Friday, February 9, 2007

Pocahontas "The Blue Hen" of my girls!


Violet and Hailee are related in multiple ways to one of the most inestimable blue hens in the history of horses. Pocahontas (born 1837) appears in both of my girls' pedigrees in multiple ways. Her kids, King Tom, Stockwell, and Rataplan, appear in several different lines. Stockwell is heavy in Hailee's line and King Tom appears several times for Violet. Pocahontas was famed for her big heart gene. She was small, just like Hailee, only 14'3". She was also a "roarer." She lived until she was 33 years old. What a good girl!! She was a direct relation of the Byerly Turk. Her son, Stockwell, was known as the "Emperor of Stallions." You can read about their famous blue hen at: