Sire: X-Dapples 22922
Dam: King's X Donna 22924
DOB: 6/9/50
*Showring debut: Springfield, Thursday, August 19,1954.
Grand Champion Stallion; Kane County Fair
*1954 Des Moines Congress: First in age class; Senior Champion; Grand Champion
*1955 Grand Championship at Illinois and the Shetland Congress
*1956 Grand Championship, Shetland Congress
*1957 National Shetland All-Star Champion Aged Stallion; Grand Champion Stallion; Champion Combination Pony; National Championship (halter); Harness Stakes
*1958 All-Star Champion Aged Stallion; Grand Champion Stallion 42"-46"; Champion Ladies Harness Pony; and 42"-46" Grand Champion Stallion, Shetland Congress
*1959 Again undefeated: All-Star Champion Aged Stallion; Grand Champion Stallion 42"-45"
earning Curtiss-Frisco Pete his sixth and final Congress Grand Championship
Curtiss-Frisco Pete's get dominated the nation's showrings like that of no other Stallion before or since. He became the all-time leading sire (from 1953 on) in the Registry of Merit in 1964, and never relinquished his lead, becoming the first (and only) pony to surpass 100,000 points in 1968, and in 1970, the last year sire ratings were maintained, Pete had a grand total of 129,607 points; 33,695 more than his nearest competitor!
Examples of his show-winning get include: Curtiss Frisco's Kid 38913; Fernwood Frisco Pete 47324; Fernwood Frisco Oriflame 55389; Fernwood Frisco Little Girl 55388; Frisco's King 42727; Fernwood Frisco Donna Lee II 76187; *Fernwood Frisco Lee 69724; Burnt Hill's Frisco Jim 86447;
Burnt Hill's Frisco Miss 101190; Fernwood Frisco Larigo II 73513; Van Duesen's Frisco Baroque 80490; Silver Mane's Frisco Cody 101346; *Silver Mane's Frisco Lady 80800; Pony Vista's Phantom Lady 86969; Frisco Pete's Grand Bette of Clover Hill 79089; Fernwood Frisco Lancer 89514; *Fernwood Frisco Vickie 97252;*Fernwood Frisco Bandit 112721; Fernwood Frisco Tom II 116436; Fernwood Frisco Kate the 5th; Fernwood Frisco Caroline III 127723; Fernwood Frisco Holiday; Fernwood Frisco Reporter 122482;*Fernwood Frisco Commander 89513;*Fernwood Frisco Bandit II *Fernwood Frisco Donna Lee the IV 105366.
Seven of Frisco Pete's offspring achieved Shetland Hall of Fame status.*
Curtiss-Frisco Pete passed away on April 25th, 1971 at Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Buehler's Fernwood Farm.
Circa late 1950s.
... He performed in harness in the 1952 Orange Bowl parade with virtually no training (one afternoon), as a fill in when another pony fell ill. Hank Meyer, (the Curtiss hitch manager) said of Pete.."I swear Pete looked like he'd been in harness forever!"..
... Pete became a huge celebrity after his recent wins in 1954. One lady was apprehended sneaking into his stall to get a strand of hair from his tail! Another person tried to steal his shoes!
... After Pete's third consecutive victory, as Grand Champion, in the show ring, someone suggested that Pete be barred from further competition at the Shetland Congress.
... In 1959 Pete went up against his Son, Frisco's Kid, and defeated him in all three classes...but not without some "anxious moments". Never before had a father and son reached the 'finals' for a National Championship.
... In six years Curtiss-Frisco Pete was only defeated four times; three in-hand, and one in harness.
... Pete was known as "The King of the Shetlands".
