Joy, a Stud Book Thoroughbred mare
and Sydney race winner by the imported
Thoroughbred stallion, Stockade. Max
McTaggart, a well-respected Australian
horseman, purchased Elgrando as a
rising two-year-old from Sam Hordern
Jnr and Jack Reilly at HR Run in
Penrith, NSW. Max and Elgrando were
a formidable team for many years at
rodeos, cutting competitions and Quarter
Horse shows, competing in every aspect
of the western horse industry. Elgrando
was the first induction into the NCHA’s
Heritage Horses Hall of Fame in 1991,
in recognition of his contribution to the
history and sport of cutting. In 1998 he
was also inducted into the AQHA Hall of
Fame.
Shortly after the arrival of the first
American Quarter Horses, the Hordern
family founded Yulgilbar Quarter
Horse Stud, the name derived from
Yulgilbar Station, their heritage-listed
family property on the Clarence River
near Grafton, NSW. The