- Texas Dandy
Horse infobox
horsename = Texas Dandy
caption = - Texas Dandy -
breed =Quarter Horse
discipline = Racing
sire = My Texas Dandy
grandsire =
dam = Streak
damsire = Lone Star by Gold Enamel (TB)
sex =Stallion
foaled =1942
country =United States
color = Sorrel
breeder = R. C. Tatum
owner = B. E. Brooks, Will Northington, Finley Ranches
racerecord = 14-3-1-1, A speed rating
raceearnings = $61.00
raceawards= AQHA Race Register of Merit
honors =American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated=January 12 2008 Texas Dandy was a
Quarter Horse stallion who not only raced well, and sired outstandingbroodmare s, he was a movie star also.Life
Texas Dandy was a 1942 sorrel stallion registered as number 2112 with the
American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). His sire was My Texas Dandy #4900, and his dam was Streak #612. He was bred by R. C. Tatum ofJunction, Texas and owned by W. A. Northington ofEgypt, Texas when he was registered with the AQHA.AQHA "Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 1-5" p. 147] His sire was inbred to *Porte Drapeau, an importedThoroughbred stallion. His dam was a daughter of one of the many unregistered Lone Stars, this one being the one sired by Gold Enamel, a Thoroughbred. [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/texas+dandy All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Texas Danday] retrieved on June 30, 2007]Texas Dandy raced for three years, with fourteen starts to his credit. He won three times, came in second once, and third once. He received a Race Register of Merit in 1947 with an A speed rating. He earned a total of $61.00 in race earnings.Wagoner "Quarter Racing Digest" p. 1189-1190]
Texas Dandy was an early ambassador for the Quarter Horse breed when he co-starred in "Boy From Indiana" a 1950 film.Wohlfarth "Keeping Tradition" p. 73] The movie's story involved a farmboy from Indiana who started working for a Quarter Horse trainer in Arizona and ended up as the trainer's main jockey. The real problem in the movie was getting the finish filmed, as it called for the Quarter Horse, played by Texas Dandy, to beat a Thoroughbred race horse by a nose in a match race. It was to be filmed up close, by filming from a truck on the racetrack. However, Texas Dandy ran past the truck at least three times before he was finally tired enough to allow the Thoroughbred to come close to finishing with him.Chamberlain "Lights, Camera, Action" "Quarter Horse Journal" May 1995 p. 10]
Besides starring in movies, he also was a noted sire. Many of his offspring earned Race Register of Merits with the AQHA, and he also sired three AQHA Champions - Little Egypt, Echols' Dandy, and Front Row.Wagoner "Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition" p. 707] His daughter Dandy Doll was the dam of
Doc Bar .He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame. [ [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008]
Pedigree
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1 = Texas Dandy
2 = My Texas Dandy
3 = Streak
4 = *Porte Drapeau (TB)
5 = Sadie M
6 = Lone Star
7 = mare by Cap
8 = =Sunstar (TB)
9 = =Bright Cherry (TB)
10 = Little Dick
11 = mare by *Porte Drapeau (TB)
12 = Gold Enamel (TB)
13 = Quarter mare
14 = Cap
15 = Duderstadt quarter mare
16 = =Sundridge (TB)
17 = =Doris (TB)
18 = =Ayrshire (TB)
19 = =Cerisette (TB)
20 = Sleepy Dick
21 = Flora
22 = *Porte Drapeau (TB)
23 = mare by Panmure (TB)
24 = *Maddison (TB)
25 = Enamel (TB)
26 = unknown
27 = unknown
28 = Tom Glover
29 =Dutchie
30 = unknown
31 = unknownNotes
References
* " [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/texas+dandy All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Texas Dandy] " retrieved on June 30, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* American Quarter Horse Association "Official Stud Book and Registry Combined Books 1-2-3-4-5" Amarillo, Texas:American Quarter Horse Association 1961
* Chamberlain, Richard "Lights, Camera, Action" "Quarter Horse Journal" May 1995 p. 10
* Wagoner, Dan "Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition" Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1974
* Wagoner, Dan "Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976" Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1976
* Wohlfarth, Jenny "Keeping Tradition" "Quarter Horse Journal" March 1995 p. 68-74External links
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=7036 Texas Dandy at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042278/ The Boy from Indiana Page from Internet Movie Database]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222223222 Texas Dandy at Quarter Horse Legends]
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