Heza Dun Smoke

Heza Dun Smoke

1999 - AQHA - 3794276 - Grullo - Stallion

Genes; E/e, a/a, N/Cr, D/d

Heza Dun Smoke, [Smoky] is a silver grullo stallion with the cream gene & is registered in AQHA 3794276, NFQHA F0015069, & IBHA T20689. He is also an APHA approved breeding stallion. As far as dun factor goes he has just about all of them [Dorsal Stripe, Ear tips & edging, Shoulder shadow, Leg barring, Face mask, cobwebbing, and Guard hairs. He stands an honest 15.1 hands tall & weighs 1200 lbs. He has not been shown; he is my trail riding horse. We trail ride mostly in Southern, IL. at the Shawnee National Forest. He rides with mares and geldings. Smoky is real light on the bit. I ride him with a colt snaffle. He has a smooth ride and carries his head level or lower & is all business. We are usually the leader. He makes a good leader & never refuses to go over or through anything I point him at. Smoky has a lot of cow in him & seems to pass that on to his offspring's. He has a lot of athletic abilities, is very versatile, and has a great mind.

Smoky's sire [Tacoma Smoke] is a 1983 model and has only produced duns & grullos. Tacoma Smoke is UC Davis tested homozygous for the black gene & his sire record proves he is homozygous for the dun gene too. He stood at stud in Oregon and Ohio for a few years.

I think Smoky's dun gene plus the cream gives him a better chance of siring diluted colored foals verses just the dun gene. With just the dun gene you have a 50% chance of diluted color. With the dun & cream gene you have a 75% chance of diluted colored offspring. Also, 96% of his foals have been dun & he has sired a black gened homozygous foal. His oldest foals were 2 year olds in 2005.

We hand breed Smoky to the mares. He shows good manners and listens well to the handler. He never leaves a scratch on the mares when breeding. He also has mares in the pasture with him.

There are 5 Foundation Registries that I know of. Heza Dun Smoke is 100% foundation in all but one. In the NFQHA he is registered at 91%. NFQHA is the most stringent for calculating percentages of blood in reference to foundation breeding.

Tuny McCue 1952

Smokey Music Bar 1970 0044559 dun

0742040 grullo Miss Nan 2 1961

Tacoma Smoke 1983 0173880 sorrel

1981739 grullo Snipper Gambler 1961

Tacoma Lady 1973 0165479 dun

0954015 grullo Tacoma Minx 1949

0029162 brown

Continental King 1958

Continental Bucky 1974 0081640 black

1051188 buckskin Trade Wind Holly 1961

Pocos Fawny Gal 1987 0285827 palomino