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and stood at Belle Meade from 1887 to
1899. He died in 1899. Iroquois was sired by *Leamington and out of Maggie B.B. Maggie B.B. was a great mare sired by Australian and out of Madeline, who was sired by Boston and out of Magnolia by *Glencoe.
Our late friend and pedigree researcher Lloyd Gary had reason to believe that Iroquois is in the pedigree of the great Della Moore, the dam of Joe Reed P-3. He believes that Iroquois stood in Louisiana, but the book Belle Meade Bloodlines shows that Iroquois lived out his life at the Belle Meade Stud and that he didn’t stand anywhere else. But, it was common for breeders to take mares from around the country to the stallions standing at Belle Meade. It is also probable that the Iroquois that Gary found in his research was a son of the Belle Meade Iroquois.
The pedigree of Della Moore as researched by Gary shows that Dedier (Old D J) was the sire of Della Moore. The third dam of Dedier was Ella by Iroquois. The
dam of Della Moore was Belle, who was out of Dilly by Ella by Iroquois. This makes Della Moore double bred to Ella with a breeding pattern of 4 X 3.
Now, as we look at the stallions of Belle Meade, we can readily see that
this stallion station was a key link in
the development of the modern Quarter Horse. We can also see that the Belle Meade stallions were a combination of outstanding bloodlines from America and England. This is especially significant when we see all the multiple crosses
to Web, Whalebone and Whisker that appear in these stallions. The contribution of these siblings shows the ongoing succession of great bloodlines that have flowed down through the generations. Without Belle Meade Stud, the Quarter Horse would be different today, and we might not be talking about horses like Peter McCue and Joe Reed in the modern Quarter Horse and the line of succession that flowed from the Belle Meade Stud.
Top Deck (shown here), who has four crosses to Broomstick, is the sire of noted Quarter Horses Go Man Go and Moon Deck, the sire of Jet Deck.
The Thoroughbred stallion Piggin String (shown here) was a 2-time AQHA Champion and the sire of AQHA Champion Rukin String.
One of the prominent stallions
used by Hank Wiescamp was the Quarter Horse Plaudit (shown here), who traces back to Bonnie Scotland.
Without Belle Meade Stud, the Quarter Horse would be different today
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