| Color: b Height: 16.1
AQHA# 0506392
Blaze/L.Hind Sock AQHA Race SI-100/AAAT/ROM (SW)59-18-9-4, $43,200 Raced 1963-1969 Bred by C Y Jones(CA); foaled 25 Jan 1961 in N.Hollywood,CA
Was a swayback sprinter due to a deformity. Had a bad quarter crack & was shinbucked. Owned by World Champion steer roper turned movie star Ben Johnson, Pawhuska, OK. [Ben was the son in law to C.Y. Jones]. Joe Sherry was sold to Bill Mask. As a 2-y-o,(1963)in an allowance race at Los Alamitos, Joe fell to his knees coming out of the gate and placed 4th. He broke a blood vessel in his pastern which took 1/2 months to heal. In his maiden race at Bay Meadows, he placed 2nd by a nose but was moved to first as the winner was disqualified.
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