Jet Jockey - was born at Dickinson Cattle Co on 1-18-86, from embryo transfer. His sire was Bail Jumper and dam was Better Yet by Impressive. He was stunning from a day old calf, grew fast and at one time was over a ton.
He serviced as a yearling and 2 year old at DCC. From the breeding pasture he was removed one day before, and hauled to the World Show at Fort Worth, June 1988. Unlike many of the highly fed cattle of today, he was shown in pasture breeding condition. Jet Jockey had won several championships but his strongest competition was a bull named Right Hand Man shown by Louann Christ of Kansas. RHM was a son of Cowcatcher and Jet Jockey was a grandson. Each bull shared back and forth the top honors. Louann had won Miss Rodeo Kansas, so that may have had some regard over me holding the lead on Jet Jockey.
I showed JJ at the World Show and he was a pain. He was a kind disposition, but slept through every event. His back was a tad low so I lifted his back as much as possible with a stick, which was a major lift. He wanted to sleep so I lifted his head as high as possible. Showing him was an exhausting exercise workout. If you relaxed either point he dropped down immediately. After the torture of the show Jet Jockey was awarded World All Age Bull Champion. He was the first and one of the only World All Age Grand Champion bulls to be over 60" T2T. He may still hold that record. It was always torture to show Jet Jockey, but certainly worth it for all the Championships he won.
His female line is in Circle K Donovan's pedigree. He was an ancestor of Not Gunna, Jester, Juma, Drag Iron, Winchester, Westward Ho, JuJu, Kookadoo, Tempter, Lacey Jet (world champion female) Clear Win, and Clear Point. Right Hand Man was purchased by George and Peggy Wilhite. He sired Texas W Rose Bud the grand dam of JP Rio Grande and great great grand dam of Cowboy Tuff Chex. All the truly great sires have a strong foundation of strong genetics.
Although few know about or talk of Jet Jockey, with a long look back in the pedigrees, he is back there. He was a leader in his day, but due to some of his new owners semen was not easily available.
