Gaytan performance Horses

09/09/2024

Mr Alvin Fults
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09/06/2024

Doc O’Lena was foaled in 1967, the offspring of Doc Bar and Poco Lena. He is one of only two horses in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame with both parents also inductees. He was a bay foal owned by Dr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Jensen of Paicines, California.

It is really quite a miracle that Doc O’Lena was ever born at all. The Jensen family bought his dam, the severely foundered Poco Lena, in 1963, with the intention of breeding her to their already proven halter and performance sire, Doc Bar. In addition to an already heart wrenching story behind her laminitis, Poco Lena had suffered long-term effects from the drugs that had kept her from cycling during her cutting career. It took three breeding seasons before she carried a foal. That foal was Doc O’Lena, born June 21, 1967.

The Jensens hoped to sell Doc O’Lena while still a yearling to Don Dodge, who had trained the c**t’s dam, Poco Lena, but Dodge thought the c**t was too small to train as a cutting horse. So instead, the Jensens decided to keep the c**t and have Shorty Freeman of Scottsdale, Arizona, come look at him to see if Freeman wanted to train the c**t. Freeman did not have an auspicious beginning, as the first time Freeman tried to ride the green broke yearling, Doc O’Lena ran away. However, Freeman decided to take Doc O’Lena on, and said of the horse, “I didn’t train Doc O’Lena anyway, he trained himself. I knew about 30 days after I got him that he was an exceptional horse. I always had to ride him last in the training program, ’cause if I didn’t, I’d be mad at all the other horses in the barn. He was just that good.”

Freeman talked one of his clients into going into partnership with him and buying Doc O’Lena from the Jensens in April 1970 for $15,000. That December, Doc O’Lena and Freeman became the first competitors to make a clean sweep of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity’s preliminary go-rounds, semi-finals and finals becoming the 1970 Futurity Champion and winning $17, 357 for his new owners. In all, Doc O’Lena earned $21,991.93 in NCHA earnings, along with an NCHA Certificate of Ability.

Doc O’Lena sired 1,310 foals. Of these, 321 accumulated 3,978.5 points; 87 earned performance Registers of Merit (also nine amateur, three youth); nine earned Superior performance awards; four were world champions; six were youth world champions; six were youth world champions; and four were reserve world champions.

Among Doc O’Lena’s offspring were Tanquery Gin, Shorty Lena, CD Olena, Mr Sun O Lena, Travalena, Sarlett O’LenaDoc Athena, Sugar Olena, Lenas Peppy, Smart LittleLena, and Todaysmyluckyday. His son Montana Doc is a member of the NCHA Hall of Fame. Doc O’Lena was the first NCHA Futurity winner to sire a Futurity winner when Lenaette won the Futurity in 1975. His son Smart Little Lena was the first winner of the NCHA triple crown. And in 1978, Doc O’Lena himself was syndicated for $2.1 million, at that time a record for the cutting horse industry.

Doc O’Lena died on February 27, 1993, at the Phillips Ranch in Frisco, Texas. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1997.

09/03/2024

08/25/2024

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08/21/2024

08/14/2024

The world lost a true Cowboy Legend today. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all Doug Williamson's family and friends. The cow horse world is what it is today in large part thanks to this man. RIP Cowboy.
Photo posted by his brother Todd Williamson.

08/13/2024

2016 NCHA futurity with the legend
Ascension Bañuelos.

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07/30/2024

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07/23/2024

Mr Ascension and Adan Bañuelos, I used to work for them many years started docens of two year olds.
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07/21/2024

My buddy Ryan Rapp reserve champion, ncha Derby fort Worth TX. proud of this kid.

07/10/2024

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07/02/2024

Thankful for the progress on some fillies rode last year for my mentor...

06/29/2024

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06/11/2024

05/17/2024

For sale two year old filly
Started in cattle, quick foot,cowy
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05/16/2024

Two year old filly for sale
Once in a blu boon x high brow cat mare.

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05/11/2024

Trinity valley ranch
Wylie Texas
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04/30/2024

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