Poco Bueno

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Breed: Quarter Horse
Discipline: Halter
Cutting
Sire: King P-234
Grandsire: Zantanon
Dam: Miss Taylor
Maternal grandsire: Old Poco Bueno
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1944
Country: United States
Color: brown (color)
Breeder: Jess Hankins
Owner: Paul E. Waggoner
Honors
Other Awards
AQHA Champion.
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: January 12, 2008.

Poco Bueno a brown quarter horse stallion foaled April 10, 1944.[1] He was sired by the great Quarter horse stallion King P-234 and out of the mare Miss Taylor who was by Old Poco Bueno. Poco Bueno was named for his maternal grandsire, and the name means pretty good in Spanish.[2] Poco Bueno is the stallion that is linked to the genetic disease Hereditary Equine Regional Dermal Asthenia (HERDA) in stock horses.

He was a plain brown horse with no white markings at all. When mature, he stood about 15 hands high and weighed about 1200 pounds.[2]

Poco Bueno earned his American Quarter Horse Association, or AQHA, Championship and dominated the quarter horse breed for decades. He was purchased by E. Paul Waggoner, of the Waggoner Ranch near Vernon, Texas in 1945 for $5,700.[1] His show career started when he was named champion yearling stallion at the Texas Cowboy Reunion Quarter Horse Show in Stamford, Texas. 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.[1]

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.[1][3] Poco Bueno sired 405 registered AQHA foals, 222 were performers.[1] His most successful crosses were on the daughters of Blackburn. Among his famous get were Poco Stampede, Poco Tivio, Poco Lena, Poco Mona, Poco Bob, Poco Dell, and Poco Pine.[4]

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 Texas Highway 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.[1][3] In 1990, Poco Bueno was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.[5]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jenny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Zantanon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Billy by Big Jim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jeanette
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Sykes' Rondo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King P-234
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Yellow Jacket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Strait Horse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gardner mare by Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jabalina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Poco Bueno 1944 sorrel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jenny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Old Poco Bueno
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Big Jim
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Virginia D
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Miss Taylor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Peter McCue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hickory Bill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lucretia M
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 mare by Hickory Bill
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Simmons Legends p. 31-37
  2. ^ a b Groves "Poco Bueno" Quarter Horse Journal April 1994 p. 18
  3. ^ a b Davis "Headin' an' Heelin'" Western Horseman February 1970 p. 17
  4. ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 96-98
  5. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008

[edit] References

  • AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  • Davis, Ray "Headin' an' Heelin'" Western Horseman February 1970 p. 17
  • Groves, Lesli Krause "Poco Bueno" Quarter Horse Journal April 1994 p. 18
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, WA:Premier Pedigrees 1987
  • Simmons, Diance C. Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1993

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[edit] Further Reading

  • 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.
  • Kadash, Kathy "Poco Bueno: Preserving the Past for the Future" Western Horseman April 1993 p. 16-20