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The 1950 Depth Charge crop had seven starters with six ROM and one stakes win- ner, Midnight Charge, winner of the 1952 Pawhuska Futurity and the Eagle Pass Futu- rity. Midnight Charge is out of Sugar Babe Garcia by Band Play.
Baloma is another Thoroughbred run- ner that came from the 1950 Depth Charge crop. She had six starts on the Thoroughbred tracks with two wins, including the Debu- tante Stakes at the Fairgrounds in New Orleans where she set a New Track Record for 2 furlongs in :21.8. Baloma ran 2 furlongs again in the same time for her second win in Mexico. She raced at Quarter Horse tracks in 1953, earning her ROM and winning one of three starts with two second place finishes.
Baloma is by Depth Charge by Bold Venture, and out of Woven Web, or Miss Prin- cess as she was known in Quarter Horse racing. Woven Web is by Bold Venture, making Baloma inbred to Bold Venture with a 2 X 2 breeding pattern. The dam of Woven Web is Bruja by Liv- ery and she is out of Chicaro Hallie by Chicaro.
Haunted, from the 1950 crop by Depth Charge, ran on Thoroughbred tracks and never had a start in a Quarter Horse race. She won the 1950 Cinderella Stakes as one of her four wins from 12 starts. She was second in the Hollywood Lassie Stakes. The dam of Haunted was Bruja by Livery and out of Chicaro’s Hallie by Chicaro.
The 1951 crop was the last crop sired
by Depth Charge in Texas, as he was sent to stand at the Kentucky Division of the King Ranch. This move to Kentucky was another twist in his life that could have ended his success as a Quarter Horse sire. However, he was not well accepted by Kentucky breeders and he was later sold.
This last Texas crop of 1951 gave Depth Charge 11 starters, eight ROM, three stakes winners, and one stakes placed runner. His stakes winners were Dividend, Super Charge and That’s My Boy. Dividend won four stakes, including the Shue Fly Stakes. He was out of Diamond Chick by Chicaro. Super Charge won two stakes races, including the South- western Futurity. He was out of O’Quinn Midget by King P-234. That’s My Boy won two stakes, including the Central Bar and Grill Futurity. He was out of Ada Fields by Gotch.
The first Depth Charge crop produced in Kentucky was foaled in 1952. He had only five Quarter Horse starters with just two ROM, all out of Thoroughbred mares. The ROM earners included Spanish Charge, a 2-time stakes winner in the Ruidoso Derby and State Fair Stallion Stakes.
Depth Charge sired only two starters in Quarter Horse races from 1955 to 1957. They
were Dry Powder and Submersion. Dry Power had one start on Quarter Horse tracks and was unplaced. Dry Power made 57 Thoroughbred starts, including 13 wins and she placed in the 1957 Miss Cleveland Stakes. The dam of Dry Powder is Brown Satin by Contradiction. Sub- mersion had 47 starts with only four wins and was unplaced from one start on Quarter Horse tracks. She is out of Beau Maid by Beau Pere.
Depth Charge found himself back in Quarter Horse territory when he was sold
to Audie Murphy in 1957. Gordon Shultz, who later bought an interest in Depth Charge with Murphy, stood the horse. His 1958 foals show 13 starters with 10 ROM, one stakes winner and two stakes placed. His stakes win- ner was Midland Miss, winner of the Brigand Handicap. Midland Miss is out of Bobbie Leo by Leo by Champion Joe Reed II, and out of Frye’s Breeze by Flying Bob by Chicaro.
His stakes placed runners were Three Deep and Miss Queenie. Three Deep fin- ished second in the 1960 All American Futurity and 1961 Ruidoso Derby. She is out of Myrna Three by Three Bars. Myrna Three is out of Miss Myrna by Chicaro Bill by Chicaro. Miss Queenie was stakes placed, with thirds in the PCQHRA Futurity and the PCQHRA California Bred Futurity. This mare is out of World Champion Queenie, who is by Flying Bob by Chicaro.
The 1959 crop by Depth Charge shows eight starters, with six ROM and three stakes placed runners. The first stakes placed run- ner is Chica Charge, who was second in the Southwestern Futurity. He is out of Chica Bar by Three Bars. The dam of Chica Bar is Chicaro Annie C by Chicaro Bill by Chicaro. The second stakes placed runner was Gold- seeker, out of Anniversary, who finished sec- ond in the Magic Empire Futurity and third in the Do Good Stakes. The third stakes winner is 1963 Champion Aged Stallion The Haymaker, who finished third in the Ruido- so Derby. He was out of Hy Dale by Hygro.
The 1960 crop for Depth Charge included nine starters with five ROM, including stakes winner Tiny Charger and stakes placed Deep Bob. Tiny Charger won three stakes races, including the Inaugural Handicap at Los Alamitos. Tiny Charger is out of Clabber Tiny by Clabber II. Deep Bob was placed in four stakes races, including a second in the Colo- rado Wonderland Handicap. Deep Bob is a full brother to Midland Miss as they are out
of Bobbie Leo by Leo by Joe Reed II and their dam is Frye’s Breeze by Flying Bob by Chicaro.
Depth Charge changed ownership in 1960 when Hugh Huntley bought him. His 1961 crop had 11 starters and nine ROM, including stakes winner Pokey Chargette and
Depth Charge’s siring career began in 1947 and ended in 1966.
1952, 1953 and 1954 Quarter Horse Champion Gelding Brigand, from the 1949 crop by Depth Charge, raced on both Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse tracks.
World Champion Johnny Dial, a
1948 Quarter Horse son of Depth Charge, helped establish his sire as a progenitor of speed. Johnny Dial set or equaled four track records at four different tracks.
Chica Charge is one of three stakes runners from the 1959 crop by Depth Charge. The others are 1963 Champion Aged Stallion The Haymaker and Goldseeker.
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