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Joe Hancock was a son of the explosively fast John Wilkens, by Peter
McCue. Joe Hancock was raced for close to five years, and it was said
that he never was defeated at ¼ mile, and rarely at ½ mile. Defeating
a colt owned by Tom Burnett landed him at the Burnett ranch, as Tom
liked to own the fastest horses that were in his area. Joe Hancock lived
out his years at the Burnett Ranch as a breeding stallion. His foals were
known to be rugged, have speed and the ability to stay sound, and
have an eagerness to work a cow, as a result, his genes are to be found
in many of today’s popular bloodlines. Red Man was probably his best
known son, he was ROM in racing, sired foals prized for cutting, ranch
work, for being top rope horses with AAA running ability, and they were
loaded with cow sense.
The blending of Red Man with a daughter of Valentine was no accident.
Valentine was a son of the highly regarded Lone Star, out of a Little Joe
(by Zantanon) mare. Lone Star sired a line of horses that are known even
today. A daughter produced Clabber, a sensational running horse, a son
was tied for eighth place (1951-1956) as a leading sire of halter horses,
and during the same time period, he was in third place as a leading sire
of halter class winners. Lone Star was the sire of Rainy Day, the grand
sire of Waggoners Rainy Day (P13), who was the sire of Barbara B, the
celebrated running mare. Clearly, this line could look good, and run too.
The renowned Valentine, by Lone Star, received speed from his sire line,
and his dam line also, she being a daughter of Little Joe, by Traveler, the
head of a long family line of noted runners. Many top ropers also used
Valentine bred horses, and this was the reason for breeding Red Man to
a daughter of Valentine. This mating produced Blue Valentine, a product
of two known lines of cow horses with speed.
Blue Valentine started life as a competition roping horse, and he need-
ed the speed and the desire to work cattle as well. He carried all of the
attributes of both sides of his pedigree, his dam probably as important
as his sire. The cross of Traveler bloodlines onto the Peter McCue blood-
lines has been the backbone, and produced many top using and sprint-
ing horses. Blue Valentine was often bred to daughters of Plenty Coup,
a son of Texas Blue Bonnet, another son of Joe Hancock. This cross
produced Gooseberry, the sire of Plenty Try, the sire of Gerries Valentine,
out of a Blue Valentine daughter, Gerries Blue. Plenty Try’s dam had four
AAA grandsires, and was the full sister to proven performance horses.
We have both Plenty Try and Gerries Valentine daughters as important
members of our broodmare band. The mare, Gerries Blue, also carried
the important bloodlines of King (P234) which also goes back to Little
Joe, as well as Oklahoma Star (P6) and Chief (P5), a real balance of the
old blood lineage.
Blue Valentine
Red Man
Steve Tucker
Cibecue Roan
Roan Ambrose
Hydel Girl
Gerries Blue
Gooseberry
Leo Hancock Hayes
Ruano Rojo
Blues Beard
Wyo Kid Curry
Rips Hydel Girl
Gerries Valentine
Joe Hancock
Texas Blue Bonnet
Plenty Coup
Diane Valentine
Plenty Try
Blue Fox Hancock
Hancock Red Fox
Jo Jo Flamewood
Rojo Valentine
Speedywood Jo Jo Poquito Jo Jo
Blue Bridgets Rojo
Sak Ems Briarwood
Blue Valentine JR
Rojos Klassy Roan
Fox Coup
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