American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame

The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame and Museum was created by the American Quarter Horse Association in Amarillo, Texas to honor both people and horses who contributed to the growth of the American Quarter Horse.

Museum

The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum celebrates the history of the American Quarter Horse. The museum features photos of honorees and paintings of American Quarter Horses famous in the bloodlines of today's champions, many painting by Western artist Orren Mixer. There are interactive exhibits about horse anatomy, horse riding and disciplines of the American Quarter Horse. Other displays include artifacts, riding and cowboy attire, tack, photos and ribbons and memorabilia about inductees.

Hall of Fame nominations

To be considered by the Hall of Fame, any one may nominate either people or horses to be considered. Nominations from the membership are due by October 1. They are then screened and sent to the Hall of Fame committee which meets in the following March. Nominations stay active for three years, then must sit out for three years before being considered again. People being considered may be alive or deceased, but horses must be deceased.[1]

Horses

List of horses currently inducted in the American Quarter Horse Association's Hall of Fame of notable Quarter horses:[2]

Name of horse Year inducted Year foaled Year died Color Sex Sire Dam Broodmare sire Breeder Discipline
Baby Doll Combs 2004 1947 1960 Bay Mare Oklahoma Star Jr Miss Boctick Bert H. M. Boctick Rodeo Steer Westling
Barbara L 2007 1947 1977 Bay Mare Patriotic (TB) Big Bess Sonora Harmon James T. Hunt Racing
Beduino (TB) 2008 1968 1991 Gray Stallion Romany Royal (TB) Jo-Ann-Cat (TB) Rejected (TB) Justo Fernandez Avila Racing
Bert 2007 1934 1956 Brown Stallion Tommy Clegg Lady Coolidge Beech's Yellow Jacket Bert Benear Breeding stallion
Billy Clegg 1998 1932 1958 Bay Stallion Paul Ell Bivarita Billy Sunday Bernard Adams Breeding stallion
Black Easter Bunny 2002 1949 Black Mare Hysition (TB) Flicka Chicaro Bill Walter J. Culbertson Racing
Blondy's Dude 2001 1957 1980 Sorrel Stallion Small Town Dude Blondy Queen Blondy Plaudit Homer S. Foutz Halter
Charger Bar 2001 1968 1997 Bay Mare Tiny Charger La Ree Bar Rocket Bar (TB) Wayne Carlton Racing
Cherry Lake (TB) 1998 1966 1993 Chestnut Mare Lake Erie (TB) Cherao (TB) Nechao (TB) Minnie Rhea Wood & B.F. Phillips Racing
Chicado V 2006 1950 1972 Brown Mare Chicaro Bill Do Good St. Louis Frank Vessels Racing
Chicks Beduino 2007 1984 2003 Gray Stallion Beduino (TB) A Classy Chick Chick's Deck Joe Muniz
John Bobenrieth
Racing
Clabber 1997 1936 1947 Sorrel Stallion My Texas Dandy Blondie S Lone Star Frank Smith Racing
Colonel Freckles 2004 1973 1986 Sorrel Stallion Jewel's Leo Bars Christy Jay Rey Jay Marrion Flynt Cutting
Country Classic 2001 1969 1986 Sorrel Gelding Rey Jay Christy Carol Leo Bob Marion Flynt Showing
Cutter Bill 2003 1955 1982 Palomino Stallion Buddy Dexter Billie Silvertone Silvertone R. L. Underwood Cutting
Dash For Cash 1997 1973 1996 Sorrel Stallion Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer (TB) To Market (TB) B. F. Phillips Jr. Racing
Depth Charge (TB) 1991 1941 1965 Brown Stallion Bold Venture (TB) Quickly (TB) Haste (TB) John D. Hertz Racing sire
Diamonds Sparkle 2007 1974 2002 Palomino Mare Mr Diamond Dude Pollyana Rose Clabber Question Jerald Freeman Showing
Do Good 2008 1938 Brown Mare St Louis Flossie Duggan Jim Harkey Broodmare
Doc Bar 1993 1956 1992 Chestnut Stallion Lightning Bar Dandy Doll Texas Dandy Tom Finley Breeding stallion
Doc O'Lena 1997 1967 1993 Bay Stallion Doc Bar Poco Lena Poco Bueno Dr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Jensen Halter
Cutting sire
Driftwood 2006 1932 1960 Bay Stallion Miller Boy unnamed mare Barlow Mr. Childress Breeding stallion
Easy Date 2002 1972 1993 Bay Mare Easy Jet Spot Cash (TB) Roman Sandal (TB) Walter Merrick Racing
Easy Jet 1993 1967 1992 Sorrel Stallion Jet Deck Lena's Bar (TB) Three Bars (TB) Walter Merrick Racing
Expensive Hobby 2007 1971 2003 Buckskin Gelding Hobby Horse Jan's Helen Stormy's Sugar Floyd Finnerty Showing
First Down Dash 2011 1984 2010 Sorrel Stallion Dash For Cash First Prize Rose Gallant Jet Weetona Stanley Breeding Stallion
FL Lady Bug 1999 1945 1974 Sorrel Mare Sergeant Yeager's Lady JA Will Stead W. A. Yeager Broodmare
Garrett's Miss Pawhuska 2006 1946 1975 Sorrel Mare Leo Jenny Dee Jimmie Allred Bill Rowe Racing
Go Man Go 1990 1953 1983 Roan Stallion Top Deck (TB) Lightfoot Sis Very Wise (TB) J. B. Ferguson Racing
Goetta 2007 1961 1978 Bay Mare Go Man Go Etta Leo Leo E. L. Gosselin Racing
Grey Badger II 2007 1941 c. 1972 Gray Stallion Midnight Jr Grey Annie Billy The Tough Walter Merrick Racing
Jackie Bee 2008 1962 1990 Gray Stallion Jimmy Mac Bee Jackie Diane Jack R Glen Davis Breeding stallion
Hollywood Dun It 2012 1983 2005 Dun Stallion Hollywood Jac 86 Blossom Berry Dun Berry Cliff and Gwendy Steif Breeding stallion
Indigo Illusion 2012 1981 2007 Brown Mare Beduino (TB) Copy Carpi Duplicate Copy William Carter and Allen Baitzor Broodmare
Jet Deck 1991 1960 1971 Bay Stallion Moon Deck Miss Night Bar Barred William and James Carter Racing
Joe Cody 1995 1952 1989 Sorrel Stallion Bill Cody Taboo King P-234 Tom W. Cochrane Reining
Joe Hancock P-455 1992 c1926 1943 Brown Stallion John Wilkens Mundell Mare Percheron stud John Jackson Hancock Racing
Joe Reed II 1994 1936 1964 Chestnut Stallion Joe Reed P-3 Nellene Fleeting Time (TB) J. W. House Racing
Joe Reed P-3 1992 1921 1947 Chestnut Stallion Joe Blair (TB) Della Moore Old DJ Henry Lindsey Racing
Kaweah Bar 1998 1966 1976 Palomino Gelding Alamitos Bar Angie Miss Go Man Go Hadan Livestock Company Racing
King P-234 1989 1932 1958 Bay Stallion Zantanon Jabalina Strait Horse M. Benevides Volpe Breeding stallion
Lena's Bar (TB) 2003 1954 1967 Chestnut Mare Three Bars (TB) Lena Valenti (TB) Gray Dream (TB) Walter Merrick Racing
Broodmare
Leo P-1335 1989 1940 1967 Sorrel Stallion Joe Reed II Little Fanny Joe Reed P-3 J. W. House Racing
Lightning Bar 2008 1951 1960 Sorrel Stallion Three Bars (TB) Della P Doc Horn (TB) Art Pollard Showing
Lynx Melody 2008 1975 2004 Sorrel Mare Doc's Lynx Trona Leon Bars James A. Wesley Cutting
Maddon's Bright Eyes 1997 1946 1958 Bay Mare Gold Mount Plaudette King Plaudit (TB) J. W. Shoemaker Racing
Make It Do 2009 1964 sorrel Gelding Breeze Bar Camelot Broom Camelot's Little Cuero C. R. Jones Rodeo
Miss Jim 45 2000 1966 1978 Red Dun Mare Jim Harlan Miss Paulo 45 Paulos Dandy James Nance Showing
Miss Meyers 2009 1949 1963 sorrel Mare Leo Star's Lou Oklahoma Star O.C. Meyers Racing
Moon Deck 1996 1950 1974 Brown Stallion Top Deck (TB) Moonlight Night Peace Pipe (TB) J. B. Ferguson Racing
Mr San Peppy 2011 1968 1998 Sorrel Stallion Leo San Peppy Belle Pep Up King Ranch Cutting
Oklahoma Star P-6 1992 1915 1943 Bay Stallion Dennis Reed (TB) Cutthroat Gulliver Tommy Moore Stallion
Old Sorrel 1990 1915 1945 Chestnut Stallion Hickory Bill Dr. Rose TB Mare unknown George Clegg Breeding stallion
Ought To Go 2003 1967 Sorrel Mare Go Man Go Do Good Bam War Bam (TB) Frank Vessels, Jr. Racing
Pecho Dexter 2005 1963 1984 Sorrel Gelding Poco Pecho Miss Hogan Joe Dexter John King Halter & Showing
Peppy San 1999 1959 1989 Sorrel Stallion Leo San Peppy Belle Pep Up Gordon Howell Cutting
Peppy San Badger 2008 1974 2005 Sorrel Stallion Mr San Peppy Sugar Badger Grey Badger III Joe Kirk Fulton Cutting
Peter McCue 1991 1895 1923 Bay Stallion Dan Tucker Nora M (TB) Voltigeur (TB) Sam Watkins Breeding stallion
Poco Bueno P-3044 1990 1944 1969 Brown Stallion King P-234 Miss Taylor Old Poco Bueno Jess Hankins Cutting
Poco Lena 1991 1949 1968 Bay Mare Poco Bueno Sheilwin Pretty Boy E. Paul Waggoner Cutting
Poco Pine 2010 1954 1974 Bay Stallion Poco Bueno Pretty Rosalie Pretty Boy E. Paul Waggoner Showing, Breeding stallion
Quo Vadis 2002 1952 1979 Black Mare Little Lloyd Miss Circle H III Brown Caesar Ross Roberts Showing
Refrigerator 2000 1988 1999 Bay Gelding Rare Jet Native Parr Heisanative Sonny Vaughn Racing
Rocket Bar (TB) 1992 1951 1970 Chestnut Stallion Three Bars (TB) Golden Rocket (TB) Cartago (TB) Charles H. Reed Racing
Rocket Wrangler 2010 1968 1992 Sorrel Stallion Rocket Bar (TB) Go Galla Go Go Man Go Thayer Hobson Racing, Breeding stallion
Ronas Ryon 2004 1984 2000 Stallion Windy Ryon Rona Bar Three Bargains James Floyd Plummer Racing
Royal King 1997 1943 1974 Sorrel Stallion King P-234 Rocket Laning Dolph Felton Smathers Cutting
Royal Santana 2000 1977 1995 Sorrel Gelding Peppy San Royal Smart Royal King C.N. Woodward Cutting
Rugged Lark 2006 1981 2004 Bay Stallion Really Rugged (TB) Alisa Lark Leolark Teresa Striegel Showing
Scotch Bar Time 2009 1974 2004 Chestnut Stallion Sonny Dee Bar Chubby Time Spot Time Doug Hobbs Breeding
Shue Fly 2005 1937 1963 Chestnut Mare Cowboy P-12 Lady Luck Booger Red Lloyd Miller Racing
Skipper W 2011 1945 1963 Sorrel Stallion Nick Shoemaker Hired Girl Cowboy P-12 Hank Wiescamp Breeding Stallion
Sonny Dee Bar 2003 1965 1994 Sorrel Stallion Win Or Lose Chigger's Baby Chigger E. V. Roberts Halter
Special Effort 2008 1979 2006 Sorrel Stallion Raise Your Glass (TB) Go Effortlessly Double Devil Allen and Jeanette Moehrig Racing
Streakin La Jolla 2012 1985 2009 Sorrel Stallion Streakin Six Bottoms Up Raise Your Glass (TB) B.F. Phillips Jr. and Delbert Smith Breeding Stallion
Streakin Six 2011 1977 2005 Sorrel Stallion Easy Six Miss Assured Little Request (TB) Tom L. Burnett Breeding Stallion
Sugar Bars 1994 1951 1972 Sorrel Stallion Three Bars (TB) Frontera Sugar Rey George Wood Breeding stallion
Texas Dandy 1995 1942 1970 Sorrel Stallion My Texas Dandy Streak Lone Star R. C. Tatum Racing
The Invester 2004 1969 2002 Sorrel Stallion Zippo Pat Bars Hank's Peppy Lou Dinky Reed Eldon England Halter
Three Bars (TB) 1989 1940 1968 Chestnut Stallion Percentage (TB) Myrtle Dee (TB) Luke McLuke (TB) James Parrish Racing
Top Deck (TB) 1990 1945 1965 Brown Stallion Equestrian (TB) River Boat (TB) Chicaro (TB) King Ranch Breeding stallion
Top Moon 1999 1960 1984 Black Stallion Moon Deck Rica Bar Barred James V. A. Carter Racing
Town Policy 1998 1975 1984 Bay Gelding Reb's Policy Camptown Girl Breeze Bar Ivan Ashment Racing
Traveler 1994 c1885 1912 Roan Stallion unknown unknown unknown unknown Racing
Two Eyed Jack 1996 1961 1991 Sorrel Stallion Two D Two Triangle Tookie Grey Badger III Herman H. Mass Showing
Wimpy P-1 1989 1937 1959 Sorrel Stallion Solis Panda Old Sorrel King Ranch Breeding stallion
Zan Parr Bar 2010 1974 1987 Chestnut Stallion Par Three Terry's Pal Poco Astro Bobbie Tatum Showing, Breeding stallion
Zippo Pat Bars 2002 1964 1988 Sorrel Stallion Three Bars (TB) Leo Pat Leo Paul Curtner Showing
Zippo Pine Bar 2000 1969 1998 Sorrel Stallion Zippo Pat Bars Dollie Pine Poco Pine Lloyd Geweke Showing
Fillinic 2013 1957 Chestnut Mare Arizona Junie Alouette Master Boss (TB) Grey Ward Reining/Broodmare
Freckles Playboy 2013 1973 Year died Sorrel Stallion Jewels Leo Bars Gay Jay Rey Jay Cutting/Breeding stallion
Lady Bug's Moon 2013 1966 Sorrel Stallion Top Moon FL Lady Bug Sergeant Racing/Breeding stallion
Miss Olene 2013 1957 Bay Mare Leo Barbara L Patriotic (TB) Racing/Broodmare
Poco Tivio 2013 1947 Brown Stallion Poco Bueno Sheilwin Pretty Boy Cutting/Breeding stallion
Dashingly 29014 1979 2006 Sorrel Mare Dash For Cash Dee Mount Killoqua (TB) Muriel Hyland Racing/Broodmare
Leo San 2014 1949 1968 Sorrel Stallion Leo San Sue Darks San Siemon H.H. Darks Breeding/Stallion
Miss T Stuart 2014 1961 1991 Dun Mare Breezy Buck Pretty Sally Big Shot Dun Robert T. Stuart Broodmare/Producer
Mr Bar None 2014 1955 1982 Sorrel Stallion Three Bars (TB) Murl L Moco Burnett Oscar and Zelma Jeffers Racing/Stallion
Mr Conclusion 2014 1982 1998 Sorrel Stallion Conclusive Miss Amber Charge Otoe Charge James Evans and Mark Toteff Halter

People

This list is incomplete.

Name Discipline Year inducted
D. Wayne Lukas Racing 2007
Robert W. Moore Racing 2003
Zack T. Wood Cutting 2003
Evertt Salley Showing 2003
Bill Hedge Racing / Showing 2003
Richard Bingham Showing 2003
Allred Brothers Racing 2005
Ginger Hyland Breeding 2005
Mike Perkins Judging / Showing 2005
Charley Smith Jockey 2005
Bert Wood Breeder / Racing 2004
E. F. "Bud" Alderson Showing 2004
Don Burt Judging 2004
Rob Brown Rancher 2004
Buster Welch Trainer 2004
Mildred Janowitz Breeder 2004
Jack Brooks Racing 2004
Sparks Rust Jr. Judging 2001
Matlock Rose Trainer 2001
C. T. Fuller Breeder 2001
Blane Schvaneveldt Racing 2001
Anne Marion Rancher 2007
J. D. Blondin Showing 2007
Bill Collins Training 2007
J. Marvin Willhite Breeder 2007
Clarence Sharbaruer, Jr Breeder 1992
Tom Finley Breeder 1992
Richard M. Kleberg Jr. Rancher 1995
Hugh Peltz Rancher 1995
Bill Reed Rancher 1995
Mrs. Fisher E. Simmons Racing 1995
William R. "Bill" Thompson Rancher 1995
Albert C. Becker Showing 1995
Jack Anderson Past president 1996
Marten Clark Past president 1996
Hugh Huntley Racing 1996
Robert Norris Breeder 1996
David Perkins Past president 1996
Edward "Geech" Partin Breeder 1996
Howard Pitzer Breeder 1996
Lee Berwick Racing 1994
Quinby Demmitt Breeder 1994
Robert Kieckhefer Past president 1994
Jay Pumphrey Past president 1994
William Verdugo Past president 1994
Wayne Vickers Breeder 1994
Hank Wiescamp Breeder 1994
Ken Fratis Breeder 1993
Robert E. Hooper Past president 1993
Walter Merrick Breeder 1993
Orren Mixer Painter 1993
S. M. Moore Breeder 1993
Roy Parks Breeder 1993
Ike Hamilton Auctioneer 1999
Loyd Jenkins Breeder 1999
Suzanne Jones Judging 1999
Jack Kyle Breeder 1999
Leo Winters Past president 1999
Jess Hankins Breeder 1989
B. F. Phillips Jr Breeder 1989
Bud Warren Breeder 1989
Merle Wood Breeder/Judge 1998
Robert "Bobby" Adair Jockey 1998
George Tyler Judging 1998
Gerald O'Connor Past president 1998
Louis Pearce Jr Breeder 1998
Jimmie Randals Breeder 1998
Ott Adams Breeder 1986
William Anson Breeder 1986
Ivan Ashment Racing 1987
James "Jim" Barton Past president 2002
Dr. Marvin G. Beeman Judging 2000
Hugh Bennett Breeder 1990
Dick Bingham Past president 2003
Samuel Coke Blake Breeder 1986
M. O. "Bud" Breeding Breeder 2002
R. A. "Rob" Brown, Jr. Breeder 2004
R. A. Brown, Sr. Breeder 1988
J. Ernest Browning Founding member 1982
Orville Burtis Inspector 1988
Danny Cardoza Jockey 2002
Dan Casement Breeder 1986
Spencer Childers Racing 2002
George Clegg Breeder 1986
Buster Cole Breeder 2002
Si Dawson Breeder 1987
Robert Denhardt Historian 1986
Don Dodge Trainer 1997
C. W. "Bill" Englund Past president 2002
A. H. "Bud" Ferber Breeder 1994
J. B. Ferguson Founding member 1990
Lester Goodson Breeder 1991
J. Goodwin Hall Founding member 1985
Carol Harris Breeder 1997
Melville Haskell Breeder 1984
Waldo Haythorn Breeder 2002
Elmer Hepler Breeder 1991
Ed Honnen Breeder 1990
Harold "Huddy" Hudspeth Judge/Trainer 2000
J. F. Hutchins Founding member 1985
Mildred Janowitz Breeder 2004
Rick Johns Past president 1997
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. Breeder 1986
Stephen "Tio" Kleberg Breeder 1997
C. O. McKerley Youth Programs 2000
Helen Michaelis Breeder/Historian 1985
James "Jim" Minnick Breeder 1984
Albert Mitchell Breeder 1984
Marshall Peavy Breeder 1987
Harriet Peckham Racing 2006
J. L. "Dusty" Rhoades Breeder 1991
Coke Roberds Breeder 1986
Gus Scroggins Founder/Judge 1987
J. Warren Shoemaker Breeder 1987
Kenneth T. Smith Past president 2006
Mrs. Anne Burnett Tandy Breeder 1990
Brad Tate Past president 2000
Joe Turner Racing 2006
R. L. Underwood. Breeder 1985
Frank Vessels Breeder/Racing 1989
E. Paul Waggoner Breeder 1991
William B. Warren Past president 1985
Howard Weiss Past president 1997
Dale Wilkinson Training 2000
Jerry Windham Racing 2006
B. F. Yeates Judging 2006
Duane Walker Breeder 2008
Charley Araujo Breeder 2008
Jim Shoemake Past president 2008
Bubba Cascio Racing 2008
R. C. "Punch" Jones Breeder 2008
Clarence E. "Casey" Darnell Breeder 2009
Charles Graham Breeder 2009
Randall D. Hubbard Racing 2009
Jerry Nicodemus Jockey 2009
R.H. Steve Stevens Jr. Past president 2009
Stretch Bradley Showing/Training 2010
Carol Rose Breeder 2010
Frank "Scoop" Vessels III Breeder 2010
Douglas & Nancy Dear Breeders 2011
Frank Howell Showing 2011
Joe Kirk Fulton Breeder 2011
Bob Loomis Trainer 2012
Gordon Hannagan Auctioneer 2012
Walter Fletcher Past President 2012
Bill Brewer Past President 2013
Kenny Hart Jockey 2013
Frank Merrill Past President 2013
Guy Ray Rutland Breeder 2013
Greg Whalen Breeder 2013
Leroy Webb Trainer 2014
Ken Mumy Past President 2014
A.B. Green Breeder 2014
Donald "Curly" Smith Racing 2014
Keith Babb Auctioneer 2015

See also

List of museums in the Texas Panhandle

Notes

  1. AQHA Hall of Fame Nomination Form and Procedures accessed on November 1, 2011
  2. AQHA Hall of Fame retrieved November 1, 2011

References

External links

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