New Slybaby on the way!~

We have found a new niche for Sly--more and more of his babies started going to barrel homes, so we are going with it. We have severely limited the mares who are being bred to him, and chose to breed no mares to him at all last year. This year, I decided there were a few that would suit, and I am so excited to announce that Red Dees Lassie checked in foal to him today. She is a top 10 producer of barrel point earners

Red Dees Lassie is the dam of Lassie Lender. I have listed her accomplishments below, but one of the highlights is that she has over 1200 AQHA points. Most barrel and pole stuff though happens way outside the AQHA arena, though, so many of her accomplishments are not tracked by AQHA. At one time (and may still), she was the Quarter Horse Congress record holding pole horse, and is a 3 time World Champion in barrels and poles. She once earned 75 AQHA points in one show. You can read a cute article about her and her owner here

Here is Lassie's AQHA record.

LASSIE LENDER 5254562 Bay Mare 06/17/1994 Genetic Typed; Horse Embryo Enrolled
Sire- LENDS A LOT X0315696
Show: 08/2007 Open- H- .0 P- 729.0 Amateur- H- .0 P- 489.0 Youth- H- .0 P- .0
Novice Amateur- P- .0 Novice Youth- P- .0 Eq w/ Disabilities- P- .0
AQHA World Championship Show: $ 6,628.20 Earned thru 11/31/2001
Barrel Futurities of America: $ 281.82 Earned thru 12/31/2004
Achievement: 2008 OPEN QUALIFIED SR BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2006 OPEN QUALIFIED SR POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2005 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2005 AMATEUR QUALIFIED POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2005 OPEN QUALIFIED SR BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2005 OPEN QUALIFIED SR POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2005 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING SEL WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2005 AMATEUR QUALIFIED POLE BENDING SELECT WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2004 AMATEUR HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 4th PLACE
Achievement: 2004 OPEN HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 9th PLACE
Achievement: 2004 OPEN HIGH POINT SR BARREL RACING 5th PLACE
Achievement: 2004 OPEN HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 8th PLACE
Achievement: 2004 OPEN HIGH POINT SR POLE BENDING 4th PLACE
Achievement: 2004 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2004 AMATEUR QUALIFIED POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2004 OPEN QUALIFIED SR BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2004 OPEN QUALIFIED SR POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2004 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING SEL WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2004 AMATEUR QUALIFIED POLE BENDING SELECT WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2003 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2003 OPEN QUALIFIED SR BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2003 OPEN QUALIFIED SR POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2002 AMATEUR HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 5th PLACE
Achievement: 2002 OPEN HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 3rd PLACE
Achievement: 2002 OPEN HIGH POINT BARREL RACING MARE
Achievement: 2002 OPEN HIGH POINT SR BARREL RACING
Achievement: 2002 OPEN HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 4th PLACE
Achievement: 2002 OPEN HIGH POINT POLE BENDING MARE
Achievement: 2002 OPEN HIGH POINT SR POLE BENDING
Achievement: 2002 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2002 AMATEUR QUALIFIED POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2002 OPEN QUALIFIED SR BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2002 OPEN QUALIFIED SR POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2001 AMATEUR HIGH POINT BARREL RACING
Achievement: 2001 AMATEUR HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 5th PLACE
Achievement: 2001 OPEN HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 3rd PLACE
Achievement: 2001 OPEN HIGH POINT BARREL RACING MARE
Achievement: 2001 OPEN HIGH POINT SR BARREL RACING
Achievement: 2001 OPEN HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 8th PLACE
Achievement: 2001 OPEN HIGH POINT SR POLE BENDING 3rd PLACE
Achievement: 2001 AMATEUR WORLD CHAMPION BARREL RACING
Achievement: 2001 AMATEUR WORLD CHAMPION POLE BENDING
Achievement: 2001 OPEN WORLD SHOW SR BARREL RACING 7th PLACE
Achievement: 2001 OPEN WORLD CHAMPION SR POLE BENDING
Achievement: 2000 AMATEUR HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 4th PLACE
Achievement: 2000 AMATEUR HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 4th PLACE
Achievement: 2000 OPEN HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 10th PLACE
Achievement: 2000 OPEN HIGH POINT SR BARREL RACING 7th PLACE
Achievement: 2000 OPEN HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 2nd PLACE
Achievement: 2000 OPEN HIGH POINT POLE BENDING MARE
Achievement: 2000 OPEN HIGH POINT SR POLE BENDING
Achievement: 2000 OPEN WORLD SHOW SR BARREL RACING 8th PLACE
Achievement: 2000 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2000 AMATEUR QUALIFIED POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2000 OPEN QUALIFIED SR POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 2000 AMATEUR SUPERIOR POLE BENDING
Achievement: 1999 AMATEUR HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 10th PLACE
Achievement: 1999 OPEN HIGH POINT JR BARREL RACING 7th PLACE
Achievement: 1999 OPEN HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 8th PLACE
Achievement: 1999 OPEN HIGH POINT JR POLE BENDING 5th PLACE
Achievement: 1999 OPEN WORLD SHOW JR BARREL RACING 3rd PLACE
Achievement: 1999 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 1999 AMATEUR QUALIFIED POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 1999 OPEN QUALIFIED JR POLE BENDING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 1999 OPEN SUPERIOR POLE BENDING
Achievement: 1998 AMATEUR HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 5th PLACE
Achievement: 1998 AMATEUR HIGH POINT POLE BENDING 8th PLACE
Achievement: 1998 OPEN HIGH POINT BARREL RACING 3rd PLACE
Achievement: 1998 OPEN HIGH POINT JR BARREL RACING 2nd PLACE
Achievement: 1998 OPEN HIGH POINT JR POLE BENDING 8th PLACE
Achievement: 1998 AMATEUR SUPERIOR BARREL RACING
Achievement: 1998 OPEN WORLD SHOW JR POLE BENDING 10th PLACE
Achievement: 1998 AMATEUR QUALIFIED BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 1998 OPEN QUALIFIED JR BARREL RACING WORLD SHOW
Achievement: 1998 OPEN SUPERIOR BARREL RACING
Achievement: 1998 AMATEUR PERFORMANCE REGISTER OF MERIT
Achievement: 1997 OPEN HIGH POINT JR POLE BENDING 10th PLACE
Achievement: 1997 OPEN PERFORMANCE REGISTER OF MERIT

Needless to say, we are thrilled to have a mare of this caliber in Sly's court. We cannot wait to see what happens. Lassie herself is coming to visit as soon as she foals her first baby, which is due July 4.

Talk about making a splash in his first big foray into the speed events, huh?