Maid Of Love

Maid Of Love (Lou) was a 1985 chestnut overo by APHA Supreme Champion, Joechief Bar, and out of the 1978 sorrel overo APHA Halter Champion, Maid to Order.  Lou was an excellent broodmare and one of Ryan's favorites. She consistently produced foals with loud color, sweet dispositions and tons of muscle. Her 1997 APHA/PtHA black tovero daughter, Executives Blue Bayou, is a part of our broodmare band and can be seen on our mares page. RIP sweet mare.

Three generations

In her pedigree:

Joechief Bar

Her sire, Joechief Bar was a chestnut tobiano APHA Supreme Champion by the Sweepstakes Winning TB, Bang Up, and out of Josy Bar, producer of 5 APHA champions. Joechief Bar was the third horse to earn an APHA Supreme Championship.  He also earned ROM’s in Halter, Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Reining, Western Pleasure, and Working Cowhorse. Joechief Bar also sired 12 APHA Champions.  

Silver Son was a 1960 palomino AQHA stallion.  He was an AQHA Champion and he earned an Arena ROM and Superior Championships in Halter, Reining and Calf Roping and was on the Honor Roll for Steer Roping.  He was also an ROM Arena sire.  

Wild Duck was a 1968 sorrel overo APHA stallion.  He was an APHA Champion and he earned an Arena ROM.  He was also a ROM Arena sire and a producer of Champion daughters.  

King Duck was a 1962 AQHA Champion and Superior Halter Horse.  He earned an Arena ROM and was a ROM Race sire, ROM Arena sire and an APHA Champion sire.    

Spot Cash was a 1950 sorrel AQHA stallion by Skipper W and out of Southern Queen.  He was bred and owned by Hank Wiescamp and was the sire of AQHA Champions, Performance ROM earners, Race-Money earners and halter point earners.

Skippers King

Bred and owned by Hank J. Wiescamp, Skippers King was a Champion Halter Horse and Champion Roping Horse. Thought to be the top producing son of Skipper W, Skippers King sired several Superior Halter Horses, Superior Performance Horses, AQHA Champions and Arena ROM winners.  Like his great sire Skipper W, Skippers King was owned his entire life by Hank Wiescamp.      

Skipper W

Skipper W was a 1945 sorrel AQHA stallion that was bred and owned by Hank J. Wiescamp.  A Lifetime Leading sire of AQHA Halter Champions, Superior Halter Champions, Performance Champions and Superior Performance Champions, Skipper W is considered to be one of the most recognized stallions in the industry.  Skipper W began his career in the show ring but he truly made his mark in history in the breeding shed.  He is probably best noted as being a sire of both sons and daughters that went on to become great sires and dams.  It was in this aspect that he became the legend that he is today.  Skipper W was owned his entire life by HJ Wiescamp and he never stood to outside mares.

Plaudit

Plaudit was a 1930 palomino AQHA stallion by King Plaudit, a son of the Kentucky Derby Winner, Plaudit.  Since the elder Plaudit was not registered with AQHA, the younger stallion was allowed to use the same name as his grandsire.  His foals had speed, brains, looks and great dispositions.  He is probably best known for producing daughters that ended up in the breeding program for the legendary Hank Wiescamp.  One of these daughters was Miss Helen, the dam of Skippers Lad.

Joe Reed

Joe Reed was registered with AQHA in 1938 at the age of 18 years.  He was the third horse to be registered with AQHA.  He was best known for his quick speed at the starting gate and for being a producer of speed horses.  He was an AQHA Hall of Fame Horse, AQHA Hall of Fame Sire, and sire of ROM Race Money earners and Superior Cutting-Arena Money earners. 

Three Bars

Three Bars, a well-known sire of American Quarter Horses, was originally registered as a TB.  It was only later in his career that he went on to become a member of the American Quarter Horse Registry and was one of the first of four horses to be inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.  Sired by the great TB Percentage and out of a much admired sprinting horse and dam of QH Hall of Fame horse, Myrtle Dee, Three Bars in his own right was a probably best known for his accomplishments in the breeding shed.  Three Bars sired 29 AQHA Champions, 4 AQHA Supreme Champions and 317 Racing ROM earners.  Several of his offspring were inducted into the AQHA Hall Of Fame.  Three Bars is also the sire of multiple World Champions, Superior Halter Horses, Superior Performance Horses, ROM earners, NCHA Money earners and Race Money earners.  His grandson, Doc Bar, became one of the most influential sires of cutting horses ever known.  Impressive, another grandson of Three Bars, dominated the horse industry as a leading sire of halter horses.     

King

King, although born before the AQHA was established, was considered to be a cornerstone for the AQHA industry. Some even considered him to be the greatest horse of his time. Even though he never won any performance points of his own, King produced offspring that would set a standard for AQHA. He was the sire of AQHA and NRHA Hall of Fame Horses, AQHA Champions, Performance ROM earners, Racing ROM earners, Superior Halter Horses and Superior Performance Horses.  Because of his greatness as a sire, King was inducted into the Hall of Fame for AQHA, NCHA and NRHA.  Two of his well-known sons, Poco Bueno and Hank H, were great sires in their own right, producing horses with great speed and the ability to perform.    

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