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Open Futurity on RFD-TV, the announcers(Jirn Ware and Chubby Turner) noted that we wereabout to see the last foal out of the legendaryLaney Doc to appear in the NCHA Open FuturityFinals. That foal was Laney Rey Too.

It was obvious as we watched the 08 Futurityfinals that the cattle were rather difficult. Wesaw Laney Rey Too put tcgether a solid run that

MffiM%in the finals. But more important this marerepresents the culmination of a great producerecord that has earned $1,410,734.82 to date.

I-aney Rey Too also represents the last NCHAFuturity finalist for Laney Doc. This great mareproduced six NCHA Open and Non-Pro FuturityFinalist and four more have made the semi-finalsof NCHA Open and Non-Fro Futurity. Thus we seethe coming of the end of an era but on the other

hand we will have the continuation of herlegacy as Laney Doc has certainly earned ourtitle of a mare with more.

l-aney Doc was bred by Gary Dixon ofMarietta, Georgia. She was foaled in 1982and sired by Doc Quixote. Her dam wasChristmas For.rr by Christmas Star. Laterin 1982 Laney Doc became the property ofCrawford Farms of Houston, Texas. Shewas purchased by Fares Ranch, lnc. ofFredericksburE, Texas as a two year old in1984.

When the Fares Ranch bought her,she was put in the hands of Bi l l Riddle.Riddle had a young Australian horsemannamed Guy Wood working for him. Woodremembered Laney Doc in those earlyyears this way, "We had about 40 coltsthat year and she was one of the highdollar purchases on the ranch. Billtoldme to be real careful with that onebecause she cost a lot of money."

Wood continued, "l put the firstride on her and she was so easy toget along with. I had a good friendworking with me at the time namedMike Carrol . I was teaching him howto break col ts, so l just put him onher. He rode her about 30 days andshe was easy to get along with andeasy to teach things to."

"Then when it came time to startthem on cows, I started her on acow and I rode her all year long.

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I used to hide her from Bill. Because if he saw her thatwould be the end of my trip on her," continued Wood onhis efforl to keep this good mare as long as possible.

"Finally one day he told me he wanted to see her andI drug her out and worked her and that was the last timeI rode her. That was late in the two-year-old year."

Wood found Laney Doc to be specialfrom the very

is quoted telling about Christmas Four's working style,"She came along before her time. She'd be a star today.She had a lot of get down on a cow; she really had

,XJill,,""o she'd hit the shanks on the bit with her front

Laney Doc became one of the industries greatshow mares. She was 1986 NCHA Derby ReserveChampionship and the 1987 Gold And Silver S-Year-Oldbeginning. He talked about what made her special this

way, "The very first time I put her on lFGEr*ffia cow, she wanted to cut. She tookhold, went to move and wanted tocut."

"That's rare, when you startthousaMs of them and rarely dothey hook right up and try to cut.She was one of the very few that Ihave started in my career that didthat," explained Wood about whatmade this mare so special.

Wood added this about theworking style of Laney Doc andwhere she got it, "Laney Doc wasreal low headed. She was a realcow horse. She just locked on to acow. I've seen a tape of her motherand she was the same way--real lowheaded and locked on the cow."

"You had to fight her (Laney Doc)to get her to break off a cow andstop square because she wanted tocow up all the time," added Wood."A bunch of her colts are the sameway, it is hard to pull them off a cowand square up across the arena.They wanted to cow up al l the t ime."

Wood told the following aboutwhere that working style camefrom, "You don't see a whole lot ofQuixote's work the way Laney Docdid. Matlock Rose showed hermother in the Futurity and placedsecond. When you ask him aboutChristmas Four, he will tell you shethrew her nose plumb down on theground and she wanted to holdeverything."

An example of ChristmasFour's working style was profiledin the story "Matlock Rose" writtenby Heather Smith Thomas in theSeptember 30, 2001 issue of theQUARTER HORSE NEWS. Rose

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Open Reserve Championship" She was third in the 1987NCHA Breeders Cup and third in the 1986 Gold And$ilver 4-Yeii*Old Division. ln addition, she was a finalistin the Super Stakes Classic and Tropicana Futurity. Sheearned $245,552 in the NCHA. She also earned twoA0HA cuttino points.-

il;; ilJi"rl. nr""r, n*lo their dispersal in 1988,Laney Doc came to her final home the EE Ranches ofTexas, Inc. owned by Bill and Jo Ellard. lt was about thissarne time that Guy Wood became the resident trainerfor the EE Ranches. When he arrived his good friend RoyCox told him that they had just bought Laney Doc. Woodreplied "You won't regret that."

Laney Doc's arrival at the EE Ranches was a part ofa plan. Jo Ellard tells us how she came to get Laney Docand how this mare was a part of a plan to raise horseswith emphasis on the female side of the pedigree. "Webought her ai the Fares Ranch Dispersion. Everybodywas getting out of the horse business at that point iniime. lt was during the downturn in the horse economy. Iwas getting in when everybody else was getting out."

She continued, "We had been in the cattle businessfor a numner of years and realized that the key tosuccess in anirnal breeding is the slrength of the dam'sside of the pedigree. So my goal was to try and puttogether a small but very elite group of broodmares."

Ellard went on to explain that she put together whatshe calls "The MaEnificent Seven." They are the maresMiss Doc O Lena, Grulla San, Freckles Aglow, SanJose Hickory, Pepsie Playgirl, Play Satin Beauty andof course Laney Doc. These seven mares would formthe foundation of the Ef fianches new cutting horsebreeding program and Laney Doc would rise to be thecream of the crop. As Ellard put it, "l never dreamed shewould be the mare she is. lt was destiny."

Doc Quixote was the sire of Laney Doc. This greatson of Doc Bar was the 1973 NCHA Non-Pro FuturityChampion with Paul Crumpler in the saddle. Doc Quixotehas gone on to be one of the all time leading sires ofcutting horses. His foals have earned $10,175,334.His top five money earners include Poco Quixote Rio,$1 ,107,027; Docs Okie Quixote, $637 ,7*7; Cash QuixoteRio, $604,742; Jazzale, $586,612 and then comes LaneyDoc number live on this list of famous cutting horses.

Magnolia Gal was the dam of Doc Quixote. This marewas bred by Lester Goodson of Magnolia, Texas. Shewas a good producing mare with foals like Doc Quixoteand King's Bikini, an AQHA Champion.

Magnolia Galwas sired by Bull's Eye by Joe Reedll. Bull's Eye was an AA rated race horse and noted sireof broodmares. He count$ among his daughters thegreat Lassie's Dream. This mare was the 1S55 AQI-'IAChampicn Quarter Hunning Two-Year-Old Mare. She wasthe dam of Magnolia Bar an AAA rated AQHA Championsired by Three Bars. Magnolia Bar was a successfulsire with foals like Magnolia Pay, an AQHA Supreme

Champion.The dam of Magnol ia Gal was Sporty Gal. This

mare was sired by Sport by Zandy. Zandy was sired byZantanon by Little Joe. The dam of Zandy was a mare byStrait Horse. Some pedigree researchers have indicatedthat Zandy may have been a full brother to King P-234.

The dam of Sport was Lowry's Mabel. This greatmare was the dam of such noted horses as Star Duster.Star Duster was named the Champion of Champions atthe 1948 Fort Worth Stock Show over horses like PocoBueno. Lowry's Mabel was sired by Master Gould byFirst Chip, a thoroughbred. The dam of Lowry's Mabelwas the Steel Dust bred mare.

The dam of Sporty Gal was Shelly's Cricket. Thismare was sired by Clint Rutherford Horse, who was alsoknown as Leonard Wright Horse.

Christmas Four was the dam of Laney Doc. Thisgreat mare was the 1965 NCHA Futurity Open ReserveCharnpion. $he won $26, 61'l in the NCHA and earned138 AQI-IA pedormance points with a $uperior in opencutting. She had two AQHA halter points as well. Hershow record includes an NCHA \buth Reserve WorldChampionship and the NCHA Bronze Award.

Christmas Four was the dam of six foals with fourperformers. Her first foal was Peppys Christmas byPeppy San. This mare was an NCHA money winnerand AQHA point earner. Peppys Christmas is the damof Docs Christmas, an NCHA Silver and Bronze Awardwinner with over $85,997 in earnings and Lenas Coyote,a finalist in the Abilene $pectacular with earnings ofover $14,517. Both of these cutters were sired by DocO'Lena.

The second performer out of Christmas Four wasDocs Christmas Eve by Hickory Dee Doc. This marehas I AQHA pedormance points and $5,614 in NCHAearnings. Laney Doc was next in this line of performersand she was followed by the fcurih perforrner SmartyFours, an NCHA money earner sired by Smart LittleLena.

Christmas Four was sired by Christmas $tar.Christmas $tar was an AQHA point earner inperformance and an NCHA money earner. This stallionwas the sire of only 20 registered foals. These 20 foalsinclude only four performers and all four were AQHApoint earners. The other three point earners wereChristmas Five, Teques Christmas and Jimrny's Baldy.

Christmas Star was sired by Baldy B. Baidy B wassired by Chester B. Chester E was an FIOM sire ofsuch noted horses as Texas Ruby. Chester B was siredby Chubby F-656. The dam of Chester B was the OldVaughn Mare.

The dam oi Baldy B was Trixie B by Charley hrlcCue.Charley McCue was sired by Billy McCue and he wasout of the Old Vaughn Mare" This gives Baldy B twocrosses to the Old Vaughn Mare. Trixie B was out ofTexie Eee by Barney Troutrnan by Biily McCue. This

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The dam of Christmas Star was Miss Christmas byClaude. Claude was the sire of the greai cutting horseSenor George, the 1961 NCHA Open World ChampionCutting Horse. Claude was sired by Preacher G byBaftender. Bartender was sired by Manitobian and out ofthe Old Vaughn Mare. Manitobian was sired by Chubby.Thus we get a second cross to Chubby and a third crossto the Old Vaughn Mare.

Miss Christmas was out of Blanche by Littie Bob byJoe Reed P-3. Little Bob was out of Diamond Oakesby A. D. Reed. This makes Little Bob a full brotherto Catechu, the horse that was the Grand ChampionStallion at the first AQHA Show in California" The dam ofBlanche was a mare named Mae West ll l. Mae West ll lwas sired by Bud Thomas by F & H BillThomas. F & HBill Thomas was sired by Buck Thomas and he is out ofFourth of July, (Keep this mare in mind as we go throughthe pedigree of Chubby.) The dam of Bud Thomas wasBabie Wilkens by Stalks by John Witkens.

Mae West lll was out of Mae West ll. Mae West llwas sired by Chief Wilkens by John Wilkens. The damof Mae West ll was a mare by John Wilkens. This makesMae West l l l 4 X 3 X 3 to John Wilkens. Of course JohnWilkens greatest claim to fame is his son the famous JoeHancock.

Miss Mi l ler 4 was the dam of Christmas Four. MissMil ler 4 was sired by lke Rude. lke Rude was a good sireof such ROM horses as Chocolate lke, lke Rock, NickieClegg and Rude Chester. His son lke Rock was an AQHAChampion.

lke Rude was a paternal haif brother to Claude, thesire of Miss Christmas. Preacher G was the sire of bothClaude and lke Rude. As you will recall, Preacher Gwas sired hry Bartender by Manitobian by Chubby. Thedam of Bartender was the Old Vaughn Mare. This givesChristmas Four a Linebreeding pattern of 4 X 5 X 6 X5 to the Old Vaughn Mare. The Old Vaughn Mare wassired by the John Ellard Horse and out of the Tom lveyMare. The Tom lvey mare was sired by a horse known aslvey Roan, Josephene was the dam of Preacher G. Thismare was sired by Ross Green and oui of Josie York byRoss Green. Ross Green was sired by a thoroughbrednamed General Green. (Added note: This Bartendershould not be confused with the Bartender l l found inDoc Bar's pedigree.)

The dam oitke Rrde was Cynthia Ann Gillham byYellow Boy P-18. Yellow Boy P-18 was sired by YellowJacket and he was out of Bonnie Wilkens by JohnWilkens. This gives us a tie between Christmas Star andMiss Mi l ler 4 through the blood of John Wilkens on bothsides of the pedigree. John Wilkens was sired by PeterMcCue and out of Katie Wawekus, a thoroughbred mare.

Lady Loly Pop is the dam of Miss Miller 4. This mareis sired by Texas Miller by Sim's Yellow Boy. Sim's YellowBoy was sired by Yellow Belly by Yellow Jacket. Yellow

Beliy was also known as Yellsvr.Jacket ll. This givesMiss Miller 4 her second cros5 to Yellow Jacket.

The dam of Lady Loly Pop is Manitobian's Gir l . Thismare is a daughter of Manitobian by Chubby P-656" Thisgives Christmas Four a linebreeding pattern to ChubbyP-656of4X7X6X5.

The dam of Manitobian's Gid was Dun Babe byYellow Jacket ll l by Yellow Belly by Yellow Jacket. YellowBelly was out of a Parke Mare by Yellow Jacket. Thisgives Miss Mi l ier4al inebreeding pattern of 4X5X6X 6 X 7 to Yellow Jacket. Yellow Jacket was the famousfoundation sire that was sired by Little Fondo by Lock'sRondo and out to Barbee Dun by Lock's RonOo. :hismakes Yellow Jacket 2 X 2 inbred to Lock's Rondo.

Let's take a moment to look at Chubby P-656.Chubby P-656 was sired by Midnight by Badger byPeter h/cCue. Nellie Trammell was the dam of Midnight.She was sired by Pid Hart by Shelby and out of JennieCapps. The dam of Chubby P-656 was Fourth of Julythe mare that was the dam of F & H BillThomas. FourthOf July was sired by Bobby Lowe. a full brother to OldJoe Bailey. The sire of Bobby Lowe was Eureka, a fullbrother to Pid Hart, the sire of ihe dam of Midnight, thesire of Chubby P-656.

The dam of Fourlh Of July was Old filary by (Old) BenBurton and out of Mandy by Old Dutchman by Lock'sRondo. Old Mary was the dam of Yellow Wolf by OldJoe Bailey. Old Joe Bailey was the full brother to BobbyLowe. This makes Fourth Of Julv a full sister in blood toYellow Wolf.

Now back to Laney Doc. Laney Doc went to theEE Ranches to quietly put together a produce recordthat is second to none. Lanev Doc foaled Four Acresin 19BB He is a son of Bob Atre Doc. Four Acres waspurchased by Jo Ellard at the Fares Ranch Dispersal.He was gelded and then sold again by the EE Ranch. ltwas an early policy of the Ranch to sell stud colts out ofthe ranch mares. Four Acres went on to earn $258,915.He was an NCHA Futurity Finalist with a third place"Some of his other accomplishments include the,AbileneWestern Derby Championship; Montgomery FuturityChampionship. He was a finalist in events like SuperStakes Classic; Chisholm Trail Open Classic and the ElCid Open Classic.

The second foal out of Laney Doc was Laney Olena.This 1989 mare was sired by Doc O'Lena. She was thewinner of over $50,000 as acutter. She was an NCHAFuturity Semi-Finalist; Abilene Spectacular Derby finalist;Chisholm Trail Derby Open Finalist; Bonanza OpenFinalist and a Texas Gold Derby Champion. Laney Olenahas gone on to be a producer in her own right. She is thedam of Styling O Lena by Docs Stylish Oak. This marehas earned $43,407 with placings in such events asthe finals of the Memphis Non-Fro Futurity; Gold CoastDerby Non-Pro and NCHA Summer Spectacular ClassicNon-Pro Finals. Her second leading money

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The third foal out of Laney Doc was Meradas DeeJay. This 1990 mare won over $162,000 as a f inal ist insuth events as the NCHA Derby; El Cid Derby; AbileneWestern Derby; Chisholm Trail Open Classic. She wentinto the tge+ nQHn World Show to be named the WorldChampion in Junior Cutting.

Bob Acre Doc. Laker Doc has won over $185,000 andwas the high money winning f ive year old in 1997. Thisstal l ion was the f inal ist in 21 aged events including theNCHA Futurity. He was the 1997 AQHA World ChampionJunior Cutting Horse and the 1996 AQHA Reserve WorldChampion in Junior Cu!!

Meradas Dee Jay is the dam of DJ Tracker. This'1996 son of Doc's Hickory has won over $1 16,'173 as afinalist in such events as the Memphis Futurity; AbileneSpectacular Open; Bonanza 4-Year-Old; Brazos BashOpen Derby and the Gold Coast Derby. DJ Tracker is thesire of foals that have won over $348,000. His leadingmoney winner to date is Love Tracker an NCHA OpenFuturity Finalist. She has won $87,883.

Hava Doc Rocker was a full brother to Meradas DeeJay. This 1991 gelding has won $18,201.16. He was anAQHAAmateur World Championship Show qualifier. Heearned 7.5 AQHA cutting points.

Laker Doc proved to be one of the most consistentcutters to hit the arena. He was described bv Wood thisway, "Every time you went out--he cut. Laker Doc triedhis heart out for you every time. He'd try to hold onet i l l h is legs broke off . l t d idn' t matter what I cut on him,we seemed to keep advancing atl the time.'n Laker Dochas retired to become a sire for the EE Ranches. Heis siring foals like Raked ln Satin. This getding was theChampion at the 2001 Music City Derby and the 2000Royal Santana 3-Year-Old Futurity Champion. Raked InSatin has won $163,000. The Laker Doc foals have won$853,959 in the cutting arena.

lma Wiseacre was the 1993 foal out of Laney Doc.This horse was sold before he could be trained andhe has no AQHA or NCHA show record. He was a fullbrother to Four Acres and Laker Doc.

Laker Doc was fcaled by Laney Doc in 1992. Thiscolt was a full brother to Four Acres, both sired by

Laney Doc produced two foals in 1995 with the aid ofembryo transfer. Sooner Or Laney was foaled in

Mares With More - Continued from page 321995 and sired by Doc's Hickory. He is an NCHA moneyearner of $9,339 as a finalist in the 1998 El Cid Futurity.The second 1995 foalwas by Young Gun. This fil ly was acrop out and was registered with the APHA. She is nowregistered with the AQHA. Her name was Young Laney.She was sold and has no show record. She is the damof one foal Laneys My Granny. This 2000 fil ly is sired bySmart Painted Lena.

Laney Doc returned to the court of Doc's Hickory toproduce Laneys Hick in 1996. This sorrelgelding hasearned $25,443 as an Augusta Futurity Non-Pro Finalistand a Memphis Futurity Non-Pro Finalist. He won thesecond go of the Non-Pro at Memphis in 2000. He wasan NCHA Non-Pro Futurity Semi-finalist.

Cat lchi is a 2000 sorrel stallion by High Brow Cat. Heearned such titles as the chamoion of the 2004 NCHADerby and the Reserve Championship in the 2004NCHA Open Super Stakes. He also added a first in theMemphis Four-Year-Old Futurity. He earned $304,940in the cutting pen.

Goran is the 1997 full brother to Laker Doc andFour Acres. This gelding son of Bob Acre Doc wasan NCHA Futurity Non-Pro Finalist and an NCHAFuturity Open Semi-Finalist. He continued after theFuturity by being a finalist at the Super Stakes Non-

[i?iY?s;l city open and Non-Pro. He has earned

The next Laney Doc to enter the show ring was Kodo.Guy Wood explained this good young horse's name. "Kodois named after the Japanese Kodo Drummers. Kodo inJapanese means "heartbeat." Kodo started his show careertied with Hes A Peptospoonful as the winners of the firstround of the 2001 NCHA Futurity. This good son of LaneyDoc and CD Olena went on to finish in a tie for sixth in theFinals of the 2001 Futurity. He eamed $102,177.65.

l-aney Doc is the dam of Yaega, a '1999 Sonel filly byOlena and full sister to Kodo. This mare has won $13,841 inthe cutting pen.

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about to reach the arena in 2009. The interest in Cat

- lchi is h ighl ighted by his success in the NCHA Futur i tySales. Several of his foals were entered in the NewSire Spotlight Sales for 2OO7 and 2008. This sale is forstall ions that have no foals old enough to show in three-year-old futurit ies. He sired the 2007 High Sell ing Coltand Fi l ly in th is sale and the 2008 High Sel l ing Col t in th issale.

Monarcat was the second foal by High Brow Cat thatwas produced by Laney Doc. This stall ion has earned$33,506. He was an lrlCHA Futurity Semi-finalist and afinalist in the Augusta Four-Year-Old Open Futurity. t-{ewas followed by Catalaney, the winner of $1 ' l ,126. Thismare was also sired by High Brow Cat. Color Me Laneyis another cutting horse money earner out of LaneyDoc. This mare is a registered paint fnaled in 20O3 andsired by Color Me Smad. She has earned a reservechampionship in the Chisholm Trail Cutting HorseAssociation Fall Non-Pro Derby. Laney Rey was foaled in2OO4 and was sired by Dual Rey. This mare is an NCHAmoney earner.

Tracker Jones was a second foai produced by l-aneyDoc in 2004. This horse was sired by Laney Doc'sgrandson DJ Tracker. DJ Tracker was sired by Doc'sHickory and out of Meradas Dee Jay, the daughter ofLaney Doc and Freckles Merada. Tracker Jones was afinalist in the Southern Cutting Horse Open Derby and he

is an NCHA Open Futurity Semi-Finalist" He has earned*24,927 to date.

Laney Rey Too is the last foal out of his great mare.She is just starting her career in the cutting pen and itis going to be interesting to see what happens with hershow record after making the finals of the NCHA Futurity.

The part that Ellard sees as a key to the success ofth is l ine of horses is their intel l igence. She explained i tthis way, "One thing that has set the Laney Doc's apartis the intell igence o{ these colts. This has really surprisedme, we have some great mares and we've bred to somegreat stall ions. But the intell igence of the Laney Doc's isspecial. They are so smart. They're l ike Border Coll iesin that they're so smart. They can read cows better thanhumans."

El lard sees this intel l igence f lowing down throughthe l ine and she sees a bright future for this great familyof horses. They have seen it in Laney Doc's foals andnow her foals are producing it as well. The proof is inthe pudding. Laker Doc is the sire of foals that have wonover $850,000 and thus approaching the $1,000,000mark. This success is followed by DJ Tiacker whose 16pedorrners have earned $348,49S. When we combinethis success with the stail ions Kodo and Cat lchi justbeginning their breeding careers it appears that thelegacy of Laney Doc wil l l ive for many years. She is trulyone of our mares with more.

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