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The Working Lines | Bob Robey & Harlan Part II

By Larry Thornton .....................................................................................................................................................

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he review of Harlan’s pedigree we made in the last installment of “The Working Lines” laid the foundation for the significance of this stallion becoming a breeding horse for Bob Robey. Robey had bought this colt because he thought he would make a good roping gelding. But after some research, he opted to use Harlan to breed some colts as one of the last sons of Hank H and the last son of the great mare Dixie Beach. The proof of that decision will come as we look at how the Harlan foals made a significant contribution to this great horse going into the AQHA Hall of Fame. We will do that by profiling several key mares that were a part of the Harlan legacy.

Harlan sired 403 registered foals with 155 performers. These 155 performers earned 1,123 AQHA halter points, 1,873 AQHA performance points, 51 Register of Merit, 17 AQHA Championships, 13 Superior Awards; one World Championship; three Reserve World Championships, and four AQHA High Point

DOUBLE TOUGH HARLAN buck 1997 QUARTER HORSE

TUFF OKLAHOMA HARLAN 2009 QUARTER HORSE

HARLA RED ROSE sor 1995 QUARTER HORSE AQHA # 3407405

Awards. Harlan was the AQHA leading Get of Sire stallion for the years 1965 and 1966. The foals of Harlan earned $15,241.52 in NCHA cutting contests. On the racetrack, he sired two ROM runners from six starters.

One of the first mares that came into Harlan’s life was Oklahoma Rosie. This 1947 buckskin mare was a Robey broodmare. Robey reported the following, “Oklahoma Rosie was one of the first mares we bought. She was by Billy Van W. He was quite a horse in this country.

He sired a lot of good rodeo horses. He was a good reining horse.”

Billy Van W was sired by Budweiser by Waggoner. This is the Waggoner sired by Midnight. Waggoner was out of a daughter of Yellow Wolf. Yellow Wolf was the sire of Beetch’s Yellow Jacket, the sire of Dixie Beach, the dam of Harlan. This gives Harlan and Oklahoma Rosie a genetic tie through Yellow Wolf. The dam of Budweiser was a mare named Montie sired by a thoroughbred named Van Dorn. Van Dorn was a thoroughbred sired by G. W. Johnson.

JODIE BOB HARLAN buck 1992 QUARTER HORSE AQHA#3129604

BRIANS BETA sor 14.2 1974 QUARTER HORSE 1059800

TOPSAIL HARLAN br 1988 QUARTER HORSE AQHA-2756870

OKLAHOMA HEIRESS b 1978 QUARTER HORSE

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HARLAN OKMULGEE buck 1972 QUARTER HORSE AQHA#0845611 HARLETTAS IMAGE b 1985 QUARTER HORSE AQHA#2296260 HARLANDER b 1957 QUARTER HORSE #0073088 GAYLES ROPER sor 1959 QUARTER HORSE TOPSAIL CODY ch 1977 QUARTER HORSE #1275074 ROSANNA HARLANA buck 1967 QUARTER HORSE HEIR APPARENT b 1972 QUARTER HORSE #0851795 YELLOW HANKIE pal 1957 QUARTER HORSE #0096725

The dam of Billy Van W was Electra, a Waggoner bred mare. Electra was sired

by Clover Leaf, a Waggoner stallion sired

by Fleeting Time. The AQHA Internet Records lists the dam of Clover Leaf as a Waggoner mare. Andrea Mattson, in her book ROOTS, FOUNDATION QUARTER HORSE BLOODLINES, lists the dam of Clover Leaf as a “Dun Spanish Mare.” The pedigree of the Dun Spanish Mare is unknown.

Robey continued about this mare’s influence on his breeding program, “Oklahoma Rosie was a little buckskin mare that I roped calves on. Most of the big end of our mares go back to Rosie. I don’t think she ever had a daughter that didn’t produce something. Her colts were good lookin horses, and they could do things.”

Oklahoma Rosie was the dam of nine foals with five performers with four arena ROM, 2 AQHA Champions, and one Superior performer. The first Oklahoma Rosie foal was Oklahoma Hank by Harlan.

This 1956 dun stallion became an ROM performer in the AQHA with 30 perforHARLAN buck 1951 QUARTER MULGEE b 1962 TRIPLES IMAGE sor 15.2 1969 RED HARLETTA buck 1968 HARLAN buck 1951 LITTLE SUE III sor 1944 ROPER BOY sor 14.2 1947 DIAMOND L b 1947 JOE CODY sor 15.0 1952 DOC BAR LINDA ch 1967 HARLAN buck 1951 OKLAHOMA ROSIE buck 1947 JET DECK b 1960 QUINCY ROCKET sor 1966 PRINCE HANK sor 1951 OKLAHOMA ROSIE buck 1947

HANK H DIXIE BEACH VS QUARTER BOY VS MISS OKMULGE TRIPLE CHICK PHFFFT HARLAN RED RIVER ROSE HANK H DIXIE BEACH SAN SIEMON LITTLE SUE KING JOE ANN K BLACK DIAMOND RIO BELL 8 BILL CODY TABOO DOC BAR BETTYS MOUNT HANK H DIXIE BEACH BILLY VAN W EZ MOON DECK MISS NIGHT BAR ROCKET BAR LEOCITA HANK H PRINCESS ANN BRADLEY BILLY VAN W EZ

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Harlan showing his conformation from the front.

Photo Courtesy Jon Mixer

Harlander Photo Courtesy Carl Mills

top photo | Harlan showed his prowess as a sire through the Get of Sire Class. He was the leading get of sire in 1965 & 1966.

Photo Courtesy Carl Mills Harlan’s Tyree with owner Carl Mills Photo Courtesy Carl Mills

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mance points and three halter points. He was an NCHA Certificate of Ability winner with $2,394.54 in earnings.

The next Oklahoma Rosie foal was Yellow Hankie by Prince Hank. Prince Hank was a son of Hank H. This makes Prince Hank a paternal half-brother to Harlan. Yellow Hankie was unshown in the AQHA, but she was the dam of 15 foals with 11 performers. Her performers include Mr Troubler, winner of 32 AQHA performance points and 1 halter point.

Mr Troubler was sired by Mr. Trouble by Parker’s Trouble. Okie Rosie was out of Yellow Hankie and sired by Okie Leo. This mare earned the NCHA Certificate of Ability with $3,037.15 in earnings.

Yellow Hankie was the dam of several racing ROM performers. This list of race foals is headed by Oklahoma Fuel, an AAA-rated runner that set a track record for 220 yards in:12.12 seconds. This outstanding runner earned a 108-speed index and a Superior in racing. He had 41 starts with 15 wins, 8 seconds, and 1 third. He was a stakes winner in the 1981 Kickoff Futurity and the 1981 Midway Futurity.

The next Oklahoma Rosie foal we will profile is Harlaquita by Harlan. This mare became an AQHA Champion with 14 halter points and 38 performance points.

She was an NCHA money earner with $840.92. Harlaquita is the dam of Harlaquita Holly by King Holly Bar. This horse has an ROM in the arena with 13 performance points.

Joan Rose was a 1962 foal by Harlan and out of Oklahoma Rosie. This mare has no show or produce record in the AQHA. The Next foal was Trouble Rose

by Mr. Trouble. This mare was foaled in 1962, and she has no AQHA show record.

Her produce record includes the mare Tammie Wynette, by Harlan. This mare was Superior in Western Pleasure and an AQHA Champion. She had her ROM with 66 performance points and 20 halter points. She also had two Grand Championships and one Reserve Grand Championship at halter. The produce record of Tammie Wynette shows that she is the dam of Special Man, an AQHA Superior Western Pleasure Horse with 86 performance points and ten halter points. This horse had two Grand Championships and four Reserve Grand Championships in halter. A second performer out of this mare is Police Woman. This mare was Su-

perior in Western Pleasure and has earned 90 performance points.

Oklahoma Rosie foaled Okie Leo Rose

by Okie Leo in 1966. This mare was a top-roping mare with over 100 AQHA points and a Superior in Calf Roping. This mare found her way into the AQHA High Point Top Ten three times (1972,1973,1975). She was in the AQHA World Championship Top Ten in Calf Roping in 1975.

Oklahoma Rosie went back to the court of Harlan to produce Rosanna Harlan in 1967. This mare earned 9 AQHA performance points. She was the dam of Topsail Harlan, an AQHA ROM show horse with 27 points. Her second performer was Topsail Goldspinner, an ROM show horse with 13.5 points. Both of these performers were sired by Topsail Cody. The last foal out of Oklahoma Rosie was Scooter Rose Ed by Scooter Ed. This mare earned one performance point, and she was the dam of one-point earner in Codie Rose

by Topsail Cody. This show horse earned four performance points.

Up to this point, we omitted one Oklahoma Rosie foal named Red River Rose.

This mare was foaled in 1959 and sired

by Roper Boy by King P-234. She was an AQHA Champion that had her performance ROM. She earned 12 performance points and 21 halter points. The halter record includes two Grand Championships and three Reserve Grand Championships.

The leading performer out of Red River Rosie was Red Sada by Jim Harlan Jr who was sired by Jim Harlan by Harlan.

His dam was Sandsarita. Red Sada earned three halter points with one Grand Championship and one Reserve Grand Championship.

Red Harletta was a daughter of Red River Rosie, that was sired by Harlan.

This mare plays an interesting role in the influence of Harlan. She is the dam of Top Sail Harletta, an NRHA money winner, and the earner of 2.5 performance points.

Red Harletta is the dam of Harletta’s Image by Triple’s Image. This mare is the dam of Jodie Bob Harlan.

Red Harletta is also the dam of Shesa Brick House. This mare is the dam of 15 foals with eight performers. These performers include Bouncys Doll House. This mare has earned 156.5 open performance points 127 amateur performance points with superiors in open heading, open

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heeling, and amateur heeling. This record shows that she was second in the AQHA open top ten High Point list in heading in 1994, 10th in open heeling in 1994, and second in the amateur top ten in 1994.

Mr. Harlan Hancock is a 1995 Buckskin stallion that is out of Shesa Brick House and sired by Bouncy Mac 3. This stallion was a 2002 AQHA World Show qualifier that has earned 203.5 AQHA open points with Superiors in Heeling and Heading.

He was a 2000 World Show top ten finalist in Junior Heading.

The sire of Shesa Brick House takes us to another outstanding mare in the life of Harlan. The sire of Shesa Brick House was Rey Hank 74. This son of Bradley’s Hank by Harlan was out of Sandsarita.

Sandsarita has been an integral part of Harlan’s influence on the modern quarter horse. Added note: You will notice that Shesa Brick House is 3 X 2 inbred to Harlan. Her sire was Rey Hank 74 by Bradley’s Hank by Harlan. Her dam was Red Harletta by Harlan.

We’ll let Robey tell us how he came to own Sandsarita, “Ralph Eagle and Pete Reynolds of Alabama sent 13 mares to Harlan. There was one Chubby mare, and the rest were Rey mares. They had one little brown mare named Toughy’s Little Sister, and they had her mother, an old mare named Reina Chica. I thought they were two of the best mares that I had ever seen. I really liked them.”

He continued, “Toughy’s Little Sister had a bay filly. So, I told Ralph I would trade him the best Harlan filly I got that spring for that filly. We had an old Grey Badger mare, and she had a sorrel filly; I believe we named her Harlue. I traded her to Ralph for Sandsarita. We called Sandsarita Toughy.”

The Ralph Eagle and Pete Reynolds are two names that are familiar to those interested in the life of Sugar Bars. Pete Reynolds was the breeder of Frontera Sugar, the dam of Sugar Bars.

Sandsarita was sired by Sanddrift by Wimpy P-1. Wimpy P-1 was sired by Solis by Old Sorrel. The dam of Solis was a mare the AQHA calls Mother of Solis, and she was sired by Right Royal, a thoroughbred. The dam of Wimpy P-1 was Panda

by Old Sorrel. Her dam was a Roan Mare

by Hickory Bill. Hickory Bill was also the sire of Old Sorrel. This gives Wimpy P-1 a 3 X 3 X 3 breeding pattern to Hickory Bill.

The dam of Sanddrift was La Tachita by Naughty Boy III by *Naughty Boy 2nd.

The dam fo La Tachita was the Tacho Saenz Mare. The Tacho Saenz mare is a strong King Ranch mare line through La Tachita.

La Tachita is the dam of Tachita Dos, who is the dam of Tachita Tercera. This line of mares has produced such great King Ranch cutting horses as Teninos Tacho, $170,370, and Peppys Tachita, $132,326.

Toughy’s Little Sister was sired by Rey. Rey was sired by Captain’s Courageous, a thoroughbred sired by Stimulus. The dam of Rey was Goldie by Red Landados by another thoroughbred named Landados.

Reina Chica was sired by a horse called the Tom Beall Horse. He was sired by Albert

by Hickory Bill. This makes Sandsarita 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 line-bred to Hickory Bill.

Sandsarita was foaled in 1958, and she started her produced record in 1961 with an unshown foal by Harlan named Bart Harlan. Her second foal was Jim Harlan Jr. This is the stallion that sired the performer Red Sada, who was out of Red River Rose. Jim Harlan Jr was ROM in the arena with 9.5 performance points and three halter points.

The most significant contribution made

by Sandsarita to the legacy of Harlan came with her son Harlan’s Tyree. This 1963 buckskin stallion was a top performer that earned his Superior in halter, an AQHA Championship, an ROM, and 99 halter points with 73 performance points.

He was the 1966 AQHA High Point Western Pleasure Stallion. This good stallion earned 26 Grand Championships and 23 Reserve Grand Championships in halter.

He had 77 halter wins in 81 shows.

Harlan’s Tyree was bred by Bob Robey and owned by Carl Mills, a Harlan Syndicate member. The sad part of this story comes with the fact that Harlan’s Tyree sired only 121 registered foals, with only 34 of these foals shown. The 34 foals earned 17 performance ROM; three AQHA Championships; two Superior Awards; two AQHA Reserve World Championships; and three AQHA High Point Awards. His leading point earners were Tyree’s Pistol, Miss Tyrita, and Tyree’s Fancy Gal. Tyree’s Pistol earned 197 open performance points and 125 youth performance points. His titles include an AQHA Youth Reserve World Championship in heading in 1977 and 1976, and in 1977 he was the AQHA

Youth High Point Steer Roping Horse.

Miss Tyrita was the 1975 Youth Reserve World Champion Heeling Horse; 1973 AQHA High Point Open Steer Roping Horse; 1972 AQHA High Point Junior Steer Roping Horse. This mare was Superior in Steer Roping. This mare earned 13 halter points, 188 open performance points, and 21 youth performance points.

Tyree’s Fancy Gal earned 26 open halter points, 51 open performance points, 24 youth halter points, and 246 youth performance points. This gave her three youth performance ROMs and one open performance ROM. She was a fourth-place finalist in the 1973 AQHA Youth World Show Showmanship class.

The daughters of Harlan’s Tyree have been good producers as well. They have produced 434 foals with 59 performers to date. Of these 59 performers, 43 have been point earners. The leading producing daughter would have to be Ima Tyree. This 1970 buckskin mare is the dam of Two Eyed Tyree, Watch Joe Tyree, and Two Eyed Red Buck. These three performers have earned 731 AQHA points with 6 AQHA Superior Awards in events like halter, heading, heeling and western pleasure.

The next foal out of Sandsarita was Trouble Ette. This 1964 mare was sired

by Mr. Trouble. She was unshown in the AQHA. Her greatest claim to fame comes as the dam of Harlan’s Trouble by Harlan.

Harlan’s Trouble earned 109 AQHA open performance points and 177 AQHA youth performance points. He was Superior in open heeling, youth heading and youth heeling. He was an AQHA Youth World Champion in heeling and an AQHA Youth Reserve World Champion in heading respectively in 1984 and 1980.

The other Harlan foal out of Sandsarita was Harlan’s Tough. This 1966 chestnut stallion earned 14 AQHA halter points.

Sandsarita produced two foals by Bradley’s Hank by Harlan. The first was a gelding named Red Hank 73 and the other was Rey Hank 74, the sire of Shesa Brick House.

The next mare that we will look at in this review will be Oklacue. This 1965 mare was sired by Star Bright Moore.

This mare was owned by Carl Mills, the owner of Harlan’s Tyree. Star Bright Moore was sired by Star Deck by Oklahoma Star P-6. The dam of Star Bright Moore was Suwanee by Bert P-227. Bert was out of Lady Coolidge, the full sister

to Dixie Beach. This gives Harlan and Oklacue an interesting genetic tie between them between the full sisters’ Dixie Beach and Lady Coolidge with a breeding pattern of 2 X 5 to these two great mares.

The dam of Oklacue was Sally McCue by Jack McCue by Peter McCue. The dam of Sally McCue was Babie by Jack McCue. This makes Sally McCue 1 X 2 inbred to Jack McCue. Oklacue was the dam of Miss Harlacue by Harlan. This mare was the 1976 AQHA High Point Tie-Down Roping Horse. She earned 89 calf roping points and 11 reining points. She was Superior in calf roping and a six-time top ten finalist in the AQHA World Show in the open and youth divisions. Oklacue was the dam of several very good Harlan’s Tyree foals, including Miss Tyrita that we used above to profile the sire record of this good son of Harlan.

One last great mare that we will be able to look at in this material was the mare that Bob Robey called “the best-bred mare to be bred to Harlan.” This mare was Little Sue III. This mare was a full sister to San Sue Darks, the dam of Leo San and Sue Hunt, the dam of Continental King. These horses were sired by San Siemon and out of Little Sue by Sam Watkins by Hickory Bill. It has to be noted that Sam Watkins was the sire of Tommy Clegg, the sire of Bert P-227. Little Sue III was the dam of Harlander.

Harlander was remembered this way

by Robey, “There is no telling how many good roping horses Harlander sired.” He went on to explain, “Twenty years ago, 3/4 of these cowboys couldn’t tell you what the breeding was on the horses they were riding, but Harlander had his share.”

Harlander did sire 37 AQHA performers that earned four AQHA Championships, four Superior awards, and 13 ROM performers. His foals earned 961.8 points.

His leading performer was Moe’s Barney, who won three superior awards. Harlander has proven to be another key horse in the legacy of Harlan.

HARLAN AND LINEBREEDING When Harlan died, Bob developed two stallions that would replace Harlan as his senior sire. The first was Harlan Okmulgee and then his son Jodie Bob Harlan.

Harlan Okmulgee was sired by Harlan and out of Quarter Mulgee by V’s Quarter Moon. The dam of Jodie Bob Harlan was

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The Harlan Syndicate of Bob Robey, Carl Mills, Jim Nance and Huddy Hudspeth

Jodie Bob Harlan Harlettas Image by Triples Image. She was out of Red Harletta by Harlan, and her dam was Red River Rose. These two stallions and the mares we have profiled here were key players in the linebreeding

to Harlan that we see today.

Benny and Susan Scarberry of Clinton, Arkansas bred their mare Shesa Texas Risk to Jodie Bob Harlan; they got Harlans Bobbi Joe. This mare earned 344 AQHA

roping points earning superiors in heading, heeling, and tie-down roping to become an AQHA Performance Champion. Shesa Texas Risk was sired by Harlans Te N Te

by Te N Te, and he was out of Miss Harlan

by Harlan. The dam of Miss Harlan was Leo San Ann by Harlan. This mare has a breeding pattern of 3 X 4 X 4 X 5 to Harlan. Bobbi Jo Harlan is the dam of Bobby Glo Harlan, the 2020 AQHA World Champion Junior Heeling Horse.

Tuff Oklahoma Harlan is a 2009 gelding bred by Bob Robey. This horse has been a consistent 1-D barrel horse, and his pedigree will show how Bob used linebreeding in his program to continue the legacy of Harlan. Tuff Oklahoma Harlan is sired

by Double Tough Harlan by Jodie Bob Harlan by Harlan Okmulgee by Harlan.

The dam of Jodie Bob Harlan was Harlettas Image by Triples Image, and her dam was Red Harletta by Harlan and out of Red River Rose. The dam of Double Tough Harlan was Brian’s Beta, who was sired by Harlander by Harlan, who was out of Little Sue III by San Siemon. The dam of Tuff Oklahoma Harlan was Harla Red Rose by Topsail Harlan, who was out of Rosanna Harlan by Harlan and out of Oklahoma Rosie. The dam of Harla Red Rose was Oklahoma Heiress by Heir Apparent and out of Yellow Hankie a daughter of Oklahoma Rosie. This gives Tuff Oklahoma Harlan a breeding pattern of 4 X 5 X 4 X 4 to Harlan, a 5 X 6 X 5 X 5 X 5 to Hank H, and a 6 X 4 X 4 to Oklahoma Rosie. When we look at the pedigree, we see that Jodie Bob Harlan, Harlettas Image, Red Harletta, Harla Red Rose, Topsail Harlan, Oklahoma Heiress, Yellow Hankie, and Roseanna Harlana were all bred by Bob and/or Joan Robey.

Now we see the significance of Bob Robey’s decision to use Harlan as a breeding stallion. He could have been a very good roping gelding, but he has turned out to be a very good sire that has left a legacy of not only a sire of roping horses but horses in all phases of the quarter horse. Thanks, Bob; we are glad you changed your mind.

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About the Author | Larry Thornton is a Pedigree Analyst and freelance writer for Working Horse Magazine, Speedhorse and Quarter Horse News. Thorton started his writing career in 1984 with his first article being printed in the Speed Horse Magazine. He was also an Agriculture Instructor for 37 years.

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After five decades of sales, Bill and Carol Smith will be hanging up their spurs.

If you have never been to one of their sales, don’t miss this opportunity. Now is the time!

You will find a great selection of top quality horses, and two amazing people.

At thirty years of age BC (before children), when I had disposable income, I bought my gelding, TJ, at their sale.

TJ was an awesome gelding who took me to many wins. He was exactly how Bill represented him. That began a 30 year friendship.

I feel blessed to have known both of them. For the last seven years, we at the Working Horse Magazine, have been fortunate to serve them with their advertising and promotional needs.

Bill and Carol.....THANK YOU!!

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Cell Therapy for Robey Osteoarthritis in Horses TheStem Working Lines | Bob & Harlan Part II

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tem cell therapy has been utilized in horses to help heal tendon, ligament and joint injuries for more than 25 years, and new uses are continually explored. These are mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) which are isolated from fetuses, foals or adult horses, as opposed to embryonic stem cells from embryos. The MSC stem cells can be isolated from almost any tissue but most commonly obtained from bone marrow, fat tissue and from the umbilical cord of newborn foals.

The two main methods are use of the patient’s own cells (autologous cells) or cells from another horse (allogeneic cells). The advantages of using autologous cells is that they are not rejected by the patient’s immune system, and there are less regulations for use. Disadvantage of using autologous cells is that it takes 2 to 3 weeks to expand the cells prior to use, to get enough. This involves a two-step process requiring the horse to return for treatment--after initial sample collection.

This may hamper optimal treatment time since an adequate number of cells are not readily available. Allogeneic cell have the advantage of being already available--with time to select and potentially enhance cell functions prior to use.

The disadvantage is that cells from another horse are recognized by the patient’s immune system (and rejected) faster than autologous cells. Also the regulations are different; allogeneic cell product development is considered drug development A number of veterinarians, clinics and stem cell companies treated thousands of horses with stem cells for many years.

They started by treating soft tissue injuries and then progressed to treating joints. Some people also treated laminitis with stem cells. There was such an expansion of stem cell therapy in veterinary medicine that the FDA became involved, to make sure it was regulated and that this kind of therapy wasn’t being used inappropriately. Use of stem cells was put on hold, and the FDA ruled that stem cells fell into the category of drug therapy, with all the regulations for bringing a new drug to market. It has been difficult to overcome this hurdle, since it takes years and a lot of money to do this. There was very little stem cell use in horses for a number of years.

Today, most commercial strategies are focused on developing frozen allogeneic cell products. One approach is use of alloge-

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neic stem cells from umbilical cord blood that could be basically off-the-shelf/storable and given to any horse. Two products have been approved in Europe, and trials are underway in North America to get equine products approved here.

Two trials are looking at use of stem cells for treating osteoarthritis (OA) in horses. There are still a number of conditions in horses and humans that are difficult to treat successfully; we don’t have good treatments and/or the treatments are not 100% successful. Osteoarthritis is one of those conditions. Dr. Thomas Koch (Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College) has been working with stem cells for many years and says the fact we don’t have good treatments for OA is reflected by the many different ways that horses with joint pain are being managed and treated.

“There are many products being used for OA, and veterinarians have different preferences in treatment. This indicates that no one treatment has been shown to be superior. There is interesting data in humans and animals, however, showing that stem cells may be useful in treating some joint conditions,” he says.

Koch is founder and CEO of eQcell, a company that is currently starting two trials using stem cells in equine synovitis and early stages of osteoarthritis--one at University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College Equine Sports Medicine and Reproductive Centre, and the other trial at the University of California-Davis Veterinary Institute for Regenerative Cures (VIRC).

The Canadian study in equine fetlock and carpal joint osteoarthritis is authorized by Health Canada’s Veterinary Drug Directorate and is the first stem cell trial in Canada for treatment of equine osteoarthritis. The U.S. study in fetlock osteoarthritis is being conducted under VIRC’s Investigational New Animal Drug (INAD) with the FDA. Stem cell therapy holds a lot of promise because it has several advantages over traditional pain medications like bute (which merely mask pain and has a narrow window of safety and can have damaging side effects) that can’t be legally used in competition.

There are biologic products that can be injected into joints, like PRP (platelet rich plasma) or IRAP (interleukin receptor antagonist protein), and there are fewer regulations regarding their use (as opposed to stem cells). “But it’s hit or miss whether they work, depending on the individual horse,” says Koch. Steroids have also been used for treating OA, but there is controversy about using those in joints because they may damage the cartilage.

Stem cells therapies are gaining interest because they have several advantages. “There are now two cell products approved in Europe, for treating inflammatory joint pain in horses caused by synovitis and early OA. These are HorStem and Arti-Cell Forte. They both use culture expanded MSCs. HorStem utilizes cells from equine placental umbilical cord tissue, and Arti-Cell Forte isolates MSCs from peripheral blood of adult horses.

These two products are both approved for use in horses with joint pain due to early stage synovitis but are slightly different in formulation,” he says.

“HorStem contains only the cells (15 million stem cells) and Arti-Cell Forte is a combination product. It actually has only

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2 million cells, plus PRP (platelet rich plasma). So it’s difficult to know if the healing effect is due to the cells or the PRP, or whether the two may have a synergistic effect working together,” says Koch.

“A study at Cornell University investigated mesenchymal stem cells from horses in their research trial, in which they damaged the cartilage in joints of research horses. Some of those joints got stem cells and some got just the injection fluid without cells. In the follow-up, the researchers saw that the cartilage in the joints that received the cell formulation were much more preserved than the joints that did not get those cells.”

There was less cartilage damage in the joints that received the cells. “I’m not sure if these therapies can turn a damaged joint into a less-damaged joint, but the Cornell study indicates that maybe we can arrest the damage and prevent further damage.”

It is exciting that two products in Europe have been approved.

“One of those companies was acquired by Boehringer Ingelheim (a large international pharmaceutical company) last summer. This is a boost, to know that this big company thinks stem cells and regenerative medicine have a role to play in veterinary medicine,” says Koch.

“There’s possibility now for more consistent disease management—with joint injections to keep a horse comfortable. It might only have to be every 6 to 8 months or even longer. It might depend on the horse, but for horses that do respond, we may be able to manage their disease more consistently and have some degree of joint disease arrest,” he says. This could be career-extending, for some horses.

“Our company, eQcell, is trying to do something similar with products currently available. Our trial at UC-Davis is being led by Dr. Larry Galuppo. The trial at Ontario Veterinary College in Canada is led by Dr. Judith Koenig (Equine Sports Medicine & Reproduction Centre). Both trials have approval—from Health Canada and from the FDA—since stem cells are regulated because they are considered drugs,” says Koch.

This is the reason there are no approved stem cell products currently available in North America. Other regenerative therapies like IRAP and PRP fall under the FDA’s category of devises rather than drugs. “There is a big difference between getting a device approved

by FDA and getting a drug approved. It is very expensive and time-consuming to get a drug approved, which is a big impediment for veterinary medicine. From a pharmaceutical perspective it is a very small market,” he explains.

HOW THE CELLS ARE HARVESTED AND GROWN “The cells we are working with are from umbilical cord blood of newborn foals. My PhD work reported on the presence of these cells in 2007. This had been reported in humans, but we were the first to see if we could find similar cells in equine umbilical cord blood,” he says.

“I finished my PhD and continued to work on these cells. Our company gets the cells from umbilical cord blood. Most people get it from bone marrow or fat tissue. In Europe, one product (HorStem) contains cells from the umbilical cord tissue (not blood) and the other product (Arti-Cell Forte) contains cells from the peripheral blood of adult horses--isolating cells from the blood, using my initial protocol for umbilical cord blood, since these also work for adult blood,” he explains.

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“These cells adhere to certain types of plastics. In the lab we use plastic culture dishes. In the first few days a lot of cells are just floating in the media and don’t attach, and then some start attaching to the plastic. When we aspirate the media off and replace it with fresh media, this gets rid of all the floating cells. We end up with a cell population stuck to the plastic,” says Koch.

After 8 to 12 days some of the cells on the dish start to form colonies, undergo cell division and expand. “We use enzymes to lift them off the plastic; the enzymes cleave the binding without damaging the cells. We harvest them this way and split them into 3 to 5 flasks of the same size. Those cells reattach and keep growing. We can eventually grow them into billions of cells,” he says.

The original cells from umbilical cord blood come from breeding farms. “I work with Standardbred and Thoroughbred farms in southern Ontario. During foaling season they have eQcell’s collection kits, and whenever a foal is born, the attendant clamps the umbilical cord. When the foal stands up, the cord simply breaks at its natural breaking point. With the clamp across it (toward the mare side) the blood is not gushing out from the placenta, and is saved.”

The attendants use a blood transfusion bag to collect it. “These bags come preloaded from the company, with anticoagulant and a needle on the end. The attendants clean the cord and put the needle into the blood vessel within it, and the blood can drain into this collection bag. It’s non-invasive; you are just saving the blood that would otherwise drain out and be lost.” The infusion bag can be stored in a refrigerator overnight, then shipped by FedEx to the lab.

“What’s nice about this source of cells is that they are as young as we can get them, and consistent. The cells are from newborn foals, and mares that have no signs of disease during the pregnancy,” he says.

There are advantages to having very young cells.

“If you get cells from fat tissue, blood or bone marrow from adult horses, they may be damaged. All cells age, so even if you have a healthy, normal animal, there are stringent requirements for donor testing.” With foal cells, there is some variability between one foal and another, but these cells are more consistent. ........................................................................................

PHOTOS First page top to bottom | Photo credit: Dr. Erin Roberts, University of Calgary - Cells are stained to show the cell nucleus in turquoise. | Cells are stained to show the cell nucleus in turquoise. | Equine Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells grown on Microcarriers from PBS Biotech.

Cells are stained to show the cell nucleus in green.

Second page top to bottom | Photo credit: Karen Mantel, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph Equine mesenchymal stomal cells being inspected during laboratory expansion. | Sedating horse prior to treatment with equine mesenchymal stomal cells. | Culture media change on equine mesenchymal stomal cells during laboratory expansion.

Second page top to bottom | Dr. Thomas Koch and Horse | Lameness evaluation of horse (carpal joint flexion test).

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Mares with More| N ancy Squaw & Miss Paulo’ s 45

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By Larry Thornton ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ he story of Nancy Squaw and Miss Paulo’s 45 is an interesting piece of quarter horse history as they both appear in the pedigree of Miss Jim 45. Miss Jim 45 was a great halter horse that has been considered by many to be the greatest halter mare of all time. She set a record in 1970 for earning the most points in a single year as a halter horse.

She went to 153 shows with 139 firsts and 12 seconds, earning 436 points, earning the AQHA High Point Halter Horse title.

Her total career shows 642 halter points, winning 230 of her 250 shows earning 176 Grand Championships and 33 Reserve Grand Championships. Our look at these two mares in the pedigree of Miss Jim 45 makes them our Mares With More for this issue. But Miss Jim 45 wasn’t the only success experienced by these two mares.

Nancy Squaw and Miss Paulo’s 45 were brought together by Jim Nance of El Reno, Oklahoma. Jim Nance had a long and illustrious career as a breeder, showman, and judge. Jim bought Nancy Squaw in about 1952. She was sired by Cuter McCue. Cuter McCue was sired by Little Fort. His dam was a mare by Midnight.

The dam Nancy Squaw was King’s Squaw by Little King. Little King was sired by Joe Bailey P-4. Red Rose was the dam of Little King, and she was sired by Grano de Oro. Grano de Oro was a full brother to Joe Moore. Oklahoma Squaw was the dam of King’s Squaw. She was a daughter of Oklahoma Star P-6. Whitey was the dam of Oklahoma Squaw. Her sire was Little Earl Jr. The dam of

JIM HARLAN br 1960 QUARTER HORSE #0123993

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NANCY SQUAW sor 1951 QUARTER HORSE #0055368

MISS JIM 45 rd dun 15.2 Hd. & 1375 lb. 1966 QUARTER HORSE

MISS PAULOS 45 dun 1961 QUARTER HORSE #0223791

PAULOS DANDY b 1954 QUARTER HORSE #0056255

CHOCK LADY 45 dun 1955 QUARTER HORSE #0064361

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Whitey was Pet Dawson.

Nancy Squaw was bred by Percy Jones. Jim officially showed her one time, earning a first in the class and two AQHA halter points. We’ll let Jim tell us how he bought her, “I bought Nancy Squaw from Percy Jones down at Davis, Oklahoma when she was a two-year-old. She had never had a rope on her. So, I went down there and roped her with my roping horse, and I’d pull her about 30 or 40 feet, and she’d go down. I’d let her up, and she’d go down again, and I’d get her up again.”

“Finally, Mr. Jones said, ‘I’m sure glad you paid for her because I think you’re going to kill her. Well, I got her home, and I started riding her, and in about three days, I was riding that mare anywhere I wanted to go. She never did give me any trouble, and she was one heck of a mare.”

The purchase of Nancy Squaw took a turn or twist at this point.

Here is how Jim told the story, “When I bought Nancy Squaw, the fella sold me the mare with a guarantee. So, when he called to ask if I was satisfied with the mare, I said ‘Yes, but I needed a Breeder’s Certificate. He replied, ‘A Breeder’s Certificate!’ Yes, the mare was in foal. That is when she had her first foal Dusty Squaw.”

Here is the rest of the story, “What happened was when Nancy Squaw was about 14 months old and running in the pasture with

HANK H ch 1942 QUARTER HORSE #0002154 DIXIE BEACH buck 1930 QUARTER HORSE #0002692 CUTER MCCUE b 1939 QUARTER HORSE #0001155 KINGS SQUAW sor 1945 QUARTER HORSE #0051007 PAULO b 1948 QUARTER HORSE #0031147 DUCK WING b 1946 QUARTER HORSE #0015327 L H CHOCK sor 1944 QUARTER HORSE #0009319 LADY BLACK 45 dun 1944 QUARTER HORSE #0047757

KING b 14.3 1932 QUEEN H ch 1936 BEETCHS YELLOW JACKET buck 1922 MAYFLOWER b 1915 LITTLE FORT 1 br MARE BY MIDNIGHT gr LITTLE KING ch 1938 OKLAHOMA SQUAW gr 1936 BOLO b 1944 PAULITA b 1931 BILLY WAGGONER buck 1942 POLLY 4

ZANTANON JABALINA DAN 1 NAIL QUARTER MARE YELLOW WOLF MARE BY YELLOW JACKET NAIL DRIVER 1 SNIP 7 BLACK BOB 1 LUCINDA 1 MIDNIGHT MARE BY YELLOW WOLF JOE BAILEY RED ROSE 1 OKLAHOMA STAR WHITEY 1 HOBO LOMA PAUL ELL ADALINA 2 BILLY VAN HELEN JO CHIEF

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her mother, her sire was turned out with the mares. He did this to check to see if the mares were in foal. He did this in the winter.

She was just a young filly, but she became in foal to her sire Cuter McCue.”

Chock. She was sired by Colt by Brown Jug. Escoba was sired

by Little Joe and out of Black Mabel. Lady Black 45 was the dam of Chock Lady 45. Her sire was Blackburn by Yellow Jacket. Blackburn was out of Siss by Peter McCue.

The foal from this accident was Dusty Squaw, and she became an instrument in the next phase of our story. Jim recalled this part of the story this way, “I started cutting on Nancy Squaw, and she made quite a cutting mare. Then I bred her to Leo San at Mr. Dark’s over at Wetumpka, Oklahoma, and that is how I got Leota San.” Jim traded Dusty Squaw for the breeding to Leo San producing the foal Leota San.

An added note about the chestnut sorrel stud colt—Jim went to the mailbox one day and got his copy of the EASTERN/WESTERN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL, and here is what he found, “When I got back to the house, I told my wife that Wobbles was on the cover of the EASTERN/WESTERN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL. She said, ‘He can’t be. I heard he was killed in a trailer accident.’ I opened it up, and he was the leading sire of hunters and jumpers on the east coast. So, I guess that deal broke both ways.” Leo Sandy Bar had become a prominent English pleasure sire while owned by Jon Riker of Southbury, Connecticut. Leo Sandy Bar went on to be a significant sire for Jon Riker. This great stallion sired such noted horses as the AQHA Champions Dandy Bar Riker, Danny Riker, Day Money Riker, Elcapitan Riker, and Frank Riker.

The AQHA shows that Jim showed Leota San in halter, earning ten halter points in aged mares, broodmares with three grand championships. She then became a broodmare for Jim, “When she was a three-year-old, I bred her to King’s Pistol. Then I took her and bred her to Sugar Bars, and she had a chestnut sorrel stud colt. Then I bred her to Harlan. Then after that, I bred her to Jim Harlan.

The Leota San chestnut sorrel colt brings Miss Paulo’s 45 into our story. Here is what Jim had to say, “Well, I had that chestnut stud colt by Sugar Bars and out of Leota San. We named him Leo Sandy Bar, but we called him Wobbles. When he was about 18 months old, a fella came in here with a little dun mare in the trailer. She came from the Waggoner Ranch, and they wanted to trade.

Well, I got Wobbles out and let them look at him, and they wanted to know how I would trade with them. So, I told them how I would trade, and we made the swap. I think I got $500.00 to boot.”

He continued, “This little ole mare had hair on her like an angora goat. Bob Robey came down that evening to look at the mare, and he saw how she was bred, and he said, ‘Jim, you ought to be in prison down there at McAlister, Oklahoma for stealing this mare.’ I thought then I had really gotten the best deal, but then she raised me four champions by three different studs, and that is how I got Miss Paulo’s 45.”

Miss Paulo’s 45 was a 1961 dun mare bred by the Waggoner Ranch of Vernon, Texas. Her sire was Paulo’s Dandy, a son of Paulo by Bolo by Hobo. Hobo was sired by Joe Moore, the full brother to Grano de Oro. These two full brothers were sired by Little Joe and out of Della Moore. Paulo was out of Paulita. Paulita was by Paul Ell by Hickory Bill. Paul Ell was out of Baby Ruth, a full sister to Jenny, dam of Little Joe. Adalina was the dam of Paulita. Her sire was Little Joe, and her dam was Black Bess. Paulita was also the dam of Hobo.

Duck Wing was the dam of Paulo’s Dandy. Her sire was Billy Waggoner by Billy Van by Cotton Eyed Joe. Cotton Eyed Joe was sired by Little Joe and out of Black Bess. Black Bess was sired by Warrior and out of Jenny. Thus, we see that Black Bess and Little Joe are half brother and sister. Helen Jo was the dam of Billy Waggoner. Helen Jo was sired by Waggoner. Polly was the dam of Duck Wing. Her sire was Chief P-5 by Peter McCue. The dam of Miss Paulo’s 45 was Chock Lady 45. Her sire was L H Chock by King P-234. Miss Alice was the dam of L H

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The next Nancy Squaw foals were Nancy Scooter by Red Scooter and King’s Okie by M&M’s Major’s Mangum. Nancy Scooter and King’s Okie were both halter point earners earning one point each.

The next stallion to enter the picture was Harlan. Jim developed a very practical practice of going to see each stallion he bred to. Here is how he explained what he looked at when seeing the stallion and why Harlan stood out as a sire. He stated, “I had been around looking at horses, and I was the kind of person that if I went to look at a stud, I wasn’t interested in the stud as much as what his babies looked like. I saw more uniform colts, and every one of them had the darndest rear end on them you ever saw in your life.”

He added, “You know what got me started with Harlan more than anything was Bob Robey’s mares. Bob had 15 or 20 good mares, and they were all different bred mares, and every one of those babies looked like carbon copies out of that horse. That is the reason I got so interested in Harlan.” Jim would later join the Harlan Syndicate to become a part-owner in the horse with Bob Robey, Carl Mills, and Harold Hudspeth.

Thus, Harlan became the sire of Nancy Squaw’s next foal.

The foal born was Jim Harlan. This 1960 bay stallion became a special contributor to our story. It started when Jim began to show his new stud colt. Here is what happened, “I didn’t think much about it at the time; I thought he was a good-looking stud colt. The first time we showed him was over at Hydro, Oklahoma, and then a week later, we took him to Mountain View, Oklahoma, and he started winning everything we could get him to.”

“Then I took him to Elk City as a yearling, and he was a good-looking son of a gun,” added Jim about the start of the yearling campaign. “Cecil Gillespie was there, and he was one of the biggest horse traders at that time.”

“When he saw the colt, he said, ‘What would you take for him?’ I said, “I would take $1,100 for him.’ Well, he said, ‘Would

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you take 1,100 bushels of rye for him?’ I said, ‘What in the world would I do with the rye?’ He said, ‘You could sell it.’ I said, ‘No, I don’t want to do anything like that.’ He said he was going to his banker and see if he could get the money to buy this colt.”

Jim continued, “Bob Robey was with me, and I told him let’s get out of here before this guy buys my colt. We went home, and Cecil never did come back.”

“I was showing him just about everywhere, and I went down into Arkansas,” related Jim about a couple of events in the life of Jim Nance and his colt. “B. A. “Barney” Skipper that had Poco Lena was there. He and his wife tried to buy the colt. I told him I wasn’t interested and that I didn’t want to sell the colt.”

“I had heard about this colt down in Texas called Leo’s Sonny San that J. C. Thompson had. So, me and the wife were sitting here one evening,” I said, “let’s go to Cyril, Oklahoma, and show the colt. George Tyler was the judge. George was from Texas, and Thompson was from Texas. It was the yearling stud class. I was one of the last to come into the arena, and there was about fourteen or so in the class.”

“I trotted up to George, and he said, “Go up there and get on top of that sorrel colt at the head of the line and you and he can get acquainted. He’s been looking for you. So, I went up there and on top of that sorrel colt.”

Jim continued, “The man with the sorrel colt was J. C. Thompson, and he said, ‘J. D. Tadlock told me about your colt when he saw him in Arkansas. He told me that I had better stay away from your colt. He said he’ll beat you every day of the week.”

Jim asked Thompson if he wanted to look at the colt, and he took hold of Thompson’s colt to let him take a good look. Jim stated that when Thompson moved around the colt, “he said, ‘Everybody said he was tough and he’s just as tough as he was supposed to be.”

The next stop for Jim Harlan was the State Fair of Dallas, Texas. Jim recalled the show this way, “There were 32 colts in the class, and J. C. and I were down on the far end with our colts.

Well, this Judge from California was judging the show, and so he pulled a bunch of them out and had Matlock Rose on top and all the top boys in that line. He came back down on our end. He pulled Leo’s Sonny San and sent him across the arena to put him at the back of that line.”

He continued, “Well, I thought this is it for me, and about that time he walked past us, and he said, ‘Tell you what you take that seal brown colt to the front of the line, and you’ll be the top.’ You talk about an old country kid feeling bigger than the world. It felt good leading him up past Matlock Rose and all those top hands.”

“Mr. E. C. Johnson of Longview, Texas and his trainer Jack Peek were at this show. Well, a few days later, they called and asked if I would sell the colt. I said I would, and he bought him.”

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Harlan. Jim Harlan would become the AQHA Honor Roll (High Point) Halter Stallion in 1962. He was an AQHA Champion and a Superior Halter Horse. He earned 170 AQHA Halter points and 13 performance points. Jim Harlan went on to be a good sire with foals like Sabrina Lee, an AQHA Superior Halter Horse with 264 points. She earned a Superior in western pleasure, and she was the 1971 AQHA High Point Western Pleasure Horse and the 1971 AQHA High Point Youth Western Pleasure Horse.

Sabrina Lee is a member of the NSBA Hall of Fame. Some other Jim Harlan performers include Jim So So, Superior Halter Horse, Magnolia Cara, Superior Youth Showmanship, and Wild Jim Harlan, Superior in the Open and Youth Western Pleasure.

Jim sold his colt, but he reserved two stud fees per year to the stallion. Jim continued telling what happened this way, “The first year I took Miss Paulo to Jim Harlan and got her bred. I thought she was in foal, but she wasn’t. I was in the Harlan Syndicate, so I took her and bred her to Harlan. She had a buckskin filly. This filly was Miss Stingaree.”

Miss Stingaree was the Oklahoma High Point Yearling and Oklahoma High Point Two-Year-Old Filly. Her performance awards include the High Point Junior Reining Horse in Oklahoma. She became an AQHA Champion and a Superior Halter Horse in the AQHA. He earned 63 halter points and 20 performance points.

Jim took Miss Paulo back to Jim Harlan in 1965 and got Miss Jim 45 in 1966. Jim could tell she was special from the beginning, but she came with a slight problem. We’ll let Jim explain, “When she was born, her hind feed didn’t track with her front feet. She had laid in her mother, and she was twisted, and I was scared to death she would be that way the rest of her life.”

“I took her, and her mother back to Johnson’s so that the mare could be bred back,” recalled Jim about getting the mare back to Texas on her foal heat. “I would call every other day about my filly because I really did like this filly. Finally, Jack Peek said, ‘Quit worrying about that mare. She is straight as a string.”

Miss Jim 45 was straight as a string, and her show career got started when she was a yearling. Jim related, “She pretty well beat everything coming and going.” This included such shows as Oklahoma Halter Futurity, and she was the High Point Oklahoma Halter Filly as a yearling and two-year-old.

Miss Jim 45 was transferred to a new owner in February of 1969. Jim explains how it all came about, “Miss Jim 45 was actually my son, Keith’s mare, and he was going to school in Stillwater at the time. Well, Matlock Rose and George Tyler came in here and said they wanted to buy my mare. I said Ok, but I would have to call my son and get his ok. Keith was on his way back to school. So, I called him, and he came right home.”

Jim continued, “When Keith got back, we sat down from about 9:00 that night until about 2:00 that morning until he decided to sell the mare to George and Matlock. You know he never looked back or regretted selling her.”

Miss Jim 45 went with Rose and Tyler, and then she was purchased by Frank Merrill. Merrill would show the mare during 1969, and then in 1970, he had Stretch Bradley showing Miss Jim 45. Jim recalled this about Miss Jim 45 and her travels with Stretch Bradley, “I have to admire her when Stretch Bradley was showing her for Frank Merrill. Stretch was hauling Blue Siemon for George Tyler. I used to laugh when Stretch put Miss Jim 45 in the trailer and then turned Blue Siemon loose, and he would go get in the trailer with Miss Jim. They were a pair; when you went to lead her off, she would go to nickering for Blue Siemon.

They were attached to each other.

Jim reflected on a couple of interesting things about Miss Jim 45. The first has to do with her attitude on life, “Miss Jim 45 was the type of mare or horse with a special type of personality and for Miss Jim 45 that was to be just as happy as she could be.

If she was here today, she would be just as happy in this living room as she was at a show.”

The other thing Jim recalled was her athletic ability, “I broke Miss Jim when she was a two-year-old, and it bothers me a whole lot because this mare had every type of movement. She was a natural athlete. It always hurt me that the mare was never given a chance to perform. It is my opinion she would have been one of the top performance mares in the nation if she had been given a chance.”

Frank Merrill sold Miss Jim 45 to Michael Mulberger of Scottsdale, Arizona. She would later return to Jim Nance’s barn for a short time, but Mulberger decided that he wanted the mare back in Arizona. She would live long enough to produce only one colt, and then she died.

But the death of Miss Jim 45 is not the end of our story. Jim went back to Jim Harlan in 1966 and got a colt this time. Mr. Jim 45 was born in 1967. He would become the 1972 AQHA High Point Reining Stallion and the fifth-place finisher in the High Point award overall. He earned nine halter points and 53 performance points.

Miss Paulo followed up with two more point earners in Miss Harlan 45 and Mr. Harlan 45, both by Harlan. Miss Harlan 45 earned 19 halter points, and Mr. Harlan 45 earned 13 halter points and one performance point. The next point earner was Super Girl 45 by Rancho Cutie. This mare earned 1 AQHA Halter point.

The last foal out of Miss Paulo was Impress Forty-Five. This 1977 stud colt was sired by Impressive. Impress Forty-Five was the 1978 AQHA World Champion Yearling Stallion. He was also third in the 1977 AQHA World Show Weanling Stallion Class.

The bringing together of Nancy Squaw and Miss Paulo’s 45 through Jim Nance has left a legacy in the AQHA Hall of Fame through Miss Jim 45 that will live for many years to come. It is this legacy to the quarter horse that has made Nancy Squaw and Miss Paulo’s 45 our latest Mares with More.

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