Blondy's Dude

[2] Blondy's Dude was an American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) Champion and a Performance Register of Merit earner.

[1] Morgan Freeman bought him in 1961, after seeing him at a reining competition as well as at an informal cutting.

[1] Three of his foals earned year end High Point Awards with the AQHA, and one was a multiple times World Champion at the Youth World Show.

[4] His offspring excelled in many different disciplines, having earned Superior Performance awards in Western Pleasure, Reining, Barrel Racing, Hunter Under Saddle, Trail, Roping, and Pole Bending.

[6][7] He died in 1981 and was buried in Morgan Freeman's front yard in the town of Skiatook, Oklahoma with a marker stating "God gives his best to those that leave the choice to him.