STABLE UPBRINGING

Growing up in 5M Racing taught us a lot of life lessons, and in innumerable ways formed the foundation within us for what Double D Ranch would become.

As you might’ve guessed, 5M stands for five McMullens, aptly named because it was a full-family operation in every sense.

“Nobody went to the barn alone,” recalls Hedy. “It was always all of us. There was plenty to do and everyone had a job. Cleaning the stalls, shoveling the shavings which would sometimes take us a day and a half. Mom would put on the finishing touches; she’d rake the grounds all going one way like how you’d vacuum shag carpet back in the day, and she always kept the flowers fresh. It was pristine. Dad’s mantra was to tend to the barn like the [horse’s] owner might show up any minute, and we often had a hundred horses or more stabled at a time. Of course, we had hired hands also, but it took all of us.”

And with that, the seed was sown for building the next family business, this little ole label we’ve been growing for more than three decades now: Do it right, do it well, and do it together.