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 known 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,” stated itemizing agent Julie Breedlove. “They talked about it, and I’m like, ‘OK, yeah. No matter.’ After which unexpectedly, I point out it to any person else, and any person stated, ‘Oh, my gosh! What an incredible story!’”

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

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

Reality be informed, Whac-A-Mole is what the household did. Horses are what they love.
“Folks searching for horse farms aren’t discovering it on Zillow or Realtor.com,” Breedlove stated.

Julie Breedlove is the itemizing agent for his or her 211-acre property known 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 stated. “and, once more, they’ve over 100 world champions,” she continued. “The mares that they’ve produced, two of these mares have been essentially 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 among the highest high quality tools within the business.

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

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

“If you happen to’re a horse individual and also you’re equestrian, you’re spending all of your time exterior,” stated Breedlove, “so usually, you’re not going to see a mansion on a property like this.”

Most of the options maybe solely horse folks would recognize akin 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 ft of riverfront and breathtaking views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

“They’ve hosted a number of weddings right here,” Breedlove stated. “It’s a lovely facility for weddings with the mountains within the background, with the rolling pastures. Folks prefer to have their weddings the place there are horses within the background and fencing,” she stated. The household has moved their horse breeding enterprise to Texas, they usually’re hoping the following 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 once you see it, you’re going to be amazed that it’s actually over 25 years previous,” Breedlove stated.

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