Courtesy quarter horse journal condensed version of chapter 4 from the new book king p234, by frank holmes. When bred to leo, julie w produced flit, the dam of kings pistol, 1957 ncha world champion cutting horse and aqha champion. The colts sire, zantanon by little joe, was considered the man owar of mexico. But like many great stallions, he overcame the obstacles to enter the aqha hall of fame as a sire with a deep and lasting influence on the breed. Their name is derived from the straight quarter mile track they ran during americas first foray into equestrian racing. Working lines cee bars at the burnett ranch by larry thornton cee bars stands in front of the famous 6666 barn. Flit would go on to produce some great horses including kings pistol, the first stallion to be named an ncha world champion cutting horse. This intense interest led to a long career as a prolific writer and student of quarter horse pedigrees and the. This book also features a history of the american quarter horse associations early registration policies. The only color photo of king p234 that i have found. American quarter horse association official stud book and registry combined books 12345 amarillo, texas. In the kingdom of quarter horses, there are many legends, but there is only one king king. Harlans descendants include 17 aqha champions and one world champion among 403 aqharegistered foals.
Every horse on the ranch descends from peppy san badger or mr. King p234 likely the only significant contribution that i can make on the subject is that most of the photos we see of him were taken when he was very old, and his neck had thickened badly. As a former staff writer for western horseman magazine, holmes coauthored volumes 2 through 7 of the legends series, and authored the hank wiescamp story. No self respecting reiner or cutter ever knowingly rides a horse without a few crosses to king. Lowell hankins said he had the most unbelievable disposition id ever seen on a horse and he passed it on to his colts and fillies. Nov 10, 2017 the quarter horse is a breed of horse that was bred to race a specific distance. Album album album album album album presenting auctions by scootinscotti proudly serving the ebay community since 1999 save on shipping by winning multiple auctions. Paul were short horse enthusiasts that were a part of this racing society. Of the 2016 inductees, parkers trouble is a descendant of zantanon, bringing the total to 23. King 19321958, often known as king p234, was an outstanding early quarter horse stallion who influenced the breed throughout the early years of the american quarter horse association or aqha. One of the continuing aspects of a good ranchbreeding program is the introduction of new blood into the breeding herd. Every horse on king ranch is a descendant of old sorrel, the foundation sire of king ranch, and one of the foundation sires of the american quarter horse breed. He has been the most inbred, linebred, outcrossed and starcrossed sire to ever grace the quarter horse industry. During the 1950s when the blood of three bars was just getting its hold into the quarter horse, the.
Skip kindra 2005 palomino this mare is outstanding in every way. The point is, countless articles and opinions say things like king who set the standard of quarter horse conformation for. The first family national foundation quarter horse. Little joe, the younger brother, went on to found a dynasty. Champion quarter running horse, and stella moore, the 1952 aqha champion quarter. He was black gold were during the summer his belly would get almost blonde but in winter coat was black all the way to the ground. King p234 foundation quarter horses has 3,879 members. He was a plain brown horse with no white markings at all. The same outstanding qualities found in wimpy were also passed on to two.
A stakes winner, this grandson of king p234 was line bred to old joe bailey. His entry into the showhorse business and subsequent growth in that field paralleled that of the quarter horse breed. Hank h became a successful short horse on the quarter tracks in oklahoma and arizona. The continental was an aqha champion with an rom performance record.
Foundation aqhaking king, one of the quarter horse industrys cornerstones. She is a dappled chocolate palomino with a super pedigree to fall back on. Gay widow was an aqha champion and a superior halter horse. King p234 foundation quarter horses public group facebook. In the kingdom of quarter horses, there are many legends, but there is only one king king p234. Stallion offspring record superior performance offspring aqha champion offspring, leading sires list. Strong statements, however, king p234 was a very special horse. Poco bueno was foaled in 1944 by king p 234 and out of miss taylor.
Quarter horses every horse on king ranch is a descendant of old sorrel, the foundation sire of king ranch, and one of the foundation sires of the american quarter horse breed. His race record included wins, 11 seconds, 5 thirds in 35 starts. Strong statements, however, king p 234 was a very special horse. King is on the all time leading broodmare sires of aqha champions list. Image detail for champion horse manowar poses with one poster by b. Pedigree for king, photos and offspring from the all breed horse pedigree database. Bee my sierra is the sire of world champion mare and a world show qualifier himself, son of sierra te 1984 world champion with over 100 pts in halter. Little joe national foundation quarter horse association. Foundation aqhaking p234 19321958 king, one of the quarter horse industrys cornerstones.
At one time, he owned more daughters of king than anyone outside the hankins family. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover. Considered by many the archetypical quarter horse, king had and still has more influence on the quarter horse breed than most of his contemporaries. His sire was king p234 and his dam was a mare named rocket laning that. Joe cody earned an aqha champion and a performance register of merit from the aqha. The first quarter horse registered in the american quarter horse association when it was founded in wimpy was grand champion at the fort worth fat stock show that year and was owned by the king ranch. He was from wharton by black gold king who was an own son of p234. Foundation aqha king king, one of the quarter horse industrys cornerstones. King was born june 25, 1932, the offspring of zantanon and jabalina. Its name is derived from its ability to outrun other horse breeds in races of a quarter mile or less.
His conformation set the standard for quarter horse judging for more than a decade. The american quarter horse is well known both as a race horse and for its performance in rodeos, horse shows and as a working ranch horse. Born in 1932 in texas, king p234 was a truly magnificent quarter horse stallion who set the standard for conformation in american quarter horse association aqha horse shows for decades. A look behind roany joe hancock mengers foundation. Gold king bailey was not only a racehorse but he had the distinction of being the only horse to ever stand grand champion palomino at halter at both fort worth and denver in the same year. Jim calhoun, owner and rider of kings pistol, felt the stallion got his heavy bone, serviceable conformation and easygoing disposition from the hancock side of the family. But his pedigree sure indicated that speed should not have been a problem. She was the 2002 american quarter horse association aqha world champion junior working cow horse and the 2001 nrcha cow horse classic champion. Frank also authored the following historic horse books. His conformation set the standard for quarter horse judging for more than a decade according to the information in legends 1. Rebel cause, the sire of iron rebel, was a champion on the track.
Once proclaimed as the greatest horse of his time, king has become one of the american quarter horse industrys cornerstones. Poco bueno x shady dell stallion show record aqha champion, 57 o rom performance, 57 o halter point earner performance point earner total points earned. According to the quarter horse magazine article, the story of band play that. The american quarter horse is the most popular breed in the united states today, and the american quarter horse association is the largest breed registry in the world, with almost 3 million living american quarter horses registered in 2014. Foundation aqha king p 234 19321958 king, one of the quarter horse industrys cornerstones. He was the 1961 co champion three year old quarter running horse and the champion aged quarter running stallion in 1962. Nov 10, 2010 cresson may was sired by rockspring by king p234. His get earned 1,123 halter points and 1,873 performance points, with six starting on the racetrack. She was a daughter of king p234, the sire of 20 aqha champions and an aqha hall of fame inductee. Rocksprings was used in the binion breeding program. When the quarter horse became the official breed, they joined the ranks of registered quar ter horse owners with hank h, the famous son of king p234. The american quarter horse, or quarter horse, is an american breed of horse that excels at sprinting short distances. Reserve world champion offspring, superior halter offspring 33 halter pt earners of 355 open pts, superior performance offspring 1 performance pt earners of 2,495 open pts, aqha champion offspring, race rom offspring, nrha and ncha.
American quarter horse association 1961 earnings for royal king retrieved in september 2017 ncha horse hall of fame retrieved on september 4, 2017. When the american quarter horse association aqha was founded in 1940, the founders agreed that the grand champion of the 1941 fort worth fat stock show would be recorded as number one in their stud book. Quarter horses were developed in century virginia, the first breed of horse to originate in the united states. In the early 20th century, there was no other breed of horse that could match the quarter horses speed over the quartermile distance. The burnett ranches or the four sixes, guthrie, tx, is a prime example. Mar 1, 20 the only color photo of king p234 that i have found. His sire was a product of the king ranch linebreeding program, as he was a son of wimpy p1 out of a daughter of old sorrel. Poco bueno was named for his maternal grandsire, and the name means pretty good in spanish. Lorelei hankins of rocksprings, texas has lived and breathed quarter horses all her life. On august 15, 2017 august 15, 2017 by avery in faith, horses, life 10 comments. In recent years he has authored wire to wirethe walter merrick story, spotted pride, and king p234. King 19321958, often known as king p234, was an outstanding early quarter horse stallion who influenced the breed throughout the early years of the.
What a difference that made to the american quarter horse. He was bred by felton smathers of llano, texas and owned at the time of registration by whiteside and albin of sipe springs, texas. Manowar, my first love, grade in the library saw a large book on him, picked it up and was looking thru it and the librarian saw me. Gay jay daughter of rey jay dam of freckles playboy. King brown legacy quarter horse all breed pedigree. The region of southeast texas in which both king possum and little joe were born was one of the absolute cradles of the american quarter horse. Royal king was a 1943 sorrel stallion registered with the aqha as number 2392. Cowboy pine johnson broke the brown stallion, and the pair found themselves in cutting fame. This honor went to king ranchs wimpy, a grandson of old sorrel.
Poco bueno a brown quarter horse stallion foaled april 10, 1944. Something so elemental as to embody all four of those concepts. The quarter horse is a breed of horse that was bred to race a specific distance. Poco bueno was foaled in 1944 by king p234 and out of miss taylor. Of the first four aqha champion daughters of king p234, mr. If all pictures dont load the first time you may need to refresh the page. Frank holmes has been penning horserelated feature articles and books for more than 40 years. Feb 17, 2017 gay widow was an aqha champion and a superior halter horse. Zantanon died in 1941, but today, american quarter horses from all disciplines trace to him, including king p234 and 21 other horses already inducted into the american quarter horse hall of fame. Depth charge your global connection to quarter horse racing. The american quarter horse is the most popular horse in michigan as it is in the united states as a whole. Gay bar king reference horse, breeding information. Reserve world champion offspring, superior halter offspring 33 halter pt earners of 355 open pts, superior performance offspring 1 performance pt earners of 2,495 open pts, aqha champion offspring, race rom offspring, nrha.
King p 234 stallion ad all the pretty horses, beautiful horses, animals beautiful. Oct 24, 2016 warren would sell leota w and keep flit as a broodmare. It happens i used to wear a 1512 collar, now a 17 is a little tight. His sire was king p234 and his dam was a mare named rocket laning that was eventually registered with the aqha as number 39,024.
Articles about quarter horses, paint horses, appaloosas and thoroughbred horses legendary horses. The first family foundation quarter horse association. King p234 was also the sire of many famous quarter horses including brown king h, royal king, kings pistol, gay widow, black gold king, poco bueno and. Condensed version of chapter 4 from the new book king p234, by. Owned for most of his life by jess hankins, king made a name. In the early 20th century, there was no other breed of horse that could match the quarter horses speed over the quartermile. Legions of quarter horse persons have said if it doesnt have king in the pedigree, i aint riding it. The bay colt was foaled june 25, 1932, on manuel benavides volpes ranch in laredo, texas. King p 234 likely the only significant contribution that i can make on the subject is that most of the photos we see of him were taken when he was very old, and his neck had thickened badly. Each chapter features a particular horse, and includes a story detailing the horses life, photographs, a fourgeneration pedigree, and a summary of the horses performance record and sire or production record. Bill cody, bred by the king ranch, was the 1952 aqha honor roll halter horse. The american quarter horse is the most popular horse in. The next stallion that warren brought into his breeding program was sugar bars by three bars. If you are interested in breeding to a king ranch stallion, all three studs the.
National foundation quarter horse journal novemberdecember 2005 page 36 the first family queen h, a 1936 sorrel mare by dan and out of a nail quarter mare, provided the distaff power for the first great king cross. Owned for most of his life by jess hankins, king made a name for hankins and his brothers by the colts he produced. King p234 cornerstone of an industry byfrank holmes softcover, in mint condition. The story of depth charge is filled with twists and turns. He was sired by the great quarter horse stallion king p234 and out of the mare miss taylor who was by old poco bueno.
Benny binions gelding was the 19464748 ncha open world champion cutting horse. Even prior to the formation of aqha, king p234 had put a number of. He was the first horse to achieve the world championship and he did it. Royal king was an outstanding cutting stallion and quarter horse sire from the early days of the. King, horses, animals, animales, animaux, horse, animal books, animal, animais.
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