STONEWALL SUPREME

Stonewall King x Mamie Peavine

solid bay, with no markings

bred by A.H.Sherron of Macon, Missouri.

foaled on 3 May 1941   

 

 

 

Squirrel King

 

 

Forest King

 

 

 

 

Stella Frenche

 

My King

 

 

 

 

 

Bourbon King

 

 

Lartsa King

 

Stonewall King

 

 

Edith Norton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rex Mc Donald

 

 

Rex Peavine

 

 

 

 

Daisy 2D

 

Glorianne

 

 

 

 

 

Montgomery Chief

 

 

Mollie Chief

 

 

 

 

Daisy 2D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rex Mc Donald

 

 

Rex Peavine

 

 

 

 

Daisy 2D

 

Richmond Choice

 

 

 

 

 

King Richard

 

 

Dinah Mason

 

Mamie Peavine

 

 

Mollie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King Chieftain

 

 

Chief of Chiefs

 

 

 

 

Mamie Squirrel

 

Queen

 

 

 

 

 

Colonel Bryan

 

 

N.R. by Colonel Bryan

 

 

 

 

Not Registered

  

Surely the greatest Stonewall King of them all and an absolute proof that blood does tell!. He only had 139 registered get, but even today still has the highest % Kentucky State Fair broodmares, namely 28%. That means that almost 1/3 of all his mare foals bred a KSF Champion or Reserve Champion! Quite an achievement! 

Four of the greatest modern sires namely Harlem Globetrotter ( New Yorker x Putting On Airs), Sultan's Great Day (Supreme Sultan x Supreme's Cassindra), Supreme Heir (Supreme Sultan x Supreme Airs) and Foxfire's Prophet  (Radiant Sultan x Supreme Airs) all boast with Stonewall  Supreme blood from their dam's side

When owned by Mr. B.P. Eddy of New Orleans, Louisiana he won major five gaited championships all over the south.

Stonewall Supreme was bought in 1950  by George Hess of Butler, Pennsylvania for $6000.  Mr. Hess went on showing him and subsequently several championships were won by this team.

He was the sire of many show and breeding horses eg:

Supreme Aire, Penny Stonewall, Stonewall Parfait, Brenda Supreme, Genius Co-Ed, Stonewall Crescendo, Dixie Duchess, Browncrest Miracle, Supreme Desdemona, Stonewall's Sound of Music, Stonewall Starfire etc. 

Stonewall Supreme was by far the best stallion son of Stonewall King. He produced offspring better than himself. He was also a top show horse, but compared with his breeding success that appears pale. He was one of the major breed builders of the American Saddlebred.

His breeding career spanned over 27 years but he only sired 139 registered horses. An average of only five per year. Despite this he was No. 1 sire in the sire rating of Saddle and Bridle Magazine in 1969. Seven years previously he was consistent in the top 5. Twice he was second to Wing Commander and in 1979 was second to Vanity's Sensation of Crebilly.

Stonewall Supreme died at the age of 30 years on 6 December 1971.

In South Africa we have these bloodlines , through one of his sons, Stonewall Starfire (Stonewall Supreme x Fairy Darling). 

Stonewall Starfire (photo by Shirley Paulette)

The offspring of Mr USA ( Stonewall Starfire x Grey Tango ) was prolific breeders, with especially one son and a grandson being the most successful.  The son is Yokozuna (by Cameo's Truly Fair  ( x Cameo's Farewell). The grandson being Stonewall's Sportsman (United States x  Sylvia Stonewall).

       Mr USA (photo by Jan Genade)                                                            Yokozuna (photo by R.Millin)

The USA is very lucky to have another  grandson (SA) Tornaado (Yokozuna x Sarah Lee) in their midst (SA) Tornaado (standing at KALARAMA) is already showing his siring potential by having sired two 2001 KSF ribbon winners in the Two Year Fine Harness Futurity namely, Dancing Up A Storm (by BelleO'Shea (x Lord O'Shea) and Tornaado's Tidal Wave (by Octopussy  ( x Harlem Globetrotter)  

(S.A.) Tornaado (photo by R. Millin)

Luckily in South Africa we still have a  (SA)Tornaado son, Perfect Timing  [ (SA) Tornaado x Sun Queen], whose breeding career has just started and should be just as successful as his ancestors before him.

Perfect Timing (photo by Fotojan)

 

Special thanks to Sally Carver of asbresearch for supplying the photo of Stonewall Supreme and some of the information.

copyright Ross Millin 2004