The Working Lines | The Legacy of Joe Hancock

The sire of Joe Hancock was John Wilkens. John Wilkens was destined to be a racehorse. But he had a thin walled hoof that couldn’t stand the stress of racing. Will and Ed Moore would buy John Wilkens from George Watkins a relative of Samuel Watkins of the Little Grove Stock Farm where he was bred. They would bring him to Texas. The Moore’s would eventually sell him to famous JA Ranch of the Palo Duro Canyon of North Texas. The JA Ranch would use him for several years where he was known as “The Moore Horse.” He was purchased by John Jackson Hancock from the JA Ranch in 1922.