Depth Charge
SireBold Venture
Grandsireimported St. Germans
DamQuickly
DamsireHaste
SexStallion
Foaled1941
CountryUnited States
Colourbrown
BreederJohn D. Hertz
Record16 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

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

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

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

Depth Charge died in 1965,[3] at Shamrock, Texas.[1] He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1991.[3]

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. 1 2 3 4 Close and Simmons Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares p. 125
  2. ↑ "Depth Charge pedigree". Equineline. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Depth Charge". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  4. ↑ Hogan Index to Stakes Winners Volume 2 p. 410
  5. 1 2 Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau Sires of American Stakes Horses p. 284
  6. ↑ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 26–27
  7. ↑ Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest pp. 288–290

References

  • 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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