Hancock Horse Breeders Group Articles; History; Old Photos Joe Hancock (horse & owner) Get of Sire Records for Joe Hancock P-455. Listing and records on all progeny sired by Joe Hancock. Compiled from AQHA official records. Franklin Reynolds Tells… The Story of Joe Hancock; What a project! This is the complete original article (very long - 12 whole typewritten pages of text) that appeared in the 1957 Quarter Horse Journal. Plan to spend some time here! Frank Reynolds not only thoroughly discusses Joe Hancock and his lineage, he also discusses the early colonial American Quarter Horse, and why the Quarter Horse is not only the last American breed, but was also once the FIRST American breed of horse that all other American breeds were descended from. Also this article discusses how American Thoroughbreds are an original American breed, not the English breed. Fascinating stuff. Includes photos of John Jackson Hancock, Joe Hancock the man, Walter Hancock, several photos of Joe Hancock the horse, a racing photo of Joe Hancock, John Wilkens (Joe Hancock's sire) and Lindy (a brother). Thanks to Lee Jones for scanning & submitting this entire article, and to Michelle for typing it up! Joe Hancock P-455 ... by Bob Denhardt; February 1964 Quarter Horse Journal. Thanks to Don Woitte for this article. Those Hancock Horses; old article written by Chuck King, taken from the November 1982 Western Horseman Magazine. Big thanks to Lou & Janet Wood, Woodland Acres Ranch, Flippin AR for generously submitting this article and to Valene Hackney for typing it up for us. What Makes the Hancocks Handy?; old article By Mark Herra submitted by John L Moore from April 1951 copy of The Quarter Horse Journal. The last page was missing, subsequently provided by Lee Jones. Thanks, guys! Joe Hancock; a poem, written & submitted by cowboy poet and long time Hancock breeder, Lee Jones, C-J Ranch, Randlett OK. Who was Peter McCue? old photos & poem about Joe Hancock's grandsire; by J.A. Estes. Plus: How Peter McCue Got His Name by Otto Dover; The Quarter Horse Journal, April 1953. Joe Hancock Sons & Daughters; photos of Joe Hancock sons. Dun Hancock, Burnett Hancock (and son Hancock Rainy) also Joe Champ, Sonny Joe Hancock, Jo Jo Hancock, (Mr Hancock x Jo Jo Hancock), Panzarita Daugherty (by Little Joe the Wrangler), Little Joe the Wrangler (and Zella Hep, a granddaughter), Anne Joe, and Joan, 2 daughters of Joe Hancock. Joe Hancock Sons page 2; photos of Joe Hancock sons. Joe Tom and Buck Hancock (who were selected to carry on the Hancock bloodline on the Burnett Ranch), Texas Tom F (by Joe Tom), George Hancock (by Joe Tom), Joe Hancocks Steeldust. Red Man: son of Joe Hancock; 3 old photos of Red Man. Son of Joe Hancock, and sire of Blue Valentine. Also descendents: Redwood Jake, Cibecue Roan, Tio Red, John Red, Mr. Juniper Bar. Roan Hancock: son of Joe Hancock; old photos of Roan Hancock and descendents, including Dusty Hancock, Lowry Hancock, Popcorn, Roper, Lowry Boy 2 Lowry Girl 114, and Darning Needle. Buck Hancock: son of Joe Hancock; old photos of Buck Hancock and descendents, including Bar V Jo B, Heart Hancock & Lasso's Windsor. War Chief: son of Joe Hancock; old photos of War Chief, racing etc., also War Drift and War Concho, famous sons. Little Black Joe: the Forgotten Hancock; By Norman E. Seargeant. Another son of Joe Hancock. This article was submitted by Sally Tvedt, a dedicated Hancock breeder along with her husband George. Thank you. Now added to our original webpage of old photos of Little Black Joe, Tarbaby, Schoolboy H, Wredes Classy Bay. More old photos added. Blue Valentine: grandson of Joe Hancock; old photos & info. Also Mr. Jack Daniels (full brother to Blue Valentine). More old Photos of Hancock Horses; Collection of photos - various Hancock Horses from old books and magazines. (Osage Roan, Pelican, Plenty Coup) PLUS we have included on this page additional excerpts about Joe Hancock gathered from old books & misc. sources - interspersed between the photos. John Red. Son of Red Man. Reprinted from the *Quarter Horse News* June 1, 2003, Foundation and Ranch Horse Section, by Christie Miller. He set the pace for generations of South Dakota runners and ranch horses. Ranch Horse Legacy ... The Blue Valentine Story, by Baru Spiller. Here is is, the article that appeared in the June 2004 Ranch Horse issue of the AQHA Journal, and again in the May 2005 Reining & Foundation issue of the Pacific Coast Journal, official publication of the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Association, and now again in the May 2006 issue of the Horseman's News in CA. This article has helped spark the recent renewed surge of interest in this renowned bloodline.     "Love your webpage on Blue Valentine. He is a legend and I love the mind set of his get. I own an 8 yr old sooty buckskin by Ruano Red Ike, from sire Ruano Rojo. This photo was taken at the 2005 San Bernadino Sheriffs PRCA Rodeo in Devore, California. I am riding with my rodeo drill team, The American Cowgirls on my Blue Valentine great grandson, Mac Double Ike. I have the ropers drooling over him, but I always tell them that he is not for sale. This buckskin is a dream. He runs rodeo drill, trails and camps like a pro and is always in a "let's get down to business" frame of mind. Strong, honest, consistent, handy... he is one of my favorites!" Sue Segal  (Robert L.Fletcher Photography) Lady Lou Hancock; an article written about a special Hancock bred roping mare - appearing originally in Western Horseman Magazine, by cowboy author, roper & long time Hancock breeder, Jim Overstreet. Blues Kingfisher; retired 1977 blue roan stallion, son of Blue Valentine; owned by Charley Mahler, Allen, Nebraska. Collected by Donna Vickery, Bucking V Outfit, MT; most photos courtesy of Mary Scruggs, 6 Shoe Quarter Horses, MS, where Blue is now enjoying his retirement. Leo Hancock Hayes; Leo Hancock Hayes dies at age 27. Photos & article by Baru Forell Spiller. Cowhorse Confluence, a partnership of linebred Peter McCue / Hancock horses in Montana - a breeder profile that outlines history being continued into the present day, by author John Moore. Read John's tribute to Lynne Taylor, who passed March 2008. A Discussion of Equine Roan Color Genetics article by Donna Vickery (Oct 2003). In the GENES; A soon-to-be published study sheds new light on breeding for the popular roan color. PDF format - article featured in the December 15, 2004, pgs 24-27; Quarter Horse News, we wish to express our gratitude to Rebecca Overton, author, for graciously allowing us to post her article here on HancockHorses.com in its complete original form. This article introduces the UC Davis study that has now proven the roan gene is not lethal. This article will download and pull up automatically in your Adobe Acrobat Reader® program. It can be viewed and read from there. Click on the button below for a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader® if you don't already have one on your computer. And you can go here for help opening .PDF files. (provided by www.Lippizan.org) List of 100% Roan-Producing Stallions; (homozygous roans) past and present. A pet project of HancockHorses.com. We do know of a couple non-Hancock bloodline AQHA stallions that are also 100% roan producing, but for our purposes have limited this listing to just Hancock Horses. Have we missed any? If so let us know. (Email Donna) Archived Hancock Horses.com Newsletters   BREAKING THE RULES In making the photo collection pages, the webkeeper has a choice: either break up a lot of the photo collections into more pages (more clicking) or put "too many" photos on one page, and cause you to wait for downloading. This is hard on those of you with dial-up isp's. With these old photos, too much detail is lost when the photos are reduced any more in size. Therefore in these pages, we choose to keep the pages rich in graphics - which causes you to have to wait while they download.   Wherever you see the coffee cup, you know that there will be a lot of photos to download on that page: So, get a cup of coffee, and enjoy. (If any photos do not pull up, right-click where they belong, highlight and click on "Show Picture.")

Hancock Horse Breeders Group many thanks to our Featured Breeders      We like to take time out and feature Hancock Horse breeders individually, to hear their personal experiences w/ Hancock Horses, and document why they are the bloodline of choice for so many practical working folks in the agriculture industry of today. It's also just plain fun for us all, to get to know one another in this business.      We will feature a new breeder many months, (but do not adhere strictly to this schedule). (Lately Holey Cow it's become an annual!)      If you or someone you know want to apply to be a featured breeder for the future, please give us a holler. We are always looking for fresh new material and photos (especially those not already on your website). Information about bloodlines, and interesting stories are well received by our readers. It doesn't have to be long. It doesn't have to be short.      To own a Hancock Horse, or to breed them, is to automatically be on a soapbox, but, we do try to keep our breeder features as informative and entertaining as possible, and not just blatant ads. Still, you will need to answer the question, why do you own or breed Hancock Horses? So don't be afraid to brag just a little, we all understand that there won't be much way around that. Feb 2005 - Cross Spur Quarter Horses - "Home of the Working Quarter Horse" - Leslie and Robin Morris, Humansville, MO (Robin has contributed many hours of volunteer work helping us email folks and get the word out about this website.) Mar-July 2005 - (while weblackey computer was broken down!) C-J Ranch - Breeding Fine Hancock Horses "We Raise the Kind Cowboys Ride" - Lee & Jackie Jones, Randlett OK. (Lee Jones contributed LOTS of the photographs of old Hancock Horses and a poem - featured on this website.) Aug 2005 - Woodland Acres Ranch, raising Arkansas Foundation Ranch Quarter Horses, Lou & Janet Wood, Flippin AR (Lou & Janet contributed the great old Hancock Horse article in an old WH Magazine, and when I tore a page while scanning the photos, Lou just said it added more character.) Sept 2005 - Merrill Ranch, raising Performance Blue Valentine, Hancock Horses, Shawn & Leslie Merrill, in the heart of the Badlands, South Dakota. Oct 2005 - Cowhorse Confluence, a partnership of linebred Peter McCue / Hancock horses in Montana. Read John's tribute to Lynne Taylor, who passed March 2008.  (This article is so important in bloodline & history documentation that it also warranted inclusion in the permanent article lineup.) Dec 2005 - Bar Shoe H Livestock, Breeding the Using Horses of Tomorrow… Today. Larry and Flo Hix, Colbert, Georgia. Mar 2007 - 6 Shoe Quarter Horses, owned by Lee & Mary Scruggs, near Sturgis, MS. Raising Hancock and Blue Valentine-bred using-type quarter horses with family-type personalities. Retirement home for Blues Kingfisher, 1977 own son of Blue Valentine, bred by Hyde Merritt, WY, owned by Charley Mahler, 7326 Hwy 9, Allen, Nebraska 68710 cmmahler@nntc.net 402-945-2951. Feb 2008 - OldeTyme Quarter Horses, owned by Tom and Lisa Dunikowski, "Why Hancock Horses?" Buck N Badger, standing at Olde Tyme Quarter Horses, Stockbridge, MI. and many more to come...

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Hyde Merritt & Shoat Webster in an old WHM photo; August 1953

(submitted by Lee Jones)

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