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Pedigree Note: Where there are questions or gaps in information, I either put both names, a question mark, or nothing at all pending further research. Quarter Horse's (QH) registration numbers are given when available with a # and number, such as #0000003 (Joe Reed's number btw). Thoroughbred's registration, as provided through AQHA, are marked T0065983 (Three Bar's number). Some horses are so identified with their registration number, they are presented that way for example King #0000234 is shown as King P-234 and Joe Reed #0000003 as Joe Reed P-3. If I know the horse was a QH but that it does not have an AQHA number (perhaps because they were bred before the AQHA was formed) I've put QH, likewise the Thoroughbreds either TB or Tbred. If I didn't know either way, it's blank. Whenever possible the year and color has been included and I'll try to insert links to other sites with more information about that paticular horse. I've tried to include whether the horse was bred in Great Britain, Ireland, or the colonies and when a horse was imported. These pedigree forms have all been created for this site from an original form I used to build Hope's pedigree over five years ago at SitStay.com. Please forgive any typos you may find! ALL information has been entered here by hand by me as a labor of love- often in the wee hours of the morning and from notes scribbled on note paper or post-its, some as old as 10 years. If you spot an error, please send the information to HDQH so it can be corrected.
Personal thoughts on pedigrees: I deliberately studied the line breeding in Hope's lineage and tried my best to breed to a stallion that was line bred Leo through Leo San and King P234 with specific TB horses as out-crosses to keep the concentration from being too intense. Peppy Tar Boy "Pepper" was chosen for Hope based on three years of research. Today, looking at Sunday, I see the Invester and Leo San and I feel she's the spitting image of Leo San Simone. Sunday has her mother's courage, stubborness, and feet, and her father's conformation and quickness. She also carries King/Poco Bueno coloring and instincts, with Leo's famous inner thigh muscles and tenacity. She also has "Matchem's Arms" a term our ancestor's used to call the white hairs at the base of the tail we now call rabicano. This color pattern was attributed by many horsemen for generations to the racing legend, Matchem. Likewise, when I look at Gryphon who was line bred through Top Deck to Man o' War and to Three Bars through Barred and Breeze Bar, I see the body and coloring of one of my equine heroes, Man o' War, and his famous son, War Admiral. Fortunately, though, he got Bold Ruler's disposition and Native Dancer's heart! Pedigrees can help you decide who to breed to based on what you want to do- cut cattle, jump, race, weekend trail ride, or find the perfect baby sitter for a youngster just starting out. Lineage can sometimes help determine conformation, personality, and suitability. Having said that, in my opinion, equine genetics is like human genetics, unpredictable. I feel that, like human beings, every horse whether it is pedigreed and blessed with the best feed and vet care, or native/feral and surviving on wits and native grasses, is graced with a spark and given something special, be it a gift of courage, beauty, tenacity, versatility, endurance, ability to pass on greatness, intelligence, speed, or heart. Pedigrees can not guaranty this, but they can trace it. Look at AQHA's Traveler - a work horse found pulling a scraper for the rail road, he was of unknown breeding yet when given the chance, he proved he had speed, power, and intelligence to spare. This unknown is today recognized as one of the Foundation Sires of the American Quarter Horse and many AQHA Hall of Fame horses trace their lineage back to him. God bless John Cooper for seeing past the age and the scars in the old work horse. Traveler was described by George Clegg as having "...the shortest back and the biggest butt" in a quote from "Quarter Horse, A Story of Two Centuries" by Robert Moorman Denhardt. In my opinion pedigrees can do more than help us make the right match for the job. I also feel they remind us of our own history and allow us to remember the ones who came before, the people and the horses who made a place not only in the history books, but in our hearts and imaginations. Warriors and generals such as Alexander and Bucephalus, George Washington and his favorite hunter, Nelson, who was with him before the war and carried him faithfully to the end of it - even surviving Valley Forge. Others have found their way into legend, like Robert E. Lee and his beloved Traveller and Stonewall Jackson and Little Sorrel aka Fancy. By the way, Traveller (English spelling chosen by Lee) was a registered TB by the name of Jeff Davis and was sired by one of the greatest racers of their day, Grey Eagle. Horses are living history and pedigrees are their history books. To paraphrase a line from William Shakespeare's The Tempest - "Such are the things dreams are made of."
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