Miss Jim 45

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Miss Jim 45
Breed Quarter Horse
Discipline Halter
SireJim Harlan
GrandsireHarlan
DamMiss Paulo 45
Maternal grandsirePaulos Dandy
Sex Mare
Foaled1966
CountryUnited States
Color red dun
BreederJames Nance
OwnerGeorge Tyler, Frank Merrill
Other awards
1970 AQHA High Point Halter Horse
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Last updated on: January 12, 2008.

Miss Jim 45 was a red dun Quarter Horse mare who won the 1970 American Quarter Horse Association, or AQHA, High Point Halter Horse Award. [1]

Contents

She was a 1966 foal, and her sire was Jim Harlan and her dam was a Waggoner Ranch mare named Miss Paulo 45. [1] Her sire traced back to King P-234 as well as Peter McCue, Traveler and Oklahoma Star P-6. Her dam traced to many of the same sires, including King P-234, Traveler, Peter McCue and Yellow Jacket. [2]

Show career

She earned 436 AQHA open halter points that year, in 153 shows, placing first 139 times, second 12 times and one third and one fifth place. She was Grand Champion Mare all but 16 of those shows. Frank Merrill, who showed her to the title that year, said when he bought her, he was told by Matlock Rose that "Son, anyone could lead this horse into the ring and do just as well as me." [1] Besides her High Point award she also earned a Superior Halter Horse award with the AQHA. [3]

Death and honors

She died in 1978 and in 2000 [4] she was inducted into the AQHA American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. [4]

Pedigree

King P-234
Hank H
Queen H
Harlan
Beetch's Yellow Jacket
Dixie Beach
Mayflower
Jim Harlan
Little Fort
Cuter McCue
mare by Midnight
Nancy Squaw
Little King
Kings Squaw
Oklahoma Squaw
Miss Jim 45
Bolo
Paulo
Paulita
Paulos Dandy
Billy Waggoner
Duck Wing
Polly
Miss Paulo 45
King P-234
L H Chock
Miss Alice
Chock Lady 45
Blackburn
Lady Black 45
Waggoner mare

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Beckman "Miss Jim 45" Quarter Horse Journal November 1991 p. 36, 121, & 123
  2. ↑ Miss Jim 45 pedigree at All Breed Pedigree accessed on September 13, 2007
  3. ↑ Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 439
  4. 1 2 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Miss Jim 45". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 1, 2017.

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