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On the cover

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Weaver Quarter Horses

Stan Weaver riding through the ranch as the ranch has graced ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... the cover of Working Horse Magazine for the 20th year! To the left is Weaver moving cattle across the foothills in Big Sandy, Montana. Their annual sale is September 19th and is definitely a “don’t miss” event!

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Orphan Drift - More Than a Link to Driftwood

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Blain Krogman

August

White River, SD

15th-22nd

RQHBA

Belle Fourche, SD

23rd

Spader Ranch

Kansas City, KS

29th

Lolli Bros.

September Macon, MI

Van Norman

Elko, NV

WYO

Thermopolis, WY

19th

Weaver QH

Great Falls, MT

19th

Ozark FB

Midway, AR

19th

Sugar Bars Legacy Sheridan, WY

20th

Driftwood Legend Broken Bow, NE

26th

4th|5th

Munns Prod. Sale Rexburg, ID

5th

Louie Krogman

Valentine, NE

6th

Raymond Sutton

Gettysburg, SD

13th

Open Box Rafter

Rapid City, SD

12th

BV&D

Springfield, MO

12th

Legacy Ranch

Prescott, AZ

18th

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Shawnee

October

18th|19th

Shawnee, OK

2nd|3rd

Waverly Midwest

Waverly, IA

6th|9th

Huskerland

Kearney, NE

3rd

6666

Guthrie, TX

3rd

Farmers & Ranchers Salina, KS Texas Tradition

Saginaw, TX

10th|11th 23rd

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The Working Lines | O rphan Drift - More Than

Link

Driftwood

By Larry Thornton ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ hen you see Orphan Drift in a pedigree it brings an automatic connection to the legendary stallion Driftwood his grandsire. When you take a second look at the pedigree of Orphan Drift, you see that his sire Driftwood Ike was out a mare that carries the blood of Joe Hancock. This brings the great legends Driftwood and Joe Hancock together in his pedigree. These two stallions dominate the pedigree of Orphan Drift or how we perceive Orphan Drift’s contribution to the scheme of things. But there is another family of horses that contribute greatly to the Orphan Drift pedigree. This family of horses was bred by Chester Cooper of Roosevelt, Arizona and they might be considered the rest of the story of the pedigree bringing in a racehorse perspective in his contribution to the American Quarter Horse. Orphan Drift was bred by Roy Wales of Mesa, Arizona. Wales bred such well-known Driftwood horses as Driftwood Ike (the sire of Orphan Drift), Fire Wood, Haliewood and Wooden Nugget. Orphan Drift was foaled in 1962 from the mating of Driftwood Ike and Orphan Annie C. Orphan Drift was purchased by Stanley Johnston, of South Dakota and Arizona in 1964. This is how Randy Johnston,

DRIFTWOOD IKE buck 1954 QUARTER HORSE #0047645

Stanley’s son recalled the original purchase of Orphan Drift, “My Dad bought Orphan Drift and his full brother Mister Drifty from Roy Wales. Mister Drifty was a year younger and a really nice colt, but he decided to keep Orphan Drift.” Orphan Drift was primarily used as a roping horse, but Randy described him this way, “He was like most Driftwood horses, you could do anything on him. But I just roped calves on him.” He continued, “He was good. He had a lot of run. He would run close to the calves. He had a great stop. He could stop in the mud just like you were on dry ground. He was pretty straight legged behind. It didn’t matter what kind of ground he was on, he didn’t slide very far and that broke a lot of grass ropes back then. They didn’t make ropes like they do today.” Randy continued, “Orphan Drift was a good minded horse. He was one of those horses that he wouldn’t hurt a fly. But he didn’t want to be petted. He was all business.” “He was good in the box. He didn’t have anything to worry about because he could run out of the box. You didn’t get after him like a horse that wasn’t good out of the box, so you get after him and that gives them something to worry about. He would go in the box turn around and he would never move. He was just kind of there.”

DRIFTWOOD b 14.3 1932 QUARTER HORSE #0002833

HANCOCK BELLE buck 1944 QUARTER HORSE #0005593

ORPHAN DRIFT buck 1962 QUARTER HORSE #0240825

ORPHAN ANNIE C ch 1948 QUARTER HORSE #0186062

TAILOR MADE C sor 1945 QUARTER HORSE #0008970

TWILIGHT C sor 1944 QUARTER HORSE #0008544

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MILLER BOY b 1926 QUARTER HORSE U0076192 THE COMER MARE ch 1920 QUARTER HORSE U0281793 BUCK 8 QUARTER HORSE U0240700 MISS HANCOCK 1 QUARTER HORSE U0076388 JOE REED II ch 1936 QUARTER HORSE #0000985 BETTY WOOD sor 1936 QUARTER HORSE #0002174 CLABBER sor 1936 QUARTER HORSE #0000507 PHOEBE C sor 1934 QUARTER HORSE #0008542

HOBA

WYLI

BARLO ch KENT

CHICA b 16.3 1 YELLO dun JOE H br 15.3 WAGG

JOE R ch 1921 NELLE sor 193 JOE R ch 1921 TEXAS

MY TE ch 1928 BLON

DOC 2

SILVE

Orphan Drift [1962] a grandson of Driftwood and out of a mare that was bred for speed. Photo Courtesy Randy Johnston

HOBART HORSE TEXAS CHIEF JA MARE LOCKS RONDO

sor ~1905 dun ch 1880

CHICARO b 16.3 1923 YELLOW JACKET MARE dun JOE HANCOCK br 15.3 1923 WAGGONER MARE

CHICLE WENDY YELLOW JACKET

b 1913 b 1917 rd dun 1908

JOHN WILKINS BROWN HANCOCK MARE

b br ~1913

JOE REED ch 1921 NELLENE sor 1931 JOE REED ch 1921 TEXAS BETTY 1

b 1911 ch 1915 ch 1923 sor b 1911 ch 1915 b 1915

DOC 2

JOE BLAIR DELLA MOORE 1 FLEETING TIME LITTLE RED NELL JOE BLAIR DELLA MOORE 1 ESCOBA RED NELL 2 PORTE DRAPEAU SADIE M 2 LONE STAR 2 CAPTAIN JOE MARE POSSUM

SILVER 2

BLUE EYES 1

WYLIE BARLOW ch KENTUCKY TB MARE

MY TEXAS DANDY ch 1928 BLONDIE S 1

b 1915 sor ch 1911 ch 1905

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....................................................................................................................................................................................................... “We bred mares in Arizona from January to April and then in South Dakota from May to August. So would rope on him at the fall rodeos.” Randy confided that the long breeding season prevented him from fulfilling one of his goals with the horse, “I had a lot of fun roping calves on Orphan Drift, but I always wanted to take him to the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo. I wanted to take him to Cheyenne because of the long score. He would run so hard and it was nothing for him to run up on a calf. But he was always breeding those mares during the summer in South Dakota.” Randy added this, “I was just an everyday roper. I always roped better in the practice pen then in the rodeo. I was lucky to ride him all those years. A tough calf roper would have made him another Driftwood Ike.” The irony of our discussion of the roping ability of Orphan Drift is based on his Driftwood blood and rightly so. The Driftwood horses are a powerful line of roping horses. The life of Driftwood is broken down into phases. The first phase of the life of Driftwood comes in North Texas. Driftwood was bred by a man named Bailey Childress. Childress was from Silverton, Texas. The next owner of Driftwood was Sam Turner and his son Amos Turner. The Turner’s made Driftwood a noted match racehorse. Driftwood would travel west from the Silverton, Texas area to places like Arizona and California. He would change ownership several times. One of the owners was Ab Nichols. Nichols is best remembered as the owner of the AQHA World Champion Quarter Running Horse Clabber. He owned both horses at one time. The Nichols were from Arizona. Buck Nichols was the son of Ab Nichols. Buck is the person given credit for making Driftwood a roping horse. Ashbury Schell is the person most responsible for Driftwood’s legend as a roping horse. Schell was an Arizona roper that bought Driftwood and further enhanced his reputation as a roping horse. It was Schell that changed Driftwood’s name to Speedy. Driftwood would carry the name Speedy until he was officially registered in the AQHA. The last owners of Driftwood were Channing and Katy Peake of Rancho Jabali in California. Driftwood was registered by the Peakes. The legend of Driftwood would grow while he lived out his life with Channing and Katy Peake. He would prove to be a top sire of good all around quarter horses. His foals would include Poker Chip Peake a PRCA Hall of Fame roping horse and many say the greatest rope horse of all time and Henny Penny Peake, the 1956 Reining Horse Championship of the American Horse Show Association and the 1953 and 1954 Pacific Coast Champion in Hackamore Reining. She was a full sister to Poker Chip Peak. His son Speedy Peake was ROM with 16 points earning them reining, cutting, heading, heeling, working cow horse and tie-down roping. His son Mescal Brownie was the 1960 AQHA High Point Working Cow Horse. The pedigree of Driftwood has ties to the famous JA Ranch of the Palo Duro Canyon in Texas. His sire was Miller Boy. Miller Boy was sired by the Hobart Horse. The Hobart Horse was a JA Ranch sire. The dam of Miller Boy was a mare known as Wylie. Wylie was sired by Texas Chief and out of a JA Mare. The dam of Driftwood was The Comer Mare. This mare was sired by Barlow, who was sired by Lock’s Rondo.

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When Driftwood was bred to Hancock Belle, they got Driftwood Ike, the sire of Orphan Drift. Hancock Belle was sired by Buck by the thoroughbred Chicaro. Chicaro is the famous thoroughbred that found his way from Louisiana to the famed King Ranch. Chicaro was the broodmare sire of the famous race sire Top Deck (TB). The dam of Hancock Belle was the mare Miss Hancock. Miss Hancock was sired by Joe Hancock. The dam of Miss Hancock was a Waggoner mare, whose pedigree is unknown. Hancock Belle has an interesting produce record. She is the dam of 13 foals with four runners with three ROM and six arena performers with five point earners and three ROM. Her arena ROM were Driftwood Ike, Speedywood and Bar Prince. Bar Prince was one of her racing ROM as well. The others were Barjelle and Door Jelle. Barjelle was a stakes winner in the Las Vegas Spring Championship. Driftwood Ike was the top point earner with 54 AQHA points with 23 in heeling and 31 in tiedown roping earning his Register of Merit. He was the AQHA Reserve High Point Steer Roping Horse in 1969. Driftwood Ike was the sire of 37 performers in the AQHA that earned 236.5 AQHA points with five ROM and one Superior. The AQHA Champion was Driftwood Lady who earned 45.5 AQHA points in halter and performance. The leading point earner was Driftin Devil with 62 AQHA points in the open and amateur divisions. He was a full brother to Nifty Ike, a stakes winner of the Prescott Downs Derby who was one of three ROM racehorses from eight starters. The daughters of Driftwood Ike produced 65 point earners that earned 1,476.5 AQHA points. This includes 26 ROM with two AQHA reserve world champions, six Superior Award recipients and one AQHA Champion. The AQHA Champion was Jack The Drifter with 38 AQHA halter and performance points. The AQHA Reserve World Champions were Wheel’r Dealer in reining and Nows Your Chance OJ in barrel racing. The Superior performers include Rushing Leather in cutting; Wheel’r Dealer in barrel racing; SF Partyin Tuff with two in team penning; SF Pinyon West in heading and Deputy Doc in barrel racing. Mr Thriftwood earned 62 AQHA points in heading and healing. He shows the crossover success of Driftwood Ike going from the AQHA to rodeo in roping when he won over $110,000 in five months including an NFR Average Championship and a Reserve World Championship in Heeling. The dam of Orphan Drift was Orphan Annie C. This mare was bred by Chester C. Cooper of Arizona. Cooper was an early breeder that was profiled in THE QUARTER HORSE, the official publication of the National Quarter Horse Breeders Association. The Cooper story appeared in the September 1948 issue and was written by Nelson C. Nye. The story was “Chester Cooper: Half Century with Horses.” Cooper lived in an area of Arizona known as the Tonto Basin at Roosevelt. Some of the early horses used by Cooper were the stallions Duster, a thoroughbred, Brownie, a quarter horse and Revenue. The Nye story notes that Cooper was a racehorse enthusiast. He tells one story of how Brownie was raced against a horse named Cordwood Johnny. The race was run at 300 yards and Brownie won. The foundation of Orphan Drift’s female family came through

....................................................................................................................................................................................................... a mare named Silver. Silver was given to Chester Cooper by a man named Lee Barkdoll. Barkdoll was from Payson, Arizona. Silver was raised by Mabry Gardner. When Barkdoll got the mare he made her a roping mare until injuries forced her retirement and that is when Barkdoll gave the mare to Cooper. Silver was sired by Blue Eyes. Blue Eyes was a son of Traveler. Her dam was a Gardner Mare. The pedigree of the Gardner mare was unknown. Silver became a broodmare for Chester Cooper. She was the dam of Scooter by Doc. Doc was a son of Possum. Possum or King as he was known in Texas was a son of Traveler and he was out of Jenny. This makes Possum (King) a full brother to Little Joe, the famous South Texas Quarter Horse and grandsire of King P-234. The Nye story tells us that Scooter was a roping horse.

Joe Reed P-3 was a great cross on the Driftwood blood . Photo Courtesy AQHA Hall of Fame and Museum.

Driftwood [1932] racehorse and sire of great performance horses. Photo Courtesy AQHA Hall of Fame Museum.

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....................................................................................................................................................................................................... Peggy Cooper was the next foal listed in the Cooper story. Peggy Cooper was also known as Peggy C. She was foaled in 1933 and her sire was Doc. Peggy Cooper is the foundation of a very strong branch of the Silver Family of horses. Peggy N is the first AQHA registered foal out of Peggy Cooper. Peggy N was foaled in 1941. Her sire was the legendary World Champion Quarter Running Horse Clabber. The other great race horse owned by Ab Nichols. Peggy N was officially unraced. She was the dam of foals like Prescott Peggy Joe. This mare was a track record holder and ROM racehorse. She had a performance ROM as well. Prescott Peggy Joe was the dam of Peggy Toro. Peggy Toro was the dam of Easy Six. Easy Six was a successful racehorse with wins in such races as the Sun Country Futurity and the Kansas Derby. He won $198,740. The foals of Easy Six include Streakin Six. Streakin Six was a successful racehorse with wins in the Rainbow Futurity and the New Mexico State Fair Handicap. He even ran second in the All American Futurity. Streakin Six is the sire of horses that have won over $17,000,000 on the racetrack. They include Sixy Chick, Champion Two-Year-Old Filly; Six Fortunes, Champion Three-Year-Old Colt; Sir Alibi, Champion Aged Stallion and Dean Miracle, Champion Aged Stallion. The daughters of Streakin Six have been very good producers as well. They have produced horses like AB What A Runner, Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, Champion Two-YearOld and Champion Three-Year-Old Filly; Shake The Bank, Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and Horse of the Year in Mexico and Roll Into Mischief, Champion Aged Stallion. Streakin Six was the sire of Streakin La Jolla who sired Mr Jess Perry a run-

ning champion and leading sire. Mr Jess Perry is the #3 All Time Leading Sire of Money Earners with earnings in excess of $50 million. Mr Jess Perry is the sire of Apollitical Jess an AQHA Racing World Champion who has sired foals that have won in excess of $32 million. He has sired the last two All American Futurity G1 winners in Apocalyptical Jess and Mr Jess Jenkins. Some other foals out of Peggy N include Missle Bar, the 1958 Champion Quarter Running Two-Year-Old and 1959 Champion Quarter Running Three Year Old; Clabber Bar, Stakes winner of such races as the Gold Bar Handicap; No Comment, Stakes winner of the Thunderbird Holiday Championship; Miss Hijo Peggy, Stakes Winner of the Bar None Stakes, Fiery Bar, an arena ROM performer; Be Sure Peggy, ROM racing horse and Artic Tern, a racing ROM performer. Tonta Gal was the second registered foal out of Peggy Cooper. This mare was a full sister to Peggy N. They were both sired by Clabber. Tonta Gal would officially go to the race track 23 times with 14 wins, 3 seconds and 6 thirds thus going first, second or third in all of her starts. She equaled a track record at Rillito going 350 yards in 18.2 seconds. She set a track record at Rillito going 220 yards in 12.1 seconds. Tonta Gal would become a broodmare producing the great stallion Tonto Bar Gill. He was an AAA rated racehorse that was the 1952 Champion Quarter Running Three-Year-Old Stallion. He was a stakes winner of such races as the Rillito Handicap, Prep Dash and the Torpedo Stakes. He won 8 races with 9 seconds and 1 third in 35 starts. He was a track record holder at Rillito Race Track going 440 yards in :22.2 and a track record holder for 330 yards in :17.2. The foals of Tonto Bars Gill earned $645,793 on the racetrack. They earned 135 racing Register Of Merit awards as runners. This includes 19 stakes winners and the Champions Tonto Bars Hank and

Easy Six [1972] whose sire line has produced the AQHA Hall of Fame stallions Streakin Six, Steakin La Jolla and Mr Jess Perry. This horse is a cousin to Orphan Drift as they come from the same female family. Photo from the Authorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14 Working Horse Magazine 2020 Summer |Fall files.

....................................................................................................................................................................................................... Miss Louton. Tonto Bars Hank was named the 1960 Champion Quarter Running Two Year Old Colt and the Champion Quarter Running Stallion. He added Co-Champion ThreeYear-Old Colt honors in 1961. Tonto Bars Hank the first quarter horse to win over $100,000 earning $133,919. Miss Louton was a three time AQHA Champion Quarter Running Horse as the 1958 Champion Two Year Old Filly, 1959 Champion Three-Year-Old Filly and the 1959 Champion Quarter Running Filly. She won $74,718.00 on the racetrack. The 1934 foal out of Silver was Phoebe C. This mare was a daughter of Doc. Phoebe C was also known as Dutchess. Phoebe C was the dam of several noted horses including Prissy by Colonel Clyde. This mare raced with the likes of Miss Bank, Painted Joe, Buster, Hank H and Little Texas. This mare was not registered in the AQHA. She died in a race in 1947 when for no apparent reason she went through the rail on the track. This was reported in Nelson Nye’s book CHAMPIONS OF THE QUARTER TRACKS. The first foal recorded in the AQHA records out of Phoebe C was Five Slash. This horse was sired by Three Bars. He earned an ROM in racing in 1957. The second AQHA recorded foal was I Don’t Smoke, by Colonel Clyde. This horse didn’t earn an ROM or win an official race. The next foal on Phoebe C’s produce record is Stranger C by Tailor Made C. This horse was ROM in 1950. Stranger C is the third foal listed on her produce record. He didn’t get an official AQHA number. This horse is ROM in racing. His sire is unknown. The next runner on this produce list is Buster Boy by Clabber. This horse set several track records including one at Rillito going 300 yards in 16.1 seconds. He was stakes placed in the Big Hat Purse with a third. He was AA rated on the racetrack. The next two horses on the list are Twilight C and Betsy Ross Bassett. Betsy Ross Bassett was a race starter with five official starts and one-third place. She is the dam of a horse

called Forecast, an AAA rated AQHA Champion sired by Super Charge. Betsy Ross Bassett was sired by Joe Reed II. The last foal registered out of Phoebe C was Super Kid. This gelding was AA rated and an ROM racehorse. Super Kid was sired by Super Charge. Twilight C, the dam of Orphan Annie C, has an official speed index, but no official starts on her record. Her speed index is only a 55. Her sire was the great Clabber. Clabber was called the “Iron Horse” of the racetrack. He was the 1940-41 World Champion Quarter Running Horse and the 1940-41 World Champion Quarter Running Stallion. His sire was My Texas Dandy. His dam was Blondie S. Blondie S was sired by Lone Star. Twilight C was the dam of only one registered foal. That foal was Orphan Annie C. Orphan Annie C was officially unraced. The sire of Orphan Annie C was Tailor Made C. Tailor Made C carried a speed index of 65 and he was the winner of one race in his 11 official races. He was a stallion owned and used by Chester Cooper. This stallion has an interesting pedigree. He was sired by Joe Reed II by Joe Reed P-3. Joe Reed II was out of Nellene by Fleeting Time, a thoroughbred. The dam of Nellene was Little Red Nell. This mare was by Brown Billy and out of Red Nell. The dam of Tailor Made C was Betty Wood. Betty Wood was bred by Bert Wood, the long time owner of Joe Reed II. Betty Wood was sired by Joe Reed P-3. Thus Tailor Made C was inbred to Joe Reed P-3 with a breeding pattern of 2 X 2. The dam of Betty Wood was Texas Betty by a thoroughbred named Escoba. Texas Betty was out of Little Red Nell. Thus Tailor Made C was 3 X 3 inbred to Little Red Nell. This breeding pattern for Tailor Made C is very similar to the great Leo. Leo was sired by Joe Reed II and out of Little Fanny, both by Joe Reed P-3. The difference comes through Little Fanny, who was out of Fanny Ashwell, by Ashwell and out of Fanny Richardson.

Driftwood Ike [1954] noted roping horse and sire. Photo Courtesy Randy Johnston

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....................................................................................................................................................................................................... Orphan Annie C was the dam of 12 foals with 7 performers. These performers include Clabber’s Orphan. This horse has a speed index of 90 and a racing ROM. He was a stakes placed runner with a second in the Gila County Futurity, a third in the Saila Derby and the third in the AQRA Prince Stakes. He was Orphan Annie C’s leading money winner with $9,584. His sire was Clabber Charge. Stormy Streak and My Orphan Boy are full brothers out of Orphan Annie C. They were sired by My Stormy Boy. Stormy Streak was a stakes placed runner in the AQRA Laddie Stakes. He earned four AQHA halter points to go with his ROM on the racetrack. My Orphan Boy was an ROM runner with a speed index of 87. The arena performers out of Orphan Annie C were Annie’s Tink, two performance points; Buck’s Ike, five performance points; Beachcomer, three performance points and Golden Driftwood, one performance point. All of these performers were sired by Driftwood Ike. Orphan Drift sired 250 registered foals and he is like many horses in that sire good rodeo horses, so his sire record is not completely documented. His record doesn’t tell you about people like Joe and Linda Fisher. Randy recalled the Fisher’s this way, “One of my Dad’s long time friends and my friend too is Joe Fisher. For years he would buy Orphan Drift horses from my dad. He and Linda still rope. They really enjoyed those horses and still enjoy them. Joe was a Driftwood enthusiast way back and still rides a Driftwood.” So we will rely on Orphan Drift’s AQHA records to profile some of his performers. Orphan Drift sired 31 performers in the AQHA with 23 of them being point earners. One of his top point earner is the great cow horse mare Cow Lady Drift. This great show mare earned 42 performance points and 2 halter points. She was sixth in the 1975 AQHA World Show Senior Reining and fifth in the 1975 AQHA World Show Senior Working Cow Horse. The 1975 show season had to be an interesting one as this is the year Snippy’s Cowboy was born. Thus Cow Lady Drift became a world show qualifier and a foal producer all in the same year. Flintwood was another AQHA World Show top ten qualifier. He earned a tenth place in the World Show Senior Heeling in 1980; a sixth in the AQHA Youth World Show in tie-down roping and a fifth in the Youth World Show Breakaway Roping in 1979. He earned 57 AQHA open points and 18 youth points to be ROM in the open division. Some of the other ROM performers sired by Orphan Drift include Cinderwood Miss, Pretty Hep, Drift’s Super Star, Goefwood and Triple Drift. Randy also talked about his partnership with Randy Dunn. The partnership with Dunn focus’ on the value of the Orphan Drift bred mares as Randy explained, “In the late 1980’s I met Randy Dunn of Laramie, Wyoming. We became partners on about 35 Driftwood bred mares mostly carrying the blood of Orphan Drift. He took them to his ranch at Laramie and his ranch is one of the best ranches I’ve ever seen. Randy had some of the best Hancock studs I ever saw, and they proved to be a great cross. He’s got some of the nicest horses today. Those Hancock’s crossed really good with the Driftwood mares.”

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The daughters of Orphan Drift have produced 41 points earners. They have earned 1,519 points. These point earners have garnered 26 ROM, 7 Superior performers and 5 AQHA Champions. Cow Lady Drift heads this list of producing mares. She is the dam of 9-point earners with 4 AQHA Champions and two Superior performers. Her AQHA Champions are Cow Lady Jackie, Driftwood Jack, Snippys Cowboy and Cow Ladys Winner. Her Superior performers are Snippys Cowboy, in reining and Cow Lady Jackie, in halter. Pretty Hep is another outstanding producing daughter of Orphan Drift. This mare is the dam of Bonny Eclipse, the 1987 AQHA World Champion in Senior Western Riding Horse. This mare was the Reserve World Champion in the 1988 Senior Western Riding and the 1988 Amateur Reserve World Championship in Western Riding. She has Superiors in open Western Riding and Trail. Mr Junewood is a stallion for Sam Shoultz and his Kesa Quarter Horses whose breeding program is built on crossing the Driftwood and Blue Valentine bloodlines. This 1996 buckskin stallion earned 192 AQHA points in heading, heeling and tiedown roping. He is Superior in heeling. Mr Junewood is the sire of only eight AQHA performers that have earned 1,434.5 AQHA points with his leading point earner being Mr Fritz Wood who earned 1,126.5 points. Mr Fritz Wood took home three world championships, two reserve championships and four Superiors in the AQHA. He was shown in heading, heeling, tie-Down Roping, stake racing, breakaway roping and pole bending. He was the 2014 AQHA High Point Open All Around Horse with multiple high point awards in events like heading, heeling Mr Junewood represents the Driftwood blood in the program. He is a maternal grandson of Orphan Drift. His dam is Miss Junewood by Orphan Drift. His sire is Wayward Ike by Driftwood Ike. This gives him a breeding pattern of 2 X 3 to Driftwood Ike. Overall Mr Junewood has a breeding pattern of 3 X 3 x 4 to Driftwood. In a recent interview I asked Sam Shoultz about the influence of Joe Reed P-3 in his breeding program as we have seen it in Orphan Drift. He responded, “Some might argue with me, but I think if you look at the number of the Joe Reed bred horses out there that the strength of that line comes from the female line. Yes there were some good studs, but the strength of the line has been in the mares. So I added a few mares from that line to enhance what I was doing. Not to replace but to enhance. That was good performance lines and that is what I wanted.” He then added, “I had a lot of the Orphan Drift and I think the blend of that Joe Reed bloodline is what made him good too!” The sons of Orphan Drift are leaving their mark on the industry as well. His good siring sons include but are not limited to Wilywood, Cowboy Drift and Ciderwood. Wilywood was the sire of such horses as Dakota Drift. Dakota Drift was double-bred Orphan Drift. This horse is Superior in heading and tie-down roping. Cowboy Drift was a senior sire for the Babbitt Ranches in Arizona. This ranch won the 2006 AQHA Best Remuda Award winner. Ciderwood is a foundation Driftwood stallion for the Tony Monnens Quarter Horses. They have been

....................................................................................................................................................................................................... breeding Driftwood horses since 1977. LZM Ciders Ghost standing at Sunrise Ranch is a Monnens’ bred stallion and he showcases not only the blood of Driftwood but the blood of Orphan Drift. This horse is out of TKM Lacywood by Ciderwood by Orphan Drift. Her dam is Adons Luckyette by Wayward Ike by Driftwood Ike. The sire of LZM Ciders Ghost is Woodchip Drift who is out of Orphan Wood Co by Cowboy Drift by Orphan Drift. This gives is pedigree a breeding pattern of 4 X 3 to Orphan Drift. Then we add that Ciderwood and Cowboy Drift are full brothers out of Poco Judy Sue by Poco Speedy and out of Judy Sue by Driftwood. When you add up all the Driftwood blood or connections in LZM Ciders Ghost you find he has a percent of blood of 22.266%. He has a breeding pattern of 6 X 6 X 5 X 7 X 8 X 6 X 6 X 6 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 7 to Driftwood when we combine the crosses to Driftwood through his sire and dam. It seems that we seem to find ourselves getting back to the Driftwood influence when talking about Orphan Drift and that is the role that this horse has taken to be a key in the success of Driftwood family of horse today. But now as we look at the whole pedigree of Orphan Drift, we see that he had a good supporting cast in his role as a sire. After all—A good stallion will have a good mother and the female family of Orphan Drift will back that claim up.

Driftwood [1932] under saddle. Photo Courtesy AQHA Hall of Fame Museum.

............................................................................................... 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.

Mr Junewood [1996] a maternal grandson of Orphan Drift Photo Courtesy Kesa Quarter Horses.

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When the student is ready, the teacher will appear

By Donene Taylor .......................................................................................................................................................................................................

t has been said, “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” The origin of the quote is up for debate, but I first heard it while listening to a lecture given by Dr. Wayne Dyer. It was meaningful enough to me that I decided to use it in my book, Heart of a Champion. I speak about missed opportunities for learning lessons that I’ve had right in front of me. For some reason, I was not ready to RECEIVE the lesson. Was it that I thought I didn’t need to learn anything at the moment or maybe didn’t recognize there was a lesson presenting itself? That’s when my mindset changed. I began seeking opportunities to learn and grow. I became more aware, more open to change, and more receptive to new ways of thinking. In mid-November 2015, during the beginning of the 2016 Women’s Professional Rodeo Association Rodeo season, I was excited to travel to Durant, Oklahoma to compete in the Betty Gayle Cooper-Ratliff Memorial Rodeo. On the way, I stopped at Troy Pruitt’s ranch to get a much-needed roping lesson tune-up. At that time of year, the calves are big, hairy, and “waspy.” The practice I had with Troy was nothing less than ugly. He had to step in to save me and Chester a couple of times. After thanking him for everything later, he opened up a conversation with me that would change my thinking forever. Looking me straight in the eyes, Troy said, “Donene, you either win or you learn.” He went on to explain what he meant by that, and something very cool happened. I Got IT! I was ready, and the teacher appeared. The light bulb came on. I replayed that conversation over and over again in my mind. It was a pivotal moment for me. That short phrase was crucial, and I embedded it in my mind, heart and spirit. The seed was planted. I maintained this new mindset, as I competed in Durant. I won second in the tie-down roping against the best ropers

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competing at this great rodeo. My new mindset would be the foundation and saving grace of my entire 2016 WPRA rodeo season. For decades, I had been consumed with a results-oriented perspective. Being in “the standings” meant everything. I was so critical of myself and of each performance that it became counter-productive. My unhealthy perspective put me on that crazy ride known as the emotional roller coaster. That simple phrase, “Either you win, or you learn,” was exactly what I needed to hear to begin the process of getting off the dreaded emotional roller coaster- -forever. Riding the emotional roller coaster requires emotion and lots of it. Remove the emotion, and voilá -- no crazy ride. Getting emotional in the arena, halts your progress. You become stuck in the emotion, until you stop being emotional about the results. Even though, I completely understood the benefits of not getting emotional in the arena, it took a lot of practice and time to master it. Shift perspective and stop that nasty, judgmental voice in your head once and for all. Get off the dreaded emotional roller coaster and stop telling yourself, “I’m a winner, if I win!” “When I lose, I am a loser!” And stop worrying about what people might be saying and thinking about you. Here is a sure-fire way to bail off that crazy ride once and for all. Before entering the arena, whether practicing or competing, put on your pretend, white lab coat, and channel your inner scientist. Think like a scientist in your lab, the arena. The scientist doesn’t get frustrated. She’s patient. When she doesn’t get the desired results, she gathers data and learns from the failures. She uses the failures and mistakes to teach herself. From what she learns, she will find a new, better way to take the next step forward. When a reporter asked Thomas Edison how it felt to fail

....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,000 times, Edison replied, “I did not fail 1,000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.” Failure is an excellent teacher. No one gets a free pass from enduring adversity. As you put on your “lab coat,” I want to invite you to shift your perspective of how you see yourself, your situation, and your world. In the chart to the left there are some examples of what a shift in perspective may look like. You can master this kind of positive thinking with practice. Another mental performance strategy to practice, while wearing your “lab coat” is to press the “pause button” for a moment, when you hit problems. Sports psychologist Dr. Ken Ravizza said, “You have very little control of what goes on around you but total control of how you choose to respond to it.” The fact is you control all your own buttons. Other people may push your buttons, but you choose your response. Pressing the pause button gives you an opportunity to take a breath. Smile, as you take a nice, deep breath and think about how you will respond. After some deliberation, take action. Later, you get to reflect how well you responded to that situation. Remember, take the emotion and self-criticism out of it. Collect data and learn from it. Lather, rinse, repeat. You have many opportunities during your day to practice this mental performance strategy: at work, in school, in traffic, while shopping, and time with friends and family. In fact, one day I was telling my husband, Stan, that when I finally got off the emotional roller coaster it made my life SOOO much better. Stan smiled one of his signature smiles and said, “Donene, when you got off the emotional roller coaster, it made all our lives SOOO much better!” Oh boy, he hit the nail squarely on the head with that comment.

Being “up” and “down” all the time negatively affects everyone you come into contact with. Life gets much better when you adopt Troy Pruitt’s phrase, “Either you win, or you learn.” When you struggle, I encourage you to look at it as a great opportunity to get outside your comfort zone. It’s an opportunity to learn. Getting comfortable being uncomfortable-and learning is where you will grow exponentially, in and out of the arena. When I “drew a line in the sand,” stepped across it, and decided I would no longer ride the emotional roller coaster, I began experiencing more joy, peace and fulfillment, while in the arena. I became more efficient in the arena by raising my level of habits and training. The decision to focus intently on my process and growth of taking the next step forward helped me reach the outcomes I desired more quickly and peacefully. With consistent practice and the proper mental performance strategies, over time, you can get off the emotional roller coaster too. Learn from your losses and control your emotions. I assure you, it will absolutely be worth it! DEVELOP A HEART OF A CHAMPION More strategies to easily implement and help you step off the emotional roller coaster can be found in my book, Heart of a Champion, Proven Strategies to Help You Discover the Heart of a Champion That Beats Within You. It can be found on Amazon and is available in hard copy and for digital download. I can help you develop strategies of how you can grow from your losses and control your emotions through one-on-one coaching sessions. If you would like to book a coaching session contact me at donenetaylor@gmail.com.

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Why Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation Therapy for your horses?

By Roxanne E Rygiewicz, DVM, CVA .......................................................................................................................................................................................................

hy consider adding BEMER to your training program? Performance horses gain from regular use of the Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation (BEMER) therapy device. In a nutshell, BEMER therapy enhances microvascular function. Why is this important? All bodily functions happen at the microvascular level. At this level of blood flow, nutrients and waste products are exchanged between the blood and the tissue cells. The cells are the power plants of the body and ultimately the root of good health. If the cells are happy and healthy, then they can do their jobs much more efficiently resulting in faster healing of injuries, faster recovery from stress/illness, and reduced pain/inflammation. In the human body there are 75,000 miles of blood vessels. Imagine how many more miles are in your horse’s body. The health of this transport system is directly related to the health and performance of the body it serves. BEMER therapy is another tool in your toolbox to aid in the attainment of your performance goals. BEMER therapy increases the value of a good nutrition program, balanced work, rest, and a healthy mindset. A success story for your consideration – a young thoroughbred gelding not good enough to stay out of a claims race was started on a unique nutrition and management program no thoroughbred racing trainer had ever used. This gelding is cross-trained in fox hunting, steeplechasing and flat track racing (grass and dirt). The training variety helps to keep his mind sharp and his work ethic high. The training variety also teaches him to use his body more effectively. When he was first brought home, he did not want to run, hence his poor performance at the track. Since, he has started on his new management program including the BEMER therapy, nutrition, massage/chiropractic, he now wants to run. He wants to run so much he can come from behind at the end of the race to place. He now has staying power and late speed. How did the BEMER therapy add to his success? With the gentle massaging of his microvascular system, he became relaxed, focused and driven to perform, even increasing his stride length by seven inches. Let us look at BEMER as part of your training program. Two horses from Wisconsin, an eight-year old quarter horse and a fifteen-year old thoroughbred. As you know, horse training can be difficult in Wisconsin in the winter. In March 2018, they went to Kansas for a fox hunt competition. About five weeks before, they were started on daily

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BEMER, sometimes twice daily BEMER for six days a week; and once or twice per week twenty-minute lunging sessions in the indoor arena. This was all the preparation these two horses had for the fox hunting competition.

These two horses stayed together stride for stride in the front pack. Amazingly the quarter horse stayed with the thoroughbred and both ran hard over jumps and other natural terrain. The hunt took about three hours with only a half-hour break in the middle. Neither horse was blowing hard during the break nor at the end of the hunt. Both had enough stamina to stay in the front and were willing to go longer if necessary. Horses that had been hunting through the winter season were blowing harder! The fifteen-year old thoroughbred had not been ridden in the three months prior to the hunt. He hunted two days and was still willing to go more at the end of the day. I think it is interesting to note the quarter horse which kept up to the thoroughbred was roping bred, not racing stock and one and half hands shorter. BEMER therapy has been used extensively in Europe in people for many different emotional and psychological disorders. BEMER therapy increases mental focus; relaxes the mind and body; and reduces depression. Our horses also suffer from emotional and psychological disorders. Many of these are brought on by management, which in some cases is so far away from their evolutionary path and inherent capabilities to adapt. Another story to demonstrate the BEMER Therapy’s ability to change behavior. A mare, who is pushy and bad-mannered, refused to allow her person to look at a wound on her ventral chest/axilla. With the BEMER Equine Blanket on and providing therapy, the mare was able to stand still, allowing exploration of the wound and further BEMER Light therapy to the wound. As soon as the blanket finished the pre-set cycle the mare started to dance around. Turn the blanket on again and she was still! Imagine being able to use a blanket to help your horse tolerate simple procedures instead of being sedated. Repeated sedation does not come without risks. Frequently, higher does are required to achieve the same effect as the initial sedative event. I mentioned the BEMER Light therapy device, this is part of the Human BEMER, but I use it extensively in my practice for healing superficial wounds. The mare’s wound healed quickly after just one BEMER therapy session. In people, the BEMER therapy is used aid osteoporosis patients. Horses do not have trouble with osteoporosis, so why mention its effectiveness? First, many riders are older women, who do have osteoporosis and suffer career ending

....................................................................................................................................................................................................... injuries. Horses suffer microfractures of the canon when working or racing on hard ground. The racing gelding above was never sore after a race, while his competitors were frequently. Microfractures are generally career ending if not life ending injuries for horses. How many thoroughbreds have been euthanized on the track after breaking a leg in the last turn? In my practice, I have used the BEMER Light or Spot to provide therapy to kittens with femoral fractures. In ten to fourteen days, with one or two therapy sessions, these kittens were weight-bearing on their bad leg and even chasing the dog again. A young dog, who had one row of tarsal bones shot out with a gunshot injury was weight-bearing after three BEMER Light sessions! When Clients ask me if the BEMER therapy will help “X” condition, my response is always “Why not? – every cell

i n t h e body requires nutrients and waste removal to function and to heal.” BEMER therapy increases the flow of blood to the cells, which increases nutrient delivery and waste removal. Sometimes, the response is not immediate because the current state of the body is so unhealthy that a change is not apparent; or the patient may experience a “detox reaction”. In a detox reaction, the patient may become worse feeling than prior to the therapy session, do not be discouraged. Reduce the frequency and intensity of therapy sessions and con-

tinue. Our horses’ bodies do not really work that much differently than ours, so they can experience detox reactions or slower responses just like us. I am excited to be part of the BEMER therapy world. I believe with regular use you and your horse will experience greater stamina, potentially reduced injury, quicker recovery from performances and a positive outlook. I invite you to explore the BEMER to see if it is right for your situation. Please share your stories with me at rivercountryaw@gmail.com. For more information on how the BEMER works its “magic”, please go to You Tube and search: “How does Bemer work?” for Lucas’s Story: BEMER has changed my life and my horses’ lives. I can not wait to see how it changes yours. I want to thank Calvin Kohler of Sunny Ridge Farms, LLC for the use of his testimonies.

Roxanne E Rygiewicz, DVM, CVA River Country Animal Wellness, LLC 431 Main Street, Montello, WI 53949 608-297-7995

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Mares with More| Fox Coup

By Larry Thornton ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ he first thing a breeder has to do is set a goal or goals in his breeding program and these goals are based on the kind of horses he wants to breed. The goals will be centered on the horses that the breeder forms as his ideal and the bloodlines that give him that ideal. He will then combine horses from those bloodlines allowing him to produce the kind of horse he wants to breed. Sam Shoultz and his KESA Quarter Horses is based on that very principle. His primary goal was to breed horses that could do it all and the records show that goal is being met. My visit with Sam outlined his goal as a breeder with the Blue Valentine/Driftwood bloodlines. Our conversation also showed how he uses the mare side of the pedigree to help him reach his goals as a breeder. He indicated that he had several important mares in his program. But we will focus on one mare and her name is Fox Coup. He started by telling how he formed his breeding program, “It started back in my college days and my roommate had a Hancock bred horse and we traveled from college back to Oregon where he had the horse he wanted to pick up. Brought him back with us and he used that horse for everything, and that horse’s name was Kid Handy and that is what got me

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introduced to the Hancock line.” “I went looking around for good performance blood that clicked with what I liked in a horse. I found that I really liked the Driftwood/Blue Valentine cross. So I started accumulating mares about 1990 putting the program together from these bloodlines. From there I kept the offspring that fit what I wanted.” He continued, “I started adding the Driftwood into the Blue Valentine and eventually I came up with a three prong program. I had linebred Blue Valentine, linebred Driftwood and then a blend of the two. I had to have enough of both of those bloodlines to keep the blend going so I never ran out of horses. I never had to buy outside studs or outside mares with the three way cross I always had a place to go with them. Then I just refined my program.” “That is the way I designed it. I planned my breeding’s roughly 20 years ahead hopefully to produce a filly to produce another filly that would breed back to this other horse. That is the way I lined my breeding program out. I wasn’t specifically trying to breed for high percentage, and I didn’t specifically breed for color although I have a lot of color. It was a byproduct of what the horses are.”

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Mares with More continued ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... He then confirmed a key to his program, “I do believe that disposition is a very heritable trait along with the attributes of size, bone mass and so on. So it doesn’t matter how good the horse works if you don’t like the disposition it is not going to work for you and that is one of the strongest reasons I bred for disposition. And that is why I say in a lot of my adds, ‘You may sit on their back, but you truly ride their mind.” He then added why he bred two of his important stallions, “I specifically bred Mr Junewood a very good show horse for us to prove the Driftwood blood and then I showed the Blue Valentines with Blue Fox Hancock because I wanted to prove both sides of the program. Blue Fox Hancock was a son of Fox Coup.” He then continued about the role of Fox Coup and other mares in his program, “Fox Coup was a filly that I bought as a yearling from Chip Merritt. She was a daughter of Plenty Try and I liked the way she was put together and the way she moved. Then when I started her as a two-year-old, I really really liked her. I actually led a pack string with her in the fall of her two-year-old year which is something you don’t often do. I appreciated what she had to offer.” “I held Fox Coup in high esteem. I kept all of her daughters and several of her sons. I wouldn’t say she was the best mare I had but she was one of the very top mares I had. I had several mares that were equally good, but she certainly had a strong impact on my program because I kept several of her daughters and sons and then bred back and forth to them.” Fox Coup was foaled in 1991 on the ranch of King Merritt in Wyoming. Sam purchased her as a yearling and used her until she became a broodmare with her first foal coming in 1996. She representative of the Blue Valentine line in the KESA Quarter Horses. When we see the name of Blue Valentine, we know we are seeing a major branch of the Joe Hancock sire line. Kenny

Gunter bred this 1956 blue roan stallion in Arizona. He was later purchased by Dell Haverty. Then Haverty sold half interest in the horse to his father-in-law Buster Hayes. Hyde Merritt would later become a partner in Blue Valentine. Blue Valentine would prove to be a top rope horse that even ran barrels one year for Kathy Haverty. As it was reported in the article “A Legacy Written in Bloodlines by Baru Spiller in the June 2004 issue of THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL that Everett Shaw told Hyde Merritt at the 1970 Cheyenne Frontier Days that Blue Valentine “was the best steer horse in the arena this year.” A fitting compliment by a Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame roper. Blue Valentine was sired by Red Man, a son of Joe Hancock. The sire of Joe Hancock was John Wilkens by Peter McCue. The dam of Joe Hancock was a mare sired by the Ralph Wilson Horse a riding type Percheron. The dam of Red Man was a mare known today as a Burnett Roan Mare and her pedigree is unknown. Beauty’s Dream was the dam of Blue Valentine and she was sired by Valentine by Lone Star. The dam of Valentine was Escoba by Little Joe and out of Black Mabel. Escoba was the dam of Diamond Bob an AQHA Racing Champion Stallion bred by Lowell Hankins. She was also the dam of Miss Alice the dam of several AQHA Champions including LH Quarter Moon by King P-2334. The dam Beauty Dream was Holcak’s Beauty by Lon Martin by Little Rondo. Little Rondo by Lock’a Rondo was out of Coleen Moore by Possum by Traveler. Possum was a full brother to Little Joe the grandsire of King P-234. The Journal article by Spiller listed a number of noted sons and grandson of Blue Valentine that have helped perpetuate the Blue Valentine influence on the Joe Hancock bred horses. They would include Salty Roan, Gooseberry, Blue’s Beard, Rowdy Blue Man, Ruano Rojo, Blue’s Kingfisher, Roan Am-

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brose and Leo Hancock Hayes. Several of these sons will figure prominently in the horses we will look at through Fox Coup. Fox Coup was sired by Plenty Try a son of Gooseberry by Blue Valentine. The dam of Gooseberry was Fox Hastings by Plenty Coup by Texas Blue Bonnet by Joe Hancock. Texas Blue Bonnet came into the mix through the Hayes family and he became an integral part of the scheme of things when his daughters and granddaughters Blue Fox Hancock were crossed on showing his confor mation at the AQ Blue Valentine. HA World Show Photo Courtesy Sa Texas Blue Bonm Shoultz net was out of a mare by a stallion known as Mike these Beetch. This Mike Beetch was reportedly sired by Beetch’s foals making it to the AQHA Yellow Jacket the sire of the great mares Dixie Beach and show pen. They earned a combined 746 AQHA points. This is Lady Coolidge. The dam of Fox Hastings was La Belle Star the interesting part of the produce record as a blue hen for her by Ambrose. The dam of Plenty Try was Heather Dividend by produce contributing first to the development of KESA QuarJets Sabre by Dividend’s Jet by Dividend. The dam of Heather ter Horses and now her impact is being felt in other breeding Dividend was Heather Heller by Unbearable by Bond Issue. programs. Ambrose is an interesting individual as he was bred by I. Rojo Valentine is the first foal for Fox Coup. He was foaled W. Blake of Morrow, Arkansas. But his registration papers in 1996. His sire is Ruano Rojo a son of Blue Valentine. His were signed by S. Coke Blake, the man behind the Blake bred dam is Moon Princess by Copper K. Copper K was sired by horses. These horses trace back to Cold Deck, a Steel Dust Golddust Shoemaker by Nick by Sheik P-11. His dam was bred horse. The sire of Ambrose was Shiloah by Red Devil. Sheikess by Sheik P-11. This gives Copper K a breeding patThe dam of Shiloah was Belle Star by Big Danger. The dam tern of 3 X 2 to Sheik P-11. Copper K was bred by J. W. of Ambrose was Lonesome by Blake’s Traveler. Shoemaker, an AQHA Hall of Fame breeder that specialize in The dam of Fox Coup was Diane Valentine by Gooseberry the Coke Roberds bloodline through horses like his stallion by Blue Valentine. This gives Fox Coup a breeding pattern of Nick. Sheik P-11 was bred by Coke Roberds and he was one 2 X 2 to Gooseberry. The dam of Diane Valentine was Jenny of the original AQHA Stud Book Foundation sires. Valentine by Blue Valentine. This cross gives Fox Coup a The dam of Moon Princess was Kitty Canutt by Ambrose breeding pattern of 3 X 3 X 3 to Blue Valentine. and she was out of Kitty Hawk H by Black Hawk. Black The dam of Jenny Valentine was Molly Hayes by Zandy by Hawk was a full brother to San Sue Darks, the dam of Leo Zantanon. Zandy could have been either a full brother or ¾ San. When we add Fox Coup as his dam it gives Rojo Valenbrother to King P-234 as they were sired by Zantanon and out tine a breeding pattern of 2 X 4 X 4 X 4 to Blue Valentine. of a daughter of the Strait Horse depending on who the mare This stallion was retained as a breeding stallion for KESA by Strait Horse was and her being the dam of Zandy. The Quarter Horses. Ambrose and Black Hawk were both used in dam of King P-234 was Jabalina by Strait Horse. The dam of the Merritt breeding program. Molly Hayes was a mare by Texas Blue Bonnet. This gives The next Fox Coup foal was Sierras Fox and she is sired by the pedigree of Fox Coup a breeding pattern of 5 X 5 X 5 to Sierra Rip a stallion owned the Bath Brothers Ranch in WyTexas Blue Bonnet. oming. Sierra Rip was sired by Rip Rip a son of Leo and he Fox Coup would produce eleven foals and only two of was out of Sugaree Bars by Sugar Bars. The dam of Sugaree

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Rojos Klassy Fox is double bred 3 to Fox Coup. Photo Courtesy Henderson 4 Company Cattle

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Bars was Randle’s Lady one of only two horses that beat the great Leo in race. The dam of Sierra Rip was Sierra Sue 13 by Plenty Coup by Texas Blue Bonnet by Joe Hancock. The dam of Sierra Sue 13 was Sierra Sue M by Keeno by Star Shoot. The addition of Plenty Coup through Sierra Sue 13 in the pedigree of Sierra Rip and the mating of Fox Coup gives Sierra Fox a breeding pattern of X 5 X 5 to Plenty Coup and a breeding pattern of X 6 X 6 to Texas Blue Bonnet. The thing that stands out in the pedigree of Sierras Fox is her grandsire Rip Rip and his sire Leo. Leo as we know was a son of Joe Reed II by Joe Reed P-3 and his dam was Little Fanny by Joe Reed P-3. Rip Rip has shown to be a good cross on Blue Valentine including his good son Leo Hancock Hayes out of Doll by Rip Rip. What is the significance of this Hancock cross with Joe Reed P-3 blood? I asked Sam Shoultz about the infusion of Joe Reed P-3 into his program. He responded, “Some might argue with me, but I think if you look at the number of the Joe Reed bred horses out there that the strength of that line comes from the female line. Yes there were some good studs, but the strength of the line has been in the mares. So added a few mares from that line to enhance what

I was doing. Not to replace but to enhance. That was good performance lines and that is what I wanted.” So he bred Fox Coup to Sierra Rip to get that blood into his program. He used horses with Joe Reed P-3 blood in both his Blue Valentine and Driftwood horses. He used Orphan Drift as an example of that cross in his Driftwood horses. Sierras Fox would enter the KESA Quarter Horse broodmare band. She produced 15 foals for KESA Quarter Horses. The first foal out of Sierras Fox was Plenty Fox Coup by Plenty Try. This mare is the dam of Rojo Coup Duece. This stallion is a part of the Sunrise Ranch breeding program. He is a heading horse that was trained by Luke Jones who has trained a number of these horses. The sire of Rojo Coup Duece is Rojo Valentine. This gives the pedigree of Rojo Coup Duece a breeding pattern of 2 X 3 to Fox Coup, 3 X 2 X 4 to Plenty Try, 4 X 5X 5 Gooseberry and 3 X 5 X 5X 5 X 4 X 6 X 6 to Blue Valentine. Sierra Fox was sold to the Lauing Ranch in 2018. They were familiar with the Fox Coup family as they stood two stallions that carried the blood of Fox Coup and her sister Foxy Wyo Blue. They stand Plenty Coup Bonnet who is out of Foxy Wyo Blue a full sister to Fox Coup. Sierras Fox has now produced two foals for the Lauing Ranch. They had Rojos Grullo Fox the second stallion from the Fox Coup family. J.D. Lauing recently reported, “Rojos Grullo Fox was the pick out of three or four stud prospects we bought in 2008.” Rojos Grullo Fox was sired by Rojo Valentine and out of Sierras Fox giving this horse a breeding pattern of 2 X 2 to Fox Coup. He also has a breeding pattern of 4 X 4 X 4 to Gooseberry and a 3 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 to Blue Valentine. Like A Son Of Blue was the third foal out of Fox Coup. He was a full brother to Rojo Valentine. He was purchased by the Bath Brothers Ranch as a weanling in 1998. He became a part of their stallion roster. This breeding program is well known for their horses especially their rodeo pickup horses. Blue Fox Hancock was the first point earner for Fox Coup. He earned 729 AQHA halter and performance points. He has earned titles as the 2009 AQHA Reserve All-Around High Point Horse, All Around High Point Stallion and the Reserve High Point All-Around Senior Horse. He was the 2009 High Point Senior Heeling Horse. He is an AQHA Performance Champion having earned Superiors in Heeling, Heading and Tie-Down Roping. This stallion shows the versatility of the Blue Valentine bloodline as he has qualified for the AQHA World Championship show in heading, heeling, tie-down roping and barrel racing. He earned AQHA points in all of these events as well as in working cow horse. He was also shown in reining and pole bending but didn’t earn any points. Blue Fox Hancock was sired by Leo Hancock Hayes a son of Blue Valentine. This gives Blue Fox Hancock a breeding pattern of 2 X 4 X 4 X 4 to Blue Valentine when we include

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....................................................................................................................................................................................................... his dam. The dam of Leo Hancock Hayes is Doll by Rip Rip by Leo. Doll is out of Zaid A Reed by Reedart by Robin Reed. Robin Reed was sired by Leo and out of Sue Reed by Joe Reed P-3. This gives Robin Reed a breeding pattern of 3 X 3 X 2 to Joe Reed P-3 and another example of the Joe Hancock/ Joe Reed P-3 cross we see in these horses. Zaid A Reed is out of Molly Hayes the Zandy/Texas Blue Bonnet mare that is the dam of Jenny Valentine the second dam of Fox Coup. Thus the sire of Blue Fox Hancock (Leo Hancock Hayes) and his dam (Fox Coup) trace in the tail female line to the same mare. Thus we have a breeding pattern of 4 X 4 to Molly Hayes and more inbreeding to an outstanding female in the pedigree. Pedigree analysts call this breeding pattern a “Formula One Breeding Pattern.” It is more common in racing or at least has been noticed more in the racing segment. Thus the sire and dam carry the same mitochondrial DNA, so the foal inherits the same mitochondrial DNA his sire inherited because the dam passed her mitochondrial DNA on to her foals through the tail female line. The mitochondria is the place where our cells begin the production of energy and certain genes and gene combination of DNA is inherited generation after generation. Some feel this may be a key in the foal’s performance. Be A Bono the 2004 AQHA Racing World Champion is a Formula One example as his sire Bono Jazz and his dam Be Peaceful trace in the tail female line to the great mare Black Easter Bunny through her great daughter Bunny’s Bar Maid. Rojos Grullo Fox also carries the Formula One Breeding Pattern. The AQHA sire record for Blue Fox Hancock shows that he has sired 165 foals with just 10 AQHA performers. These performers have earned 426 AQHA halter and performance points with four ROM and three Superior performers that have earned four Superiors. Heading the list of AQHA performers sired by Blue Fox Hancock is Fox Coup Duece. This 2005 gelding has earned 234 AQHA points in heeling, heading, tiedown roping and performance halter. He is a multiple world show qualifier in heading, heeling, tie-down roping and halter stallions. After he was gelded, he was an AQHYA World Show Finalist in heading.

The dam of Fox Coup Duece is Sierras Fox. This gives Fox Coup Deuce a breeding pattern of 2 X 2 to Fox Coup, a breeding pattern of 4 X 3 to Rip Rip, a breeding pattern of 4X 4 X 4 X 4 to Gooseberry and a breeding pattern of 3 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 X 5 to Blue Valentine. It is also another Formula One Breeding Pattern because both the sire and the dam trace to Molly Hayes. The other performers sired by Blue Fox Hancock include Try A Blue Fox (86.5 points) an AQHA Superior Heading horse; Blue Partee Fox (51 points) an AQHA Superior heeling horse and Snazzy Blue Fox (48 points) with an AQHA Register of Merit. Blue Fox Boy is a performer that hasn’t won any AQHA points, but he is in Europe where he earned titles like the French Ranch Horse Association Hackamore Working Cow Horse Championship; the AFCR Reserve Championship and the Equita Open Hackamore Reserve Championship. He is an NRCHA money earner. Blue Fox Hancock is the broodmare sire of Rojos Klassy Fox. He is owned by Henderson Cattle Co. This 2013 stallion was the 2018 AQHA Amateur World Champion Mounted Shooting Horse and the 2017 AQHA Amateur Reserve World Champion Mounted Shooting Horse. He has earned 7. 5 AQHA points. The sire of Rojos Klassy Fox is Rojos Klassy Roan by Rojo Valentine. Thus he has a breeding pattern of 3 X 3 to Fox Coup. The next three foals out of Fox Coup were two full sisters and a brother to Blue Fox Hancock. They were the mares Valentine Fox Coup and Foxy Dun Valentine. Both of these mares were used by KESA Quarter Horses until they were sold in 2018. Valentine Fox Coup was purchased by Tau Chao Vang and Foxy Dun Valentine was purchased by Sunrise Ranch.

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Rojo Klassy Fox World Champion in Amateur Mounted Shooting. Photo Courtesy Henderson Cattle Company Working Horse Magazine 2020 Summer|Fall 49

Hancocks Red Fox left KESA Quarter Horse to join the stallions at Lauing Ranch. Sadly they have lost him but he has left a number of foals for the Lauing Ranch. Photo Courtesy Lauing Ranch

Rojos Blue Coop joint the broodmare band in 2019. Photo Courtesy Sunrise Farm 50 Working Horse Magazine 2020 Summer|Fall

Hancock Red Fox is the full brother to Blue Fox Hancock. This 2004 stallion earned his performance ROM earning 17.5 AQHA points. Hancock Red Fox was used by KESA Quarter Horses until he was purchased by the Lauing Ranch in 2018. Sadly the Lauing Ranch has lost this son of Leo Hancock Hayes and Fox Coup. This gives the four Leo Hancock Hayes/Fox Coup foals the Formula One Breeding Pattern. The next Fox Coup foal was Foxy Two Valentine by Blue Valentine Two. This mare was purchased by King Merritt in 2018. Bridgets Fox Coup by Blue Bridgets Rojo was foaled in 2008 and she was purchased by the Henderson Cattle Company in 2018. Rojos Blue Coup by Blue Bridgets Rojo was foaled in 2009 and she was purchased by Sunrise Ranch in 2019. They also own Foxy Dun Valentine. We have already seen that Sierra Fox and Hancocks Red Fox came into the Lauing Ranch breeding program. So why have the Henderson Cattle Company, Sunrise Ranch and Lauing Ranch put these Fox Coup sons and daughters into their breeding programs? We will let them explain how and why they brought Fox Coup and her family into their breeding programs. Henderson Cattle Company Billie Henderson will tell us about the role of Fox Coup and the power of the mare in their breeding program. “I am one of those that feels the dam side is more important than the sire side. Yes, I want to see a performing sire, but I want to see a dam that is a producer with a lot of well-known babies. A mare that has strong genetics herself. We knew Fox Coup was really well known, and we had been to the Come To The Force Sale for years. We had seen that many of the sires in that sale were sons of Fox Coup. So when we went to the sale and we saw Bridgets Fox Coup and she was on our short list and I was going to bring her home no matter what.” She continued, “The mother of our stud Rojos Klassy Fox is a daughter of Blue Fox Hancock. So that makes her a granddaughter of Fox Coup. His sire is Rojos Klassy Roan, a son sired by a son of Fox Coup and that makes him a grandson of Fox Coup. So Fox Coup is prevalent in our stallions also.” She concluded with the following, “We feel, and it is not just with Fox Coup but almost every mare in our band is a daughter or a sister to a proven producer. We did that intentionally. We went into the mares wanting daughters and sisters to proven performers. Because we feel the mare line is so important.” Sunrise Farm Dan Harper became a fan of Fox Coup family and here is how he decided to put that blood in his breeding program. “I not only watched Blue Fox Hancock a son of hers, but I talked to Luke Jones when he was showing a horse for me. He had a double bred Fox Coup stud horse there and I wanted him. So I asked what is so special about him? He said ‘I have never ridden anything that is as intelligent as the Fox Coup babies. Every one of them has been something and I’ve never had a dud. So I went right then and borrowed the money and bought the stud. Then I

........................................................................................................................................................................................................ bought a few mares that had Fox Coup in them and now I have two daughters of Fox Coup. Sam always told me she was very important, and I needed to keep that going and I watched it and saw it with my own eyes. Now I have eight to ten granddaughters of Fox Coup, two daughters and a grandson. And they have always worked well for me and when I sell them, I get good feedback, so it is working for others as well. He then added, “Sam told me Foxy Dun Valentine was his Golden mare and I wasn’t going to leave Colorado without her. She was probably his favorite mare.” Lauing Ranch JD Lauing will fill us in on Fox Coup and their breeding program at the Lauing Ranch. “I don’t remember if I ever saw Fox Coup but everything I have ever seen out of her was drop dead gorgeous and Sierras Fox had all the right parts in all the right places. She just wasn’t real big but as I always say she was the Daisy Duke of the mares. Blue Fox Hancock was another one and I tried pretty hard to buy that horse from Sam. I was on the phone for hours trying to buy him and Sam just wanted to show him.” JD expanded his thoughts on this mare family and how the power of this mare line through the dam of Fox Coup influenced their decision to put this mare line into their breeding program. “The Diane Valentine daughters I have seen on the dam side have all been really nice too and all of that factored into my interest in the Fox Coup horses. I started looking at it and I thought that had to be one heck of a mare based on her sisters and their offspring as they were the type of horse that I wanted to own.” He continued, “Regardless of how those sisters were crossed they produced. Fox Coup had a couple of full sisters one of them was crossed on Valentine Red Rogers three or four times and we had one of those crosses in Plenty Coup Bonnett (Junior) by Valentine Red Rogers and out of Foxy Wyo Blue a full sister to Fox Coup. Then we had Rojos Grullo Fox (Sam). He was double bred Fox Coup. His sire was Rojo Valentine by Ruano Rojo and out of Fox Coup. His dam was Sierra Fox by Sierra Rip and out of Fox Coup.” “We have always put a lot of emphasis on our mares and the mare lines, I believe Fox Coup was one of the very best and she has definitely showed it in her get and grandget. We have tried to get as much Fox Coup genetics as you will find anywhere into our program.” As I visited with Billie, Dan and JD it was obvious how Sam Shoultz had influenced them and the development of their breeding programs. JD summed it up this way, “We consider Sam as one of the top breeders of these bloodlines. The horses that his KESA program has produced will continue to have a huge impact on the Blue Valentine horses.” As it was stated earlier, we see a lot about the contribution the sons and grandsons of Blue Valentine have made to the development of this bloodline. But our look at Fox Coup has shown the role the mares have played in the development of the Blue Valentine line of Joe Hancock horses and why this great mare is our topic for this Mares With More!

Bridgets Fox Coup joined the Henderson broodmare band in 2018. Photo Courtesy Henderson Cattle Company

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