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Mr. D. J. Harrison began breeding
Quarter Horses in the 1930's on his ranch in Sonora, Texas,
and began registering his Quarter Horses with the AQHA in 1941.
The horses were raised primarily to work cattle. Mr. Dan J.
Harrison, Jr. followed his father, raising Quarter Horses on
his ranches in South Texas. His ranch outside Fulshear, Texas,
served as the main breeding operation - as it still does today.
In 1997, the American Quarter Horse Association honored both
men with the Legacy Award, a recognition for their 56 continuous
years of registering Quarter Horses. Horses like King Moore
by King, Old Sorrel grandson, Little Huero, Les Glo, Skipa Star
and Colonel Freckles heavily influenced the Harrison breeding
program.
If you visit Memorial Hall at the Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, you will see the niche
which honors and perpetuates the memory of D. J. Harrison and
Dan J. Harrison, Jr.
In Western Horseman's Legends, Volume 5, which features outstanding
stallions and mares that have had a significant impact on the
Quarter Horse breed, Skipa Star is featured. Our deceased stallion
Skipastarsky, an own son of Skipa Star, was the 1983 AQHA High
Point Jr Heeling Horse, among many other accomplishments and
sired 151 foals.
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