Depth Charge (horse)

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Depth Charge
Sire Bold Venture
Grandsire *St. Germans
Dam Quickly
Damsire Haste
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1941
Country United States
Colour brown
Breeder John D. Hertz
Record 16-5-3-2
Earnings $5943.00
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
3rd Myles Standish Stakes
Honours
AQHA Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: February 3, 2008.

Depth Charge was a Thoroughbred son of Bold Venture who went on to become an outstanding sire of Quarter horse racehorses.[1]

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[edit] Life

Depth Charge was a registered Thoroughbred son of Bold Venture. His dam was a mare named Quickly, a descendant of The Tetrarch and *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.

He raced on the Thoroughbred tracks, piling up a record of five wins, three seconds and two thirds from sixteen starts. His total earnings were $5943.00, including a third place finish in the Myles Standish Stakes.[1] He died at Shamrock, Texas in 1965.[1]

He 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] He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[8]

[edit] 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
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Simmons, Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares p. 125
  2. ^ Depth Charge Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 22, 2007
  3. ^ a b American Quarter Horse Foundation - Depth Charge accessed February 3, 2008
  4. ^ Hogan Index to Stakes Winners Vol. 2 p. 410
  5. ^ a b Sires of American Stakes Horses p. 284
  6. ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 26-27
  7. ^ Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 288-290
  8. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008

[edit] References

  • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Depth Charge retrieved on June 22, 2007
  • American Quarter Horse Foundation - Depth Charge accessed February 3, 2008
  • AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  • Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau Sires of American Stakes Horses 1926-1975 2 Volumes Lexington, Kentucky: Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau 1975
  • Hogan, Clio D. Index to Stakes Winners 1865-1967 2 Volumes Solvang, California: Flag Is Up Farms no date
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, WA:Premier Pedigrees 1987
  • Simmons, Diance C. Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1993
  • Wagoner, Dan Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1976

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