10/04/2026
Since she’s never had a post of her own I had to get professional pictures done to show her off! Properly introducing my beautiful solid APHA mare, Special Persuasion aka Eve.
I bought Eve about three years ago and she’s just been the sweetest and most attentive mom around! She’s had three babies here at GT’s Equine Services with the oldest a late two year old being started under saddle with big plans, a late yearling who has been sold as a futurity prospect, and her youngest Shalom, who is pictured with her.
Eve unfortunately had an injury that stopped her from proving herself in the show pen but her papers are the definition of stacked papers! To name a few and share some insight into her lineage we have:
Special Effort, a major racehorse. He went 13 wins from 14 starts and earned about $1.22 million. He won the Kansas Futurity, Rainbow Futurity and All American Futurity in 1981. He was also an AQHA World Champion and was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.
His son Bully Bullion: 28 starts, 10 wins, 8 seconds, 4 thirds with $225,384 in earnings. Winner of the All American Gold Cup (G1). Winner of the Oklahoma Derby. Winner of the Mr Jet Moore Stakes. 1988 AQHA Champion Aged Stallion. As a sire, his offspring earned roughly $8.9 million in Quarter Horse racing.
Cherokee Bully, the actual sire of Special Persuasion, is a Paint by Bully Bullion and out of AC Serenity by Cherokee Indian. Cherokee Indian was an APHA racing champion: 17 starts, 10 wins, 5 seconds, 2 thirds. Speed Index of 95. About $13,361 in race earnings and the 1980 APHA Champion Running Horse.
Mr Eye Opener a Quarter Horse racehorse: 15 starts, 9 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third, 4 fourths with $202,978 in earnings. SI 106. Winner of the West Texas Futurity (G1). Winner of the Speedhorse Gold/Silver Cup Sprint Futurity. 2nd in the Rainbow Futurity (G1). 3rd in the Kansas Futurity (G1)S
And as a sire, Mr Eye Opener’s offspring accumulated more than $28 million in race earnings, and he became one of the breed's leading sires and broodmare sires.
His sire Dash for Cash was one of the most influential QH racing stallions with total career earnings of $507,688 with 25 starts. 21 firsts, 3 seconds, 0 thirds.
Eve has proven herself to be above all the best mom and the negative stereotypes of a red mare have never applied to her. I’m very proud to own such a sweet natured mare who produces foals with solid conformations, sweet dispositions, athleticism, and of course flashy!
If you’ve made it this far who would you like to see this cool mare crossed with? 👀