Falacy was foaled on February 6th, 1980, in Oklahoma. She was bred by AQHA Hall Fame inductee Walter Merrick. Falacy was by Hempen, a chestnut son of Indian Hemp. Hempen won the San Miguels Stakes, Midwest Handicap and SNARO Handicap. He also set a new track record in the 1966 Olympia Handicap at Arlington. Hempen stood to Thoroughbred mares in Kentucky until Merrick purchased him in 1976 and moved him to Oklahoma. His impact on the Quarter Horse was profound. Hempen sired champions Rise N High, Liberty Coin and Im Gorgeous. He was also the dam sire of champions Separatist, Way Maker, Dashing Folly and Extra Easy.
Adena, the dam of Falacy, was by stakes winner Mr. Washington. She was out of Whisker Burn, a daughter of To Market, the damsire of Dash For Cash. Adena won fourteen races and was stakes placed. She was purchased by Merrick after she retired from racing. Her first foal, Hard Steel, was a stakes placed son of Easy Jet. Hard Steel went on to sire 88 AQHA registered foals before he was gelded. While she was owned by Merrick, Adena produced three other Quarter Horses by Easy Jet. She also produced Twisted Steel, a full brother to Falacy. Twisted Steel won one race and sired 27 AQHA recognized foals. Adena later sold to B. J. Zwaagstra in New Mexico where she produced BJZ Jet Jock, BJZ Goddess of Speed, BJZ Touch of Class and Adenas Last Run. Altogether, she produced eight Quarter Horses and two Thoroughbreds that earned $45,559 on the track.
During her racing career, Falacy was owned by Betty Brown and trained by Richard D. Fry. On May 30th, 1983, she won her debut at Santa Fe. That summer, she won the First Lady Handicap and Las Donas Handicap. As a four-year-old, Falacy placed fourth against Quarter Horses in the Fine Loom Handicap at Ruidoso Downs. She earned a speed index of 92. In total, Falacy made sixteen starts, won four races, and earned $19,491, the equivalent of about $60,000 today.
For some of her races, Falacy was ridden by Vickie Yolanda Smallwood. Smallwood made 10,605 starts in Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing between 1978 and 2013. She won 1,083 of those races. Her biggest wins include the 1982 Jockey Club Stakes, 1993 Petticoat Stakes, 1995 New Mexican Allowance Stakes, 2000 Inaugural Handicap, 2000 Pinon Handicap, 2000 Bold Ego Handicap, and the 2002 and 2004 Fern Sawyer Handicap. Some of the winningest horses she rode were Gee Ryder, Poupon Gray, Saint Patties Lucy, Classy Loom, Pride of Loom, C. G’s Dollar, Rubin’s Girl, Northern Writer, Key to the Hiway and Embarcando. Smallwood earned a total of $5,297,021 during her racing career.
Falacy produced her first foal, a chestnut filly named Fancy Falacy, in 1987. Fancy Falacy was by Rougemont, a race winning son of Seattle Slew. She won five races and earned $16,090 on the track. As a broodmare, Fancy Falacy produced six Thoroughbred foals and two Quarter Horse foals. Her Thoroughbred foals Imperial Prince, Ever Now and Then, Lil Bit Bull and Fancy Bull were race winners.
Falacy’s second foal, Bringbackthemagic, was a Thoroughbred gelding by Cool French. He made 47 starts against Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse company, and won seven races, and earned $21,020 on the track. Cool Falacy, the third foal out of Falacy, was a full sister to Bringbackthemagic. She won three races and earned $19,210. Cool Falacy produced three Oklahoma-bred Thoroughbred foals – Cool Barron, Cooly B and Cool Track. Falacy’s fourth foal, a chestnut colt named Chester’s Drawers, was unraced.
In 1991, Falacy produced her first Quarter Horse foal by Easy Jet. The sorrel filly, named Jet Thinker, was bred by Walter Merrick and Bill Allen. She made four starts and earned just $120 on the track. Jet Thinker produced seven Quarter Horse foals. Her daughters Miss Mundo and Thinking On Royalty were race winners. Falacy’s next five foals – I Swear, Cherry Blue, Native Land, Burnin Barron and an unnamed colt by Lode – were Thoroughbreds. Cherry Blue and Native Land were race winners. Native Land actually placed third in the 1999 Klaq Handicap at Sunland Park.
Falacy produced her last living foal, Bullistic Beat, in 1999. He was a sorrel gelding by Bully Bullion. He made two starts but did not win any money on the track. Unfortunately, Falacy lost her last two foals by Unome. Of her eleven foals that survived to racing age, nine made starts and five won raced. They earned a total of $80,537 on the track. She has a few descendants competing in racing and barrel racing today!
Sources: Equineline, Equibase, American Quarter Horse Association, Wire to Wire: The Walter Merrick Story
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