Doc O'Lena
| 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 |
| Other awards | |
| 1970 NCHA Futurity Champion | |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Doc O'Lena (born 1967) was a Quarter Horse stallion and an outstanding cutting horse and sire of cutting horses.[1]
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 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]
All in all, Doc O’Lena sired 1,310 foals. Of these, 321 accumulated 3,978.5 points; 87 earned performance Registers of Merit (also nine amateur, three youth); nine earned Superior performance awards; four were world champions; six were youth world champions; six were youth world champions; and four were reserve world champions.
Among Doc O'Lena's 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]
Doc O'Lena was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[8]
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ Thornton, et. al Legends 4 pp. 190–205
- ↑ Pedigree of Doc O'Lena at All Breed Pedigree retrieved June 26, 2007
- ↑ American Quarter Horse Association Official Stud Book and Registry Vol. 22 p. 341
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Groves "Doc O'Lena" Quarter Horse Journal p. 18
- ↑ NCHA Earnings for Doc O'Lena retrieved on July 4, 2007
- ↑ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 30–33
- ↑ National Cutting Horse Association "Hall of Fame"
- ↑ American Quarter Horse Association "Hall of Fame"
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Doc O'Lena retrieved on June 26, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "AQHA Hall of Fame". American Quarter Horse Association. Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- American Quarter Horse Association (1968). Official Stud Book and Registry. Volume 22. Amarillo, TX: American Quarter Horse Association.
- Larry Thorton; Holmes, Robert L.; Mike Boardman; Diana Ciarloni; Jim Goodhue; Gold, Alan D.; Sally Harrison; Betsy Lynch; AJ Mangum (editors) (2002). Legends 4: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-49-X.
- Groves, Lesli Krause (October 1994). "Doc O'Lena". Quarter Horse Journal: 18.
- NCHA website retrieved on July 4, 2007
- National Cutting Horse Association. "Hall of Fame". National Cutting Horse Association. Retrieved July 4, 2007.
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.