KING-BRED HORSES -- Lana Weaver Genetics
When that first Cajun-bred running mare, Della Moore
(1909-1928), a local turf celebrity in Louisiana, was
brought into the bush tracks of East Texas after World War
I, she became the most acclaimed racing mare of that
generation.
Della Moore's descendants are legend, animals with superb
performance histories leaving a universal impact on the
breed. Quarter Horse champions such as Joe Moore.
With their Della Moore DNA and Traveler heritage, Lana
Weaver's horses are further distinguished by the genetics of
the phenomenal King P-234.
KING P-234 (1932-1958)
Out of Little Joe bloodlines, King P-234 marks a
watershed in Quarter Horse history. His reign was
established before the running Quarter Horse strains became
predominantly of Thoroughbred breeding.
In the 1950s, King P-234 set the standard for over a
decade. And what a prepotent sire this pioneer was, regarded
as "The most eminent exponent of the Traveler
family."
As a rodeo horse and rope horse in south Texas, King was
owned by Win DuBose of Uvalde, a borderlands town
below San Antonio. It neighbors Batesville, Texas, the
birthplace of Weaver Quarter Horses. So Lana had the
great privilege of knowing Win DuBose in his last years
before she moved her operation to Cat Spring.
King's offspring of the AQHA registry had became famous
in cutting, reining, roping, barrel racing and halter
competitions. And, as you might guess, Lana Weaver's
conversations with Win DuBose and his family very quickly
focused on King's monumental son, Poco Bueno.
Poco Bueno was on the road to fame early in his life as
an impressive cow horse and part-time stud. As a cutting
horse, the concentration and determined action of this
historic stallion is still the stuff of story telling
wherever aficionados gather, whether those be ranchers and
cowboys, professional horse trainers... or just students of
magnificent horse flesh bred in the bone in Texas.
Poco Bueno lived to the age of 25, passing on his
inherited virtues for generations... and generations... and
generations after he was bought by the Waggoner Ranch in the
Texas Panhandle at Vernon.
He was known at Waggoners affectionately as "Ol'
Pokey" and described as "a friendly horse"
that walked over to you as you stood at the corral fence.
His handler, Fagan Miller, the manager of Waggoners, said of
the way the stallion gazed, "He looks at you just like
you're a man." That eye, "that integrity
gaze," Lana calls it, "is the blessing of Poco
Bueno" at her farm.
Weaver Quarter Horses today stands Poco Bueno El Tres,
a grandson of Poco Bueno. Meanwhile, Lana's stallions Docs
Jet Glo and J.D. Shining Jack are of the King
Glo line.
Finally, with these "quarter-mile" progeny,
when you begin at the beginning, you are always talking
speed. King P-234's offspring's ability to leave marks on
the racetracks of the 20th century is perpetuated in the
Weaver herd. Plus, Lana has two modern Quarter Horse mares
counting Man 'O War among their ancestors.
The increasingly contemporary names you'll find among
Weaver pedigrees include the influence of the famous King
Ranch. This seminal and world-famous ranch has produced some
of the finest cow horses in the world. They have produced
get of exceptional beauty, disposition and fine handling
qualities, dating back to the Old Sorrel line.
In the 1980's, the King Ranch family of sorrels
eventually produced Mr. San Peppy who sired Peppy
San Badger, both famed throughout the globe as cutting
horses and prepotent stallions. You'll find a balance of
genetic qualities from this Peppy bloodstock endures today
at Weaver Quarter Horses.
See, the old stud books write the story. They begin where
you ought to begin.
The genetic qualities of Weaver Quarter Horses will stand
the test of timeždue to our constructive breeding.
But we take into consideration more than merely the
percentage of genes.
We balance the horses with the environment on the farm,
the atmosphere, the handling... and most of all, the
attitude. That attitude is called love. Love for the horses,
for their destinies... and for the traditions. Love is how
you cultivate your "jeweler's eye." You can have
it, too. Come on out to Lana Weaver's here in the cradle of
the Quarter Horse.
