The American Saddlebred: 7/12/14 Glorious Grays Part 2

7/12/14 Last week featured beautiful gray horses which were foaled prior to 1950. I had such a good time looking for gray horses, that this topic is going to be stretched out into 3 weeks. There were just too many gray horses from 1950 to the present to include all in one post. I sent a few requests to some nice folks about using including current horses and luckily I received an overwhelming positive response, so next week will feature grand gray stallions, some that are currently available at stud. For right now, let's take a look at some mares and show horses. They are sorted alphabetically rather than by age or family.

CH A Magic Surprise

f. 1995, Belle Reve's Voodoo Magic X A Special Surprise by Stonewall's Genius Beau

This special gelding has been showing in western pleasure for over a decade

and is still showing at age 19.

CH Absolutely Fabulous

f. 1991, CH Summertime Colors X A Summer Surprise by Shamrock's Misty Flyte

An absolutely perfect name for this gorgeous fine harness world's champion.

Absolutely Fabulous and A Magic Surprise both inherited the gray coloring from

Shamrock's Misty Flyte.

CH Callaway's Chandelle

f. 1980, CH Will Shriver X Callaway's Cardinal by Kate's Scoop

This Callaway Hills' bred champion traced her gray gene back to Grey Eagle.

He was pictured in last week's post.

Camilla Fox

f. 1982, Grape Tree's Fox x Supreme's Silver Mist by Stonewall Supreme

This mare gave her coloring to several offspring and grandcolts thru

her daughters Moet and Attache's Galatea.

Denmark Courageous

f. 1955, Ridgefields Denmark X Blue Seas by Captain Courageous

CH Divine Asset

Attache's Royal Assets X Step-N-Time Venus by Steppin' Stuff

His 2nd dam was gray CH Venus in Gray and his gray ancestry

travels straight down his tail female line.

Duke's Wild Honey

f. 1952, Duke of Stonewall X Lady Gracious by the Passing Show

She was the dam of Classic Stonewall.

Flashdance P/H

f. 1983 The Golden Parader X Snow Spangle by Denmark's Bourbon Genius

Her gray daughter and dam are also pictured in this post.

Gay Feudist

f. 1957, Gay Kalarama X Adrienne Feudist by Brilliant Recovery

Both his sire and dam's sire were by Kalarama Rex,

and his gray coloring traces back to Lee Rose McDonald pictured last week.

Grey Flare

f. 1951, Kalarama Flare by Kalarama Rex x My Charm by Chester Style

Heirrison Ford

f. 2001, Supreme Heir x Chandellay by Captain Conestoga,

2nd dam CH Callaway's Chandelle pictured above.

He's pictured here being shown at Devon by a hunter/jumper rider.

Jammin' the Blues

f. 1986, Admiral's Windjammer x Flashdance P/H by The Golden Parader

She was the dam of the beautiful Winsdown Hi Octane

CH Jessie Cole

f. 2004, The Gallant Confederate x Make Believe SLS by The Silver Lining

His grandsire The Silver Lining will be pictured next week.

Leland's Blaze of Glory

f. 1956, Leland Stonewall X Priscilla Tucker by Rex Shannon

No one in his pedigree is confessing to be a gray,

but his granddam was named Snowball McDonald.

Paranormal

f. 2005, Deep Blue X Yarbrough's Strawberry Delight by Town Square by Yorktown

He has a half brother who is a gray stallion in next week's post.

CH Revolver

f. 2000, Sultan's Great Day X Attache's Galatea by Attache

His 2nd dam is Camilla Fox pictured above.

Rose of Windhaven

f. 1998, Winsdown Hi Octane X Rullah Highland Dawn by Supreme Rullah

This pleasure mare often shows in the saddlebred hunter division.

CH Shellcrest's Top Secret

f. 1968, Ridgefields' Secret X Miss Lucille by Night of Folly

His 2nd dam, Hi Dixie (BHF) was gray and also produced the gray mare Society Ann.

Society Ann was pictured in last week's post.

Snow Job

f. 1977, Supreme Sultan X Frosty Donna by Frosty Highland

One of the original Shatner Western Pleasure horses, his gray coloring traces back to Silver Mac, shown in last week's post, thru his grandsire shown in next week's post.