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On the cover

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Pep Up

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The Working Lines | T he Pedigree Mystery

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Pep Up

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ne of the early puzzles that confronted me as a pedigree researcher was the lineage of Pep Up. The AQHA Stud Book showed that Pep Up was sired by Peppy P-212 and out of the mare Canalita by Solis. Then I started finding pedigrees showing that Pep Up was sired by Macanudo and out of Petra R2 by Little Richard. Today the official AQHA pedigree on Pep Up is the Macanudo/Petra R2 pedigree.

The AQHA registration file on Pep Up will tell us how the confusion over his pedigree came about. His file was made available to me by the AQHA Heritage Center and Museum. We will start with a letter dated July 23, 1957, from B. F. Phillips, Jr. to the AQHA employee Ralph E. Morrison. Phillips wrote, “In looking over the tabulated pedigrees that you supplied me on my recent trip to Amarillo, there seems to be an error in the pedigree of Pep-Up, P-2100. It was always my understanding that this horse was sired by Peppy P-212.” The pedigree Phillips got showed Pep Up to be sired by Macanudo and out of Petra R2.

Here is some of Morrison’s reply to Phillips, “I am returning to you the pedigree form on Pep Up, AQHA P-2100 and also a pedigree form on Old Mac, AQHA 2162.” The Morrison letter continued, “This is the story as told to me by Bob Anderson, and the facts as confirmed by Doctor Northway of the King Ranch, concerning these two stallions which the Waggoners bought from the King Ranch.”

MACANUDO ch 1934 QUARTER HORSE #0000211

“At the time the colts were unloaded in the corrals at the Waggoner Ranch, the weather was very bad and the corrals very muddy. The cowboys, from the first day, got the two individuals mixed up, and their true identification became an error. Actually, the horse they called Old Mac was by Peppy. Old Mac was born in March 1941, and we have the usual King Ranch pedigree on one of their large yellow sheets of paper. Old Mac shows to have been a sorrel stallion, branded with a “W” on the left tail set and branded with another “W” on the right rear leg, ‘possibly on the inside from the hock area up.’ This was a special brand by an outstanding Mexican cowboy brander who took great pride in branding the horses for Doctor Northway. Therefore, Old Mac should be carried as sired by Peppy, by Little Richard, by Old Sorrel, and dammed by Canalita (roan mare ridden by Lauro),

by Solis, by Old Sorrel. The second dam is a roan Quarter mare

by Hickory Bill. This information, of course, will show on the pedigree form which I am sending to you. Old Mac died in the latter part of 1948 or 1949.”

“On the stallion, Pep Up, the King Ranch pedigree shows the colt was sired by Macanudo, by Old Sorrel, by Hickory Bill, and dammed by a mare called Petra, by Little Richard, by Old Sorrel, and the second dam was a mare by Lucky Mose. From the two pedigrees, you can readily see that these two stallions were very closely related from a genetic standpoint, and Mr. Anderson suggested that since Old Mac had died at such an early

OLD SORREL ch 1915 QUARTER HORSE #0000209

CANALES BELL ch 1923 QUARTER HORSE #0000141

PEP UP ch 1941 QUARTER HORSE #0002100

PETRA R ch 1933 QUARTER HORSE #0000144

LITTLE RICHARD ch 1922 QUARTER HORSE #0000017

LUCKY MOSE MARE QUARTER HORSE U0074259

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HICKORY BILL b 1907 QUARTER HORSE U0072141 DR ROSE MARE QUARTER HORSE U0070544 ROAN CLEGG 1 QUARTER HORSE U0078835 PELICANA ch 1917 QUARTER HORSE U0075741 OLD SORREL ch 1915 QUARTER HORSE #0000209 LUCKY MOSE MARE QUARTER HORSE U0074259 LUCKY MOSE 1904 THOROUGHBRED (USA)

PETER b 16.0 1 LUCRE ch

HICKO b 1907 CLEGG ro

TEXAS sor ~19

HICKO b 1907 DR RO

LUCKY 1904

GUIDO ch 1887 BOETI b 1890

........................................................................................................................................................................................................ age and that the colt, Pep Up, was sold as a non-breeder several years ago to Otis Gafford that did not change the names of these two stallions lest we cause a lot of confusion.” It is apparent from the correspondence in the AQHA file on Pep Up that by leaving Old Mac as Pep Up and Pep Up as Old Mac as the easiest thing to do to prevent any further confusion.”

Old Mac was foaled in March 1941 on the King Ranch of Kingsville, Texas. His sire was Peppy P-212, who was sired by Little Richard by Old Sorrel. The dam of Peppy P-212 was the mare originally called a “daughter of Cardenal.” She was later listed as China. China was sired by Cardenal by Old Sorrel. The dam of Cardenal was a Lazarus Mare we know today as Piocha.

The dam of China was a daughter of Brillante, a thoroughbred stallion. The dam of Old Mac was Canalita by Solis. Solis was sired by Old Sorrel and out of a Lazarus Mare by Right Royal. Canalita is listed on the AQHA registration papers for Old Mac as the Roan Solis Mare. This mare was ridden by Lauro, a famous King Ranch “Kineno” and Ranch Manager. The Roan Solis Mare was later registered as Canalita AQHA #122. The dam of Canalita was a Roan Quarter Mare. This mare was sired

by Hickory Bill. The dam of the Roan Quarter Mare is listed as a “descendant of Mamie Crowder that went back to Texas Chief and Traveler breeding.”

Old Mac died on the Waggoner Ranch after siring just three foal crops with only nine registered foals. He sired four per-

formers with one point earner that earned two halter points. His daughters faired a little better. They produced foals that earned 177 halter points and 51 performance points with three ROMs and two AQHA Champions. The AQHA Champions were Joe’s Halo and Flyaway Mac. This isn’t a bad record considering that Old Mac sired seven registered daughters that produced only 29 foals.

Pep Up started life on the King Ranch in the Spring of 1942.

His sire Macanudo was born on the King Ranch in 1934. Macanudo would prove to be one of the great sons of Old Sorrel.

Bob Denhardt tells us in the book, THE KING RANCH QUARTER HORSES, that Macanudo “looked the most like the Old Sorrel, long back and all. He was also the best cow horse in the first generation.”

Old Sorrel was the foundation sire of the famed King Ranch Quarter Horses. He was purchased from George Clegg and used on the ranch proving to be the best cow horse they had ever had. This led to the development of a breeding program that would perpetuate the blood of Old Sorrel. The early success of this program lead to such noted horses as Wimpy P-1 and Peppy P-212. Both of these stallions have been major factors in the quarter horse as show horses and sires. Wimpy P-1 was the Grand Champion Stallion at the 1941 Fort Worth Stock Show.

Peppy P-212 was the Grand Champion at the 1940 Fort Worth Stock Show.

PETER MCCUE b 16.0 1895 LUCRETIA M ch

DAN TUCKER NORA M THE HERO BIRD

br 1887 b 1880 ch 1889 ch 1882

HICKORY BILL b 1907 CLEGG ROAN MARE ro

PETER MCCUE LUCRETIA M

b 16.0 1895 ch

TEXAS CHIEF sor ~1905

TRAVELER HALLETTSVILLE MARE

sor 15.1 ~1885

HICKORY BILL b 1907 DR ROSE MARE

PETER MCCUE LUCRETIA M

b 16.0 1895 ch

LUCKY MOSE 1904

GUIDO BOETICIA

ch 1887 b 1890

DOUBLE CROSS AURORA MCHENRY LOETITIA

ch 1872 br 1880 1875 b 1886

GUIDO ch 1887 BOETICIA b 1890

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Registration Photo for Pep Up shows the muddy conditions. Photo Courtesy The AQHA Hall of Fame and Museum

Tiana Bar the daughter of Miss Peppy D Photo from the Author’s Files

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Registration photo of Macanudo.

Photo Courtesy The AQHA Hall of Fame and Museum

Tiara Bar the other Miss Peppy D daughter by Steel Bars.

Photo from the Author’s Files.

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Old Sorrel was sired by Hickory Bill. Hickory Bill was a son of Peter McCue that was bred on the Little Grove Stock Farm of Petersburg, Illinois. Peter McCue was sired by Dan Tucker and out of Nora M, a thoroughbred mare by Voltigeur. Dan Tucker was sired by Barney Owens by Martin’s Cold Deck, who was sired by Old Billy. Old Billy was sired by Shiloh and out of Ram Cat by Steel Dust.

Lucretia M was the dam of Hickory Bill. She was sired by The Hero (TB) and out of Bird by Jack Traveler by Steel Dust.

Kitty Clyde was the dam of Bird. Kitty Clyde was the dam of Nora M, the dam of Peter McCue. This made Hickory Bill double bred to Kitty Clyde. Bird and Butt Cut, who was the dam of Dan Tucker, were both sired by Jack Traveler. This makes Hickory Bill double bred to Jack Traveler. The dam of Old Sorrel is the mare we know today as the Dr Rose Mare. The pedigree of this mare is unknown to us, but she was reportedly a thoroughbred mare.

The dam of Macanudo was Canales Belle. This mare was sired by a horse known as the Roan Clegg Horse. He is also listed on the AQHA registration form for Pep Up as a “Roan son of Hickory Bill.” His sire was Hickory Bill, and his dam was a Roan Clegg Mare. This makes Macanudo double bred to Hickory Bill with a 2 X 3 breeding pattern.

The dam of Canales Belle was a mare listed as “Pelicana or Canales Roan Mare.” The pedigree information on the AQHA registration form tells us that Pelicana went “back to Mamie Crowder. Back to Texas Chief and Traveler breeding.” This is similar to the pedigree information on Old Mac’s papers about Canalita’s pedigree. Canalita was out of a Roan Quarter Mare

by Hickory Bill and out of a descendant of Mamie Crowder that went back to Texas Chief and Traveler.

Bob Denhardt in THE KING RANCH QUARTER HORSES tells us that Canales Belle came from a neighboring ranch called the Canales Ranch. He indicates that Richard Kleberg and George Clegg were partners on several horses and that included some purchased from the Canales Ranch.

Denhardt points out in his biography of Macanudo that Canales Belle was one of only three quarter horse mares to produce the first-generation stallion in the King Ranch breeding program. The sons of Old Sorrel that were considered “first-generation stallions” include Macanudo, Little Richard P-17, Cardenal, Solis, Babe Grande, and Hired Hand. Babe Grande and Hired Hand are the other two first-generation stallions that are sired by Old Sorrel and out of a quarter mare.

Canales Belle was the dam of Silver Lucy, a full sister to Macanudo. Silver Lucy was the dam of Silver Wimpy. Silver Wimpy was sired by Wimpy P-1. Silver Wimpy was a noted sire with foals like Marion’s Girl, the 1954 and 1956 NCHA World Champion Cutting Horse.

Macanudo proved to be a significant sire on the King Ranch being used in the breeding program from 1937 to 1949. The ranch used 71 of his daughters in the breeding program and two of his colts. The colts were Dos de Oros and Chamaco.

Macanudo sired several good horses to leave this breeding program. They include the AQHA Champion Babe Mac C. Babe Mac C proved to be a good sire with AQHA Champions like

Bay Mac Hill, Buster Cole, Doc’s Daddoo, and Snipper Cole.

The AQHA Champion Buster Cole was not only sired by Babe Mac C, but he was out of a daughter of Babe Mac C, making him 2 X 3 inbred to Macanudo. Macanudo daughters were good producers as well, including Cipriana was the dam of Kip Mac, a son of Wimpy P-1. He was an AQHA Champion, Superior Cutting Horse, as well as an NCHA Bronze and Silver Award winner.

The dam of Pep Up is Petra R2, who was registered as #144 in the AQHA Stud Book. She was sired by Little Richard P-17.

Little Richard was considered one of the original foundation sires that received a registration number between 2 and 19 in the AQHA Stud Book. The sire of Little Richard was Old Sorrel. This makes Pep Up double bred to Old Sorrel with a breeding pattern of 2 X 3 to this great stallion. Little Richard is probably best known as the sire of Peppy P-212. Of course, Peppy P-212 was the sire of Old Mac. The dam of Little Richard was a mare by Lucky Mose. Petra R2 was out of a mare by Lucky Mose. This makes Petra R2 inbred to the Lucky Mose breeding. In his research for the book, THE KING RANCH QUARTER HORSES, Bob Denhardt asked Dr. Northway about the Lucky Mose mares.

Northway wrote, “Bob Kleberg recently told me that the Lucky Mose Thoroughbred Family traced back to Broomstick (TB) and were of the Broomstick Family. Certainly, these Lucky Mose horses were top individuals and had wonderful conformation. You will note several of our foundation Quarter Horse sires were out of Lucky Mose mares.” Northway went on to tell Denhardt that there was no specific stallion named Lucky Mose on the King Ranch but a group of mares known as the Lucky Mose mares.

King Ranch pedigrees today show that Lucky Mose was sired by Guido and out of Boeticia. Andrea Mattson, in her book REFERENCE TO THOROUGHBRED ROOTS OF THE QUARTER HORSE, extends the pedigree of Lucky Mose. She tells us that Guido was sired by Double Cross and his dam as Aurora by Thad Stevens. Double Cross was sired by Malcolm and out of Columbia by Bonnie Scotland. Boeticia was sired by McHenry, and her dam was Loetitia by Ladislas. McHenry was sired by Enquirer and out of Ontario by Bonnie Scotland. Here is an added note: Enquirer was the sire of Faustus, who was the sire of Bonnie Joe. Bonnie Joe was the sire of Joe Blair, the sire of Joe Reed P-3, who sired Joe Reed II, who then sired Leo. Despite the confusion about his pedigree, Pep Up became a stallion that has stood the test of time. Pep Up was the sire of 62 foals with eight performers. The performers earned 16 open halter points and 28 performance points. This includes one ROM performer. The true legacy of Pep Up comes through his daughters and their produce. He sired 43 mares that produced 374 foals. These foals earned 817 halter points and 780.5 performance points. They include 21 ROM performers and 11 AQHA Champions. They also produced three Superior Halter Horses and two Superior Performance Horses. This includes Miss Peppy D and Ruth Bixler that left their mark in both reining and cutting, and the two mares we will use to profile Pep Up as a broodmare sire.

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Miss Peppy D was bred by the Waggoner Ranch, and she was born in 1944. She was out of a Waggoner Mare, whose breeding is listed as unknown. Matlock Rose and B. F. Phillips tried to buy Miss Peppy D at one of the Waggoner Sales. But they were outbid, and she went to Marion Flynt. Flynt put her in the broodmare band, but she failed to settle, and she was sold to the Phillips Ranch. She was the dam of eight foals with five performers. Her foals were Peppy Bueno, Peppy Buck, Peppy Tivio, Kitty Buck, Poco Tela, Poco Pep, Tiana Bar, and Tiara Bar. Peppy Bueno has no show record, but he was the sire of Anadorno Peppy, the 1960 AQHA Honor Roll Barrel Racing Horse. Peppy Buck by Pretty Buck earned one AQHA halter points and 1 AQHA performance point. He was the sire of the AQHA Champion Peppy’s Cowboy. Peppy Tivio by Poco Tivio earned five AQHA halter points. He was the sire of the ROM performers Moon Tivio and Rust. Poco Tela and Poco Pep were unshown daughters of Poco Bueno, and Miss Peppy D. Poco Pep was the dam of the AQHA Champion Wee Wee Bueno. The sire of Wee Wee Bueno is Marion’s Boy by Silver Wimpy. Silver Wimpy was sired by Wimpy P-1 and out of Silver Lucy, a full sister to Macanudo. This gives the pedigree of Wee Wee Bueno a breeding pattern of 3 X 4 to Silver Lucy and Macanudo.

Kitty Buck by Pretty Buck was shown but didn’t earn any AQHA points. She is the dam of Doc’s Kitty, a daughter of Doc Bar. Doc’s Kitty was the Reserve Champion of the 1969 NCHA Futurity, and then she went on to be the 1970 NCHA Derby Champion. Doc’s Kitty is the dam of horses like Kitty’s Destiny, winner of $12,726; Meradas Kitty, winner of $12,813 and Pretty Little Kitty, winner of $82,077. Pretty Little Kitty is the dam of Smart Kit Dually and Kit Dual. Kit Dual was a Reserve Champion of the NCHA Futurity. Pretty Little Kitty is a full sister to Smart Little Kitty, an unshown mare. Smart Little Kitty is the dam of High Brow Cat, winner of $126,252; Smart Lil Highbrow, winner of $98,050 and Smart Bronze, winner of $71,879. Of course, we all know that High Brow Cat is now the all-time leading sire of cutting horse money winners that totals over $80 million.

Tiana Bar and Tiara Bar were full sisters sired by Steel Bars.

Steel Bars was sired by Three Bars, and he was out of Joan by Joe Hancock. Tiana Bar was an AQHA Superior Halter Horse with 153 points. Tiara Bar was an AQHA Superior Halter Horse with 82 points. These good daughters of Miss Peppy D turned their halter careers into good careers as broodmares. Tiana Bar was the dam of 12 performers with five ROM in performance, two AQHA Champions, one Superior performance horses, and one AQHA High Point Western Pleasure Horse. Her first five foals were sired by Eternal Sun. They were Rosa Antica, with 28 open halter and 13.5 open performance points, and an arena ROM. Tana Sun was next with 28 open halter points and 2.5 open performance points. Eternal Tiana was a race winner of one race. Eternal Sunset had an arena ROM with 15 open performance points and 26 open halter points, and Mr Eternal Bar had nine open performance points and 26 open halter points.

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Bar was the first, and he was one of her AQHA Champions with 42 halter points, 16 open performance points, and a ROM in the arena. Red Inflations was next on this list with 22 open halter points. Tiana Bar Lady and Miss Tiana Gold were the third and fourth Mr Bar Gold foals, but they had no AQHA show record.

Miss Tiana Leo was the first of four Mr Spanish Lee foals out of Tiana Bar. Miss Tiana Leo had five AQHA halter points.

Miss Buda Lee was the second foal from this Cross. She has no AQHA show record. Brinks Leo Bar earned 40 performance points and an arena ROM. Bandito Gold was the last Mr Spanish Lee foal out of Tiana Bar, and he was her top point earner. This good dun stallion was the 1979 AQHA High Point Western Pleasure Horse and the 1981 AQHA fourth High Point Reining Horse. He earned 29 open halter points and 383 open performance points with an AQHA Championship. Mr Spanish Lee was sired by Leo and out of Spanish Joy by Spanish Nick.

Brinks Bar Of Steel was a dun gelding by Steel Target and out of Tiana Bar. This horse earned one AQHA performance point. Brinks Tiana Star was a mare by Skipa Star. This mare earned two AQHA halter points and seven AQHA performance points. Pepiano was the last foal out of Tiana Bar. This dun stallion was sired by Peponita. He didn’t have an AQHA or NCHA show record.

Tiara Bar was the dam of 10 performers that earned 177 halter points and 191 performance points with one World Champion, one Superior Halter Horse, one Superior Performance horse, and three AQHA Champions. Tiara Bar started out on the Phillips Ranch, being bred to two ranch stallions in Top Money and Eternal Sun. Her first foal was Money Mad by Top Money. She earned 19 open halter points and 14 open performance points with an arena ROM and an AQHA Championship. Datsun by Eternal Sun was her second foal, who earned 22 open halter points. The third foal from this good mare was Funny Money Fred by Top Money. This horse earned a ROM with ten performance points and eight open and youth halter points. High Tiara was the last foal out of Tiara Bar that was sired by a Phillips Ranch stallion. Her sire was Eternal Sun, and this mare earned an AQHA Superior in halter with 73 points.

Tawny Cody was an AQHA Champion daughter of Joe Cody that was out of Tiara Bar. She was the first of seven foals sired by Joe Cody and out of Tiara Bar. This mare was the 1974 AQHA World Champion Senior Reining Horse. She also earned 40 halter points and 29 working points. Red God was a full brother to Tawny Cody. This horse was the 1973 AQHA High Point Reining Horse. He was an AQHA Champion with 17 halter points and 93 working points. He was Superior in Reining. Fawn Cody earned two AQHA working points. Candid Cody had no AQHA show record, while Titan Cody was sixth in the 1979 AQHA World Championship Junior Reining and third in the 1980 NRHA Open Reining. He earned an arena ROM with ten working points in the AQHA. Celtic Cody earned three open working points in the AQHA, while Cody’s Crown didn’t have an AQHA show record.

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Two Eyed Beaver the AQHA Champion son of Two Eyed Jack and Cooksey’s Pep Up granddaughter of Ruth Bixler.

Alfred Janssen IIIPhoto from the Author’s Files.

Ben Bar the AQHA Champion son of Steel Bars and Ruth Bixler by Pep Up. Photo from the Author’s Files.

Steel Bars the sire of such noted horses as Tiana Bar, Tiara Bar and Ben Bar. Photo from the Author’s Files.

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Lauing Ranch Quarter Horses | Building using horses on a century of heritage

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By Maria Tibbetts ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ n their ranch south of Blunt, South Dakota, Bernie Lauing and his son, JD, can stand and gaze at their horses grazing the rolling hills, silhouetted against the buttes, drinking from Medicine Creek. Bernie’s grandfather, George Sias looked upon much the same scene when he bought the first 160 acres of the ranch in 1920.

George and his wife, Christina, moved to the area in 1910, with their children, including their only daughter, Marie, horse and buggy, livestock, personal belongings packed into rail cars. Ten years later, they bought the beginnings of what is now the Lauing Ranch.

In 1937, Marie Sias married Hank Lauing and they rented the ranch from Marie’s parents, adding pastureland as it came available. Marie taught rural school for 26 years, raised five kids, milked cows, sold milk, gardened and helped with the cattle and horses. In Marie’s 54 years on the ranch her daughter remembers her as an accomplished horsewoman and capable roper. Marie also loved to travel, visiting all 50 states and several countries. Her husband, Hank, loved and raised animals of all kinds—from buffalo to horses and donkeys.

Bernie Lauing bought the ranch from his parents in 1975 and has more than doubled the acreage. The first accolades for their horse program came in 1960, when Bernie showing a home-raised mare, Lucy Pillsbury, was awarded the South Dakota State Fair Champion Mare. As a teenager, Bernie was also recognized through the South Dakota Quarter Horse Association as having the Best Light Horse 4-H Project.

Today, Bernie’s youngest son, JD, is the next Lauing to work on building their horse program, while partnering with Bernie and his wife, Genie, raising commercial Angus cattle, which gives their horses early cow experience.

Bernie’s oldest son, Tom, lives and farms near Oral, South Dakota, continuing to be involved with Lauing Ranch’s horse program, coordinating on prospects and breeding stock. Another of Bernie’s sons, Denny, lives near Sturgis with his own horse program, the Mill Iron L Ranch.

Bernie’s daughter, Shannon Stroman, lives in Sioux Falls and takes photos for promotion of the ranch and horses.

While they raise horses for the market as they see it, Bernie is most proud of the horses that his children and grandchildren ride to success in the arena and on the ranch.

Bernie’s oldest son, Tom Lauing, has four kids who have ridden Lauing-raised horses to winnings in high school, 4-H, college, Little Britches and the professional level.

One of his favorite moments was when grandson, Levi, won the tie-down roping at the Central South Dakota 4-H Rodeo in Blunt in the early 2000s aboard Dakota Star Pat, a son of one of Lauings’ early stallions, Billy Star Pat out of Dakota Playboy Girl. “Blaze” was chosen the best tie-

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down horse when Levi was in college.

Turning 29 this year, Blaze is building the confidence of the next generation, with great-granddaughter, Ellie, 10, aboard. As Ellie graduates to Blaze’s 24-year-old brother, Dakota, Ellie’s younger sister, Olivia, will take her turn on Blaze. “He’s not a babysitter. He’s a teacher. He’s safe, but he makes her sit up and ride,” Levi says.

Bernie’s wife, Genie, grew up 20 miles north of Blunt in Onida, where she was involved in church, school and 4-H. She taught school for 38 years and works on the ranch, handling the AQHA paperwork and records, taking photos of the horses, organizing sale catalogs, plus pitching in with the outside work, while also being rodeo advisor, event organizer, chairperson of the Central South Rodeo 4-H Ambassador contest, judge, and rodeo event timer. In 2016, the Sully County Fair Board recognized Genie as their annual Friend of Rodeo recipient.

The Horses

The Lauings’ first registered Quarter Horse arrived at the ranch from Texas, brought to South Dakota by Bernie’s father, Hank. Lauings have raised horses ever since, and have registered them with AQHA cumulatively for almost 40 years, said JD Lauing, the horse marketing manager at Lauing Ranch.

At one time, Bernie bred some Mammoth Jack donkeys to some of his quarter mares because good mules were worth more that horses, but that’s not the case these days, and JD is focusing on continuing to improve the horses that Lauings produce--many of them that go back to studs he remembers from his childhood.

“Billy Star Pat was one of the stallions here when I was a kid,” JD said. “He was broke to death and everybody could ride him. All of my older siblings, Tom, Denny, and Shannon experienced his terrific disposition as a stallion and sire.” That red roan stud, bred by the Pitzer Ranch in Nebraska, is still the foundation of many in the Lauings’ broodmare band.

“We’ve had some cutting-bred and some cowhorse-type bloodlines. Some bloodlines have just worked well for us ranching. We always look for conformation, size, bone, disposition and training ability,” JD says.

Early in the 2000s, they started adding in the Blue Valentine bloodlines for disposition, size and bone. Two Broken Bones-bred blue roan stallions, Revue Hancock and Hancocks Two Boys were added to the breeding program.

“They crossed tremendously with our mares” JD says.

They’ve also added color as both were homozygous roans, which means they’ll produce a roan no matter what color the mare. “Color is always a good thing,” JD says “but we won’t compromise on quality.”

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Senior stallion in Lauings’ program is Bonny Blues, a bay roan son of Roan Ambrose, bred by Merritt Quarter Horses. On the bottom side is Bonnie O Blue by Plenty Try. Blue Valentine is on Bonny Blue’s papers twice, with only three crosses.

“Bonny produces extremely nice foals and crosses well on our mares, especially our Revue Hancock and Hancocks Two Boys daughters,” JD said. “We really like how the foals develop, grow and how great they ride. He brings a diversity to our breeding program.”

Another roan stallion, Plenty Coup Bonnet carries 50 percent Gooseberry blood with conformation, great bone and size.

“This amazing stallion is crossing great on our mares and producing babies with lots of shape and build,” JD said.

JM Rowdy Blue Hayes, a beautiful blue roan, has been passing along his roan genes to his offspring and is adding diversity and size. “He’s big, beautiful and loves attention. His foals are favorites with lots of bone and size,” JD says.

Lauings’ stallions and mares are DNA-tested and 5-panel negative.

Two studs in their program are dreams come true. In 2020, Lauings purchased Blue Fox Hancock from Sam Shoultz of KeSa Quarter Horses, in partnership with Daniel Gardner of Sunrise Farm. He is a 2001 blue roan stallion that is 43.75 percent Blue Valentine and has produced 100 percent roans. This amazing stud is quick, athletic and passes those qualities on to his get, JD says.

In the early 2000s, their friendship with Shoultz began with an interest in purchasing that stallion when he was young and untested. On behalf of Lauing Ranch, JD tried repeatedly to persuade Shoultz to part with the blue roan, Leo Hancock Hayes son. But Shoultz had other plans for Blue Fox Hancock, which led to him earning 722+ AQHA performance points, an AQHA championship and qualifying for the World Show in 11 classes. Blue Fox had an impressive breeding career, arriving in South Dakota to fulfill JD’s vision for adding his athleticism, speed and color to the Lauing foals. His 2021 foals are something to see, JD says.

The partnership between Lauings and Sunrise Farm also leases Mr Junewood, a high-percentage Driftwood buckskin stallion from Shoultz that has earned more than his share of AQHA points.

The purchase and lease of these two studs is just the latest step in a relationship between Lauings and Shoultz. In 2008, Lauings attended the Come to the Source Sale, purchasing a grullo roan colt, Rojos Grullo Fox from Shoultz. Approximately a decade later they purchased another KeSa-bred stallion, Hancock Red Fox, a Leo Hancock Hayes son. Shoultz’s bloodlines show up in many of Lauings’ mares and are well-represented in their AQHA Ranching Heritage program.

In 2018, Shoultz had a dispersal sale but kept four stallions, including Mr Junewood and Blue Fox Hancock. When he started looking for a place for these studs, he chose the Lauings and Daniel Gardner of Sunrise Farm because, “They’re good people,” Shoultz said. “They’d shown a long-time interest in my genetics and a commitment to my program.”

“Sam did a great job of raising and producing horses and crossing bloodlines together to produce a good performance horse,” JD says.

Some of JD’s favorite bloodlines to blend with the Blue Valentine progeny are Texas Blue Bonnet, a son of Joe Hancock; and Rip Rip, a son of Leo and grandson of Sugar Bars. He likes those genetics crossed on mares with a little bit of Driftwood, because he’s seen how effective that cross is over the years. “I don’t have to justify why we’re crossing them that way because those bloodlines have worked for us for years. We know they have, and we know they work together.”

While their studs are carefully considered, Lauings put as much or more emphasis on their mares. “I believe every good stud comes from a really good mare,” JD said. “When stallions have really good maternal lines and when the stallion looks the part and has the bloodlines to complement what we already have for mares, I always believe it’s a good fit.”

Bradley Beauchamp, B&T Performance Horses, Kentucky, sees their commitment to quality, especially after visiting the Lauing Ranch himself.

“The first thing that stands out is the sheer number of quality horses there,” he said “But as JD walks you through them, giving pedigrees, history of each of the mares, what he likes and dislikes; you truly have a chance to dissect and digest each and every individual, you are quick to realize, there isn’t another breeding operation like Lauing Ranch anywhere in the country right now. Often times, you will hear about breeders focusing on the mare side of the pedigree. You won’t find that any truer than with Lauing Ranch. JD and Bernie at Lauing Ranch have worked really hard to acquire only the best mares to complement their incredible stallion battery.”

Lauings ride many of the horses they produce, so they know what’s working and what isn’t. In 2011 horse trainer, Becky Amio, moved to South Dakota from California, having earned a bachelors and masters degree in animal science. “In 2015 she moved to the ranch and began starting all our colts,” JD said. “She does a tremendous job, has a lot of patience, is very kind, very gentle. Building a trust with the horses, Becky wants to create every single horse to be safe, doing a great job of matching horses to potential buyers.”

Becky’s experience includes winning ranch versatility competitions and has taken Lauing geldings to the AQHA Ranch Horse Versatility World Show. In 2021 she won the South Dakota South Dakota National Barrel Horse Association state finals 1D average and the fast time.

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Becky’s favorite Lauing Ranch mount so far is a 3-year-old stallion, LR Blue Boys Bonnet, a grullo roan son of Hancocks Two Boys, out of a Wyo Blue Bonnet daughter.

“He has an agreeable attitude and his ‘light on his feet’ movements allow him to just float across the pasture and arena with such grace.” Amio said.

While Lauings have incorporated many of their horses into the ranch work and breeding stock, they can’t keep them all. They are part of the Blue Valentine and Driftwood Heritage Sale, partnering with five other breeders, featuring horses that share the Blue Valentine and Driftwood bloodlines, in Springfield, Missouri in September.

The best way to find out about the Lauing Ranch horses is to visit the ranch in South Dakota, JD said. They’re always happy to show visitors the view their family has enjoyed for more than 100 years, with good horses silhouetted against the buttes above Medicine Creek.

Photos | by Elsie Fortune Photography

• Bernie and Genie Lauing with JD Lauing and Becky Amio and one group of their broodmares.

• Bonnies Fox Coup, 2013 daughter of Bonny Blues, out of Valentines Fox Coup, who was out of the legendary mare Fox Coup, by Leo Hancock Hayes. Her 2021 bay roan filly was sired by Lauing Ranch’s Plenty Coup Bonnet. The filly is 37.50 percent Blue Valentine and 34.38 percent Gooseberry.

Photos on this page

• Background and far right | One of the first ranch buildings in 1921 was this large wooden hipped barn, which still stands today and serves a purpose on Lauing Ranch.

• Middle | Blaze: Breeder Bernie Lauing with grandsons Tanner and Levi Lauing, holding Blaze, and their dad Tom Lauing. Shannon Lauing Stroman.

• Quarter Horse stallion purchased by Hank Lauing.

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By Larry Thornton ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ s a continuation of our look at Pep Up, we will delve a little deeper into Peppy Belle, one of his famous daughters.

Peppy Belle and her son Peppy San would play a major role in Matlock Rose’s life and his legendary history as a horseman. Then as you will see, she will contribute more through her son Mr San Peppy and his role as a King Ranch sire. This will show us how Peppy Belle is one of our Mares With More.

Matlock’s first association with Peppy Belle came in 1958 at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado. Matlock and Gordon Howell were sitting in the stands talking about mares when Howell asked him to look at some horses with him. One of the mares was Peppy Belle, and Howell bought her for $1,600. She was a three-year-old mare.

This is how Matlock described Peppy Belle, “She was just a nice kind of mare. It’s just something about a horse like her. You don’t see those kinds of mares very often.

This mare had a good neck, good hip, wither, smart looking head, a good eye. She was a good sound-legged kind

of a horse.”

It is interesting to see the respect Matlock had for her conformation, and then you see her pedigree. She was sired by Pep Up by Macanudo, giving us another shot of Macanudo blood in the history of horses associated with Matlock Rose. Just as we have seen with mares like Miss Peppy D, Ruth Bixler, and Do Si Do, a cutting mare that Matlock showed.

Howell took Peppy Belle home and bred her to Leo San, a son of Leo he had bought to serve as his senior sire. Leo San was out of San Sue Darks by San Siemon by Zantanon, and this makes San Siemon a paternal half-brother to King P-234. San Sue Darks was out of Little Sue by Sam Watkins by Hickory Bill. San Sue Darks is a full sister to Sue Hunt, the dam of the NRHA Hall of Fame stallion Continental King by King P-234.

Howell had entered the quarter horse breeding business in the 1950s to become a leading breeder of performance and halter horses. Leo San was a good sire of all-around quarter horses. He sired 23 Superior halter and performance award winners. These Superiors were won in cut-

MACANUDO ch 1934 QUARTER HORSE #0000211

PEP UP ch 1941 QUARTER HORSE #0002100 PEPPY BELLE sor 15.0 1955 QUARTER HORSE #0054365

PETRA R ch 1933 QUARTER HORSE #0000144

GOLD RUSH pal 1936 QUARTER HORSE #0000457

BELLE BURNETT pal 1949 QUARTER HORSE #0043207

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TRIANGLE LADY 9 ch 1935 QUARTER HORSE #0000446

OLD SORREL ch 1915 QUARTER HORSE #0000209 CANALES BELL ch 1923 QUARTER HORSE #0000141 LITTLE RICHARD ch 1922 QUARTER HORSE #0000017 LUCKY MOSE MARE QUARTER HORSE U0074259 CALIENTE pal 1932 QUARTER HORSE U0069159 SORREL MARE sor QUARTER HORSE U0079942 RED BUCK sor 1930 QUARTER HORSE #0000393 BURNETT RIDING MARE QUARTER HORSE U0146162

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ting, halter, barrel racing, and calf roping. He sired 35 show ROM and 9 AQHA Champions.

Wimpy Leo San, the 1961 AQHA High Point Halter Stallion, gives us another example of the Leo San/Macanudo cross. This horse is sired by Leo San and out of Aggie Dee Mac by Wimpy P-1, and her dam is Dee Gee Star by Macanudo. He is a full brother to Jimbo San, who has 16 halter points. Aggie Dee Mac is also the dam of Wimpy Leo by Leo. This horse is an AQHA Champion with a Superior in halter. Wimpy Leo is the sire of Forty Seven, the broodmare sire Wimpys Little Step NRHA Open Futurity Champion, and leading reining horse sire.

Rey Del San is an ROM performer sired by Leo San and his dam is Inocente Babe by Rey Del Rancho and she is out of Incerada by Macanudo.

Peppy Belle was bred by John P. Gogdell of Crowell, Texas. The AQHA Stud Book shows that she was owned at one time by J. D. Smith of Truscott, Texas. Her last owner was Gordon Howell. The pedigree of Peppy Belle is as impressive as her conformation. She comes from the combination of two of the most famous ranches in the history

of the American Quarter Horse in the Triangle Ranch of Tom L. Burnett located at Iowa, Park, Texas, and the King Ranch of Kingsville, Texas.

Let’s review her pedigree. She is sired by the King Ranch bred Pep Up by Macanudo, and he was out of Petra R2 by Little Richard. Old Sorrel is the sire of Macanudo and Little Richard. He was sired by Hickory Bill by Peter McCue. The dam of Old Sorrel is the mare we know today as the Dr Rose Mare. The pedigree of this mare is unknown to us, but she was reportedly a thoroughbred mare.

The dam of Macanudo was Canales Belle. This mare was sired by a horse known as the Roan Clegg Horse. He is also listed on the AQHA registration form for Pep Up as a “Roan son of Hickory Bill.” His sire was Hickory Bill, and his dam was a Roan Clegg Mare. This makes Macanudo double bred to Hickory Bill with a 2 X 3 inbreeding pattern. The dam of Canales Belle was a mare listed as “Pelicana or Canales Roan Mare.” The pedigree information on the AQHA registration form tells us that Pelicana went “back to Mamie Crowder. Back to Texas Chief and Traveler breeding.”

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PETER MCCUE LUCRETIA M

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ROAN CLEGG 1 PELICANA ch 1917 OLD SORREL ch 1915 LUCKY MOSE MARE

HICKORY BILL CLEGG ROAN MARE TEXAS CHIEF

b 1907 ro sor ~1905

HICKORY BILL DR ROSE MARE LUCKY MOSE

b 1907

LUCKY MOSE 1904

GUIDO BOETICIA

ch 1887 b 1890

DEL REY pal 1918 SORREL MARE sor

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BUCK THOMAS buck 1921 ZEPPLIN sor 1926

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Chunky Woodward, Peppy San and Matlock Rose receiving their World Champion Trophies Photo from Author’s Files

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The dam side of the pedigree of Peppy Belle brings in the Burnett Ranches of the Four Sixes and the Triangle Ranch.

The dam of Peppy Belle was Belle Burnett, a daughter of Gold Rush and out of Triangle Lady 9. She was bred on the Triangle Ranch founded by Tom L. Burnett, the son of Burk Burnett, founder of the famous Four Sixes of Guthrie, Texas.

Gold Rush was the sire of the great cutting sire Hollywood Gold and the NCHA Reserve World Champion Jill’s Lady.

Gold Rush was a Palomino stallion bred in California that was brought to Texas as a gift from his daughter Miss Anne Burnett Tandy of the Burnett Ranches and her then-husband Jim Hall to Tom L. Burnett. Burnett was interested in raising Palomino horses, and Gold Rush, a Palomino, was called in to do just that.

Gold Rush was sired by a horse called Caliente. The sire of Caliente was Del Rey. Some pedigrees will show that Del Rey was a thoroughbred. But he was actually a Palomino that was the foundation sire for the Dwight Murphy Palomino breeding program in California, one of the early foundation Palomino breeders. Del Rey was reportedly a top California stock horse. His son El Rey de Los Reyes was the first horse registered in the Palomino Horse Association and the Palomino Horse Breeders of America. Del Rey was sired by the thoroughbred Swedish King and out of a Palomino mare known as Queen. The pedigree of Queen is unknown, although records show that she came from Utah.

Triangle Lady 9 was sired by a horse named Red Buck.

Liege Reed was a long-time manager associated with the Triangle Ranches. Reed had also worked on the Waggoner Ranch for a time. Liege and Tommie Reed are listed as the breeders of Red Buck on his registration application. Buck Thomas, the sire of Red Buck, was used on the Waggoner Ranch for several years.

Buck Thomas was sired by Peter McCue, who was by Dan Tucker, and out of Nora M by Voltigeur. Peter McCue was the sire of Hickory Bill, the sire of Old Sorrel, the sire of Macanudo. The dam of Red Buck was Zepplin. The pedigree information about Zepplin is basically unknown. Some say that Zepplin was a mare, and some say Zepplin was a stallion. This would make the dam of Red Buck, a daughter of Zepplin. Despite all this speculation, the dam of Red Buck is officially listed as Zepplin. The dam of Triangle Lady 9 is unknown. Her dam is listed as a “riding type mare.”

It has to be noted here that Pep Up was sold by the Waggoner Ranch to Otis Gafford, of Crowell, Texas, in July 1953.

He was then sold by Gafford to Mrs. Tom Masterson, Jr. of Truscott, Texas. The breeder of Peppy Belle was John P. Cogdell of Crowell, Texas. This bit of information doesn’t tell us how Belle Burnett and Pep Up had the opportunity to produce Peppy Belle. But here is the rest of the story.

Noted horseman Lee Jones called me in 2005 to tell me the story of how Pep Up and Belle Burnett met to produce Peppy Belle. “Pep Up got his foot cut really bad, and the Waggoners took him to Dr Lacy there in Vernon. They gave him so much

penicillin that they were afraid he would be sterile. So the Waggoners were going to put him down. Otis Gafford happened to be there, and he gave them $100 for the old horse.

When they got him healed up some, Dr Lacy told Otis to try to find some wheat pasture to turn the old horse out on. Otis’s neighbor had a little patch of wheat, so he let Otis turn the old horse out on it, the only thing on it was a mare named Belle Burnett, and the neighbor said if the horse bred her, it would be ok. The rest is history in the form of Peppy Belle.”

Peppy Belle is the dam of 11 foals. She had five of her foals go to the arena as performers. She foaled Peppy San from her first mating with Leo San in 1959. Then in 1960, Matlock Rose became the manager and trainer for Gordon Howell, and this puts Peppy San in the hands of Matlock Rose. Matlock Rose and Peppy San went on to be a part of history in the 1962 NCHA Open Futurity as the Reserve Champions of the inaugural running this premiere NCHA event. The AQHA records show that by the time he earned the reserve championship at the futurity he was an AQHA Champion. He would be purchased in 1963 by Douglas Lake Cattle Company in Canada that was owned by C. N. “Chunky” Woodward.

The purchase of Peppy San by Woodward came because of a call Matlock Rose got from Don Dodge. Woodward was a client for Dodge, and they were looking for a stallion for the Douglas Lake Cattle Company. Dodge asked Matlock to go look at a son of King P-234 that was a part of the B. A. “Barney” Skipper dispersal sale. Matlock went to look at the horse but reported that he was “crooked in front.” So he didn’t recommend the horse. So Dodge asked if Matlock knew of a horse that would be available, and he told him about Peppy San, and so Peppy San was off to Canada.

Peppy San returned to Matlock Rose in 1967 to earn the NCHA Open World Championship and the NCHA World Champion Stallion title. They also won the NCHA Tournament of Champions in 1967. His NCHA record shows that he earned $49,478.40, garnering an NCHA Bronze Award, NCHA Silver Award, and he is in the NCHA Hall of Fame.

His AQHA record shows that along with his AQHA Championship, he was Superior in cutting with 180 points. He was the AQHA High Point Cutting Stallion in 1967. His halter record shows that he earned 26 halter points with two Grand Championships and seven Reserve Grand Championships.

Peppy San went back to Canada after earning his World Championship to stand at stud. He was moved to the Matlock Rose Ranch again in 1975, where he would spend the rest of his life. He would sire 493 foals with 134 performers earning 2,279 points with 56 ROM and 10 Superior performers. He would sire 10 AQHA World Champions. His AQHA World Champions include Royal Santana, the 1991 AQHA Amateur World Champion, at the age of 20. His son Peponita also won two AQHA World Championships in cutting. Peppy San sired four NCHA World Champions and one National Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit Futurity World Champion.

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His NCHA World Champions include Peponita and Peppy’s Desire. Peponita won two NCHA Open Championships, Peppy’s Desire won the 1975 NCHA Open World Championship, and the 1975 NCHA Non-Pro World Championship.

His NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity Champion was Peppy Bar Three. Some of his other major winners were Chunky’s Monkey Co-Champion of the 1974 NCHA Open Derby and Tip It San winner of the 1977 NCHA Open Derby. Peppy San was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1999.

Here is a pedigree note. Stardust Desire was the dam of Peppy’s Desire and Chunky’s Monkey. Rose had shown Stardust Desire to the 1966 NCHA Open World Championship, and then Peppy San won the World Championship the next year. Sadly, Stardust Desire would only produce two foals in Peppy’s Desire and Chunky’s Monkey. Stardust Desire was sired by Stardust Red, by Macanudo Jr, by Macanudo. So this gives these two foals a 4 X 4 breeding pattern to Macanudo.

Then we see that Macanudo Jr was out of Laurelena by Little Richard. Pep Up was sired by Macanudo and out of Petra R2

by Little Richard. This gives Peppy’s Desire and Chunky’s Monkey an interesting pedigree link to Macanudo and Little Richard through both their sire and dam.

The legacy of Peppy San carried on through his descendants. His son Peponita is the sire of Mr Peponita Flo, a million-dollar sire of cutting horses. This NCHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion is the sire of the legendary Shakin Flo, who counts among her win an NCHA Non-Pro Futurity Championship and the 1999 NCHA Horse of the Year. She is the winner of $428,306. Shakin Flo is proved to be a good producer as well as a good cutter. Her daughter Midnight Rendeevous counts among her titles the 2004 NCHA NonPro Futurity Championship.

Peppy San is the broodmare sire of horses that have earned over $8 million, including Smart Little Lena, winner of $743,275. The Peppy San daughter Smart Peppy is the dam of Smart Little Lena. Smart Peppy is out of Royal Smart by Royal King. Smart Little Lena is one of three horses to win the NCHA Open Triple Crown of the NCHA Open Futurity, the NCHA Open Derby, and the NCHA Open Super Stakes.

He is an all-time leading sire of cutting horse money winners.

His foals have won in excess of $40 million. His foals include Red White And Boon, winner of $922,063, Smart Peppy Lena winner of $494,314, and Smart Play winner of $410,688. He is the #1 leading broodmare sire of foals that have earned $26 million, including cutters like Dual Rey Me, winner of $818,177, Third Cutting winner of $544,986, and Some Kinda Highbrow winner of $449,895. Smart Peppy was the dam of Smart Hickory by Doc’s Hickory. Smart Hickory was the dam of horses that won $619,903, including Dox Smart Buy winner of $254,903, Smart Shinetta winner of $132,394, and Smart Shiner winner of $50,607.

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from another mating with Leo San. Buster Welch was hired to train Mr San Peppy, and they won the 1972 NCHA Derby.

Buster Welch and S. J. Agnew would purchase Mr San Peppy.

The King Ranch of Kingsville, Texas, was looking for an outcross stallion for their Old Sorrel family of horses. They became interested in Mr San Peppy. Welch and Mr San Peppy were heading for the 1974 NCHA Open World Championship when the King Ranch leased the horse and then purchased him in 1976. They added a second NCHA Open World Championship and an AQHA Senior World Champion Cutting title in 1976. Mr San Peppy was the first horse to win over $100,000 in the NCHA. Peponita was the second horse to pass the $100,000 in NCHA earnings.

Mr San Peppy would then set about doing his part to serve as that outcross for the Old Sorrel bloodlines that was the foundation of the King Ranch breeding program. He would sire foals that earned $2.63 million and 3,200 AQHA points in a variety of events. The leading performer sired by Mr San Peppy would be his son Peppy San Badger. Peppy San Badger was an NCHA Open Futurity Champion, NCHA Derby Champion, and an NCHA Open Reserve World Champion.

He is in the NCHA Hall of Fame. Some of the other performers sired by Mr San Peppy include Tenino San, NCHA Open World Champion; Peppy San Chato, AQHA Honor Roll Calf Roping Horse; Peppy Rancho, AQHA World Champion Junior Heeling Horse; Peppys Pluma, AQHA Amateur World Champion Cutting Horse, and Organ Grinder, AQHA Honor Roll Cutting Horse.

Mr San Peppy and his son Peppy San Badger took the King Ranch to the top of the cutting industry. The King Ranch became the all-time leading breeders of cutting horse money winners, with Peppy San Badger becoming the all-time leading sire of cutting horse money winners, with his foals earning over $24 million. Peppy San Badger was replaced by Smart Little Lena as the all-time leading sire. (Keeping it in the family.)

The significance of Peppy Belle through her son Mr San Peppy shows up in the Equi-Stat all-time leading sire list of money winners, with four of the top ten sires coming from the sire line of Mr San Peppy. This list includes Dual Rey, a great-grandson, Dual Pep, a grandson, Peptoboonsmal, another grandson, and Peppy San Badger, a son.

Miss Peppy San by Leo San and out of Peppy Belle earned 1 AQHA halter point. This mare has her NCHA Certificate of Ability. She is the dam of Dear Little Lena by Doc O’ Lena, and she earned $22,018.17 in the NCHA. She, in turn, is the dam of Smart Little Dear, winner of $54,394 in the NCHA and nine AQHA performance points. Smart Little Dear was third in the 1997 NCHA Non-Pro Super Stakes. Smart Little Dear is sired by Smart And Trouble by Smart Little Lena.

This is a breeding pattern of 5 X 3 to Peppy Belle.

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Mr San Peppy and Buster Welch cutting on the King Ranch Photo from Author’s Files

Peppy San showing off his conformation!

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A conformation shot of Mr San Peppy Photo from Author’s Files

Matlock on Chunky’s Monkey, Carol Rose on Peppy’s Desire, Don Dodge on Peponita Harold Compton Photo from Author’s Files

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Peppy Belle and one of her foals.

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Miss Peppy Belle is an unshown daughter of Peppy Belle.

She is the dam of horses like Peppys Genuine Doc by Genuine Doc, and he is the winner of $62,164.17. She is the dam of Docs Peppy Belle by Doc Bar, and she has an AQHA ROM performance. Docs Peppy Belle is the dam of Playboys Reno winner of $20,801.92 in the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRCHA) as an NRCHA Non-Pro Hackamore Reserve National Champion in 2003 and the NRCHA Non-Pro Bridle National Champion in 2004.

Pepo San is an NCHA money winner and son of Leo San and Peppy Belle. He is the sire of horses like Pepos Crown Royal, who is an NCHA Bronze Award winner of $43,033.

Pepo San is the sire of Sugar Leo San, an NCHA Certificate of Ability winner and an AQHA Superior cutting horse. She is the dam of Dry Docs Desire, the 1984 AQHA World Champion Junior Cutting Horse.

Hubella was a daughter of Peppy Belle, and she earned one AQHA performance point. Hubella was sired by Hula San

by Leo San making her a ¾ sister to Peppy San and Mr San Peppy. She was the dam of Bills San, an NCHA Silver Award winner sired by Cutter Bill and Brinks Leo Hickory by Doc’s Hickory, and he is the winner of $57,242.63. San Jose Belle

by Jose Uno, an unshown daughter of Hubella. She is the dam of San Jose Hickory, winner of $225,983.79, and Jose Hickory winner of $109,043.33.

Peppy Belle leaves a great legacy for a mare that cost $1,600 after two horsemen got together to look at some horses. Maybe we will all get lucky someday and find a great mare like Peppy Belle and get one of the Mares With More we all seek to have.

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xtreme heat and horses do not mix.

What is extreme? That depends on where you live and what they are used to. Regardless of the temperature outside, horses must endure it unless they live in air conditioning. There are also times that they need to be exercised, hauled, and competed on.

This article will simply outline safety measures, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.

Avoid riding if heat index is over 180 •

To calculate the heat index:

Add the temperature in Fahrenheit and the percentage of relative humidity.

• If the sum is below 120, there should be no problem exercising a horse.

• Suppose the sum is between 130 and 150; the horse will probably sweat but should not experience any problems if he gets plenty of water to replenish fluid lost during sweating.

• When the heat index exceeds 180, do not exercise a horse because the horse’s heat dissipation systems will not be adequate to prevent heat stress.

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• Press your fingertip against the horse’s gums. When you release your finger, you will see a white spot. If the pink color returns in one to two seconds, this is normal. If it takes three to four seconds, your horse is dehydrated.

• Make sure your horse’s head and neck are straight and not turned to the side.

• On the neck, pinch the skin, pull out, and release. If the skin goes back in a second or less, your horse is good to go. If it

takes more than a second or does not go back, the horse is really dehydrated. Call your veterinarian if you can still see the pinched area after five seconds.

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Heat Stress & Stroke

When a horse’s temp is 104°F, the metabolic system is affected. At 105°F, the horse’s organs and the circulatory system begin to shut down.

Symptoms • Sweat becomes thick and sticky; the

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horse stops seating Gums become dark and/or discolored Heart rate is high and weak Depression Breathing becomes either rapid and shallow or deep and gulping

Treatment • • • •

Move to shade Give Electrolyte paste Offer water Hose the horse off, scrape off water, hose again, and repeat until temperature drops to 102°F • Apply ice packs to neck, throat, and legs • Stand horse in front of fans

Prevention

• Make sure the horse has access to a salt block at all times • As the temperature outside climbs, give electrolytes daily • Know what the heat index is

Hauling | Turn your trailer into a swamp cooler!

• Put down shavings about a foot deep and hose the entire trailer, soak the shavings, and don’t forget the ceiling • Make sure all vents and windows are open • If you have mangers, get a small bucket, fill it with water, and set it in manger • Hose down your horse and load • You can also put a fly sheet on your horse after you hose him/her down and

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then soak the flysheet If it is R E A L LY hot, you can find flexible ice packs anywhere, freeze, and apply to all four legs with polo wraps.

Keep extra packs in a cooler to change out when the first set warm-up. You can also buy ice packs with Velcro that are for back pain. These fit perfectly around the top of the neck to cool down the horse’s blood as it circulates.

There are also ice blankets that you can secure with poor wraps as well.

Just Google it.

All the things above are manufactured for horse use, but they are expensive.

They are the same as the human ones at a fraction of the cost Stop every two hours to check horses and see if the ice packs need to be changed out. If you stop at a rest arena or a gas station, they will have access to water so you can soak down the trailer and horses again. Don’t forget to pack a hose.

Competition

• If you must compete outside or indoors in extreme heat, it can be done.

• Warming up a horse is where the danger starts. There should be no reason to do this if your horse is broke and knows its job • Keep your horse in the shade with cooling products until just a few minutes before your contest.

• Saddle and hand walk • Right before you are up…mount up • After you compete, unsaddle, and hose your horse down

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The Working Lines continued from page 18 Classic Crown was the first of three foals out of Tiara Bar sired by Doc’s Benito Bar. This horse earned a ROM with 30 working points. The next foal from this Cross was First Priority.

This foal had no AQHA show record. The last foal from this Cross was High Corona, and this horse earned 1 AQHA amateur point. Okies Ovation was sired by Okie Leo Money and had no AQHA show record. The last foal out of Tiara Bar was Royal Corona by Corona Cody. This horse had no AQHA show record.

Ruth Bixler was bred by the Waggoner Ranch, but Matlock Rose bought her for the Phillips Ranch from L. G. Bixler and Sons of Waynoka, Oklahoma, in April 1956. She was one of four horses they bought that day. Her dam was a Blackburn Mare, and she was out of a Waggoner Mare whose pedigree is unknown.

Ruth Bixler would have an interesting impact on the Phillips Ranch performance horses and the siring success of Steel Bars, just as Tiana Bar and Tiara Bar did.

The 1956 foal for Ruth Bixler was Beaver’s Pep Up by Beaver Creek’s Joe by Beaver Creek. He was either at the side of Ruth Bixler or she was in foal with this colt when they bought her.

He would earn 11 halter and five performance points in western pleasure. He would later be gelded and shown in youth by Sue Gasson, earning a ROM with 22 points in western pleasure and western horsemanship. Beaver’s Pep Up did sire 42 foals with five-point earners. The leading point earner was Beaver Beach, with five AQHA Halter Points.

The daughters of Beaver’s Pep Up would produce 98 foals, with 14 performers earning 521.5 points. The majority of the points earned come through his daughter Cooksey’s Pep Up. This unshown mare produced seven of these performers, with six of them earning points. The six were all sired by Two Eyed Jack. They include Pep Up Jackie, the 1974 AQHA Youth World Champion Two-Year-Old Mare. This mare earned an AQHA Championship with Superiors in halter and western pleasure; Two Eyed Beaver was the second AQHA Champion, and the third AQHA Champion was Two Eyed Cooksey. Two Eyed Beaver is the sire of Torima, the dam of the 1989 NRHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion Jac O Rima.

Ben Bar was the first Phillip Ranch foal for Ruth Bixler. This 1958 son of Steel Bars became an AQHA Champion with a Superior in halter with 126 points and 25.5 performance points in western pleasure (20.5), reining (4), and working cow horse (1). He earned 18 Grand Championships with 13 Reserve Grand Championship.

Ben Bar stood a number of years beside his sire at the Phillips Ranch. His sire record tells us that he sired 30 performance ROM with 13 AQHA Champions and his performers earned 13 Superior Awards in halter and western pleasure. His daughter Caramelle was the 1967 AQHA High Point Western Pleasure Mare. Two of his AQHA Champions were Cactus Ben and Miss Vista Bar. Miss

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Vista Bar was Superior in halter and western pleasure.

Cactus Ben is a true Phillips Ranch bred. His sire Ben Bar bred on the Phillips Ranch. His dam Mico Lori was Phillips Ranch bred. She was sired by Cactus Breeze, and she was out of Nellie D by Blackburn. Nellie D was one of the early Blackburn mares used on the Phillips Ranch. The Ben Bar/Mico Lori cross produced four performers with three AQHA Champions consisting of Cactus Ben, Ben Lori, and Mico Bar Ben. Mico Bar Ben was an AQHA Superior Western Pleasure Horse. The fourth performer was Ben Bella, with 13 AQHA halter points.

Benetta Bar was the 1959 foal of Steel Bars and Ruth Bixler.

She was unshown, becoming a broodmare for the Phillips Ranch.

This is where the Eternal Sun comes into the picture. Eternal Sun was purchased as a yearling at the John L. Taylor Estate Sale in California in 1959 by the Phillips Ranch. He was sired by Eternal War and out of Sierra Glitter by Silver King by Old Sorrel.

Eternal Sun would first go to the track and run AAA time and then enter the halter arena to earn his AQHA halter points to become an AQHA Champion. He was later sold in the Phillips Ranch Performance Horse Dispersal to Harold Howard and became a highly successful sire. He counts among his foals Eternal Too, the 1969 AQHA High Point Halter Stallion, Big Sun the 1973 AQHA High Point Working Cow Horse, as well as the 1973 AQHA High Point Calf Roping Stallion, and Eternal One the 1972 NRHA Open Futurity Champion. Eternal One was out of the Phillips Ranch bred mare Silent One by Dividend, and out of She’s My Girl by Parker’s Trouble.

Benetta Bar would produce five foals for the Phillips Ranch with four-point earners by Eternal Sun. The first One was Eternal Ben with an AQHA Championship, Del Oro with nine halter points, Eternal Sun Bars with an AQHA Championship and a Superior in halter, and the last one was Eternal’s Lucky with nine halter points.

Vista Bar was the last foal produced by Ruth Bixler. He was sired by Steel Bars. He earned 21 halter points, six Grand Championships, with three Reserve Grand Championships. He sired three arena ROM including Bending Bar, Strich Of Leede, and Rocking Baby. The daughters of Vista Bar produced eight arena ROM with one Superior performer, and that was Sonny Corleone, who was Superior in Hunter Under Saddle.

When we look back at the history of the American Quarter Horse Association, we can truly marvel at the work that went into putting the Stud Book together. Just think of all the stories that could be told about the pedigree history of those early quarter horses. Every horse has a story. As we have seen through Pep Up, one little instance can change the pedigree history of our breed. Thankfully, the pedigree history of Pep Up was verified and changed by people who knew what had happened.

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About the Author | Larry Thornton is a Pedigree Analyst and freelance writer for Working Horse Magazine, Speedhorse and Quarter Horse News. Thorton started his writing career in 1984 with his first article being printed in the Speed Horse Magazine. He was also an Agriculture Instructor for 37 years.

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