The most remarkable thing about this excellent tuxedoed silver gray herdsire is his consistency. Whether you look at his own show career or the quality and uniformity of his offspring, Silver Legend stands virtually unrivaled by other gray studs in North America.
His own show career is impressive by itself. He was shown as a yearling only, winning 7 consecutive color banners before being retired to stud. As noteworthy as winning 7 color banners is (and he was the first gray male ever to do so), Silver Legend did it the hard way, facing all of the toughest competition of 2004, and winning at the most competitive shows in the country.
Silver Legend of KPR awards:
Empire Extravaganza 2003; MSG yearling male blue ribbon and Gray Male Color Champion
Southern Select 2004; MSG yearling male blue ribbon and Gray Male Color Champion
Virginia Classic 2004; MSG yearling male blue ribbon and Gray Male Color Champion
North American 2004; MSG yearling male blue ribbon and Gray Male Color Champion
MAPACA 2004; MSG yearling male blue ribbon and Gray Male Color Champion
AOBA 2004; MSG yearling male blue ribbon, Juvinile gray male fleece blue ribbon, and Gray Male Color Champion
Empire Extravaganza 2004; Gray male fleece blue ribbon and Gray fleece Color Champion
Virginia Classic 2008; Get of sire blue ribbon (1/5)
Show career aside, the real value of a herdsire is how well he can pass on his excellent qualities. With a tuxedoed gray stud this means not only how good his cria are, but also how consistently his gray pattern is passed on to his cria.
Considering consistency of pattern first, to date Silver Legend has has 25 cria. Though 25 is not a huge number, it is large enough to be confident that Silvi is indeed throwing his pattern consistently. Bred to both gray and solid colored females, 19 of his 25 cria are gray. Perhaps even more remarkably, 5/7 (71%) of his cria out of solid dams are gray.
And how good are these cria? Of his 25 offspring, 10 have been shown thus far. Of these 10 all have ribboned at least as high as 3rd place. 8/10 have blue ribboned at least once, and 5/10 have bannered at least once. We have entered one get class with his cria, winning the blue ribbon against the offspring of 4 other studs (all, “lite” to white).
His own show career is impressive by itself. He was shown as a yearling only, winning 7 consecutive color banners before being retired to stud. As noteworthy as winning 7 color banners is (and he was the first gray male ever to do so), Silver Legend did it the hard way, facing all of the toughest competition of 2004, and winning at the most competitive shows in the country.
