Born and raised near Swift Current, Chad Feil spent his formative years on a farm. After finishing high school, he studied agriculture and ranching business at Vermillion College in Alberta. It was there that he began chasing his dream of building quality performance horses.

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Raised in Künzelsau Germany, Dorothea Feil grew up on the black of a horse. Dorothea began her journey with permanence horses by learning dressage, but in 2001 switched disciplines to reining with the purchase of her prize stallion, Sugar Cat Man. 

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She moved to Canada in 2009 after falling in love with the country and meeting her then-future husband. After spending a few years learning the business on the Feil family farm, in 2012 they purchased 220 acres north of Swift Current and CD Quarter Horses was born.

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In 2016, they welcomed their daughter, Annabelle, into the world. In 2018, their son Kelby was born.