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By Larry Thornton Invester to Benson for $25,000. That was $5,000 down and the rest to be “F ate would make paid over four years. its next major impact on After the dispersal Benson and his The Invester when new horse moved to Irvin Catchman's Benson died in a car place at Bellville, Texas. Benson would stand The Invester and share in crash on January 18, the profits with Catchman. 1989.” A young trainer named Brad McCamy and Benson would form as the Houston Livestock Show and Unlimited in 1977. But by the San Antonio Livestock Show. 1979, the writing on the wall indicated The next step for The Invester was a that something had to be done to short stint at the track. E. R. Beddo keep things going. So The Invester trained The Invester but didn't start was syndicated. the horse on a recognized track. They They broke the syndicate down to 60 The Invester was shown by trainer Jack Benson to an found the young to have AQHA Championship and Superior halter award. shares with Stallions Unlimited PHOTO BY DALCO speed and a good start but he didn't retaining 20 of those shares. The rest have the stamina to run out a It is strange how fate can play such were sold to breeders around the distance. a key role in our lives. We go on living country. day to day and then suddenly The Invester, under Benson's During the next few years Stallions something will happen to change our watchful eye, would blossom into a Unlimited would stand such top lives forever. The story of The very good show stallion. He became a stallions as Hobby Horse and Red Invester is one of fate stepping in to Superior halter horse earning 53 Dee Hobby alongside The Invester. control this great stallion's destiny. points and a total of 29 Grand Championships and 16 Reserve It all started when the stallion Three Fate would make its next major Championships. Storms died suddenly, leaving the impact on The Invester when Benson died in a car crash on January 18, George Pardi Quarter Horse program The Invester, in the performance 1989. The death of Benson would with the dilemma of no breeding arena, became an AQHA Champion finally separate the man from his stallion. The logical thing to do was with points in , , hunt horse. Life was looking pretty bleak find a new breeding stallion. So Pardi seat and . He had 2 for the horse that had risen out of sent Jack Benson to find the right cutting points, 8 reining points, 9 obscurity. The Invester had become a stallion. western pleasure points and 2 hunt major force in the pleasure horse seat points. He missed the NCHA On the way Benson ran into a industry. Futurity Semi-Finals by 1 ½ points. weanling stud colt at Jerry Wells' With the death of Benson, The place in Oklahoma. The colt caught Fate was at work again in 1973 Invester and the Stallions Unlimited Benson's eye and it was apparently when George Pardi dispersed his facility were put up for sale. This love at first sight. Benson was able to Quarter Horse operation. According to brought The Invester into contact with talk Pardi into buying the young Pardi, the sale was necessitated Dan and Carol McWhirter of stallion and fate shown brightly on the ''because Uncle Sam was concerned Doniphan, Nebraska. The McWhirters unproven colt. that the horses were a hobby.” were looking to replace their senior The stallion Benson found was The The pending dispersal presented a sire The Big Investment, a son of The Invester bred by Eldon R. England. dilemma for Jack Benson. The Invester. The Big Investment died Benson's faith in The Invester was Invester could be sold and the trainer unexpectedly leaving the McWhirters rewarded when the young stallion would be without his horse. But Pardi with a big void in their breeding won the yearling class at such shows remedied the situation by selling The program. PAGE 54  SOUTHERN HORSEMAN FEBRUARY 1992

Dan and Carol and their new partner Wayne Atchley would finalize the purchase of The Invester in January 1990. They formed The Invester Syndicate and The Invester came to central Nebraska.

Although fate had ended a great association between The Invester and Jack Benson, it had come back to put The Invester in the very capable hands of the McWhirters and Atchley, thus giving the aged stallion a new lease on life.

The McWhirters and Atchley are actively putting together a band of mares that will fit The Invester to insure his last foals will be the best possible legacy for this great stallion.

It all came into focus at the 1980 All 1980 All Congress Pleasure Futurity Champion, Sure Investment, shown by Tommy American Quarter Horse Congress Manion and owned by The Invester Syndicate earned $21,962. The total purse offered was $94,669, the Pleasure Futurity. The Invester had offspring of The Invester won $55,390 — 58% of the money. six foals in the finals and four of the foals. He puts a hock on a horse the six ended up placing first, second, way it's supposed to be low hocks or third and fourth. he Invester had a hock that is close to the ground. “T You can take the front legs off a horse Two of the top four finishers in the six foals in the finals (the because he gets his momentum from Congress Pleasure Futurity were 1980 All American Quar- his back legs. You want those hocks trained by Jerry Stanford. The ter Horse Congress to come straight down that imaginary Stanford trained Sure Investment was Pleasure Futurity) and line behind the horse and that's what ridden to the win by Tommy Manion you get with The Invester. If the and Stanford was the reserve four of the six ended up horse's hock is behind that imaginary champion on The Collateral. Stanford placing first, second, line you lose momentum.” continues to be a member of The third and fourth.” Invester booster club. The Invester has put a lot of those good hocks on his foals. He is the sire Stanford first saw The Invester at a bred mares and I got the foals. Jack of 44 AQHA Superior pleasure show in Nederland, Texas, and it was guided everybody to me, too.” horses, 125 Register Of Merit love at first sight, just as it had been performance horses and nine AQHA for Benson. Stanford explains, Jack Benson has been quoted in Champions in the open division alone, ''Benson showed him at halter and I many publications as to why he liked He is the fourth leading sire of ROM haven't seen anything like him in my The Invester so much and his reply performers in the AQHA. life. I didn't know Jack Benson. l didn't was always something to the effect know any body. I was just a big old that The Invester was ''a good lover's The Invester is the sire of such kid, so I kept track of The Invester and Stanford echoes the thought of The World Show finalists as Miss Cash then I sent some mares over to be Invester as a mover and explains that Ticket, The Prospectus, Good bred to him. These were mares conformation is the key to his success Invester, Ms Safety Deposit, Miss owned by my customers. That's the the same conformation that Benson Balance Plus, Collector's Prize, Invest way our relationship got started.'' saw in that weanling stud colt the In Ears, The Joint Venture, Investa same conformation Stanford saw at Stanford continued, ''We moved to Pine, Nitty Investment and Picante. that show in Nederland, Texas. Brenham, Texas, and I just kept riding He is the sire of such open World foals by The Invester. Nobody would We'll let Stanford explain, ''The low Champions as Impulsions and We send me any other bloodline. I got all hock is the key to The Investor's Are Magic, as well as three AJQHA The Investers. All those people that success. He puts a low hock on his World Champions Bonafide and EI

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Cicatriz. Stanford continues about The Ironically, a discussion of the Invester foals, ''They were a different disposition and train ability of The In the amateur division, The Invester minded kind of horse. You had to go Investers leads us to his pedigree. has 10 Superior Pleasure horses and very slow. It taught me a whole new The Invester is linebred 5 X 5 X 4 X 6 27 Amateur Show ROMs. Many of his way of training horses with The to the great foundation sire open Superior performers and open Investers.” P-3. This is interesting because many ROMS have duplicated their horsemen and breeders will say that performances in the amateur ''I rode them for seven years. That'll I the Joe Reed line of horses is very divisions. These performers would rode in that seven years. I had some intelligent and they are the type of include such Amateur superior of the greatest pleasure horses in the Pleasure horsecar Bonafide, Bonnievester, Double Vested, I Am A Sweet One, Invest In Ears and The Collateral.

The Collateral holds a special place in Jerry Stanford's eyes. He was the Reserve Champion of that 1980 Congress Pleasure Futurity. Stanford was at a show in Virginia in 1991 and ran into his old friend The Collateral who was still being shown. This 13 year old son of The Invester has three halter points, 336 open performance points, 122 amateur points, 7 youth halter points and 330 youth performance points. He is superior in western pleasure, trail, amateur western pleasure, youth western pleasure, youth showmanship and The Invester and Jack Benson at Stallions Unlimited at the Brenham, Texas ranch where The Invester stood in youth western horsemanship. the 1980’s.

The longevity of The Collateral in the horses that can't be forced to do what show ring brings up an interesting industry, sired by that one horse. The a trainer wants them to do. They must point for those who have heard that year we knocked them out of the be lead by the trainer. some of The Investers are hard to get ballpark at the Congress, we were along with. Jerry Stanford doesn't see first, second, third, fourth and sixth in The Invester gets two of his crosses disposition as a problem with The the top 10. First and second were to Joe Reed from his sire Zippo Pat Invester and his foals. mine, sixth was mine. I had five Bar, a son of . The dam of horses in the top 10 that year and Zippo Pat Bar was Pat by Leo. Stanford begins with The Invester's they were all sired by The Invester. Leo was a double grandson of Joe disposition, ''You take a horse that Reed as his sire Joe Reed 11 was by ''The Investers I rode were horses Joe Reed P-3 and his dam was Little that you didn't force. You could not Fanny by Joe Reed P-3. e puts a hock on a force them into doing anything. You “H could lead them and make them do The dam of The Invester was Hank's horse the way it’s sup- anything, but don't try to force them to Peppy Lou by Dinky Reed. Dinky posed to be - low hocks do anything. Some people called Reed was the sire of several ROM or a hock that is close to them bad minded but they were show and race horses including the smarter than' the people who were MA stakes winning AQHA Champion the ground.” riding them.” Brent's Pat.

''A lot of people couldn't get along The sire of Dinky Reed was Reed had as many performance points as with them because they wanted to McCue. Reed McCue was one of the he did in as many events as he was carry them too fast. They wanted it last sons of Joe Reed P-3. He was used in and it proves his disposition done yesterday and it doesn't work the sire of horses like the AA/ROM was a good one.” that way.” race winner Miss Reed McCue. Miss

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original Stud Book foundation sires, Chief P-5 and Joe Reed P-3.

It was pointed out by Barbara Muse Huntington in her book The Grand Twenty that Chief P-5 was the last living son of Peter McCue. She goes on to verify the quality of Chief by pointing out the fact that this son of Reed McCue was the dam of the AAA Grey Badger II. Peter McCue was a first place halter runner Jayhawker Bar by Three Bars stallion at the age of 24 in 1941. and the Top AAA runner Arrive by the According to Bob Denhardt in his Chief shows up first in The Investor's Arrive. book, Foundation Sires of the American Quarter Horse, A.D. Reed pedigree as the sire of Dinky A fourth shot of Joe Reed for The also was registered as a Rainbow, the dam of Dinky Reed. The Invester comes through Dinky Reed thoroughbred by the Jockey Club. He dam of Dinky Rainbow was Black again. Dinky Reed is the sire of was registered as ''Dr. B.H. 1916 by Dixie, a daughter of Chief P-5. This Logan's Betty, the dam of Logan's Speedy Ball, Dam Swing Corners by makes Dinky Rainbow 1 X 2 inbred to Miss Lue, the dam of Hank's Peppy *Tithonus'' (American Stud Book, Vol. Chief P-5. Because of her inbreeding Lou. This makes Hank's Peppy Lou 1 XI I , 594). to Dinky Reed, we see that Hank's X 3 inbred to Dinky Reed. Peppy Lou has four crosses to Chief. A.D. Reed is found twice in The Before we leave Hank's Peppy Lou, Invester's pedigree through his dam's Because of his ties to Ace, Chief and we find another interesting aspect of inbreeding to Dinky Reed by Reed A.D. Reed, Dinky Reed puts a great the pedigree of The Invester. Hank's McCue. deal of Peter McCue blood into Peppy Lou is not only line bred to Joe Hank's Peppy Lou. When you add the Reed through Dinky Reed and Reed The A.D. Reed influence doesn't blood of A.D. Reed in Logan's Ruby, McCue, but she is linebred to another stop at that point. The fourth dam of you find a minimum of 10 crosses to great foundation sire Peter McCue. The Invester is Logan's Ruby by Dr. Peter McCue in Hank's Peppy Lou. Blue Eyes by A.D. Reed. The dam of This makes Hank's Peppy Lou a Peter McCue was a Quarter Horse Logan's Ruby is Bell by Dr. Blue foundation bred mare that is ax 6 X 4 that was registered as a thoroughbred Eyes. This makes Logan's Ruby 1 X 2 X 5 X 7 X 8 X 6 X 7 X 6 X 8 linebred and became a famous runner as a inbred to A.D. Reed and Hank's to Peter McCue. thoroughbred. He later stood in Peppy Lou 4 X 6 X 5 X 6 linebred to Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas and A.D. Reed. The pedigree of The Invester in a Colorado to cement his place in combination of linebreeding to Joe Quarter Horse history as a foundation Peter McCue appears again in Patsy Reed P-3 through his sire and dam sire. His sons include the great Reed's pedigree through her dam with a strong dose of Peter McCue Harmon Baker, Hickory Bill, Chief P-5 Dolly Hudson. Dolly Hudson was sired through his dam. The Invester has and A.D. Reed. Harmon Baker was by Ace by Peter McCue. taken this pedigree combination on to owned by William Anson, the famous be a successful sire in the tradition of Chief by Peter McCue was one of the Englishman that is credited with his sire and grandsire. original foundation sires selected to starting the revitalization of the receive one of the first 19 numbers in The Invester is a paternal grandson Quarter Horse that lead to the the American Quarter Horse Stud of Three Bars, considered by many to formation of the American Quarter Book. No. 1 in the Stud Book was be the most important sire in our Horse Association. Hickory Bill was awarded to Wimpy when he was industry. The blood of Three Bars is the sire of Old Sorrel, foundation sire named the Grand Champion at the found in every phase of our industry – of the Ranch Quarter Horses. 1941 Fort Worth Stock Show. The East Jet, Dash For Cash, , A.D. Reed and Chief P-5 are found in other 18 numbers were awarded to , Speedy Glow, the pedigree of Hank's Peppy Lou. stallions that were considered Impressive, Jewel's Leo Bar, Sonny The A.D. Reed influence starts with foundation stock for the new Dee Bar and Zan Parr Bar all carry Reed McCue who is out of the mare association. the blood of this great sire. Of course, Patsy Reed by A.D. Reed. A.D. Reed this list would have to include Zippo Chief was awarded the No. sin the was a famous Oklahoma and New Pat Bars, the sire of The Invester. Stud Book. Thus, we see that The Mexico sire that can be found in the Invester was influenced by two of the was bred by Paul pedigrees of such noted horses as PAGE 57  SOUTHERN HORSEMAN FEBRUARY 1992

Invester seems to have a strong affinity for mares from the Three Bars sire line that also carry the blood of such stallions as Leo, Joe Reed, King, Chicaro Bill and Joe Moore in their dam's pedigree. EI Cicatriz is out of Bar Moon Miss by Jayhawker Bar by Three Bars. The dam of Jayhawker Bar is Miss Reed McCue by Reed McCue by Joe Reed P-3. EI Cicatriz is 4 X 6 X 4 linebred to Reed McCue.

Superior performers that fit this scheme would include but not be limited to Bonafide, Miss Cash Ticket, SR Market Invester, Ms Big Spender, Good Invester, Pardin Me, Miss Balance Plus, Mr Invester, Collector's Prize, Invest In Ears, And All That Jazz, Vester Vision, Ms Safety Deposit, King Vestor and Impulsions.

The foals Vester Vision, Ms Safety The Invester with Jack Benson winning the yearling halter class at the 1970 Houston Livestock Show. Deposit, Shes Slippin Around, And All PHOTO BY JIM KEELAND That Jazz and Invest In Ears all go to Curtner. Curtner was looking to find a Zippo Pat Bars have gone on to very Three Bars through Triple Chick or his replacement sire for , the successful careers as sires. full brother Three Chicks. Triple Chick great son of . Curtner and Three Chicks are out of the bred his Leo mare, Leo Pat, to Three Zippo Pine Bar has been the Chicaro Bill mare . Other Bars and was rewarded with Zippo perennial leading sire of performance sons of Three Bars that figure Pat Bars. winners and point earning prominently in these pedigrees would performance horsed. He is out of the include Magnolia Bar, Gay Bar King, Due to an injury, Zippo Pat Bars had great producing mare Dollie Pine by , War Chant and, to a a limited performance record but did Poco Pine. lesser extent, Domino Duke, Clabber run AAA on the track. He was the Bar and Tonto Bars Gill. winner of five races. The first step in the sire career of The Invester was not as a sire of The majority of the Gay Bar King Zippo Pat Bars started his stud pleasure horses but as a sire of halter influence in these pedigrees comes career in 1968 with his first foals futurity horses. Some leading through his son, Mr Bar Gold. Mr Bar examples of this phase of The Gold was a Superior cutting horse lnvester's career were Savings and a Superior halter horse that died “T he pedigree of Account, Vestida Moneca, La Sangria before his' full potential was realized and El Cicatriz. as a sire. His daughters and The Invester is a combi- granddaughters produced the nation of line breeding to The most successful of this group Superior per-formers Good Invester, Joe Reed P-3 through was El Cicatriz, a 1973 gelding. Pardin Me, Miss Balance Plus and Mr El Cicatriz was the winner of the Invester. his sire and dam with a Greater Houston Quarter Horse strong dose of Peter Association Weanling Futurity. He The pedigree of The Invester is a McCue through his went on to become a superior halter combination of linebreeding to Joe dam.” horse with 121 points and a youth Reed P-3 through his sire and dam superior halter horse with 123 points. with a strong dose of Peter McCue He was the AQHA World Champion through his dam. The Invester coming in 1969. Two of the foals from Yearling Gelding in 1974. partaken this pedigree combination on that first crop were The Invester and to be a successful sire in the tradition EI Cicatriz introduces us to a very Zippo Pine Bar. Both of these sons of of his sire and grandsire. successful cross for The Invester. The PAGE 58  SOUTHERN HORSEMAN FEBRUARY 1992

of The Invester and his son The Big Investment.

A second phase of this inbreeding and linebreeding is looking into breeding to mares that carry the blood of Zippo Pine Bar. Zippo Pine Bar was a long time Nebraska resident before his move to Texas.

Earlier in our review we looked at the success of The Invester at the AII American Quarter Horse Congress, how has he fared since that awesome display in 1980? The 1990 All American Quarter Horse Congress may just give us an idea of how awesome and lasting the influence of The Invester will be. Of the Top 10 finalists in the Ford 3 Year Old Snaffle Bit Derby, six were Invester sons or grand- sons. They were Impulsions (1st) and Investor Cluso

The Invester with Dan, Carol and son Daniel McWhirter at their Doniphan, Nebraska home where he resided (9th) by The Invester, while from 1989 to 2002. PHOTO BY FAYE ZMEK Investment Asset (3rd), Principle Mr Bar Gold was sired by Gay Bar Jewels Investment and Giant Risk. Investment (6th), Investment Creditor King and his dam was the great Principle Investment was the leading (8th) and Vested Glory (10th) were sired by The Big Investment. producing mare Miss Rock 93 by money winning pleasure horse in Blue Rock. Miss Rock 93 shows her 1989. Fate certainly has played a key role own affinity for crossing with The in the life of The Investor. The When the McWhirters lost The Big Invester. Her daughter Roxanna Bar Invester certainly has had his life Investment, they were just beginning was the dam of Roxanna Lee, the controlled by a number of happenings dam of Ready Asset, a superior per- to see the impact of their promising young sire, so a logical place to find a or factors that he had no control over. former and The Credit Crunch, a However, without his own ability as a replacement was with The Invester. World Show Finalist. Roxanna Bar show horse and sire, he would not was sired by Magnolia Bar while The new breeding program calls for have been able to continue on his Roxanna Lee was sired by Mr successful journey in life - a journey Spanish Lee by Leo. The Invester Syndicate to set in motion a breeding plan that will allow which partaken him to Nebraska and one last opportunity to add to his Space will limit our look at how The them to utilize The Invester to the status as a sire in the Quarter Horse Invester crosses with other best of his ability. He is being bred to Industry. bloodlines, but his affinity for mares of many of the finest mares in the a variety of bloodlines has certainly pleasure horse industry including been effective. He has Superior Miss Cozy Chick, the dam of Invest In Ears', Miss Rita Rebel, dam of Editor’s Note: Larry Thornton is a pedigree performers out of mares from such analyst and breeding consultant. If you have sire lines as Leo, King, 0ld Sorrel, Investment Asset', The Country Miss, any questions about this article or other Depth Charge, Brian H, Top Deck, the only living filly out of The Country bloodlines, feel free to call him at 501-293- Jazz, Oklahoma Star, Custus Rastus Girl, the dam of The Big Investment 3101. Larry is the author of the book “The and several daughters of Tiger Leo. Working Lines”. If you are interested in getting and Skipper W. a copy, you may contact Southern Publishing, Tiger Leo was the leading broodmare P.O. Box 71, Meridian, MS 39302-0071; 601- The Skipper W sire fine is sire in the pleasure industry in 1989. 693-6607. represented by several top performers but the most important The Invester Syndicate breeding may have been The Big Investment. program is even looking at inbreeding Although The Big Investment had not and linebreeding back to The Invester earned a Superior in performance, his with daughters of The Big Investment. foals were taking off where be left off. The McWhirters also are standing His performers include such top three sons of The Big Investment that pleasure horses as Principle will figure in the inbreeding program. Investment, Investment Asset, Gilt The idea behind this phase of the Edged Lady, Investment Creditor, program is to maintain the influence

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