance of Texas Blue Bonnet’s daughters stayed with Bradley. Bub offered a way to build on that influence while retaining the Blue Valentine foundation we love. The pedigree drew us in; the horse himself and the offspring that followed gave us reasons to stay committed.

A legacy in the next generation.

Bub’s greatest contribution to B&T is the generation he has helped us raise. The dispositions, minds, and conformation we value in him are the qualities we look for in his offspring, whether their future is in a working saddle, a competition arena, or a family barn.

Keeping his daughters allows us to carry that influence into our mare band. Rufus gives us a complementary option for thoughtfully chosen crosses, reinforcing Rip Rip and Leo while maintaining the Blue Valentine and Texas Blue Bonnet connections at the heart of our program. Bub is a foundation we intend to keep building on.

Pedigree and background: Wyo Grulla Try’s published pedigree · 2025 Gathering Production Sale catalog. Program history and observations from B&T.