A Legacy  is the young NN stallion that Lanis Noble and I  selected to enhance our breeding program. There is a lot of history to his pedigree. Dudley Pillow was a great friend of mine from Mississippi who passed away in 2004. He and I would talk daily about bloodlines, pedigrees, and genetics. He had such an influence on my breeding program.  For the 20 years that I knew him, his idea of the ideal horse never changed. First and utmost was an exquisite head, a strong back, huge hip and good hocks. And, he didn't want to fool with a horse if it didn't have a good mind. Of course I loved all these attributes too, but I also added high necks to my ideal and in later years, Dudley reflected more and more as to the importance of a long croup. A Legacy reflects these ideals and he has the pedigree to accompany them.  It is ironic that the stallion we picked is a product of Dudley’s program. When his sire, Shanes Bake was born, I remember Dudley being so excited about him. He was by Skips Shane  by Ima Cool Skip and out of a great 16 hand daughter of Ima Cool Ski that is a full sister to World Champion, Ace High Cool. This makes him a double bred Ima Cool  Skip on the top side of his pedigree. I was with Dudley when he bought the dam of A Legacy. Her name is Sonnys Red Lace and she stands a good 16.1. She is a mare that sold twice for $100,000. Dudley loved this mare but he could not get her pregnant for years due to the fact that she had a torn cervix. I remember how excited he was when he finally got her in foal to Shanes Bake.  That is the only time that I ever heard Dudley say he wanted a stud colt out of any mare. Both Dudley and I always wished for fillies but he thought a stud colt  out of  Sonnys Red Lace would give him the replacement stallion he was looking for.  Unfortunately he passed away before the colt was foaled. He would have been so excited to have seen  this colt and the fact that he tested NN for HYPP would have been the icing on the cake. Lanis and I bought the colt as a young yearling  and intend to give him every opportunity to be a great breeding horse. He is the ideal cross for our modern bloodlines as he is an outcross and with his short back, gorgeous head, great mind,  big hip and solid legs, he has a lot to contribute to a program.  I am looking forward to 2007 when we can cross him on our mares and to 2008 when the first foals will be born.