Joan Peachey:  

Life I was born and raised in Coronado! Lived in the old Spreckles building at 1168 Orange Avenue, then we moved to the corner of 8th & "J". Married young and had a daughter Penny, and twin sons, Tom & Shane. I have been raising horses in the Sacramento area since the early 1970's. Since 1976 I have owned World and National champions, my husband and I have won nearly every major livestock show in the country. The most famous horse was "Goer"! In late April of 1973, Joan Simmons (Peachey) stepped onto Ron Kavanaugh’s ranch to breed a mare to Kavanaugh’s well known Appaloosa stallion Go Bay Go. While she was there, a two week old colt by the name of Goer, who had been born that April 13, caught her eye. Simmons, who loved the look of Go Bay Go’s foals – fine necks, small heads, flowing movement – decided that she had to own the colt. She took Goer and his dam, Quarter Horse mare Miss Bar Heels (a Three Bars granddaughter), home to her ranch. Kavanaugh had sold Goer to Simmons on the condition that the colt would be shown by top handlers, and by the time Goer was a yearling he was raking in wins. With George Minic training and handling him, Goer won his class at his first show – the 1974 Denver Stock Show – and went on to win his class at the California State Fair, the Grand National Livestock Show, and the Southwestern Invitational. Goer’s refined look led some owners to indignantly complain that Goer was too refined and attractive to be a stud – their stallions had larger and less refined heads and necks. But contention over his looks didn’t stop Goer from winning. In 1975, now under the handling of Ted Turner, Goer stood grand champion stallion at eight different shows, including GEAR, the...Expand for more