- Wimpy P-1
Horse infobox
horsename = Wimpy
caption = - Wimpy -
breed =Quarter Horse
sire = Solis
grandsire = Old Sorrel
dam = Panda
damsire = Old Sorrel
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1937
country =United States
color = Chestnut
breeder =King Ranch
owner = King Ranch, George Clegg, Rex Cauble
otherawards= AQHA registration number 1.
honors =American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated=January 12 2008 Wimpy P-1 was the first registered
Quarter Horse for theAmerican Quarter Horse Association , or AQHA.Life
He was foaled on the
King Ranch inKingsville, Texas onMarch 3 1937 .Beckman "Number One" "Quarter Horse Journal" March 1990 p. 36, 147.] However, the original application listed his foaling date asApril 3 1937 , and the original stud books gave his foaling year as1935 .Wohlfarth "The Wimpy Files" "Quarter Horse Journal" May 1996 p. 14] He was a son of Solis, himself a son of Old Sorrel, the King Ranch foundation stallion. Solis' dam was an unregistered and unnamed mare ofThoroughbred breeding who was by Right Royal and out of amare by Martin's Best. Wimpy's dam was a mare named Panda, also sired by Old Sorrel. Panda's dam was a roan mare by Hickory Bill. Wimpy traced three times to Hickory Bill, making him quiteinbred to Hickory Bill. [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/wimpy All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Wimpy] retrieved on July 17, 2007] Denhardt "Wimpy P-1 Earned His Number" "Quarter Horse Journal" June 1964 p. 18, 58, 62, 136-137]He was a chestnut colored stallion, with a star and a sock on his left hind leg. When fully grown, he was 15 hands high and weighed about 1200 pounds.
He was a grand Champion Stallion in March 1941 at the Southwestern Exposition Quarter Horse show in
Fort Worth, Texas , which honor earned him the first number in the newly organized American Quarter Horse Association.He sired over a hundred and fifty
foal s for the King Ranch, before he was given in 1958 to George Clegg, who had bred Old Sorrel. However, Clegg was forced to sell Wimpy to Rex Cauble, who owned the stallion until Wimpy died onAugust 13 1959 , when Wimpy was twenty-two years old.Among his sons and daughters were Bill Cody, Kip Mac, Caballero, Wimpy's Image, Silver Wimpy, Wimpy II, Lauro and Showdown.Pitzer "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" p. 155] His grandget included Joe Cody, Marion's Girl, Codalena, Pandarita Hill and Show Maid.Simmons "Legends" p. 12-17]
He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in
1989 . [ [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008] In September1961 a bronze statue of Wimpy was erected outside the AQHA Headquarters inAmarillo, Texas .Pedigree
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1 = Wimpy P-1
2 = Solis
3 = Panda
4 = Old Sorrel
5 = Mother of Solis
6 = Old Sorrel
7 =roan mare by Hickory Bill
8 = Hickory Bill
9 = Dr Rose Mare
10 = Right Royal (TB)
11 = Lazarus mare by Martin's Best (TB)
12 = Hickory Bill
13 = Dr Rose mare
14 = Hickory Bill
15 = unknown mare
16 = Peter McCue
17 = Lucreita M (TB)
18 = unknown
19 = unknown
20 = Rapallo (TB)
21 = Mrs Delaney (TB)
22 = Martin's Best (TB)
23 = unknown mare
24 = Peter McCue
25 = Lucretia M (TB)
26 = unknown
27 = unknown
28 = Peter McCue
29 = Lucretia M (TB)Notes
References
* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/wimpy All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Wimpy] retrieved on July 17, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Beckman, Bruce "Number One" "Quarter Horse Journal" March 1990 p. 36, 147
* Denhardt, Robert "Wimpy P-1 Earned His Number" "Quarter Horse Journal" June 1964 p. 18, 58, 62, 136-137
* 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 ISBN 0-911647-26-0
* Wohlfarth, Jenny "The Wimpy Files: The Mysteries Surrounding No. 1" "Quarter Horse Journal" May 1996 p. 18External links
* [http://www.foundationhorses.com/wimpyped.htm Wimpy P-1 at Foundation Quarter Horses]
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=7169 Wimpy P-1 at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222223222222 Wimpy P-1 at Quarter Horse Legends]
* [http://216.116.224.149/books/legends.shtml Wimpy P-1 at Western Horseman]
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