Carl Miles knew how to promote a stallion. Joker B. was his first success in the Appaloosa breeding business, and Carl followed Joker B.’s astonishing career with red roan stallion Prince Plaudit.
Foaled in 1963, Prince Plaudit (Red Plaudit, ApHC x Princess Rita, ID) came from Hank Wiescamp’s famous breeding program. Carl Miles purchased the colt in 1965 as a 2-year-old along with 40 Wiescamp broodmares.
Carl, who lived in Abilene, Texas, started nationally promoting Prince Plaudit in front of the horse public. According to a September 1971 Appaloosa News article, “Carl Miles and the Super Horse,” the stallion was grand champion at the Fort Worth, San Antonio and Southeastern stock shows with trainer Harry Reed of Abilene, Texas.
In 1974 Carl put Prince Plaudit in his dispersal sale where the stallion brought $260,000 from Doug Stone and Dickie Turner of Levelland, Texas. They, in turn, formed the Prince Plaudit Syndicate and sold six shares for $50,000 each and a total syndicate price of $300,000. Carl Miles managed the syndicate until his death in 1976.
Prince Plaudit sired an amazing 675 registered Appaloosa foals during his 22-year breeding career. His get faltered on the track but reigned in the show pen. The stallion doesn’t have an Appaloosa show record of his own, but in 1975 and 1976, his foals earned a total of two bronze medallions and two superior achievement certificates for him in get of sire.
He sired 75 performance point earners with a total of 2,312.5 points. In halter, 74 earned 1,085 points. His get have collected 47 registers of merit, two halter superior event titles, seven performance superior event titles, four Club championships, two versatility championships, eight superior achievement certificates, 21 bronze medallions, three silver medallions and one gold medallion.
Prince Plaudit died of natural causes in 1988.
