NELSONS BUCK cham. H, AMERICAN CREAM DRAFT,
| Color: cham
No. 2
Foundation sire of American Cream Draft Horse.
Granny herself was eventually sold to the Nelson Brothers Farm, where she remained for the rest of her very productive life. By 1946, she was credited as the foundation dam of 98 percent of the horses registered in the recently formed breed association.
In 1920, Eric Christian, a veterinarian, was so impressed with a colt of Granny’s that he implored the Nelson brothers not to geld the animal, intending to create a new breed. This colt, known as Nelson’s Buck No. 2, is considered the progenitor of the breed, though he remained a stallion only one year and sired only one registered cream-colored colt, Yancy No. 3, out of a black Percheron mare.
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