Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Old Sorrel, sometimes known as The Old Sorrel (1915–1945), was a Quarter Horse stallion who was the foundation of the King Ranch linebreeding program for Quarter Horses, and the cornerstone of the King Ranch horse breeding program.
The Suffolk Horse, also historically known as the Suffolk Punch or Suffolk Sorrel, [1] is an English breed of draught horse. The first part of the name is from the county of Suffolk in East Anglia, and the word "punch" is an old English word for a short stout person. [2] It is a heavy draught horse which is always chestnut in colour.
The skin will darken as the foal becomes older. Skin depigmentation is not always seen in chestnut foals. A chestnut foal with body-clipped head and neck, showing two-toned hair shaft, lighter at the roots. The chestnut or sorrel color, genetically considered "red", is caused by one of two recessive alleles at the extension locus (genetics).
Custer's favorite horse Little Sorrel (also Old Sorrel) Stonewall Jackson: Jackson was fatally wounded while riding Little Sorrel at the Battle of Chancellorsville; Little Sorrel is buried on the Virginia Military Institute parade deck mere feet from Jackson's famous statue Lookout: Joseph Hooker: Named after the Battle of Lookout Mountain ...
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 world’s oldest known wild bird has sparked “special joy” among scientists after she laid an egg – her first in four years – at the age of 74.
Two Eyed Jack was foaled in 1961, a sorrel stallion bred by H. H. Mass. His sire was Two D Two, a descendant of Old Sorrel. Two D Two's dam was a linebred Little Joe mare, Little Joe being a son of Traveler. Triangle Tookie was a daughter of Grey Badger III, and a granddaughter of Grey Badger II. Tookie's dam traced back to Joe Hancock P-455. [1]
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!