Fol’s Native is one of many legendary horses that took their first wobbly-kneed steps in the great state of Texas. On February 20th, 1976, this brown colt unfolded his long legs on Lester Goodson’s ranch in Montgomery County. Fol’s Native was by Heisanative, one of the fastest two-year-old runners by Raise a Native. Heisanative won six races, including the To Market Stakes, Hyde Park Stakes and Lads ‘N Lassies Stakes. He ran 21-second quarters and equaled the track record at Arlington Park for 5 furlongs. Heisanative sired 436 registered Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse that earned over $3 million on the racetrack. His best Quarter Horse starters were Classy Native, Jeanifer Jet, Midland Native, She Is My Native and Run Native Run. His daughter Native Parr was the dam of AQHA Hall of Fame racehorse Refrigerator.
Long Chance, the dam of Fol’s Native, was bred by Neil S. McCarthy in California. She was by the imported Irish stallion Ole Fols and out of Longing, an unraced daughter of Father John. Long Chance was also unraced. Fol’s Native was her first and only Thoroughbred foal. Her next foal, Six Fols, was bred by the Lester Goodson Estate shortly after the Hall of Fame horseman passed away. Six Fols was a Quarter Horse stallion by Easy Six. He won three races and earned $72,571 on the track. He went on to sire 742 AQHA registered foals, including leading barrel horse sire Marthas Six Moons. Long Chance produced five more Quarter Horse foals for V and N Farms but none duplicated the success of her first two sons.
Fol’s Native was owned by Tony Fenack Jr. and trained by Joe Richards. He was undefeated in his first three starts as a two-year-old. He suffered his first defeat in the Ruidoso Thoroughbred Futurity. Three months later, he won the Sunland Fall Thoroughbred Futurity by 1 and ½ lengths in stakes record time. He was faster than the track record at the quarter, half and five furlongs. At three, Fol’s Native won the Memorial Day Handicap by three lengths and the Aspen Stakes by more than two lengths. He was also second in the Peter Hurd Handicap. In total, Fol’s Native made ten starts, won eight races, and earned $39,310 on the track, which is the equivalent of about $180,000 today.
Fol’s Native began his stud career at Wright Ranches in Boone, Colorado. His first foals hit the ground in 1981. Among his first crop was Fols Gold, a brown Quarter Horse stallion bred by Floyd H. Jones in Oklahoma. In 1983, Fols Gold won Black Gold Futurity at Blue Ribbon Downs. It was the first million-dollar race in Oklahoma. Fols Gold got to keep $500,000 of the $1.1 million purse. His final race record showed eight wins and $584,904 in earnings. Fols Gold went on to sire 191 AQHA registered foals. Fols Zookie Cookie was one of his best runners.
After Fols Gold’s achievements on the racetrack, Fol’s Native’s books filled with more quality mares. His next stakes winners – Fols Bid and Fols Rocket – were out of daughters of Tiny Charger and Snazzy Man. By 1986, Fol’s Native had moved to Arrowhead Ranch in Ada, Oklahoma. He was Oklahoma’s leading sire of two-year-old money earners that year. Fols Folk, a brown gelding bred by J. Marvin and Pat Willhite, contributed greatly to that statistic when he won the 1986 Raton Futurity (Gr. 3). Fols Smoke and Fols Roan Light also won stakes races that season.
Raise an Impudent, a brown gelding bred by Quinby G. Demmitt in Kansas, was one of Fol’s Native’s best runners. In ten years on the track, Raise an Impudent made 112 starts, won 38 races and earned $272,914 on the track. He crossed the wire first in five graded stakes races – the 1989 and 1990 New Mexico State Fair Handicap, 1990 Alameda Handicap, 1992 El Ocho Setena Handicap and 1992 War Chic Handicap. He also set a new track record for 440 yards in 22.020 seconds in The Woodlands Championship.
Oh Bid Go was another great gelding by Fol’s Native. Oh Bid Go won thirteen races, including three Grade 3 stakes races – the 1987 Colorado Stallion Breeders’ Futurity, 1988 Canterbury Park Derby and 1992 Reminton Distance Handicap. Oh Bid Go also set a new track record at Will Rogers Downs for 870 yards in 45.440 seconds. He earned $315,073 during his eight years on the track.
Fols Diamond was the first of four regional champions by Fol’s Native. Fols Diamond was bred by Glen E. Hunt in Texas. In 1987, as a two-year-old, she was undefeated in four starts at Hipódromo de Las Américas in Mexico City. Her biggest wins were in the Futurity Mexicano and Libertad Classic. She also set a new track records for 250 and 350 yards. Fols Diamond was the 1987 Mexico Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. She went on to produce Easy Diamante, winner of the 1996 Derby Subasta Selecta (Gr. 3) in Mexico City.
The next regional champion by Fol’s Native was Fols Over, a brown mare bred by Jean Chavers in Colorado. In 1988, Fols Over won the Oklahoma Derby (Gr. 3) and the Jayhawker Derby (Gr. 3) at La Mesa Park. She was named the New Mexico Hi-Point Three-Year-Old Filly. Fols Over went on to produce eleven AQHA registered foals, including Buckle Up Baby, winner of the 1995 Rocky Mountain Derby. She was also the dam of Racing Register of Merit earners Bull You Over, Final Sanction, Over the Crowd and Brighten Bull.
Gold Fols was the third regional champion by Fol’s Native. Gold Fols was a dun stallion bred by Fred Woslum in Oklahoma. In 1989, Gold Fols set a new track record at Fair Meadows for 330 yards in 16.970 seconds. The following year, he won four races and placed second in the Shebester Derby (Gr. 3) at Blue Ribbon Downs. He was the 1990 Oklahoma Hi-Point Three-Year-Old Colt. He later won the 1991 Shebester Gold Cup. Gold Fols went on the sire 44 Quarter Horse foals.
The fourth and final regional champion by Fol’s Native was Fols Audition, a brown mare bred by Ralph Glendening and L. E. Mills in Colorado. She won thirteen races and earned $452,463 on the track. Her biggest win was in the 1990 C. E. Willhite Memorial Derby (Gr. 3). Fols Audition was the 1992 West/Southwest Hi-Point Aged Mare. She went on to produce sixteen AQHA registered foals, including stakes winners Rare Encore, Bold Intrigue and Run the Gauntlet. She also produced Racing ROM earners Summer Sequel, Fols Feather, Gone To Audition, Sheza Faster, Vintage Fifty Six, Cyber Shot, Hawks Audition, Signed Audition and Defined Audition.
Fols Native Man was the only Thoroughbred stakes winner by Fol’s Native. He won the 1987 Scotch Foursome Spring Laddie Stakes. Other Quarter Horse stakes winners by Fol’s Native included Snafols, Situation, Fols Lacio Bird, Don’t Kita Native, Town Native, Native Orchid, Eightyfour West, Tuff Workout, Fols Roan Teena, Fols Native Star, Fols Surprise, High Overhead, Rite of Passage and Fols Native Jet.
Offspring of Fol’s Native had a reputation for being athletic, willing and even-tempered. So naturally, they excelled in the arena too. Skips Fols, a bay stallion by Fol’s Native, was his most accomplished performer. Skips Fols was the 1987 Junior Tie-Down Roping World Champion. He went on to sire 185 Quarter Horse foals, including several successful tie-down roping and barrel racing horses.
Fols Rocky Native, a bay gelding bred by Burton and Glenda Wright, was the leading AQHA point-earner by Fol’s Native. After Fols Rocky Native earned $0 in two starts on the track, he qualified for the World Show in Equitation Over Fences, Green Working Hunter, Western Horsemanship and Western Riding with Sandra Lines. He earned Superior Awards in Hunt Seat Equitation, Western Horsemanship and Equitation Over Fences. In 1997, he earned his Performance Champion designation. Altogether, Fols Rocky Native earned 511.0 AQHA points. Other Performance ROM earners by Fol’s Native included Fols Snazzy Native, Heza Fols Native, Dance Audition, Boy Hes Snazzy, Laser Gals Fol and Raise a Ripple.
Fol’s Native also sired barrel racing money earners of more than $150,000. Fols Classy Snazzy, a brown stallion bred by Burton and Glenda Wright in Colorado, was one of his best barrel horses. Fols Classy Snazzy was trained by Dena Kirkpatrick. He went to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in 2000 with Marlene McRae. They won a round and Marlene finished sixth in the world that year. Fols Classy Snazzy also placed fifth in Senior Barrel Racing at the 2002 AHQA World Show. He went on to sire 70 Quarter Horse foals.
In total, Fol’s Native sired 479 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse foals in just eight foal crops. They earned $4,379,344 on the track and 716.5 points in the arena. His offspring included 242 ROM earners, 233 race winners, 49 stakes finalists, 21 Superior Race Award earners, 18 stakes winners, four regional champions and one World Champion.
Sons of Fol’s Native sired more than 1,600 AQHA registered foals. The aforementioned Fols Gold and Skips Fols were the largest contributors to that number. Fols Rocket, Fols Smoke and Heza Native Son also sired more than 100 foals each.
Daughters of Fol’s Native produced 832 Quarter Horse foals that earned $4,057,912 on the track and 373.5 points in the arena. Miss Fair Dolly was one of his best-producing daughter. Miss Fair Dolly was the dam ten Quarter Horse foals, including Racing ROM earners My Elainie, One Slick Doll, Be the Man and Come On Man. Miss Fair Dolly is best-known for producing Rare Bar, the 1995 AQHA Racing Champion Aged Stallion. Rare Bar went on to sire 576 AQHA registered foals. His get were very accomplished in racing and barrel racing. Hesa Rare Bar, Rare Bugs Alive, Ole Rare Hope, Rarely Fired and Gonna Get Some Money were a few of his noteworthy offspring.
Fols Miss Rocky was another great mare by Fol’s Native. She produced eleven AQHA registered foals. Fols Miss Rocky was the dam of Flare For Toby, the chief racing money-earner out of a Fol’s Native mare. Flare For Toby won twelve races, including three Grade 1 stakes races – the 2000 and 2001 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap and the 2002 Charger Bar Handicap. She earned $523,204 on the track. Fols Miss Rocky was also the dam of stakes winners Zee Ann and Mr Rocky Reed. Folsanon, a brown mare by Fol’s Native, produced two stakes winners – Royalanon and Easanon. Notably, Easanon was the dam of CS Flashlight. Stakes winners Colter Kid, Alota Flare, Makeala, Centers Takin Cash, Special She Is, Classy N Special, Takin On the Doll and Proud Lipp were also out of daughters of Fol’s Native.
Barrel racing money-earners out of Fol’s Native mares included Shoot An Run, Flo N Flit, Up the Middle, Fols Fancy Firewater, He Be Really Snazzy, Fols Fire Special, Smooth Your Jets, Heisaperk, Ice Native, Fols Firewater, In the Middle and Fols Back. Fols Debbie was one of his best producing-daughters of barrel horses. Fols Debbie was the dam of twenty AQHA registered foals, including barrel racing money-earners Fols Dream of Cash, Perk Away and Whistle at the Babes. Her daughter Lady Perks carried Rayel Robinson Little to the 2005 Canadian Pro Rodeo Barrel Racing Championship title. Lady Perks later produced Famous Ladies Man, aka “Emmitt,” a champion barrel horse campaigned by Kassie Mowry. Lady Perks was also the second dam of WNFR barrel horses Jets Top Gun, aka “Benny,” and Blazin Ta Betty, aka “Sasha.”.
Reds Western Native, a black stallion by On the Money Red and out of Fols Native Bird, by Fol’s Native, was an NBHA National Champion and three-time state champion. He also won the 2003 Houston Livestock Show. Reds Western Native sired 242 Quarter Horse that earned numerous awards in barrel racing. Reds Flyinbyu, Golden Ratio, On the Money Native, Natives Okie Rose and Foreva were some of his best competitors.
Fol’s Native died unexpectedly at the beginning of the 1987 breeding season. He was only eleven years old. His last five foals arrived the following year. Although his true potential as a sire was never realized, Fol’s Native has remained influential in the western industry nearly four decades after his death. He is a truly prolific western Thoroughbred.
Sources: Equineline, Equibase, American Quarter Horse Association, Speedhorse Magazine, All Breed Database
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