Smart Little Lena
| Breed | American Quarter Horse |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Cutting |
| Sire | Doc O'Lena |
| Grandsire | Doc Bar |
| Dam | Smart Peppy |
| Maternal grandsire | Peppy San |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1979 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Hanes Chatham |
| Earnings | |
| $577,652 | |
| Major wins | |
| NCHA Futurity, NCHA Super Stakes and NCHA Derby | |
Smart Little Lena (1979–2010) was an American Quarter Horse cutting horse and sire of performance horses.
Life and Winnings
Smart Little Lena was foaled on June 29, 1979, out of the mare Smart Peppy and by Doc O'Lena. He was a dark sorrel stallion with a blaze and white socks on both hind feet. Smart Little Lena was a small horse, standing only 13.3 hands (55 inches, 140 cm).
In 1982 Smart Little Lena won the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity. He later won first in both the NCHA Super Stakes and Derby as well. Smart Little Lena earned $577,652 in US dollars in just eight shows.
Smart Little Lena was euthanized in 2010, after he apparently suffered a stroke. However, he is still siring foals through artificial insemination.[1]
Offspring
Smart Little Lena's descendants have competed in every discipline in American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) competition, and have earned 9,744 points and 22 world championships. In National Reining Horse Association competition, his get have earned $686,470. In the National Reined Cow Horse Association they have earned $973,136, and in the NCHA they have won over thirty-four million dollars.
Pedigree
| Sire Doc O'Lena |
Doc Bar | Lightning Bar | Three Bars |
|---|---|---|---|
| Della P | |||
| Dandy Doll | Texas Dandy | ||
| Bar Maid F | |||
| Poco Lena | Poco Bueno | King† | |
| Miss Taylor | |||
| Sheilwin | Pretty Boy | ||
| Mare by Blackburn | |||
| Dam Smart Peppy |
Peppy San | Leo San | Leo |
| San Sue Darks | |||
| Peppy Belle | Pep Up | ||
| Belle Burnett | |||
| Royal Smart | Royal King | King† | |
| Rocket Laning | |||
| Moss Jackie Tobin | Wordlaws Tobin | ||
| Miss Jack Pot XI |
†Denotes inbreeding
Sources
- ↑ http://www.aqha.com/Museum/Explore/Hall-of-Fame/Horses/S/Smart-Little-Lena.aspx
- ↑ "Smart Little Lena Quarter Horse". allbreedpedigree.com. Retrieved 2 November 2015.