It was great to hear from Elina and to learn that one of the horses we bred made her so happy for so many years and that the mare had such a wonderful home.
We had one brood mare that was a sorrel with a flaxen mane and tail that we called Laddie's other because her claim to fame was Laddie, one of Porter Sr.'s favorite mounts and one Cyndy is shown riding on the blog.
( For pic go to: http://porterawillispw.blogspot.com/2008/07/how-willis-met-cyndy-tim-eric.html scroll to "Begging to Apprentice")
Almost all of her foals were sorrels with flaxen manes and tails. I don't believe any of the other mares ever produced a foal marked that way so we are almost positive Annie was out of that mare. The mare was brought to Clatskanie from Nevada by Chug Utter who sold the ranch to Columbia River Associates. The mare went with the ranch. Porter Sr referred to the mares that came out of Nevada as the "mustangs" just because of where they came from and the fact that they were not registered BUT this particular mare was no mustang. From what Chug told us she was sired by a good Waggoner Ranch bred stallion that he owned. We have no idea what her mother was...maybe she did have some mustang in her. But Laddie's mother was a really pretty mare that showed a lot of quality.
From the time line, we are positive Annie was by Drift'n Sand AQHA #594852, the horse in the painting on the header of our blog. Drift'n Sand was Port Sr.'s main riding horse for years. He was a terrific athlete, had a wonderful disposition and was a great sire. Drift'n Sand was by Drifty Mc who was by Double Drift out of Sandra Mc (we called her Beulah) that was the first really good QH mare that Porter Sr. bought. I believe Drift'n Sand's mother was Sand Bras who was by the great Cal Poly stallion Bras D'Or and out of Sandra Mc. So Drift'n Sand was the best of the Driftwood x Bras D'Or crosses and was line bred to Sandra Mc one of the best horses -- and fastest -- that Port Sr ever owned.
I remember one time Port Sr and Porter Lynn were talking about Sandra Mc and what lightning speed she had. Port Sr asked Porter Lynn if he had ever opened that mare up. Porter Lynn said "Just once, coming off a Klamath rim after cattle, and it nearly scared me to death!" Big Port replied, "Yeah, I only tried it once too."
We'd love to see a photo of Annie if Elina has any she could post.
Thanks for contacting us.
Porter and Larryann Willis
Link to Drift'n Sand's pedigree: http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/driftn+sand
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