Lane Hudson liked Bright Eyes Brother so much he went searching for an Appaloosa mare to breed to the stallion. He found a mare from Quarter Horse parentage, whom Quarter Horse people called a roan and Appaloosa people called an Appaloosa. After two attempts, Lane bought Peggy’s Delight from Fred Field. On the first attempt, Lane and Fred couldn’t agree on a price, and Lane pulled his trailer away empty. At their second encounter, Lane took Peggy’s Delight home and bred her to Cecil Dobbin’s stallion Bright Eyes Brother in 1959.
Peggy’s Delight produced Mighty Bright on April 15, 1960. At first glance, Lane didn’t know what to think of the colt, who wore a bright blaze and tall white stockings. Lane looked closer and saw the frosty-white blanket and impeccable conformation, and realized the quality of his colt. Mighty Bright entered the show pen three times as a weanling, winning all three classes and earning the Mountain and Plains Appaloosa Association’s high-point weanling title. Peggy’s Delight won high-point broodmare honors for Mountain and Plains that same year.
A leg injury cut Mighty Bright’s show career short, but he went on to prove himself as a sire of great Appaloosas. They excelled in halter and performance classes throughout Colorado and Texas. Mighty Bright became the first GEAR Supreme Champion Sire of Performance Horses. He earned this title by siring five certificate of versatility earners or GEAR champions: Mighty Marshall, Mighty High, Mighty Gun Smoke, Mighty Mona and Mighty Amy.
The stallion sired 189 foals, with his last crop born in 1975. Mighty Bright died during the spring of 1974 due to heart complications.
