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Rocket has a nice mix of racing and performance
bloodlines which has given him his speed and athleticism and most importantly, a great mind. And the
great part is he passes this on to his babies.
Salty Hobby Boy's
pedigree is rich with AQHA Champions and legends of the breed - Rocket Wrangler, Hobby Horse, Sugar Bars, Oklahoma Star, Leo,
Joe Hancock and Bold Ruler plus many more. His sire, Convincing Prince, is a 1D barrel producer in Nebraska and western
Canada. He comes from a long list of AAA Stake Winners and proven sires of AAA and AAAT - Princely Best (SI 96), Rocket
Wrangler, the sire of 'Dash for Cash'; Bold Ruler, the sire of 'Secretariat'.
His dam, Hobbys Halo
(SI 85), by Darn Good Hobby, who is by Hobby Horse, is a ROM Show (WP and Halter) and sire of Reserve World Champions
and AQHA Champions. Hobby Horse is AAA, Hi Point Working Cow Horse, AQHA Champion, Superior in halter and performance
(Working Cow Horse), ROM race and ROM show sire. He is also the sire of the Reining and Working Cow Horse champion
'Expensive Hobby'.
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| Picture taken by Christine Donovan Photography |
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| Pictured at two years old |
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About Rocket's color ...
Genetically Rocket is a smoky brown (a brown horse with a cream gene), but most
people call them buckskins, so to avoid confusion that's what we will continue to call him. We also know
that he is homozygous for the black gene. To anyone who studies color genetics he is At/EE/Cr/N
What that means is, since he carries the cream gene and is homozygous for the black gene he can sire buckskin, bay, brown, smoky brown, black, smoky black, perlino, and
smoky cream. He cannot, however, sire any red-based foals, regardless of the base color of the mares he is
bred to. He will not sire any sorrel, chestnut, palomino, cremello or red dun foals. Guaranteed.
If the mare posesses any color modifiers that Rocket doesn't have (dun, roan, gray,
Paint or pinto) then the foal may also inherit those characteristics. With our red dun mares he often
produces dunskin, which is a buckskin with dun factor. He can also sire grulla, silver grulla, or smoky grulla
out of a dun or grulla mare.
To see what color your mare could produce go to the 'Color Genetics & Links'
page (click on link below).
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| Picture taken by Holli Murphy |
Or click here to see Rocket's papers
Click here to go to our Webshots Page for more (old) pictures of Rocket ...
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| Picture taken by Century Classic Photography |
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| Picture taken by Century Classic Photography |
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| His babies are so quiet and a pleasure to train. This is 3 yr old Joes Smokin Wranglers second ride. |
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