Generator's Silver Dollar
Creating A Legacy

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By Sarah Gee
© Voice, February 2005

Generator’s Silver Dollar continues his reign as one of the most popular and successful breeding stallions in the walking horse industry today. His offspring are eagerly sought and they continue to excel in show rings across the country. His studbook is consistently filled and numerous mare owners come back to him time and time again. Obviously, they have a high opinion of him. In fact, who better to expound on the prowess and ability of a breeding stallion than the loyal mare owners who repeatedly book to this stallion.

Castle and Susan Redmon of Paris, Kentucky have bred to Silver Dollar at least eight times. They named one of their earliest Silver Dollar colts A Strong Dollar (Generator’s Silver Dollar x Mo Precious by Motown Magic). He went on to claim the 2002 Two-Year-Old Stallion World Championship, the 2003 Three-Year-Old Stallion World Championship, the 2004 Four-Year-Old Stallion Reserve World Championship, and the 2004 Four-Year-Old Reserve World Grand Championship. When asked why they initially decided to breed to Silver Dollar, Mr. Redmon explains, “A local trainer told me they thought he’d make a good breeding horse because of his natural way of going. We have never been disappointed. We’ve had real good luck with him, his colts are always good looking with good conformation and we always get a good price.” The Redmon’s mares display a variety of breeding including Motown Magic, Ebony’s Time Around, Jubilee’s Rising Star, and Delite Double Clutch.

Melvin Alexander of Milton, Tennessee has bred to Silver Dollar a number of times. His good mare Black Charger Sue (by Eb’s Black Charger), when crossed with Silver Dollar, has produced both 2003 Three-Year-Old Gelding World Champion Charge Me A Dollar and one of 2004’s top two-year-olds Dollar-In-Charge. In discussing Silver Dollar, Mr. Alexander relates, “I’ve been breeding to him since his stud fee was only $350. I’ve always liked him. He’s one of the most natural walking horses that I’ve ever seen. He was good every time I saw him show. That’s why I decided to breed to him.”

Dr. David Ranson of Charleston, West Virginia, a breeder and buyer of Silver Dollar offspring, has nothing but praise for the great stallion. He states, “I think he is an excellent breeding stallion that exemplifies our breed. He passes along a lot of color, a lot of stamina, and a lot of balance to his offspring. He puts a balanced show horse with plenty of heart and natural ability on the ground.” Dr. Ranson has two mares that he has bred to Silver Dollar, one is a by Skywatch and out of a Pusher mare and the other is by The Pusher and out of a Gold Coin mare. He has always gotten good market price for his Silver Dollar colts, “It seems you can breed various mares with him and expect a better than average outcome. He displays a good degree of reliability.”

Dr. Ranson also prefers Silver Dollar offspring for the show ring. In 2003, he and I’m Silver Too claimed both the Owner-Amateur Three-Year-Old Stallion World Championship and the Owner-Amateur Three-Year-Old World Grand Championship. In 2004, I’m Silver Too, under the direction of new owner Rusty Hyneman, took the Owner-Amateur Four-Year-Old World Championship. Because he so believes in the quality of Silver Dollar offspring, Dr. Ranson chose Silver Dollar daughter and 2003 RWC She’s Martha Stewart (formerly Silver Dollar Angel) for his fiancée. This fine filly took blues at Woodbury and the Derby Day Classic in 2004. Lastly, Dr. Ranson has I’m A Dollar Too, a coming two-year-old in training at Southern Comfort Farm that he says is showing a lot of the same qualities as I’m Silver Too – balance, brilliance, and presence.

Harold Daniels of Lewisburg, Tennessee has bred his Dark Spirit mare to Silver Dollar five times. The outcome has always been more than satisfactory. Regarding his decision to breed to Silver Dollar, Mr. Daniels states, “I saw him at the shows and like his performance, he really had a good rhythm. He looked like the right kind of show horse. I hoped that he would produce colts that were like him. I was not disappointed.” Mr. Daniels currently has two Silver Dollar offspring of which he is especially proud. Dollar’s Direct Deposit, a coming four-year-old in training at David Landrum Stables, earned a top five finish at the Celebration as a two-year-old and a top three finish as a three-year-old. My Dollar’s Grand Slam is an eight-month-old colt that, according to Mr. Daniels, “is absolutely beautiful with a lot of potential.”

Ernest and Mary Ella Burke have welcomed approximately ten Silver Dollar colts at their College Grove, Tennessee farm. Their mares run the gamut, descending from Gold Coin, Royal Master, Ebony’s Threat, Generator, and Dark Spirit. All of their colts have brought good prices and two, that they’ve kept track of, are doing quite well under saddle. When asked about Silver Dollar, Mr. Burke answers, “He’s one of the top breeding horses out there. We’ve always had very good luck with his colts. We first decided to breed to him because we liked him in the show ring, we liked the way he went. We kept with him because his colts did well. He’s a talented horse that passes his talent on to his colts.”

Jeff Mitchell of Lynnville Tennessee currently has twenty mares bred to Silver Dollar. Over the past few years, his mares have produced forty colts sired by the stallion. Mr. Mitchell relates, “I have always liked him. I thought he was a great show horse and now he’s proven himself as a great breeding horse. His colts look good and he throws a lot of variety in terms of color. People seem to want his colts.” Mr. Mitchell’s broodmare band exhibits a variety of bloodlines including Ultra Threat, Jubilee Star, JFK, Motown Magic, Hard Cash, Ebony, Hallelujah, Major General, Big Stride, and Big Score.

There you have it, Generator’s Silver Dollar in the words of his loyal mare owners. If ever there was evidence of a stallion’s greatness, here it sits.

Now a bit more evidence - Larry Lowman of Bridlewood Farm has been responsible for managing Silver Dollar’s breeding career for the past five years. When asked about Silver Dollar’s breeding success, Mr. Lowman is rather quick to respond. He says many factors come into play in developing a great breeding stallion. First, a stallion must have natural ability and be able to pass this on to his foals, he must have championship bloodlines to be able to reproduce champions, and he must possess and maintain a consistency of high quality semen to enable him to get large numbers of mares in foal quickly.

His foals must be easily trained and be winners, thus making the trainers, breeders, and owners successful. The stallion must have owners who believe in him and look long-term with well planned and designed promotions. And last, the owners must support the stallion by purchasing foals, raising foals, and supporting foals belonging to broodmare owners who have bred to the stallion.

Silver Dollar has all of this - excellent management, he steadily produces champions, he gets mares in foal, and he has concerned and supportive owners. Very few stallions in our industry can brag about these qualities - this is why, in a short period of time, Silver Dollar is destined to be the industry’s Sire of the Future!

Generator’s Silver Dollar stands at Bridlewood Farm.

For more information call 931-389-9388, 931-389-0401, email bridlewoodstuds@aol.com, or visit \www.bridlewood-farm.com.