Friday, February 28, 2020

2/29/20 Happy Birthday Candles

I recently celebrated one of those monumental birthdays, so why not have some Saddlebred pictures with a birthday theme?  Here are two wonderful broodmares, and their contributions to the Saddlebred world.  Happy Twenty-First (I past that monumental birthday decades ago!) and Herschella's Happy Birthday BHF.  Just take a look at the  gorgeous offspring from these two fine ladies.

Happy Twenty-First foaled in 1977 and was sired by New Yorker out of Grape Tree's Sparkling Spirit by Supreme Spirit.  She was shown successfully in fine harness by her owner Myrtlean Canaday and produced an even dozen colts.  Several were shown, but her best known offspring was her son, the wonderful breeding stallion owned by Blythewood Stables, CF First Night Out by Night Prowler.  He was a Reserve World's Champion in Fine Harness and extremely successful in the stud.
 
Happy Twenty-First
f. 1977  New Yorker X Grape Tree's Sparkling Spirit by Supreme Spirit
CF First Night Out
f. 1988 by Night Prowler out of Happy Twenty-First

The next 11 horses were sired by CF First Night Out
and many were black or bay in color
WC  At Night
f. 2003 out of Fancy Bloomer BHF by The Blythe Spirit
WC CH Ava Gardner
f. 2003 out of Harlem's So Rare BHF by Harlem Globetrotter
Bess Night Out
f. 2002 out of Big Brown Bess by BNB's Rambling Folly 
Bess Night Out 
in 2009 at the All American Cup Stallion Parade
WC RWGC CH Honey Badger
f. 2008 out of Worthy's Even Then by Roseridge Heir
WC I'm First
f. 2000 out of That Special Face by  Uncle Jimmy McDonald
WCC CH Just Heavenly
at Lexington Jr League in 2008

CH Just Heavenly
f. 2004 out of Reedann's Phinery by Phi Slama Jama
Kalarama's All Time High
f. 2001 out of Octopussy by Harlem Globetrotter
Nocturnal
f. 2000 out of Captive Moment by Kourageous Kalu
CH Out Go The Lights
f. 2001 out of  Kahlua Lightning by After the Fire
WC CH Teuschers
f. 2000 out of Saucy Samantha by Stonewall's Sumac Lad
WGC CH Yes It's True
f. 1994 out of Callaway's Coronet BHF by Will Shriver


Next mare up is Herschella's Happy Birthday and she foaled in 1948.  She was sired by American Victory by Nawbeek's Highland King by Edna May's King by Bourbon King, out of a mare that traced to Rex Peavine.  Herschella's Happy Birthday had three crosses to Rex Peavine and three crosses to Chester Dare which is a very interesting combination.  Although she only produced five colts, they were really good ones, good enough to put Herschella's Happy Birthday in the Broodmare Hall of Fame.


Her daughter CH Precious Secret was by Secret Society.  Two of her other colts were full siblings, both being sired by Wing Commander.  The were the good show and breeding stallion Super Command, and Starlike BHF.


RWC CH Super Command
f. 1962  Wing Commander X Hereschella's Happy Birthday
CH Precious Secret
f. 1959 by Secret Society X Herschella's Happy Birthday BHF



RWC Starlike BHF
f. 1961  Wing Commander X Herschella's Happy Birthday BHF

Pictured below are some of her colts and grandcolts.

Snow Job
f. 1976  Supreme Sultan X Frosty Donna by Frosty Highland
2nd dam Starlike BHF
This versatile gelding was a son of Starlike's oldest daughter
Frosty Donna who passed on her beautiful gray color from her sire.

I couldn't find a photo of CH Like the Sultan, foaled in 1969.
Supreme Sultan X Starlike BHF


CH Candle Dance BHF
f. 1974  Supreme Sultan X Starlike BHF
She was the 3rd in a lineup of 3 BHF mares in sequence.
And, Candle Danee is a fitting name for this post's birthday theme!
 The real Candle Dance BHF  and Bob Ruxer
with a picture of the same duo.  What a cool picture! 
WC CH Candle Dan
He was a son of Candle Dance and Talent Town
WC CH King of Siam
f. 1976 by Supreme Sultan X Starlike BHF
RWC CH Starlike Sultan
f. 1979 by Supreme Sultan X Starlike BHF
RWC Leatherwood's Starlight  
f. 1991  Starlike Sultan X Superb Fantasy by Super Supreme
This beautiful stallion is a grandson of Starlike.
Here he is in 2008 at the All American Cup Stallion Parade
Leatherwood's Starlight
Another picture of this handsome guy.  
Sultan's Royalty
f. 1980  by Supreme Sultan X Starlike BHF

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