Doc O'Lena

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Breed: Quarter Horse
Discipline: Cutting
Sire: Doc Bar
Grandsire: Lightning Bar
Dam: Poco Lena
Maternal grandsire: Poco Bueno
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1967
Country: United States
Color: Bay
Breeder: Dr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Jensen
Owner: Dr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Jensen
Honors
Other Awards
1970 NCHA Futurity Champion
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: January 10, 2008.

Doc O'Lena was a Quarter horse stallion and an outstanding cutting horse and sire of cutting horses.[1]

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[edit] Life

Doc O'Lena was foaled in 1967, the offspring of Doc Bar and Poco Lena.[2] He is one of only two horses in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame with both parents also inductees. He was a bay foal, bred owned by Dr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Jensen of Paicines, California at the time of registration.[3] His markings were just a small star and a small white half pastern on his left hind foot.[4]

The Jensens hoped to sell Doc O'Lena while still a yearling to Don Dodge, who had trained the colt's dam, Poco Lena, but Dodge thought the colt was too small to train as a cutting horse. So instead, the Jensens decided to keep the colt and have Shorty Freeman come look at him to see if Freeman wanted to train the colt. However Freeman did not have an auspicious beginning, as the first time Freeman tried to ride the green broke yearling, Doc O'Lena ran away. However, Freeman decided to take Doc O'Lena on, and said of the horse

I didn't train Doc O'Lena anyway, he trained himself. I knew about 30 days after I got him that he was an exceptional horse... I always had to ride him last in the training program, 'cause if I didn't, I'd be mad at all the other horses in the barn. He was just that good.

[4]

Freeman talked one of his clients into going into partnership with him and buying Doc O'Lena from the Jensens in April of 1970 for $15,000. That December, Doc O'Lena was National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) Futurity Champion, winning $17, 357 for his new owners.[4] In all, Doc O'Lena earned $21,991.93 in NCHA earnings, along with an NCHA Certificate of Ability.[5]

Among his offspring were Doc Athena, Sugar Olena, Lenas Peppy, Smart Little Lena, and Todaysmyluckyday.[6] His son Montana Doc is a member of the NCHA Hall of Fame.[7] Doc O'Lena was the first NCHA Futurity winner to sire a Futurity winner when Lenaette won the Futurity in 1975. His son Smart Little Lena was the first winner of the NCHA triple crown. And in 1978, Doc O'Lena himself was syndicated for $2.1 million, at that time a record for the cutting horse industry.[4]

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

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Percentage (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Three Bars (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Myrtle Dee (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lightning Bar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Doc Horn (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Della P
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Old DJ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Doc Bar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 My Texas Dandy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Texas Dandy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Streak
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dandy Doll
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bartender II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bar Maid F
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nelly Bly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Doc O'Lena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Zantanon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King P-234
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jabalina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Poco Bueno
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Old Poco Bueno
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Miss Taylor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Hickory Bill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Poco Lena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dodger
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pretty Boy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Maud
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sheilwin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Blackburn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Blackburn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Waggoner Ranch mare
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Close Legends 4 p. 190-205
  2. ^ Pedigree of Doc O'Lena at All Breed Pedigree retrieved June 26, 2007
  3. ^ AQHA Official Stud Book and Registry Vol. 22 p. 341
  4. ^ a b c d Groves "Doc O'Lena" Quarter Horse Journal October 1994 p. 18
  5. ^ NCHA Earnings for Doc O'Lena retrieved on July 4, 2007
  6. ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 30-33
  7. ^ NCHA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 4, 2007
  8. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008

[edit] References

  • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Doc O'Lena retrieved on June 26, 2007
  • AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  • American Quarter Horse Association Official Stud Book and Registry Volume 22 Amarillo, Texas: American Quarter Horse Association 1968
  • Close, Pat and Roy Jo Sartin, ed. Legends 4: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 2002 ISBN 0-911647-49-X
  • Groves, Lesli Krause "Doc O'Lena" Quarter Horse Journal October 1994 p. 18
  • NCHA website retrieved on July 4, 2007
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, Washington:Premier Publishing 1987

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