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and 1944-45 Champion Stallion Dee Dee. Chicaro is by *Chicle and out of Wendy by Broomstick by Ben Brush.
River Boat, the dam of Top Deck, is out of winner Last Boat by Sir Gallahad III and out of Taps by Man O’War. The dam of Taps was Shady by Broomstick by Ben Brush. The dam of Shady was Sylvan by Disguise by Domino.
When we look at the breeding pattern of Top Deck’s pedigree, we see just how well-bred he was to be a sire. Top Deck is 4x4x5x5 to Broomstick by Ben Brush and is 4x4 to Peter Pan, a grandson of Domino, giving him a pedigree based on the Domino/Ben Brush nick that is so significant in Quarter Horse racing. Top Deck is also 3x4 to Man O’War, who some say is the greatest racehorse of all time.
Lightfoot Sis was foaled in 1945 and was registered in the Appendix division of the AQHA. Her sire was Very Wise, an Army Remount Stallion that won three of 18 starts, earning $2,100. His sire was 1923 Champion 2-Year-Old Colt Wise Counsellor, a multiple stakes winner including the Cincinnati Trophy with earnings of $115,570. Wise Counsellor was by Mentor and out of Rustle by Russell. The dam of Very Wise was winner Omona, a daughter of Omond, a son of Lomond. The dam of Omona is Simona by Watervale.
The success of J.B. Ferguson can be seen through his mare Clear Track, as a Cajun- Bred, who has a big part in the pedigree of Go Man Go. We can clearly see by her name that she was probably a racehorse, but no record can be found to verify that. If she lived up to her name, she could apparently “clear” the track when she ran.
Clear Track, the dam of Lightfoot Sis, the dam of Go Man Go, was by The Dun Horse, who was by Dewey. Dewey, foaled in 1899, was by *Sain and out of Sister To Uncle Bob by Luke Blackburn. When you look Dewey up on equineonline.com, he doesn’t show up. When you look at the registration application for Clear Track, you can see an added note that Paul Simar (trainer for J.B. Ferguson) told that Dewey was not a registered Thoroughbred.
The sire of Dewey was *Sain and his dam is listed as a mare named Sister To Uncle Bob or, an unnamed Quarter Horse mare. Uncle Bob was a reported full brother to Sister
To Uncle Bob, and they don’t show up on equineonline.com either. But, both Uncle Bob and Sister To Uncle Bob show up on
the Thoroughbred website pedigreequery. com. Research shows that Uncle Bob won the 1890 American Derby.
An added note: Bob Green was a servant for the Belle Meade Stud, where the horse Uncle Bob was bred. Bob Green was known as Uncle Bob, which is where the name of the horse Uncle Bob came from. Bob Green was
J.B. Ferguson (right) sold Go Man Go to A. B. Green (left) for $42,000 in 1956. Ferguson would win a bet with Green and Go Man Go was given back to Ferguson.
a big part of Belle Meade Stud. When the Belle Meade Stud was dispersed, Bob Green was given Luke Blackburn, the sire of Uncle Bob. When Bob Green died, he requested to be buried on Belle Meade Stud and his request was granted.
What is going on? Well in these early days, many of our Quarter Horses ended up with a Thoroughbred name and they were raced. Many of these were registered to race only. Flying Bob, the Quarter Horse son
of Chicaro, was known as Royal Bob as a Thoroughbred and apparently raced under that name. Royal Bob, the Thoroughbred, was sired by Chicaro and out of Erath Queen, a Thoroughbred mare. Flying Bob was AQHA registered and out of Zeringue’s Belle QH by Dewey. Thus, Flying Bob may have been registered as a Thoroughbred as Royal Bob, but his dam may have been the Quarter Horse mare Zeringues Belle.
The late Lloyd Gary was a South Louisiana racing enthusiast and a pedigree Guru when it came to Cajun-Bred horses. Lloyd believed that The Dun Horse, the sire of Clear Track, was out of Mais by Dedier or Old D. J. as we call him today. Most pedigrees show The Dun Horse was out of Mais, but her pedigree is unknown.
Ella was the dam of Clear Track. She
was sired by Dedier or Old D. J., the sire of Della Moore, the dam of the famous stallions Joe Reed P-3 and Joe Moore. Ella was out
of a Beauregard mare by Beauregard. Lloyd reported that Beauregard was a son of Bazile, a prominent Cajun-Bred Running Horse. Bazile is sired by Pilot by Flying Dutchman. Lloyd’s research shows that the Flying Dutchman was a prominent foundation sire for the Cajun-Bred Running Horse Lightfoot and Lightfoot Sis. There is a picture of a mare that is floating around that shows a mare named Lightfoot with C.S. Stigall holding her. Many believe this is Lightfoot Sis. The Lightfoot in the picture was bred by Claude Morien and sired by Very Wise and out of
a mare that is listed as a Buckskin mare by Doc Horn. The dam of the Buckskin mare
is Clear Track. This makes Lightfoot and Lightfoot Sis 3/4 sisters.
Lloyd found in his research that the Buckskin mare was not a buckskin, but a mare that was called Buck Shin or Buck Shine. The mispronunciation of names was common, as the Cajun men and women of this era spoke in a dialect that was difficult
to understand. You see this with Dedier and when the Cajun’s said Dedier it came out DJ. Thus, Old D. J.
Lightfoot was foaled in 1943 and was never registered. She was raced and had the distinction of running the quarter in a time of :22.4 and 400 yards in :20.7. Her story is found in Champions Of The Quarter Track by Nelson Nye. Lightfoot was sold to, and then raced by, W.J. Davidson of Wharton, Texas,
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