Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
King was born June 25, 1932, the offspring of Zantanon and Jabalina. [1] Originally named Buttons by his breeder, [ 2 ] he was renamed King when he was registered with the AQHA as number 234. He was a bay stallion , bred by Manuel Benavides Volpe of Laredo, Texas , and owned at the time of registration by Jess L. Hankins of Rocksprings, Texas ...
Wimpy sired over a hundred and fifty foals for the King Ranch, before he was given in 1958 to George Clegg, who had bred Old Sorrel. However, Clegg was forced to sell Wimpy to Rex Cauble, who owned the stallion until Wimpy died on August 13, 1959, when Wimpy was twenty-two years old.
The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum was created by the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas. Ground breaking construction of the Hall of Fame Museum began in 1989. [ 1 ]
Royal King was a 1943 sorrel stallion registered with the AQHA as number 2392. He was bred by Felton Smathers of Llano, Texas and owned at the time of registration by Whiteside and Albin of Sipe Springs, Texas.
Poco Bueno was a brown American Quarter Horse stallion foaled April 10, 1944. [1] He was sired by King P-234 and out of the mare Miss Taylor who was by Old Poco Bueno. [1] Poco Bueno was named for his maternal grandsire, and the name means pretty good in Spanish. [2]
A famous sire of Quarter Horses, Three Bars (1940–1968) was a registered Thoroughbred racehorse before going on to become a member of the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1989.
The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas, United States, is an international organization dedicated to the preservation, improvement and record-keeping of the American Quarter Horse. The association sanctions many competitive events and maintains the official registry.
When the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) was founded in 1940, The Old Sorrel was already twenty-five years old, but the King Ranch registered him amongst the very first horses that the AQHA accepted for registration. He was given number 209 in the registry, and registered as bred by George Clegg of Alice, Texas.