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TRI- COLORED leopard Sire of National Champions. ApHC No:F2154 WHITE COAT with spots over entire body Chief Chelsea stallion FAHR 100% (Heinz 57 Varieties {Desert Dancer} x Minnie Pearl unregistered AP 0235153 {McCree Leopard}) Bred by Cliff McMurtry, Texas Foaled April 9, 1948 Chief Chelsea F2154 (aka Dancer’s Rainbow) Desert Dancer x The McCree Leopard) Dun, brown and black spots; born in Canada, 1947. http://realappaloosabreeders.homestead.com/AccentOnSpots3.html The story goes he was foaled in 1947, and was to be named Dancers Rainbow and was by the horse, and he and 12 others were stolen. Betty Woodling saw him at show 1961 bought him $5,000. They entered Aged Stallion Class 1962 Nationals, Springfield, Ill. Elvin Blevins identified Chief Chelsea. Owned by Roy Wood, Chelsea, Oklahoma Transferred from Tentative T-183 Reference: Appaloosa News 8-81:62, 1-70:32, 2-66:40 (article), 11-65:46 BEWARE: There are at least two versions of CHIEF CHELSEA's pedigree, the 1952 version Roy G Wood used at time of ApHC registration and the 1989 version proclaimed by Elizabeth Windom-Sexton. For more info Email: [email protected] or Pat Mefferd on FaceBook.