Cherokee Levan was an outstanding performance horse and his conformation was excellent. His head was not as refined as much as I would have liked it, but he crossed well with my mares, throwing refined heads. He accumulated 18 performance points before and after he was used as a stud. They consisted of 8 trail points and 10 western pleasure points, where he received his ROM. He was not shown further because he was turned out with mares by age 2. However, Cherokee really shined in producing champion show horses. Of his 76 foals, 14 were shown. Of these performing horses, 11 horses earned a total of 216 halter points. 8 earned 208 performing points. 6 earned their ROM's, and two were APHA superior horses. Three won Championship titles.

                In regard to youth horses, 6 horses earned 153 total halter points, and 7 earned 796 total performance points. He produced one APHA youth champion (Coy Cherokee). 4 horses won 53 halter points on the amateur level, and 7 horses produced 92 performance points. Two horses won their ROM's on the amateur level. Cherokee was also the grandsire of Gyro Gee, a 1992 APHA champion. (see Nodak Chick Page)