Plenty San Briar

Plenty San Briar, our Sophia, was another legendary mare we were honored to own in her twilight years. Raised by Sam Shoultz of KESA Quarter Horses, Sophia was a 1998 Blue Roan mare. She carried a blend of foundation families that speaks directly to what we appreciate in a breeding program. Sophia is buried here on our farm, where her place in our story will always be remembered.

It was Sophia’s Plenty Try lineage that first drew Bradley to her. The opportunity to own a direct daughter of Plenty Try was what made her particularly special to us. Through him, she carried Gooseberry and Heather Dividend close up, giving us a personal connection to a branch of the Blue Valentine family we have long admired.

Sophia was by Plenty Try, the Gooseberry son out of Heather Dividend, and out of Briarwood San. Her dam combined Sak Em San, a son of Peppy San, with Sand Drifter. Through Sand Drifter’s parents, Orphan Drift and Poco Driftalona, her pedigree reaches Driftwood through both Driftwood Ike and Keetawood. Plenty Try supplies the Blue Valentine connection, with Texas Blue Bonnet farther back through Plenty Coup.

That combination places Sophia at the meeting point of the Blue Valentine and Driftwood families we love, with Peppy San adding another important branch. Owning her allowed us to know a mare behind those names personally. Her memorial belongs here alongside the other mares whose lives became part of B&T.