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"Raydo Music"
1975 AQHA -
93% NFQH -
Dun Stallion
14.2 Hands - 1050 lbs
1975 - 2002

(The Story Continues)

Raydo was a no nonsense kind of horse, hard working and willing and tough as nails.  He had remarkable cow sense. I once saw him move a small bunch of cows from his pasture, alone, working them like a good cow dog would. His uncommon good sense, tremendous power, and a willing attitude were traits he routinely passed on to his get. How he came to be in Owen's possession is heartwarming in it's own way. In 1976, Linda saw Raydo, a scrawny, half starved yearling with an uncommonly beautiful color, and bought him for Owen for Christmas. His rough start on life probably contributed to his small size. He stood 14.1 hands and weighed 1,050 in his prime. He was a deep shade of dun with all the black points and a bright copper hue.

"Raydo Babies" are distinctive, once you've seen a few. They're stout and sturdy with a 'look', a natural depth of character that starts with a cunning eye and is expressed with that do it all attitude that is a perquisite for a good working horse. Most that I've known have a developed sense of humor and fun. My own Raydo baby, an eight year old red dun gelding named Chilito, thinks heavy rubber feed tubs are for tug of war. I've had to replace countless tubs that he's ripped to shreds. There isn't a gate he can't undo or a rope he can't untie. He has to be kept interested in what he's doing or he gets bored and gets into trouble. I can think of a dozen of his siblings who display similar, and sometimes annoying, traits. But once he's got a job, he's all business.

Raydo was Owen's hired hand. He snubbed half wild colts and wrangled mares from open range. He was a pick up horse at rodeos and often doubled as a barrel horse. Team roping? No problem. He probably would have been a pretty good rope horse if only his partner had shared his talents. Later in life, Raydo and Owen began to O-Mok-See, and even if he got out run some of the time, his athletic abilities were evident and his heart never faltered. He was 100% try from the word go.

Like may good studs, he continually out-produced himself in the breeding shed. When bred to mares of quality and substance, his get managed to combine the best traits of both parents. Most colts got his disposition, trainability and sense and most also managed to gain several inches on their sire, averaging fifteen hands or so. All displayed a keen athletic ability and have heart to spare. But his greatest achievement yet may be in the production of his grandchildren, both from his son, thirteen year old Music's Image (by Raydo Music and out of a Duplicate Copy/Poco Bueno Mare) and from his daughters. Right now, there are two Raydo daughters bred to Klapperich's new stud, four year old SNW Doc O Blackburn aka Zorro, a Weaver cold. There will also be three Raydo babies born this coming spring - the last of a legend - and several Raydo weanlings are still for sale. One mare, Quick Zipper Music, a leggy grulla, spent the last year showing in reining. 

It is said that legends never die, and in a good stud's case that's very true. They leave their stamp on every foal they produce and in every heart they touch. Raydo was the kind of horse that could be called on to do a hard job but still keep his head (unless you wanted to pack a bear on him...there are just some things a guy doesn't have to put up with). As an older horse he gave many a young and timid rider confidence. The bond between a child and a horse is something special, and the trust that can sometime come from that bond is to be treasured, as it only grows as the rider gains more experience. Raydo isn't well known; he doesn't have AQHA points and he never really showed. But his get and grand get will continue to carry on the Raydo tradition. And those of us who knew him well will remember what a great heart he had, to have touched so many, so deeply and for so long.

We stand his 1988 son Music's Image also.

Notable names in his pedigree are:
Music Mount, Cowboy Mike, King, Little Wimpy and Jack McCue.

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Owen and Linda Klapperich
Klapperich Arena, 2355 McMannamy Dr., Kalispell, MT 59901
Phone: (406) 755-0826 E-mail: dunaqha@centurytel.net
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