American Paint Horse Association (APHA) leading sire Gentlemen Send Roses (Gus), passed away last month at his home of 23 years in Indiana.

Owned by Brent and Julie Harnish, of South Bend, the  1999 homozygous stallion was sired by Whata Investment (by The Big Investment) and was out of HF Runforthe Roses, a multiple World Champion mare by Skips Artist.

Although unshown himself due to an injury suffered as a yearling, Gus is the sire of World and Reserve World Champions and for the last 10 years has been on the top five APHA Performance sire and Halter sire lists.