Cresson May. Gandy’s Time was the 1971 NCHA Open World Champion. This mare has earned $53,949.59 winning the NCHA Bronze and Silver Awards as well as being an NCHA Hall of Fame member. In the AQHA Gandy’s Time was a Superior Cutting Horse with 71 performance points. She was ROM as well.
This is Sport Time, a son of Band Time and Opal Smith. This photo courtesy THE AQHA Hall of Fame and Museum. Continued from page 37...
Benny Binion’s Gelding was the 1946-47-48 NCHA Open World Champion Cutting Horse. He was the first horse to achieve the World Championship and he did it three years in a row. He was shown to his titles by George Glasscock. Benny Binion’s Gelding was sired by Band Time. Glasscock told Nelson Nye in his book THE COMPLETE BOOK OF THE QUARTER HORSE in his biography of Benny Binion’s Gelding that “Band Time was the sire of a lot of good horses—cow horses and race horses. He was one of the foundation sires of the Binion string and Benny always said he would have kept him if he hadn’t gone blind.” Benny Binion’s fondness for Band Time is apparent with the mares he kept by of the horse. When Binion registered his horses with the National Quarter Horse Breeders Association he registered 173 head beginning with number 7415 and ending with 7588. Of these 173 horses you will find 42 sired by Band Time. All of these Band Time horses were born between 1935 and 1941. This breaks down into three born in 1935; 13 born in 1937; 2 born in 1938; 22 born in 1939; one born in 1940 and one born in 1941. It has to be noted that none of them are listed as born in 1936. All of the Band Time foals registered by Binion were mares. They were all registered with the name J Quarter Mare and then given a number. Example: J Quarter Mare No. 9. This mare was sired by Band Time and out of a J Quarter Mare, and her dam’s pedigree is unknown. We saw with Benny Binion’s Gelding being named the first NCHA World Champion that Band Time was involved with cutting. This is reinforced by a couple of cutters produced from the J Quarter group of mares, Gandy’s Time and Page 42
Cresson May was the winner of $4,424.06 in the NCHA. She awarded the Certificate of Ability. She earned 85.5 AQHA cutting points with 18 halter points. She was an AQHA Champion with a Superior in cutting.
Cresson May was a maternal half sister to Gandy’s Time. They were out of J Quarter Mare 64 by Band Time. J Quarter Mare 64 was double registered in the NQHBA and the AQHA. Gandy’s Time was sired by Gandy Dancer by Leo. Cresson May was sired by Rockspring by King P-234. Rocksprings was used in the Binion breeding program. The next person to own Band Time was E. A. Whiteside. Whiteside was looking for a thoroughbred stallion for his ranch at Sipe Springs. Whiteside found Band Time and bought him. It is at this point that it can get a little confusing. According to The Quarter Horse magazine article, “The Story of Band Play” that Whiteside bought Band Time in 1938. But Binion continued to have colts sired by Band Time until 1941 although the biggest majority of them were born in 1939. The Whiteside Ranch was rich in the blood of Old Joe Bailey as Whiteside was the last owner of this great old stallion. Old Joe Bailey carried the blood of Shiloh and Steel Dust and even a cross to Old Billy. Old Joe Bailey was the sire of may fine quarter horses but most notably as the sire of the Waggoner Ranch stallion Yellow Wolf. The breeding pattern for Band Time while owned by Whiteside is an interesting one. He was bred to Old Joe Bailey bred mares and several thoroughbred mares. One of the Joe Bailey bred mares was Sis B Bailey. She was sired by Fred Bailey. Fred Bailey was a son of Old Joe Bailey. Old Joe Bailey was sired by Eureka by Shelby. The dam of Old Joe Bailey was Susie McQuirter by Little Ben. The dam of Fred Bailey was Big Dun by Buck. Buck was a son of Old Joe Bailey. Roxie was the dam of Sis Bailey B and she was a daughter of Buck. This makes Sis Bailey B linebred to Old Joe Bailey. Her breeding pattern to Old Joe Bailey was 2 X 4 X 3.
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