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Cebe Reed was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2019.
Go Man Go. Equipoise. Top Deck.
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easy using his rear end. He turned in his rib cage, but he wasn’t a head giving horse, but he just locked down and turned around. Never hit barrels even though he was stiff turning horse, but he was quick. He would run and do things. The cowboys would come to the fence to watch me run because he was so outstanding.”
Frank’s Pal, the sire of Cebe Reed reportedly started 52 races with seven wins, six seconds and four thirds earning $11,805. He sired 53 Thoroughbred foals with 36 starters with 25 winners and one stakes winner. His stakes winner is Tuna Pal, winner of the River Downs Hurdle Handicap, and he was second in the Arlington Downs Hurdle Handicap. The daughter of Frank’s Pal, Frank’s Flower, was third in the Arlington Lassie Stakes. He sired 19 foals that are listed in the AQHA records with
14 of them Thoroughbred and five Quarter Horses. In addition to Cebe Reed, he sired Sorlis with five AQHA performance points with an ROM and Bad Booger with 13 AQHA points with an ROM.
The pedigree of Frank’s Pal makes him interesting and his Thoroughbred ties to
the racing American Quarter Horse. His
sire Port Au Prince was an unraced son of Wise Counsellor. Wise Counsellor was sired by Mentor by Blackstock by Hanover and Blackstock was out of Mannie Himyar, a full sister to Domino.
Wise Counsellor was the 1923 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. He set a Track Record at Empire City going six furlongs in 1:07 4/5. He won nine stakes in 22 starts with 10 wins overall with earnings of $115,570. The foals
of Wise Counsellor won $2,288,012 with 250 starters with 212 winners and 28 stakes horses. One of his runners was Ogham, winner of $73,815 with 198 starts winning 44 placing second 24 times and third 28 times. He won
such stakes as the Lafayette Stakes, the Old Stone Mill Handicap and the Bristol Purse.
One of Wise Counsellor’s sons was Very Wise, a modest winner of $1,800. Very Wise was the sire of a mare named Lightfoot Sis, a famous Cajun-Bred Running Horse. She was purchased out of Louisiana by J. B. Ferguson of Wharton, Texas, and she was bred to
Top Deck. She produced Go Man Go, the three-time World Champion and leading sire. Her other foals by Top Deck include Miss Mackay, winner of the 1954 Ruidoso Futurity now a grade one and Mr Mackay, a multiple stakes qualifier with a second in the Pacific Coast QHRA Derby and a third in the New Mexico Breeder’s Derby.
The dam of Port Au Prince was Hauton, a mare by High Time, who was inbred to Domino. His sire was Ultimus and he was by Commando by Domino and out of Running Stream by Domino. The dam of High
Time was Noonday by Domino. This gives High Time a breeding pattern of 3x3x2 to Domino. Three Bars was out of Myrtle Dee by Like McLuke a son of Ultimus.
The dam of Frank’s Pal was Lady Le Comte by Bunting by Pennant by Peter Pan by Commando by Domino. Pennant was
the sire of Equipoise, the sire of Equestrian, the sire of Top Deck. The dam of Bunting was Frillery by Broomstick. The dam of Equestrian was Frillette who was out of Frillery. The dam of Lady Le Comte was Scrub Lady by Broomstick. Broomstick
was sired by Ben Brush and out of Elf by Galliard. This second cross to Broomstick gives Lady Le Comte a breeding pattern of 3x2 to Broomstick. Top Deck had a breeding pattern of 4x4x5x5 to Broomstick.
Cebe Reed’s dam, Bay Canary was sired by Red Dan by Top Flight by Golden Chief. Top Flight was bred by R. L. Underwood the third President of the AQHA. Golden Chief
He was also a West Texas Barrel Racing Association Champion. Cebe Reed was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2019.
When I asked what set him apart? She replied, “It was his stop. He could run as hard as he could to a barrel and sit down on his rear end and pivot around a barrel real
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