Australian Appaloosa Association Ltd
Hall of Fame Recipients 2007
The first inductees were presented with their awards at the 35th National Appaloosa Championship Show, held at Dubbo, NSW 2007.
Helen Cook
Max Hayes
Colida's Lad (A97)
J. Noel Cook - Foundation AAA member elected to Council at the inaugural meeting held 13th February 1971. Later at the first Council meeting he was elected first President, this was a three year term for President only.
He spent much time guiding the Association in its initial stages through knowledge gained on the Appaloosa and the running of a breed registry though various trips to the USA over six years - This information from his history for re-election - 1974.
He was President seven times from 1971 - 1977 and re-elected 1985 - 1986.
Along with Helen Cook, they travelled to America and imported many Appaloosa Horses and showed many National Champions including Colida's Lad.
A foundation member of the AAA Association Helen saw the need in 1969 for a breed registry for the Appaloosa horse.
In her notes for re-election to the Council in May 1974 she said "in 1969 Lucky Dash Jnr arrived and started breeding, I started thinking of an Appaloosa club. As most people thought it was too early I went ahead and had six service books of service certificates printed, two for each stallion. If it was not for these books we would never have traced the first mare bred. Two years later I was still wishing for a club to keep records, so I called a meeting in 1971 at Nathalia and with a constitution drawn up, we had a meeting. This meeting was held on the 13th February and the Appaloosa Association of Australia was formed".
Helen was elected to Council and then the Council appointed her Honorary Secretary - Treasurer. She spent seven years as Secretary - Treasurer.
1972 saw Helen organize the first National Show.
Helen was instrumental in providing a constitution, a Rule Book and the first Stud Book for the Association.
Max Hayes AAA member - 1973 as per list in "First Stud Book' by Helen Cook
He was from Tongala in Victoria, and along with his wife Beryl as Haysrae Stud bred and showed Appaloosas from 1972. He was elected to Council on the 22nd April 1977 and he was Vice-president and Treasurer, re-elected in 1979 and became President, when the association needed a sensible guiding hand. Max was also president 1980 - 1981, 1983 - 1984, and 1984 - 1985.
Max along with his wife Beryl were very committed to the Murray Country Regional Appaloosa Club helping to run the very successful Victorian State Show, Max was involved in running the 4th National Show in April 1976.
Unfortunately both Max and Beryl are now deceased.
Colida's Lad was Australia's Number 1 Supreme All-Round Champion, awarded in 1978 and he was also awarded the first "Register of Merit", he won "Hi-Point Performance Horse" at both the 1975 and 1976 National Appaloosa Championships and was Hi-Point Performance Horse at every other show he competed in. In top Australian company Colida's Lad won at Western Pleasure, English Pleasure, Working Cow horse, Nez Perce Stake and Rope races, Keyhole and Indian Costume classes.
His progeny include "Colida 76" and "Colida 77" both National "Hi-Point Halter Horses of Australia".
Joker's Monte was known, in the US, as the Champion of Champions in Halter, Western Pleasure, Reining and Roping, and won at some of America's largest shows e.g. The Nationals, Fort Worth, Houston and the All American Sweepstakes.
He was purchased from Money Creek Ranch, in America, by Ted Hodges of Willow Park Stud, Scone NSW, and he arrived in Australia in April 1974. Once here Joker's Monte, trained and ridden by Joe Davis, continued on his winning ways on the show circuit in four states. Some of his achievements in Australia include being "Hi-Point Performance and Cattle Horse" at the 5th National Show held in Maitland, NSW, in April 1977.
Many of his progeny have competed successfully at National and State level and his bloodlines still run through modern day horses.
Last Updated 13 February 2008 IU
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