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StallioneSearch Sire Profile Series: Kempton (VIDEO)
StallioneSearch's next Sire Profile showcases AQHA champion Kempton, who will stand at Lazy E Ranch for 2026.

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StallioneSearch Sire Profile Series: Kempton (VIDEO)

By Leann Noguera, StallioneSearch

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—JANUARY 19, 2026StallioneSearch launched another edition of its 2026 Stallion Sire Profile series with a spotlight on Grade 1 Heritage Place Futurity winner Kempton, who will stand his first season at stud in 2026 at Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma.

The latest release adds another chapter to StallioneSeearch’s acclaimed Sire Profile series—an ongoing, in-depth look at elite and emerging Quarter Horse stallions entering the breeding shed.

Last year's AQHA Racing Champion 2-Year-Old Colt, Kempton SI 96, joined the Lazy E Ranch stallion roster this year after he retired from racing at the end of 2025.

Tyler Graham and Namgis QHs LLC bred the son of champion Kiss My Hocks in Texas from the Corona Cartel mare Charming Cartel.

Owned by Ozaca Ranch, LLC, Kempton has lit the board in every start with six wins and earnings of $646,068.  He won the Heritage Place Futurity(G1) and the Evangeline Downs Futurity(G2) during his freshman campaign in 2024, earning the two-year-old AQHA champion title.

He is the top money colts sired by Kiss My Hocks SI 109 ($1,199,385) to stand at stud. Kiss My Hocks has sired 94 black type horses and 263 winners with progeny earners of over $17 million.

His dam, champion producer Charming Cartel, by Corona Cartel, is the dam of 4 winners, 5 ROM, 2 black type. He is a half-brother to Grade 2-placed American Hussle SI 101 ($121,142).

His second dam is the AQHA Racing Champion Aged Mare Miss Kips Streak SI 110 ($336,588), winner of the Leo Stakes(G1). She is the dam of 12 winners, 16 ROM, and 4 black types, including stakes winner Pyc Paint Streaker SI 100 ($111,031), stakes winner One Jess Streakin SI 105 ($26,941), G3-placed Nexxus SI 93 ($84,061), G1-placed Mr Runaway SI 103 ($76,208).

The upcoming profile chronicles Kempton’s racing career and transition to stud, featuring interviews with his owner Mario Lozano,  trainers James J. Gonzales Jr, James J. Gonzales III, and Monty McNair of Lazy E Ranch. The profile will go live on StallioneSearch.com on January 19.

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