06/18/07 Oklahoma Star

Oklahoma Star, sounds like the latest reality TV show promising its contestants fortune and fame, I'm Jeff Keane and I'll return with more on a horse Star. A bay mahogany colt born in the spring of 1915 had only two spots of white in his dark coat, his left hind ankle and a bright star just above his eye. Becky has more on how this horse made his mark on Quarter horse history. Foaled in the Oklahoma Panhandle and bearing the marking of a star provided this running bred colt with the name that fit his legacy. Oklahoma Star was out of the noted running mare Cutthroat and by Dennis Reed. Outrunning all equine competitors, he was soon matched against the new workhorse of the era the Model T. Blowing the doors off his challengers right from the line it was decided his low end torque would be well suited for the roping arena. Found in nearly every rodeo competition Oklahoma Star's progeny lit up the arena. Yeah Jeff it was once remarked that there were only two real sires of rope horses in Oklahoma from the mid thirties through early fifty, and Oklahoma Star was both of them. Proving their versatile athletic ability his offspring not only excelled in roping but also found their names on the championship lists in everything from racing to working cow horse event, displaying once again the good conformation and all-purpose mind of founding quarter horses. Thanks for the story Becky. You know, one of our best roping mares was an Oklahoma Star descendant. I'm Jeff Keane.