I’m entering this mare for owner Marian Alton who doesn’t have computer or internet service. Black Annie Hands is the last known living daughter of foundation stallion Hands Up (F-2217). She was foaled on April 26, 1973. Yes, she’s 36 years young! She was foaled in Claremore, Oklahoma, where she still resides, and was out of an AQHA Appendix mare, Buck’s Orphan (X-084896). Marian has been a life long Hands Up fan, first breeding a mare to him in the late 50′s when he stood at Eddie Wood’s place in Chelsea, Oklahoma, and continued breeding at least one mare a year to him even after he was sold to Nolan Hutchison of Missouri. She had three mares at Nolan’s place that never got bred when Hands Up passed on. Black Annie Hands is from Hands Up’s last foal crop. The attached picture was taken this past spring around Annie’s 36th birthday. She’s fed lightly 4 times a day, and misted a few times a day during hot weather, to keep her cool. If Marian Alton’s name sounds familiar, she helped Frank Holmes with his chapter on Hands Up in ‘Spotted Pride’ and also helped Jan Haddle Davis with some of Colida’s history in ‘The Complete Book Of The Appaloosa.’

Month: April

Day: 26

Year: 1973

State: Oklahoma

Registration Number: N 389876

Sex: Mare