• POCO JUDY SUE - 01/01/1964 - #0295120 - BAY - (⋆♱ Deceased)

Notes:

• She is widely recognized as one of the most influential foundation matriarchs in elite ranch horse and arena performance breeding, serving as the maternal backbone for the modern Driftwood lineage.
  Poco Judy Sue's historical significance reached its peak when she was bred to the legendary buckskin foundation stallion Orphan Drift. This specific genetic combination became known as a "golden cross" for producing incredibly uniform, deep-bodied, athletic, and cow-savvy horses. Her most famous offspring from this cross include:

  • Ciderwood (1978): Her iconic buckskin stallion son. He went on to heavily anchor the breeding programs that produced ranch sires like Smitherwood (2000) and eventually led to modern performers like Ima Mini Smitty (2015).
  • Cinderwood (1978): A full brother to Ciderwood, who also stood as a premier performance sire.
  • Cowboy Drift (1982): Another prominent full brother stallion who went on to become a major, highly respected sire for the historic Babbitt Ranches program in Arizona.

  Through her sons, Poco Judy Sue permanently stamped the Quarter Horse industry with an ideal blend of Poco Bueno's low-slung cow sense and Driftwood's structural bone and explosive speed.

  • Sire: Poco Speedy, A direct son of AQHA Hall of Fame legend Poco Bueno by King P-234.
  • Dam: Judy Sue, A mare carrying the prestigious foundation blood of Driftwood and Blackburn.