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Skipper W
Nick Shoemaker - Nick X
Hired Girl - Cowboy
1945 - 1963; AQHA - 7,964
Grand Champion at halter. Skipper W began a
dynasty with multiple AQHA Champion & Superior Halter/Performance offspring. Even today, the term "Skipper
W" horse still demands respect.
Nick Shoemaker
Nick - Sheik X Slipalong
Wiescamp - Lani Chief (Tb)
1939 - 1948; AQHA - 1,095
Bred by J.W. Shoemaker & used as a calf
roping horse, he was purchased by Hank Wiescamp as a four year old. Although a pasture accident caused an untimely death,
his influence in Wiescamps breeding program is still alive & strong today. Of 62 registered foals, he sired race &
show ROMs, an AQHA Champion & perhaps most important of all, sons & daughter capable of passing along these
championship qualities.
Sheik
Peter Mc Cue - Dan Tucker X Pet
-Old Fred
1918; AQHA - P-11
Bred by Coke Roberds of Colorado. Shiek was
linebred to Old Billy, Glencoe & Steel Dust. Both his sire & broodmare sire have been inducted into the AQHA
Hall of Fame!
Peter McCue line
Old Fred
Black Ball - Missouri Rondo X
John Crowder mare - John Crowder
1893 - 1915
A noted broodmare sire, Old Fred was linebred
to Steel Dust. With lots of chrome [sabino &/or splash?] & palomino color, he was flashier than many of the popular
horses we see from that era. Old Fred was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.
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