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SON O LEO
The single most influential horse at Stuart Ranch was Son O Leo, a sorrel stallion with a beautiful head and eye, a characteristic still apparent in his great-grand-get, like Genuine Hombre. In 1963, Stuart purchased the two-year-old Son O Leo, a son of Leo (obviously) out of a Sugar Bars mare, from Bud Warren of Perry, Oklahoma. Son O Leo sired 243 “Seven S” horses over 22 years. Three became AQHA Champions. Of 51 to enter the show arena, 36 earned Registers of Merit. Of course, there’s no way to measure their performance as ranch horses, but the fact that Stuart used Son O Leo for 22 breeding seasons offers a gauge. (information courtesy AQHA)

is the sire of 243 foals, 52
AQHA performers, 46 point-earners
earning 3,097 points, 37 ROM awards,
4 AQHA Champions, 18 Superior
awards, including SEVEN S WISHBONE
(Reserve World Champion
Senior Calf Roping Horse; Reserve
High Point Calf Roping Champion;
Congress Amateur Calf Roping Reserve
Champion; Superior Calf
Roping, 180 points), SEVEN S CHALLENGE
(308 points: Congress 11-
Under Youth Horsemanship Champion;
Youth Performance Champion;
Superior Western Pleasure, Horsemanship,
Hunter Under Saddle and
Equitation; Open ROM), SEVEN S
HOLLY (251 points: 5th, AQHYA
World Championship Western Horsemanship;
Superior Youth Western
Pleasure & Horsemanship), SEVEN S
WINECUP (328 points: top 10, World
Championship Junior Western Pleasure;
Superior Western Pleasure),
SEVEN S CANDY (279 points: Youth
Performance Champion, Superior
Showmanship, Horsemanship &
Western Pleasure), SEVEN S TAFFEY
(299 points: AQHA Champion;
Superior Youth Western Pleasure),
SEVEN S SUZANNA (130 points:
AQHA High Point Heading Mare; Superior
Heading, Superior Heeling),
SEVEN S PUNKIN (121 points: 3rd,
AQHYA World Championship Yearling
Mares; top 10, World Championship
Open 3-Year-Old and Aged Mares;
Superior Halter), SEVEN S CHRISTY
(105 points: Youth AQHA Champion,
Open Performance ROM), SEVEN S
VALENTINE (95 points: AQHA Champion,
Superior Halter), SEVEN S HATBAND
(239 points: Open & Youth
Performance ROM), SEVEN S BELLE
(APHA) (Reserve National Produce of
Dam Champion), SEVEN S CASSIE
(70 points: 4th, World Championship
Senior Calf Roping; Superior Calf
Roping), SEVEN S SOLDIER (84
points: Superior Heading), SEVEN S
SUNSET (45 points: AQHA Champion),
SEVEN S HOBO (64 points:
Performance ROM), SEVEN S EASTER
(57 points: Performance ROM),
SEVEN S STRAW HAT (56 points:
Open & Youth Performance ROM),
SEVEN S CELEBRITY (51 points: top
10, World Championship Amateur Equitation
Over Fences; 4th, Justin
Rookie 30-Under Amateur Championships;
National Amateur Equitation
Over Fences Leader), SEVEN S SUNSHINE
(National Junior Calf Roping
Leader; Performance ROM).