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Peptoboonsmal is Destined |
By Teri Lee
There's simply nothing new when it comes to
winning or to siring offspring to follow in his
hoof prints as the reined cow horse industry's
No. 1 sire - Nu Cash. The 1984 stallion has been
designated as the industry's leading sire in
Quarter Horse News' annual Reined Cow Horse
Statistical Report, four times out of the nine
years it has been published.
Nu Cash, a son of Colonel Freckles out of Nu
Rendition by Nu Bar, was bred by Doug and Betty
Ann Erbes, Santa Rosa, Calif., and is owned by
the Gragg Trust, Oak View, Calif. A star
performer himself, Nu Cash won the 1987 National
Reined Cow Horse Association Snaffle Bit
Futurity, carrying his trainer, Ted Robinson, to
his first Snaffle Bit Futurity World
Championship.
Robinson, who currently holds the record for
riding to the most NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity
championships - six to date (1987, 1991,
1995-97, 2000), has ridden three of Nu Cash's
offspring to an NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity
victory (The Nu Colonel, Shes A lot Of Cash, and
Smart Little Cash).
Thirty Nu Cash offspring earned reined cow horse
paychecks during 2000, totaling $181,809 for an
average of $6,060. The stallion's leading
money-earner was Cash Us McLain, out of Nancy
McLain by Ima Cougar, owned, trained and ridden
by Anne Reynolds-Jones, Hammett, Idaho, which
won a total of $27,125 during the year. Other
offspring earning over $10,000 in 2000,
included: Annies Little Cash ($20,727), Nu And
Genuine ($19,724), Nu And Shiney ($14,376), Nu
Country Gentleman ($14,013), and Nu Circle N
Cash ($11,167).
Nu Cash, which has lifetime NCHA and NRCHA
earnings in excess of $100,000, is standing the
2002 breeding season at the Santa Lucia Farm in
Santa Ynez, Calif., for a fee of $3,000.
The second leading reined cow horse sire in 2000
was Smokum Oak. The 1981 chestnut stallion,
which is a son of Doc's Oak and out of Gunsmokes
Ann by Mr Gun Smoke, is owned by Walter and
Sharon Wright, San Juan Bautista, Calif. The
stallion had 13 money-earning offspring in 2000
with their year-end earnings totaling $170,340
for an average of $13,103. Smokum Oak's big
money-earner was Smokums Prize ($152,167), which
Ted Robinson catch-rode for the horse's injured
owner/rider, Shawn Renshaw, to win the 2000
NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity.
Other Smokum Oak offspring having earned $1,000
or more during the 2000 show season, were Mia
Smokum Tucker ($9,303), Smokums Playlena
($2,700), Smokum Tom Tucker ($2,116), Smokems
Sugar ($1,375), and Jessa Little Smoker
($1,000).
Smokum Oak will be standing the 2002 breeding
season at Wright's Quarter Horses for a fee of
$2,500.
The third-leading reined cow horse sire in 2000
was Tangys Classy Peppy, a 1990 sorrel son of
Peppy San Badger out of Tangy Lena by Doc
O'Lena. He sired nine offspring earning reined
cow horse paychecks in 2000 which totaled
$167,604 for an $18,623 average.
The stallion's offspring earning the most money
during the year was Tangys Classy Lady, out of
Lady Reminic by Reminic, which won $96,625 with
Todd Crawford astride. The pair won the 2000
High Desert Western Spectacular Snaffle Bit
Futurity and a $23,000 paycheck. Less than a
month later, they placed second in the
prestigious NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity - worth
$73,625.
Other Tangys Classy Peppy offspring earning over
$10,000 during 2000, were: Tang N Tecate
($35,000), Tang N Tiv ($15,548), and See Ya At
Billy Bobs ($12,734).
Tangys Classy Peppy, the sire of AQHA Jr.
Working Cowhorse World Champion Tang N Tecate
and APHA Jr. Working Cowhorse World Champion
Tangys Classy Boy, is owned by Art and Sandy
Haskins, Clements, Calif., and will be standing
the 2002 breeding season at Coyote Creek Cutting
Horses in Clements for a fee of $2,500.
Reminic jumped from the 13th-ranked stallion in
1999 to becoming the No. 4 reined cow horse sire
in 2000. The 1978 son of Doc's Remedy out of
Fillinic by Arizona Junie, sired 19
money-earners, whose paychecks totaled $137,660
for a $7,245 average.
Reminic's top-dollar earner was Remilena, which
is out of Dox Madalena by Doc O'Lena, and was
ridden by Randy Paul to reined cow horse
earnings totaling $35,500. The pair placed fifth
in the 2000 NRCHA Snaffle Bit Futurity, which
yielded their largest paycheck - $27,500.
Other Reminic offspring earning over $10,000
during the year, were: Nic Chex ($27,252), Nic
It In The Bud ($22,625), Reminics Pep ($16,500),
and Tejons Olena Nic ($11,500).
Reminic will stand at Babcock's Gainesville,
Texas, facility for a 2002 breeding fee of
$8,500.
Smart Chic Olena, the fifth-ranked sire in 2000,
recorded 34 money-earning offspring during the
show season with total earnings of $130,164 and
average earnings of $3,828. His star performer
was Paid By Chic, which won $59,386 with his
trainer Bob Avila riding. Paid By Chic, owned by
Paid By Partners, Gainesville, Texas, carried
Avila to the 2000 World's Greatest Horseman,
which rewarded the pair with a $56,000 paycheck.
Paid By Chic and Avila also won the AQHA Sr.
Working Cowhorse World Championship in 2000.
Smart Chic Olena, an NRHA Million Dollar Sire,
is an AQHA Cutting and Reining World Champion.
In 1999, he was ranked as the leading sire in
both the reined cow horse and reining
disciplines, according to QHN's annual
performance statistics. The 1985 sorrel stallion
by Smart Little Lena out of Gay Sugar Chic by
Gay Bar King, was bred by Emily Woodall, New
Caney, Texas and is owned by Jim Babcock,
Gainesville, Texas.
The stallion will stand at the Babcock Ranch in
Gainesville, Texas, for a fee of $12,500.
Dual Peppy, the sixth-ranked sire in 2000,
recorded seven money-earning offspring during
the year with total earnings of $104,700. His
big money-earner was Dualin For Me ($62,688),
which is out of Me O Lena by Doc O'Lena, owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Richards, and was ridden
to the paywindow by their son-in-law, John Ward.
Dualin For Me and Ward placed third in the 2000
High Desert Western Spectacular, worth $11,000.
They followed that win with an NRCHA Snaffle Bit
Futurity Reserve Championship, which rewarded
the pair with a $51,688 paycheck.
Dual Peppy will stand at Leah Arnold's
Weatherford, Texas facility for a 2002 breeding
fee of $2,500.
The list of leading reined cow horse sires
included with this article was calculated by
Equi-Stat, a division of Cowboy Publishing
Group, and was published in Quarter Horse News'
annual Reined Cow Horse Statistical Report.
Statistical information from the year 2000 was
used in this article as the year-end 2001 total
figures were not available.
Information as to where each stallion will stand
the 2002 breeding season, what their breeding
fee and related costs will be and who to contact
for further breeding information is included on
the chart. Also included are each stallion's
total number of money-earning offspring in 2000,
their total earnings, average earnings per head
and leading money-earners. In addition, each
stallion's ranking from the previous year (1999)
is denoted in parenthesis.
Eight horses among the list of leading sires
were not ranked among the top 20 sires in 1999.
Those eight stallions included: Tangys Classy
Peppy, Miss N Cash, Gunna Smoke, Smart Little
Pepinic, Quanah O Lena, Colonel Freckles, Lenas
Busy Bee and Lenas Sugarman.
The No. 3-ranked sire,Tangys Classy Peppy, has
183 AQHA registered foals with his first foal
crop born in 1995.
Miss N Cash, 19, which was ranked as the
ninth-leading sire in 2000, has 533
AQHA-registered foals with his oldest crop
having been born in 1988. Gunna Smoke, 21, has
sired 56 AQHA-registered foals (through December
2001) with the oldest foaled in 1984. Smart
Little Pepinic, 9, has sired 55 registered
Quarter Horses with the oldest born in 1997.
Fifteen-year-old Quanah O Lena has 153 foals and
his first crop was born in 1993. Colonel
Freckles (deceased) foaled 971 AQHA-registered
offspring with his first crop born in 1978.
Lenas Busy Bee, 15, is the sire of 112
AQHA-registered offspring and his first colt
crop was born in 1992. Lenas Sugarman, 11, has
95 offspring registered with the AQHA and his
first crop was born in 1995.
Colonel Freckles, a 1973 son of Jewel's Leo Bars
out of Christy Jay by Rey Jay, is the only top
20 ranked stallion which is deceased. The
stallion, an NCHA Futurity Champion, died in
1986 at the age of 13.
Five of the top 20 sires listed are over 20
years old. Reminic, at age 24, is the oldest.
Other leading sires over 20 years old include:
NCHA Triple Crown winner Smart Little Lena, 23,
which is syndicated and stands at the Tommy
Manion Ranch in Aubrey, Texas. Master Remedy,
22, will stand the 2002 breeding season at the
Ward Ranch for a fee of $3,000. The No. 2-ranked
stallion, Smokum Oak is 21. And, Gunna Smoke is
also 21, and stands at the Why Worry Ranch in
Hammett, Idaho, for a fee of $1,000.
The three youngest stallions ranked among the
top 20 sires are Smart Little Pepinic, 9, which
stands for a $1,500 breeding fee at the Ward
Ranch; Dual Peppy, 10, and Little Lenas Legend,
11, which will stand at the Hutchings Ranch in
Thayne, Wyo., for a fee of $900.
A promising new sire on the horizon is
Peptoboonsmal, a 10-year-old red roan son of
Peppy San Badger out of Royal Blue Boon by Boon
Bar. He sired the winner of the 2001 NRCHA
Snaffle Bit Futurity - Boonlight Dancer, out of
Little Dancer Lena by Smart Little Lena, owned
by Vaughn Zimmerman, Springfield, Mo., and was
ridden by Todd Bergen.
Peptoboonsmal, whose accomplishments include
winning the 1995 National Cutting Horse
Association (NCHA) Open Futurity Championship,
was ranked as the 7th-leading cutting sire in
QHN's' 2001 Mid-Year Cutting Statistical Review.
The stallion has 320 foals registered with the
AQHA and the oldest was foaled in 1997. |
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