- Poco Lena
Horse infobox
horsename = Poco Lena
caption = - Poco Lena -
breed =Quarter Horse
discipline = Cutting
sire =Poco Bueno
grandsire = King P-234
dam = Sheilwin
damsire = Pretty Boy
sex =Mare
foaled = 1949
country =United States
color = Bay
breeder = E. Paul Waggoner
owner = E. Paul Waggoner, Don Dodge
otherawards= 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
updated=January 12 2008 Poco Lena was an outstanding cutting mare, and dam of two famous
Quarter horse cutting horses andstallion s:Doc O'Lena and Dry Doc.Swan "Legends 3" p. 98-111]Life
Poco 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. [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/poco+lena Poco Lena Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree] retrieved June 26, 2007]With the
American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) she earned her AQHA Championship, a Performance Register of Merit, a Superior Cutting Horse award and a Superior Halter Horse award.Wagoner "Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition" p. 544] She was also the AQHA High Point Cutting Horse in 1959, 1960, and 1961. With theNational Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) she earned a total of $99,819.61 in cutting contests in her career. [ [http://www.nchacutting.com/ag/shows/earnings_lookup.php Poco Lena NCHA Earnings] retrieved on July 4, 2007] She earned a Certificate of Ability, as well as a Bronze and a Silver Award with the NCHA.Pitzer "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" p. 97] She was also inducted into the NCHA Hall of Fame. [ [http://www.nchacutting.com/ag/pubs/hall_of_fame.php NCHA Hall of Fame] retrieved on July 4, 2007]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. Eventually she was bought by the owners of
Doc Bar , Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Jensen. After much nursing and effort, Poco Lena produced twofoal s when bred to Doc Bar -Doc O'Lena and Dry Doc, both of whom won the NCHA Cutting Futurity. However, Poco Lena's founder deteriorated after the birth of Dry Doc, and onDecember 16 1968 she was put to sleep.She 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]
Pedigree
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1 = Poco Lena
2 =Poco Bueno
3 = Sheilwin
4 = King P-234
5 = Miss Taylor
6 = Pretty Boy
7 = mare by Blackburn
8 = Zantanon
9 = Jabalina
10 = Old Poco Bueno
11 = mare by Hickory Bill
12 = Dodger
13 = Little Maud
14 = Blackburn
15 =Waggoner Ranch mare
16 = Little Joe
17 = Jeanette
18 = Strait Horse
19 = mare by Traveler
20 = Little Joe
21 = Virginia D
22 = Hickory Bill
23 = unknown
24 = Harmon Baker
25 = Froggie
26 = Tip
27 = Bess
28 = Yellow Jacket
29 = Siss
30 = unknown
31 = unknownNotes
References
* " [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/poco+lena All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree for Poco Lena] " retrieved on June 26, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Pitzer, Andrea Laycock "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" Tacoma, Washington:Premier Publishing 1987
* Swan, Kathy ed. "Legends 3:Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1997
* Wagoner, Dan "Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition" Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1974External links
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=22722&sex=mare Poco Lena at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222222 Poco Lena at Quarter Horse Legends]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeFRryUNBhw Poco Lena video on You Tube]
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