Legends, Vol. 6
Legends 6 offers the latest installment in series designed to capture and preserve the history of the American Quarter Horse by profiling the breed's most-influential stallions and mares. This volume – easily the most diverse one in the series - features top halter, cutting, reining, western pleasure and barrel racing lines.\ As was the case with the previous volumes in the series, Legends 6 highlights the lives of horses that built an industry – as told by the men and women who knew them...
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Profiles of outstanding Quarter Horse stallions. Lavishly illustrated with many photographs, some never published before, plus pedigree, performance, and breeding records.
From the chapter titled "Peppy San"\ "As a young man, Gordon B. Howell, breeder of both Peppy San and Mr San Peppy, covered many miles a day in the saddle tending sheep and cattle on a New Mexico ranch. By the late 1950s, thanks to Texas oil leases, Howell was a wealthy man and served on the boards of numerous oil and gas companies. At one meeting in New York, so the story goes, when directors introduced themselves by noting their Ivy League credentials and business accomplishments, Howell proudly announced, "I'm Gordon B. Howell and I graduated from the sixth grade in Encino, New Mexico."\ With money to indulge in leisure pursuits, Howell turned to horses. He already had a keen eye for conformation, owing to his days spent as a cowhand, and he soon became an expert on pedigrees, as well. "Mr. Howell had been studying race horses and he could recite Thoroughbred pedigrees," said leading Quarter Horse trainer Matlock Rose, who was introduced to Howell in the 1950s. "He didn't know Quarter Horses very well at the time, but he was an intelligent man, and it didn't take him long to figure out what was going on."
Paul A, Croton Oil, Okie Leo, Coy's Bonanza, Major Bonanza, Flit Bar, Freckles Playboy, Peppy San, Mr San Peppy, Peppy San Badger, Gay Bar King, Doc's Prescription, Jewels Leo Bar, The Invester, Great Pine, Conclusive, Doc Quixote, Grays Starlight, Dynamic Deluxe, Speedly Glo, Docs Oak
