We bought Joe in September of 2001 because of our inability to find a roan stallion to breed to that had good close up bloodlines located in the Southeast. Joe is a son of Roan Ambrose. That means he is a grandson of Blue Valentine(Superior Performance and Rodeo Horse) and he is also a great grandson of Poco Bueno(AQHA Hall of Fame, AQHA Champion, ROM in Performance, sire of AQHA Superior Performers, World Champions, Hall of Famers, and NCHA money earners)! I saw Joe advertised on the internet, but he was priced so high that we couldn't even begin to think about buying him. I did email his owner to tell him that we loved him and if we ever had the funds we would want to come and see him. Months later the guy emailed me back, he and his wife were expecting their first child and Joe had to be sold to help pay for an addition to their home. So happily, we went to Missouri to look at him. He was exactly what we wanted and and we brought him home to Alabama.
Since then he has gained alot of weight, and put on alot of width. Before we owned him, he had always run in a pasture environment and kept himself wore down to the base amount. When we got him home and started stalling him, it was interesting to say the least, but over time, he accepted it and after the first year, he has become quiet as a mouse. Since he has leared that the ladies now come to him and not vice versa, he has gained ALOT of weight. He is thick, thick, thick and has a huge rump and wide chest.
He had been roped off of at the feed lot where he was raised in Nebraska, but did sustain some kinda injury to his right front foot right above his coronary band. There is a knot there and he will occassionally be lame on it if you don't keep him trimmed. As you can see he has white on every foot and his colts either tend to have four whites or none at all. He is calm and gentle and loves to be petted. He is the one that all the kids like to groom and care for because he stands so still and moves slowly when asked.
He produces almost completely all roan foals off of solid colored mares. These colts were off of sorrels, bays, blacks, browns, and a palomino mares. We have kept several fillies back off of him, because he out-produces the other stallions when producing fillies, and we want to have some of his offspring in our breeding program for years to come. His foals are far superior to other foals, Take a look and see for yourself. For 2007 we are charging a $400.00 stud fee on him with a $5.00 a day mare care fee. This includes a live foal guarantee. |
