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Reed Edwards, Laurens, South Carolina

Reed Edwards with a young Wiescamp-Casement cross gelding that he raised

Edwards Quarter Horses is located in the heart of the south, in the rolling hills of upstate South Carolina. Emphasis is placed on raising a pretty, all-around athlete with the intelligence to excel at any task they encounter. Reed Edwards was originally drawn to the Old Fred family of horses when he started researching the pedigree on one of his old youth show horses. The mare was a Wiescamp-Casement cross, and Reed was interested in finding other horses that were a lot like her. After studying various pedigrees and pictures for hints at conformation types, Reed was pretty well convinced that the Old Fred family of horses would have the right combination of athletic ability, conformation and disposition.

That original mare, Charmin Shadow, has become the foundation for the breeding program now in progress outside of Laurens, SC. She is by Silents Shadow (Skip Silent x Music Mount bred mare), an AQHA Champion with superiors in halter and western pleasure. She is out of a granddaughter of Old Tom Cat, a AAA AQHA Champion horse that was raised by Jack Casement of Sterling, Colorado. Jack Casement and Marshal Peavy, two breeders who ended up in Eastern Colorado, once lived near Coke Roberds in Routt County, Colorado, and had horses of Old Fred-Peter McCue parentage. Her 1997 daughter by Silent Secret (an own son of Sailalong) has now been added to brood mare duty.

"Charmin" has been followed by two granddaughters of Old Tom Cat that are by an AQHA champion son of Skip School Day. The cross of the Wiescamp bloodlines on the Old Tom Cat bred mares has worked well, and they have a very good balance of conformation, athletic ability, and disposition. They also have a good shot of speed thanks to Old Tom Cat. Spanish Madera, a palomino daughter of PHBA champion Spanish Supreme, rounds out the brood mare band.

Bar O Show Music, a four stocking legged bay stallion raised by Warren Shoemaker, is the sire at Edwards Quarter Horses. Bar O Show Music is by Bar O Music (Pawnee Hawk x My Music Lady by Music Mount), and out of One Show Lady (Show Cash x Miss Oar Lock by Mister Nugget). He is a halter and performance point earning sire, and is the sire of Show Note, the 1996 International High Point Halter Aged Stallion. Several of his daughters are being retained for future use as brood mares. Off-spring of Bar O Show Music daughters either have been, or been among, the high selling horses at the Shoemaker-Skipper W Bloodlines session of the October Triangle Sale in Shawnee, Oklahoma, the last two years. 

Edwards Quarter Horses is staying true to the original type of Old Fred bred horse, raising a pretty, all-around athlete. The horses raised by Si Dawson, Coke Roberds, Warren Shoemaker, Mars-hall Peavy, Jack Casement, Hank Wiescamp and others were bred to do it all. In an age when specia-lization in horses is the trend, Edwards Quarter Horses continues to raise a horse with the ability to perform many tasks well. Edwards Quarter Horses welcomes visitors, and can be reached at 864-683-5757 or by e-mail at ReedE@Juno.com.