- Quo Vadis (horse)
Horse infobox
horsename = Quo Vadis
caption = - Quo Vadis -
breed =Quarter Horse
discipline = Showing
sire = Little Lloyd
grandsire = Babe Grande
dam = Miss Circle H III
damsire = Brown Caesar
sex =Mare
foaled =1952
country =United States
color = Black
breeder = Ross Roberts
owner = Marianne Randals
otherawards= AQHA Performance Register of Merit, AQHA Champion
honors =American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated=January 12 2008 Quo Vadis was an outstanding Quarter Horse show
mare as well as being an outstandingbroodmare in the early days of theAmerican Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA).Life
She was foaled 1952 and bred by Ross Roberts of
San Jon, New Mexico .Swan "Legends 3" p 136] She was a black mare, owned at the time of registration by Marianne Randals ofSnyder, Texas .AQHA "Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 6-10" p. 642] Both her sire and her dam's sire were products of theKing Ranch linebreeding program, so Quo Vadis was descended from Old Sorrel twice. She also traced five times to Peter McCue as well as once to Traveler. [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/quo+vadis3 Quo Vadis Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree] retrieved on June 26, 2007]In her show career, she earned an AQHA Championship as well as a Performance Register of Merit.Wagoner "Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition" p. 568] She earned a total of forty open halter points with the AQHA, and twenty-nine open performance points. She earned points in cutting,
working cow horse ,reining , and western riding. She also earned $208.40 inNational Cutting Horse Association (or NCHA) cutting competition. [ [http://www.nchacutting.com/ag/shows/earnings_lookup.php Quo Vadis NCHA Earnings] retrieved on July 5, 2007]After her show career, she retired to become a broodmare. She had twelve
foal s in total. Eleven of them earned AQHA points in halter. Four of them became AQHA Champions - Mr. Perfection, Poco Becky, Bonita Dondi, and Kaliman. Three foals earned a Superior Halter Horse award - Madonna Dell, Mr. Perfection, and Kaliman. She also foaled Majestic Dell, a stallion who earned forty-nine halter points, just one shy of his Superior Halter Horse.She 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] in 2002. [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/images/Quo%20Vadis.pdf American Quarter Horse Foundation - Quo Vadis] accessed on February 3, 2008]
Pedigree
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1 = Quo Vadis
2 = Little Lloyd
3 = Miss Circle H III
4 = Babe Grande
5 = Estufa
6 = Brown Caesar
7 = Bess
8 = Old Sorrel
9 = Roan Hickory Bill Mare
10 = Pancho Villa
11 = Canales mare
12 = Babe Grande
13 = Conley Roan Mare
14 = Kenney Stud
15 = June Bug mare
16 = Hickory Bill
17 = Dr. Rose mare
18 = Hickory Bill
19 = Mamie Jay
20 = Little Joe
21 = Jeanette
22 = unknown
23 = unknown
24 = Old Sorrel
25 = Roan Hickory Bill Mare
26 = Little Hickory
27 = mare by Garcia Roan
28 = Yellow Wolf
29 = unknown
30 = Windy City (TB)
31 = unknownNotes
References
* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/quo+vadis3 All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Quo Vadis] retrieved on June 26, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/images/Quo%20Vadis.pdf American Quarter Horse Foundation - Quo Vadis] accessed on February 3, 2008
* [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 6-7-8-9-10" Amarillo, Texas: American Quarter Horse Association 1962
* " [http://www.nchacutting.com/ag/shows/earnings_lookup.php Quo Vadis NCHA Earnings] " retrieved on July 5, 2007
* Swan, Kathy ed. "Legends 3:Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1997
* Wagoner, Dan "Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition" Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1974External links
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=23894&sex=mare Quo Vadis at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222223 Quo Vadis at Quarter Horse Legends]
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