Nitros Steel Dust

Due to training schedule, there will be no shipped semen on this stallion. Additionally, he will only be bred in April and May to a limited number of outside mares.

Nitros Steel Dust

His story: I bought Dusty when he was 5 weeks old. Thought he was wonderful the first time I ever saw his picture on line. He was delivered to our place in Bainbridge, Georgia in October of 2009 as seven months old, as I didn't want him weaned until he was a full six months old and his breeder agreed to this. The Whispering Willow Ranch is wonderful to work with and I so enjoy our ongoing friendship.

I have always found Dusty to be an exceptionally smart colt, always willing and, as I told Al, he seems to know what I am going to ask him to do before I ask it, as if he reads my mind. Two of his trainers have commented the same thing, stating that he is an extremely smart and willing partner.

I began immediately ground training Dusty and everything that I did with him came so easy that lesson time was a joy. He just got better and better each time I asked him to do something. He continued to grow and, while he displayed the fact that he was a stud sometimes, for the most part, he has been very well mannered.

Nitros Steel Dust started in training with Sonny Little in July 2010. He stayed with Sonny until October 2010. Sonny said that he was an extremely smart colt and very easy to train. He also commented that he appreciated all of the ground work that had obviously been done as his manners were very good. At the age of 18 months old, Sonny started Dusty under saddle with light riding.

Returning to our place to grow some and just be a colt, Dusty spent the next few months with us before he was scheduled to go back to into training. I anticipated that I would be taking him back to Sonny but Sonny had to have hip replacement surgery so we contacted our cutting trainer Cody Turner who said he would be able to take him in the early spring. Alas, someone didn't pick their horse up from Cody, so Dusty didn't have a training slot.

Since Dusty was remaining at our place and I had a couple of people asking if we would breed their mares to him, we decided to go on and see if he could settle some mares so put him over a couple of ours and then a few out side mares and a couple more of our mares. All the mares that he bred settled and are in foal for 2012.

We finally were able to take Dusty to Cody Turner, our cutting trainer, in September 2011. Cody found Dusty to be easy to work with and his training was coming along well. However, Cody was offered a good job in Tennessee and took it at a training facility there as top trainer. While he offered to take Dusty as one of the few horses he was able to take as his own string, we decided to keep Dusty closer to home and had to find a new trainer for him just at the time when he was supposed to be in his first show.

We have now found a new trainer for Dusty, Marc DeChamplain, just two hours from our house. He started working with Dusty on November 19, 2011 so we are hopeful that this will be a good fit and one that will last for quite some time.

I will update Dusty's story as it continues to be written. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy reading about him and watching Nitros Steel Dust grow up. ~Dalora

Nitros Steel Dust in training with Cody Turner of Alabama. Dusty stands at 14.2 hands and weighs around 1,000 lbs. Growing into quite a bulldog type foundation horse. His training is going well.

Nitros Steel Dust 18 months old

As a two year old. Picture taken November 2011

As a yearling summer 2010.