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{{short description|20th-century American Thoroughbred racehorse}}
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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Depth Charge
| image =
| caption = – Depth Charge –
| sire = [[Bold Venture (horse)|Bold Venture]]
| grandsire = imported St. Germans
| dam = [[Quickly (horse)|Quickly]]
| damsire = [[Haste (horse)|Haste]]
| sex = [[Stallion]]
| foaled = 1941
| country = United States
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|brown]]
| breeder = John D. Hertz
| owner =
| trainer =
| record = 16 starts: 5-3-2
| earnings = $5,943.00
| race = 3rd Myles Standish Stakes
| awards=
| honours = [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame|AQHA Hall of Fame]]
}}
'''Depth Charge''' (1941–1965) was a [[Thoroughbred]] son of [[Bold Venture (horse)|Bold Venture]] who went on to become an outstanding [[sire]] of [[American Quarter Horse]] [[racehorses]].<ref name=Legends>Close and Simmons ''Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares'' p. 125</ref> He was posthumously inducted into the [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame|AQHA Hall of Fame]]
==Background==
Depth Charge was a registered Thoroughbred son of Bold Venture. His dam was a mare named [[Quickly (horse)|Quickly]], a descendant of [[The Tetrarch]] and the imported to the United States stallion [[Rock Sand]].<ref name="pedigree">{{cite web|url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/=Rey%20de%20Oro%20(JPN)?page_state=DISPLAY_REPORT&reference_number=10183583&registry=T&horse_name==Rey%20de%20Oro%20(JPN)&dam_name==La%20Dorada%20(JPN)&foaling_year=2014&include_sire_line=N&include_truenick=N|title=Depth Charge pedigree |publisher=Equineline |date= |access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref> Depth Charge was bred by John D. Hertz.<ref name=DC>{{cite web |title=Depth Charge |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/depth-charge? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=August 30, 2017 }}</ref> Quickly was also the dam of [[Count Fleet]], a [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U. S. Triple Crown]] winner.<ref name=Hogan1>Hogan ''Index to Stakes Winners'' Volume 2 p. 410</ref> Depth Charge was a year younger than his famous half brother.
==Racing career==
Depth Charge raced on the Thoroughbred tracks, piling up a record of five wins, three seconds and two thirds from sixteen starts. His total earnings were $5,943.00, including a third place finish in the Myles Standish Stakes.<ref name=Legends/>
==Stud career==
During his breeding career, Depth Charge sired 174 Thoroughbred [[foal]]s, with 149 starters and 121 winners.<ref name=Sires>Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau ''Sires of American Stakes Horses'' p. 284</ref> He also sired 220 Quarter Horse foals, with 80 of them earning their AQHA Race Register of Merits.<ref name=Legends/> Among his offspring were the Quarter Horse racehorses Johnny Dial, Super Charge, Tiny Charger, Dividend, and Miss Queenie.<ref>Pitzer ''The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires'' pp. 26–27</ref> He also sired Thoroughbred stakes winners including Dark Charger, Free Stride, Queen Margie and Baloma.<ref name=Sires/> His highest race earning Quarter Horse foal was Three Deep, who earned $35,258.00.<ref name=Digest>Wagoner ''Quarter Racing Digest'' pp. 288–290</ref>
==Death and honors==
Depth Charge died in 1965,<ref name=DC /> at [[Shamrock, Texas]].<ref name=Legends/>  He was inducted into the [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame|AQHA Hall of Fame]] in 1991.<ref name=DC/>
==Pedigree==
{{Ahnentafel
|1 = Depth Charge
|2 = [[Bold Venture (horse)|Bold Venture]]
|3 = [[Quickly (horse)|Quickly]]
|4 = *St. Germans
|5 = Possible
|6 = [[Haste (horse)|Haste]]
|7 = Stephanie
|8 = =[[Swynford]]
|9 = =Hamoaze
|10 = Ultimus
|11 = Lida Flush
|12 = *Maintenant
|13 = Miss Malaprop
|14 = *Stefan the Great
|15 = Malachite
|16 = =John O'Gaunt
|17 = =[[Canterbury Pilgrim]]
|18 = =Torpoint
|19 = =Maid of the Mist
|20 = [[Commando (horse)|Commando]]
|21 = Running Stream
|22 = Royal Flush
|23 = Lida H
|24 = =Maintenon
|25 = =Martha Gorman
|26 = [[Meddler (horse)|Meddler]]
|27 = Correction
|28 = [[The Tetrarch|=The Tetrarch]]
|29 = =Perfect Peach
|30 = [[Rock Sand|*Rock Sand]]
|31 = Miss Hanover}}
==Notes==
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==References==
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* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/depth+charge All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Depth Charge] retrieved on June 22, 2007
* {{cite web |title=Depth Charge |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/depth-charge? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association  |access-date=August 30, 2017 }}
* {{cite book |author=Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau |title=Sires of American Stakes Horses 1926–1975 |location= Lexington, KY|publisher= Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau |year= 1975}}
* {{cite book |editor1=Close, Pat |editor2=Simmons, Diane |title= Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares |publisher=Western Horseman |location=Colorado Springs, CO |year=1993 |isbn=0-911647-26-0 }}
* {{cite book |author=Hogan, Clio D. |title=Index to Stakes Winners 1865–1967|location= Solvang, CA |publisher=Flag Is Up Farms |year=n.d.}}
* {{cite book |author= Pitzer, Andrea Laycock |title= The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires |year= 1987 |publisher= Premier Pedigrees |location= Tacoma, WA }}
* {{cite book |author=Wagoner, Dan |title=Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition |location=Grapevine, TX |publisher=Equine Research|year= 1974}}
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130618134755/http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=7335 Depth Charge at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home32 Depth Charge at Quarter Horse Legends]
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[[Category:Racehorses bred in the United States]]
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[[Category:American Quarter Horse sires]]
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[[Category:Thoroughbred family 6-a]]
[[Category:AQHA Hall of Fame (horses)]]