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AQHA HISTORY REPORT
AUSTRALIAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
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KAY HILL KING

( IMP ) Q-330 KAY HILL KING WAS BORN IN TEXAS , USA IN 1966 . SIRED BY THE LEGENDARY KING BRED STALLION , ZANTANON H ( A TOP SIRE OF ARENA PERFORMERS ) AND OUT OF THE MARE , MISS PAULA KAY WHO WAS BY HILL KING . KAY HILL KING CARRIES TWO CROSSES OF KING .
Sire : ZANTANON H USA-18679
Dam : MISS PAULA KAY USA-171248
1999 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
PROFILE : 6 / 4 / 1966-1997 ( 31 years ) • BAY • 11 Registered AQHA progeny Breeder : MS L . F . HANKINS ROCKSPRINGS . TX . USA Owner : G . A . & B . C . ANTHONY COLLECTOR . NSW

One of the first groups of mares imported to Australia by the Winderadeen Corporation , along with Beggar Bingo , Kay Hill King has become a major part in the foundation of the famous broodmare band at Winderadeen .

Sent out with her on the boat to Australia was her daughter by Beggar Bingo ; Bingos Babe ( Q-917 ) who became the dam of : - H Winderadeen Just A Babe ( Q-2002 ) - AQHA Champion . H Shadybabe ( Q-4123 ) - AQHA Champion and
AQHA Youth Champion . H Jet a Babe ( Q-6942 ) - AQHA Champion ,
Superior Western Pleasure . H Booms Babe ( Q-6371 ) - Winner Sires Classic
Pleasure futurity as a two year old . H Babes Beggar ( Q-15110 ) - AQHA Champion H Jet Babe ( Q-10371 ) - Dam of top 1998 Western
Pleasure 2yo - Got the Blues ( Q-34111 ).
Kay Hill King ’ s second foal was the immortal Kay Bingo ( Q- 911 ). This mare was to take out the honour of not only winning the Champion Mare but Supreme Halter exhibit at the first ever Australian Quarter Horse Championships . A final day attendance of 6,000 with yet another 5,000 turned away from the Melbourne Showground illustrated the massive publicity campaign to present the breed to the general public . The well performed daughter of Kay Hill King looked immaculate despite , according to Phil Webb , the difficult time of year for Southern horses ( July ), but Kay Bingo looked every bit the champion of champions . Proving she was not only good looking , the mare partnered Tania Palmer to three National titles . Excelling in her field of Western Pleasure , Kay Bingo made a name for herself as a great ambassador for the Quarter Horse breed .
Kay Bingo joined the Winderadeen broodmare band carrying a bag full of credentials . She already had made a name for
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