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| Stands at 14.3 H 3/3/2002 Bay w/star Branded: Left Hip, Butt Brand #263 25% Bayou Bert (NCHA money earner, sire of ranch & rodeo horses) 25% Starbert Star Steve 20.508% Bert (11 crosses, 3x4 influence) 18.75% Oklahoma Star (19 crosses, 3x4 influence) TESTED FOR HERDA BY CORNELL UNIVERSITY - CLEAR N/N |
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| ALL ABOUT AQHA - Bert |
| AQHA Bert was born in 1934, almost twenty years before the AQHA was even formed. He was bred by his namesake, Bert Benear, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The young stallion was by Tommy Clegg, and out of a Yellow Jacket mare, named Lady Coolidge. Over his lifetime he had several owners, some of record, others not, and ended up being owned by Earl J. Mayes, also of Oklahoma. Although Bert himself had no AQHA performance record, (in fact he was never broke to ride because of a severely cut foot he suffered as a yearling), he sired four AQHA champions, Bert's Lady, Janie Bert Watts, Sutherlands Dwight, and Thomas Bert. This fine foundation stallion also sired Jeanne's Patsy, who was the 1955 AQHA high point calf roping horse, and eleven others who received ROMs in racing. Like many of the great foundation sires of his day, Bert did not have a beautiful head, and a lot of people thought him a little common looking. But with the ropers of the day, performance was what counted, and those who were mounted on a Bert bred horse, seemed to always be at the pay window. One of the most desired crosses, put Bert blood on Oklahoma Star mares. This produced good looking horses, with tremendous muscle, nice hips, and plenty of heart. Another very successful cross was with Hancock bred mares, but the offspring were usually criticized for having big heads, although as roping horses they were much sought after. Because of Bert's reputation as a sire of great using horses, and because many of them were common headed, a lot of his sons and grandsons were gelded rather than used for breeding, causing the pool of Bert blood to not be as deep as one would expect, from a stallion who sired 292 registered foals. Many old timers feel that Bert could have been one of the greatest of foundation sires, if only he had put better heads on his offspring, but the cowboys who rode, and those who still ride, Bert bred horses over the years, have proven beyond a doubt that anyone who wants a using horse, has to look a long way to improve on his progeny!!! The Western Horseman book Legends says, " if you talk to anyone who knew BERT, the subject will quickly reach two conclusions: 1) anyone who swung a rope or wrestled steers in arena wanted a BERT offspring and 2) anyone who owned a BERT mare was automatically in the horse business." Bert died in 1956, at the age of 22, leaving a legacy that is worth preserving, and a part of western Americana, unsurpassed! Bert was finally inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2007! It is about time. From Western Horseman, March 1990 - "His registry number of P-6 tells us that he was among the first stallions registered by the American Quarter Horse Association. The records tell us that he is remembered as a sire of superior rope horses, broodmares, and sons that became outstanding sires. Oklahoma Star was sired by a Thoroughbred, Dennis Reed, and was foaled in 1915. There has always been controversy about his dam, but the AQHA Stud Book lists his dam as Cutthroat, whose registered name was May Mattison TB, according to the late Tommy Moore, who bred Oklahoma Star. Moore lived at Mulhall, Oklahoma. Old-Timers have said that both Oklahoma Star and his dam were almost unbeatable in match races. In 1932, Ronald Mason bought the bay stud and took him home to his Cross J Ranch at Nowata, Okla., where the horse lived the rest of his life. When Mason bought him, he said Star stood 14.3 hands and weighed about 1,075 pounds. In an article written by Willard Porter (WH, Dec. '54), Mason is quoted as follows: "When I first saw Old Star, my mouth watered. He was just the kind of individual I wanted to cross on my mares. "When good mares were bred to Old Star, he got good colts; when common mares were bred to him, he got good colts, too. No matter what you bred to Old Star, you'd get something you could do a day's work on - run a race, rope a calf, or bust a steer." Mason bred proven mares of both Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred blood to Star. He also bred a lot of Star's daughters to Beggar Boy TB, and this cross was highly successful. Although Star is perhaps best remembered as a broodmare sire, he also produced outstanding sons - such as Sizzler, Congress Star, Double Star, Little Star, Nowata Star, Oklahoma Star Jr., Osage Star, Star Deck, and Starway. Oklahoma Star died in 1942, at the age of 27. He was buried on the Cross J Ranch. |
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