December 2023

October and November have flown by! 
In October we were able to market and find phenomenal homes for  our three half draft horses that we entered in the Fall Round Up sale in Heber City, UT.
We  spent a few extra days in Utah and planned an adventue with our friends to ride the Bonneville Salt Flats!      
   













Goose making friends at the Salt Flats with 40pmh winds!


Goose and Mark also won the Henry Rifle for the Ranch Trail competition that was held between the sale horses!


The eclipse happened while we were out there too!

October 2023

Much has changed since 2019!
We shut the training operation down and moved the family back to southern Minnesota. With three young children, it was important for us to be around and prioritize family.  Mark continued to stay active in the horse world with his judging of AQHA, NSBA,  APHA, POA & Ranch shows along with taking the kids trail riding on their ponies and giving them lessons...horses and ponies! ;-)          

In June of 2023, Mark decided to open the door for training horses again. He has always enjoyed the young horses and developing their minds along with their talents.  With that said, we have been blessed and the barn has filled up with  a lot of young show prospects getting ready to make their sale video debut,  watch our socials and sale page for those! 

I stayed busy runing Melissa Baus Design, marketing sale horses for clients through photography & video, shooting equine portrat sessions, weddings, family & senior photos.  Through this my admiration and respect grew for half drafts and crossbreds. Opportunity on the right one's came around and Mark and I have taken a leap of faith and invested into our own set of horses that we will be offering for sale.

We were lucky enough to be accepted as consignors into a premier horse sale, the Fall Round Up in Heber City, UT.
This sale takes place on October 14, 2023.
Below are links to the horse's we have and their sale pages, you can also check them out on our instagram as we will post all the way through the sale. We would love for these horses to get fantastic homes and want potential buyers to know what they are getting so please reach out and come meet them!

• Online bidding is available
• Transporation is available
• Live Stream Preview on Friday, October 13, 2023
•  Live Stream on Sale Day Saturday, October 14, 2023
         

Left to Right
Hip #45 - Drapp • 2013 Friesian/App Cross
Hip #25 - Goose • 2016 Draft Cross
Hip #2 - Chuck • 2011 Draft Cross

 

 

 

 

September 2019

APHA World Show 2019 ad!

August 2019

Refleet and Mark Baus were Reserve Champions at the NSBA World in Green Color Pleasure and
Reserve Championship in the Amateur Color Pleasure!

September 2018

APHA World Show 2018 ads for the Equine Chronicle and the Paint Horse Journal

August 2018

Fleets Imagination, Gettin Gone and Shesa Hot One were all medal earners in every class shown at the NSBA World Show!

June 2018

Tom Powers Reserve Champion in the 3YO Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle &
4th place - 3YO Limited Open and Novice Horse Hunter Under Saddle with Rhonda Spratto

Unanimous Champions in the Green Western Pleasure at the Corporate Challenge with Rhonda Spratto
Fleets Imagination (no Photo) 2018 Tom Powers Champion (tie)

April 2018

We have a few new 2018 foals to share!
The first is a black/white overo AQHA/APHA colt by The Best Martini out of Without Mercy (One Hot Krymsun mare)


This mare, Impulsive Chic (AQHA) was bred using frozen semen from Fleet Machine.
Her first foal is really special being a great colored colt by Fleet!


Fleets Impulse had her first foal by The Best Martini and this little filly is built like a tank!

March 2018

Baus Horses & 5A Farms ad for the MPHA Directory

It is with sadness and also great gratitude and appreciation that we say farewell to our friend Fleet Machine.
It has been an honor......happy trails...

September 2017

Fleets Imagination was crowned APHA World Champion in Amateur Junior Western Pleasure


Moxie Machine  - APHA World Champions in 3YO Non Pro Hunter Under Saddle
 & APHA World Champions in Green Hunter Under Saddle

August 2017

Cotton Candy Machine & Mark Baus were NSBA Res. World Champions in Green Western Pleasure

July 13, 2017

Moxie Machine & Rhonda Spratto were NSBA Champions against the AQHA competition at the Corporate Challenge!

6/28/17
Moxie Machine & Rhonda Spratto were 4th place in the NSBA Futurity
at the Tom Powers in some nice AQHA competition.

6/20/17
OneTwenty & Mark Baus were Circuit Champions at the Nebraska Corn Husker!

12/29/16
All three of our horses placed 4th in their respective classes at the 2016 APHA World Show!
We have also taken pride in the fact that these horses are involved in a quality training program and that they
are capable of being sent to the biggest show of the year without their everyday trainer and return with such achievements!
Rhonda Spratto & Pat Heeley, you are both talented horsemen/women that we had complete faith in and can't thank you enough!


Congratulations to Shannon Jones & the Johnson family on your purchase of Late Night Machine!

11/1/2016
Mark Baus and his steed, Cotton Candy Machine grace the cover of the APHA Journal!
Photo taken by Melissa Baus.

10/20/16
As we look forward to the birth of our baby girl {Maisy}, we are grateful for talented trainers that will be taking
over our APHA World Show horses. Look For Rhonda Spratto piloting Moxie Machine & Late Night Machine in Open HUS classes
and also preparing them for the Non Pro HUS events.

Pat Heeley will be taking the reins of Fleets Imagination for the Green & 3yo Western Pleasure