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]
Life
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.
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]
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]
Depth Charge died in 1965,[3] at Shamrock, Texas.[1] He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[8]
Pedigree
| =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
- 1 2 3 4 Simmons Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares p. 125
- ↑ Depth Charge Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 22, 2007
- 1 2 American Quarter Horse Foundation "Depth Charge"
- ↑ Hogan Index to Stakes Winners Volume 2 p. 410
- 1 2 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
- ↑ American Quarter Horse Association "AQHA Hall of Fame"
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Depth Charge retrieved on June 22, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "AQHA Hall of Fame". American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- American Quarter Horse Foundation. "Depth Charge" (PDF). Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau (1975). Sires of American Stakes Horses 1926–1975. Lexington, KY: Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau.
- 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.
- Close, Pat; Simmons, Diane (editors) (1993). Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-26-0.
- Wagoner, Dan (1976). Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.