Joe Reed P-3 was registered with number 3 in the AQHA. He was foaled in 1921, the offspring of two famous short track racehorses. He was a
chestnut stallion, bred by Henry Lindsey of
Granger, Texas. When he was registered with the AQHA he was owned by J. J. Slankard, of
Elk City, Oklahoma. He died on May 19, 1947. Joe Reed's dam was a
Louisiana bred quarter
mare whose breeding has always been somewhat controversial. The actual decision to breed Della Moore to Joe Blair has always been attributed to the desire of the
racetrack grooms to quiet the two horses during a backside
craps game. According to this story, Della Moore was in
heat and both she and Joe Blair were making such a racket that it was disturbing the gambling, so the horses were bred to shut them up, without any knowledge of Della Moore's owner Henry Lindsey. Several months later, it became obvious that Della Moore was pregnant and Lindsey tracked down what exactly had happened. Joe Reed later turned into a decent
match racer himself, although all of his racing took place before the organization of the AQHA. == Breeding record and honors ==