About the Farm
We are a family run horse farm located centrally in Delaware, Ohio on 30 acres of what was once a 110 acre farm. Our parcel includes the original double course brick home built in 1889, three post and pegged beam barns, and two large pole barns.
A creek separates the homestead from the pastures and drains into the Scioto River, which is one of our boundaries. Both the creek and river are lined by tall, majestic, mottled-barked Sycamore trees.
As we pondered these grand old trees, we realized that in many ways they represented the kind of horse we were looking to add to our farm. These trees, many of which are over a 100 years old, show true strength and longevity. Their mighty trunks spread so large that it takes several people to surround them as they stand true and strong. As you look up into their branches, you see the ever changing directions they take as time marches on, all adding to the splendor displayed on these limbs and showing as well the mirror image of their roots deep and true. Of course all of this is topped off with a wildly colored mottled bark!
We want to add horses to the Appaloosa breed that show true strength and longevity through their life long contributions to the breed and to the families that take them into their hearts. Their deep rooted bloodlines add to their longevity, and the addition of modern bloodlines allow for them to grow and change with the modern world. All of this topped off of course with all that wonderful Appaloosa COLOR!
About Us
Amy and I were “destined to be together.” Our mothers were friends when we were toddlers. During high school, her older brother and I were best friends, and Amy and I dated. As young adults are prone to do we left our nests, stretched our wings, but ultimately came back to our birth place. While preteens, our mutual love of horses was satisfied at the same horse camp (I think our parents were just as happy to be rid of us for a week, as we were to be in an all-about the horses environment).
Our involvement with Appaloosas started eleven years ago when we invited our neighbor to pasture some of theirs here on our farm. Our first experience with breeding was a result of this arrangement when we allowed them to turn out one of their stallions with the mares. The only result that year was from our mare. Eleven months later, we were ApHC members with our first registered filly.
Since that astonishing start, our involvement with the breed has grown appreciably. We have been active on the show circuit, on a regional level, we have brought home Regional High Point titles and Futurity wins and at Nationals and the Worlds we have placed in the Top 5 and Top 10.
Our brood band has grown with carefully selected mares and continues to evolve, as well as adding two outstanding stallions of our own.
We support numerous local clubs in Ohio and surrounding states. Both of us are on two BOD’s here in Ohio and have promoted the breed at the Ohio Equine Affaire. Our goals are to continue to improve the breed through positive promotion and a dedicated conscious breeding program. To us, there is an unbridled joy in raising sound, conformationally correct and athletic horses with safe, sound dispositions capable of performing in a variety of disciplines.
Thank you,
Brian Amerine and Amy Kocher
Sycamore Run Appaloosas llc3759 Klondike Road
Delaware, Ohio 43015
