About Us
Buffalo Ranch History
A History to be Proud of...
Buffalo Ranch has strived for more than 35 years to build a reputation for honesty, integrity, profitability, ingenuity, horsemanship and hard work. Established in 1973, Buffalo Ranch had the most modest of beginnings. Founders, S. David & Debby Plummer, set out in the horse business when Mr. Plummer, while in Graduate School, wrote a Masters Thesis on the Equine Industry. Over the past 35 years, the Plummer Family has been involved in every facet of the horse business. The Plummer’s have managed and owned over one hundred stallions, sold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of horses, led the nation in racing Quarter Horse Winners from 1988 through 1992, pioneered commercial embryo transfers, owned Thoroughbred race horses that have won All Major Races including, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Belmont Stakes, and the Breeders’ Cup. Buffalo Ranch is home to some of the nation’s most elite Performance Horses including: 2004 NCHA Horse of the Year, 2003 NCHA Leading Money Earner, 2002 NCHA Open Derby Champion, 1994 NCHA Horse of the Year, 4 NCHA World Champions, 2002 and 2003 NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Champions, Producers of the 1999, 2001 and 2002 NCHA Horse of the Year, and 19 NCHA Futurity Finalists.
The Plummer Family horse history actually began shortly after the Revolutionary War (eight direct relatives fought in the war), when the direct ancestors of the Plummer’s brought the first Thoroughbred horses into Kentucky. A Kentucky historian by the name of William E. Railey wrote in “History of Woodford County Kentucky” in the year 1938 the following, “The Stevenson’s, the Gay’s and the Dunlap’s are credited with bringing the first thoroughbred race horses into Kentucky.” He then goes on to explain that in 1779, Captain James Gay, Alexander Dunlap and John Stevenson brought the first “English Filly” (the name then given for Thoroughbred race horses) into Kentucky. Captain James Gay, Alexander Dunlap and John Stevenson are the Plummer’s direct Grandfathers.
Today, Buffalo Ranch has two locations. Our headquarters are located on 300 gorgeous acres in Farmington, Utah just along the Wasatch Front Mountain Range. Our second is located on 131 acres in Ft. Worth, Texas. The Ranch is dedicated to improving the horse industry by having the best training program, state of the art veterinarian facilities, breeding program, and stallions in the world. The Buffalo Ranch Team is fully committed to strengthening our ties with our customers and to the success of their own programs. We will continue to use cutting edge technology, sound business skills, horsemanship, and superior bloodlines to be an industry leader in the 21st century. The Buffalo Ranch Team invites you to “Be A Part Of History.”
