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| Birth name | Frank Gerber Merrill |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Horse breeder and general manager of Bob Moore Farms Group, LLC |
| Discipline | NCHA cutting AQHA Halter and performance |
| Born | 1948 Fremont, Michigan |
| Spouse(s) | Robin Severinsen |
| Major wins/Championships | AQHA World Champion Cutting |
| Lifetime achievements | AQHA Hall of Fame (2013), Oklahoma Quarter Horse Hall of Fame (2012) |
| Significant horses | |
| Miss Jim 45, Royal Santana | |
| Website | |
| Bob Moore Farms | |
Frank Merrill (born 1948) began his career in the quarter horse industry in the 1970s when he moved to Purcell, Oklahoma.[1] During his 50+ year career as a Quarter Horse breeder and exhibitor, Merrill accumulated numerous championship titles in several different disciplines, including halter horse competition, horse racing, reining, cutting, working cow horse, and calf roping. Two of the horses he showed, Royal Santana and Miss Jim 45, were inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2000 and 2012 respectively. In 2013, he was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) Hall of Fame,[2] and is a past president of the AQHA. He is an AQHA director at large, a director of the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA), a trustee of the United States Equine Foundation, and a director of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
- ^ Wall, Judith (1980). "Oklahoma's Horse Industry:Sittin' Tall In The Saddle". Oklahoma Today. Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
- ^ "Frank Merrill". Retrieved 15 February 2017.