Blue Valentine Quarter Horse

Color: bl ro

AQHA # 0097116

AQHA H-0/P-1
Owner at death: Hayes Bros & Hyde Merritt. 1 pt. Dally Tm Roping/Heading. Blue Valentine was foaled in Benson AZ, on Kenny Gunters Ranch. Dell Haverty bought Blue Valentine. Havertys wife was a daughter of Buster Hayes of Thermopolis, Wyoming. Haverty took Blue Valentine up to Wyoming to the Hayes Brothers ranch & sold them 1/2 interest in him. During the Hayes-Haverty partnership, Blue would be hauled south in the late summer for Dell to use at the fall & winter rodeos in the southwest & for the early breeding season in Arizona. He would then be hauled back up to the Hayes Ranch at Thermopolis, Wyoming for the late spring breeding season & to rope on at Cheyenne Frontier Days & other Wyoming rodeos in the summer. Blue was used for roping, ranch work steer tripping, when the calves weighed (800-900lbs). In 1968 Havertys daughter barrel raced on Blue (he had never been run on barrels) taking 3rd at the annual Casper, Wyoming pro rodeo, an all-girl competition. Over the years, many members of the Haverty, Merritt, & Hayes families took their turn at competing on Blue Valentine, in rodeo events. In August 1980 he died, age 24, from a ruptured intestine due to colic. The same month Buster Hayes was killed in an accident & none of the heirs were financially able to take over the ranch. It was sold & the Hayes Brothers broodmare band was dispersed. In 1983, Hyde Merritt was killed in an accident & his family also had to sell his ranches & most of the horses he had spent his lifetime breeding. Hydes wife, & their son Chip, managed to keep some mares & two stallions. Chip has spent years rebuilding a Blue Valentine herd & legacy. Leo Hancock Hayes, the last breeding son of Blue Valentine,foaled in 1980, died in June of 2007 of an apparent heart attack. He was owned by Randy & Susan Brookings of Lohn TX, at the time. Blue Valentine horses are known for their gentle disposition, bone frame,good feet & minds. The only remaining son of Blue Valentine, Blues King Fisher, has passed away. Blue was 25% Joe Hancock breeding. This information was researched and compiled by Baru Forell Spiller, Wingate TX. For the full story on Blue Valentine go to www.HancockHorses.com

Ranked #7 Top Ranch Horse Bloodlines by Western Horseman Magazine - October 2007
(12/6/2007) dh.

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