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F AHR TIDINGS
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY, INC.
VOLUME 7 NO. 1
JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH
2004
FAHR OFFICERS
REGISTRAR & DIRECTOR
PRESIDENT (Pro Tem)
Arita Harwood
96845 N. Big Creek Lane
Lakeside, OR 97449-9605
541/759-3231
Fax: 541/759-2088
Tom Taylor
8167 Wheelock Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46835
260/485-4051
FROM THE PRESIDENT ...................................….. 3
FROM THE R EGISTRAR ……………………………. 3-4
LETTERS /MEMBER INPUT ...........................…… 5-7
Q UESTIONS AND ANSWERS ……………………. 26-27
NEWS BEAT ………………......................……….. 28
B REEDER’S DIRECTORY .............................… 29-35
A DVERTISEMENTS ..................................….. 35-37
A DVERTISING R ATES .....................................… 39
FEE SCHEDULE ............................................…. 39
R EGISTRY UPDATE ……………………………… 40-43
DID Y OU KNOW? ..........................................… 44
[email protected]
[email protected]
VICE-PRESIDENT (Pro Tem)
FAHR DIRECTORS
Craig Wells
2275 E 600 S
Wolcottville, IN 46795
260/854-2025
Vicki Grant
5928 E. 169th Street
Noblesville, IN 46060
317/773-7159
[email protected]
[email protected]
DEPARTMENT HEADS:
Ken Haskins
11517 Hubbard Line Road
Menahga, MN 56464
218-564-4908
TREASURER
Marilyn Yeomans
Howard City, MI 49329
616/636-5796
[email protected]
FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Linda Taylor
8167 Wheelock Road
260/485-4051
[email protected]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A RTICLES :
O UTSTANDING APPALOOSA B LOODLINES ……….. 8-9
T HE SEARLES OF WISCONSIN ………………….. 10-11
UNDERSTANDING INBRED PEDIGREES ………… 12-15
O THER FOUNDATION FAMILIES ………………… 16-17
LEE WARNE’S B AMBI E …...………………….... 18-19
G O FIGURE ………………………………...……….. 20
B REAKING VS T RAINING ………………………..….. 21
PLAYING MATCHMAKER ………………………… 22-24
WAGTAIL WAS A DREAM …………………..…… 24-25
[email protected]
Edna Street
4415 183rd Avenue SW
Rochester, WA 98579
360/273-9355
[email protected]
Bernard “Joe” Yeomans
616/636-5796
[email protected]
SECRETARY (Pro Tem)
YOUTH DIRECTOR &
EDITOR
Ginger Karns
6496 W. Bracken Road
Huntington, IN 46750
260/344-1397
Bob Yeomans
616/636-5755
[email protected]
[email protected]
ON THE COVER
DEFINITION OF A FOUNDATION
APPALOOSA
The Fabulous Katouche
One of the most sought-after trophies at the
National Appaloosa show is the Bear-Step Katouche
for the top two-year-old stallion.
Pictured is the Katouche for 1962.
The trophy is created and donated by
Shatka Bearstep, Cascade, Colorado.
A FOUNDATION APPALOOSA IS AN
APPALOOSA THAT CARRIES 75% OR
GREATER APPALOOSA BLOOD OR
AN APPALOOSA THAT HAS THE
ABILITY TO CREATE SUCH AN
APPALOOSA.
(Appaloosa News ~ June, 1962)
This issue of FAHR TIDINGS may not be reproduced in whole or part without written permission of the Editor. Articles and
photographs are welcome and should be sent to FAHR, Inc., P.O. Box 15314, Fort Wayne, IN 46885-5314 in C/O the Editor.
They will be printed if space permits. Opinions expressed in FAHR TIDINGS are of the writer and are not necessarily the
opinions of the FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY, INC.
http://www.foundationapp.org
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FROM THE REGISTRAR
FROM THE PRESIDENT
As we begin this year, new and exciting things are happening for FAHR and the Foundation Appaloosa breed
horse. We have many things planned for this coming
year and as always we can use extra help in accomplishing these tasks. Please consider becoming involved. If there is something you believe you can do to
be of help, contact anyone of the board members and
let them know.
The following information pertains to the 2003 Stallion
Report drawing. A total of 32 FAHR 2003 Stallion Reports were filed. Only those appearing in black were
entered in the drawing. Those in blue were exempt in
the drawing for late entry or because they were filed by
officers of FAHR and, therefore, disqualified..
The winner was drawn by Marlow Rich of Lakeside,
Oregon. The Silver Studded Headstall was donated by
Edna Street of Rochester, Washington. A special thanks
to all FAHR members for helping keep our registry informed and up to date.
I had a very difficult winter again health wise. Without
going into detail, I just want to say that I appreciate the
concern shown by the many of you who sent get well
wishes.
Eddie Street has had a tough time of it this past winter
as well. For this reason, Max Sterrett has stepped in
again in order to get this Tidings sent out on time. I
want to thank Max for all he has done to help FAHR
continue to move forward. I don’t know where he gets
all his energy, but I sure wish I could get a hold of his
recipe.
I have recently received notification that Arita Harwood
has found it necessary to resign the registry position.
As soon as she is able to catch up on the applications
that have been sent her, she will be transferring the files
to Kathy Conklin who has graciously offered to accept
the position. I can’t thank Arita enough for all she has
done for FAHR, and for all she did to get the records
straightened out. She was there for us when we
needed her most, and I am sure she could have found
far better things to do with her spare time. I can’t think of
one single person who has volunteered so much time
and effort to the Appaloosa breed horse, including many
years beyond even what she has done for FAHR. A
BIG THANK YOU, ARITA! Please bear with us while
we make this transition.
The Hoosier Horse Fair will be upon us soon. It is
scheduled for the first weekend of April. New member,
Raymond Blake of Springville, Indiana, will be displaying
his FAHR stallion, FS Apache Hawkeye, on stallion row.
Vicki Grant of Noblesville, Indiana and Ginger Karns of
Huntington, Indiana will be displaying three FAHR
mares in the breed demonstration; Norstra April Breeze
and Miamis Warsong owned by Vicki and Miamis Topatchy Terra owned by Ginger. Many thanks to Ginger,
Vicki, and Raymond for their efforts to promote FAHR
and their FAHR horses.
The winner of the headstall is Heather Demmon, FAHR
member 297, from Campbellsport, Wisconsin with the
Stallion Report for FAHR #478, DJ Prints Charming.
On a positive note, Spring is almost here and soon there
will be many new Foundation Appaloosa breed horse
arrivals. I hope those of you who are expecting foals
will get that special foal that you have always been
wanting or that you will be able to make that extra special breeding for next season’s arrivals.
Until next time, keep the faith!
Tom Taylor
DJ Prints Charming FAHR #487
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The following list includes all Stallion Reports entered for the 2003 breeding season and the owners.
FAHR #368 Wakons Toby Snow
Ramon Laurie (memb #220)
FAHR #12 Blue Bear Shadow
Tom Taylor (memb #3)
FAHR #370 Kitsringo Windwalker
FAHR #20 BC IV Harlequin Max
Arita Harwood (memb #20)
FAHR #377 Encore Jetman
Rhonda Henning (memb #229 expired)
FAHR #33 Neon Warrior
Patricia Shane (memb #53)
FAHR #383 SS Dakota Sundance C
Cheryl Miller (memb #231) submitted Jan 2004
FAHR #41 Ulrich Kingpin
Gary/Judy Combs (memb #301 / #302)
FAHR #402 Drea Storm Cl Patchy
A) Lynda Freeman (memb #92)
B) Joanna Stevens (memb #296)
FAHR #107 Toby’s Rico
David/Fae Lyles (memb #118 / #62)
FAHR #424 Dream Makers Rio
Robin Sothman (memb #260)
FAHR #154 Dandelion Patchy
Dallas Dixon (memb #235)
FAHR #478 DJ Prints Charming
Heather Demmon (memb #297)
FAHR #188 Miamis Topatchy Sun
Bernard “Joe” Yeomans (memb #7)
FAHR #487 Jim Nug Hawk
Max Sterrett (memb #291)
FAHR #190 Walkn Wapaloosa Jo
Jerry “Gig” LeBret (memb #106)
FAHR #490 Patchy Sandstorm
Donnie Allgood (memb #307)
FAHR #197 BC IV Hidden Secrets
Arita Harwood (memb #20)
FAHR #509 BBR My Regal King
Gayle Robbert (memb #139)
FAHR #204 Pratt Pat Storm
Edna Street (memb #103)
FAHR #561 Dartagnons Spitfire
Melinda Sanfilippo (memb #343)
FAHR #217 KK’s Blu Phoenix
Phyllis Ingram (memb #105)
FAHR #578 Arrive In Style
Marlene Neudorf (memb #349)
FAHR #236 HR Wacipi
Bill/Merry Wicklund (memb #240 / #335)
FAHR #265 PVS Thundersmemory
Lynn Ressel (memb #306)
Arita Harwood
FAHR #276 Red Hawks Storm
Vicki Rizzo (memb #172)
FAHR #279 Chief Sully Storm
FAHR #280 Eagles Thunderntoby
Deanna Brown (memb #329)
FAHR #325 Jeddobright Sundance
Kathy Conklin (memb #211)
FAHR #330 Domino Chief Coppersun
Sheila Kaminski (memb #98)
FAHR #333 SHS Fire Hawk Dancer
Sheila Kaminski (memb #98)
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LETTERS & I NPU T from M embers
& Supporters
(Note: Everyone must do what they feel is best for their
particular situation, however, I must say that the way
you choose to check out, Skenno, sounds awfully good
to me. Something tells me that your mount would certainly have to be a Foundation Appaloosa, too. By the
way, FAHR is now working on setting up a Saddle Log
Program.
Tom)
12-23-2003
Dear Tom,
1-31-2004
Dear Tom,
Enclosed is my membership application for the Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry. I look forward to being
involved in the association and know I will learn a lot
from the breeders I will come in contact with and look
forward to sharing what I know with anyone who can
use what I know.
I am pleased to be a part of FAHR and offer my support
of the foundation Appaloosa by both renewing my 2004
membership and by registering my Appaloosas with
FAHR. Enclosed you will find a copy of the letter I sent
to the Secretary with my renewal, and the FAHR registration applications for two Appaloosas. I think both of
these Appaloosas exhibit the ideals of a traditional Appaloosa that represent the foundations of the breed.
They are both the progeny of some of Ralph Cannon’s
old bloodlines that incorporated both Sunspot Revel #F1904 and Sundance #F-500.
I, as you know, am very committed to the Foundation
Appaloosa. I hope to be an asset to the association and
hope to breed Appaloosa horses which will help spread
the word about FAHR. You can be sure I’ll promote
FAHR to anyone who will listen.
I look forward to meeting you in the future.
I continue to believe in the vision Ralph Cannon established for these bloodline breeders back in the 1960’s,
70’s and early 80’s. I support the traditional foundation
Appaloosa above any specific group’s definitions. I will
continue to be a member of FAHR since it promotes the
foundation Appaloosa and the philosophy of a true Appaloosa breeder Ralph Cannon.
Sincerely,
Roger Williams
Pauls Valley, OK
(Note: I am happy that you have decided to join FAHR
Roger, and I look forward to meeting you as well. Tom)
When I corresponded with you on May 5, 2003 I mentioned the Hall of Fame nomination for Sunspot Revel
#F-1904 that I mailed to the ApHC in September 2002. I
finally received official word from the ApHC this month.
Enclosed is a copy of the letter dated Jan. 19, 2004 that
I received from Amy Edwards with the ApHC. I anticipated notification sooner, but at least have received official word he will be re-nominated next year in accordance with the ApHC procedures. He was a magnificent
stallion that deserves the appropriate recognition. My
forthcoming article about Ralph and Joyce Cannon’s
program will focus on the Foundation Appaloosa and
the love of their famous stallion Sunspot Revel, #F1904.
1-27-2004
To The FAHR:
I just received my newsletter and read the letter from the
lady who is 79 and giving up riding. I just wanted to say
I’m a 67 year old man and I have no intentions of giving
up riding. When I get to where I can’t put my saddle on
my horse any longer, I will hire someone to do it for me.
I have two Appaloosa mares; one seven years old for
sale and one just over two, which this year when she
becomes three, if her bones are fully developed, I will
start to break her myself. I would like to see the FAHR
start a saddle log program. The ApHC has one and I’m
close to getting my 500 hour patch. I also have over 100
hours in the Sundance 500 and the ApHCC saddle log
programs, but just wanted to let the 79 year old woman
know that eleven years from now when I reach79, I’ll still
be riding. In fact, that’s the way I want to go is riding my
horse and her bring me back still in the saddle.
Sincerely,
Charles L. O’Bryant, III
(Note: We are glad to have your support in our fight to
preserve the Foundation Appaloosa Charles. FAHR
needs dedicated individuals as yourself to succeed in
getting these horses the recognition they so much deserve. We will be looking forward to your article on the
Cannon’s breeding program.
Tom)
Sincerely,
Skenno Pierman
Penryn, CA
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greatly appreciate it if you could look over this information and tell me what you think I should do with the
horse and whether or not I should try contacting the
ApHC again. (I have written two different ApHC board
members with regard to this horse, with no response
and the registration office has told me over the phone
that the horse is not eligible for registration and that
none of his offspring, including the foals out of registered ApHC mares, can be registered.) Again, I would
appreciate any advice you could give me. Thank you for
your help.
letters continued
Sincerely,
Sally M. Domeier
RR 1, Box 37A
Burwell, NE 68823
(Note: We need everyone's help to get this horse registered with the ApHC. The ApHC has registered several
horses from herds that had been undocumented for
years and on the strength of a couple breeding certificates . . . presto, change-o they have a 6 generation
Appaloosa just like that! How can the ApHC possibly
turn down a Foundation bred Appaloosa like My Dauntless Dandy? He should be able to be registered on the
strength of his CRHA paper and ApHCC. After all, his
blood is known and traceable. Anyone with suggestions,
please either contact Sally or myself so we can coordinate this effort. His pedigree is included with this issue
of the Tidings.)
S u n s p o t R e v e l F-1 9 0 4
Dear Mr. Taylor:
About ten years ago my aunt, Vera Knisley, sent me
one of her last stallions, a line bred descendant of Granite Canyon, a few-spot leopard. He was registered with
the Colorado Ranger Horse Association, but not with the
Appaloosa Horse Club.
I have tried a couple of times to get him registered with
the ApHC, but they say he can not be registered because his dam was an unregistered horse, even though
she was registered with the CRHA and was a red leopard. Not being an Appaloosa breeder, I figured the
horse was worthless and stopped breeding him and in
fact would have gelded him except that my aunt asked
me not to.
Since then I have had several Appaloosa breeders tell
me that this horse is pure Appaloosa. He is line bred top
and bottom Granite Canyon (out of Rainy Moon,) and
Freckle Gal. When I first learned about your organization, I noticed that a horse has to be registered ApHC,
so I didn't bother to send anything in on the horse, but a
few days ago I met an Appaloosa breeder, Ed Seamann
from Greeley, Nebraska and he showed me a section
from the American Appaloosa Anthology by Palmer
Wagner and looked over my stallion's pedigree and suggested I contact you.
I am sending you a photocopy of the section Mr. Seamann showed me about my aunt and uncle, Lorne and
Vera Knisley, a copy of the stallion's pedigree, and photocopies of photos of the stallion, some of his off-spring,
and his dam. I don't have a photo of Wampum Chips,
the sire and grandsire, but he was a red leopard. I would
G r a n i t e C a n y o n F -2 0 4 9
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OUTSTANDING APPALOOSA BLOODLINES
by ROBERT L. PECKINPAH
(Starbuck Leopard and Solomon Figueroa)
This article has been reprinted from The Horse Lover magazine February-March 1951
(Thanks again to Phyllis Ingram for supplying FAHR these wonderful old articles.)
In the fall of 1917 a weather-beaten, half-frozen cowboy
rode a leopard-spotted stallion into Cheyenne, Wyoming, and put him up in Ann Walsh's stable to be fed.
Two months passed and the cowboy, well thawed out
by then, refused to pay the feed bill. Naturally uncommunicative, the cowboy had only said that his horse,
held under a stableman's lien, had come from the Indian
Reservation near Riverton, Wyoming. A man named
John Campbell took the horse after paying the $32.50
feed bill and subsequently ended up at the Denver
Stockyards with "Leopard" and a bunch of mares.
stolen, several went to circuses passing through Denver
and the rest sold and generally scattered through all of
Colorado, their "verbal pedigrees," for the most part,
lost, changed or forgotten. At the present time it is extremely hard to give an accurate count of horses in the
stud book that trace to Starbuck Leopard with much degree of certainty.
Ben Johnson of Fruita, Colorado, has done very well
with the Leopard line in recent years. With the exception
of four horses, all of Johnson's stock traces to Leopard
in the third, fourth and fifth generation. Three of his exceptions are from the Chaffin stock of the Robbers
Roost country that lies south of Green River, Utah; and
Chaffin's horses originated in Idaho. Johnson's other
exception is Patchy, F-416, his newly acquired 1948
Champion Stallion of the 1st All Appaloosa Horse Show.
Crossing Patchy on his Leopard bred mares should
bring more than gratifying results. Johnson's outstanding mare is Leopard Lady F-167, a great granddaughter of Leopard; she is spotted all over and will
weigh 975 pounds. Before acquiring Patchy, he used
Barrendo Red, F-150, a Leopard grandson, as his sire.
Maud Hinds, the noted Western horse artist, remembers
Leopard quite vividly as she was living at Fort Russell
near Cheyenne at this time. Some time after the horse
left Wyoming, the cowboy who rode him into Cheyenne
tried to sell her a young spotted stud that was sired by
Leopard. He wanted $200 and no sale was consummated.
When Campbell arrived at Denver with his mares and
Leopard, one of the first horse buyers he met was John
C. Starbuck. The latter liked the stallion and immediately
purchased him and the mares.
In 1922, four years later, Maud Hinds visited the Starbuck ranch and was requested to paint Leopard's picture. Although she claims that "it isn't very good," the
painting has become quite famous through countless
reproductions and it still hangs in the old Starbuck ranch
house.
Starbuck kept Leopard about 18 years and then sold
him to George Cummings; Cummings later sold him to a
Mr. Stransky of Evergreen, Colorado, the latter owning
him until the horse died. It might be added here, that
uncovering information relative to Leopard's life is difficult today because of the cloak of misinformation that
seems to have since shrouded his beginning and the
pedigrees of many of the horses tracing to him.
Leopard came from Wyoming—not from the Andalusian
plains of Spain! This bedtime fairy tale on his Andalusian ancestry has been sufficiently debunked, however,
in an article authorized by Ben Johnson, a director of
the Appaloosa Horse Club living in Fruita, Colorado.
The fact is that this horse is a descendent of some of
Chief Joseph's dispersed stock that ended up in Montana and Wyoming.
BALD EAGLE F-508, Bred by Ben Johnson of Fruita, Colorado, is
now owned by D.D. Jansen of Elk River, Minnesota. He traces
back to Starbuck Leopard through both his sire and dam.
Starbuck for years crossed Leopard, who in his fattest
day didn't weigh over 1080 pounds, with great success
with Thoroughbred mares and mares sired by Leopard.
Some of these were shipped East in foal, many were
The latter is rather large for an Appaloosa, but on the
authority of several people who prefer and ride 1000
pound horses, Red is "fast and agile as a cat." His size
comes from his dam.
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Another outstanding Leopard bred horse is Starbuck
Leopard II, F-129. He is by Sheik Jibbah who was sired
by Leopard and is now owned by Dub McQueen of
Hamilton Dome, Wyoming. Starbuck Leopard II was
formerly owned by K. K. Parsons of the Wine Glass
Horse Ranch near Boulder, Colorado. Parsons has several horses that trace to Leopard.
With the exception of a very few, all the stock that traces
to Leopard that hasn't been outcrossed to a great extent
has the extraordinary disposition common among all
dominant blooded Appaloosas—none has ever shown
any inclination to buck when being broken and trained.
The stallion that originated on the Indian Reservation
near Riverton, Wyoming—that was sold for $32.50 in
lieu of a stableman's lien, played a far greater role in
Appaloosa history than most people realize; but so
much water has gone under the bridge that it has become difficult, if not impossible, to establish with any
degree of accuracy, the credit due him. Nevertheless,
owners of Appaloosa horses of 'unknown’ ancestry in
the Colorado Rocky area should redouble their efforts to
correctly establish from reliable and trustworthy sources,
the background for their stock before these little known
links of horse history are lost forever.
SUNDANCE F-500 is by Daylight, who was by Starbuck
Leopard. Sundance is owned by P. S. (Doc) Edwards of
Woodrow, Colo. Miss Peggy Davis is up.
Johnson recently sold Bald Eagle, F-508, an outstanding two-year-old stud by Barrendo Red and out of
Leopard Lady, to D. D. Jansen of Elk River, Minnesota.
Sundance F-500, a Leopard grandson and the sire of
Leopard Lady, is owned by P. S. (Doe) Edwards, Woodrow, Colorado. Sundance, spotted full length, and
weighing 1000 pounds, is by Daylight who was by Leopard; and is out of Chico, a black mare shipped into Colorado from Shiprock, New Mexico, with a carload of wild
ones. She looked to be an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross,
but had Appaloosa blood because she later foaled two
spotted colts by solid colored studs.
Annual Meeting 2004
By Max D. Sterrett
At the 2003 annual meeting the request was made that
the 2004 meeting format be changed to include more
horse activity. Until now the annual meetings have been
in the form of a meeting with a dinner afterwards.
A recommendation was made that we have a trail ride
the evening before the meeting. A show and production
sale were also requested via the survey’s.
FAHR is currently looking at different locations in which
to have the next annual meeting that would enable the
membership to have a good time with our horses and
fellow members as well as to cover the necessary business of the annual meeting.
If FAHR is able to provide one or more of these requests it is our hope that the annual meeting will have a
greater turnout. Let’s all see what we can do to make
the 2004 annual meeting a large success. Your participation will enable FAHR to better serve you, the membership.
Look for updates in the upcoming Tidings as the Board
of Directors get the information and narrow down a decision as to where and when the next annual meeting will
take place.
DOMINO F-89, outstanding Appaloosa owned by Mrs. W.
H. Davis of Los Altos, California. Domino was grandsired
on the maternal side by Solomon Figueroa. This Fred
Bixby-bred stallion sired Medicine Man, Champion Stallion of the Second All Appaloosa Horse Show.
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The Searles of Wisconsin
by Mrs. Thornton Green
Secretary of Wissota Appaloosa Horse Club
Appaloosa News ~ April, 1961
It was Pecos Bill T-2181 who started the Searle Brothers in Appaloosas.
Appaloosa trail. Soon they took in a couple of mares
(Appaloosas, of course) in trade on one of their "TopHand" horse trailers, which they had begun to manufacture. Before they knew it, they were enthusiastic Appaloosa breeders.
The boys had been brought up with horses, and after
World War II they were starting in the horse business
with Quarter horses. Gerry, the older of the two, had
served in the 19th Bombardment Group of the USAF,
and was stationed in Pyote, Texas, for four years, from
1942-46. (While in the service he met and married Margaret Howard of Capitan, New Mexico, and after his discharge they returned to his home in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. They have three lovely daughters).
One of the mares in that original trade, was Commanche Maid that they later sold to Marilynn Roddis of
Marshfield, Wisconsin. "Maid" has been a top show
mare, winning many firsts and Grand Championships at
halter. In Pleasure, Trail and Equitation classes she
places among the top of her class. In the 1960 National
Appaloosa Show at Sioux City, she won the Brood Mare
Class and placed in the Ladies Pleasure. Another of the
Searle horses that won a blue at the National, is a gelding, Tom Dooley S., now belonging to Jackie Roddis,
who won the Children's Horsemanship class with him.
Hondo S. stood second in the Senior Reining. Many
good Appaloosas have been sold by the Searles to
breeders from many states, as far away as New York.
With his younger brother, Ronnie, they started the
Searle Sign Co., and out at their Spring Creek Ranch
they began to raise some horses. Then Ronnie put in
four years of service as a radio technician and staff sergeant with the Air Force. He served in Korea.
After Ronnie's return, he bought Pecos Bill as a
weanling colt from Jack Brainard of West Salem, Wisconsin (but now of Diamond B Ranch, Rochester, Minnesota). "Bill" had been bred by the Sutton Bros. Of
Agar, South Dakota, and he started them on the
Ribbon Winners
The Searles have known and worked with Monte Fore-
C l a s s W ill O u t. T h e S e a rl e B r o t h e r s w i t h ri b b o n s a n d t r o p h i e s
w o n b y t h e ir h o r s e s.
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man for 10 years while he was developing his "Balanced
Ride" saddle and his "Easy Way" teaching method. Both
Searles have become excellent trainers of performance
horses. With Ronnie's Pecos Bill, and Gerry's Hondo S.,
they have done well in the shows. In the South Park
Show at Pittsburg last year, Hondo S. won the Appaloosa Reining, and went on to win the Reining Stake
against 15 of the top Quarter horses of the show. Pecos
Bill has proven himself as a sire, a performance horse,
and at halter. With these two and a smattering of others,
in 11 different shows, including the 1960 National, they
have won 102 ribbons, 14 Grand Championships, several Reserve Championships,
and 31 trophies, and have never in three
years of showing been out of the money.
as the Wissota Appaloosa Horse Club, got its start.
Gerry wrote to all of the Appaloosa breeders he could
find in the two state area at that time, and his suggestion of forming a club met with approval. That fall a
meeting was held in Rice Lake. Gerry was elected the
first president, and due to his enthusiasm and leadership, the club got off to a good start. He served in that
capacity until this fall (1960). The entire Wissota Appaloosa Club is indebted to him and to the other charter
members who got it started.
Last year Gerry took Hondo S. along on the
family vacation trip, and while his wife and children visited in New Mexico, Gerry and Hondo
spent six weeks with Monte Foreman in Alabama, where he helped with the art work on
Monte's latest book, "Those Cantankerous
Leads.."
On their Spring Creek Ranch, the Searles
average about 15 head of Appaloosas. Pecos Bill is at stud there with a full book. As
soon as all of his 1960 colts are regis- P e c o s B ill G e t s a d v e r t i s e d
tered, he will be eligible for Foundation Registry.
This year it is Ronnie's turn to take a vacation, so he
has taken Pecos Bill and headed for Tucson, Arizona.
The primary business of the Searle brothers is the Sign
Pecos Bill who started this whole thing, has been undeCompany in Rice Lake, and with the manufacture of
feated at halter this past season. At all shows except the
"Top - Hand" trailers, breeding, training, and showing
National, he has topped his class of mature stallions
their Appaloosas --they are kept humping! As sign paintand has been named Grand Champion or Best of
ers they have done much to promote and advertise the
Breed. At the National he stood third in that line of 44 of
breed by painting their trailers and large signs on the
the best in the land of mature Appaloosa stallions, and
highway with pictures of the Appaloosa.
he just became four years old in November, so a lot
more will be heard about him in the future. There are not
Club Formed
many Appaloosas in southern Arizona but after seeing
"Bill," and watching him perform, it is a sure bet that the
In 1957 due to the leadership of Gerry and Bonnie
"spotted fever" will erupt in that area with renewed enSearle, the regional Appaloosa club that is now known
thusiasm.
O n t h e w a y t o a rib b o n.
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Understanding Inbred Pedigrees
By Suzon Murray
You just bought a purebred, papered animal. You’re
proud of that animal, those papers, that pedigree.
You’re thinking about breeding. Now you’ve got to do
your homework. Now it’s time to take that pedigree
apart and understand what you’ve got in terms of genetics, in terms of blood. It’s time to think about the genetics your going to be producing when you cross that
pedigree with another. Questions begin to form in your
mind. Should your program include inbreeding or avoid
such practices? But exactly what is inbreeding and why
is it important? And why should you pay attention to it in
your own breeding program?
There are many schools of thought that state that any
amount of inbreeding is going to decrease the “vigor” of
an individual. Other schools argue that until total homozygosity has reached 65% there is little danger. Breeders need to come to terms with how much homozygosity
they are willing to create in order to produce the stock
desired.
This is where analyzing a pedigree comes in. There are
many ways to do this.
The first to be discussed makes a simple distinction between “inbred” and “line bred”. In this system inbreeding
is defined as the crossing of very closely related individuals (such as half-brother/sister), with line breeding
to mean the crossing of less closely related individuals
(for example, having the same great-grandparent on
both sides). The distinction is made between the two
with a simple formula of “generation numbers.”
Most man-developed purebred breeds are the product
of “inbreeding”. Inbreeding by definition is the mating of
two animals more closely related than the general population. In creating a breed, breeders cross individuals
with desirable characteristics to other closely related
individuals with those same characteristics to increase
the regularity with which those traits are passed on.
Eventually a distinct line of animals comes into being
with set characteristics that are passed on without fail.
This is what is called prepotency, the ability to stamp
one or many traits on offspring regularly, even offspring
that is the result of crossing to animals outside the
breed. Prepotency most often (though not always)
comes from a high number of genes that homozygous.
Homozygosity is what inbreeding is all about.
Each generation is given a numerical value. The parents
are given 1, the grandparents are given 2, greatgrandparents are given 3 and so on. Then for any ancestors appearing in both the paternal and maternal
sides of the pedigree, the values are added and a total
reached. If this number is below 6, the individual is said
to be inbred, if the number is between 6 and 9 the individual is classified line bred, beyond 9 it is considered to
be effectively out crossed. For Example: See Figure 1,
next page.
OK, so what is homozygosity anyway? Each parent of
an individual contributes one set of chromosomes to the
genetic makeup of that individual. These pairs are the
map that defines all the characteristics of that individual.
Each chromosome is made up of individual genes. The
genes on one set of chromosomes match up with the
genes at the same location on the other set. When the
two genes are identical they are said to be
“homozygous,” and when they are different, they are
“heterozygous.” In purebred animals, the starting assumption is that 50% of all an individual’s genes are
homozygous.
This pedigree is fictitious, but is an excellent example of
both an inbred and a line-bred pedigree. In looking at
the numbers we see that Fedon has Disviseur in the
third generation in both the paternal and maternal side.
3+3=6; therefore this individual can be considered mildly
“inbred”. If Diviseur had appeared as a grand parent on
both sides, then the combined values would equal four
and the degree of inbreeding would be more acute.
Then we see that Fedon has Etincelle in the third generation on the paternal side and in the fourth generation
on the maternal side. 3+4=7, so Fedon is considered
linebred to Etincelle. However, we also see he has Jonquille in the fifth generation on both sides. 5+5=10,
which is greater than nine; so this pairing is considered
to be too far away to have any bearing on the pedigree.
Genes are either “dominant” or “recessive”. In heterozygous pairs, if there is a dominant and a recessive gene,
the dominant gene is the one expressed. However, if a
gene pair is homozygous and dominant, you are given a
100% chance of passing that trait on, no matter what. If
you have a recessive quality and you raise your percentage of homozygous genes in the breed population,
you raise your chances of pairing up those recessive
genes, allowing their qualities to be expressed. The rub,
unfortunately, comes in regard to these recessive
genes. As you raise the number of homozygous pairs,
you raise your chances of matching recessive genes
whose traits are less than desirable (infertility, deformities, immune-deficiencies, et cetera).
Remember, inbreeding indicates a higher degree of homozygosity. This method is good to quickly determine
the degree of inbreeding in a pedigree, but it does not
give us an accurate idea of the degree of increased homozygosity that could be present in this individual. For
that, you will need the next method.
In his work, Systems of Breeding, Sewell Wright developed a formula to determine the degree of homozygos-
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F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
Gringalet
Quiko
Diviseur
Italienne
Bourbacky
Vigoureuese
Orgueilleux
Mirza
Bacchus
Polo
Irma
Hermione
Trompeur
Etincelle
Beaux Arts
Amande
Ultra
Questeur
Gaulois
Rola
Neptune
Tulipe
Jonquille
Bacchus
Tyronienne
Trompeur
Etincelle
Parfait
Millefore
Amande
Fedon
Verveine
Gringalet
Quiko
Diviseur
Italienne
Bourbacky
Vigoureuese
Arcol du Bourg
Mirza
Bacchus
Polo
Irma
Hermione
Trompeur
Etincelle
Hirondelle
Amande
Gringalet
Quiko
Diviseur
Italienne
Bourbacky
Vigoureuese
Utopie du Bourg
Mirza
Quiko
Diviseur
Oba
Figure 1
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Vigoureuese
Printemps
Victoire
Jonquille
ity likely to be present in an inbred individual. The number, which was calculated by this formula, is called the
coefficient of inbreeding. It is an estimate of the percentage of homozygous pairs above and beyond the assumed 50% for a purebred animal.
we need to look a little farther. We see that Etincelle is
the mother of Irma. We have already calculated Irma so
there is no need to calculate Etncelle, EXCEPT that Etincelle ALSO appears in a different context as the
mother of Tyrolienne. This makes her a separate factor
and we must now calculate for her as well. On the paternal side, she appears in the F3 generation as the
mother of Tyrolienne. On the maternal side she appears
in the F4 generation as the mother of Irma.
Fx=S(1/2)a+b(1+Fa)
Wrights formula states that the coefficient of inbreeding
is equal to the sum of one-half raised to a power equal
to the number of generations from the sire to the common ancestor and back to the dam times one plus the
coefficient of inbreeding, if any, of the common ancestor. In other words, if we start with the base 50%,
Wrights Formula tells us what percentage we must add
to that to have an accurate idea of the increased homozygosity of the individual. If an animal has a coefficient
of 25% it would mean that 25% of the REMAINING 50%
(or 12.5% of the total) are likely to be homozygous. So
the total gene pairs that are homozygous would be 50%
+12.5% or 62.5%.
F3+F4=1.56%
Our final calculation looks like this; Diviseur 7.81% +
Irma 3.13% +Etincelle 1.56%, for a grand total of
12.50% of the remaining 50% or 6.25% of the total. 50%
+6.25%=56.25% homozygous. Get it? Work through
several on your own and it will begin to be clear. The
secret is to keep a sharp eye for ALL the combinations.
Remember you are only looking for matches between
the two sides of the pedigree; matches on the same
side are irrelevant. Work backwards from the individual
whose pedigree it is. Once you find a common ancestor,
there is no need to also calculate for all of his ancestors
(which are also on the pedigree as many times as he is)
UNLESS they appear in a different relationship.
Calculating the Co-efficient of Inbreeding
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F1 50%
25%
F2 25%
12.5% 6.25% 3.13% 1.56% .78%
F7
Finally we come to Percentage of Blood. This calculation assumes that any individual is the product of the
sum of its genetic makeup. In this method, all generations in the pedigree are equal to 100%. So the parents
would each contribute 50% of the genetic material, the
grandparents 25% and so on. In an inbred pedigree
each incident of a given individual must be added together to give the total of his contribution to the whole.
This method differs from Wright’s Formula in that the
coefficient of inbreeding expresses the percentage of
homozygosity (the percentage of both genes in a pair
being alike) while percentage of blood only calculates
the probability of one of the genes of any given pair is
present in the individual, passed down from the ancestor in question.
12.5% 6.25% 3.13% 1.56% .78%
.39%
F3 12.5% 6.25% 3.13% 1.56% .78%
.39%
.19%
F4 6.25% 3.13% 1.56% .78%
.39%
.19%
.095%
F5 3.13% 1.56% .78%
19%
.095% .05%
.39%
F6 1.56% .78% .39% .19% .095% .05% .025%
However, if you’re sane, you forgot your algebra shortly
after you learned it. Fear not, there’s a slightly longer
means of calculating this formula by hand that requires
only addition and the use of the table below.
Each pedigree is divided into generations just as in the
previous method. The parents are expressed as generation F1, the grandparents as F2, the great grandparents
as F3, et cetera. To use the above chart, simply identify
the common ancestor(s) in a pedigree. For example: In
the pedigree used as an example previously we find
Diviseur on the paternal side in the F3 generation and
once in F4. For each combination (from paternal to maternal) we must calculate the percentages and add them
together (in other words, coefficients are collective).
Percentage of Blood
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
50%
25%
12.5%
6.25%
3.13%
1.56%
.78%
Using the values in the following table will allow you to
quickly calculate the percentage of blood for any given
ancestor. When the ancestor only appears once then
his contribution will be the basic value for the generation
in which he appears. However, if he appears more than
once, then you must add together all the values for each
and every time he appears in the pedigree.
F3+F3=3.13%
F3+F3=3.13%
F3+F4=1.56%
So Diviseur has contributed 7.81% of the remaining
50% to the increased homozygosity. But we cannot stop
there. We also find Irma in the F3 generation of both the
sire and dam. So to our total we must add another
3.13% to make 10.94% of the remaining 50%. But wait,
Let’s look at our sample pedigree again. Beaux Arts and
Hirondelle, as parents, each contribute 50%. Each
grandparent (Orgueilleux, Tyrolienne, Arcol du Bourg
and Utopie du Bourg) contributes 25%. Now things start
to need a bit of addition.
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Diviseur appears 3 times in the F3generation and once
in the F4 which makes his total contribution 12.5% x 3 +
6.25%=43.75% (in other words, for any gene pair, there
is a 43.75% chance that one of the pair descended directly from Diviseur). Irma appears twice in the F3 generation, making her total contribution 25%. Etincelle appears once in the F3 and twice in F4 for a total of 25%.
Quicko appears 3 times in the F4 generation for a contribution of 18.75%. You should be getting the picture
now. Finish the calculations for each individual on your
own to become an expert.
Now that you’ve looked at all that, you’re back to square
one. Now you must personally decide how much homozygosity you want to deal with in your animals. Remember, homozygosity is not necessarily bad. That’s how
purebreds get to be uniform in the first place.
If an individual has perfect genes, it can, in theory, be
100% homozygous without consequence...however, no
individual is perfect. Somewhere lurking in there are
genes none of us want to know about. But to decide
whether inbreeding is beneficial or detrimental to your
goals, look at your stock, or the stock your stock came
from. Is it well conformed? Does it seem to have a degree of intelligence? Is it fertile? Have a good life span?
Is the size staying consistent or is it getting smaller with
each generation? Are you producing a few outstanding
individuals, but also a lot of culls? Do buyers shy away
from your stock because it is inbred?
Promotional Video
By Max D. Sterrett
While talking with Fae Lyles the other day, she had a
good idea that I felt was worthwhile putting before the
membership for input and ideas. As we prepare for the
Expos in 2004 we are all trying to think of ways of getting the publics attention focused on these fantastic
horses. Fae suggested we put together a video of FAHR
horses in action.
So many of us, including myself, have these horses but
due to time and financial restrictions we are unable to
get our horses out and promote them the way we really
want to. She suggested that we could ask for short
video clips of FAHR horses from the membership, and
compile a video that we could show at the Expos on a
small television screen. Quite a few of the other breed
organizations do this and seem to get the extra attention
from passerby’s. This video could be shipped around
with the banners to each expo so as to be utilized by all
the members participating at any of these events.
By now you have an opinion on inbreeding. Perhaps
after looking at all the individuals that make up one animal you’ve either decided inbreeding is too risky or produces stock you don’t want and can’t sell. Perhaps you’ll
find it works well for one or two generations and then
needs to be out crossed. Maybe you’re of the opinion
that a mild form of inbreeding (line breeding) is the way
to go. It could be that you’re dead set against it, or
100% for it. The point is every breeding operation is as
individual as it’s animals and what works with the stock
at one farm might not work at another. But I hope I’ve
given you a little food for thought and that it will help you
find what’s best for you and your animals.
The idea here is to show the world how versatile the
Foundation Appaloosa really is, not just tell them, but
show them. We have several members who are exhibiting their horses in Competitive Trail Riding, Cutting,
Reining, Dressage, Hunter/Jumper and Team Penning.
These would be great horses to show off and would allow FAHR an opportunity to promote all of our horses by
showing what can be done with a Foundation Appaloosa.
(A special thanks to Suzon Murray for her permission to
reprint this article in the Tidings. Suzon has several of
her works on genealogy on both her website
www.fuzzywunkle.net and the American Saddlebred
website www.americansaddlebredspothorse.com.)
If you are interested in helping put this project together
or have video clips you would like to submit for a promotional video please contact either myself or FAHR. We
will graciously accept any offer to work on this project as
well as any other project currently in work. To succeed
in FAHR’s goals we need the participation and support
of the membership. The Foundation Appaloosa needs
FAHR, FAHR needs you!!!
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“OTHER FOUNDATION FAMILIES”
by Ald e n S e e
Maddons Bright Eyes who still holds three Quarter Racing records, is also the Dam of Bright Eyes Brother. Little is mentioned of this mare in some circles, as she was
described as an "Appaloosa mare with blazed face and
white blanket over her hips." Also we have the fine mare
"Papoose", who was an Appaloosa. Papoose won some
fifty straight races before cancer of the eyes took her
from the tracks. As a broodmare she produced Sue,
Chipeta, and Margie by Ding Bob, and Babboon and
Cherokee Maiden bred to Red Dog P-55.
Much has been proudly written about the "foundation"
families of the Appaloosa breed. . . This material is true,
and there is no doubt but that horses like "Patchy F416", Apache F-730, Red Eagle, and many others of
their standing contributed more than a great deal to the
growth of this fine horse.
We find the above horses names figuring prominently
on the registration papers of some of the fine Appaloosa
horses owned by Carl Miles and other breeders of his
stature. The sire of the wonderful stallion, Wapiti, whose
get need no introduction to those Appaloosa people who
follow the show and racing circuits, was none other than
Gold Heels. Gold Heels stood as Grand Champion Stallion at the Denver livestock first Show, and in his career
won the Rocky Mountain Derby. He too, was a product
of the Roberds lineage.
It is an interesting fact that the Appaloosa blood represented in this segment of the foundation breeding was
so strong that even concerted efforts to cover it up were
to no avail. Many of the mares registered in the newlyformed AQHA were registered on their merit and on
their record, and were also recorded on the books as
"roan" mares.
B ri g h t E y e s B r o t h e r F- 3 0 4 7
However, there is another group of foundation Appaloosa's that also have contributed greatly to the breed's
modern popularity. These are horses like Joker B.,
Wapiti, Bright Eyes Brother and other families of the
same type and origin. Due to the fact that some of the
ancestors of these fine stallions were taken into another
breed often to be later rejected because of their obvious
Appaloosa ancestry, many people have thoughtlessly
and erroneously labeled them as "Quarter horses."
I submit to you that these horses were Appaloosa
horses long before there was a registry for quarter-type
horses, and that they have proven their ancestry by
throwing countless fine quality foals which carry all the
desirable characteristics of the Appaloosa breed.
It is my firm belief that basically and originally all of
these Appaloosa horses came from the same place,
and should therefore be judged on their individual merit,
which would be the quality of their get and their ability to
improve and stabilize the Appaloosa breed.
Just to have a place to start, it is a well known fact that
Coke T. Roberds of Hayden, Colorado registered one of
the largest single bands of mares to be admitted to the
American Quarter Horse Assn. A good many of these
mares were of Appaloosa origin. Plaudett, the dam of
J o k e r B . F-6 7 8
Time after time foals hit the ground with all the desirable
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characteristics that they were supposedly bred to have
and with the added factor of a real good blanket and
spots. . . (ALONG WITH STRIPPED HOOVES, WHITE
SCElERA, MOTTLED SKIN, ETC.)
The Mighty Nez Perce Mounts
This has in some quarters caused a bit of embarrassment, but really should not, as these horses were Appaloosa's long before any breed registry raised it's open
arms to claim them. The blood was there and the blood
was strong and many successful breeders have worked
long and hard to help it bloom again into a real fine type
of Appaloosa horse.
When the Indians ruled this Nation,
And the white men walked the land,
There lived in Idaho and Washington,
The mighty Nez Perce band.
by Barbara Penfield
These were tribes of “Horse Indians”
Tall in stature, straight and strong,
And they rode a legendary horse,
Prized for strength and speed.
The Appaloosa horses were praised
With sword and song,
The measure of the Indian brave
Were the number that he had.
These horses of the spotted skin,
With nostrils flaring wide,
Would make their mark in history,
Blood flowing from their side.
The mighty, old Chief Joseph,
Signed a treaty with the whites
Or else there may have never been
An ending to the fights.
So now we’ve reached the ending
Of a long and glorious trail.
The facts are true,
And view, the hero’s of this tail.
W a piti #5445
Top breeding programs in some sections of the country
were built on just this type of thinking, e.i. "Find those
Appaloosa horses, and let their natural breeding become dominant". I think this basically is what we of the
Northwest have also done. There has been a bit of outcrossing both North and South, always, I am sure with
the end-thought in mind, "How can we improve the
breed?"
These horses of the spotted skin,
With nostrils flaring wide,
Are prized now, as once before,
Across the countryside
The success of this thinking is reflected by the tremendous growth of the Appaloosa Horse Club. Registrations
have passed the fifty, sixty, and seventy thousand mark.
Appaloosa horses are competing with any and all
breeds on their own home grounds. They are cut
ting, running, jumping, and showing at halter, and making all horsemen the world over stop and look.
This is a wonderful thing, and it is the writer's belief that
every segment of this phenomenal growth should receive its just part of the credit for a "Job Well Done."
Appaloosa News -June, 1967
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LEE WARNE’S BAMBI E
A H ors e t o b uild a dr e a m o n
by Gene Carr
Appaloosa News -May 1966
Lee Warne, the owner of Bambi E., a colorful leopard
Appaloosa stallion, was raised on a ranch near Blunt,
South Dakota. One of the new breed of ranchers, he
has few of the earmarks of a rancher as depicted on the
TV screen. Mr. Warne in a business suit could easily be
mistaken for a Wall Street executive.
were Sully B, Randy's Bambi, and June's Pride. June's
Pride was owned jointly with the former governor of
South Dakota. Joe Foss, recently AFL Football Commissioner. Both Sully B. and Randy's Bambi have gone on
to win higher laurels in the hands of other owners.
A man of many interests, Lee Warne's political career
started in 1953 when he served his first term in the
South Dakota Senate and then was re-elected for a second term in 1955. In 1957 he served a term in the South
Dakota House of Representatives.
After the closing of the legislature, Mr. Warne's health
felt the toll of too much work in politics and on his ranch.
For a change of pace, he decided to enter the horse
breeding industry. Fascinated by the Appaloosa horse,
Mr. Warne chose the breed.
After considerable research concerning the Appaloosa
horse, he made the first step into the industry. Several
close friends began searching for a good Appaloosa
stallion. During this period of searching the South Dakotan saw several good Appaloosa horses, but not the
one around which to build his breeding operation.
One day, I. D. Weeks, president of the University of
South Dakota, informed him that the late Robert Myers
of Rodney, Iowa, knew of a young leopard Appaloosa
stallion for sale. After a trip to see the horse, Mr. Warne
found a young leopard stallion not as fully developed as
a two-year-old stallion should be. But in the stallion's
straight legs, deep body, and loud color, Lee Warne saw
a potential future with age. This was the beginning of a
new life for the two-year-old leopard Appaloosa, Bambi
E.—and Warne.
Lee Warne with Bambi E.
The Center of the Nation Appaloosa Horse Club was
formed in 1961 with Mr. Warne as one of the founders.
This was the only year that Bambi E. was campaigned
in Appaloosa competition. That year he was named both
High Point Halter Stallion and High Point Performance
Stallion. Bambi E. was not only top among the Appaloosa horses, but he did well in competition with other
stock horse breeds. That same year he placed first in
open reining at both Scottsbluff, Nebraska, and the
Range Days Celebration in Rapid City, South Dakota.
This caused a furor to see a "spotted" horse win against
the best of the solid color stock horse breeds.
Lee Warne bought top quality grade mares to be bred to
Bambi E. In 1958, Bambi E. produced all colored, high
quality colts except for one. Having such good fortune
with the first crop of colts, Lee figured that his future colt
crops would be even better with registered mares. Thus
began his search for registered mares that would cross
well on Bambi E.
In 1958, Mr. Warne caused quite a stir at the South Dakota State Fair by exhibiting his Appaloosa horsesBambi E. and three of his first crop of colts. The colts
The first colt by Bambi E. to gain national fame was
Sully B. Owned by L. F. McDonnell of Fort Worth,
Texas, Sully B. became the National Reining Horse in
1961 and National Junior Champion Cutting Horse in
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1962. In 1962 he also was the Champion Performance
Horse of Texas. The dam of Sully B. is a sorrel mare
called Deanna Attila who is a granddaughter of
the famous Plaudit AQHA P-1657.
with color. His dam is a full sister to the nationally advertised stallion, Palemoon's Skeeter.
The horse pasture at the Warne ranch consists of 800
acres with rocks, badger holes, and hills necessary to
develop good bone, lung capacity, and coordination.
Colts that are not sold by weaning time are kept through
the winter near the ranch buildings
and fed oats and hay. The following
spring they are turned out into the
horse pasture to further develop.
Other get of Bambi E. that Lee Warne has shown with
great success are Sully's Pattern, Sully's Sparkle,
Sully's Baby Grand, Sully's Nugget,
Sully's Hummingbird, and Sully's
Honeysuckle B.—all the names of the
colts sired by Bambi E. have the prefix Sully for Sully County where the
Warne Ranch is located.
Sully's Hummingbird is a 1962 leopard mare out of a Jockey Club mare.
Hummingbird has been shown only
during the year 1965, but has established an impressive show career. At
the Sioux Empire Appaloosa Horse
Show, Hummingbird won dual honors
as the mare was Grand Champion
Mare at halter and Champion Race
Horse.
Life at the Warne ranch is not dedicated to the breeding of fine horses
only. It is a working ranch with about
1200 head of Hereford cattle, both
registered and commercial. With this
size of operation it is necessary to put
the Appaloosa horses to work in
weather conditions where the temperature ranges from—30 degrees to
G e t of B a m bi E.
115 degrees. This brings out endurance and performing ability—–factors
for which the Appaloosa is famed.
Sully's Sparkle has garnered many Grand Champion
Mare honors. In 1963 and 1964 she was Grand Champion Mare at the South Dakota State Fair. In 1962 at the
Minnesota State Fair, she placed
first in her class and went on to be
Reserve Champion Mare. Her
crowning achievement came at
the Ak-Sar-Ben Appaloosa Show
at Omaha, Nebraska, in 1964
when she was Grand Champion
Mare, winning over many of the
top halter mares in the nation.
Sully's Sparkle was also Grand
Champion Mare at numerous
CON shows.
One of the greatest compliments that can be paid to an
Appaloosa breeder has been paid to Lee Warne. A
South Dakota rancher who owns a large steer operation
has a standing order to buy all solid
colored colts from each yearly colt
crop. Unfortunately for the rancher
this does not happen very often as
Bambi E. has an exceptionally high
percentage of colored colts.
Lee Warne's trainer is Tom Eliason
who started to work for him in 1965.
Eliason has made a name for himself
in the Dakotas and Minnesota for his
ability to produce winning horses.
Sully's Pattern, one of the Junior
This story would not be complete
sires on the Warne Ranch, is so
without mentioning the Warne family.
named as his coloring is the same
His wife, Helen, is a charming, attracas his sire, Bambi E. Pattern was
tive lady with a touch of the Old
the High Point Aged Stallion for
South added. She is always seen on
1965 in the CON. He also was
the sidelines lending moral support to
High Point in the CON for 1965 in
her husband. Their son. Randy, is a
cutting, junior reining, and the
senior in high school and a devoted
most colorful mount. He has also
Appaloosa horseman with plans to
been Grand Champion Stallion at
make the Appaloosa known in the
S u ll y B c u t t i n g
numerous CON shows and at the
rodeo events of roping and bulldogSouth Dakota State Fair. This is a young sire with a fuging. Nancy their daughter is in junior high school and
ture as indicated by his colts and his performing abilihas won many junior horseman events and at junior
ties.
showmanship is hard to beat, Nancy also holds certificate No. 4 in Youth Awards sponsored by the AppaSully's Nugget was crowned High Point Performance
loosa Youth Program.
Horse in the CON for 1965. He won this by placing first
Thus ends a chapter in the story of Bambi E. and Lee
for the year in the following events: senior reining, calf
Warne. There is much more to be written in the promisroping, and pole bending. He also is a Junior sire at the
ing future of this stallion and the man from Blunt, South
Warne Ranch and is producing good conformation colts
Dakota.
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Go Figure!!!!
by Max D. Sterrett
How many times over the years have you heard “what
generation will we arrive to the purebred status?” While
this is our overall goal, I feel it is only a portion of what
really matters. By definition purebred means pure, no
impurities, 100% Appaloosa blood. Have any of you actually sat down to figure out the mathematics involved in
breeding the impurities out of these horses? The numbers are astounding and will surprise you when you see
them in print.
getting closer to seeing these higher bred foals hit the
ground. Only time will tell; until then, we need to remain
vigilant in our efforts to preserve these magnificent animals.
1st Generation =100% each horse-1 horse
2nd Generation=50% each horse- 2 horses
3rd Generation=25% each horse- 4 horses
4th Generation=12.5% each horse- 8 horses
5th Generation=6.25% each horse-16 horses
8th Generation=.78125% each horse-128 horses
21st Generation=.0000953% each horse-1048576 horses
22nd Generation=.0000476% each horse-2097152 horses
23rd Generation=.0000238% each horse-4194304 horses
Tom Taylor once told me that we should not devalue our
older mares of less generations. That we need to utilize
these mares in our quest to breed a purebred horse. He
has also pointed out that we need not rush the generation issue. We need horses of quality breeding at each
generation to give us a gene pool large enough to facilitate breeding these animals up to a purebred status. If
we push to meet the generation issue we may not have
enough horses to keep from breeding ourselves into a
box.
We need to remember that we are still in a breed development stage, and while it is important to strive for a
purebred Appaloosa, we want a horse worthy of being
called an Appaloosa when we get there. This can only
be achieved by selective breeding and diligence to the
standards that FAHR has set forth. Indeed we are leading the way when it comes to preserving the Foundation
Appaloosa. We need to look at our registration requirements and as set up from the beginning start to close up
the requirements by doing away with the registration
#69999 exception. We are beginning to have enough
horses in the registry that we have a base in which to
build upon. We also need to register our FAHR foals.
Breeding them is not enough, we need to get these
horses in our studbooks to ensure that they are not lost
to the wayward modern Appaloosa breeders.
As for purebred generations, see for yourself, not in my
lifetime or that of my children's children will we mathematically achieve purebred status. To me that is not disheartening, for as long as we stand firm in our breeding
practices as a breed registry we will eventually get there
mathematically. More importantly I believe we will be
there genetically long before we get there mathematically.
As we continue to breed these horses through selective
breeding, we are increasing the Appaloosa blood in
every generation. Soon, I believe we will have bred our
horses so that even if they are not pureblood, there will
be enough Appaloosa genetics that one horse out of 64
and his 1.5625% blood that he contributes to a seventh
generation foal simply will not matter.
However, we simply do not know as we are just now
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Breaking vs. Training
ners. When it gets too easy to win, the somebodies
change the rules so it takes something different to win
the game. And everybody's off again.
Horse
show
rules are no more logical than the rules we make up for
football or basketball. They're all just artificial rules that
can get changed at any time.
by Ron Meredith
Parkersburg, WV, Sept. 1997
Many people who are training horses will ask them
questions that the horse has no way of understanding or
answering. Then they will fight with the horse or hold
him hostage until the horse either gives in or gives up.
The so-called trainer walks away feeling like he or she
has won the game because the horse finally did what
they wanted him to do. But no actual communication
took place. What happened was "breaking" not training.
We teach our horses to perform according to these prescribed mannerisms to make them compeat the horse
show game. When you are training, it is important to
remember that producing a prescribed mannerism
should not be your highest goal. The way you mentally
and physically gymnasticize the horse is the real game.
The horse show mannerisms are only a way for you to
demonstrate that you and your horse are physically and
mentally prepared.
When you break a horse rather than train it, you get a
trained flea. What do I mean by that? Well, you start
training fleas by putting them in a jar. You know they are
going to jump and if they do that, they'll jump out of the
jar. So you put a lid on the jar.
Now when the fleas jump, they hit their heads on the lid.
Being smart fleas, they learn not to jump so high. Now
you can take the lid off and they won't jump out. Voila!
You have trained your fleas not to jump so high. That is
exactly what you do when you "break" a horse.
If you've only learned to duplicate the mannerisms, you
and your horse are going to be left behind when the
somebodies change the rules. If your horse was properly trained, horselogically gymnasticized both mentally
and physically, you'll be able to adjust to the new game
rules.
A lot of people train horses this way. They condition the
horse to random tasks one by one. They do not do it in
a systematic way that is logical to the horse.
Remember that horses have very simple minds. They
can only connect a cause-and-effect sequence of about
two steps. To be horse logical, the next thing you teach
a horse can never be more than one step away from the
thing you just taught him and not more than two steps
away from the thing before that.
As your horse's trainer, you mentally take command of
the horse's muscle and strength and use it to play whatever the game you want to play with your horse.
Whether it's polo, cutting, reining, jumping, pole bending, barrel racing or whatever other game you're playing,
the real game is the interaction between you and the
horse. It is about mental, not physical control. And that
control has to be methodical and horse logical for you
and the horse to play the game as well as you can.
It should be easy for the horse to understand how to do
the next thing you want to teach him because it should
flow naturally from the last thing he learned. It should be
horse logical for him to behave in a certain pattern. He
shouldn't have to guess about what you want until he
accidentally gets it right. He shouldn't have to stress
himself mentally or physically until he learns to do the
"correct" thing by avoiding the "incorrect" thing.
Training horses is about developing the horse's mental
attitudes to the point where they enjoy playing the same
games that you do. That means taking mental control of
your horse. The controlling factor is not strength, not
size, not speed. The horse is ten times stronger, bigger
and faster than we are.
Let other people be the ones who jerk on horses and
slap them around or hassle them until they've "learned"
something. You want to be the one who can communicate with the horse using horse logical emotions, horse
logical shapes and change them from what they aren't
into what they can be by using what they are to start
with. Training is about what to do rather than about what
not to do.
At Meredith Manor we teach our horses a "language"
based on their body position relative to ours. The horse
first learns on the ground that certain body language on
our part calls for him to be in a certain position relative
to our own. With this as a basis for understanding, we
gradually shift the concepts of mirroring the trainer and
working in a corridor of aids from ground work to under
saddle work and eventually to whatever game we ultimately want the horse to play.
(A special thank you to Dr. Ron Meredith of Meredith
Manor International Equestrian Centre of Waverly, WV.
for his permission to use this article in our newsletter.
For more information on Meredith Manor please call or
write: Meredith Manor International Equestrian Centre,
Route 1 Box 66, Waverly, WV 26184, 1-800-679-2603,
or visit www.meredithmanor.com)
Horse showing is a game a lot of people like to play with
their horses. Someone defines some rules, prescribes a
set of mannerisms, and the guys whose horses come
the closest to those prescribed mannerisms are the win-
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Playing Matchmaker
By Max D. Sterrett
Well it is that time of year again, we have studied the
Stallion Directory and we have narrowed down our
choices to just a few stallions. We want to find the nick
that will produce the next Super Horse. In making our
decisions we will study pedigrees, look at the stallions
past offspring, maybe even flip a coin or two. We each
will choose a stallion to make a breeding that we think
will be the best foal we can produce.
We as breeders need to make these plans responsibly.
Will this offspring be better than its parents? Will this
horse have a purpose? What can this foal do for my program? These and many other questions need to be answered before we start to breed a single mare. Horses
are a major responsibility and should be treated as
such.
Toby's Black Rose FAHR #339
The second mare is Blue Windsong Prize by Blue Bears
Shadow and out of Eclat’s Surprise. Windy was bred by
Joe and Marilyn Yeomans of Bold-N-Brite Appaloosas.
Windy goes back to Toby 12x, Red Eagle 3x and Patchy
4x. She carries the blood of 143 Foundation # Appaloosas. This mare is also a five generation Appaloosa to
Appaloosa breeding.
In this article I will share what I have looked at in
searching for a stallion to breed two of my mares to. I
have selected two stallions to compare, each with its
own virtues and either breeding would in my opinion be
a sound decision.
Toby K’s Shadow
Blue Bears Shadow
Kuetan Wa Ka Shi
For the article I have used the Del Mar all breed pedigree site on the internet as a source of information as
well as their inbreeding co-efficient calculator for the
break down of blood percentages.
Blue Windsong Prize
Apache Gemfire
Eclat’s Surprise
Rockalenas Eclat
Again using the eight generation coefficient of inbreeding calculator Windy carries 12.5% Chubs Powderface,
10.55% Toby II, 9.57% Toby I, 9.38% Blue Bear, 8.59%
Peppers Shamrock, 6.64% Riley’s Purple Doll, 4.69%
Titania and 3.91% Patchy blood.
Just a disclaimer here, the Del Mar site can be accessed and changed by anyone, so check your pedigrees and be aware that the information in the pedigrees may not be entirely correct.
We will start off by introducing the two mares. First we
have Toby’s Black Rose. She is a black solid horse
with a white star. She has five generations of Appaloosa
to Appaloosa breeding behind her and was bred by Xen
Anderson of Caretaker Appaloosas. She is by Toby’s
Blue Jacket and out of Toby’s Piasa Trixy. Rose traces
back to Toby 7x, Red Eagle 6x, Morgan’s Leopard 8x
and Patchy 4x.
Using the eight generation coefficient of inbreeding calculator she carries 20.31% Toby II’s Patchy, 18.75%
Frosty Tolo, 14.84 % Toby II, 12.50% Ulrich's Many
Coups, 9.77% Toby I and 8.98% Patchy blood. (Patchy
shows up twice as the Delmar database does reflect two
different sires for Patchy. I have combined them for this
article. Again be advised that Del Mar should only be
used as a reference and does not take the place of a
professionally prepared pedigree.)
Blue Windsong Prize FAHR #488
The two stallions I have chosen for this example are
Wyakin Toby and CTA Papakeecha.
Wyakin Toby was bred by Tom and Linda Taylor of Wolf
Run Appaloosas and is a fourth generation Appaloosa
to Appaloosa breeding that carries the bloodlines of
Palmer Wagner and Jess Helsel. Wyakin is a Smokey
Ulrich's Jasper
Toby's Blue Jacket
Toby's Piasa Canze
Toby's Black Rose
Dartag’non
Toby's Piase Trixy
Tobpatchy Double
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that should guarantee Appaloosa characteristics. He
goes back to Toby 8x, Toby II 6x and Morgan’s Leopard
6x.
If I were to breed this mare to CTA Papkeecha we
would have a foal that in the first eight generations (nine
counting the foal) would go to Toby 15x, Patchy 9x, Red
Eagle 6x, Toby K 6x,
Storm Cloud F 6x and
Toby K’s Shadow 4x.
This foal would carry
28.13%
Toby
K’s
Shadow, 18.75% Toby
K, 11.33% Toby II,
10.35% Toby I, 8.01%
Storm Cloud F and
5.47% Patchy blood.
An overall eight generation coefficient of inb r e e d i n g
o f
4.9579620361328%.
Using the eight generation coefficient breeding calculator we see that he carries 18.75% Toby I, 18.75% Toby
II, 18.75% Blue Bear, 9.38% Titania and 4.69% Riley’s
Purple Doll blood.
.
CTA Papakeecha ApHC #614037
Tobys Blue Jacket
Tobys Shole
Wyakin Toby FAHR #7
Tobys Trouble
CTA Papakeecha
Toby K
Storm Clouds Cody
Toby K’s Shadow
SK Natoma
Kaniksus Kochina
Tobys Sing Along
Wyakin Toby
Sequined Prince
Blue Bear Grand Gal
Again, either of these two breedings would yield a well
bred foal. The foal would carry lots of Toby blood with
either breeding but would carry 3.32% more Toby blood
with the Wyakin breeding. That foal would be a rock
solid five generation Appaloosa.
Blue Bear Cheetah
The second stallion I am considering is CTA Papakeecha. Papakeecha was bred by Xen Anderson of
Caretaker Appaloosas. He is a snow cap and should
also guarantee Appaloosa characteristics. He is a fifth
generation Appaloosa to Appaloosa breeding.
Papakeecha goes to Toby 12x, Red Eagle 8x, Patchy 7x,
Storm Cloud F 5x and Toby K 5x.
If I went with the Papakeecha breeding I would be producing a sixth generation Appaloosa. A worthy endeavor indeed.
If we look again at the eight generation coefficient of
inbreeding calculator we find that Papakeecha carries
31.25% Toby K’s Shadow, 25% Toby K, 14.45% Storm
Cloud F, 12.30% Toby, 9.18% Red Eagle and 7.23%
Patchy.
As we look at breeding Toby’s Black Rose to Wyakin
Toby, we would get a foal that goes back to Toby 16x,
Blue Bear 3x, Patchy 7x, Red Eagle 5x and Riley’s Purple Doll 3x.
The foal would carry 31.25% Toby K’s Shadow, 16.80%
Toby II, 14.26% Toby I, 12.50% Blue Bear, 7.62%
Patchy and 2.93% Red Eagle blood. An overall eight
generation
coefficient
of
inbreeding
of
5.80148696899414%.
Now that we have a little idea about makes up each
stallion and mare we can look to what a breeding of
these horses would produce.
If we were to breed Blue Windsong Prize to Wyakin
Toby we would have a foal that would in eight generations (nine counting the foal) go back to Toby 12x, Morgan’s Leopard 8x, Blue Bear 6x and Riley’s Purple Doll
6x. This foal would carry 37.50% Toby K’s Shadow,
31.25% Blue Bear Grand Gal, 14.26% Toby II, 14.06%
Blue Bear and 13.67% Toby I blood. An overall eight
generation coefficient of inbreeding of 11.348080635%.
Rose bred to CTA Papkeecha would yield a foal that
goes back to Toby I an impressive 19x, 12x to Toby II,
13x to Patchy, 9x to Red Eagle, 6x to Toby K and 4x to
Toby K’s Shadow. The foal would carry a total of 37.5%
Toby’s Blue Jacket, 21.88% Toby K’s Shadow, 15.63%
Toby K, 13.87% Toby II,10.94% Toby I, 8.21% Patchy
and 6.45% Red Eagle blood.
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Wagtail Was A Dream
This sixth generation foal would have an eight generation coefficient of inbreeding of 9.28192138671875%.
Another well bred foal but looking at the percentage of
blood compared to the number of times the horse actually crosses back to Toby you can see a significant difference in blood content.
by Dorothy Frear Hult
Wagtail's story starts on May 24, 1961, at a small private party attended by a few horsemen. They raised
their glasses in a toast to the mare that was to foal that
night and drop a "black colt with a white blanket, with
black spots" for her devoted owner because he had
dreamed so long of owning such an animal. The mare,
AI's Folly But Nice (T-815) , listened and delivered the
exact order.
I would be proud to have either foal in my barn which
makes the decision that much more difficult. After all the
basic requirements of confirmation and disposition are
met we must look at each of the stallions pedigree in
depth to determine the advantages and disadvantages
each would bring into a mating. Both of these stallions
have fine pedigrees. Does one fit my program better
than the other? That is for each individual breeder to
determine. Some prefer to breed up a generation at all
costs, others are more intent in breeding a solid foal that
may be of more benefit to their individual breeding program at a later time.
A handsome colt, AI's Wagtail Kid (T-13,969) was the
result of 14 long years of careful breeding by owner Al
Farenbaugh of Roseburg, Oregon—years filled with
many disappointments. All that time he had been
blessed with fillies. There were no colts, except one that
died the day it was born.
I know I have thrown a lot of numbers at you but it is
important to realize that really understanding a pedigree
is crucial to a well thought out breeding season. I would
like to thank Xen Anderson and Tom Taylor for the priveledge of using their stallions for this article. I must
apologize for the pictures, I am sure each would have
liked to provide a better picture for the article if only time
and weather had permitted. I have seen both of these
stallions and the pictures do not do either any justice at
all.
Wagail's dam also had been a special problem. When
she was 10-days old, she broke a leg, and Al refused to
destroy her. With dedication he brought her through the
long period in which she wore a special cast and then
rejoiced triumphantly when she could run again.
All I have to do now is figure out just what I am going to
do this breeding season!!!! Good luck to each and every
one of you as we set out to produce the next super
horse!!!!
FAHR Calendar
The Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry is currently
planning to put together a calendar featuring Foundation
Appaloosa’s. While the specifics are yet to be finalized it
would appear that a photo contest will be used to determine the horses selected for the calendar.
Al’s Wagtal Kid T-13969 trying his legs
After the intervening years and more frustrations they
were both pleased with the elegant Wagtail. They
should have been. He has been admired by owners of
other breeds, but best of all he stands at the head of his
own class. Last June it was a class of 31 yearling colts
in Walla Walla at the Eighth Annual Palouse Empire
Show. In July he again took his class at the Fourth Oregon Appaloosa Show and went on to become Reserve
Champion of the show. Last fall in Portland at the Pacific International he headed his class and once more
became a Reserve Show Champion—a pretty darned
good record for a yearling.
So lets get those cameras out and get some photo’s of
FAHR horses worthy of making the First FAHR Calendar. By promoting these fabulous horses we can let the
whole world know that Class, Looks and Performance
go hand and hand with the Foundation Appaloosa
Horse.
Please watch the Tidings for more information about this
project. As always volunteers are requested and welcome to help put together the rules and guidelines for
this important project.
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In addition to the fact that he has never been beaten, he
is the only Oregon colt nominated to run in the I.O.N.
Futurity in the National show at Boise this year. He is
scheduled to go to a trainer for "legging-up" in April. "In
May," says AI, "we will try him against a proven horse. If
he runs—shows any promise—we'll continue his training. If he doesn't, we'll bring him back and go after halter
points."
There's an extra glow, however, when he talks about
Wagtail. "He ran from the time he was born;" says AI,
"he even chased the deer. It's no accident that the colt
goes back to Wagtail, a thoroughbred (Jockey Club No.
123047), and a pretty fast horse—or to Lava Miss, another one that ran on the Portland tracks."
Sire of AI's Wagtail Kid is a smooth, short-coupled stallion named Renner's Paladin (T-13,968). He was picked
by Farenbaugh from a group of 21 stallions more for
conformation than color. The choice was wise, because
Paladin is endowing his get with good bone, depth, and
color as well.
Racing, however, is part of the dream, because when Al
was a kid in North Dakota he used to ride in races at the
county fair; year after year he was beaten by a girl riding
an Appaloosa horse. He decided then that someday he
was going to own the fastest Appaloosa in the country.
People who really know Al Farenbaugh realize that although he is serious about his hobby of raising Appaloosa horses, he doesn't take himself too seriously,
which is a pretty good combination. He hopes that the
lively colt, with his long, easy stride, will run, and so do
all of AI's friends who admire his determination.
Al’s Wagtail Kid T-13963 and ownwer Al Farenbaugh
Perhaps Wagtail's story really goes back to those days,
because AI's love for the Appaloosa horse has been
continuous, and he has been raising his horses without
the advantages enjoyed by many breeders. He lives in
the city, where he has a floor-covering business, and
without any ranch acreage has done it the hard way-with some horses stabled at the local fairgrounds and
others pastured or boarded as far away as 34 miles.
This means frequent trips to check on his scattered
herd, but he says, "It's a lot of fun."
Renner’s Paladin T-13968 cutting. Owner Al Farenbaugh up
However, if Wagtail doesn't make it, Farenbaugh will
keep right on trying. "I still have the mare, and I still
have Renner's Paladin," he observes with a grin, "and if
that cross won't run, I'll find one that will.'" "As a matter
of fact," he declares with sparkling eyes, "if I live long
enough, I'm going to have the fastest Appaloosa in the
country."
The fun is shared by his wife, AlIena, who is a competent horsewoman and belongs to the only deputized
women's riding group in the Northwest. The omen take
orders directly from the county sheriff.
While Al has proven that a man with a cherished dream
and a lot of stubborn determination can raise fine horses
without a mammoth ranch and extra-fancy box stalls,
she has proven that by sharing his dream it has been
easier.
There'll be money on AI's Wagtail Kid at the National in
June. But the smart money will be on Al himself and his
dream.
He is absolutely sold on the Appaloosa horse, and it
was no surprise to his friends when he was elected in
1958 to be the first President of the Oregon Appaloosa
Club. His enthusiasm is contagious.
Appaloosa News ~ April, 1963
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register whether or not the horse is "easily recognizable." Whether or not it is registered as easily recognizable depends on the judgment of the owner who made
application to register it and on the judgment of the executive secretary, the person who looked at the pictures
that accompanied the registration application. To further
complicate the problem, some Appaloosas are easily
recognizable at one season of the year and not easily
recognizable at another season. On border line cases,
there is disagreement among experts. One person with
wide experience and years of breeding and showing
Appaloosas will say the horse is recognizable whereas
another with a similar background will say that the horse
is not.
INSPECTORS
Question: Under what conditions are Appaloosa
horses inspected?
Answer: If the sire, dam and breeder of your Appaloosa
are unknown it is necessary that it be inspected. However, before we can authorize an inspector to come to
your place and inspect, we must have received the application for registration. There are three conditions under which we send an Appaloosa Horse Club inspector
to make an inspection. One, if the pedigree of the horse
is unknown. Two, if the animal is already registered in
Tentative and has met its production requirements and
is eligible for inspection to pass to Permanent, and
three, if there is doubt in our minds as to whether or not
the horse on the application is eligible to register. In all
cases, however, the inspector is sent after the application is received here at the Appaloosa Horse Club.
We now have the Breeding Stock registry classification
for horses with Appaloosa characteristics and breeding
which are not easily recognizable. They have full registration status. The only restriction placed on them is the
restriction that they can not show or race. In the interest
of the breed, the spectators, and the other exhibitors,
owners should be willing to refrain from showing any
animal which precipitates adverse comment.
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"HARDLY RECOGNIZABLE"
There are, of course, always a few faultfinders or sore
heads who would complain about any horse which did
not have large dark spots as big as baseballs on a white
background. We are not concerned about this person.
We are, however, concerned about the feeling of the
majority of spectators and the majority of exhibitors. If a
horse is being shown which causes a significant amount
of complaint and protest it certainly is to the owner's
advantage to not show that horse.
QUESTION: We have an owner who recently started
'showing a "hardly recognizable" horse. When approached about why he was showing it, he stated he
saw another horse in a show that was less recognizable than his horse. How do we answer him?
ANSWER: It is necessary for Appaloosa owners to realize that we will always have some problems in this area
for several different reasons.. One, there is no way to
measure the coat markings on an Appaloosa. A horse
may appear well-marked at the distance a photograph is
taken, but solid colored from the distance of the grandstand to the arena. There is an infinite variety of coat
patterns some of which appear recognizable to one person but not to others. Unfortunately, we can not stand a
horse up in front of some electronic device and have it
Good will and a favorable public image of the horse is of
a great deal of importance. There is no better way to
accumulate ill will and destroy the favorable public image than by showing solid colored horses in Appaloosa
classes.
People who favor showing "unrecognizable" Appaloosas
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argue that it is creating a false impression to show only
easily recognizable horses since plainer patterns with
less color do occur and exist in the breed. We feel we
have recognized this in illustrating the various patterns
of Appaloosas in the pamphlet entitled "Appaloosa
Horses, Color Patterns, Breed Characteristics, and Descriptions," and also in the rules which provide a Breeding Stock registry for animals which are not easily recognizable.
owner of the animal. When the owner is made aware of
the bad feeling concerning the showing of a hardly recognizable animal, they are most willing to discontinue
showing it.
Everyone who inquired about the incident was informed
that the board met with the owner and that he agreed to
turn in the papers on the horse. By the time the show
was over there were no inquiries about it so we assumed that everyone had heard what was done.
The "easily recognizable" rule is essential to make certain that only Appaloosas are shown in Appaloosa
classes and raced in Appaloosa races.
Because of all of the problems inherent to determining
whether an Appaloosa is or is not recognizable, i.e., the
lack of means to measure contrast, the fact that the pattern changes with season and age, and the difference of
opinion between individuals, it is important that
owners and showmen do everything possible to lessen
the problem. They may do this by setting a good example themselves, by leaving border line horses at home,
and by tactfully explaining the problems to people who
are inclined to show border line horses.
We will attempt to answer your question regarding the
show entry that was cited. Early this spring the owner
applied to register. From the pictures, the horse appeared to not be easily recognizable. The registry office
wrote the owner stating that the horse should be registered under the Breeding Stock provision. The owner
wrote back stating that the horse actually showed more
color than appeared in his photographs and that he felt
he was easily recognizable. The registry office answered this letter stating that the owner in this case had
the authority to determine what was and was not easily
recognizable. However, we added, it was important to
show horses which people did not protest. It was particularly important to set a good example. It was bad
public relations for the individual and the Appaloosa
Horse Club for the owner to show a horse which people
would protest.
One owner who had shown a border line horse stated, "I
made more enemies in the two years I showed that
horse than I did in all the rest of my life put together."
Most people do not want to make enemies. If the fact
that they are making them by showing a border line
horse is explained to them, they are most willing to discontinue showing the horse.
(The above questions and answers are from the
Appaloosa News ~ September, 1963)
The owner's reply to this letter stated that he was confident there would be no protests to the horse, so a regular certificate was issued. The horse was brought to the
show and prior to the judging the attention of the president and some of the directors was called to the horse.
The president met with the owner and requested that he
not show the horse; and, was of the opinion that he was
not going to show the horse. Evidently, there was some
misunderstanding as the owner did exhibit the horse.
FAHR MUGS AVAILABLE
There were 10 mugs remaining out of the 36 that were
made available at the FAHR annual membership meeting and are being presented to anyone interested in purchasing one. Considering the low attendance at the
FAHR meeting, they went over in a BIG way!
Shortly after the horse entered the ring there were numerous protests lodged and considerable discussion of
the horse among the spectators and exhibitors. Following the class, all of the board members attending the
show met with the owner and pointed out to him the reaction of the exhibitors. At this point, it was obvious to
the owner that even though the horse might have appeared easily recognizable to him, it did not appear easily recognizable to a significant number of the spectators
and exhibitors. He agreed to voluntarily surrender the
registration certificate and stated that he would reapply
at such time as the horse became, in the eyes of even
the most discriminating, "easily recognizable."
These mugs are white ceramic 10 ounce size and very
detailed with the FAHR logo and Phippen horse in
brown and black lettering.
As stated in Eddie’s BAC chair column, these mugs will
be changed on a yearly basis so unless we get a big
demand for more of this particular design, it may be
some time before they will be made available again.
They are offered at $16.00 post paid on a first come,
first serve basis. Send your check or money order with
a note indicating your order to:
We believe this case made it obvious to the board, and
everyone who was familiar with the case, that people
will protest the showing of a "hardly recognizable" animal. Showing such animal generates a great deal of ill
will toward the Appaloosa Horse Club as well as the
FAHR, Inc.
P.O. Box 15314
Fort Wayne, IN 46885-5314
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N E W S B E AT
BACK ISSUES
Have you lost an issue of the FAHR Tidings? Did you
just join and like to have the entire series from the very
beginning? If so, here is your chance. Individual
issues will cost $3.00. Please send check or money
order to:
Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry, Inc.
P.O. Box 15314
FOUNDATION BREEDERS
ARE NEEDED FOR FAHR BOD
It is time to get ready for a new election to the Board of
Directors. FAHR needs it’s membership of Foundation
Breeders to become involved in the organization. If you
are the breeder of a FAHR registered foal and have
been a member for a minimum of one year, please consider becoming involved by submitting your autobiography and run for a seat on the Board of Directors.
FAHR Needs Your Help
There are six positions that need to be filled. The vacated seats will be those of Tom Taylor (pro tem), Craig
Wells (pro tem), Arita Harwood. In addition there are
three additional seats available that were not filled last
year. These outgoing board members are, of course,
encouraged to throw their hat in the ring again, as well
as any other qualified member who has a desire to assist in moving the organization forward.
Several years ago FAHR invested in a software program designed specifically for Registry use. Although
we are using portions of this software, we are still not
utilizing the program to its fullest.
In order to use the Registry Program in its entirety, we
need to input all our information into a database. Once
that information is logged into the program we would be
able to print pedigrees and other assorted useful information.
The deadline for submitting your autobiography to the
FAHR office must be postmarked no later than May 15,
2004. All autobiography entries will then be published in
the April/May/June issue of FAHR Tidings. We will plan
to mail election ballots out by August 1st so that a count
can be made and results determined in time for new
board members to be seated at the FAHR annual membership meeting which will be held at a yet to be determined date in October.
FAHR is calling for volunteers to help input this information onto a disc that can be added to the main program.
FAHR will supply a copy of this program to any individual or individuals willing to help with the data entry.
With this program at full speed FAHR would be able to
better serve our membership and would also help speed
up the time involved in Registry business.
If you are a qualified Foundation Breeder and FAHR
member, please give some serious thought to running
for a board seat. FAHR needs your help. Stop procrastinating and send in those autobiographies now!
Any interested parties need to contact the FAHR office
for more information.
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B R E E D E R ’S DIR E C T O RY
TRU BLU APPALOOSAS
WOLF RUN APPALOOSAS
Tom & Linda Taylor
8167 Wheelock Road
260/485-4051
e-mail: [email protected]
Jennifer Thomas
2661 CR 79
Butler, IN 46721
260/868-9008
www.trubluappaloosas.com
STANDING:
TBA Dutch Chocolate ~ FAHR 482
2002 seal brown snowcap, 16H at 20 months,
expected to reach 16.2H, Justasample, Storm Cloud F,
Red Eagles Peacock, Navajo Britches, Native Sun, Scooter
Bug G ~ $600 LCFG
FOUNDATION APPALOOSA STOCK FOR SALE
STALLIONS, BROODMARES, & YOUNGSTERS
Bloodlines include Toby, Red Eagle,
Patchy, Morgans Leopard, Sundance,
Apache and Comanche
J&L Mocha ~ FAHR 6
1995 grulla 16H, tremendous filly producer ~ $500 LFG
We believe broodmares are the foundation
of any progressive breeding program
TBA Double Image ~ FAHR 338
2000 solid bay, 14.2H intense Appaloosa, color or not.
12x Patchy, 9x Sundance, 6x Comanche,
33x ApHC Hall of Fame ~ $350 LFG
Please write, call or e-mail for more information!
SPECIALTY: Foundation and Permanent
Appaloosa to Appaloosa Bloodlines of Quality
SPECIALTY: Appaloosa horses with Appaloosa pedigrees.
Foals available every year, some breeding stock available.
Specifically breeding lines of Red Eagle, Patchy, and Comanche with other top Foundation performance lines.
LOCATION: Conveniently located off of I-469 on the
Northeast side of Fort Wayne, Indiana
(better known as Kekionga to the Miamis)
LOCATION: NE Indiana on IN/OH line off US 6
GLORY BE FARMS
Shawn, Sheryle, Annie, Jessie
and Nicholas Henderson
14231 South State Road 63
Terre Haute, IN 47802
812/898-1236
HELSELS’ HOBBY HORSE HILLS
1833 W. Water Tower Road
Salem, IN 47167
812/883-3336
Fax 812/883-2026
http://www.blueriver.net/~helsels
Proudly Promoting
the Foundation Appaloosa Bloodlines
STANDING:
We have used Toby bred horses
as the foundation
of our breeding program
for over 30 years.
Crosses with Patchy 416,
Red Eagle, Apache 730 and Quanah
make up our broodmare band.
SHADOW OF TOBY K, FAHR 219, ApHC 557086
Black and White Blanket and Black Spots
Bloodlines of Toby I, Patchy, Titania,
Red Eagle, Chief Joseph
$500 Stud Fee LFG
*no extra charge for superior disposition, color,
versatility or conformation
Reducing our activity, we are selling
some of these mares to breeders
who understand and appreciate
Foundation bloodlines
and will perpetuate the Appaloosa.
Indiana Appaloosa Association
Breeders Futurity Stallion
Foals For Sale Most Times
Call to visit or for more information!
LOCATION: Just 10 miles south of I-70 and Terre
Please contact us for further information.
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WILLOWIND APPALOOSAS
Craig & Teresa Wells
2275 E 600 S
Wolcottville, IN 46795
260/854-2025
KIT’S CANYON RANCH
Ramon & Judy Laurie
407 W. 15th
Russell, KS 67665
785/483-3590
Www.kitscanyon.com
STANDING:
MIAMIS LEOPARD BEAR, FAHR 113, ApHC 564617
Tri-colored Leopard 15.3 hh
Kit’s Canyon Ranch is promoting and breeding only
Appaloosa X Appaloosa horses.
Our horses represent a mixing of many foundation lines
and breeding programs concentrated back into a
high percentage Appaloosa gene package.
Our foal crop is 90% FPD or higher.
Sire: GA’s Sundance Image, ApHC 229444
Dam: Blue Bear Grand Gal, FAHR 8, ApHC 348679
SPECIALTY: Foundation Appaloosas with great dispositions and conformation along with athletic ability,
color and pedigree.
Toby ~ Navaho Britches ~ Missoula Medicine Man ~ Joker B
Pratt ~ Simcoe ~ Thompson ~ The Ghostwind Stallions ~
Mares of linebred Toby with Red Eagle
Sam Fisher ~ Dun Roven Chelsea’s Image
Occasionally foals for sale
Going back through our different horses pedigrees reads
like a “who’s who” of the Appaloosa world.
We have horses for sale most of the time.
See FAHR website for more information
on bloodlines
INQUIRIES ALWAYS WELCOME
Located in North Central Kansas right on I-70
KAMINSKIS FOUNDATION APPALOOSAS
Mike & Sheila Kaminski
9466 Bonnie Road
Chase, MI 49623
231/832-4313
http://www.geocities.com/k_appaloosa/home.html
BOLD-N-BRITE APPALOOSAS
STANDING:
STANDING:
Joe, Marilyn & Bob Yeomans
616/636-5796
Domino Chief Coppersun, FAHR 330
ApHC 593286
2000 Buckskin near Leopard
By DREA Domino RodeoDay APHC #544413
Out of Pretty Gold Lace ApHC #486959
MIAMIS TOPATCHY SUN, FAHR 188
ApHC 577700
Blue Roan Few Spot
$400 LFCG
($5.00 per day mare care)
SHS Fire Hawk Dancer, FAHR 333
ApHC 596231
2000 Red Leopard
By BC Ketobys Wyakin, FAHR 244, ApHC #523768
Out of BDAS Precious Gem, ApHC #364164
FAHR horses for sale.
Due to health problems in the family,
we must reduce our herd.
Please contact for information.
Prices depend on number purchased.
SPECIALTY: Breeding Appaloosa to Appaloosa and
Foundation bloodlines including Comanche, Red
Eagle, Chub PowderFace, Sonseray, Sundance 500,
Siri Sheik, Max 2Z, Chief Handprint, Patchy, Chief
Chelsea, Dragon Seed, and so many others.
WITH STOCK FOR SALE
LOCATION: 12 miles west of Reed City off US 131
SPECIALTY: Foundation Appaloosas
LOCATION: 35 miles north of Grand Rapids off
Highway 131 North
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DORSEY CREEK FARM
Dan, Beth, Kristi & Katie Virta
P.O. Box 38
Rumely, MI 49826
906/439-5250
STANDING:
WOODLAND’S SALSA, FAHR 135
ApHC 567345
Chestnut Snowcap
STANDING:
Broken Arrow GHR, FAHR pending
ApHC
“Arrow” is a few spot leopard
by Howling Wind GHR
out of April Wind S
with direct Ghost Wind Stallion bloodlines
from Don Lalonde’s herd
Woodland’s Salsa is 93% ApHC
Foundation Pedigree Designation.
He has 4 solid generations of
Appaloosa breeding and in the fifth generation
only 2 are not.
Woodland’s Salsa carries the bloodline of
Toby I F-203,
Mansfield Comanche F-3096,
Red Eagle Jr. #4294,
Snow Cloud F-78,
Bambi E F-2497 and
LOCATION: Highway M94 25 miles SE of Marquette
in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
HORSES FOR SALE
GREYWOLF FARMS
69245 520th Street
Fairfax, MN 55332
507/426-8175
[email protected]
www.greywolffarms.com
DREAM MAKERS
APPALOOSAS
Robin Sothman
7182 165th Street
Milaca, MN 56353
320/556-3486
612/877-1974 cell
[email protected]
Located in South Central Minnesota a short distance
from the scenic Minnesota River Valley and
historic Fort Ridgely.
We concentrate on foundation bred leopard
Appaloosas.
STANDING:
STANDING:
BC Ketoby’s Wyakin, FAHR 244
by Kemos Fire Shadow, FAHR 18
out of Pratts Tobena IM3, FAHR 118
100% color producer to date!!!
DREAM MAKERS RIO
1999 Black and White Leopard
ApHC 587382 / FAHR 424
Dam: Neemeepooscougarpaws
Sire: Pratt Toby Secret
Bloodlines include Sundance, Money Creek,
Red Eagle, Chief Chelsea, Sully Lancer, Jauquin,
Mansfield’s Comanche, Joker B,
Arab Toswirah Alkhar
Just to name a few from the pedigrees
2003 Breeding Fee: $500.00
“Rio” has a wonderful personality
and is very intelligent.
His mild manner allows children
to share his stall at shows.
Rio has a gentle yet proud presence.
All foals are FAHR eligible.
Bruce and Andrea Wichmann
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PALMER’S APPALOOSAS
Clif & Cheryl Palmer
1030 Bear Creek Road
Bigfork, MT 59911
406/837-4419
http://www.leopardappaloosa.com
BRANDYHAVEN HORSE FARM
33 River Road
Montague, NJ 07827
973/293-7542
STANDING:
Come RIDE and GLIDE with us
on an INDIAN SHUFFLER*
CHIEF SUNDANCER, FAHR 208
ApHC F549773 - SBC #1097 - CRHA #5336
Leopard to Leopard Foundation Breeding
Some Gaited Foundation Stock
Bay, Large Blanket, Bay and Black Spots
Prestigious Leopard family horses gifted with mellow
dispositions “&” a natural gait. We are a program to
consistently produce and preserve the
Indian Shuffler (gaited horses).
We are committed to preserving the “Indian Shuffler”,
a smooth, fast and efficient mode of travel.
It is both easy on the horse and rider.
BRANDY’S SNOW HAWK, FAHR 231
ApHC F582411 - SBC #1287B - CRHA #5764
Golden Dun with White Hips
Black Mane, Tail & Legs
Very Striking
DON’T GET LEFT BEHIND:
THEY ARE GOING FAST!
Disposition, Conformation and Color
are the winning combinations, and
they have them all!
*Indian Shuffler: A 4 beat diagonal (fox trot) or lateral (stepping pace), or
“even” (running walk) gait, also called intermediate gait. It is a fast, ground
covering, smooth moving gait to ride. Some old Foundation Appaloosa lines
were found to be “gaited”.
Young Stock with Color for Sale.
HI MOUNTAIN HOLLOW
3200 Brown Hill Road
Cohocton, NY 14826
585/384-5962
www.himtnhollow.com
TANGLEWOOD FARM
Kathi Harvey
181 Fiddlers Elbow
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
908/475-2278
STANDING:
Romeo’s Top Gun ApHC #273948
CRHA #1940-N ~ SBC #129
Sorrel roan few spot 100% color producer 15.2 hh
Fee $350 LCFG
Neemeepoos Chataqua FAHR 303
ApHC #563437 ~ CRHA 6038-N ~ SBC 1234A
Brown near leopard 15.1 hh
Fee $500 LCFG
HMH Phantom Spirit FAHR (pending)
ApHC #611004, CRHA 6322-0, SBC #1351G
Bay few spot—mature 15.2 hh
Introducing in 2004—Fee $500 LCFG
STANDING:
DUN ROVEN CHELSEA, FAHR 30
ApHC #235809, ApSHA #F136
Dun Roven Chelsea is a 16 hand Tri-colored
near Leopard multiple R.O.M. Producer,
National and World Top 10 Producer,
sire of 2 CRHA National Champions.
At 15 years of age he was
#2 in the Nation in Color
& #9 in Suitability.
SPECIALTY: Intense foundation black leopard
bloodlines. Imprinted loud colored foals for sale—
pedigrees and many photos on website.
Dun Roven Chelsea is the last son
of Chief Chelsea F2154
LOCATION: Western New York—2 hours from Erie,
PA, Ohio line—2 hours northwest from Binghampton
in the Finger Lakes Region.
Please write or call for
more information or a sales list.
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HURRICANE RANCH
Bill & Merry Wicklund
P.O. Box 301
Soper, OK 74759
580/345-2487
FOUNDATION BRED APPALOOSA ATHLETES
WITH THE INDIAN SHUFFLE GAIT
Max D. Sterrett
49880 Portland Road
Racine, OH 45771
740/949-0032 (farm)
484/431-5022 (cell)
[email protected]
STANDING:
HR WACIPI, FAHR 236
ApHC 552778, CRHA #5784
Chestnut Leopard — 100% Color Producer
BC IV HARLEQUIN MAX, FAHR 20
ApHC 554548, CRHA 5243-0
Loud Tri-color near Leopard — 100% Color Producer
Striving to breed quality Foundation Appaloosas.
SPECIALTY: Our bloodlines include those from great
breeders such as—Frank Scripter,
Money Creek, and Ulrich,
as well as the bloodlines of Mansfield Comanche,
Sundance 500, Toby, Patchy and Nugget Jim
And 1st time ever to be offered to the public:
PRATTS TOBY IV
ApHC 462810, CRHA #4415
Black Leopard — FAHR Producer
LOCATION: Southeast Ohio
$400 Stud Fee for 2003 (2004 will be $500)
Your Choice to Approved Mares
Horses for Sale at ALL times
Check out our website to see our bloodlines & stock
www.doublemappaloosa.com
DECKER’S RED EAGLE APPALOOSAS
Milton & Mary Decker
90808 B. Street
Alvadore, OR 97409
541/688-8307
Fax: 541/688-8357
http://www.d-rea.com/
BIG CREEK RANCH
Arlo & Arita Harwood
96845 N. Big Creek Lane
Lakeside, OR 97449-9605
541/759-3231
Fax: 541/759-2088
STANDING:
BECAUSE YOU WANT - THE VERY BEST
PRATT SULLY FIRE, FAHR 49
Black Leopard
ApHC #495078
Big Creek Ranch dedicates it’s effort to producing high
quality, leopard line, Colorado Rangerbred, Appaloosa
Breed Horses and to development of:
DREA COMANCHE BLUHAWK, FAHR 140
Black Few Spot
THE
DREA OCHOCO EAGLE
2001 Black and White snow cap
PUREBRED APPALOOSA
Through the use of some of the best of ApHC’s founding
bloodlines Big Creek Ranch offers the discriminating
breeder and fancier of Heritage Appaloosas, a select
choice of FAHR registered, three to five generation pure
stock, from known, all Appaloosa registered, pedigree.
WAKONS NAVAJO EAGLE
Black Near Leopard
SPECIALTY: Breeding leopards and loud blankets
from Red Eagle F209 and other Foundation
bloodlines, including up close to Mansfield Comanche
A Few: Foals - Yearlings - Mares - Stallions
usually available
LOCATION: 12 miles west of Eugene, Oregon
Please contact: Arita Harwood
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WAKON APPALOOSAS
Marlene Ross
32702 Crawford Loop Road
Darrington, WA 98241
phone & fax: 360/436-1904
OLD SPRING FARM
APPALOOSAS
Suzanne V. Pabst
7629 Charity Highway
Ferrum, VA 24088
276/930-3404
www.oldspringfarm.com
http://www.pets4you.com/pages/wakon2.html
Loud, black with blankets & black leopards!!
“Original”, sweet intelligence, &
best athletic ability from
“TRUE” foundation heritage!
STANDING:
WHATA DREAMFINDER, ApHC 520406
Hall of Famer Dreamfinder x Hall of Famer
Starza’s Pine (grandaughter of Peacock’s Miraklman)
Stud service, mares & foals!!
FOR SALE
Over 35 years dedicated to the preservation
of the “Navajo Britches”, “Storm Cloud F”,
and “Toby” Appaloosa bloodlines!
“Forbidden Dream”
2002 few spot filly 87%
Heaven’s Red Eagle x Whata Bright Dream
by Whata Dreamfinder
Located in the heart of the beautiful
Cascade Mountains
BREEDING QUALITY RED EAGLE APPALOOSAS
SINCE 1965
MEDICINE WHEEL RANCH
Gig & Cathy LeBret
270 Williams Lk. Rd.
Box 942
Kettle Falls, WA 99141
509/684-3211
STANDING:
WALKN WAPALOOSA JO, FAHR 190
ApHC 519575
Sire: Quinta Jo ~ Dam: Plaudit Lovely
Breeding Program dedicated to the
promotion and creation of the
Purebred Appaloosa Breed Horse
***** Endangered Species *****
5 generations of 100% ApHC
Black with White Blanket & Black Spots
Too many Foundation Bloodlines to List
Rick and Edna “Eddie” Street
4415 183rd Ave. S.W.
Rochester, WA 98579
Stallion Service
370/273-9355
Horses for Sale
[email protected]
FAHR Registered
LOCATION: 67 miles north of Spokane, Washington
on HWY. 395
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INDIAN SPIRIT HORSES LLC
Heather Demmon
W786 Auburn-Ashford Drive
Campbellsport, WI 53010
262/626-6445
ATTENTION!!
THIS SPACE COULD BE
YOUR BREEDER’S
DIRECTORY AD
www.ish-kmfa.com
For a mere $10.00 per issue,
you can advertise your
Foundation Stallion or
Foundation Appaloosas
in a space just like this!
“Leopard Shufflers U.S.A.”
Foundation, black leopard, Indian Shuffle breeding
program blending Ghost-Wind, Ulrich, Scripter, Money
Creek and Rainy Moon bloodlines.
If you contract to pay $40.00
for a full year Breeder’s Directory ad,
your ad will also be placed on the
FAHR website at no additional cost!
We breed for disposition, conformation and color.
All of our ApHC foals are eligible for
FAHR, CRHA and SBC!
Check us out at:
http://www.foundationapp.org
Imprinted four to six generation pure
ApHC F.P.D. colored young stock
for sale at all times
WHY NOT ADVERTISE TO SUPPORT
YOUR NEWSLETTER TODAY?!
“Do The Indian Shuffle”
MARES FOR SALE
Wolf Run has many fine mares available now.
At the current time, health prevents us from breeding our mares.
Since we do not want to see them stand open another year,
we have decided to try and find them good homes with
Foundation breeders that have the same philosophy and goals.
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to acquire
Appaloosa blooded strains of breed-building mares.
They can be sold open or bred to Wolf Run stallions,
Wyakin Toby or Miamis TomTom Toby
Contact us for further information at:
WOLF R UN APPALOOSAS
TOM & LINDA TAYLOR
8167 W HEELOCK ROAD
FORT WAYNE, IN 46835
260/485-4051
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36
Kingpins Buffalo
Foaled 8-5-02
ApHC #616356
Ulrich’s Kingpin
FAHR #41
ApHC #458275
Ulrich’s Many Coups
#211687
Ulrich’s Monarch
#412031
Ulrich’s Sioux Kay
#355272
Ulrich’s Kingpin
#458275
Ulrich’s Many Coups
#211687
Ulrich’s Queen Bea
#382776
Buzzi Queen
#189840
Kingpin’s Buffalo
#616356
Chief Pepper Cloud
#T-339523
DJ’s Bugle Boy
#474293
Warlocks Princess
#382414
Buffalo Princes
#5225192
Buffalo Bill
#F-2277
Buffalo’s Tama To
#240013
Burnside’s Tama
#20407
Gary and Judith Combs
9828 East 640 Co Rd North
Greensburg, IN 47240
(812)662-6807
Quality Foundation bred Weanlings, Yearlings and Two year Olds by Kingpin
for sale with Bloodlines going back to the Argentina Appaloosas.
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A D V E R TISIN G R A T E S
FULL PAGE ..........................................
HALF PAGE ..........................................
QUARTER PAGE .................................
BREEDER’S DIRECTORY ...................
Members
Non-Members
$40.00
$20.00
$10.00
$10.00*
$100.00
$ 50.00
$ 30.00
Not Available
(Breeder’s Directory ad includes farm name, your name
& address, up to two phone numbers, stallion’s name &
description, specialty, and a general location of your
farm)
*Contract a one year Breeder’s Directory ad for $40.00
and your ad will placed on the FAHR website for no
additional charge
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING ~ $ .20 per word with a $5.00 minimum
FREE “HORSE WANTED” ADS
FAHR offers free horse wanted ads to members & non-members, so if you know of someone who is looking for that
certain mount and you are unable to supply their needs, maybe another FAHR member would have just the right horse
for them. Pass the word about our free horse wanted ads.
DEADLINES
April/May/June 2004 Issue
July/August/September 2004 Issue
October/November/December 2004 Issue
January/February/March 2005 Issue
May 1, 2004
August 1, 2004
November 1, 2004
February 1, 2005
Payment must be enclosed with your ad. Checks or Money Orders only—NO CASH PLEASE!
Send to:
FOUNDATION APPALOOSA HORSE REGISTRY, INC.
P.O. BOX 15314
FORT WAYNE, IN 46885-5314
(please remember to always send original photographs with your ad copy.
FEE SCHEDULE
MEMBERSHIP AVAILABLE
REGISTRATION FEES
Annual Renewable Couple Membership
(husband and wife)
$35.00
Annual Renewable Single Membership
$20.00
Family Annual Renewable Memberhsip
$40.00
Youthtime Membership (expires when youth
$40.00
Member Registration fee
$10.00
Non-Member Registration fee
$20.00
Transfer fee
$ 5.00
Miscellaneous fee (lost certificates, changing of $ 5.00
sex, correcting error past 30 days)
reaches age 18)
Youth Annual Renewable Membership
Membership and Registration Applications
available upon request
$10.00
(U.S. funds apply to all rates—other countries please
add $15.00 postage fee per year in U.S. funds)
(Stallion and Transfer Reports also available upon request)
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FAHR L OGO C LOTHING
FAHR is proud to offer to the membership several fine
items of clothing with an embroidered FAHR logo on
them. We are offering for sale an excellent quality
Carhart shirt. These shirts are of a casual design and
will promote FAHR at your favorite equine activities. The
long sleeve shirts went over so well at the annual meeting that we are offering a short sleeve shirt, too. The
clothing are in men’s sizes, so please be sure of your
size before ordering, as we cannot offer refunds or
exchanges.
We are unable to keep an inventory due to the cost of
the shirts, however, FAHR will place two orders a year
for the clothing items. In the fall we hope to add a jacket
with the logo, as well. All items are to be paid prior to
the order being placed. Make all checks payable to
FAHR and submit check and order form to the FAHR
office. I’m sure you will agree that Carhart clothing is
well made and worth the price.
We are also offering a hat with the FAHR logo embroidered on the front and the words “Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry” across the back. The shirts and
hats are a beige color and the hat has a black bill. The
lettering is black and the logo is black and brown with
gray and red feathers and a slate blue tip on the arrow.
They are both very attractive!
Order your FAHR items now so you can show your support for the Foundation Appaloosa breed horse.
Order Deadlines:
Sizes Available: Small, Med, Lg, xlg
xxlg, xxxlg and Talls
1st Order : Feb. 15th, 2004
2nd Order : Aug 15th, 2004
Qty
Item
Size
Cost
Total Cost
______
Long Sleeve Shirt
______
$47.00
__________
______
Short Sleeve Shirt
______
$44.00
__________
______
Hat (one size fits all)
$14.00
__________
Grand Total: __________
Ship to:
Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________
Phone : _______________________________________
FAHR Member # _________________
All orders must be paid in full by check to the FAHR office along with the above information. No refunds or exchanges . . . no exceptions!
Foundation Appaloosa Horse Registry, Inc.
P.O. Box 15314
Send completed order form and payment to:
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F A H R R E GIS T E R E D H O RS E S 562-569
FAHR 562 - RRR LWS Finest, ApHC 571345, Mare, Foaled 02/08/1998 Texas
Breeder: Sandra Socia, Jacksonville, Texas
Owner: Deanna K. Brown, Gladewater, Texas
Description: Dark Bay or Brown/white with spots over body and hips/no face markings/no leg markings
Sire: BJS Lone Warrior, ApHC 501660
Dam: Cheyenne Lacy Que, ApHC 517603
FAHR 563 - Apaches Eagle Vision, ApHC 565241, Stallion, Foaled 05/15/97 Washington
Breeder: Francis Farmer, Arlington, Washington
Owner: Francis Farmer, Arlington, Washington
Description: Black/white with spots over loin and hips/star and snip/ LF-partial coronet/LH-no leg markings/
RF-inside heel/RH-no leg markings.
Sire: Apaches McLeo Bar, ApHC 518682
Dam: Lcneleganttiffany, ApHC 482369
FAHR 564 - Pratt Im May Storm, ApHC 536371, Mare, Foaled 7/26/94 Oregon
Breeder: Alice Pratt, Sweet Home, Oregon
Description: Bay/white over body and hips/star, stripe and snip/LF-no leg markings/LH-partial ankle/
RF-no leg markings/RH-no leg markings.
Sire: Pratts Fire Storm, ApHC 483583
Dam: Pratts In May 2, ApHC 445965
FAHR 565 - Apaches Golden Eagle, ApHC 590275, Mare, Foaled 05/26/1999 Washington
Description: Bay/white with spots over loin and hips/no face markings/no leg markings
Dam: Lcneleganttiffany, ApHC 482369
FAHR 566 - Apaches Nugget Queen, ApHC 605094, Mare, Foaled 05/27/2001 Washington
Description: Chestnut:/white with spots over body and hips/star, stripe and snip/LF-partial stocking/
LH-partial stocking/RF-partial stocking/RH-partial stocking
Sire: Apacheschancenugget, ApHC 555576
Dam: Apachesnuggetdestany, ApHC 605087
FAHR 567- Apaches Firestorm Fox, ApHC 606308, Stallion, Foaled 06/09/2001 Washington
Description: Bay/roan over hips/ star/RH-partial pastern
Dam: Apaches Fire Fox, ApHC 552790
FAHR 568 - Apaches Rainy Day, ApHC 615689, Mare, Foaled 05/15/2001 Washington
Description: Chestnut:/white with spots over loin and hips/no face markings/no leg markings
Sire: Apaches Storm Eagle, ApHC 552792
Dam: Nugget’s Brianna, ApHC 537069
FAHR 569 - Apaches Easternugget, ApHC 605070, Stallion, Foaled 04/11/1998 Washington
Description: Bay/white with spots over body and hips/star/LF-Lightning marks/LH-lightning marks/
RF-lightning marks/RH-lightning marks/this horse is a twin
Dam: Nugget’s Brianna, ApHC 537069
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FAHR 570 - Apaches Raven Dancer, ApHC 589239, Stallion, Foaled 04/03/1999 Washington
Description: Black/white with spots over loin and hips/no face markings/no leg markings
Sire: Apache Bar Dancer, 530799
Dam: Apaches Raven Beauty, ApHC 539899
FAHR 571 - Apaches Firebird, ApHC 605065, Mare, Foaled 05/02/2001 Washington
Description: Bay/white with spots over loin and hips/star/RH-partial ankle
Dam: Apaches Raven Beauty, ApHC 539899
FAHR 572 - Apaches Minidoka Max, ApHC 581940, Stallion, Foaled 01/17/1999 Washington
Description: Dark bay or brown/white with spots over loin and hips/no face markings/no leg markings
Dam: Raggity Ann, ApHC 287558
FAHR 573 - Apaches Shilo, ApHC 613577, Stallion, Foaled 05/17/2000 Washington
Description: Black/white with spots over body and hips/no face markings/LF-lightning marks/LH-lightning marks/
RF-lightning marks/RH-lightning marks
Sire: Apaches Storm Eagle, ApHC 552792
Dam: Nuggets Brianna, ApHC 537069
FAHR 574 - Colida’s Sunrise, ApHC 540677, Mare, Foaled 8/27/94 Mississippi
Breeder: Thomas W. Toler Jr., Bay Springs, Mississippi
Owner: Bill Wicklund or Merry (Meredith Ann) Wicklund, Soper, Oklahoma
Description: White/spots over entire body/no face markings/LF-no leg markings/LH-no leg markings/
RF-no leg markings/RH-lightning marks/bay spots and varnish marks
Sire: Colida’s Goldner, ApHC 152099
Dam: Fancy Pla, ApHC N505596
FAHR 575 - HR Dance In The Lite, ApHC 621408, Stallion, Foaled 06/05/2002 Ohio
Breeder: Bill Wicklund, Soper, Oklahoma
Owner: Bill Wicklund, Soper, Oklahoma
Description: Bay Roan/white over body and hips/no face markings/no leg markings/few bay spots
Sire: HR Dance Cowboy Jack, FAHR 418, ApHC 564019
Dam: Pratts Chip Lass, FAHR 419, ApHC 547165
FAHR 576 - HR Shikoba Tohbi, ApHC 621635, Stallion, Foaled 04/29/2003 Oklahoma
Breeder: Bill Wicklund or Debra K. Wicklund, Soper, Oklahoma
Owner: Bill Wicklund, Soper, Oklahoma
Description: Black/white with spots over back and hips/star, stripe and snip/LF-heel/LH-partial ankle/
RH-partial half stocking
Sire: Pratts Toby IV, ApHC 462810
Dam: Pratt Vela Chip, FAHR 420, ApHC 538932
FAHR 577 - Messers Kid Diamond, ApHC 606575, Stallion, Foaled 05/23/2001 Washington
Breeder: Jerome P. Messer or Kelly P. Messer, Moses Lake, Washington
Owner: Tom Carter or Virginia E. Carter, El Cajon, California
Description: Blue Roan/white with spots over entire body/no face markings/LF-lightning marks/RF-lightning marks
Sire: Apache’s Kid Galahad, FAHR 66, ApHC 522313
Dam: Jungle’s Mistery, ApHC 511776
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FAHR 578 - Arrive In Style, ApHC 615770 (ApHCC-41863), Stallion, Foaled 04/25/2001 Canada
Breeder: Marlene Neudorf, Fenwick, Ontario
Owner: Marlene Neudorf, Fenwick, Ontario
Description: Bay Roan/white with spots over entire body/star, stripe and snip/LF-lightning marks/LH-lightning marks/
RF-lightning marks/RH-lightning marks/white tipped ears
Sire: Executivedecision, ApHCC-35742
Dam: High Bars Fancy, ApHC 424049
FAHR 579 - Best Of Intentions, ApHC 594170, Stallion, Foaled 04/07/2000 North Dakota
Breeder: Leon B. Klocke or Rhonda Klocke, Fessenden, North Dakota
Owner: Sarah Louise Curtis, Greenback, Tennessee
Description: Bay/white with spots over body and hips/star/LH-lightning marks
Sire: Hardworkinman, ApHC 518092
Dam: Hideafireinthedark, ApHC 529162
FAHR 580 - GKC Miss Valentine, ApHC N611584, Mare, Foaled 02/12/2002 Michigan
Breeder: Velton Robinson, Laurel, Mississippi
Owner: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan
Description: Bay/star, stripe and snip/LF-partial ankle/LH-partial half stocking/RF-partial ankle/RH-partial half stocking
Sire: Robinson Lilrich Man, ApHC 573541
Dam: Sammi Comanche, FAHR 457, ApHC 494907
FAHR 581 - GKC R Foxy Dancer, ApHC 615111, Mare, Foaled 04/26/2002 Michigan
Breeder: Kathleen M. Conklin or Glenn Conklin, Fremont, Michigan
Owner: Kathleen M. Conklin or Glenn Conklin, Fremont, Michigan
Description: Dun/white with spots over body and hips/star, stripe and snip/LH-half stocking/
RH-partial half stocking/roan over entire body
Sire: Jeddobright Sundance, FAHR 325 , ApHC 552134
Dam: Call Me Shannon, ApHC 483464
FAHR 582 - GKC Iron Eyes, ApHC N615741, Stallion, Foaled 05/15/2002 Michigan
Breeder: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan
Description: Dun/star/no leg markings
Sire: Jeddobright Sundance, FAHR 325, ApHC 552134
Dam: Robinson Go Honey, FAHR 326, ApHC 584325
FAHR 583 - GKC Gingersnap Spice, ApHC N615742, Mare, Foaled 05/16/2002 Michigan
Breeder: Kathleen M. Conklin, Fremont, Michigan
Description: Chestnut/star, stripe and snip/LF-partial stocking/LH-partial half stocking/RF-partial stocking/
RH-partial stocking
Sire: Jeddobright Sundance, FAHR 325, ApHC 552134
Dam: Robinson Plauditte, FAHR 393, ApHC N584329
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Current FAHR Registry Transfer Listing
FAHR 280 - Eagles Thunderntoby, ApHC 587226, Stallion, Foaled 8/7/99 Washington
(TRANSFERRED TO DEANNA K. BROWN, GLADEWATER, TEXAS ON 07/09/03)
FAHR 10 - Kuetan’s Ty -Sha, ApHC 447538, Mare, Foaled 04/06/86 Oregon
(TRANSFERRED TO EDNA STREET, ROCHESTER, WASHINGTON ON 07/28/03)
FAHR 104 - Tobys’ Trouble, ApHC 435552, Mare, Foaled 3/26/85 Indiana
(TRANSFERRED TO EDNA STREET, ROCHESTER, WASHINGTON ON 07/28/03)
FAHR 262 - Ulrich Esperanza, ApHC 465133, Mare, Foaled 8/20/87 Ohio
(TRANSFERRED TO LORRAINE H. ROBINSON, TALLAPOOSA, GEORGIA ON 7/28/03)
FAHR 262 - Ulrich Esperanza, ApHC 466133, Mare, Foaled 8/20/87 Ohio
(TRANSFERRED TO PAMELA D. MERRITT, DOTHAN, ALABAMA ON 7/28/03)
FAHR 488 - Blue Windsong Prize. ApHC 599453, Mare, Foaled 03/22/2000 Michigan
(TRANSFERRED TO MAX D. STERRETT, SPRINGFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA ON 08/08/03)
FAHR 88 - Polar Birdsong, ApHC 493111, Mare, Foaled 05/08/90 Michigan
FAHR 89 - Eclat’s Surprise, ApHC 545331, Mare, Foaled 04/13/95 Michigan
FAHR 147 - DRC Flashy As Can Be, ApHC CN561935, Mare, Foaled 04/12/97 New Jersey
(TRANSFERRED TO SUSAN SPIRIDIGLIOZZI AND DANIELLE SPIRIDIGLIOZZI ON 08/25/03)
FAHR 427 - Dream Makers Mesa, ApHC 603793, Stallion, Foaled 05/15/2001 Minnesota
(TRANSFERRED TO LYNDA ANN PORTER OR THOMAS PORTER, CADOTT, WISCONSIN ON 09/10/03)
FAHR 473 - Dream Makers Cimaron, ApHC 612715, Stallion, Foaled 06/20/2002 Minnesota
(TRANSFERRED TO LYNDA ANN PORTER OR THOMAS PORTER, CADOTT, WISCONSIN ON 09/10/03)
FAHR 303 - Neemeepoos Chataqua, ApHC 563437, Stallion, Foaled 06/10/1997 Montana
(TRANSFERRED TO IRENE C. SMITH, COHOCTON, NEW YORK ON 09/15/03)
Corrections To FAHR Registry
FAHR 553 - Kits Canyon Nugget, ApHC 612410, Gelding, Foaled 05/03/2002 Kansas
Breeder: Ramon L. Laurie, Russell, Kansas
Owner: Ramon L. Laurie, Russell, Kansas
(TRANSFERRED TO REECE A. LAURIE, OTTAWA, KANSAS ON 11/24/2003)
Description: Bay/white with bay spots over back and hips/star, stripe and snip/LF-partial half stocking/
LH-partial ankle/RF-partial half stocking/RH-partial coronet
Sire: Chared Pooses Nugget, ApHC 566099
Dam: Dudes Surprise, FAHR 353, ApHC 591720
(Note: The above registration was missing the description in the last Tidings, sorry for the error.)
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DID Y O U K N O W ?
The high selling horse at the 16th National Show in 1963 was Chub's Powderface who sold for $3800
and was raised by John L. Taylor, Wolf Point, Montana.
Chubs Powderface ApHC #24219
Appaloosa News ~ October, 1963
(Note: By 1963 standards, $3800 would be considered a sizeable amount of money.
Check those pedigrees . . . perhaps Chub's Powderface can be found in one of yours.)
A T T E N TI O N!!
As always, FAHR will correct any errors we have made.
Please let us know if you see anything in this publication that is incorrect.
Thanks to everyone for taking an interest in FAHR Tidings.
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IT WILL TAKE TEAMWORK
TO REACH OUR GOAL
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