Inventors of Whac-A-Mole selling equestrian estate in Morganton

MORGANTON, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — An hour and a half from Charlotte alongside the John’s River and within the shadows of Grandfather and Desk Rock Mountain is that this privately-owned farm with rolling hills paid for by the favored arcade sport referred to as Whac-A-Mole.

“I didn’t know the entire Whac-A-Mole connection, and to be sincere with you, whereas I used to be a baby when Whac-A-Mole got here out,” mentioned itemizing agent Julie Breedlove. “They talked about it, and I’m like, ‘OK, yeah. No matter.’ After which abruptly, I point out it to someone else, and someone mentioned, ‘Oh, my gosh! What a fantastic story!’”

Joyce and Bob Cassata created Whac-A-Mole and manufactured it in their very own facility in Florida for years.

“It’s referred to as Bob’s House Racers, and they’re the world’s largest arcade amusement sport producer on the market,” Breedlove mentioned.

Reality be advised, Whac-A-Mole is what the household did. Horses are what they love.
“Individuals on the lookout for horse farms are usually not discovering it on Zillow or Realtor.com,” Breedlove mentioned.

Julie Breedlove is the itemizing agent for his or her 211-acre property referred to as Double C Acres between Lenoir and Morganton.

“These horses at Double C Acres, they’re particularly American Paint Horses and American Quarter Horses,” Breedlove mentioned. “and, once more, they’ve over 100 world champions,” she continued. “The mares that they’ve produced, two of these mares have been probably the most winningest mares within the historical past of the American Quarter Horse and American Paint Horse Affiliation.”

Through the years, their horses have earned 70 American Paint Horse Affiliation titles, and 32 American Quarter Horse Affiliation titles. The household has bred the highest horses of their classes ever. Consider it as producing a Tom Brady or Michael Jordan of their business.

All of them had been bred at Double C Acres, a property designed with horses in thoughts with a number of the highest high quality tools within the business.

“Every stall has an exterior door as properly, Lucus Equine Gear, designed for cross air flow and the well being of the horse.  Stalls all have stall mats, all of them have automated waterer,” Breedlove mentioned.

The equestrian complicated has a 21-stall barn with 2 foaling stalls and 11 further stalls on the adjoining area. 70 acres of fenced pastures enable the horses loads of room to roam. The barn has its personal workplace displaying off the trophies their hoses have earned, and there are two modest houses on website.

“Should you’re a horse particular person and also you’re equestrian, you’re spending all of your time exterior,” mentioned Breedlove, “so usually, you’re not going to see a mansion on a property like this.”

Lots of the options maybe solely horse individuals would admire similar to cement-filled cinder blocks, enforced with rebar in case the horses give it a kick. However the property itself is appropriate for anybody who enjoys the outside with miles of trails, wildlife for searching, 1,600 toes of riverfront and breathtaking views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

“They’ve hosted a number of weddings right here,” Breedlove mentioned. “It’s a phenomenal facility for weddings with the mountains within the background, with the rolling pastures. Individuals prefer to have their weddings the place there are horses within the background and fencing,” she mentioned. The household has moved their horse breeding enterprise to Texas, and so they’re hoping the subsequent proprietor of Double C Acres will get pleasure from it simply as a lot as they’ve for many years.

“There’s simply a lot that he did to this barn that in the event you see it, and if you see it, you’re going to be amazed that it’s really over 25 years outdated,” Breedlove mentioned.

The property is listed at $5.6 million. Breedlove says she’s had a number of events already.