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We specialize in foundation bred Missouri Foxtrotters |
BREEDING |
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At Burton Foxtrotters I breed for the old original fox trot that
travels around 6 mile per hour and caps the tracks. I strive to
keep as few generations between our foals and the old foundation
stock as possible. Therefore I still have names like Kissee Fox on
some of our papers - mostly brown papers, which I am very proud to
have. Brown papers are becoming scarce these days you
know.
I chose these breeders to follow because all 3 of their breeding
programs had the same priorities that I too had set: sweet
disposition that all family members can enjoy and feel good being
around; good conformation that allows the horse to do what it is
intended to do and be very versatile; preserve the true
The first being Mr. Lawrence Barnes who raised and
trained Ramblin Red after purchasing him from Mr. Rollen Clarkson
of Protem MO as a yearling. Ramblin Red was my first Missouri Fox
Trotting horse and is the reason I am still breeding and raising
Fox Trotting horses some 25+ years later.
Red was born in 1962 and died in 1986. He was by Mr.
Clarkson's 'King' horse which was a working ranch horse. King has
the Kissee Breeding behind him repeatedly, Cadmus Dare, other old
American Saddlebreds, and of course Old Skip of the Bill Dunn
breeding that was such a renowned stud and Fox Trotter. King was
born in 1957 and was the own son of Kissee Fox. Red's dam, Flaxy
C, was Mr. Clarkson's favored mare and the base of his breeding
program. He told the story of riding to the one room schoolhouse
each day behind his teacher on his teacher's favorite mare, Roxie.
Man oh man, was she ever a good riding Fox Trotting mare. He told
everyone in the countryside that he was gonna have a foal from
that mare when he grew up. When he came home from 'his service in
the war' his dad took him to the barn and gave him a young filly.
That filly was Flaxy C, born in 1946 out of the Roxie mare.
Roxie's dam, Crazy Snake, was not traceable because she was bought
in a herd of horses at an auction. She got her name because she
was practically unmanageable being herded home that day. She just
would not stay with the herd so they named her thinking she would
never be manageable. Turned out she was the best of the lot and
very much in demand by the whole family and ranch.
Mr. Barnes has told the
story many times of how he had 2 stallions at the time he sold
Ramblin Red. He had Gold
Man
and Ramblin
Red and
couldn't decide which to let go so he let the buyer, Mr. Mr. Barnes was the secretary of the MFTHBA for many years and could almost recite the registry books to you. I have spent many hours conversing with him on these horses and quizzing him as to the individual horses that were the truer Fox Trotters. I have also studied dozens of pedigrees of his horses and compared them to thousands of other pedigrees. In so doing I found a very strong pattern to his breeding program; that was meant to perpetuate the wonderful characteristics of the natural old Fox Trotters. A pattern scarcely found anywhere else in the breed. Mr. Barnes used to chuckle and shake his head when someone tried to talk to him about a trainer for these horses. The reply I remember him making repeatedly was, "And to think I've been breeding these horses all these years to be natural at the fox trot and easy to handle for the average person so there would be no need of a trainer". These are some of the reasons why I have a heavy influence of 'the Barnes' bloodlines' in my breeding program.
His second 'Vickie' mare, Vicki's Flossy, was sired by Mitchell's Trigger and out of the original Vicki. Vicki 3 was a daughter of Vicki's Flossy and sired by Gold Man. Gold Man was sired by Golden Rawhide and out of a Yellow Jacket by Ozark Golden King mare. Now remember Blankenship Diamond is sired by Kissee Fox and out of Betty Fox who is also the dam of Golden Governor. Golden Governor's sire, Ozark Golden King was sired by Kissee Fox.
So many of these great old horses go back to Kissee
Fox and Old Ted (father & son). But on most papers they are so
far removed that there is no longer much of their influence on the
horse you get. I am trying to hold onto that influence, but do it
without too much inbreeding. Just trying to hold onto the true
'old' foxtrot with a sweet disposition.
I incorporate a lot of Gold Man. His sire, Golden
Rawhide, is a full brother to Lady Anne. Golden Rawhide was the
World Grand Champion for 1966 and the Reserve World Grand Champion
for 1965. Both Golden Rawhide and Gold Man were great stallions
for our breed.
I also enjoy the Vicki's
Red Man influence
for their bloodlines. Vicki's Red Man is sired by Gold
Exchange of
the Dale Esther farms and is out of Vicki 3. Gold Exchange is by a
son of Zane Grey whose dam is a double bred Cotham Dare mare. Gold
Exchange's dam was by Golden Rawhide bred to his half sister who
was also sired by Golden Governor. Mr. Barnes was a big admirer of
Gold Exchange. He often told of the natural performance Gold gave
to win the first ever Futurity Grand Championship in 1982.
If you study Mr. Barnes'
breeding program you will notice that he often went to Mr. Dale
Esther to get the outcrops for his breeding program. He took Red
Ruby and bred her to Zane Grey to ge
I met Mr. Herb Roscoe and became an admirer of his breeding
program since it too focused on the true old fox trot. He also
leaned heavily toward the old Saddlebred bloodlines with a lot of
Old Charley and Cotham
Mr. Songer had the old Jack of Diamonds G horse which was from Shoshone's Baron x Rawhide's Sandy Ann. Shoshone's Baron goes back to Blankenship Diamond on the top side putting Kissee Fox on his 5th line. Shoshone's Baron has the old Ranger F-102 on him twice, which puts Cotham Dare on his 4th and 5th line. Bill Dunn's old Skip stud is on Ranger's 3rd line. Jack of Diamonds dam was a Golden Rawhide daughter which puts Old Ted on his 5th line and Kissee Fox on his 6th line & brings Danny Boy back in again.
Mr. Songer incorporated Mr. Herb Roscoe's Old Charley lines in his
breeding as well as Boomerang W
from the Woods, and Duncan's Fox which
of course includes Mitchell's Trigger & Danny Boy. Boomerang W
was a Danney Joe W x Dolly Ann W son, which also brought in Cotham
Dare, Golden Governor, and Old Charley. (Note of warning: If you
are studying Mr. Songer’s breed papers don’t
This gives you an idea of the ancestry and influences behind the horses I have today. I hope you study the pictures and pedigrees and get a feel for the efforts these fine breeders have put into these horses in an effort to preserve the best of the old natural horses and their characteristics for future horsemen to enjoy. Now as you visit the following pages you will meet horses resulting from these fine breeders efforts that are a joy to be around. And don't forget to visit the ARTICLES page for more information on these grand old horses.
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Burton Foxtrotters 4597 U S 62 E, Beaver Dam, KY 42320 270-274-7760 |
