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Vessels purchased Do Good, who produced 1952 Champion Chicado V (right), who went on to sire Champions Table Tennis and War Chic. Do Good is also the grandam of Ought To Go. Do Good, Chicado V, and Ought To Go are all members of the AQHA Hall of Fame.
including six stakes winners. His foals earned $436,180. His stakes winners included Winning Shot, another California Bred Futurity winner; Clab 2 Win, winner of the LSRVQHA Futurity; and Direct Gyp, winner of the North Central Futurity.
Direct Win sired five ROM racehorses in his first crop with three of them running the old speed classification of AAA and one AA runner. The AA runner was La Galla Win, a Vessels bred mare that was out of La Gallina V.
La Gallina V was purchased by Vessels, and her breeder and pedigree are unknown. She was the dam of nine registered foals, six performers, three earning a racing ROM. Her foals earned $28,756, including her leading money winner Dr Two Bits ($17,907). This horse ran in 102 races with 17 wins, 10 seconds, and 15 thirds.
La Galla Win started 47 times with five wins, two seconds and three third place finishes. She was rated AA on the track and she earned $2,327 as a racehorse. She became the dam of 10 foals, 3 ROM, one stakes placed, and one stakes winner. The stakes placed runner was Joe Win by Joe Blair. He was third in three stakes races, including the Juvenile Handicap in 1962. He started 40 races with seven wins, four seconds and eight third place finishes. He earned $3,949.
La Galla Win was owned by Les Gosselin and his son Bob in Oklahoma when she foaled Joe Win. They then bred her to
Go Man Go, who was standing with the Gosselins, thus producing Go Galla Go in 1961. Go Galla Go was La Galla Win’s stakes winner. The Gosselins sold Go Man Go to the Vessels Stallion Farm in 1961.
Go Man Go is a 3-time World Champion that became a leading sire. He is sired by Top Deck and out of Lightfoot Sis by Very Wise TB. Top Deck is sired by Equestrian and out of River Boat by Chicaro. When we compare
Both stallions & mares contributed greatly to the Vessels legacy.
One of the many successful stallions that stood at Vessels Stallion Farm and made a contribution to their legacy was the Thoroughbred Direct Win, who traces back to the Domino (above)/Ben Brush nick that can be found in horses like Three Bars,
Top Deck and other top Quarter Horse bloodlines.
The sire of Direct Win is With Regards, who is out of Loose Foot, tracing back to Man O’War (above), who is considered to be one of the greatest Thoroughbred racehorses of all time.
Vessels purchased the 1939 mare La Gallina V, whose breeder and pedigree are unknown,
and bred her to Direct Win to produce La Galla Win (above).
Vessels bred La Galla Win to Go Man Go to produce the 1961 mare Go Galla Go (above), the dam of 1970 Champion Rocket Wrangler, the sire of 2-time World Champion Dash For Cash.
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