- Two Eyed Jack
Horse infobox
horsename = Two Eyed Jack
caption = - Two Eyed Jack -
breed =Quarter Horse
discipline = Halter
Western Pleasure
sire = Two D Two
grandsire = Double Diamond
dam = Triangle Tookie
damsire = Grey Badger III
sex = Stallion
foaled =1961
country =United States
color = Sorrel
breeder = H. H. Mass
owner = Howard Pitzer
otherawards= AQHA Performance ROM, AQHA Champion, AQHA Superior Halter Horse
honors =American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated=January 12 2008 Two Eyed Jack was a
Quarter Horse stallion and showhorse, and the leading all time sire ofAmerican Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) Champions.Life
Two Eyed Jack was foaled in 1961, a sorrel stallion bred by H. H. Mass. His sire was Two D Two, a descendant of Old Sorrel. Two D Two's dam was a linebred Little Joe mare, Little Joe being a son of Traveler. Triangle Tookie was a daughter of Grey Badger III, and a granddaughter of
Grey Badger II . Tookie's dam traced back to Joe Hancock P-455. [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/two+eyed+jack All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree for Two Eyed Jack] retrieved on July 17, 2007] Triangle Tookie produced five AQHA Champions in her breeding career, including Two Eyed Jack.Gaines "Two Eyed Jack is #1" "Horseman" August 1979 p. 22-30]Howard Pitzer bought Two Eyed Jack in 1964 to cross on Pitzer's Pat Star Jr mares, after the horse had already earned many of his lifetime 217 AQHA open halter points. Owned by Pitzer, he earned the rest of those halter points, as well picking up another 46.5 points in
Western Pleasure , 7 points inhunt seat , 3 more points in Western Riding, 3 inworking cow horse and 6 points inreining . Those points earned Two Eyed Jack an AQHA Superior Halter Horse award along with his AQHA Championship and a Performance Register of Merit.Pitzer "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires"p. 149-151]Pitzer had previously looked at Two Eyed Jack twice before purchasing him, once when he was ten days old, and then again when Jack was two at the
Denver Stock Show . The second time, Pitzer told his companions that Jack was a nice horse, and that he'd make an "awful nice gelding."Dixon ""He Would Make An Awful Nice Gelding"" "Quarter Horse Journal" November 1979 p. 130-137]Two Eyed Jack stood 15.2½ hands high and weighed 1350 pounds. He died on
March 2 1991 .Swan "Legends 3" p. 160-167] He's buried on Pitzer's ranch inEricson, Nebraska where Pitzer buried all his stallions.Wohlfarth "Last Rites" "Quarter Horse Journal" July 1996 p. 14]Two Eyed Jack is the all time leading sire of AQHA Champions, having sired 119 Champions. He also sired sixteen AQHA World Show Champions, as well as 242 Performance Register of Merit earners.Thornton "Two Eyed Jack" "Southern Horseman" July 1990 p. 64-78] He also sired three AQHA Supreme Champions. His daughter Vickie Lee Pine was the 1978 AQHA World Show Superhorse. Among his other offspring were Two Eyed Patti, Two Eyed Donna, Watch Joe Jack, Two Eyed Del, Deacon Jack, Two ID Bartender, Jack Eyed, and Two Jack.
He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame. [ [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008] In 2007 "Western Horseman" magazine chose Two Eyed Jack as number four on their list of top ten ranch horse bloodlines.Denison "The Top Ten Ranch Horse Bloodlines" "Western Horseman" October 2007 p. 34-41]
Pedigree
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1 = Two Eyed Jack
2= Two D Two
3 = Triangle Tookie
4 = Double Diamond
5 = Double Life
6 = Grey Badger III
7 = Lady Hancock
8 = Silver King
9 = Scar Face S
10 = Pay Day
11 = James Sunset
12 =Grey Badger II
13 = Mary Greenock (TB)
14 = Roan Hancock
15 = Triangle Lady 10
16 = Old Sorrel
17 = Clegg mare #3
18 = Bailey
19 = mare by Midnight
20 = Joe Moore
21 = Paulita
22 = Little Joe
23 = Chunk
24 = Midnight Jr
25 = Grey Annie
26 = Greenock (TB)
27 = That's Mine (TB)
28 =Joe Hancock P-455
29 = Burnett ranch mare
30 = Redolent (Morgan )
31 = unknown mareNotes
References
* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/two+eyed+jack All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree for Two Eyed Jack] retrieved on June 20, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Denison, Jennifer and Ross Hecox (ed.) "The Top Ten Ranch Horse Bloodlines: "Western Horseman" ranks the top bloodlines used in today's working ranch remudas" "Western Horseman" October 2007 p. 34-41
* Dixon, Cathy ""He Would Make An Awful Nice Gelding":Howard Pitzer Talks About Two Eyed Jack" "Quarter Horse Journal" November 1979 p. 130-137
* Gaines, David "Two Eyed Jack is #1" "Horseman" August 1979 p. 22-30
* Swan, Kathy ed. "Legends 3:Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1997 ISBN 0-911647-40-6
* Thornton, Larry "The Working Lines: Two Eyed Jack" "Southern Horseman" July 1990 p. 64-72
* Wohlfarth, Jenny "Last Rites" "Quarter Horse Journal" July 1996 p. 14External links
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=2975 Two Eyed Jack at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222223222 Two Eyed Jack at Quarter Horse Legends]
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