Mares first, and a breeder who rides them

Cori shows the mares she breeds

Cori Vokoun makes every breeding decision at Buckshot Farms, and she has shown most of the mares in the program herself.

That time in the saddle tells her things a pedigree cannot. She knows how each mare thinks, how she reacts to pressure, how she handled training and big arenas, and how she held up to the physical demands of reining. All of it goes into choosing the next cross.