Poco Bueno

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Poco Bueno a bay quarter horse stallion foaled April 10, 1944. He was sired by the great quarter horse stallion King P-234 and out of the mare name Miss Taylor. Poco Bueno is the stallion that is linked to the current genetic disease Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia (HERDA) in stock horses.

Poco Bueno earned his AQHA Championship and dominated the quarter horse breed for decades. He was purchased by E. Paul Waggoner, of the Waggoner Ranch near Veron, Texas in 1945 for $5,700 and he stood 14.3 hands and weighed 1,150 pounds. His show career started when he was named champion yearling stallion at the Texas Cowboy Reunion Quarter Horse Show in Stamford. He was grand champion stallion in the 1940's at Denver's National Western Stock Show, the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth, State Fair of Texas in Dallas and the American Royal Livestock Show in Kansas City.

As a 4-year-old, in 1948, Poco Bueno started his performance career as a cutting horse. He was the first quarter horse to be insured for $100,000.00. Poco Bueno sired 405 registered AQHA foals, 222 were performers. His most successful crosses were on the daughters of Blackburn.

Poco Bueno died November 28, 1969. Mr. Waggoner left specific instructions in his will that Poco Bueno was to be buried in a standing position in a grave across from the ranch entrance on Hwy. 283. The plot of ground was landscaped with trees and grass. A granite marker, weighing four tons, was engraved with his name, picture and the following: Champion and Sire of Champions. In 1990, Poco Bueno was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.

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All Breed Pedigree page- select the quarter horse
Waggoner Ranch
HERDA Article
Yahoo HERDA Group
Multiple articles are captured at the Yahoo Groups, HERDA group
Multiple articles are captured the medical information site, www.pubmed.com (link below)
www.pubmed.com
Am J Vet Res. 2005 Mar;66(3):437-42. Inheritance of hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia in Quarter Horses.
Vet Dermatol. 2004 Aug;15(4):207-17. Hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia ("hyperelastosis cutis") in 50 horses
Lab Invest. 1988 Aug;59(2):253-62. An inherited connective tissue disease in the horse.