Depth Charge (horse)

This article is about the Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion. For other uses, see Depth charge (disambiguation).
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. 1 2 3 4 Simmons Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares p. 125
  2. ↑ Depth Charge Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 22, 2007
  3. 1 2 American Quarter Horse Foundation "Depth Charge"
  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
  8. ↑ 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. 
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