Joe Cody

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Breed: Quarter Horse
Discipline: Reining
Cutting
Sire: Bill Cody
Grandsire: Wimpy P-1
Dam: Taboo
Maternal grandsire: King P-234
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1952
Country: United States
Color: Sorrel
Breeder: Tom W. Cochrane
Owner: C. T. Fuller, Robert F. Roberts, Vigrinia Epes Harper
Honors
Other Awards
AQHA Performance Register of Merit, AQHA Champion
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, NRHA Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: January 12, 2008.

Foaled in 1952, Joe Cody was a Quarter horse stallion famous for siring reining horses.[1]

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[edit] Life

Joe Cody was registered with number 42,543 in the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). He was a 1952 sorrel colt, bred by Tom W. Cochran of Buckholts, Texas. He was registered in the ownership of Robert F. Roberts of Tyler, Texas.[2] His sire was a product of the King Ranch linebreeding program, as he was a son of Wimpy P-1 out of a daughter of Old Sorrel.[3] Joe's dam was a daughter of King P-234.[3]

Joe Cody earned an AQHA Champion and a Performance Register of Merit from the AQHA.[4] When he earned his AQHA Championship, he was the youngest stallion to ever earn the award.[5] He was trained and earned points in reining and cutting. He was also trained to rope.[5]In 1989 he was inducted into the National Reining Horse Association (or NRHA) Hall of Fame, only the second horse so honored.[6]

After retiring to stud in 1961, he was invited to Bermuda by the government of Bermuda to show both reining and cutting at the Agricultural Fair put on by the government. His owner at the time, Mrs. Virginia Harper of Long Island, New York, took him and had him perform a reining pattern and also a cutting exhibition.[5] He was the sire of Easter Cody, Sappho Cody, Paprika Cody, Sapphire Cody, High Proof, Topsail Cody, and Red God.[7] His son Topsail Cody sired foals that earned over $1 million in NRHA earnings.[8]

He died on July 1, 1989.[1] Fuller buried him at Fuller's Willow Brook Farm in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania with a granite headstone giving his accomplishments.[9]

He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[10]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Old Sorrel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Solis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mother of Solis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wimpy P-1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Old Sorrel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Panda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Hickory Bill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bill Cody
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hickory Bill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Old Sorrel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dr. Rose mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pesetita
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cardinal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Peseta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King Ranch mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Cody
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Zantanon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jeanette
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King P-234
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Strait Horse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jabalina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Taboo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 DJ by Old DJ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Billy Bowlegs
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Billie Bo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Phelps mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Close Legends 5 p. 50-63
  2. ^ AQHA Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 6-10 p. 564
  3. ^ a b All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree for Joe Cody retrieved on June 26, 2007
  4. ^ Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 314
  5. ^ a b c Valentry "Comeback Horse" Western Horseman May 1965 p. 133, 195-197
  6. ^ NRHA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 4,2007
  7. ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 60-61
  8. ^ NRHA Million Dollar Earners retrieved on July 4, 2007
  9. ^ Wohlfarth "Last Rites" Quarter Horse Journal July 1996 p. 14
  10. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008

[edit] References

  • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree for Joe Cody retrieved on June 26, 2007
  • AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  • American Quarter Horse Association Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 6-7-8-9-10 Amarillo, Texas: American Quarter Horse Association 1962
  • Close, Pat ed. Legends 5: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs: Western Horseman 2002 ISBN 0-911647-58-9
  • NRHA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 4, 2007
  • NRHA Million Dollar Earners retrieved on July 4, 2007
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, Washington:Premier Publishing 1987
  • Wagoner, Dan Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1974
  • Wohlfarth, Jenny "Last Rites" Quarter Horse Journal July 1996 p. 14
  • Valentry, Duane "Comeback Horse" Western Horseman May 1965 p. 133, 195-197

[edit] Further reading

  • Groves, Lesli Krause "Joe Cody" Quarter Horse Journal January 1995 p. 18

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