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Old Billy is a great grandsire of foundation sire
PETER MCCUE
Red is by the remount stallion Roncocas. If we believe Erskine Dale is the sire of Shue Fly, then she is by a remount stallion. Doc Horn, the sire of Della P, dam of Lightning Bar and the Champion Bardella, is by the remount stallion Flying Squirrel. Oklahoma Star P-6, a famous racing Quarter Horse and sire, is a son of Dennis Reed, a remount stallion. Oklahoma Star is the broodmare sire of World Champion Miss Meyers by Leo, who is by Joe Reed II. The dam of
Joe Reed II is Nellene by Fleeting Time, a remount stallion.
Fleeting Time is by High Time, a son of Ultimus by Commando by Domino. Ultimus is out of Running Stream by Domino,
and the dam of High Time is Noonday by Domino. This gives High Time a breeding pattern of 3x3x2 to Domino. The dam of Nellene is Little Red Nell by Brown Billy by Pancho by Old Billy. The dam of Little Red Nell is Red Nell by Texas Chief by Lock’s
Rondo by Whalebone by Old Billy. Pancho and Whalebone were full brothers.
The success of Domino through the remount service and on the racetrack sent breeders looking for his blood. Ariel is one of the stallions they found. This horse showed his speed at two when he won the Saratoga Special at six furlongs and the Youthful Stakes at five furlongs. He had only one start at three before retirement due to injury. He became a noted sire of speed with foals like
The pedigree of 3-Time World Champion
SHUE FLY gives us some interesting food for thought about how the Thoroughbred and American Quarter Horse have come down through history together.
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SPEEDLINES
The American
Quarter Horse has relied on the Thoroughbred to be a key factor in the improvement of the breed, and that is very evident in the Army Remount Service that was formed in 1908.