Ariel Ace was foaled in 1943. He was bred by Walter J. Salmon, Sr. at Mereworth Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Ariel Ace was by Ariel, a son of Eternal, the 1918 Co-Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. Adana, the dam of Ariel, was a stakes-placed daughter of Mannie Himyar, a full-sister to the legendary speedster Domino. Ariel won… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Ariel Ace
Barjo’s Bay was foaled on April 20th, 1970. He was bred by Clifford E. Stewart in Arkansas. His sire, Thermos, was by Kentucky Pride, a son of Bull Lea. Thermos sired 371 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse foals that earned over $1.7 million on the track. His most successful Quarter Horse starter, Miss Thermolark, was the… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Barjo’s Bay
During his era, Peter McCue was the fastest racehorse and the best sire of Quarter Horses. But did you know that he was registered as a Thoroughbred with The Jockey Club? As with many short horses that were born before the formation of the American Quarter Horse Association, his pedigree was uncertain. Peter McCue's pedigree… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Peter McCue
Say Speed was foaled on April 23rd, 1965. He was bred by Hanson Stables in North Platte, Nebraska. His sire, Vagabond King, was a stakes winning son of Alibhai, a British Thoroughbred who was imported to the United States by Hollywood movie mogul Louis B. Mayer. Alibhai was injured during training in California so he… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Say Speed
Bar Admiral was foaled on April 18th, 1957. He was bred by Sidney H. Vail of Temecula, California. Vail raised Bar Admiral to be a possible successor to his AQHA Hall of Fame sire, Three Bars. Bar Admiral was out of Epaulettes, a race-winning mare by Grand Admiral and out of Fair Brown, by Black… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Bar Admiral
Nativo was foaled on April 10th, 1968. He was bred by William T. Pascoe III in Murietta, California. His sire, Raise a Native, was the 1963 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. Raise a Native was by two-time Horse of the Year Native Dancer and out of Raise You, by Case Ace. He was undefeated in four starts,… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Nativo
Jackstraw Jr. was foaled on April 9th, 1961. He was bred by A. B. Munsey in New Mexico. Munsey stood his sire, Jackstraw, to Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse mares in Farmington near the Four Corners. Jackstraw was by Silver Horde and out of Absurdity, by Pagan Pan. He had Luke McLuke, the damsire of Three… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Jackstraw Jr.
Oldie was foaled on April 13th, 1961 in California. He was bred by J. Rukin Jelks, the founder of Rillito Downs in Tucson, Arizona. Old Pueblo, the sire of Oldie, was by Windy City II and out of Shadows Fall, by Ariel. He won ten races, including the California Breeders’ Trail Stakes, Del Mar Futurity,… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred: Oldie
Jeopardy was foaled in 1973. He was bred by 3M corporation chairman William L. McKnight’s Tartan Farms in Ocala, Florida. His sire, In Reality, was by Intentionally, the 1959 Champion Sprinter. In Reality won fourteen races, including the Fountain of Youth Stakes, Florida Derby and Metropolitan Handicap. He went on to sire 1979 Hall of… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Jeopardy
Like many sons of Native Dancer, Texas Dancer was hard to fault. He had a perfect pedigree and correct conformation. Texas Dancer sired an AQHA Racing Champion and his daughters produced numerous performance horses. His name certainly belongs in conversations about the most influential Thoroughbred sires of Quarter Horses. Texas Dancer was foaled on April… Continue reading The Western Thoroughbred History: Texas Dancer
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