Limited Non-Pro World Champion. One Gun is a major source of Mr Gun Smoke blood in the performance arena today through the produce of his foals. A prime example of One Gun’s contribution to the legacy of Mr Gun Smoke is the mare Snip O Gun. This mare is the dam of nine NRHA money winners that have earned $479,329.46. This makes Snip O Gun the number six all time leading dam of money winners in the NRHA. Her foals include Big Chex To Cash, AQHA World Champion Senior Reining Horse and NRHA Open Futurity and Open Derby Reserve Champion; Hot Smokin Chex, NRHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion; Snip O Chex, Cowboy Classic Intermediate Open and Limited Open Derby Champion, and Chexamillion All American Quarter Horse Congress Reining Non-Pro Stakes Co-Reserve Champion. All of these foals were sired by Nu Chex To Cash. The 2013 NRHA Level 2 NonPro Champion was The Chex Factor who is sired by Nu Chex To Cash and out of Lockyourgun by One Gun. The Chex Factor was also the level 3 Non-Pro Reserve Champion and then fourth in the finals of the Level 4 Non-Pro Futurity. This is the cross that produced the NRHA World Champion Guns Chiquita Chex. One Gun is the sire of John Gun a winner of $37,360 in the NCHA. John Gun is the sire of Katie Gun, an AQHA Superior Reining Horse, the 1990 AQHA High Point Junior Reining Horse, and the 1990 AQHA High Point Reining Mare. She earned 85.5 AQHA performance points. Katie Gun is the dam of 24 AQHA registered foals with 14 of them entering the performance pen. This includes 10 AQHA point earners that have earned 656.5 points with 13 ROM’s and three Superiors. The NRHA earnings by her foals is standing at $553,120.91. She is the number five all time leading dam of Page 56
Leo had a most majestic and powerful build, the source of the power in Mr Gun Smoke. With him is Reba wife of Bud Warren. Photo from the author's files and courtesy Speedhorse magazine.
NRHA money earners. The foals of Katie Gun include Colonels Smoking Gun or Gunner as the industry knows him. He was sired by Colonelfourfreckle. Gunner has earned $173,728 as an NRHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion, a Co-Reserve NRBC Derby Champion, and an USET Reining Champion. The next leading money
The key to Katie Gun’s continued influence on the Mr Gun Smoke bloodline can be seen in the success of her sons as sires. winner out of Katie Gun is Hollywood Gotta Gun, winner of $109,370. This son of Hollywood Dun It was the Co-Reserve Champion of the Cactus Classic 4,5, 6 year old open. Spooks Gotta Gun by Gray Starlight has earned $79,603.44 with wins in events like the Reining By The Bay 4,5,6 Year Old Open Championship. He was an APHA World Champion Junior
Reining Horse. Dun It Gotta Gun by Hollywood Dun It is the next leading money winner out of Katie Gun with earnings of $63,417. He is an NRHA Non-Pro Futurity Reserve Champion. Some of the other money winners out of this mare are Heres Your Shine, by Shining Spark ($43,341); Night Time Nic, by Nic It In The bud ($30,432); No Guns Please, by Chic Please ($24,567); Baddabing Boddaboon, by Boonlight Dancer ($27,449); The Cocked Gun, by Gallo Del Cielo ($20,224), and This Guns for Nic, by Nic It In The Bud ($19,562). It should be noted that in all but a couple of cases these performers were sired by different stallions, showing the power of this mare as a producer. The key to Katie Gun’s continued influence on the Mr Gun Smoke bloodline can be seen in the success of her sons as sires. Leading the list is Colonels Smoking Gun or Gunner. This cropout double registered AQHA/APHA stallion has sired the winners of $5.6 million and this number is still climbing. In 2012 alone he sired the NRHA Open Futurity Level 4 Champion in Americasnextgunmodel, the NRHA Open Futurity Level 4 Reserve
WORKING HORSE MAGAZINE • Stallion Issue 2014