Wiescamp Horses

Encores Secret's mother was a branded Wiescamp ranch mare. She came from a line of horses that had been selectively bred for many years by the famous breeder of Quarter and Paint horses Hank Wiescamp in Colorado. Her sire was the great Silent String. Hank Wiescamp was quoted as saying that Silent String was probably the greatest horse to ever come out of his quarter horse breeding program. The problem was that Silent String had too much white to be registered as a quarter horse at the time, but he was successfully registered as a paint. The secretary of registration at the time for the AQHA even wrote a letter back to Mr. Wiescamp saying that turning down Silent String for Quarter Horse registration was one of the hardest things he ever had to do.

We highly recommend the book "The Hank Wiescamp Story: The Authorized Biography of the Legendary Colorado Horseman"  by Frank Holmes for anyone interested in the man and his famous horses. More than fifteen different horses from Encores Secret's pedigree are pictured in the book. Many more are at least mentioned. The most amazing pictures are the two of Silent String. Encores Secret and Silent String are almost identical in both color and conformation. This is evidence of the genetic strength of the Wiescamp bred horses. Encores Secret's sire Encore also goes back to many Wiescamp bred horses.

The two pictures on the left are Silent String, the two on the right are Encores Secret.

Silent String

Here are some more pictures of Wiescamp-bred horses in Encores Secret's bloodline.