This stallion is a superior producer of American Warmbloods. He
is also a producer of fine reining and cutting quarter horse get. His lineage speaks for itself...Leo!
Smokey is an easy breeder and a gentleman. This spectacular stallion is available for the 2009
breeding season.
The American Quarter Horse: The Quarter Horse head
is short and wide; with a short muzzle; small ears; large nostrils; wide-set eyes; and jawbones that are set wide apart and
well-defined. The neck is full and medium length with a slight crest. The withers are medium high and well-defined,
combining with deep sloping shoulders; the back is short, full and powerful across the kidneys; and, the underline should
rise cleanly to the flank.
The barrel is deep with well sprung ribs. Forelegs
ar powerful and set wide in a deep, broad chest; and, the hind legs are muscled inside and out. The stifle is very deep
and the hind quarters are heavy and muscular. Cannons are short, pasterns are medium length, hocks are set wide, deep
and straight, and hooves are well rounded, with deep open heels. There has been an alarming trend toward "vanity-breeding"
heavy muscled horses with small feet. Fortunately, this trend seems to be diminishing.
Quarter horses are quick, balanced and agile. They are collected in action and stand at ease with their legs
well under them. They are evel-headed, kind, surefooted and steady.
LEO In the early years of the American Quarter Horse industry, Leo was known primarily
as a sizzling speed horse. Later, he gained a hefty reputation of being a leading sire. Both his sons and daughters
excelled on the track adn in the show ring. The many titles won by Leo's offspring proved he not only sired speed,
but also athletic ability, including twenty-four AQHA Champions, thirty-three Performance Registers of Merit, two hundred
eleven Race Registers of Meric, four Superior Halter Awards, two Superior Performance Awards, eight Superior Race Awards,
one Supreme Champion and four Racing World Champions. These traits were passed downfrom generation to generation and
many of Leo's sons and daughters became leading producers of quality foals. Although no one knows for sure, Leo
reportedly won twenty of twenty-two races in his career but he will be most remembered for his outstanding offspring which
have strengthened the American Quarter Horse industry.
