Maddon's Bright Eyes
Breed | Quarter Horse |
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Discipline | Racing |
Sire | Gold Mount |
Grandsire | Brush Mount |
Dam | Plaudette |
Maternal grandsire | King Plaudit (TB) |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 1946 |
Country | United States |
Color | Bay |
Breeder | Charles Shoemaker |
Record | |
25 starts: 18-5-0 speed rating AAA | |
Earnings | |
$16,577.00 | |
Awards | |
1949 World Champion Quarter Running Horse 1951 World Co-Champion Quarter Running Horse | |
Honors | |
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame |
Maddon's Bright Eyes (1946–1958) was a Quarter Horse mare who was a racehorse on the Quarter tracks during around 1950.
Life
Maddon's Bright Eyes was foaled on May 12, 1946, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1] On both her sire's side and her dam's side, she traced to King Plaudit (TB) and Peter McCue.[2]
Maddon's Bright Eyes raced from 1948 to 1952 before suffering a career-ending injury in her last race, which she finished on three legs in second place.[1] Her record over those five years was twenty-five starts, eighteen wins, and five seconds. She finished off the board only twice. Her earnings were $16,576 with a top speed rating of AAA.[3] She was retired after injuring herself in the August 29, 1952, Championship Dash at Centennial Park. She broke so fast from the gate that she ripped a tendon off her stifle joint, and although she came in second, she was hobbling after the race. She retired holding three mare world records: at 300, 250 and 220 yards.[4]
One of Maddon's Bright Eyes' peculiarities was that she liked raw eggs, and she was fed a dozen a day when she was training at the track. She was also known to chase hens off their eggs in order to eat them.[5]
After producing four foals, Maddon's Bright Eyes became paralyzed in her hindquarters and was humanely put down on June 29, 1958.[1] Two of her foals earned their Race Register of Merit – Bright Bar and Me Bright.[3]
Maddon's Bright Eyes was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[6]
She was a half-sister to Bright Eyes Brother, who is a member of the Appaloosa Hall of Fame.
Pedigree
Whisk Broom II (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Chimney Sweep (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Polly Flinders (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Brush Mount | ||||||||||||||||
Jiggs | ||||||||||||||||
Hula Dancer | ||||||||||||||||
mare by Waggoner's Rainy Day P-13 | ||||||||||||||||
Gold Mount | ||||||||||||||||
King Plaudit (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Plaudit | ||||||||||||||||
Colorado Queen | ||||||||||||||||
Miss Helen | ||||||||||||||||
Old Joe by Harmon Baker | ||||||||||||||||
Headlight | ||||||||||||||||
CS mare by Young Cold Deck | ||||||||||||||||
Maddon's Bright Eyes | ||||||||||||||||
Himyar (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Plaudit (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
*Cindarella (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
King Plaudit (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
*Knight of the Thistle (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Wild Thistle (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Galliard (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Plaudette | ||||||||||||||||
Dan Tucker | ||||||||||||||||
Peter McCue | ||||||||||||||||
Nora M (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
Roberds mare by Peter McCue | ||||||||||||||||
Old Fred | ||||||||||||||||
Roberds mare by Old Fred | ||||||||||||||||
unknown | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- 1 2 3 Swan Legends 3 pp. 41–50
- ↑ Maddon's Bright Eyes Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on July 4, 2007
- 1 2 Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 702
- ↑ Keen "Bright Eyes" Quarter Horse Journal November 1952 p. 25
- ↑ Ernenwein "Bright Eyes By Herself" Quarter Horse Journal pp. 9 and 18
- ↑ AQHA Hall of Fame
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Maddon's Bright Eyes retrieved on July 4, 2007
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on October 30, 2011
- Keen, F. Curt (November 1952). "Bright Eyes". Quarter Horse Journal: 25.
- Ernenwein, Leslie (December 1950). "Bright Eyes By Herself". Quarter Horse Journal: 9 & 18.
- Swan, Kathy, ed. (1997). Legends 3:Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs: Western Horseman.
- Wagoner, Dan (1976). Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.