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HARLAN
Harlan was foaled in 1951, sired by Hank
H and out of the Beetch’s Yellowjacket mare Dixie Beach. He was bred by Paul and Jack Smith of Indiahoma, Oklahoma, and was last owned by the Harlan Syndicate of Collinsville, Oklahoma. Harlan sired the earners of $15,241 in the National Cutting Horse Association
and one AQHA world champion. He sired 17 AQHA Champions. His get earned 1,123 halter points and 1,873 performance points. Six of his foals started on the racetrack. Eight foals earned Superiors. In 1965-66, Harlan was the leading get-of-sire winner. Harlan died in May 1973
of a stroke and was buried on Bob and JoAn Robey’s farm in Perkins, Oklahoma.
TIGER LEO
The 1958 sorrel stallion Tiger Leo was
by American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Leo and out of the Thoroughbred mare Connie by Reno Lion. He was bred by the late Bud Warren of Perry, Oklahoma, also a member of the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. After retiring from his AAA- rated racing career, Tiger Leo went to the show ring where he earned an AQHA Champion title and earned AQHA points in cutting, reining and halter. In the breeding shed, Tiger Leo was a versatile sire. Of his 482 foals, 91 point-earners earned 5,943.5 points in AQHA competition, as well as $94,380 in cutting and other performance events.
MR JESS PERRY
TRIPPY DIP
The 1976 Thoroughbred mare Trippy Dip, bred by S.F. Henderson of Odessa, Texas, earned $78,169 on the track and then went on to become the definition of a model broodmare, earning the AQHA Racing Dam of Distinction title. In all, the speedy mare produced 16 foals that shared her speed and earned $1.746 million on the track. Of 15 starters, seven earned black type. Her first foal, Calyx, was the first AQHA champion distance horse, and he has sired the earners
of more than $7 million. Trippy Dip’s 1987 daughter, Florentine, has also been recognized as a Dam of Distinction. Trippy Dip was euthanized in June 1999.
Mr Jess Perry is a leading sire of champion racehorses. The 1992 sorrel stallion was by Streakin La Jolla and out of the Sinn Fein mare Scoopie Fein, and was bred by Jesse Perry of Alexandria, Louisiana. Born to run, Mr Jess Perry was the AQHA racing Champion 2 Year Old and Champion 2-Year-Old Colt in 1994. In the breeding barn, Mr Jess Perry sired the earners of more than $52.7 million, making him one of only three Quarter Horse stallions to do so. He also sired 138 stakes winners and 156 stakes-placed horses, including nine racing champions. He is known as a sire of sires, as he sired Apollitical Jess, the current leading sire of money earners, and One Famous Eagle, the current No. 2 leading sire of money earners. Mr Jess Perry was euthanized November 15, 2017, at age 25, due to complications of laminitis, and was buried at the Four Sixes Ranch.
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