Poco Bueno

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horsename = Poco Bueno


caption = - Poco Bueno -
breed = Quarter Horse
discipline = Halter
Cutting
sire = King P-234
grandsire = Zantanon
dam = Miss Taylor
damsire =Old Poco Bueno
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1944
country = United States
color = brown (color)
breeder = Jess Hankins
owner = Paul E. Waggoner
otherawards= AQHA Champion.
honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated= January 12 2008

Poco Bueno a brown quarter horse stallion foaled April 10 1944.Simmons "Legends" p. 31-37] He was sired by the great Quarter horse stallion King P-234 and out of the mare Miss Taylor who was by Old Poco Bueno. Poco Bueno was named for his maternal grandsire, and the name means "pretty good" in Spanish.Groves "Poco Bueno" "Quarter Horse Journal" April 1994 p. 18] Poco Bueno is the stallion that is linked to the genetic disease Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia (HERDA) in stock horses.

He was a plain brown horse with no white markings at all. When mature, he stood about 15 hands high and weighed about 1200 pounds.

Poco Bueno earned his American Quarter Horse Association, or AQHA, Championship and dominated the quarter horse breed for decades. He was purchased by E. Paul Waggoner, of the Waggoner Ranch near Vernon, Texas in 1945 for $5,700. His show career started when he was named champion yearling stallion at the Texas Cowboy Reunion Quarter Horse Show in Stamford, Texas. He was grand champion stallion in the 1940s 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.

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.Davis "Headin' an' Heelin'" "Western Horseman" February 1970 p. 17] Poco Bueno sired 405 registered AQHA foals, 222 were performers. His most successful crosses were on the daughters of Blackburn. Among his famous get were Poco Stampede, Poco Tivio, Poco Lena, Poco Mona, Poco Bob, Poco Dell, and Poco Pine.Pitzer "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" p. 96-98]

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 Texas Highway 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. [ [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008]

Pedigree

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1=Poco Bueno 1944 sorrel
2= King P-234
3= Miss Taylor
4= Zantanon
5= Jabalina
6= Old Poco Bueno
7=mare by Hickory Bill
8=Little Joe
9= Jeanette
10= Strait Horse
11= mare by Traveler
12=Little Joe
13=Virginia D
14=Hickory Bill
15=unknown
16= Traveler
17=Jenny
18=Billy by Big Jim
19=mare by Sykes' Rondo
20= Yellow Jacket
21=Gardner mare by Traveler
22= Traveler
23= unknown
24=Traveler
25=Jenny
26=Big Jim
27=unknown
28=Peter McCue
29=Lucretia M
30=
31=

Notes

References

* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Davis, Ray "Headin' an' Heelin'" "Western Horseman" February 1970 p. 17
* Groves, Lesli Krause "Poco Bueno" "Quarter Horse Journal" April 1994 p. 18
* Pitzer, Andrea Laycock "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" Tacoma, WA:Premier Pedigrees 1987
* Simmons, Diance C. "Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1993

External links

* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/poco+bueno All Breed Pedigree page- select the quarter horse]
* [http://www.waggonerranch.com/pokieinfo.htm Waggoner Ranch ]
* [http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=6724&kw=poco%20bueno HERDA Article]
* [http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/HERDA/ 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)
* [http://www.pubmed.com www.pubmed.com]
* [http://www.foundationhorses.com/pocobuenoped.htm Poco Bueno on Foundation Horses.com] accessed on July 10, 2007
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222222 Poco Bueno at Quarter Horse Legends]

Further reading

* 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.
* Kadash, Kathy "Poco Bueno: Preserving the Past for the Future" "Western Horseman" April 1993 p. 16-20