4 The Wrangler, Annual Breeders Edition • January 5-19, 2018
A Smooth Guy, Myers Family's up and
coming son of Frenchmans Guy, injured
his leg beyond repair while playing in his
paddock after arriving at Royal Vista Ranches
in Oklahoma and was laid to rest.
The 2005 son of the leading living Barrel
Racing sire, Frenchmans Guy, was out of
the producing Dry Doc/Jet Smooth mare,
Docs Movida. Docs Movida produced barrel
futurity money earners Frenchmans Dry Lady
and Guys Smooth Jetta, both full siblings to A
Smooth Guy.
He was born and raised on the Myers
Ranch where they knew he was special from
the time he was born. He would later pass that
"special" quality onto his offspring. He was
a striking buckskin stud colt from birth and
developed into not only a barrel horse as his
breeding suggested but a great team roping
horse who was a high level heading and
heeling horse.
As a sire, his first colt to the arena, Ima
Smooth Kidder was a futurity money winner
and was soon followed by the phenom,
Smooth N Famous, who was a multiple
futurity, derby and rodeo winner of $170k+.
They were followed by Parker-Wood
Memorial Futurity Champion, Ima Friendly
Guy and many others. He was also a true all
around performance sire, siring UX Smooth
Talkin Doc who has
won 4 Pole Bending
Futurities in 2017.
Also, A Smooth Guy
colts are quickly
becoming top calf
roping, team roping
and ranch horses.
According to the latest
Equistat sire report,
A Smooth Guy had
sired 31 barrel racing
performers with
$278,229 of earnings
and an average of
$8975 per colt.
Here is the
statement from the
Myers family about A
Smooth Guy's passing
from his Facebook
page:
"It is with heavy
hearts and the deepest sadness, our family
must share that A Smooth Guy was laid to rest.
Smoothie suffered an injury to his leg while
playing in his paddock. After consulting with
several vets, it was agreed that the damage
could not be repaired.
We thank Royal Vista Equine (Laura, Milt,
A Smooth Guy - 2005-2017
Vaughn & Jill) both business associates and
friends who have gone above and beyond in
helping us get thru this tragedy. Those of you
who know us well, know what our horses
mean to us. We feel so Blessed to have had
Smoothie in our lives."
Our thoughts and prayers are with all the
Myers family as they come to grips with the
untimely loss of Smoothie…Rest In Peace
Smoothie.