| Color: dun
Height: lp
AhPC F-2154 FAHR100%
TRI- COLORED leopard Sire of National Champions.
ApHC No:F2154
Chief Chelsea stallion FAHR 100%
Dun Leopard
(Heinz 57 Varieties {Desert Dancer} x Minnie Pearl {McCree Leopard})
Bred by Cliff McMurtry, Amarillo, 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.
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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 for $5,000. They entered the 15-yr-old in Aged Stallion Class 1962 Nationals, Springfield, Ill. Elvin Blevins positively identified Chief Chelsea (after span of nine yrs).
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.
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dun. C, APPALOOSA, 1947
