Pinehurst Farms – 10,008 Miles, Success and Memories to Last a Lifetime

1976 When it comes to success on the show circuit it would be hard to duplicate Pinehurst Farms year of 1976. The show year was mapped out with a purpose of promotion. Seldom seen, the end resulted in the sale of just one animal paying for the entire tab of a show year. A year encompassing ten shows, several thousand miles and enough banners, trophies and wall plaques to fill an already overflowing office wall with memories that would last a lifetime for the players involved.Brilliant and calculating was the leader of an assembled group of very young, some untested, but eager caretakers for a show herd that was a blended mixture of homebred and purchased cattle. When being loaded on the semi each animal had a defined purpose from its own individual potential to a member of a group class that meant so much when promoting herd sires that would be exported for several times the dollar amount that a very large show circuit would cost. Amazing that such a plan crafted to last over five months with so many cattle and people involved came off without a hitch. Considering the youth and unique personalities of the group makes the undertaking even more remarkable.. see the rest of Norm Nabholz story here