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Aw! Baby Tumbleweed is very cute

Yep, she is.

I just adore baby horses Miss having my own around, but my health no longer allows me to give them the care they require, so I live in the past.

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Eva Danø

For fans of Audie's gorgeous horse Flying John, I managed to find a little about him. According to the Thoroughbred associations (who have a lot of old QH records for some reason) he was foaled in 1950 and had 3 starts at the Los Alamitos racetrack-placing 7th once and 8th once. He was by Honest John, a Register of Merit stallion who started his career on the racetrack and went on to become a great cutting sire; and out of a mare named Flying Star who was apparently unraced.

I found a couple of old photos of Honest John which I'll try and attach:

That is a brilliant find, Jo-thank you! He is truly a beauty, like his son

Here is an interesting addition to this thread. I got this pic recently. A 'behind the scenes' from KANSAS RAIDERS.
The horse is obviously the same one Jimmy Stewart rides in most, if not all, of his westerns. I have always heard that his name was "PIE".

So, here is the conundrum. Here is the text that was on back of the above pic:

So . . . Is the name of the horse "PIE" or "LONE STAR"?

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Eva Danø

Nice pic! Could it be one of those cases where the official name is one thing, and what everyone calls the horse to his face is something else? I guess it could also be a case where the publicist didn't think the horse's actual name was cool enough and just made something up. (Texas-themed, in this case).

Could be either, I suppose. We'll probably never know.

There is another copy of the pic on eBay right now:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/330634693400

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Eva Danø

Actually, LONE STAR is a much better name for him than PIE. LONE STAR could easily refer to the big star on his forehead. "PIE", for a horse, usually is short for PIEBALD, which is the British term for a black and white pinto. It was also the name of the horse in the novel (and movie) NATIONAL VELVET. In the story, "THE PIE" was, indeed, a pinto, which made it so much more unusual that he would win the most famous steeple chase race in the world, THE GRAND NATIONAL. In the movie, the horse was played by a bay (or he might have been a dark chestnut) thoroughbred-looking horse. Anyway, not a pinto, and not even black. Nope, it was definitely NOT the same horse as our PIE.

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Eva Danø

There's an interesting story about Jimmy Stewart and Pie here: http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/intervie ... tml#horses.
Below is a picture of Jimmy on Pie.

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Betty

Artie Murphy? I hope that was a misprint.

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"You lead from the front." Audie Murphy, WWII's Most Decorated Soldier

I noticed that too, Bob . My first thought was WHAT?! I wanted to change it but decided I'd better not. The story was good anyway.

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Betty