Peter McCue

Horse infobox
horsename = Peter McCue


caption = - Peter McCue with Tom Caudill -
breed = registered with The Jockey Club as a Thoroughbred, but sired by a Quarter Horse
sire = Dan Tucker
grandsire = Barney Owens
dam = Nora M (TB)
damsire = Voltigeur (TB)
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1895
country = United States
color = Bay
breeder = Samuel Watkins
owner = Milo Burlingame, Coke Roberds, John Wilkens
racerecord = 41-9-5-7
raceearnings = $2655.00
honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated= January 12 2008

Peter McCue (1895–1923) was a racehorse and sire influential in the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA), although he died before the AQHA was formed.

Life

Peter McCue (foaled 1895) was registered in the "American Stud Book" as a Thoroughbred, sired by Duke of the Highlands, but his breeder and his breeder's family always maintained that he was actually sired by a Quarter Horse stallion named Dan Tucker.Short "Unregistered Foundation Sires of the American Quarter Horse" p. 60-61] [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/peter+mccue All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Peter McCue] retrieved on June 23, 2007] Welch "Peter McCue's Family Tree" "Quarter Horse Journal" January 1964 p. 26-29, 48-52] His dam was a Thoroughbred mare named Nora M, who was a double-bred descendant of *Glencoe. One story has it that the horse was named after a neighbor of the Watkins' family, Peter McCue.Dover "How Peter McCue Got His Name" "Quarter Horse Journal" April 1953 p. 33]

He raced for a number of years, then was retired to stud, standing in Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado before his death in 1923. Close "Legends 2" p. 36-45] Among his offspring were Hickory Bill, A D Reed, Shiek P-11, Chief P-5, Harmon Baker, John Wilkens and Jack McCue.

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 = Peter McCue
2 = Dan Tucker
3 = Nora M (TB)
4 = Barney Owens
5 = Lady Bug (Butt Cut)
6 = Voltigeur (TB)
7 = Kitty Clyde (TB)
8 = Cold Deck
9 = Dollie Overton
10 = Jack Traveler
11 = June Bug
12 = Vandal (TB)
13 = Duet (TB)
14 = Star Davis (TB)
15 = Margravine (TB)
16 = Old Billy
17 = Dollie Coker (Maudy)
18 = unknown
19 = unknown
20 = Steel Dust
21 = Queen
22 = Harry Bluff
23 = Munch Meg
24 = Glencoe (TB)
25 = Sister to Lucy Lea (TB)
26 = Highlander (TB) by Glencoe (TB)
27 = Delta (TB)
28 = Glencoe (TB)
29 = Margaret Wood (TB)
30 = *Margrave (TB)
31 = Gabriella (TB)

Notes

References

* " [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/peter+mccue All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Peter McCue] " retrieved on June 23, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Close, Pat ed. "Legends 2: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1994 ISBN 0-911647-30-9
* Dover, Otto "How Peter McCue Got His Name" "Quarter Horse Journal" April 1953 p. 33
* Short, Victoria "Unregistered Foundation Sires of the American Quarter Horse" Houston:Loshadt Publishing 1998
* Welch, William "Peter McCue's Family Tree" "Quarter Horse Journal" January 1964 p. 26-29, 48-52

Further reading

* Burlingame, Milo "Peter McCue - As I Knew Him ..." Quarter Horse Journal July 1959
* Burlingame, Milo "The Truth About Peter McCue" "Texas Livestock Journal" December 15, 1949
* Chamberlain, Richard "Quarter Paths" "Quarter Racing Journal" August 1988
* Denhardt, Robert M. "About Peter McCue" "Quarter Horse Journal" June 1971
* Denhardt, Robert M. " 'Peter McCue': A Wonder Horse" "The Cattleman" October 1939
* Dinsmore, Wayne "The Racing Record of Peter McCue" "Quarter Horse Journal" November 1951
* Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: Folklore of the Southwest" "The Blood-Horse" January 15, 1944
* Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: Peter McCue, Quarter Horse" "The Blood-Horse" July 11, 1942
* Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: Peter McCue's Pop" "The Blood-Horse" January 30, 1943
* Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: The Peter McCue Argument Ends" "The Blood-Horse" February 9, 1946
* Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: The Peter McCue Scrap" "The Blood-Horse" November 6, 1948
* Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: The Strange Case of Peter McCue" "The Blood-Horse" November 28, 1942
* Groves, Lesli Krause " 'How Peter Won the Race' " "Quarter Horse Journal" March 1995
* Groves, Lesli Krause "Happy Birthday, Peter McCue" "Quarter Horse Journal" February 1995
* Reynolds, Franklin "His Blood is Everywhere" "Western Livestock" May 1949
* "The Story of Peter McCue" "The Quarter Horse" September 1948

External links

* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=7064 Peter McCue at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://www.foundationhorses.com/mccue_ped.htm Peter McCue at Foundation Horses]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222222 Peter McCue at Quarter Horse Legends]
* [http://216.116.224.149/books/legends2.shtml Peter McCue at Western Horseman]