Clabber (horse)

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Clabber

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Breed: Quarter Horse
Discipline: Racing
Rodeo
Sire: My Texas Dandy
Grandsire: *Porte Drapeau (TB)
Dam: Blondie S
Maternal grandsire: Lone Star
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1936
Country: United States
Color: Sorrel
Breeder: Frank Smith
Owner: A. A. Nichols, Frank Vessels
Honors
Racing Awards
1941 World Champion Quarter Running Horse
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: January 11, 2008.

Foaled in 1936, Clabber was a Quarter Horse stallion known as the Iron Horse for his ability to run and win match races after a day of ranch work.[1]

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[edit] Life

Clabber was registered as number 507 with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). Foaled in 1936, he was sorrel in color. His registration listing gives his sire as My Texas Dandy #4900 by *Porte Drapeau (TB). His first dam was Blondie S by Lone Star by Gold Enamel (TB). The second dam, or maternal granddam, was given as Emory Goldman by Capt. Joe.[2] He was recorded as having been bred by Frank Smith of Big Foot, Texas. A. A. Nichols of Gilbert, Arizona registered him with the AQHA.[2] He traced twice to Traveler on his dam's side.[3] Sometimes his dam is given as a daughter of Uncle Jimmie Gray (TB) named Golden Girl or Golden Wheel, but the AQHA considers his dam to be Blondie S. Nichols said that as a yearling, the colt had such big feet that his friends teased him and said that the horse's feet looked like clapboards, thus the horse's name. Certainly, Clabber was no pretty horse, and had a number of conformation faults.[4]

His racing record is listed as "not available" in the Quarter Racing Digest but it does list that he was awarded a Race Register of Merit and was named World Champion Quarter Running Horse for 1940-1941.[5] In 1944, Clabber beat Painted Joe but in the Stallion Championship race only managed a dead heat with Bartender.[6] Besides his racing career, he also was a ranch horse, and the ranch hands also competed on him in rodeo events, winning events at the local rodeos in team roping and calf roping.[4] It was through Clabber's ability to be a ranch horse all week, run races on the weekend and maybe compete in a rodeo that he earned his nickname of "The Iron Horse."[7]

Frank Vessels Jr of Los Alamitos, California bought Clabber from Nichols in October of 1944 for $5000. Vessels only got two foal crops before Clabber died. Vessels said of him "Although most of his offspring had many of his conformational defects, they also had much of his ability, desire to run, and general intelligence."[4]

Among his foremost offspring were Chester C, Buster, Jeep, Flicka, Wagon N, Peggy N, and Tonta Gal.[1] His leading money earner on the track was Clabbertown G, a 1946 sorrel stallion who earned $16,130.00.[5] Twenty-six of his offspring earned Race Register of Merits.[5] He died on January 1, 1947 in California.[1]

He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[8]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 =Sundridge (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 =Sunstar (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 =Doris (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 *Porte Drapeau (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 =Ayrshire (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 =Bright Cherry (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 =Cerisette (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 My Texas Dandy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sleepy Dick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Dick
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Flora
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sadie M
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Panmure (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nellie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Clabber
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 *Maddison (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gold Enamel (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Enamel (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lone Star
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Quarter mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Blondie S
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Captain Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mamie Crowder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Emory Goldman
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Possum (King) by Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Possum (King)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Close Legends 2 p. 129
  2. ^ a b AQHA Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 1-5 p. 94
  3. ^ Clabber Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 23, 2007
  4. ^ a b c Groves "The Iron Horse: Clabber" Quarter Horse Journal July 1995 p. 18
  5. ^ a b c Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 223-224
  6. ^ Haskell Racing Quarter Horses 1944 p. 19
  7. ^ "'Iron Horse' Clabber Dies" Western Livestock Journal January 1947
  8. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008

[edit] References

  • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Clabber retrieved on June 23, 2007
  • 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
  • Close, Pat ed. Legends 2: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1994 ISBN 0-911647-30-9
  • Groves, Lesli Krause "The Iron Horse: Clabber" Quarter Horse Journal July 1995 p. 18
  • "'Iron Horse' Clabber Dies" Western Livestock Journal January 1947
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, WA:Premier Pedigrees 1987
  • Wagoner, Dan Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1976

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