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Encyclopedia > Poco Bueno
Poco Bueno

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- Poco Bueno -
Sire: King
Grandsire: Zantanon
Dam: Miss Taylor
Damsire: Old Poco Bueno
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1944
Country: United States {{Texas|USA}}
Colour: brown (color)
Breeder: Jess Hankins
Owner: Paul E. Waggoner
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Record: {{{record}}}
Earnings: {{{earnings}}}
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Racing Awards
AQHA Champion.
Honours
AQHA Hall of Fame.

Infobox last updated on: May 8, 2007. Image File history File links Photo_needed. ... This Trakehner would be most appropriate to sire horses for the discipline of dressage. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... The color brown is a red or orange of low intensity; however brown exists as a color perception only in the presence of a brighter color contrast: red or orange objects are still perceived as such if the general illumination level is low, despite reflecting the same amount of red... The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas, is an international organization dedicated to the preservation, improvement and record-keeping of the American Quarter Horse, a breed of horses known throughout the globe for endurance, performance, conformation, and pedigree. ... The American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), based in Amarillo, Texas, is an international organization dedicated to the preservation, improvement and record-keeping of the American Quarter Horse, a breed of horses known throughout the globe for endurance, performance, conformation, and pedigree. ...


Poco Bueno a bay quarter horse stallion foaled April 10, 1944. He was sired by the great quarter horse stallion King P-234 and out of the mare name Miss Taylor. Poco Bueno is the stallion that is linked to the current genetic disease Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia (HERDA) in stock horses. The American Quarter Horse is a breed of horse originally bred specifically to race the quarter mile. ... Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia (HERDA) aka hyperelastosis cutis (HC) is an inherited autosomal recessive connective tissue disorder. ...


Poco Bueno earned his AQHA Championship and dominated the quarter horse breed for decades. He was purchased by E. Paul Waggoner, of the Waggoner Ranch near Veron, Texas in 1945 for $5,700 and he stood 14.3 hands and weighed 1,150 pounds. His show career started when he was named champion yearling stallion at the Texas Cowboy Reunion Quarter Horse Show in Stamford. He was grand champion stallion in the 1940's at Denver's National Western Stock Show, the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth, State Fair of Texas in Dallas and the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City. Fort Worth is the sixth-largest city in the state of Texas, located about 30 miles west of Dallas on the West Fork Trinity River and forming part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ... The Texas Star, North Americas largest ferris wheel at the State Fair of Texas The State Fair of Texas is an annual state fair held in Dallas, Texas (USA). ... Dallas redirects here. ...


As a 4-year-old, in 1948, Poco Bueno started his performance career as a cutting horse. He was the first quarter horse to be insured for $100,000.00. Poco Bueno sired 405 registered AQHA foals, 222 were performers. His most successful crosses were on the daughters of Blackburn.


Poco Bueno died November 28, 1969. Mr. Waggoner left specific instructions in his will that Poco Bueno was to be buried in a standing position in a grave across from the ranch entrance on Hwy. 283. The plot of ground was landscaped with trees and grass. A granite marker, weighing four tons, was engraved with his name, picture and the following: Champion and Sire of Champions. In 1990, Poco Bueno was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.


Pedigree

Pedigree of Poco Bueno
Sire
King (horse)
Zantanon Little Joe Traveler
Jenny
Jeanette Billy by Big Jim
mare by Skyes Rondo
Jabalina Strait Horse Yellow Jacket
Gardner mare by Traveler
mare by Traveler Traveler
unknown mare
Dam
Miss Taylor
Old Poco Bueno Little Joe Traveler
Jenny
Virgina D Big Jim
unknown mare
mare by Hickory Bill Hickory Bill Peter McCue (horse)
Hickory Bill
unknown mare unknown
unknown


Mare may mean any of several things: A mare (horse) is a female horse. ... Mare may mean any of several things: A mare (horse) is a female horse. ... Mare may mean any of several things: A mare (horse) is a female horse. ... Mare may mean any of several things: A mare (horse) is a female horse. ... Mare may mean any of several things: A mare (horse) is a female horse. ... Mare may mean any of several things: A mare (horse) is a female horse. ... Mare may mean any of several things: A mare (horse) is a female horse. ...

External links

  • All Breed Pedigree page- select the quarter horse
  • Waggoner Ranch
  • HERDA Article
  • Yahoo HERDA Group
  • Multiple articles are captured at the Yahoo Groups, HERDA group
  • Multiple articles are captured the medical information site, www.pubmed.com (link below)
  • www.pubmed.com
  • Am J Vet Res. 2005 Mar;66(3):437-42. Inheritance of hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia in Quarter Horses.
  • Vet Dermatol. 2004 Aug;15(4):207-17. Hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia ("hyperelastosis cutis") in 50 horses
  • Lab Invest. 1988 Aug;59(2):253-62. An inherited connective tissue disease in the horse.


 

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