Little America’s Kickapoo Joy Boy – Reference Only

Desert Storm’s final foal crop proved to be his very best and this colt may be the kingpin of his legacy. The Kickapoo Indians were noted for their appaloosas and in high school I sang in a barber shop quartet called The Kickapoo Joy Boys, so I thought it a fitting name for this fantastic colt! We had a little fun with him at the AMHA World Show, with Tony winning the Adult Costume World Championship and Lauren was Top Ten with him, too, in Youth Costume! Some people have no dignity, but do have lots of fun entertaining others with two versions of Cruella De Vil and one of her 101 Dalmatians. About two years ago, Joy Boy had a stroke.  We considered putting him down, but he slowly progressed and has made almost a complete recovery.  In fact we have one filly conceived after his stroke.  However, when we put him with a group of mares last year, he was unsteady and couldn’t handle pasture breeding on a large scale.