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dam of Pancho Villa, a sprinter winning such races as the King’s Bishop at 7 furlongs. Pancho Villa is a full brother to Terlingua.
Stephanie is by Stefan The Great, winner of the 6 furlong Middle Park Stakes at two.
He was injured in the 2000 Guineas and re- tired with two wins in three starts. Stefan The Great is by The Tetrarch, an undefeated race horse that won all seven of his starts at two including the Champagne Stakes, Woodcote Stakes, Coventry Stakes and National Breeder’s Produce Stakes. The Tetrarch shows his speed in these races, as they were run from 5 furlongs to 1 mile. His injury prevented his running in longer races and he was retired to stud.
The Tetrarch is a source of speed in our modern horses. His influence comes from horses like Mumtaz Mahal, the dam of Mumtaz Begum (the dam of Nasrullah) and Sun Princess (the dam of Royal Charger). Royal Charger and Nasrullah are 3/4-brothers and are found in the pedigree of Seattle Slew. Mumtaz Mahal is the dam of Mah Mahal the dam of Mahmoud, who showed his speed as
a winner of the 7 furlong Champagne Stakes and the 6 furlong Richmond Stakes. He also won the Epsom Derby at 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 6 yards. Mahmoud was the sire of Moolah Bux, who is a sire of Quarter Horse runners.
The dam of Stephanie is Malachite, winner of the 1916 Alabama Stakes, the last year the race was run at a mile and 1 furlong. Malachite is by Rock Sand and is out of Miss Hanover
by Hanover. Rock Sand was the 1903 British Triple Crown winner that included the Epsom Derby, Two Thousand Guineas and the St Leger. He was also noted for his speed as the winner of the sprint races the Woodcote Stakes, Coventry Stakes and the Champagne Stakes.
When Depth Charge’s racing career end- ed, he returned to Texas. The King Ranch sent him to John Dial, a racehorse owner, breeder and trainer who played a key role in the King Ranch race program in Texas. Dial had sold Chicaro to the King Ranch, the Thoroughbred that is credited with founding the King Ranch entry into Thoroughbred racing. Dial was the first to stand the King Ranch-bred Top Deck and was also the trainer of 3-Time AQHA World Champion Woven Web TB that the King Ranch sent to Quarter Horse racing as Miss Princess.
Depth Charge started his breeding career in 1947, giving him his first crop of colts
in 1948. The AQHA shows 10 foals were reported in this crop, including two stakes winners and one stakes placed runner.
Several of these early Depth Charge run- ners were out of Thoroughbred mares, so they were Thoroughbreds that competed
in both Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred
races. These runners included Encantadora, winner of the 1950 Central Bar and Grill Futurity. She was undefeated from three starts in Quarter Horse races and had 28 starts in Thoroughbred races that included 11 victo- ries. Encantadora was a stakes winner in the 1st Division of the 1950 Silver Stakes and set three Track Records at Centennial Race Track, including a World Record for 5 furlongs in 57 seconds. This mare was King Ranch bred and out of Bruja, by Livery. The dam of Bruja was Chicaro’s Hallie by Chicaro.
La Marga is the stakes placed runner in the 1948 first crop by Depth Charge. She ran third in the 1950 Central Bar and Grill Futurity, giving the King Ranch a first and third in this early futurity. La Marga is out of Witch Brew by Remolino, and her dam is Bruja by Livery.
Johnny Dial, a 1948 son of Depth Charge, is one of the runners not bred by the King Ranch. His dam is the Cajun bred running mare Black Annie by Rodney. Bred by the Hepler Brothers, Johnny Dial ran from 1950 to 1952, starting in 27 Quarter Horse races than included 13 wins, six second place finishes and two thirds. He was the 1952 World Champion and the 1952 Champion Stallion. He earned a total of $22,906.
Johnny Dial went a long way in helping establish Depth Charge as a sire of speed.
He set or equaled four track records at four different tracks, including equaling a track record at La Mesa for 220 yards in :12.2, set- ting a New Track Record at Los Alamitos go- ing 330 yards in :17.1, setting a New Track Record at Albuquerque going 400 yards in :20.8, and setting a New Track Record at Bay Meadows going 440 yards in :22.1.
The 1949 crop for Depth Charge also did their share of promoting their sire. He sired 12 starters in Quarter Horse races that included nine ROM, three stakes winners and two stakes placed runners. The stakes winners were Chudej’s Black Gold, Miss Tacubaya and Brigand.
Brigand raced from 1951 to 1958. Equineline.com gives his Thoroughbred race record as nine starts at two with five wins, two seconds and two thirds. He was second in the Duncan F. Kenner Stakes and won $5,391
on Thoroughbred tracks. He started in 75 Quarter Horse races with 37 wins and 20 stakes wins, earning $45,964. His stakes wins include the New Mexico Breeders’ Derby and the New Mexico State Fair Championship in 1952. He won his third Peter McCue Stakes in 1957 and was the AQHA 1952, 1953 and 1954 Champion Gelding. He broke down in 1958 and is buried in the infield at
Ruidoso Downs. Brigand’s dam, Border Jane by Boojum and out of Chicaro Jane by Chica- ro was also bred by King Ranch.
stakes placed runner. Her stakes winner is 1943 Triple Crown winner Count Fleet by Reigh Count. Depth Charge is the only foal out of Quickly that is not sired by Reigh Count.
Reigh Fleet, a daughter of Quickly and Reigh Count, was the winner of one race in seven starts. Reigh Fleet’s best runner was Fleeting Charge by Depth Charge. This inbred gelding won $115,192 with wins in races like the Playfair Mile. This gives Fleeting Charge a 2 X 2 inbreeding pattern to Quickly.
Quickly is by Haste, winner of the 1925 Grand Union Hotel Stakes and the Saratoga Stakes both at 6 furlongs. He came back at three to win the 1 mile 1926 Withers Stakes. Haste is by Maintenant and out of Miss Malaprop by Meddler.
Miss Malaprop is out of Correction, a full sister to Domino that won 38 of 122 starts with 35 seconds and 22 thirds. Miss Malaprop was a noted sprinter and a mul- tiple stakes winner, including the 6 furlong Toboggan Handicap, which is now a Grade III stakes. This gives Depth Charge another infusion of the Lexington and Boston nick with Glencoe. It also gives Depth Charge
a collateral linebreeding pattern to the full siblings Correction and Domino.
The dam of Quickly is winner Stephanie, who is also the dam of such stakes winners
as Crout Au Pot, Great Haste (full brother to Quickly) and Silver Spear. Stephanie is also the dam of Stepwisely, the dam of Bolero who set several Track Records and two World Records that included a win in the 1950 Pacific Handicap where he ran 6 furlongs in 1:08 1/5. Bolero is the sire of Bolero Rose, the dam of Crimson Saint who is the dam of Terlingua, the dam of the leading Thorough- bred sire Storm Cat. Crimson Saint is the
3-time Quarter Horse World Champion Woven Web TB was sent to Quarter Horse racing by the King Ranch and ran under the name Miss Princess.
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