Driftwood (horse)

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Breed: Quarter Horse
Discipline: Rodeo
Sire: Miller Boy
Grandsire: Hobart Horse
Dam: mare by Barlow
Maternal grandsire: Barlow
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1932
Country: United States
Color: Bay
Breeder: Mr. Childress
Owner: Catherine A & Channing Peake
Honors
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: January 11, 2008.

Foaled in 1932, Driftwood was originally known as Speedy while he was a rodeo horse.[1] Driftwood was known for siring rodeo and ranch horses.[2]

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[edit] Life

Driftwood was registered as number 2833 with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). His stud book entry lists him as a bay horse (meaning stallion in this situation) foaled in 1932, and bred by Mr. Childress of Silverton, Texas. His owners at the time of registration were Catherine A and Chaning Peake of Lompoc, California.[3] His breeding was mostly unknown, with only two lines traceable past the grandparents. Both of those lines traced to Lock's Rondo, however.[4] His second dam was a Thoroughbred mare from Kentucky, although her exact breeding was unknown. His paternal grandsire, the Hobart Horse, is of unknown breeding.[4]

Driftwood made a name for himself in the late 1930's as a rodeo horse, when he was known as Speedy.[1] He was owned by a man named Asbury Schell, who calf roped, team tied, steer roped and bulldugged off the stallion he called Speedy, as well as occasionally stock saddle races. In 1941, the Peake's tried to buy Speedy, but since Schell earned his living as a rodeo cowboy, they were only able to talk Schell into letting them breed seven mares to the stallion that spring. The next year, with World War II rationing curtailing rodeos, Schell finally sold Speedy to the Peakes for $1500. There was some confusion about the stallion's pedigree, and it took three years before the Peakes were able to track down the previous owners before Schell and find out enough of the horse's breeding to register the stallion with the AQHA, and by that time the name "Speedy" had already been registered, so the horse was registered as Driftwood instead.[2]

He sired two horses that earned their AQHA Race Register of Merit, as well as nine daughters that produced Race Register of Merits.[5] He sired nineteen foals that earned a Performance Register of Merit from the AQHA, and one foal earned a year end High Point Award.[6] Many of his offspring competed on the professional rodeo circuit, where Driftwood made a name for himself by siring more top rodeo horses than any other sire of his time. Among the outstanding rodeo horses he sired were Driftwood Ike and Firewood.[7] Others included Poker Chip Peake and Henny Penny Peake, who won the 1953 and 1954 Pacific Coast Hackamore Championship.[2] He died in 1960.[1]

Driftwood died in 1960 and in 2006[8] he was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[9] In 2007 Western Horseman magazine chose Driftwood as number five on their list of top ten ranch horse bloodlines.[10]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hobart Horse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Miller Boy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lock's Rondo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Texas Chief
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Daisy L
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wylie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 J A Ranch mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Driftwood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Whalebone
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lock's Rondo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mittie Stephens
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Barlow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Barlow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kentucky Thoroughbred mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Close Legends 2 p. 88
  2. ^ a b c Goves " "Speedy" became Driftwood" Quarter Horse Journal November 1994 p. 18
  3. ^ AQHA Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 1-5 p. 171
  4. ^ a b Pedigree of Driftwood at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 23, 2007
  5. ^ Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 328
  6. ^ Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 190
  7. ^ Porter "They're Bred for the Arena" Western Livestock Journal p. 83-85
  8. ^ American Quarter Horse Foundation - Driftwood accessed on February 3, 2008
  9. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  10. ^ Denison "The Top Ten Ranch Horse Bloodlines" Western Horseman October 2007 p. 34-41

[edit] References

  • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Driftwood retrieved on June 23, 2007
  • American Quarter Horse Foundation - Driftwood accessed on February 3, 2008
  • 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
  • Denison, Jennifer and Ross Hecox (ed.) "The Top Ten Ranch Horse Bloodlines: Western Horseman ranks the top bloodlines used in today's working ranch remudas" Western Horseman October 2007 p. 34-41
  • Goves, Lesli Krause " "Speedy" became Driftwood" Quarter Horse Journal November 1994 p. 18
  • Porter, Willard H. "They're Bred for the Arena" Western Livestock Journal p. 83-85
  • Wagoner, Dan Quarter Racing Reference 1974 Edition Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1974
  • Wagoner, Dan Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1976

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