Maddon's Bright Eyes
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Racing |
| Sire | Gold Mount |
| Grandsire | Brush Mount |
| Dam | Plaudette |
| Maternal grandsire | King Plaudit (TB) |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1946 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Charles Shoemaker |
| Record | |
|
25 starts: 18-5-0 speed rating AAA | |
| Earnings | |
| $16,577.00 | |
| Awards | |
|
1949 World Champion Quarter Running Horse 1951 World Co-Champion Quarter Running Horse | |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Maddon's Bright Eyes (1946–1958) was a Quarter Horse mare who was a racehorse on the Quarter tracks during around 1950.
Life
Maddon's Bright Eyes was foaled on May 12, 1946, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1] On both her sire's side and her dam's side, she traced to King Plaudit (TB) and Peter McCue.[2]
Maddon's Bright Eyes raced from 1948 to 1952 before suffering a career-ending injury in her last race, which she finished on three legs in second place.[1] Her record over those five years was twenty-five starts, eighteen wins, and five seconds. She finished off the board only twice. Her earnings were $16,576 with a top speed rating of AAA.[3] She was retired after injuring herself in the August 29, 1952, Championship Dash at Centennial Park. She broke so fast from the gate that she ripped a tendon off her stifle joint, and although she came in second, she was hobbling after the race. She retired holding three mare world records: at 300, 250 and 220 yards.[4]
One of Maddon's Bright Eyes' peculiarities was that she liked raw eggs, and she was fed a dozen a day when she was training at the track. She was also known to chase hens off their eggs in order to eat them.[5]
After producing four foals, Maddon's Bright Eyes became paralyzed in her hindquarters and was humanely put down on June 29, 1958.[1] Two of her foals earned their Race Register of Merit – Bright Bar and Me Bright.[3]
Maddon's Bright Eyes was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[6]
She was a half-sister to Bright Eyes Brother, who is a member of the Appaloosa Hall of Fame.
Pedigree
| Whisk Broom II (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Chimney Sweep (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Polly Flinders (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Brush Mount | ||||||||||||||||
| Jiggs | ||||||||||||||||
| Hula Dancer | ||||||||||||||||
| mare by Waggoner's Rainy Day P-13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gold Mount | ||||||||||||||||
| King Plaudit (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Plaudit | ||||||||||||||||
| Colorado Queen | ||||||||||||||||
| Miss Helen | ||||||||||||||||
| Old Joe by Harmon Baker | ||||||||||||||||
| Headlight | ||||||||||||||||
| CS mare by Young Cold Deck | ||||||||||||||||
| Maddon's Bright Eyes | ||||||||||||||||
| Himyar (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Plaudit (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| *Cindarella (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| King Plaudit (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| *Knight of the Thistle (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Wild Thistle (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Galliard (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Plaudette | ||||||||||||||||
| Dan Tucker | ||||||||||||||||
| Peter McCue | ||||||||||||||||
| Nora M (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Roberds mare by Peter McCue | ||||||||||||||||
| Old Fred | ||||||||||||||||
| Roberds mare by Old Fred | ||||||||||||||||
| unknown | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Swan Legends 3 pp. 41–50
- ↑ Maddon's Bright Eyes Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on July 4, 2007
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 702
- ↑ Keen "Bright Eyes" Quarter Horse Journal November 1952 p. 25
- ↑ Ernenwein "Bright Eyes By Herself" Quarter Horse Journal pp. 9 and 18
- ↑ AQHA Hall of Fame
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Maddon's Bright Eyes retrieved on July 4, 2007
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on October 30, 2011
- Keen, F. Curt (November 1952). "Bright Eyes". Quarter Horse Journal: 25.
- Ernenwein, Leslie (December 1950). "Bright Eyes By Herself". Quarter Horse Journal: 9 & 18.
- Swan, Kathy, ed. (1997). Legends 3:Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs: Western Horseman.
- Wagoner, Dan (1976). Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.