I have a TB mare by Rock Point. Yep, she was successful in the hunter ring and is a super mover. I never paid much attention to her dam side honestly other than her dam sire missed winning the TC by 1 placing(was2nd in Derby, won the other two).
Anyway, I was bored and starting looking at her dam’s dam and she is by a pal. stallion named Gold Apollo and it says “hunter sire”, that;s it. But his sire is this Milkie, who is listed as being an “excellent hunter sire”. Just got me curious if anyone knew more about him or where I could look stuff up.
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I just Googled “Milkie sire” and got a few hits.
I don’t know what the heck was going on with my phone, but now that I have my computer, I found some neat stuff on Google! Also did not realize the Gold Apollo stallion was a “famous” hunter! I assumed my mare got all her hunter attributes from her sire, but it looks like her dam line is quite nice in hunterland.
So anyone else have relatives to my mare’s damline. Supposedly this Milkie was the first pal. TB.
My cremello Guaranteed Gold stallion is by Milkie’s Desire, who is by Milkie. My breeding program has centred around the Milkie bloodlines for many years … 
Here is some history on Milkie
http://www.whitehorseproductions.com/creamdilutiontbs.html
I have many articles on Milkie and if you have access to a fax machine, I’d be more than happy to fax them to you.
Let me know - sales@truecoloursfarm.com
Gold Apollo was VERY popular in his day, as were his get. He would have been a lovely horse in any color, the palomino made him easy to remember! He and his sire produced well – in temperament, quality, etc.
I’d consider him an asset in your mare’s pedigree!
Gold Apollo was an amazing stallion. So was Milkie’s Desire. I think if things had been different for Milkie’s Desire - he didn’t end up in the awful hands he did and wasn’t dealt such a crappy blow, he would have produced more amazing progeny to carry on for him … 
Oh, I remember all the ads in horse magazines for Milkie. He had quite a following back in the day.
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So anyone else have relatives to my mare’s damline. Supposedly this Milkie was the first pal. TB.[/QUOTE]
not quite…
I have a couple of friends who were long time employees of Mimi Thoriington’s Maple Leaf Farm. Let me know if you have any questions about Gold Apollo and I’d be glad to ask them for you.
I think it’s a neat surprise that my mare has these guys in her pedigree. I don’t know much about TB hunter lines, and since they weren’t racing names I was familiar with, I never paid much attention to them. This mare literally fell into my lap. She’s had one super fancy filly for me and hopefully she will have a few more! Here is a link to her pedigree.
I will ask my Maple Leaf Farm friends if they knew the mare Wild Blue Heather and her foal Golden Trillium.
That would be cool!
Everafter…the three folks that knew Gold Apollo when he was at Mrs. T’s Maple Leaf Farm have no recollection of the mare Wild Blue Heather, or of her foal, Golden Trillium. Apparently Mrs. T sold Gold Apollo, so this breeding could have taken place after he went to his new owner.
Or…before any of these 3 folks worked for Mrs. T.
Sorry to have been unable to add more to your geneology search.
Good hunter lines on both sides. Gold Apollo was indeed a well known hunter sire. I have Rock Point in my breeding program.
Thanks for asking Calling Duck!
And True Colours, I visited your site and saw your articles on Milkie!
What happened to both Milkie’s Desire and Gold Apollo? Sounds like neither one had a happy ending
Gold Apollo was fine. I believe he died of old age and was beautifully taken care of until the end, by all accounts
Milkie’s Desire? Not so much, very unfortunately … … there are some old threads on him on COTH.
Geez, I’d forgotten about that mess.
http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/showthread.php?129040-Milkie-s-Desire/
I remember this now.
But OMG, look what was written on that thread about Milkie’s sad end:
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What a beautiful stallion. It’s a shame he didn’t end up in better hands.[/QUOTE]
he never stood a chance. He was never given a fair shake or a break …
It was a cluster$#@! of the greatest proportions
Several of us tried to buy him just to get him the Hell out of there. His owner wouldn’t budge from the $40,000 insured value price. He was worth more dead than he was alive …
He was SUCH a nice stallion …
