Horatio was purchased by Arthur E. McKechnie Jr. in 1964 from Bud Warren. Art showed Horatio one time as a three year old and he won Grand Champion in Halter. Horatio had a total of 4 performance foals with a total of 25 all-time performance points: Leo Bar Lad, a sorrel gelding out of Fanny Ambrose by Leo Lightning with points in Halter; Fair Hobar, a bay mare out of Jill Lightning by Leo Lightning with performance points and an Open Performance ROM in 1979; Ricks Diamond Bar, a sorrel gelding out of Nifty Rickels by Rickels Cody with points in performance; and Hobar Dixie Regan, a black gelding out of Dixie Regan by Dixie Jr. with points in open performance and 6th place in Reining at the 1982 Amateur World Show.