Posts from Senta in thread „Duke's Movie Horses“

Hi,
I watched The War Wagon recently and noticed that horse under Douglas is very much lokk like Dollor.
What do you think about it?
Regards,
Senta

Hi Keith,
Thank you for wonderful photos. Saw them in the Gallery.
Regards,
Vera

Watched The War of Wildcats recently and noticed that Duke rode Banner there too. Sometimes changing him to the other horse with the same confirmation (usually I recognised Banner by it and after look at marks) but different hear marks.
Regards,
Senta

Hi Bob,
I thought that he also rode Banner in the Rio Grande and Fort Apache.
Regards,
Vera

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Originally posted by Colorado Bob@Jul 28 2006, 06:49 AM
Howdy All,
Well so far, what I have come up with regarding the horses John Wayne rode is this:

He rode Duke the Miracle Horse (real name Sheik) in:
Haunted Gold
The Telegraph Trail
Somewhere in Sonora
The Man from Monterey
The Big Stampede
Ride Him Cowboy

He rode Starlight in:
Pals of the Saddle
Overland Stage Raiders
Sante Fe Stampede
Red River Range
The Night Riders
Three Texas Steers
Wyoming Outlaw
Riders of Destiny
Westward Ho (possibly)
The Sagebrush Trail (possibly)

He rode Banner in:
Angel and the Badman
Hondo
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Three Godfathers

He rode Sammy in:
A Lady Takes A Chance (although this may be Banner)

He rode Steel in:
The Conqueror
Tall in the Saddle

He Rode Alamo (owned by John Wayne) in:
The Alamo
McLintock!

He rode Beau (owned by John Wayne) in:
True Grit
The War Wagon (possibly)
The Comancheros (possibly)
The Sons of Katie Elder (possibly)

He rode Zip Cochise (owned by Howard Hawks) in:
El Dorado

He rode Dollor in:
True Grit (his first film with John Wayne. He was 2 years old)
Big Jake
The Cowboys
The Train Robbers
Rooster Cogburn
The Shootist (possibly)

I'm still looking and researching. Watching movies and comparing known photos with the films. I don't why this thing has stuck in my craw the way it has, but I'm having fun doing it! Hope I'm not boring y'all with my prattlin' on, but thought I'd share what I've learned. Once this thing has run its course, if I come up with any more info, I'll let ya know. And by the way, thanks to Bill and ejgreen77 and etsija and ethan for helping me out with this.
Best to all,
Colorado Bob

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Originally posted by William T Brooks@Sep 9 2005, 12:43 AM
Vera;

Thirty years ago on my ranch in California, I was raising Hereford Cattle and Arab Horses. After a few years it was very clear that it was a very Expensive thing to be in Raising Arab Horses. We had 27 Horses, Mostly Mares and One Arab Stud to service the Mares. Lightning Hit the Stud Horse and Killed him, and that is when I sold all but one of the Mares for my Wife Martha and One Gilding for me to use on the Ranch. If you want to read a little more on the Ranch you can go to Horse Ranch

I will talk to you next week, I am leaving for a few more days at Duke's 26 Bar Ranch with my Son. This time we are going to Ride up to the Line Shack up in the High Country to get some more Video for the Promo that we are doing for the Ranch.

Chilibill

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Hi Chilibill,
I have read about your ranch with great interest. You are right that it is difficult to make money on Arabian horses. Good friends of mine started a farm near St.Petersburg more than 10 years ago. I must add that horse breeding became possible for private persons in Russia only in 90-es. Now they have a big number of horses, about 1/3 of them _Arabian, others raised for the sport. Their arabian horses participate in races and also in the Show for Arabian horses, which became quite popular in the last years. They didn't make much money but somehow they keep the farm. But all hey is their own.
I hope your visit to the Dukes ranch will be successful. Hope to hear from you again,
Regards,
Vera

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Originally posted by William T Brooks@Sep 8 2005, 04:00 PM
Vera;

Duke was not what we call a Horse Lover, but thought of them as a Tool to be used in His Films. But He did have His Favorite Horses like Old Dollar and Bo.

In the Southwest in the 1800s and then on up into the 1980s when I was raising Horses on my ranch, we would say that a Horse was so many "Hands High!" One hand was about 4 inches or about 10 sm. And that would be to the Whithers or Shoulders of the Horse.

If you would say that the Horse was 14 Hands or smaller that would be a Small Horse, <_< and if you would say the Horse was 16 Hands or more, that was a Tall Horse, and because Duke was a Very Big Man He liked a Tall Horse!!!

Chilibill

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Hi Bill,
You always bring some important and interesting information not only about Duke but about the horses size as well. I was always thinking about the meanings of that Hands and inches.
Here were the most horses are bred for sport 16 Hands don't seems too much. It is the middle sized horse, tall is about 17. Even trotters nobody would like to bay less than 16 hands high (I like that way to say about horse size in hands).
What horses have you bred on your ranch? I myself thinking about breeding trotters, but haven't started yet. If I start it will be only one breeding mare.
Regards,
Vera

Hi all,
Thank you very much to bring that topic again, I didn't find it during my search in old topics, and I' m very interested in the questions connected with Dukes horses. And I find answerers for the most of them in the posts. Only that first question about Dukes horse in The Searchers and Horse soldgies wasn't answered (I myself quess that it was the same horse) and I can't agree that it is the tall horse, I think it is less than 160 sm.
Regards,
Vera