History
Stone Oak Ranch is a 580 acre ranch located in the beautiful Texas Hill country. The ranch features gorgeous pastures on rolling hills and includes one mile of the South Bee House Creek. Originally purchased in 1957 by William's father Gerald "A.G." Cummings, Stone Oak Ranch primarily focused on the production of commercial beef cattle, Rambouillet sheep, and Angora goats.
In 1995 William's mother Karen Cummings purchased Southern Knockout, a Dash for Cash daughter from the Joe Kirk Fulton breeding program, and Feather's Princess, an At Full Feather daughter. These two mares would prove to be the foundation of an illustrious breeding and racing program. Notable progeny from Karen's breeding program include Southern Cash Man si 102, a AAA stakes winner of $157,589, Cowboys N Injuns, a AAA stakes winner of $161,692, Passem Up Perry, a AAA producing mare of more than $500,000, Lynette's Knockout, a AAA Producing mare of more than $400,000, Southern Fast Cash, a producing mare of more than $100,000, and High Class Broad, a producing mare of more than $200,000.
Following two lifelong dreams, Adam and William joined forces to begin offering world class prospects to the horse industry in 2018. In 2021 Adam and William purchased a new equine facility in Iredell, TX and began standing outside stallions. The Iredell property consists of a 24 stall stallion barn, multiple mare barns and runs, an arena, covered round pen and a state of the art equine reproduction lab. Stone Oak Ranch is proud to offer multiple equine reproduction services including stallion collection and shipping, freezing semen and embryo transfer.
William Cummings
William is a 2014 graduate of Texas A&M University with a Masters of Science in Accounting, a B.B.A. in Accounting, and a B.B.A. in Business Honors. He currently works as a Supervising Senior CPA in the tax department of Jaynes, Reitmeier, Boyd & Therrell, P.C. in Waco, TX. A 4th generation Texan, William’s family has been involved in agriculture in the Central Texas area for over 100 years. William has mainly raised commercial cattle, sheep, and goats but has always enjoyed horses. His love for competitive horse events began with the family purchase of Southern Knockout, a Dash for Cash daughter, in 1995. This unproven mare would go on to produce Southern Cash Man si 102 , a AAA stakes winner of over $157,000 and record setting gelding by Heza Fast Man, as well as daughters that have produced over $1,500,000 on the track. The rest is history as they say.
Adam Conrad
Adam is a 2005 graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science. An avid rider since the age of 5, Adam began riding 3 day eventers and switched to cutting horses once he moved to Texas at age 10. He showed cutters throughout high school and college. Upon graduation he entered the equine veterinary world. He was the breeding manager for multiple years at Equine Veterinary Services in Terrell, TX where he managed stallions including million dollar sire Doc O Lena Twist and NCHA Futurity Champion Royal Silver King. In 2010 Adam switched over to veterinary pharmaceutical sales and enjoyed doing sales for 8 years before wanting to get back into the equine reproduction field. In 2019 Adam pursued his lifelong dream: Opening his own Stallion Station. Starting with an initial book of 2 stallions, Adam has grown the equine reproductive segment of Stone Oak Ranch to include a 27 stallion roster, a full service foaling center, and embryo transfer procedures. Adam has raised horses for over 20 years as well as owning international stallion Lil Spoon, Hooked On Run and Lethal Dual.