FL Lady Bug

Horse infobox
horsename = FL Lady Bug


caption = - FL Lady Bug -
breed = Quarter Horse
sire = Sergeant
grandsire = Billy McCue
dam = Yeager's Lady JA
damsire = Will Stead
sex = Mare
foaled = 1945
country = United States
color = Sorrel
breeder = W. A. Yeager
owner = Marvin and Lela Barnes
honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated= January 11 2008

FL Lady Bug never raced or was shown in a horse show, but this Quarter horse mare was famous for her speedy offspring.

Life

F L Lady Bug was registered as number 9733 in the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) stud book. A sorrel mare, she was foaled in 1945 and bred by W. A. Yeager of Woodward, Oklahoma. Her owners at the time she was registered were Bill and Alive Likins of Davis, Oklahoma.AQHA "Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 1-5" p. 373] Her sire, Sergeant, was bred to a daughter of his full brother, Will Stead, to produce Lady Bug. Thus, FL Lady Bug was inbred to both Billy McCue and Silver. Her second dam was an unnamed quarter mare from the J A Ranch in Texas. [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/fl+lady+bug Pedigree of FL Lady Bug at All Breed Pedigree] retrieved on July 4, 2007]

She had fourteen foals, eleven of whom started races. Ten of those starters were winners, with one Champion Quarter Running Two Year Old Filly - Top Ladybug, three stakes winners, and ten Race Register of Merit winners. Christensen "What Legends are Made of" p. 44] Wagoner "Quarter Racing Digest" p. 377] All ten of her Register of Merit qualifiers were sired by different stallions. She died on March 1 1974.

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 = FL Lady Bug
2 = Sergeant
3 = Yeager's Lady JA
4 = Billy McCue
5 = Silver
6 = Will Stead
7 = JA Ranch quarter mare
8 = Jack McCue
9 = Sorrel Alice
10 = Chickasha Bob
11 = Maud
12 = Billy McCue
13 = Silver
14 = unknown
15 = unknown
16 = Peter McCue
17 = Marguerite
18 = Chickasha Bob
19 = Maud
20 = Pid Hart
21 = Mary Keith
22 = Old Billy
23 = Old Alice
24 = Jack McCue
25 = Sorrel Alice
26 = Chickasha Bob
27 = Maud

Notes

References

* " [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/fl+lady+bug All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of FL Lady Bug] " retrieved on July 4, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* American Quarter Horse Association "Official Stud Book and Registry Combined Books 1-2-3-4-5" Amarillo, Texas:American Quarter Horse Association 1961
* Christensen, Kati "What Legends are Made of" "Quarter Horse Journal" March 1999 p. 40-47
* Wagoner, Dan "Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976" Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1976

External links

* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=27482&sex=mare FL Lady Bug at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home332 FL Lady Bug at Quarter Horse Legends]