Leo has a great Pedigree with a long list of accomplishments. If you are looking for the sire for your next Champion, consider PR Sugar Leo and continue the Legacy Of Champions.
First Generation
PR Man Lifetime Performance Points : 47.0 including points in Barrel Racing, Heading, Healing, Pole Bending, Steer Stoping and Cowpony Racing and ROM Earner in 3 Events, Heading, Healing and Steer Stopping.
Second Generation
Wild Man Superior Cutting Horse, ROM in Cutting, NCHA Money Earner, ROM Sire. He has 66 Lifetime Performance Points including 65 Cutting Points and one point in Reining.
Big Baldy ROM Producer.
Twinkle Tiny SI 92 Race ROM and Race ROM Sire.
Third Generation
Wild Wasp Arena ROM, NCHA Certificate of Ability and ROM Sire. He has 20 Lifetime Performance Points
Reilena ROM Producer and Superior Producer.
Powder River Red Heeling Point Earner.
Tiny Watch SI-100 (AAAT) Champion Running Horse, AQHA Champion and
Stakes Winner with a Racing ROM.
Blackette Bars SI 85 ROM Race Producer.
Leo Boyd SI 85 Stakes Placed, Race ROM and Rom Sire.
Fourth Generation
Gay Bar King Arena ROM and NCHA Money Earner.
Black Wasp Superior Cutting and NCHA Certificate of Ability.
Rey Jay Superior Cutting.
Dine Me Stakes Winner.
Anchor Watch Stakes Winner.
Clabber Tiny AAA ROM Producer.
Sugar Bars AAA Leading Sire.
Black Bunny Rom Producer.
Leo A A leading Sire.
Sue Sugar ROM Producer.
Star Money ROM Sire and Superior Performance Sire.
Have you decided what you want is a beautiful black and white Overo of your own?
You see Leo and dreams of that foal flicker thru your head. What are the chances you will get a black and white Overo by breeding to Leo? I have studied the genetics that will give you a better understanding of your odds.
First, Does Leo always throw color?
No, all living Overos are Heterozygous for the Overo gene. This means they have (nO) gene combination. The big O means Overo, the little n means solid (non-overo) Overos cannot be Homozigous because that would be an (OO) gene and that is what is believed to be the lethal white combination. Those foals die. Because of this, it is very risky to breed two Overos together since you risk an (OO) combination. It also means Leo has a 50% chance of throwing his O gene giving you an Overo and a 50% chance of throwing his n gene giving you a non-overo. This means you have a 50% chance of getting the Overo you want. Unfortunately this is true of all Overos. Breeding two overos together does not increase your chance at getting an Overo, but does give you a 25% chance at the Lethal White foal.
Ok, how about black? This is dependent on the Extension gene, Its combinations come in (EE) Homozigous for black, (Ee) Heterozygous for black and (ee) red. Leo is Homozygous for black. He has proven himself to have the (EE) gene combination. Because Leo has two EE, he will only throw black based foals. These foals are commonly known as black, bay, brown or some diluted combination depending on the mare. Leo cannot throw a red based foal, even if bred to a red based mare. The red based babies (two on the end) are his grandget, his foals can inherit a red gene to throw their babies but will be black based themselves.
What are my chances of getting a bay?… This is dependent on the mare you choose to breed and the Agouti gene, known as A or a. Its combinations come in (AA), (Aa) and (aa). The Agouti gene (A) is a gene that restricts the color black to certain parts of the horse, the main, tail, legs and ear tips. Sounds familiar doesn’t it. The agouti gene (a) does not restrict the black but allows black all over the horse. The (A) gene is always found in bays, sometimes in chestnuts and Never in blacks, it is a dominate gene. If your bay mare has (AA) then you will have a bay because she only has an A to pass along, if your mare has (Aa) then you have a 50% chance of having a bay since she could throw the A or the a. If your foal has an A passed along to it from a bay or chestnut, you can get a bay. If you are breeding Leo to a black mare, you cannot get a bay… The black horse does not have an (AA) or (Aa) gene but only has the (aa) gene.
Genetic test can be done on your mare to find out what gene combinations she has. This is usually very inexpensive and simply requires you sending sample hairs from your horse to a lab. You can find many reputable labs online.
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