2/22/22 Stonewall Supreme, sire extraordinaire!

Stonewall Supreme

Stonewall Supreme was one of those horses that managed to do it all.  Sired by Stonewall King out of Mamie Peavine BHF he foaled in Missouri in 1941. He was shown successfully, and even placed in the ribbons at Louisville in the 5 Gaited Stallion Stake.  However it was as a grand producer of colts that he really shined.  Siring less than 150 total colts in a 27 year breeding career, which averages just a handful of colts annually, he sired excellent show horses as well as breeding stallions and producing mares that are coveted in any pedigree. 

CH Duchess Delovely by Stonewall Supreme

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CH Penny's Stonewall by Stonewall Supreme

Stonewall Parfait by Stonewall Supreme

CH Stonewall's Sound of Music by Stonewall Supreme

He sired numerous CHampions including  WC CH Duchess Delovely, WC CH Penny's Stonewall and WC CH Stonewall Parfait who excelled in the 3 gaited division and WC CH Stonewall's Sound of Music who was 5 gaited.  His son WC CH Stonewall's Crescendo showed in Fine Harness.  Penny's Stonewall also went on to produce breeding stallions Rare Treasure and Penny's Superior Stonewall, both sired by WGC Superior Odds.  Stonewall Parfait was the mother of the good broodmare Longview's Parfait.  

CH Stonewall's Crescendo by Stonewall Supreme

Stonewall Supreme sired a number of noted sires, including the previously mentioned Stonewall's Crescendo.  WC Stonewall's Crescendo foaled in 1962 and was out of Marie Bosace BHF.  He sired CH WC Cavalleria, WC CH Coaltown Prince and WGC CH Black Irish who were all geldings.  Other breeding stallions sired by Stonewall King were Supreme Hi Lite, Jay O'Lee, Supreme Rights, Donalene Supreme and Stonewall's Starfire.  

Supreme Hi Lite sired by Stonewall Supreme

pictured as a 2 year old with Jay Kennedy

Supreme Hi Lite was one of Stonewall Supreme's last colts, being born in 1970.  Bred by Alice Seabright, he was later owned by Tom Ferrebee who showed him throughout his career.  He was 3rd in the 5 Gaited Stallion Stake at Louisville in 1976, and 2nd there in 1977.  Long lived like his sire, his last foal came in 2001.   Some of his better colts were Dianna Hi Lite, RWC Prom Queen, RWC Lite Fantasia and WC Karissa Hi Lite.  

Jay O'Lee by Stonewall Supreme

Jay O'Lee was bred by Ruxer Farms and was out of Molly O'Lee. He was later sold to Danny Daniels and stood in California.  He sired CH Red Hot, WC Jay's Happy Hour, RWC Vanna White and CH Take my Picture.

Supreme Rights by Stonewall Supreme

Another Stonewall Supreme son was Supreme Rights.  Bred by Bob Whitney, he was born in 1963 and was later owned by Charlotte Osborn Barrett, George Gwinn and Singing Hills. He sired CH Imperial Rights and CH Symbolism.   

Donalene Supreme by Stonewall Supreme

Donalene Supreme was another colt from 1963 and was also bred by Bob Whitney.  His dam was Jane Fable, a full sister to WGC Edith Fable.  He stood in Ohio under the ownership of Roy Pavey.  He sired Leticia Supreme, dam of WC CH Intoxicating Lady and a number of other nice broodmares.  He is well recognized in Ohio bred pedigrees. 

Stonewall Starfire by Stonewall Supreme

Stonewall Starfire  was owned by Jim B. Robertson and Dr Geraldine Meanor.  He appears on pedigrees most often through his South African son (SA) Mr USA.  You'll find (SA) Mr. USA on the pedigree of Dorian Warrior's Song, (SA) Tornaado, (SA) Molligny Don't Worry be Happy and WC (SA) Calif First Night Out. 

All the above makes Stonewall Supreme an important sire in the American Saddlebred breed, but he really made his mark as a sire of broodmares.  Out of 82 mares that he sired, 6 entered the Broodmare Hall of Fame.  Of the six, two were CHampions, and one of those was a World's Grand Champion in Fine Harness.  

CH Dreamhill's Ann Thompson BHF by Stonewall Supreme

WC CH Dream Hill's Ann Thompson was a 3 gaited mare and later produced WC Santana Ann, Dreamboat Annie, WC CH Epcot Center, and RWC Citibank.

WGC CH Supreme Airs BHF by Stonewall Supreme

WGC CH Supreme Airs showed in Fine Harness and produced many breed builders including WGC CH Foxfire's Prophet, Putting on Airs BHF and WC Supreme Heir, a number one ranked sire.  

WC Sultan's Great Day out of Supreme Casindra BHF by Stonewall Supreme

Supreme's Casindra produced RWC Sultan's Casindra, a good broodmare in her own right, WC Sultan's Great Day and WC I'm Sultana!

The Chairman of the Board

out of Supreme Fascination by Stonewall Supreme

WC Karissa Hi Lite

out of Supreme Fascination by Stonewall Supreme

Supreme Fascination was a full sister to Supreme Airs.  She produced RWC Lite Fascination, breeding stallion The Chairman of the Board, and WC Karissa Hi Lite.  Lite Fascination and Karissa Hi Lite were sired by Supreme Hi Lite, so they have a double shot of Stonewall Supreme.  This pair had another full sister, Fascination's Kari Lynn, who lived to be 28 and I'm happy to own her 24 year old daughter.  

Supreme Desdemona by Stonewall Supreme

Continuing with the Stonewall Supreme Hall of Fame Broodmare daughters, Supreme Desdemona was the dam of CH Lady Cameron.

Dixie Duchess by Stonewall Supreme

Rounding out number six on the list is Dixie Duchess.  When bred to Oman's Desdemona Denmark, she established one of the golden crosses of the Saddlebred breed.  Together, he sired and Dixie Duchess produced WC CH Glenview Radiance, Valley's Desdemona Denmark, WGC CH Belle Elegant, WC CH Summer Melody, All Hail Columbia and WC CH Denmark's Grand Duchess.  

Stonewall Supreme's contribution to the breed comes from many angles, but it surely is invaluable.  All this out of less than 150 total offspring!  Here are more pictures of this great horse.

All these lucky horses call Stonewall Supreme their grandsire

Valley's Desdemona Denmark

Out of Dixie Duchess BHF by Stonewall Supreme

She was sired by Oman's Desdemona Denmark

Summer Melody, one of the most beautiful mares ever. 

Out of Dixie Duchess BHF by Stonewall Supreme

She was sired by Oman's Desdemona Denmark

RWC Stonewall's Rare Edition

out of Supreme Fascination BHF by Stonewall Supreme

He was sired by Stonewall's Beau Peavine

WC Santana Ann

Out of CH Dreamhill's Ann Thompson BHF by Stonewall Supreme

She was sired by Sultan's Santana

(SA) Mr. USA

Sired by Stonewall Starfire by Stonewall Supreme

RWC Prom Queen

She was sired by Supreme Hi Lite by Stonewall Supreme

Penny's Superior Stonewall

Out of Penny's Stonewall by Stonewall Supreme

He was sired by Superior Odds

WC CH Cavalleria

He was sired by Stonewall's Crescendo by Stonewall Supreme

Carouse

Sired by WGC Foxfire's Prophet out of Supreme Airs BHF by Stonewall Supreme

His dam was Karissa Hi Lite by Supreme Hi Lite by Stonewall Supreme

2nd Dam Supreme Fascination BHF by Stonewall Supreme

WGC Belle Elegant

Out of Dixie Duchess BHF by Stonewall Supreme

She was sired by Oman's Desdemona Denmark

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12/19/21 Undulata's Nutcracker, the King of the 21st Century

 Undulata's Nutcracker foaled in 2001, and celebrated his 20th birthday this year.  He has lead the Saddle & Bridle Sire rating for nine straight years since 2013 with absolutely no end in sight.  His sire CH Caramac lead the rating for three years and another Caramac son, Designed, has been in the Top 5 stallions for 10 years which just ended with his recent death.  When did Undulata's Nutcracker crack the Sire Rating for the first time?  Who are other long term residents of the top five?  Let's take a look. 

The Saddle & Bridle Sire Rating is published in February each year, and has been since the mid 1930's, but is based on the show records for each stallion's offspring from the previous year.  So, we'll start with the Sire Rating from 2002 which uses the data from 2001, the year Undulata's Nutcracker foaled.  It's interesting to watch the trends, the repeaters and the legends.  The actual sire rating lists the top 50 stallions, but this list only shows the top 5.  An asterisk* indicates a sire's last year on the list because they were deceased and moved to the deceased sire listing for the following year. 

2002  1. Supreme Heir, 2. Champagne Fizz *, 3.  Caramac  4.  Sultan's Great Day  5.  Harlem Globetrotter

2003  1.  Supreme Heir  2. Caramac  3. Sultan's Great Day  4. Harlem Globetrotter 5. Phi Slama Jama

2004  1.  Supreme Heir* 2. Caramac 3. Sultan's Great Day* 4. Harlem Globetrotter 5. Catalyst

2005  1. Caramac  2. The King of Highpoint* 3. Periaptor 4. Harlem Globetrotter 5. Phi Slama Jama

2006  1. Caramac 2. Periaptor 3. Harlem Globetrotter 4. Catalyst  5. Merchant Prince

2007 1.  Periaptor 2. Caramac  3. Merchant Prince  4. Harlem Globetrotter  5. CF First Night Out

2008  1  Caramac 2. Periaptor  3. Callaway's Blue Norther 4. Harlem Globetrotter 5. Merchant Prince

2009 1. CF First Night Out 2. Periaptor  3. Caramac*  4. Callaways Blue Norther* 5. Santana's Charm*

2010 1.  CF First Night Out  2. Catalyst* 3.  Periaptor  4. I'm a New Yorker 5. Harlem Globetrotter                        (Sir William Robert first appeared at #15 in 2010)

2011  1.  CF First Night Out* 2. Periaptor 3. I'm A New Yorker  4. Merchant Prince 5. Gypsy Santana                   (Sir William Robert was #10 and Undulata's Nutcracker first appeared at #13 in 2011)

2012 1. Sir William Robert 2. Undulata's Nutcracker 3. I'm A New Yorker*4. Periaptor 5. Designed

2013 1. Undulata's Nutcracker 2. Designed 3. Sir William Robert 4. Gypsy Santana 5. Periaptor

2014 1. Undulata's Nutcracker 2. Sir William Robert 3. Designed 4. Periaptor* 5. Desert's Supreme Memories

2015  1. Undulata's Nutcracker   2. Designed    3. Sir William Robert    4. Attache's Royal Asset           5. Callaway's Northern Kiss

2016 1. Undulata's Nutcracker    2. Sir William Robert      3. Designed      4. Callaway's Northern Kiss 5. Attache's Royal Asset

2017 1. Undulata's Nutcracker     2. Sir William Robert     3. Designed      4. Callaway's Northern Kiss  5. The Mystery Writer

2018 1. Undulata's Nutcracker    2. Sir William Robert     3. Designed      4. Callaway's Northern Kiss  5. The Mystery Writer

2019  1. Undulata's Nutcracker     2. Sir William Robert     3. Designed    4. Callaway's Northern Kiss  5. The Mystery Writer

2020 1. Undulata's Nutcracker    2. Designed     3. Sir William Robert     4. Callaway's Northern Kiss   5. Undulata's Heir Apparent

2021  1. Undulata's Nutcracker    2. Callaway's Northern Kiss     3.  Sir William Robert   4. Designed*  5. I'm First

For this 20 year time period,  Undulata's Nutcracker was in the top spot nine times.  The next closest stallions were ranked in first place for three years each.  They were Supreme Heir (he also was #1 in 2000 and 2001), Caramac, and CF First Night Out.  Also earning the top honors once apiece were Sir William Robert and Periaptor.  Not every horse can be in first place, but top five honors were won multiple times by a number of sires.  Undulata's Nutcracker, Designed, Sir William Robert and Periaptor each had 10 times in the Top Five,  Caramac and Harlem Globetrotter earned eight trips to the Top Five and Callaway's Northern Kiss has been there on seven occasions.  This shows amazing consistency by these stallions to earn these top rankings year after year during this 20 year time frame.

Now for some pictures of these top sires, and a mention of a few of their winners.

Undulata's Nutcracker

Sired by Caramac, a former #1 sire

His get include WGC's CH Don O'Neill, CH Lady Mandolin, CH Macadamia, HS Daydream's Headsup,  Nutcracker's Nirvana, Soul Desire and The Crowd Wents Nuts.

Also included are full brothers who are RWGC, We Must be Nuts and We Must Really be Nuts.

Designed

Sired by Caramac

His get include RWGC's CH Swing an Singin and CH Glenview's Excellante

Sir William Robert

Sired by Santana's Charm

His get include WGC Sir Silver Night, RWGC CH Let's Talk and WC CH HS Baby Steps

Periaptor

Sired by Courageous Admiral

He sired WGC CH Platinum Moon

CH Caramac

Sired by Will Shriver

He sired WGC CH Callaway's Annabel Allisonn.

He has also sired 7 BHF's including Callaway's Zerelda and Callaway's Carousel

Harlem Globetrotter

Sired by New Yorker

His get include WGC CH Garland's Dream BHF

Callaway's Northern Kiss

Sired by Callaway's Blue Norther

Among his get is WC CH Heir to a Kiss

CF First Night Out

He was sired by Night Prowler

He sired WGC CH Yes it's True and RWGC CH Honey Badger

Merchant Prince

He was sired by Mountain Highland Memories

Among his get are full siblings WGC CH A Sweet Treat and RWGC CH Rejoice

Catalyst

He was a grandson of New Yorker

Among his get are CH Colonel Hoss and WC CH Last Cat Standing

I'm A New Yorker

was sired by New Yorker

He sired WC CH Freaky Links and CH Caraway's New York Minute

Sultan's Great Day

He was sired by Supreme Sultan

His get include WGC's CH Along Came A Spider, CH Simply Mahvelous,

CH The Daily Lottery and CH Winter Day

Supreme Heir

He was another sired by Supreme Sultan

He topped the Sire Rating for 5 years from 2000 to 2004

Among his get are WGC CH An Heir About Her BHF, 

6 time WGC CH Callaway's Copyright and WGC CH One For the Road

The Mystery Writer

Was also sired by Callaway's Blue Norther who topped the sire rating himself.

Among his get is WC CH Cloverleaf Freedom Writer

Attache's Royal Assets

His grandsire was Attache

His best get includes WC CH Divine Asset

Callaway's Blue Norther

Sired by Will Shriver

Among his many get are WGC CH Callaway's Forecaster 

and WC CH Callaway's Born to Win

Gypsy Santana

His sire was Sultan's Santana

His get include WC CH A Cinderella Story and WC CH  Expresso Noir

Phi Slama Jama

He traced to Ridgefield's Genius on his sire line

He sired WC CH It's Phi Day and WC Ampli Phi

and a lot of other Phi's.

Champagne Fizz

Sired by Supreme Sultan

He sired WC CH Heir to Champagne

Desert's Supreme Memories

He is a grandson of Courageous Admiral

He sired WGC CH Real Action, WC CH Bono 

and WC CH Memories of Cabo

I'm First

He was sired by former #1 sire CF First Night Out

He sired WC Walterway's Why Not Me

Santana's Charm

Sired by Sultan's Santana

He sired WGC CH Our Charming Lady BHF and WC CH Amusing

CH The King of Highpoint

He was a grandson of Supreme Sultan

Among his get were WC CH Cherished King and WC CH Coco Loco

Undulata's Heir Apparent

He is sired by #1 sire Undulata's Nutcracker

Among his get are WC My Christmas Prince

Many of these top sires were World's Champions themselves, including Supreme Heir, CH Carmac, Sultan's Great Day, Harlem Globetrotter, CH The King of Highpoint, Merchant Prince, Callaway's Blue Norther, Santana's Charm, Desert's Supreme Memories, Undulata's Heir Apparent, I'm First, Designed and Sir William Robert.  Reserve World's Champions in this group were CF First Night Out and I'm a New Yorker.  It's also interesting that at the beginning of the 2000's, Supreme Sultan and his son Sultan's Santana were dominant sires of those on the list.  This gave was to the Wing Commander sire lines of New Yorker, Attache, Courageous Admiral and of course, Will Shriver.  

Undulata's Nutcracker seems to hold clear title to the #1 sire position for the foreseeable future.  He has tons of sons, but like Supreme Sultan and Wing Commander, not all of the sons will succeed in the breeding shed.  Only time will tell.  

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Since the last two posts were about Bourbon King and Rex Peavine, rivals from a century ago, I counted the crosses to each of these stallions on Undulata's Nutcracker's 9 generation pedigree.  Rex Peavine won hands down, 40 times to 29 times for Bourbon King. Never under estimate the bottom line.