12/22/13 R you ready?

 What’s a pirate’s favorite letter?  You might think it’s the R but it’s really the C.  Get it? 

Since The C’s were all mentioned earlier, this week we’re starting the R’s.   R’s and saddlebreds bring to mind the names Rex, Royal, Reata, Reverie’s and Ridgefields.   Too much territory to cover in one post, so let's look at Ridgefield horses.  According to ASHA, there are 398 horses with some form  of Ridgefield in their name from the early  1940's through present day.  Their spelling makes no sense,  the apostrophe can show up before or after the "S", which may or may not appear and sometimes the apostrophe doesn't show up either. 

Ridgefields Denmark

Anacacho Denmark X Reverie's Desdemona

see another photo of him in the post on his dam

CH Ridgefields' Genius

King's Genius X Abie's Irish Rose  (BHF)

see another photo in the  post on King's Genius part 2

He lived to the ripe old age of  30.

Ridgefields Rex

Kalarama Rex X Wonder Girl

In his lifetime, he was owned by the likes of Kalarama Farms,  George Gwinn,

Ridgefield's Farm, Garland Bradshaw and Dr. E.L. Robinson.

 

Ridgefield Heir

Genius Bourbon King x Ridgefields' Soubrette

He stood for many years at Buck Hinson's

Cedar Creek Farm in Missouri

 

Ridgefields' Soubrette

CH Ridgefields' Genius X Gay Soubrette

Ridgefields' Genius Denmark

CH Ridgefields' Genius X Oman's Enola Gay

Pride of Ridgefield

CH Ridgefields' Genius X Tommy's Lovely Pride

Ridgefields' Wild Genius

CH Ridgefields' Genius X Greenhill's Mary Shannon

Song of Ridgefields' Genius

CH Ridgefields' Genius X Popular Song by Genius Bourbon King

 

Ridgefields' Supreme Commander

Marely's Crimson Genius by CH Ridgefields' Genius X Mary Malone by Kalarama Colonel

CH Ridgefields' Cherry Jubilee

CH Ridgefields' Genius X Black Cherry (BHF)

Ridgefields' Colour My World w Colourburst

CH Ridgefields' Genius X Charm O'Gold by Gold Note

This ad was from the 1953 Lexington Jr  League Horse Show program.  CP Edwards sold

Ridgefield's Farm and stock.  The farm was located 2 miles south of Danville Kentucky.  There are still horses being bred today that carry the Ridgefield's name.  Many are owned by Mitchell Clark,

whose farm is located 2 miles south of Danville Kentucky.  It was originally his grandfather's farm. 

Does anyone know if Garland Bradshaw bought this farm in the 1953 dispersal?