One of the all time greats! An athlete that leaves a legacy behind. Let's not forget that he developed to his full potential due to more than breeding alone. Hats off to the legends of our time!!
I have a grandaughter of his. There was a HUGE moon sitting on my barn when I went out to help my mare foal.... So we named her LUNA Smart little Luna actually. I hope she gets her moves from her grandad.... WHat a champ.
OMG! The Doc Olena line still proves that this line of horses is excellent--all ancestors are top and intelligent horses. I have ridden 1 Olena quarterhorse and she was spectacular in her eagerness to learn and work! The background music is a cut from "HOW THE WEST WAS ONE" I think!
I worked for Bill during this time.Both of them were in a class by themselves.Learned a lot and had the opportunithy to ride some outstanding individuals.Lot of memories here.
I worked for Bill that year and two more.Also for Jim Lee.When they were both at W.Falls Tx.That horse was one of a klind and so was Bill.I learned so much from him and had the opportunity to ride some outstanding individuals.After that all the rest were just that all the rest.
I'm sorry Bill has passed on. He was so young and we will miss him. Bill and a friend of mine have one of his sons, WILD THING DNA, standing in Texas. His babies are fantastic! I love this video! Thanks for sharing it.
I helped film this video. Filmed the first part in Tommy Manions backyard . I was standing just to the left, turning back Little Lena, and keeping him contained. I was terrified that he was going to get past me. I was the only barrier between him and the highway.
I am a breeder of performance Quarter Horses. A small breeder. It is difiicult enough to try and compete with the larger breeders without having clones registerd. The fact that they can clone does not mean that it is right. I believe it is bad for the American Quarter Horse on so many levels. I love Smart Little Lena. I own granddaughters of Smart Little Lena. However, I don't want to linebred with Smart Little Lena for obvious reasons.
I helped make that video, in the opening scene, I am just to the left off camera, waving my hat at Little Lena to get him to run around. Thats in Aubry Texas in Tommy Manions back yard.
I own one of Smart Little Lena grand daughters out of Smart Little Pistol, she is amazing and is the spitting image of Smart Little Lena. She gives me a chance to win every time I ride in. There may be better horses out there, but not for me, she will be with me until the Good Lord takes me home.
Well the guy who is starting her under saddle for me. Didnt believe she would cut. HE had a couple goats in his arena. He turned her loose. SHe rounded em up. They could run under the rail or she would have cornerd them naturally.... Cant wait to get her home and see what she does with cows.... LOL
My family used to raise halter horses. If you have great stock and your stock is making a name for itself, you'll always have a market. I agree that line breeding can be extremely bad if done in the wrong hands, but if done properly you can get a fantastic horse.
Yeah I think he is I got on his farms website and they said he sires 50 foals a year, and they didn't say anything about him being dead so I don't doubt it that he is still alive.
The biggest little horse anyone every threw a leg over. Love to watch him in this video, Looks like he is standing in front of a mirrow with that cow. RIP
My horse is a great-great grandson of Smart Little Lena. His sire is Ima Chic Magnet My horse looks just like Smart Little Lena; same color and same white socks and stripe.
at our western stable in wijnandsrade is a daughter and a grandson of smart litle lena and they are also champion in cutting.you can tell it's in thr family
@BellavueBWQ Yep, Good point. I believe they are now a little concerned with the breeding here as the lines are becoming too closely bred. I have a little mare with Docs bar (grandsire) lines but she has other great lines that are totally seperate from too. :)
cheche de leon sadly diamond Lena hickory my horse just got diagnosed with navicular syndrome ): and then now we have to get rid of him because he’s lame on three feet
Lena is a great one alright but I heard he passed away in 2008. Does anyone know? I've looked everywhere on this. I saw the last of a obituary on RFDTV about someone or horse passing away in 2008 but it may have been talking about Bill Freeman and Bill riding Smart Little Lena in the 1982 finals at Will Rogers at Ft Worth.
I'm sure everyone will agree that a big man would not have been riding SLL to a championship finish. When Bill say this horse is everything any rider would want in a horse, he is not really considering what a full sized man would want in a horse. Smart Little Lena was just 13.3 hands high and not over 900 pounds. A 6'2" rider weighing 240# would have overloaded this horse and prevented him from attaining legend status.
I was talking about futurities... I'm quiet aware that horses don't have to be registered with the NCHA, its just like any other organization like the NBHA ect ect ect. And yes they are discussing it, they have to its happening and it will effect the stock they register. As of now their stance does not allow them to be resgistered since there have only been a handful. They are going to vote on the issue in 2010.
LOL too funny!! there are hundreds of smart little lenas prodegy around here too and I'm in australia! whoop de do you got a granddaughter, or grandson. They sell the sperm frozen. lmao.
+BreyerCrazy 709 I own one 😍 he's not the best cutter ive ridden, his lte is only 15k. A mare out of high brow cat is definitely the most catty, but all the smart little Lena horses I've ridden have had the most heart!!
I owned lucky playgun i he was like her grandfather or great grandfather something like that she was a 06 quarter horse filly born june 6 06 she was sorrel i gave her away when she waz 3 due to financial problems the person sold her to a guy who traines her more and sold her agin to some show people if anyone knows her or her new owners please let me know shes ok she was my first horse and my baby i really wpuld love to have her back
The horses are genetically identical and if they are registered, they will be passing on the same genetics the orginial horse was. Nothing that they experience will change those genetics. The clones have the oppurtunity to go on and be bigger and better then the orginal and if the horse happened to be cut, cloning would be a chance to pass on genetics that wouldn't otherwise have been avaible. Besides, your not going to be looking at thousands a year, its much to expensive for that.
I am not 100% sure but last I heard he is still alive (or they are using his semen to artificially inseminate) and he is still producing colts. Cost of that semen would be unbelievable, most likely in the 100 thousands of dollars or much much more... his stud fee has been private treaty for a good many years
ah the other link didn't work, trying again for anyone who's interested at all haha. my horse is a grandson. AR So Smart. take the spaces out of the link: h t t p://photos-e.ak.facebook.c o m/photos-ak-sf2p/v298/29/64/648181997/n648181997_1530116_6712.jpg
One of the all time greats! An athlete that leaves a legacy behind. Let's not forget that he developed to his full potential due to more than breeding alone. Hats off to the legends of our time!!
I have a grandaughter of his. There was a HUGE moon sitting on my barn when I went out to help my mare foal.... So we named her LUNA
Smart little Luna actually. I hope she gets her moves from her grandad.... WHat a champ.
OMG! The Doc Olena line still proves that this line of horses is excellent--all ancestors are top and intelligent horses. I have ridden 1 Olena quarterhorse and she was spectacular in her eagerness to learn and work! The background music is a cut from "HOW THE WEST WAS ONE" I think!
I had a grandson of Smart Little Lena, Nail em Wright, son of Lena’s wright on! I miss that horse more than words.
Rick
I worked for Bill during this time.Both of them were in a class by themselves.Learned a lot and had the opportunithy to ride some outstanding individuals.Lot of memories here.
what an amazing horse. A cutting legend, and he is absolutely beautiful.
wow, i remember watching this as a kid upstairs at the area. beautiful horse.
Think I need a new keyboard...I can't stop drooling! Sooooo fluid!
I worked for Bill that year and two more.Also for Jim Lee.When they were both at W.Falls Tx.That horse was one of a klind and so was Bill.I learned so much from him and had the opportunity to ride some outstanding individuals.After that all the rest were just that all the rest.
he was an awezsome stud! i have two of his daughters, there both awesome movers and really have cowsense!i luv em!
I'm sorry Bill has passed on. He was so young and we will miss him. Bill and a friend of mine have one of his sons, WILD THING DNA, standing in Texas. His babies are fantastic! I love this video! Thanks for sharing it.
i looove this horse! but i dont know if it was the video or real- that was the longest back ever. probably the video. this horse is pretty cool.
what a catty son of a gun. I love this horse!!
I helped film this video. Filmed the first part in Tommy Manions backyard . I was standing just to the left, turning back Little Lena, and keeping him contained. I was terrified that he was going to get past me. I was the only barrier between him and the highway.
I have smart little pine a great granddaughter of his and she was being sold as a cutter reject to us😂 I took her out on cattle and boy does she move!
My horse is one of his grandsons. :)
my best friends horse is this horses great granddaughter lol xxxx
Superb!! We have a Smart Little Lena grand daughter in the UK!
wow this is my horse's grand father. my horse is registered as AR So Smart.
Rest in peace, champ! There will never be another you.
That horse is amazing. I have a colt by him. He's great.
I have a colts colt by him also! She’s amazing!
I have goosebumps! He was a horse-god. And his babies live on. :-)
I have one of his
Daughters she looks sooo much like Him but she is
A lot taller and is such a sweet temper horse:)
Absolutely! :)
mickeybleu2 - yes
That is a great looking horse.
Dang he moves like a cat, fun to watch!
I am a breeder of performance Quarter Horses. A small breeder. It is difiicult enough to try and compete with the larger breeders without having clones registerd. The fact that they can clone does not mean that it is right. I believe it is bad for the American Quarter Horse on so many levels. I love Smart Little Lena. I own granddaughters of Smart Little Lena. However, I don't want to linebred with Smart Little Lena for obvious reasons.
What a beatutiful horses. My Daddy raised all of our cutting horses out of a grand son of Poco Turp.
I helped make that video, in the opening scene, I am just to the left off camera, waving my hat at Little Lena to get him to run around.
Thats in Aubry Texas in Tommy Manions back yard.
Ich besitze einen „Enkelsohn“ von Smart!!! Welche Ehre!!😃
Anch'io o un smart elena
I rode a Smart Little Lena son.. Very good cutter
RIP You were a great horse
I own one of Smart Little Lena grand daughters out of Smart Little Pistol, she is amazing and is the spitting image of Smart Little Lena. She gives me a chance to win every time I ride in. There may be better horses out there, but not for me, she will be with me until the Good Lord takes me home.
Started colts for Bill Freeman. When he had SSL.
Bill Freeman was a great trainer
This is my horse's grandsire--his sire was in Smart Little Lena's first foal crop!
He looks like my horse! :)
Well the guy who is starting her under saddle for me. Didnt believe she would cut. HE had a couple goats in his arena. He turned her loose. SHe rounded em up. They could run under the rail or she would have cornerd them naturally....
Cant wait to get her home and see what she does with cows.... LOL
Its SMART CHIC OLENA!
My family used to raise halter horses. If you have great stock and your stock is making a name for itself, you'll always have a market. I agree that line breeding can be extremely bad if done in the wrong hands, but if done properly you can get a fantastic horse.
The one riding the horse
Yeah I think he is I got on his farms website and they said he sires 50 foals a year, and they didn't say anything about him being dead so I don't doubt it that he is still alive.
melhor filme de todo youtube
best movie in utube
The biggest little horse anyone every threw a leg over. Love to watch him in this video, Looks like he is standing in front of a mirrow with that cow. RIP
How much is his stud fee? Its gotta be expensive, He is an awsome horse!
My horse is a great-great grandson of Smart Little Lena. His sire is Ima Chic Magnet
My horse looks just like Smart Little Lena; same color and same white socks and stripe.
i have a horse that is related to him!! =]
at our western stable in wijnandsrade is a daughter and a grandson of smart litle lena and they are also champion in cutting.you can tell it's in thr family
@BellavueBWQ Yep, Good point. I believe they are now a little concerned with the breeding here as the lines are becoming too closely bred. I have a little mare with Docs bar (grandsire) lines but she has other great lines that are totally seperate from too. :)
I own one of his grandson's lucky me!
cheche de leon same!
cheche de leon sadly diamond Lena hickory my horse just got diagnosed with navicular syndrome ): and then now we have to get rid of him because he’s lame on three feet
I would like to know too!
My mare's great grandfather (:
My horse is its closely related to Lena, our horses show name is also smart lil Luna
smart little lena is my horses great grandfather
My name is lena !!!
Lena is a great one alright but I heard he passed away in 2008. Does anyone know? I've looked everywhere on this. I saw the last of a obituary on RFDTV about someone or horse passing away in 2008 but it may have been talking about Bill Freeman and Bill riding Smart Little Lena in the 1982 finals at Will Rogers at Ft Worth.
I own one of his sons!
BTY this video should be credited to "Back Fence Videos"
I own another one of his grand daughters Lethals little spin. And his son is owned by my trainer
He was my grandpa
I'm sure everyone will agree that a big man would not have been riding SLL to a championship finish. When Bill say this horse is everything any rider would want in a horse, he is not really considering what a full sized man would want in a horse.
Smart Little Lena was just 13.3 hands high and not over 900 pounds. A 6'2" rider weighing 240# would have overloaded this horse and prevented him from attaining legend status.
ok I just called the Tommy Manion Ranch in Aubrey Texas where Smart Little Lena is and yes he is still alive and well.
@TheCowgirrl03 Yes, I know. I hope it stays that way.
He's only 7 too
I was talking about futurities... I'm quiet aware that horses don't have to be registered with the NCHA, its just like any other organization like the NBHA ect ect ect. And yes they are discussing it, they have to its happening and it will effect the stock they register. As of now their stance does not allow them to be resgistered since there have only been a handful. They are going to vote on the issue in 2010.
my best friend (OneyPony425) owns Smart Little PJ and i'm saving my money to buy the horse that i race and train Little Bartender :)
That my horses grandpa from her dads side
LOL too funny!! there are hundreds of smart little lenas prodegy around here too and I'm in australia! whoop de do you got a granddaughter, or grandson. They sell the sperm frozen. lmao.
do you know Thomson Livestock????
I've ridden one of his sons before!😃
+BreyerCrazy 709 I own one 😍 he's not the best cutter ive ridden, his lte is only 15k. A mare out of high brow cat is definitely the most catty, but all the smart little Lena horses I've ridden have had the most heart!!
Awesome!!! Yeah his foals are just sooooo sweet!😄😍😊❤️🐴
I owned lucky playgun i he was like her grandfather or great grandfather something like that she was a 06 quarter horse filly born june 6 06 she was sorrel i gave her away when she waz 3 due to financial problems the person sold her to a guy who traines her more and sold her agin to some show people if anyone knows her or her new owners please let me know shes ok she was my first horse and my baby i really wpuld love to have her back
@416tayjay no it isn´t but they look like twins ..
I own his granddaughter
Horse Life I own his grandson
we own his grand daughter Flicka
Smart little Lena is 31 years old and still breeding
What's the name of background music?
Thanks in advance.
Was it true that Smart Little Lena was only about 13.3 hands?
can you say HERDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
her name was texan lena
The horses are genetically identical and if they are registered, they will be passing on the same genetics the orginial horse was. Nothing that they experience will change those genetics. The clones have the oppurtunity to go on and be bigger and better then the orginal and if the horse happened to be cut, cloning would be a chance to pass on genetics that wouldn't otherwise have been avaible. Besides, your not going to be looking at thousands a year, its much to expensive for that.
doma de giro de cavalo criolo
he so long and short
I am not 100% sure but last I heard he is still alive (or they are using his semen to artificially inseminate) and he is still producing colts. Cost of that semen would be unbelievable, most likely in the 100 thousands of dollars or much much more... his stud fee has been private treaty for a good many years
he died today... :(
@MissingJelly The quality is horrible. So sad :(
isnt smart little lena sire of smart chic olena
ah the other link didn't work, trying again for anyone who's interested at all haha.
my horse is a grandson. AR So Smart. take the spaces out of the link:
h t t p://photos-e.ak.facebook.c o m/photos-ak-sf2p/v298/29/64/648181997/n648181997_1530116_6712.jpg
wow what an awsome video. i have a horse related to him. he would be a great great grandson to him.
Bill Freeman was a great trainer