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.
| 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 | |
Life
editSteel 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Denhardt, Robert Moorman (1979). The Quarter Running Horse. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press.
- ^ Price, Steven D. (1999). The American Quarter Horse. New York, New York: The Lyons Press. ISBN 1-55821-643-X.
- ^ a b Chamberlain, Richard (April 26, 2022). "Steel Dust". AQHA. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ TSHA | Quarter Horses