David McClellan, MD - Professional Bull Riding Fan

David McClellan, MD is a family physician and rancher based near Crosby, Texas. He owns his own horse ranch there, raising and breeding horses as well as other livestock. He was fascinated by bull riding from a young age, but he never started a career in professional bull riding. He still remains a huge fan of the national phenomenon that is Professional Bull Riding (PBR). Dr. McClellan continues to help people in his community prevent medical conditions and resolve those that can’t be prevented. He was once also a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, where he taught as an Assistant, and later Associate Professor for 20 years.

David McClellan, MD is a huge PBR fan because he grew up watching the sport firsthand. Today, PBR competitions include over 30 events during the PBR premier tour, the Built Ford Tough Series, which puts on big events throughout the United States that feature the top 35 bull riders in the world. Each season of PBR competition ends in Las Vegas, where the PBR World Finals are held. David McClellan, MD watches the PBR World Finals as religiously as many people watch the Super Bowl, and he’s not alone. Today, PBR events draw over 100 million television viewers and millions of live attendees. There were even PBR events in China and New Zealand in 2015.

David McClellan MD tries to raise the best livestock he can at his ranch near Crosby, Texas. He sees professional bull riding as a rising American tradition that he and other ranchers can relate to all over the world.
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David McClellan, MD - Paint or Pinto?

David McClellan, MD has bred, raised, and even raced horses for nearly his entire life. He grew up on a horse ranch in Kansas before moving to another ranch in Oklahoma. After completing his medical education and training, he moved to yet another horse ranch, this time near Crosby, Texas, where he lives now. McClellan also founded two family private practices near Crosby, the Lake Houston Family Practice and the Trinity Valley Medical Clinic. He is also a former Assistant and Associate professor at the Baylor College of Medicine.

David McClellan, MD raises both American Quarter Horses and American Paint Horses. Both are bred to exacting standards. Both of these breeds were also bred to sprint short distances. To be an American Paint Horse, the horse has to be bred according to strict regulations imposed by the American Paint Horse Association (APHA). One common distinction that the APHA has to make with modern American Paint Horse breeders like David McClellan, MD is the difference between paint and pinto. While both of these terms were and are used to describe all horses with spotted hides, the difference where the APHA is concerned is with genetics. Pintos have different bloodlines than Paints, which have to have American Quarter Horse, American Paint Horse, or Thoroughbred parents to be considered an American Paint Horse by the APHA.

David McClellan, MD loves his land and his horses and offers breeding and other services to other horse breeders and raisers in the area around Crosby, Texas.

David McClellan, MD - History of the Quarter Horse

David McClellan, MD is a family physician living and working in the Houston area. He has helped the underserved in his community for decades as the founder and chief practitioner for two family practices in the area: the Lake Houston Family Practice and the Trinity Valley Medical Center. Over the years, he has helped many hundreds of patients and families in his community, performed thousands of procedures, and worked hard to develop the community that he wants to live in. Dr. McClellan is also an avid horse breeder, and at his horse ranch near Crosby, Texas, he breeds, raises, and races Quarter horses.

Quarter horses are bred to be sprinters. Their name comes from their ability to run quarter-mile tracks in incredibly fast times. British colonists bred quarter horses in colonial Virginia for centuries before their use spread across the country. In the early 17th century, English colonists bred their thoroughbreds with horses bred by Native Americans, who had been breeding horses from Spanish explorers for centuries before. The result of this new breeding was the Quarter horse, a small, sturdy, fast horse used for the colonists’ daily work during the week and for racing on weekends. David McClellan, MD came to Quarter horse breeding long after horse racing first became popular in the United States. By the mid-18th century, Quarter horses were an extremely popular breed because of the new popularity of horse racing. David McClellan MD is only one of the latest of many horse breeders who have carried on this centuries-old tradition across the country.

David McClellan, MD offers breeding services on his ranch near Crosby, Texas.