Blondy's Dude

Blondy's Dude
Breed Quarter Horse
Discipline Halter
Cutting
Reining
Sire Small Town Dude
Grandsire King P-234
Dam Blondy Queen
Maternal grandsire Blondy Plaudit
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1957
Country United States
Color Sorrel
Breeder Homer S. Foutz
Other awards
AQHA Performance Register of Merit
AQHA Champion
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame

Blondy's Dude (1957–1981) was an influential Quarter Horse show horse and sire.

Life

Blondy's Dude was a 1957 sorrel stallion sired by Small Town Dude and out of Blondy Queen.[1] His sire was a son of King P-234 and his dam was a descendant of Plaudit.[2]

He was an American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) Champion and a Performance Register of Merit earner.[1] Morgan Freeman bought him in 1961, after seeing him at a reining competition as well as at an informal cutting. The horse earned 45 Halter points as well as four cutting and eight reining points with the AQHA. Morgan's son Jerald said that Blondy's Dude was very much a people horse, that he liked to follow people around.[3]

Among his famous offspring were Mighty Blonde, Small Town Babe, Dude's Ann, Okie Star Dude, Hy Fashion Blond, and Dude's Baby Doll.[4] Among his famous grandget was Diamonds Sparkle.[5] His offspring earned twenty-five AQHA Championships, along with Superior Performance horse awards and many Performance Register of Merits.[1] Three of his foals earned year end High Point Awards with the AQHA, and one was a multiple times World Champion at the Youth World Show.[4] His offspring excelled in many different disciplines, having earned Superior Performance awards in Western Pleasure, Reining, Barrel Racing, Hunter Under Saddle, Trail, Roping, and Pole Bending.[4]

He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[6] He died in 1981 and was buried in Morgan Freeman's front yard in the town of Skiatook, Oklahoma with a marker stating "God gives his best to those that leave the choice to him. Owned and Loved by Morgan Freeman."[7]

Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zantanon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeanette
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
King P-234
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Strait Horse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jabalina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
mare by Traveler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Small Town Dude
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Little Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zantanon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jeanette
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Uncle's Pet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Captain Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
mare by Captain Joe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benavides mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blondy's Dude
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
King Plaudit (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plaudit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Colorado Queen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blondy Plaudit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lani Chief (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lani Act
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Flaxy Act
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blondy Queen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yellow Jacket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yellow Boy P-18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bonnie Wilkens
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Johnnie Adair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
JA Ranch quarter mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 66-67
  2. "Pedigree of Blondy's Dude" All Breed Pedigree Database
  3. Thornton The Working Lines Volume II p. 85-91]
  4. 1 2 3 Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter horse Sires p. 15-16
  5. Close Legends 4 p. 56
  6. American Quarter Horse Foundation "Hall of Fame Inductees Archived October 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Hall of Fame
  7. Wohlfarth "Last Rites" Quarter Horse Journal p. 14

References

  • American Quarter Horse Foundation. "Hall of Fame Inductees". Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Foundation. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011. 
  • Thorton, Larry; Holmes, Robert L.; Boardman, Mike; Ciarloni, Diana; Goodhue, Jim; Gold, Alan D.; Harrison, Sally; Lynch, Betsy; Mangum, A. J. (2002). Legends 4: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-49-X. 
  • "Pedigree of Blondy's Dude". All Breed Pedigree Database. AllBreedPedigrees.com. Retrieved June 26, 2007. 
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees. 
  • Thornton, Larry (1998). The Working Lines Volume II. Meridian, MS: Southern Publishing Company. ISBN 0-9640220-1-X. 
  • Wagoner, Dan (1974). Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research. 
  • Wohlfarth, Jenny (July 1996). "Last Rites". Quarter Horse Journal: 14. 

External links

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