Joe Reed II

      Joe Reed II
      Breed Quarter Horse
      Discipline Racing
      Sire Joe Reed P-3
      Grandsire Joe Blair (TB)
      Dam Nellene
      Maternal grandsire Fleeting Time (TB)
      Sex Stallion
      Foaled 1936
      Country United States
      Color Chestnut
      Breeder J. W. House
      Honors
      Racing awards
      1942 Champion Quarter Running Stallion
      AA speed rating speed rating
      Honors
      AQHA Hall of Fame

      Joe Reed II (1936–1964) was a Quarter Horse racehorse from the early days of the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) that became an influential sire with the breed.

      Life

      Joe Reed II was registered number 985 in the AQHA's stud book. He was registered as a chestnut stallion that foaled in 1936. His breeder was recorded as J. W. House of Cameron, Texas, and his owner when he was registered was Bert H. Wood of Tucson, Arizona.[1] He was the son of Joe Reed P-3 and Nellene, a daughter of Fleeting Time (TB).[2] He was over half Thoroughbred by breeding, as both his sire and his dam were by Thoroughbreds. On his dam's side he traced twice to Traveler.[3] His paternal granddam, Della Moore, was a Louisiana bred mare.[4]

      In 1942 Joe Reed beat the famous Clabber to be proclaimed Champion Quarter Running Stallion.[2] He raced three times that meet, and won all three races. He had a foot injury and the last race he bled from the foot the whole race, but managed to win the race anyway.[5] After his racing career was cut short by that injury, Joe went on to sire such outstanding horses as Leo P-1335, Little Sister W, Joak, Joe Queen, and Tonta Lad.[6][7] Joe Reed II died in 1964 at Fort Bridger, Wyoming.[2]

      Joe Reed was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[8]

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      Pedigree

       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Faustus (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Bonnie Joe (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Bonnie Rose (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Joe Blair (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Bowling Green (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Miss Blair (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Com-I-Cut (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Joe Reed P-3
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Crazy Cue
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Old DJ
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Mignon
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Della Moore
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Shamrock
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Belle
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Dilly
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Joe Reed II
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Ultimus (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      High Time (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Noonday (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Fleeting Time (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Great Britain (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      British Fleet (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Belle Nutter (TB)
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Nellene
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Pancho
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Brown Billy
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      mare by Traveler
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Little Red Nell
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Texas Chief by Traveler
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Red Nell
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
      Mandy
       
       
       
       
       
       
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      Notes

      1. ^ AQHA Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 1–5 p. 110
      2. ^ a b c Close and Simmons (ed.), Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares pp. 152-154
      3. ^ Pedigree of Joe Reed II at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 22, 2007
      4. ^ LeBlanc Cajun-Bred Running Horses pp. 32-34
      5. ^ Nye "A Dash of Greatness" The Quarter Horse November 1946
      6. ^ Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 62-63
      7. ^ Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 316
      8. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame
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      References

      • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Joe Reed II retrieved on June 22, 2007
      • AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on November 10, 2010
      • American Quarter Horse Association (1961). Official Stud Book and Registry Combined Books 1-2-3-4-5. Amarillo, TX: American Quarter Horse Association. 
      • Close, Pat; Simmons, Diane (editors) (1993). Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-26-0. 
      • LeBlanc, Francis S. (1978). Cajun-Bred Running Horses: Notes on Horse Racing in Southwest Louisiana. Lafayette, LA: The Acadiana Press. 
      • Nye, Nelson C. (November 1946). "A Dash of Greatness: Some Interesting Facts about Joe Reed II". The Quarter Horse. 
      • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees. 
      • Wagoner, Dan (1974). Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research. 
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      Further reading

      • Wohlfarth, Jenny (December 1996). "Just One of the Joes". Quarter Horse Journal: 14. 
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      Last modified on 27 April 2013, at 18:42