NEVADA RED

The following articles are submitted by Pat Johnson, owner/editor of the past published, Western States Curly Newsletter.

NEVADA RED

(Part 1) "Nevada Red was an Arabian used on the Damele Ranch as a stud from 1967 to 1980, until his sudden death. During that time he produced a number of offspring, however, only twelve (12) were registered with ABC. [Ed Note: Within a few years of this article being written, Benny Damele started registering his mares and stock bringing that number up considerably] Of that number, 3 were mares (1 deceased) and 9 stallions (7 of these were gelded). The two remaining stallions are Dixie D (ABC P-34) and Peter J. (ABC P-1). the two remaining mares are Chocolate Cookie (ABC P-31) and Primadonna (ABC P-136). Another daughter, Kobia, (registered with IAHA but not ABC as she was straight) was the dam of Peacock D (ABC P-100). He and Colonel Austin (ABC P-148) are the two grandsons who have produced almost half of the horses traceable back to Nevada Red (94 Curlies; 13 Straights). Nevada Red's pedigree goes back to 1827 as well as one or two generations beyond and is most impressive for an Arabian. His sire was Nafix (AHC 10652), who was a son of Serafix (AHC8955), a well known Arab in the 1950's. A great many of his ancestors were imported. Eight were bred and imported from the Crabbet Arabian Stud Farm in Sussex, England. A total of twenty-four were registered in Great Britain (GSB). Two were registered in France and fifteen were desert bred. Of all these, only one was double registered. Two ancestors of particular interest were Nejdme and Leonard [Ed. note: typo error previously mentioned] Nejdme (AHC-1) was foaled in 1887 and was grey. He was bred by Hedje Memmed of Damascus, Syria and was imported by the Hamidie Society of Chicago. The other horse, Leonard (AHC-233) was bred by Sultan Abdul Hamil I and given by him to General U. S. Grant. Leonard was imported by General Grant in 1879. Nevada Red's granddam was the same top and bottom, Nabiya (AHC 3996) so he was the product of inbreeding. While many people are afraid of inbreeding, in this case an exceptional horse was created: One who was still working cows and often going 50-60 miles a day at age 27. His death came suddenly and unexpectedly when he was accidently impaled on a metal fencce post while in the pasture, apparently being shoved into it by one or more horses. In summary, a little over 1/3 of the 455 horses found in the published Stud Books can be traced to Nevada Red, an impressive stallion indeed."

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Western States Curly Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 6, November 1988: UPDATE ON NEVADA RED (Part 2) By Joyce Giuliani         Rt 1, Box 554     Vulcan, MI 49892   "I found the article on Nevada Red very interesting. I have some information that, I think, is quite interesting to add to this. First of all, I believe the horse referred to as Leonard is really a horse called Leopard. He was a dappled grey desert Arabian stallion presented as a gift to General Grant in 1879 by the Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey. Leopard was foaled in 1873. After General Grant's death, the horse was sold to General George Colby of Beatrice, Nebraska. Colby bred his native mares to Leopard to get a superior riding horse to what was then available. Just after 1900, a Mr. A. C. Whipple from Kit Carson County, Colorado, bought some of these mares from Colby. There are no written records but all of the mares were sired by Leopard. He also bought one young stallion named Tony. Tony's mother wsa a Thoroughbred mare and his sire was Leopard. Tony was crossed with the mares (inbreeding) extensively. With the intensive inbreeding, a very odd thing ahppened, the horses started coming out with Appaloosa coloring. A few years later (maybe about 1914) a Colorado rancher named Mike Ruby bought a horse named Patches , CRHA #1, was one of only 2 foundation sires of the Colorado Ranger Horse Association which was started by Mike Ruby in 1938. Both of my horses, Boris, ABC #393, and Katreena, ABC #367, were sired by Spotted Cossack, ABC #235. Spotted Cossack's dame was named Dinero's Q.T., ABC #96. Dinero's Q.T. was sired by a horse named Sindt's Dinero Pflash, CRHA #1286. Both of Sindet's Dinero Pflash's parents were also registered Colorado Rangerbreds. So, any horse foaled by Dinero's Q.T. can be traced back to General Grant's stallion, Leopard, just as all of Nevada Red's ancestors can. This give Leopard quite a lot of credit for making the Curly horses what they are today. My information was verified by Mrs. Lolly Kosior, R.d. #1, Box 1290, Waumpum, PA 16157. She is the Executive Secretary of the CRHA. She can supply additional information if any one is interested. Maybe some of our horses can be registered with two minor breed registries, (mine are both eligible) ABC & CRHA. However, Curlies can not be registered with CRHA unless they are also registered with Appaloosas, Quarter Horses, Arabs or Thoroughbreds as CRHA doesn't recognize ABC yet. Maybe being registered with CRHA might add some value to horses that are up for sale. CRHA has only about 4000 horses registered. ALso, if they are ABC :& CRHA registered, they would be triple registered since CRHA horses must already be registered with AQHA, IAHA, the Jockey Club or ApHC."

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