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AQHA #3678360

WFQHA #15

1998 DUN STALLION

Pedigree: JL POCO DUN

We purchased Poco in the fall of his yearling year at a sale in Oklahoma. We were looking for a potential sire that was an out-cross to Doc Bar horses and that would bring and pass on his exceptional conformation, cow-sense, bone, size, muscle definition and well-mannered disposition to his offspring. We knew that after extensive research and studying his pedigree that this young horse had all the requirements that we were searching for in a breeding stallion.

We started Poco's training in January of his two year old year by just riding him for 10 to 15 minutes every other day in the round pen. By the 6th ride he was side passing and crossing his front legs and coming around. The willing disposition was there from day one. He was shown the fall of his two year old year at the first WFQHA World Show in Denver, Colorado. Poco was shown in all the classes except the roping events. He did very well as a two year old, placing in the top 6 of all his classes. These classes had several entries each with Poco standing next to some outstanding older horses in each class as they were placed.

We quickly learned that Poco would be an outstanding and valuable asset as a Lazy 3S breeding stallion and ranch horse. His real contribution and mark on the quarter horse world would come through his progeny. Over the years, we retained his daughters for our mare band of today that we call the "Keeper Mares". Our goal was to create a modern day quarter horse that wasn't just event specific, but one that would have the physical and mental capabilities that would allow them to excel at anything that you asked of them whether it be on the ranch or in the performance arena.

We test-mated Poco to a couple of mares when he was three and he continued his extensive training on the ranch. He did everything that a cowhorse would be asked to do in a day on a ranch with some days devoted to reining maneuvers, rail work with cattle, cutting and tracking steers out of the box. If neighbors would ask us to lend a hand during the winter, Poco was one of the go-to horses that we would saddle up. This horse has always been a joy to ride. He always had a good attitude about everything and looked forward to doing more.

We were so pleased with his progeny that we used him soley as a breeding stallion from that point on. Before and after the breeding season, we would use him for occasional ranch jobs. Poco has excelled through his progeny, by siring colts that carry his same great traits. A cross section of his colts have made it to the show pen with great success. Some of them carry Reserve and World Titles. His sons have proven themselves as outstanding performance horses and his daughters are the foundation of our breeding program that we are using today and call the Lazy 3S "Keeper Mares". This year, Poco has grand-get as far away as Florida in reining training and sons excelling in the rope horse arena.

We were so impressed with Poco's early progeny that we decided to keep one of his exceptional sons for a Lazy 3S breeding stallion as well. Poco and his mare band would not only pass on their best Quarter Horse traits, but they would outproduce themselves, raising the bar of excellence even higher for our breeding program. "JSL Ima Smutty King" aka "Budreaux" is a son of Poco and is by one of our best genetic producing mares. Budreaux has since taken on the role of breeding the mares from Poco's mareband along with other mares that we picked out with specific pedigrees and attributes.

Now that we have retained enough daughters of Poco's aka Lazy 3S "Keeper Mares" to breed to our dun stud "Aledo's Dun Sliden". We have decided to retire Poco from pasture breeding. Feel free to call us at 605-222-6740 or email jim@lazy3sranch.com. if you are interested in information about purchasing any of Poco's offspring. We'd be more than happy to show you our Lazy 3S "Keeper Mares" and their colts.