BREED LEGENDS:

"KING, the Leader of Quarter Horse Cadence ... Then and Now"
by M. K. Fredlund -- An article that stirs up old memories and some astounding facts about a legendary favorite!!

"LEO ... the All Time Sire" by M. K. Fredlund -- A complete feature on Leo with story, pedigree chart, and progeny records.

Sugar Bars -- from "Speed and the Quarter Horse" by Nelson Nye.

Domino ... extended pedigree chart and an interesting prediction by Bruce Lowe on an ancestor   appearing three times in the pedigree of Three Bars.

FOUNDATION FLASHBACKS:

Bartender --- M. L. McGehee, Breeder of Legends  -- by Andrea Laycock Mattson -- Special story about the Bartender horses.  Photos of Billy McCue,  Sergeant,   etc., plus the only photo in existence of the Old Vaughn Mare, compliments of her last owner,  Melton McGehee.

Harlan   New

Pacific Bailey --  who couldn't bring $400 as a weanling, turned heads as a two-year-old with 19 starts, 14 wins, three place finishes, including 4 stakes wins and set a new world's record (unacknowledged) for two-year-old stallions at 300 yards. He rivaled Jet Deck for the Leading Sire of 2-year-old Qualifiers in 1970. Excerpts from Nelson Nye's "Speed and the Quarter Horse."

Rey Jay - by Larry Thornton.

Three Chicks -- one of straightaway’s most consistent performers on the Quarter tracks, an AQHA Champion, and Leading Quarter Horse Racing Sire. An excerpt from "Speed and the Quarter Horse" by Nelson Nye.

Tiny Charger

Tiny Watch -- Photos and excerpts from "Speed and the Quarter Horse" by Nelson Nye -- out-of-print.

Unikia   New

SUPREME CHAMPIONS:

KID MEYERS - The first AQHA Supreme Champion -- from the book,  "The Real American Quarter Horse."  (out of print) by Paul Mattson  -- Story,  photo, pedigree chart, performance & progeny records. )

LUCKS EASYFANTA BOY - the 46th AQHA Open Supreme Champion. As of 2003,  the last living Supreme Champion stallion. Breeding information.

PEDIGREE BOOKS:

Book Shelf Catalog

Aga Khan Studs -- the Official Aga Khan Studs web site containing comprehensive information on the family's involvement with Thoroughbred racing and breeding over the last 80 years. Information on over 5,000 horses with hyperlinks to complete details of the selected horse, including photos, pedigrees, race records, progeny, etc. A powerful pedigree tool for anyone interested in the Aga Khan bloodstock.

Australian Stud Book Records -- The most amazing free source of Thoroughbred records I've run across so far! This is a great site for researching older TB lines, race and produce records!!

Pedigree Query -- a free access TB pedigree lookup with over 600,000 horses in their database, many of racing age. Bring up 4 to 9 generations charts and then run many more reports,  such as inbreeding, progeny, siblings, tail-female, tail-male, hypothetical pedigrees,  etc.  This is fabulous,  and it's all free!

Eclipse On-Line -- Weathersby's internet service has up-to-date information breeding, racing and sales. Has a free pedigree search with some hard-to-find English horses.

EquineInfo -- Rose Sylvia's pedigree guide and list of links for Thoroughbreds is excellent!

Japan Bloodstock Ltd. -- Free database with race records,  etc.

New Zealand Pedigree Records -- compliments of Arion Pedigrees, Ltd, their 4 generation pedigree charts are a valuable Thoroughbred resource.

OwnerBreeder -- The world's leading journal dedicated to Thoroughbred breeding. "Alan Porter's Pedigree Perspectives,"  News,  Headlines, Feature Stories, North American Stakes,  Pedigrees of Stakes Winners,  Bloodstock Sales reviews,  etc.

PedigreePost -- Thoroughbred articles by a group of international pedigree experts,  and more.  This is super stuff!

Peruvian TB Stud Book -- searchable free online studbook - may be your answer when researching South American Pedigrees.

Rancho San Antonio, Inc. -- A wonderful Thoroughbred site from the Dominican Republic, with Pedigree Notes (extensive articles by various authors), pedigree consultations, a weekly newsletter, stallion directory, and more.

Thoroughbred Heritage -- dedicated to the history of the modern Thoroughbred. This fantastic site offers an abundance of information on foundation mares, classic winners, Leading Sires, Early Americans (prior to 1850), and lots of pictures in the Portraits section.

Thoroughbred Pedigree Query -- compliments of Albin Warth! -- This is a great service! -- Look up pedigrees, hypothetical matings, female families, broodmare sires, stallion progeny, and more.

Thoroughbred Pedigree and Historical Photo Links - a huge list of Thoroughbred links from all over the web.

Thoroughbred Reference Library -- an outstanding link resource!  Be sure to check this out.

Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau can provide Horse Identity Research for a nominal fee in cases where you have a tattooed horse, but do not know their identity.

Other Pedigree Resources: 

SitStay.com -- a free HTML pedigree generator you can use to put pedigree charts on your own web pages

BOOKS:  
The 1995 Stallion Finder,   
Roots: Foundation Quarter Horse Bloodlines,    
Speed and the Quarter Horse, 
Reference to Thoroughbred Roots of the Quarter Horse, 

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