Jim Hootman trained and showed A Real Good Asset, then sold him as a four-year-old to become a youth horse, something that As Good As It Get’s offspring excelled at, just as he did.
When Julie Sebring was in her late teens, her father, Neil, purchased a two-year-old American Quarter Horse stud colt. The colt’s name was As Good As It Gets, and to many who knew him or his progeny, he was the epitome of his name.
“He was one of the best minded horses you could ever imagine,” Sebring says. “He was just quiet and kind. We called him Maynard because he was so easy going and laid back, it just kind of fit him.”
Her father owned a small band of mares and she recalls him always having one or two studs standing at their place near Brookings, South Dakota.
“I always enjoyed western pleasure so that’s when he decided to buy Maynard for me to…
