Depth Charge (horse)
| Depth Charge | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Bold Venture |
| Grandsire | imported St. Germans |
| Dam | Quickly |
| Damsire | Haste |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1941 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | brown |
| Breeder | John D. Hertz |
| Record | 16 starts: 5-3-2 |
| Earnings | $5,943.00 |
| Major wins | |
| 3rd Myles Standish Stakes | |
| Honours | |
| AQHA Hall of Fame | |
Depth Charge (1941–1965) was a Thoroughbred son of Bold Venture who went on to become an outstanding sire of American Quarter Horse racehorses.[1] He was posthumously inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame
Background[edit]
Depth Charge was a registered Thoroughbred son of Bold Venture. His dam was a mare named Quickly, a descendant of The Tetrarch and the imported to the United States stallion Rock Sand.[2] Depth Charge was bred by John D. Hertz.[3] Quickly was also the dam of Count Fleet, a U. S. Triple Crown winner.[4] Depth Charge was a year younger than his famous half brother.
Racing career[edit]
Depth Charge raced on the Thoroughbred tracks, piling up a record of five wins, three seconds and two thirds from sixteen starts. His total earnings were $5,943.00, including a third place finish in the Myles Standish Stakes.[1]
Stud career[edit]
During his breeding career, Depth Charge sired 174 Thoroughbred foals, with 149 starters and 121 winners.[5] He also sired 220 Quarter Horse foals, with 80 of them earning their AQHA Race Register of Merits.[1] Among his offspring were the Quarter Horse racehorses Johnny Dial, Super Charge, Tiny Charger, Dividend, and Miss Queenie.[6] He also sired Thoroughbred stakes winners including Dark Charger, Free Stride, Queen Margie and Baloma.[5] His highest race earning Quarter Horse foal was Three Deep, who earned $35,258.00.[7]
Death and honors[edit]
Depth Charge died in 1965,[3] at Shamrock, Texas.[1] He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1991.[3]
Pedigree[edit]
| =John O'Gaunt | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Swynford | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Canterbury Pilgrim | |||||||||||||||||||
| *St. Germans | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Torpoint | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Hamoaze | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Maid of the Mist | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bold Venture | |||||||||||||||||||
| Commando | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ultimus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Running Stream | |||||||||||||||||||
| Possible | |||||||||||||||||||
| Royal Flush | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lida Flush | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lida H | |||||||||||||||||||
| Depth Charge | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Maintenon | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Maintenant | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Martha Gorman | |||||||||||||||||||
| Haste | |||||||||||||||||||
| Meddler | |||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Malaprop | |||||||||||||||||||
| Correction | |||||||||||||||||||
| Quickly | |||||||||||||||||||
| =The Tetrarch | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Stefan the Great | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Perfect Peach | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stephanie | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Rock Sand | |||||||||||||||||||
| Malachite | |||||||||||||||||||
| Miss Hanover | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d Close and Simmons Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares p. 125
- ^ "Depth Charge pedigree". Equineline. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
- ^ a b c American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Depth Charge". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- ^ Hogan Index to Stakes Winners Volume 2 p. 410
- ^ a b Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau Sires of American Stakes Horses p. 284
- ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 26–27
- ^ Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest pp. 288–290
References[edit]
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Depth Charge retrieved on June 22, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Depth Charge". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau (1975). Sires of American Stakes Horses 1926–1975. Lexington, KY: Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau.
- Close, Pat; Simmons, Diane, eds. (1993). Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-26-0.
- Hogan, Clio D. (n.d.). Index to Stakes Winners 1865–1967. Solvang, CA: Flag Is Up Farms.
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.
- Wagoner, Dan (1974). Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.
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