Roy's instinct for great horses and hard ranch work was bred into him through his roots. He accepted his employment title as "cowboy" in Young, Arizona at the age of 15 with his cousins who chose Arizona rather than Texas, employed by W.C. McFadden.
July 1, 1933, Roy married Virginia Lee Wentworth in Gila, Arizona. Sadly, in 1938, their only child died at birth. Roy and Virginia bought the farm in Yuma, Arizona. Roy invested in a drug store in Globe, Arizona in the early 1940s and Virginia worked for the County of Gila as a clerk.
Roy invested in a young Quarter Horse that had a bit of a reputation on the track in California. His name was "Sugar Bars." He "raced Sugar Bars through the summer and fall of ’54. The sorrel colt ran last as many times as he did first. During his last race, Sugar Bars ran a 350-yard race in :18.10, a AAA time, and as fast as the fabled Moon Deck with the same weight." (AQHA) Roy sold Sugar Bars to breeder Bud Warren of Oklahoma where his success siring foals remains over the decades and into the 21st century.
Roy's farming produced "Valley Feed Yards, Inc." in El Centro, California; and "Hittson and Homiter" in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He continued racing Quarter Horses in California.
At the end of his life, he went home to Arizona.
July 1, 1933, Roy married Virginia Lee Wentworth in Gila, Arizona. Sadly, in 1938, their only child died at birth. Roy and Virginia bought the farm in Yuma, Arizona. Roy invested in a drug store in Globe, Arizona in the early 1940s and Virginia worked for the County of Gila as a clerk.
Roy invested in a young Quarter Horse that had a bit of a reputation on the track in California. His name was "Sugar Bars." He "raced Sugar Bars through the summer and fall of ’54. The sorrel colt ran last as many times as he did first. During his last race, Sugar Bars ran a 350-yard race in :18.10, a AAA time, and as fast as the fabled Moon Deck with the same weight." (AQHA) Roy sold Sugar Bars to breeder Bud Warren of Oklahoma where his success siring foals remains over the decades and into the 21st century.
Roy's farming produced "Valley Feed Yards, Inc." in El Centro, California; and "Hittson and Homiter" in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He continued racing Quarter Horses in California.
At the end of his life, he went home to Arizona.
Roy's instinct for great horses and hard ranch work was bred into him through his roots. He accepted his employment title as "cowboy" in Young, Arizona at the age of 15 with his cousins who chose Arizona rather than Texas, employed by W.C. McFadden.
July 1, 1933, Roy married Virginia Lee Wentworth in Gila, Arizona. Sadly, in 1938, their only child died at birth. Roy and Virginia bought the farm in Yuma, Arizona. Roy invested in a drug store in Globe, Arizona in the early 1940s and Virginia worked for the County of Gila as a clerk.
Roy invested in a young Quarter Horse that had a bit of a reputation on the track in California. His name was "Sugar Bars." He "raced Sugar Bars through the summer and fall of ’54. The sorrel colt ran last as many times as he did first. During his last race, Sugar Bars ran a 350-yard race in :18.10, a AAA time, and as fast as the fabled Moon Deck with the same weight." (AQHA) Roy sold Sugar Bars to breeder Bud Warren of Oklahoma where his success siring foals remains over the decades and into the 21st century.
Roy's farming produced "Valley Feed Yards, Inc." in El Centro, California; and "Hittson and Homiter" in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He continued racing Quarter Horses in California.
At the end of his life, he went home to Arizona.
July 1, 1933, Roy married Virginia Lee Wentworth in Gila, Arizona. Sadly, in 1938, their only child died at birth. Roy and Virginia bought the farm in Yuma, Arizona. Roy invested in a drug store in Globe, Arizona in the early 1940s and Virginia worked for the County of Gila as a clerk.
Roy invested in a young Quarter Horse that had a bit of a reputation on the track in California. His name was "Sugar Bars." He "raced Sugar Bars through the summer and fall of ’54. The sorrel colt ran last as many times as he did first. During his last race, Sugar Bars ran a 350-yard race in :18.10, a AAA time, and as fast as the fabled Moon Deck with the same weight." (AQHA) Roy sold Sugar Bars to breeder Bud Warren of Oklahoma where his success siring foals remains over the decades and into the 21st century.
Roy's farming produced "Valley Feed Yards, Inc." in El Centro, California; and "Hittson and Homiter" in Tucumcari, New Mexico. He continued racing Quarter Horses in California.
At the end of his life, he went home to Arizona.
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