| Smart Little Lena | |
|---|---|
| Breed | American Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Cutting |
| Sire | Doc O'Lena |
| Grandsire | Doc Bar |
| Dam | Smart Peppy |
| Maternal grandsire | Peppy San |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | June 29, 1979 |
| Died | August 30, 2010 (aged 31) Manion Ranch Aubrey, Texas |
| Country | United States of America |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Hanes Chatham |
| Earnings | |
| $US743,275 | |
| Major wins | |
| NCHA Futurity, NCHA Super Stakes and NCHA Derby | |
| Honours | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame National Cutting Horse Association Hall of Fame | |
Smart Little Lena (June 29, 1979–August 30, 2010) was an AQHA registered Quarter Horse, an NCHA Triple Crown Champion cutting horse, and sire of champion cutting horses. He was inducted into both the AQHA Hall of Fame and NCHA Horse Hall of Fame. He was sired by NCHA Futurity Champion Doc O'Lena and out of the mare Smart Peppy by Peppy San, who was the first NCHA World Champion to sire an NCHA World Champion.[1]
Smart Little Lena was a dark sorrel stallion with a blazed face and white socks on both hind feet.[2] He was a small horse, standing only 13.3 hands (55 inches, 140 cm). Hanes Chatham bred and raised Smart Little Lena, broke him and started him on cattle as a two-year-old.[3][4] The late Bill Freeman of Rosston, Texas trained and showed Smart Little Lena throughout his career.[5]
Chatham created the Smart Little Lena syndicate in 1982, co-managed the syndicate with Freeman, and sold the initial shares for $5,000.00 each.[6] Smart Little Lena was the first cutting horse stallion to be syndicated prior to ever being shown.[4]
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