Poco Lena (1949–1968) was an outstanding cutting mare, and dam of two famous Quarter horse cutting horses and stallions: Doc O'Lena and Dry Doc.[1]
| Poco Lena | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Cutting |
| Sire | Poco Bueno |
| Grandsire | King P-234 |
| Dam | Sheilwin |
| Maternal grandsire | Pretty Boy |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1949 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | E. Paul Waggoner |
| Owner | E. Paul Waggoner, Don Dodge |
| Awards | |
| AQHA Performance Register of Merit AQHA Champion AQHA Superior Halter Horse AQHA Superior Cutting Horse (1959,1960, 1961) AQHA High Point Cutting Horse (1959,1960,1961) NCHA World Champion Cutting Mare (1954, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961) NCHA Reserve World Champion NCHA Silver Award NCHA Bronze Award | |
| Honors | |
| NCHA Hall of Fame American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Life
editPoco Lena was foaled in 1949, the daughter of Poco Bueno out of a daughter of Pretty Boy named Sheilwin. She traced to Peter McCue on both her sire's and her dam's side.[2]
Career, breeding and honors
editWith the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) Poco Lena earned her AQHA Championship, a Performance Register of Merit, a Superior Cutting Horse award and a Superior Halter Horse award.[3] She was also the AQHA High Point Cutting Horse in 1959, 1960, and 1961.[3] With the National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) she earned a total of $99,819.61 in cutting contests in her career.[4] She earned a Certificate of Ability, as well as a Bronze and a Silver Award with the NCHA.[5] She was also inducted into the NCHA Horse Hall of Fame.[6]
In late 1961, Poco Lena foundered. She recovered, and was showing well when in October 1962 her owner, B. A. Skipper Jr., died in a plane crash. In the confusion, Poco Lena was left in a trailer for four days without food or water. She foundered again, and never competed again.[1] Eventually she was bought by the owners of Doc Bar, Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Jensen. After much nursing and effort, Poco Lena produced two foals when bred to Doc Bar – Doc O'Lena and Dry Doc, both of whom won the NCHA Cutting Futurity.[1] However, Poco Lena's founder deteriorated after the birth of Dry Doc, and on December 16, 1968, she was euthanized.[1]
Poco Lena was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[7]
Pedigree
edit| Little Joe | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zantanon | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jeanette | |||||||||||||||||||
| King P-234 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Strait Horse | |||||||||||||||||||
| Jabalina | |||||||||||||||||||
| mare by Traveler | |||||||||||||||||||
| Poco Bueno | |||||||||||||||||||
| Little Joe | |||||||||||||||||||
| Old Poco Bueno | |||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia D | |||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Taylor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hickory Bill | |||||||||||||||||||
| mare by Hickory Bill | |||||||||||||||||||
| unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
| Poco Lena | |||||||||||||||||||
| Harmon Baker | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dodger | |||||||||||||||||||
| Froggie | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pretty Boy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tip | |||||||||||||||||||
| Little Maud | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bess | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sheilwin | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yellow Jacket | |||||||||||||||||||
| Blackburn | |||||||||||||||||||
| Siss | |||||||||||||||||||
| mare by Blackburn | |||||||||||||||||||
| unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
| Waggoner Ranch mare | |||||||||||||||||||
| unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d Swan Legends 3 pp. 98–111
- ^ Poco Lena Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree
- ^ a b Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 544
- ^ Poco Lena NCHA Earnings
- ^ Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 97
- ^ NCHA Horse Hall of Fame
- ^ American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Poco Lena". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
References
edit- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree for Poco Lena retrieved on June 26, 2007
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 2, 2017
- NCHA Horse Hall of Fame retrieved on September 4, 2017
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.
- Poco Lena NCHA Earnings retrieved on September 4, 2017
- Swan, Kathy, ed. (1997). Legends 3:Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs: Western Horseman.
- Wagoner, Dan (1974). Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.
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