Peter McCue

He was one of the greatest sires of the American Quarter Horse breed. Sired by DAN TUCKER out of NORA M, he was foaled at Samuel Watkins' Little Grove Stock Farm on February 23, 1895. The 16-hand bay horse had tremendous speed. Watkins often raced him at the track on the Menard County Fairgrounds in Petersburg, IL. As a sire, Peter McCue was a legend, stamping his offspring with his speed and the physical characteristic of the early American QH breed. His influence as a sire spread west when he was purchased by breeders in Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado. Peter McCue sired Chief an Sheik, American Quarter Horse Association foundation sires, as well as Harmon Baker, Badger and Hickory Bill, the great grand sire of Wimpy, awarded AQHA's registration number 1. Peter McCue died in 1923 at the age of 28. In 1991 he was inducted into the Am Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.

Hollywood Gold

(1940 Dun Stallion) Was a famous cutting horse. His record of winnings included: Superior Performance Stallion; AQHA CHampion Sire; NCHA Get Money-earners; ROM Performance Sire; Performance Point Earner; Halter Point Earner Sire; Hall of Fame Sire (NCHA).

His most outstanding get are

Hollywood Gold also was listed as a Leading Sire of ROM arena offspring.

Chief of Fourmile

Foaled 6/13/1952, Black Appaloosa Stallion from Pullman, WA. Sire was Piccolo, dam Kamiak Trizie. He was a three time National Performance Horse winner from 1955-58, and only horse to win this title 3 times. He was a winner in many regional events. A popular painting of this horse drew the attention to the Appaloosa breed. He sired 197 foals.

Wapiti

Foaled 5/15/1955, Bay Appaloosa Staion from Colorado. Sire was Gold Heels (AQHA), dam was Caudroon (QH). He is one of the Appaloosa breed's most influential foundation sires. He placed in top 3 in Get-of-Sire classes in 1968 to 1970. He sired 218 registered foals with a total of 268 performance points (by 4 horses), 192 halter points (by 8 horses), 6 bronze medallions, 5 Register of Merit winners, 1 Superior Halter and 2 Superior Performance winners.

Foaled 7/21/1941, Blue Roan Appaloosa stallion from Colorado and California. Sire was Red Dog (QH), dame was Blue Vitriol. He was the 1962 National Champion Get-of-Sire, in the top 3 Get-of-Sire in 1957, 1963, and 1966. He was an influential sire and during the 1960s was greatly responsible for the promotion of the Appaloosa breed by way of his extensive campaigning and public appearances. joker B sired 196 registered foals. He died in 1966/

Zippo Pine Bar

Foaled 1969, Sorrel Quarter Horse. Sire was Zippo Pat Bars, dam Dollie Pine. ZIppo's show record includes: Superior Performance, 1972 Western Performance; AQHA High Point Horse, 1972 WR, JR WR; AQHA Champion; ROM Performance 1972 Offspring; Performance Point Earner; Halter Point Earner; Hall of Fame, 2000 AQHA Inductee. His stallion record includes: World Champion Sire; Reserve World CHampion; Top Ten World Show Sire; Superior Halter Sire; Superior Performance Sire; AQHA High Point Performance Stallion Sire; AQHA Reserve High Point Performance Stallion Sire; AQHA Champion Sire; ROM Halter and Performance Sire; Performance and Halter Point Hearner Sire; Pleasure Get Money-earners. He is ranked #1 All-Time leading Sire of AWHA points earned by progeny in Offspring Halter and Performance classes as of January 1, 1999. He's #12 AQHA All-Time Leading Sire by the number of registered progeny. He has many high point Offspring Halter and Performance get; they number in the hundreds. He has many Leading Sire awards, and also #1 Leading Performance Paternal Grandsire!! Zippo Pine Bar's specialties are Western Pleasure, English Performance and Halter.

I pray the gentle hands may guide my feet.
I ask for kind commands from voices sweet.
At night a stable warm with scented had,
where, safe from every harm, I'll sleep til day.

That the American Quarter Horse Association and MD Barns are teamed together to recognize an American Quarter Hose that has made a significant impact on the lives of others, or who has been cast in the spotlight creating a positive image for the breed?

The are looking for a horse for this year's award. Past winners of this prestigious award are:

• Rugged Lark - Two time AQHA World Show Superhorse and American Quarter Horse Ambassador
• Plain Justin Bar - "Cisco" the equine star of "Dances with Wolves"
• Gills Bay Boy - "Scamper" Charmayne James mount who electrified rodeo audiences throughout the U.S. winning the barrel racing evnts and bringing fame to his rider for almost 10 years
• Docs Keepin Time - Star of Black Beauty movie
• Kool Kue Baby - World Champion racing American Quarter Horse who was featured in USA Today and Southwest Airlines Spirit magazine

We wonder who will be the horse this year!

Can you answer these? They are our heritage.

1. Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
2. Who was Betsy Ross?
3. Three Presidents died on July 4th, can you name them?
4. What battle, the largest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere, was fought over the first 3 days of July? What Year?

In honor of the passing of Abdullah, we will include some interesting facts about this famous Breyer horse.

1. Abdullah, a white horse, was show jumping long before Gem Twist rose to fame - since the 1980s
2. A German-bred Trakehner, Abdullak was born in 1970 in Canada.
3. Abdullah's dam, Abiza was purchased by Sue and Terry Williams at a Canadian farm, following her return from a trip overseas to be bred to Donauwind.
4. Abdullah and his rider Conrad Homfeld, won team gold and silver medals in 1984 at the Los Angeles Olympics.
5. In 1985, Abdulla became the World Cup Champion in Berlin, Germany.
6. And in 1986, Abdullah became World Champion in Aachen, Germany.
7. Together with Homfeld at the reins, Abdullah performed at show jumping with the ease as if passing a dressage test, and his moves appeared as if each were carefully calculated.
8. In 1989, Abdullah was retired from show jumping, and was honored the same year by Breyer as model #817.
9. Abdullah's second career began and as a breeding stallion he was approved of by both the Trakehner and Hanoverian breed associations.
10. Among his gets are 9 AHSA Horse of the Year recipients, as well as many international hunter and jumper futurity champions and grand prix winners.
11. Abdullah's other offspring are also enjoying success in the areas of dressage and three-day eventing.
12. On January 5, [2000], Abdullah died; following complications from an emergency surgery to treat a severe colic, he was humanely put down.
13. Abdullah was 29 years old - may he be remembered as his legacy lives on in his offspring.

With the passing of Marguerite Henry last year, model #20 Misty has been retired in hor original colors and reissued as a new pony in a different color. Misty was especially prized by Ms. Henry, author of Misty of Chincoteague and many other horse stories. And when she was made into a model, the first issue was sent to Ms. Henry. While she was elated to have one of her characters sculpted into a Breyer mold, the first Mistys were not right! Misty's eye-circle was on the wrong side! Ms. Henry immediately contacted Breyer Molding Ocmpany and told them how excited she was and about the eye-circle. breyer quickly reacted and promptly changed the circle to the correct eye, but not before some of the models had left the factory (these of course are ghighly prized by collectors). With all the wonderful stories that Marguerite Henry wrote, we are all sure to miss her creative pen.

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