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Peppy San Badger (1974–2005) was an American Quarter Horse stallion who won the National Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) Futurity in 1977 and the NCHA Derby in 1978. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) Hall of Fame in 2008.

Life and show career
Peppy San Badger, foaled in 1974 and also known as “Little Peppy”, was a sorrel American Quarter Horse stallion bred by Joe Kirk Fulton of Lubbock, Texas by the famous cutting sire Mr San Peppy and out of Sugar Badger, a daughter of Grey Badger III. He was born at Fulton’s ranch and began early basic training there before he became ill with distemper. Upon recovering from the illness, Peppy San Badger was sold to the King Ranch of South Texas in 1977, where he remained a breeding stallion until his death.

“Little Peppy” was trained by trainer and rider Buster Welch, the same trainer who had ridden his sire, Mr San Peppy, to the win in both the 1974 and 1976 NCHA Open World Championships. San Peppy Badger won the NCHA 1977 Futurity with Welch aboard. Shortly after the Futurity, Welch bought “Little Peppy” after King Ranch decided they did not need him as a junior stallion because they already owned his sire Mr San Peppy and owned him for a year before agreeing to sell him back to King Ranch to become a part of their breeding program. Peppy San Badger, with Welch riding again, won the NCHA Derby in 1978 and reached 10th place in that year’s year-end standings.

Peppy San Badger’s success continued into the 1980s, being named the 1980 NCHA Reserve World Champion. He was also inducted into NCHA Hall of Fame in December of that year. In 1981, he won the Open Division of the NCHA finals and accumulated $172,710 in earnings over the course of his showing career. Peppy San Badger was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2008.

Career as a sire
Peppy San Badger’s career as a sire has had a large impact on the Quarter Horse world. He was the all-time leading sire of the NCHA In his career as a breeding stallion for many years of his career up until 2003. Peppy San Badger sired 2,325 foals registered with the AQHA in 19 seasons. Those foals have earned over 7,200 points in all divisions and have accumulated more than $25 million in earnings.

Some of his notable offspring include:

•	Lil Ruf Peppy, a 1991 stallion out of Mr San Peppy daughter Rufas Peppy, became the National Reining Horse Association’s (or NRHA) ninth $3 million sire with official NRHA offspring earnings of over $3,006,100. Lil Ruf Peppy also won the NRHA Derby Limited Open Championship in 1995 and has $28,000 in NRHA earnings.

•	Vintage Little Taris, a 1991 mare out of Taris Vintage (a daughter of Doc Tari) was inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame in 2008. She finished third in the 1994 NRHA Open Futurity finals and has earned $50,887 over the course of her career. She is also the dam of two NRHA Open Futurity Champions and her offspring earnings amount to $581,822.74.

•	Little Tenina, a 1988 mare out of Doc Bar mare Tenino Fair, won the NCHA Futurity in 1991 with Peppy San Badger’s trainer and rider Buster Welch’s son Greg riding.

Death
Peppy San Badger was euthanized on July 8th 2005 at the age of 31 as a result of his failing health due to his old age. He was buried at King Ranch Headquarters in Texas.