Hailee is in Foal!!

Barbie called me this evening and had the most wonderful news! Hailee is in foal! Dr. Burns gave her a check-up today and reported that he is confident that she's expecting. The foal is the right size given the number of days gestation. Hailee seems unremarkably routine! So, she will be checked again in a few weeks just to make sure she hasn't reabsorbed the egg, but things just look terrific. Thank you, Barbie and Tom, for your expertise and care with Hailee and to Dr. Burns for his unique talent at tracking and monitoring fast-cycling, small-follicled mares! I am so delighted to say that Hailee is going to become the dam of an American Sports Pony!!! That foal will be lucky to have a Welsh pony sire and a registered stock Paint horse dam with the blood of Easy Jet in her pedigree!! Cheers and Namaste to you all!!

Hailee's Lena's Bar!

Lena's Bar is Hailee's great-great-grandma on her daddy's side. She was bred to Jet Deck to produce Easy Jet. She was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2003, and her Quarter Horse race track record was 76-24-18-10. Her sire was Three Bars and dam was Lena Valenti. She had six children, 4 boys, 2 girls. Easy Jet had a full brother named Jet Smooth whose children won $2,546,842 on the track. Lena's Bar has a royal pedigree herself, including Commando, Sweep, Eclipse, Pocahontas and Derby winner Ben Brush. Through Lena's Bar, Hailee is related to two English Triple Crown winners, Diamond Jubilee and West Australian. Look at the photo -- she looks just like my sweet, independent, fierce little mare! You can read more about Lena's Bar at the following link:

http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=23302&sex=mare

Hailee and Violet's Equipoise!!!

Hailee and Violet are related to one of the most famous handicap horses of all time! Equipoise was born in 1928, and his record was 59-29-10-4. He earned $338,610 in his lifetime and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame in 1957. He was also voted the #21 of the Top 100 20th century race horses by Blood Horse magazine. Among his many stakes wins, he won the Pimlico and Whitney. He was called the Chocolate Soldier by his fans. He was the U.S. Champion 2 year-old in 1930, and U.S. Champion Older Horse in 1932, 1933, 1934. He was Horse of the Year in 1932 and 1933, a rare feat to be voted twice. He died young, but was voted Leading Sire in North America in 1942. In the Pimlico, he was left at the gate, but then raced so fast that he raced right out of 2 of his shoes. His jockey, Sonny Workman was asked whether that Pimlico was his greatest race. He replied, "My greatest race? Hell, it may have been the greatest race anybody ever saw." He carried heavy weight. In fact, he gave 26 lbs to the runner-up, but still won the Metropolitan. He also set a world record at Arlington Park. He appears at least twice in Hailee's pedigree through her Top Deck line. Equipoise was bred to Frilette, Man 'O War's daughter from a cross to Frillery, Broomstick's daughter. Broomstick is the sire of Equipoise's mom, Swinging, as well as the sire of the mom of Equipoise's Frilette -- a double Broomstick cross on the dam side of the grandparent line. Equipoise produced Equestrian, the AQHA Hall of Fame sire and sire of Top Deck. So, this royal pedigree is part of Hailee's Easy Jet line. For Hailee, Equipoise appears on both the sire and dam side of her daddy. For the sire of her daddy, Speckled E.T., it goes Jagajet, Easy Jet, Jet Deck, Moon Deck, Top Deck, Equestrian, and Equipoise! For Violet, he appears at least once in her Classicist line where he is helping to make another great Handicap horse, Stymie. You can read more about Equipoise at the following links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipoise_(horse)

or

http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/horse.asp?ID=66

or

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745970,00.html

Hailee's Jet Deck!!!!

Jet Deck is Hailee's great-great grandpa on her sire's sire side. Jet Deck is the sire of the all-time race money earner, Easy Jet, Hailee's great-grandpa. Jet Deck was born in 1960 and he won 22 out of his 31 starts. His children earned more than $6,804,289 on the track. Jet Deck was an AQHA Hall of Famer, World Champion, Race Champion, ROM Performance Horse, Race Money-Earner, and Halter Point Earner. Sadly, on 8/26/71, he was found dead in his paddock, murdered by an overdose of barbituates. His murderers were never found. Look how sexy he is in his photo!

You can read more about him at:

http://www.jbquarterhorses.com/stallions/S-20050701232131.html

Hailee's AQHA Hall of Fame Family!

Hailee has many American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Hall of Fame members in her family tree, including the following: Clabber, Doc Bar, Doc O'Lena, Easy Jet, Jet Deck, Joe Hancock, Joe Reed P-3, King P-234, Lena's Bar, Moon Deck, Oklahoma Star P-6, Peter McCue, Poco Bueno, Three Bars, Top Deck, and Traveler! That's 16 Hall of Fame family members in the AQHA. My girl is a "decked out" on fame!

Lena's Bar -- Hailee's grandma

Hailee's great-great grandma on her sire's side is Lena's Bar, a thoroughbred with a long track record. She raced 95 times, 24 wins, 18 seconds, 10 thirds. She ended up in the AQHA Hall of Fame for her contributions to breeding and racing. She had 6 children, 3 from Jet Deck crosses, including Hailee's great-grandpa, Easy Jet, in the photo here.

Lena's Bar looks a great deal like my little Hailee -- stocky, well-muscled, shorter, fierce, but sweet!

Hailee's Great-Grandpa, the Famous Easy Jet

Here is a photo of Hailee's Great-Grandpa on her Sire's side. His name is Easy Jet and he is an American legend.

His career racing record: 38 starts, 27 firsts, 7 seconds, 2 thirds.

When he was two years old, he raced 26 times and won 22 firsts.

When he was only 2, he won the All American, Kansas, Sunland Fall, Columbus Triple Crown, and the All-American Quarter Horse Congress Futurities. He was named World Champion Quarter Running Horse, Champion Stallion and Champion 2-year-old Colt.

When he was 3, he earned the World Champion Racing American Quarter Horse and Chamption Quarter Running 3-year-old Colt.

By the end of 1993, his children had earned $25 million as race horses. He sired more than 1,500 Register of Merit horses. In fact, he is the all-time leading sire of racing American Quarter Horse winners, the all-time leading sire of ROM qualifiers, and the first all-American futurity stakes winner who sired a future winner!

He passed on his "busy" personality to my sweet Hailee!!

You can read more about him at:

http://www.sunrisewest.com/easyjet.html