Baileys Badland Buck

1998-2010

In 2009, we were not going to breed Bailey, and were going to ride her for a year or two before considering breeding again. Then, I began thinking of selling my foundation/roping mares because we had too many horses in relation to the area on our farm that is available for pasture. I decided to breed her one more time so I could have a foal from her and Crowheart WYO Boy, who we were considering either selling or gelding to ride. Unfortunately, Bailey died June 3, 2010 during a difficult birth with the veterinarian, Todd and me all trying to help her. She and her 2010 colt, who looked just like her right down to the same face marking, are buried here on our farm.

She was the one my kids could sit on for rides around the yard when they were little, or stand by in the pasture and remain safe because all the other horses wouldn't crowd her...she didn't have to be aggressive to them. They just knew she was boss.

There are just no words to describe my sense of loss...I always said Bailey would die on our farm, as we would never sell her. I just didn't want it to be due to any reason other than old age. She had earned her old age retirement here.

Thanks so much to those of you that have Bailey's foals and to the many people that inquired as to whether we would sell her over the years. I know you all recognized her worth, as we did. Thank you in advance to those of you that will pray for our healing, for our sadness to leave quickly. I am so comforted to know that special horse people out there know how hard this is for us. It is the end of an era for me, as she was a cornerstone of our program. Without Bailey, we will now be offering most of our non-cutting/reining mares for sale, and will probably either geld or sell our stallion, Crowheart WYO Boy. We've struggled with this decision for quite some time, and will take this as our sign that God has other plans for our horse goals.

Miscellaneous Info:

• Sire, a silver grulla, was a 100% foundation and 100% producer of dun-factored offspring

• Dam, a grulla, also carried the creme gene and passed it along to Bailey

• Bailey was a 100% color producer for us, having 7 grullos, a red dun, and a dunalino. Click here to see her offspring

• Foundation bred...probably about 94% with NFQHA.

• Green broke, but not a mean bone in her body and one I could pull out of the pasture after several years and trail ride on. 

• During Bailey's years of raising foals, Bailey produced the most valuable foal of the year more times than not.

• We are especially thankful that she gave us a filly in 2009 to keep, though there will never be a replacement for Bailey's personality and production power.

Offspring

Bailey and her first foal, a grullo filly	Bailey's second foal, a grulla filly (2002)
Bailey's third foal, a grullo filly	Bailey's fourth foal (2004), a grullo colt
Bailey's fifth, a red dun colt	Bailey's 6th, a grullo colt
Bailey's 7th foal, a grullo colt	Bailey's 8th, a silver grullo filly

BAILEYS BADLAND BUCK M, 1998

Horse	Inbreeding Stats	Crosses	Lines	Blood%	Influence	AGR
PRETTY BOY BUCK	3S x 3s	2	2 (1) (1)	25.00%	3x3	26.29%
HOBO REED	4s x 4s	2	2 (0) (2)	12.50%	4x4	12.60%
PRETTY BUCK	5S x 5S x 6d	3	2 (1) (1)	7.81%	5x5	9.29%
PETER MCCUE	9S x 8S x 8s x 9S x 9S x 9S x 8S x 8s x 9S x 9S x 9S x 9S x 9S x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9d x 8d	20	8 (6) (2)	4.88%	5x6	3.71%*
MARE BY BUCK THOMAS	6S x 6S x 7s x 7D	4	2 (1) (1)	4.69%	5x6	6.42%
YELLOW WOLF	8s x 7s x 8S x 8s x 8s x 7s x 8S x 8s x 9s x 9d	10	4 (1) (3)	4.30%	6x6	4.30%*
BLACKBURN3	6s x 6s x 7d	3	2 (0) (2)	3.91%	6x6	4.98%
PAULITA	8S x 6S x 8S x 6S	4	2 (2) (0)	3.91%	6x6	3.91%
RED DOG2	6D x 6d	2	2 (1) (1)	3.13%	6x6	3.74%
SANTA MARIA6	6D x 6D	2	2 (2) (0)	3.13%	6x6	3.47%
BUCK THOMAS2	7s x 7s x 8s x 9S x 8S x 8d	6	2 (1) (1)	2.93%	< 6x6	4.25%*
HARMON BAKER	8S x 8S x 8D x 9d x 8D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D x 9D	10	5 (4) (1)	2.73%	< 6x6	2.73%*
LITTLE JOE3	9S x 8s x 9S x 8s x 9S x 8d x 8D x 8D x 9d	9	6 (3) (3)	2.73%	< 6x6	1.56%*
YELLOW JACKET5	7S x 9s x 7S x 9s x 9D x 9D x 8D	7	4 (3) (1)	2.73%	< 6x6	2.73%*
QUARTER MARE	7s x 7s x 9d x 9d x 8D x 9D	6	4 (1) (3)	2.54%	< 6x6	2.64%*
NICK SHOEMAKER	7D x 6D	2	2 (2) (0)	2.34%	< 6x6	2.54%
OLD JOE3	9D x 7d x 9D x 9d x 9d x 8D x 8d	7	4 (1) (3)	2.34%	< 6x6	2.54%*
LITTLE JOE SPRINGER	8d x 8d x 7d x 9D	4	3 (1) (2)	1.76%	< 6x6	1.76%*
BOBBY LOWE	7s x 7s x 9d	3	2 (0) (2)	1.76%	< 6x6	1.56%*
STOCKINGS2	8S x 8S x 9S x 9S x 9D x 8D	6	2 (2) (0)	1.76%	< 6x6	1.86%*
NICK4	8D x 9d x 7D x 9d	4	3 (1) (2)	1.56%	< 6x6	1.56%*
SILVERTONE	7S x 7d	2	2 (1) (1)	1.56%	< 6x6	1.56%
GOLDEN CHIEF	7D x 8D x 9D	3	2 (2) (0)	1.37%	< 6x6	2.34%*
HICKORY BILL2	8S x 8S x 9S x 8d	4	3 (2) (1)	1.37%	< 6x6	2.29%*
RED BUCK2	8s x 7s	2	2 (0) (2)	1.17%	< 6x6	3.00%
CHUBBY4	8D x 7d	2	2 (1) (1)	1.17%	< 6x6	1.17%
ZANTANON2	8S x 7D	2	2 (2) (0)	1.17%	< 6x6	1.66%
8 Generation Coefficient of Inbreeding: 0.431060791015625%