The American Saddlebred: 11/19/16 Wild Wind, the legacy of a BHF part 1

OK American Saddlebred fans, who's the most influential mare in the Broodmare Hall of Fame? And no mare born in the last 50 years is even eligible for consideration. Flirtation Walk? Lucy Mack? Judy O'Lee? Let's look at Wild Wind. Born in 1927, she had none of the advantages of modern broodmares. No AI, no embryo transplants, no updated technology to help monitor her pregnancies, just 19 colts born the old fashioned way. Wild Wind had no show career and was a broodmare her entire life for several different owners. Of her 19 colts, only one was a breeding stallion, and many of her most famous descendants came through her daughters. Wild Wind BHF began the only unbroken string of six generations of Hall of Fame Broodmares, ending with Yorkshire Pudding BHF. Seventeen of her female descendants are in the ASB BHF, again, not bad when you figure she never had a super star stallion son to boost her numbers. At one time, she was the tail female line for five stallion in the top 25 sire list from Saddle & Bridle. To this day, she is the tail female line for some very good horses.

Doing a post on Wild Wind has been my plan for several years, but I wasn't sure the best way to attack it. I'm still not sure, but after doing the series on Wing Commander stallion lines, I decided to go for it. I have a basic outline of what I'll do, and I'm sure it'll take some twists and turns over the next few weeks. Today's post will look at Wild Wind's 19 babies, her pedigree, and we'll list the 13 WGC's that can take pride in the fact that she is in their pedigree. Future posts will look in depth at the specific lines that have developed from her son and her ten daughters who carried on for her, her BHF legacy, the many, many stallions who have her in their pedigree, and some of the horses who trace to her straight down their bottom line seven or eight generations later. She was an amazing broodmare and I hope you'll agree with me at the end of this series.

Her pedigree is interesting in that three of four grandparents traced to Chief lines. The stallion Rex Shannon was her full brother.

		Bourbon Chief
	Emmet Chief
		Kate O'Haran
Wild Rex
		Rex Peavine
	Baby Rex
		Patsey Peavine

		Bourbon Chief
	King Chieftan
		Peach
Fanny Tucker
		Wilson's King 2196
	Miss Tucker
		Susan

Here is a list of her 19 foals.

	Wild Winds 19Th (36020G*) by Beau Fortune Foal Date: 03/14/1953
	Crebillys Wild Chieftain (33888G*) by Sensation Rex Foal Date: 03/02/1951
	Crebilly's Wild Sensation (32484G*) by Sensation Rex Foal Date: 03/29/1950

	^CHHeavenly Daze (53783M*) by Beau Fortune Foal Date: 04/26/1949
	^CHWild Fortune Of Crebilly (46193M*) by Beau Fortune Foal Date: 05/05/1948

	Lady Miriam (45303M*) by Colonel Sport Foal Date: 04/16/1947

	As Beauty Does (46914M*) (WCC) by Sensation Rex Foal Date: 02/26/1946

	Nehi Sensation (25460G*) by Sensation Rex Foal Date: 03/22/1945
	Crebilly's Whirlwind (BHF) (37042M*) by Sensation Rex Foal Date: 03/25/1944
	Monsoon (33270M*) by Sensation Rex Foal Date: 01/01/1942
	Crebilly's South Wind (19648G*) by ^CHKing's Genius Foal Date: 02/11/1941
	Front Cover (35088M*) (RWC) by ^CHKing's Genius Foal Date: 02/13/1940 Front Cover pictured with her dam Wild Wind

	Wild Eugenia (28396M*) by ^CHKing's Genius Foal Date: 03/06/1939
	Wild Princess (27151M*) by ^CHKing's Genius Foal Date: 04/03/1938
	Wild Genius (15406S*) by ^CHKing's Genius Foal Date: 04/25/1937 He was her only stallion son.
	The Little Rebel (24214M*) by ^CHKing's Genius Foal Date: 01/01/1936
	King Edward The Eighth (14611G*) by Royal Rex Bourbon Foal Date: 01/01/1935
	Bourbon The Great (14610G*) by Royal Rex Bourbon Foal Date: 01/01/1934

	Front Page Lady (23844M*) (WC) by ^CHKing's Genius Foal Date: 04/01/1932