Steel Dust
| Steel Dust | |
|---|---|
| Breed | American Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Race horse, stock horse |
| Sire | Harry Bluff |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1843 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | bay |
| Major wins | |
| Match race against Monmouth | |
Steel Dust was one of the founding sires of the American Quarter Horse. Very little is verifiable about his history and there is much conjecture and disagreement amongst sources.
Life
[edit | edit source]Steel Dust was foaled about 1843 in Kentucky.[1] His sire was Harry Bluff, whose sire was Short Whip (or Short's Whip) and dam was Big Nance, a descendant of Timoleon.[1][2] It is believed that he was taken to Texas in 1845 by Middleton Perry and Jones Greene, where he was used as a work horse and was run in match races.[3] He was bay in color, just over fifteen hands high, and weighed about 1,200 pounds.[1]
Steel Dust won his most important race, held in Collin County, Texas, as a three-year-old against a horse named Monmouth. He was retired after an injury, and died sometime between 1864 and 1874.[4][3]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ TSHA | Quarter Horses