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{{About|the Quarter Horse racehorse||Shoofly (disambiguation){{!}}Shoofly}}
{{short description|Quarter Horse race horse and broodmare}}
{{Infobox named horse
| horsename = Shue Fly
| image =
| caption =
| breed = [[American Quarter Horse|Quarter Horse]]
| discipline = [[Horse racing|Racing]]
| sire = Cowboy P-12
| grandsire = Yellow Jacket
| dam = Lady Luck
| damsire = Booger Red
| sex = [[Mare]]
| foaled = 1937
| country = United States
| color = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]]
| breeder = Lloyd Miller
| owner = Hepler Brothers
| racerecord = 11 starts: 10-1-0<br>AAA [[Speed index|speed rating]]
| raceawards= 1941 & 1942 & 1943 World Champion Quarter Running Horse
| honors = [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame]]
}}
'''Shue Fly''' (1937–1963) was a [[Quarter Horse]] [[mare]] who was one of the dominant [[racehorse]]s on the [[racetrack]] during the 1940s.
==Life==
Shue Fly was registered with the [[American Quarter Horse Association]] (or AQHA) as number 717. She was a [[Chestnut (coat)|chestnut]] mare, foaled in 1937 and bred by Lloyd Miller of Chamita, New Mexico. She was owned by the Hepler Brothers of [[Carlsbad, New Mexico]] at the time she was registered. Her sire was Cowboy P-12, and she was out of Lady Luck by Booger Red by Rancocas, a [[Thoroughbred]]. The second dam was an unnamed Thoroughbred mare.<ref name=StudBook>American Quarter Horse Association ''Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 1–5'' p. 101</ref> Through her sire, she descended from Yellow Jacket and [[Peter McCue (horse)|Peter McCue]] twice. Her dam was a descendant of [[Iroquois (horse)|Iroquois]], the first American bred Thoroughbred to win a major race in England.<ref name=Pedigree>''[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/shue+fly Shue Fly Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree]''</ref> Some early reports had her dam as a mare named Nancy M who was by Jack McCue (a son of [[Peter McCue]]) and out of Fanny by Jack McCue. However, the Hepler brothers, who raced and then used Shue Fly as a [[broodmare]], investigated her background and came to the conclusion that she was out of Lady Luck.<ref name=Meet>Nye "Meet the Champ" ''The Quarter Horse'' pp. 9 & 15</ref>
== Racing career ==
During Shue Fly's racing career she was named the World Champion Quarter Running Horse for 1941–1942, for 1942–1943, and for 1943–1944.<ref name=Digest>Wagoner ''Quarter Racing Digest'' p. 1087</ref> The official AQHA records show her starting six times, with two wins and a top [[Speed index|speed rating]] of AAA.<ref name=Digest/> However, the 1946 ''Yearbook of the American Quarter Racing Association'' (or AQRA) states that she had won ten of eleven starts.<ref name=AQRA46>American Quarter Racing Association ''Quarter Running Horse 1946'' p. 17</ref> Her very first race was when she was three, and had just been broke to ride, when she went up against Question Mark in a half mile race. She finished second, but it was a good finish for a green-broke mare. Next, in December 1941, she was matched against [[Clabber (horse)|Clabber]] at the distance of a quarter mile, and won, setting a track record in the process.<ref name=Meet/> In the 1942 Championship race, she went to her knees coming out of the [[starting gate]], but managed to get up and finish first by a nose, beating Clabber, Nobodies Friend and Joe Tom.<ref name=Nye>Nye ''Great Moments in Quarter Racing History'' pp. 23–25</ref>
== Broodmare record ==
As a broodmare, Shue Fly produced three [[foal]]s that earned a Race Register of Merit, including Royal Charge.<ref name="Digest" />
== Death and honors ==
She died in 1963.<ref name="SF">{{cite web |title=Shue Fly |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/shue-fly? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=September 2, 2017 }}</ref>
Shue Fly was inducted into the [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame|AQHA Hall of Fame]] in 2005.<ref name=SF/>
==Pedigree==
{{Ahnentafel
|1 = Shue Fly
|2 = Cowboy P-12
|3 = Lady Luck
|4 = Yellow Jacket
|5 =Roan Lady
|6 = Booger Red
|7 =Thoroughbred mare
|8 = Little Rondo
|9 = Barbee Dun
|10 = Stalks
|11 = Bonnie Wilkens
|12 = Rancocas (TB)
|13 = Heely
|14 =unknown
|15 = unknown
|16 = Lock's Rondo
|17 = Minnie Franks
|18 = Lock's Rondo
|19 = Mary Lee
|20 = John Wilkens
|21 = Cora
|22 = John Wilkens
|23 = Jarene
|24 = [[Iroquois (horse)|Iroquois (TB)]]
|25 =Ontario (TB)
|26 = Blue Dick
|27 = Mittie Stephens}}
==Notes==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
* ''[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/shue+fly All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Shue Fly]'' retrieved on June 30, 2007
* ''[https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/shue-fly? American Quarter Horse Foundation&nbsp;– Shue Fly]'' accessed on November 11, 2010
* {{cite book |author=American Quarter Horse Association |title=Official Stud Book and Registry Combined Books 1-2-3-4-5|location= Amarillo, TX |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |year=1961}}
* ''[https://www.aqha.com/museum/pages/about/hall-of-fame/ AQHA Hall of Fame]'' accessed on September 2, 2017
* {{cite book |author=American Quarter Racing Association | title=The Quarter Running Horse 1946: Year Book and Register of Merit of the American Quarter Racing Association| year= 1946}}
* {{cite book |title= Great Moments in Quarter Racing History |last=Nye |first=Nelson C.|year= 1983 |publisher= Arco Publishing |location=New York|isbn= 0-668-05304-6 }}
* {{cite journal |authorlink=Nelson Nye|author=Nye, Nelson C. |title=Meet the Champ |journal=The Quarter Horse |date=May 1947 |pages=9 & 15}}
{{refend}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130619051340/http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=27582&amp;sex=mare Shue Fly at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home422222222322 Shue Fly at Quarter Horse Legends]
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[[Category:American Quarter Horse racehorses]]
[[Category:1937 racehorse births]]
[[Category:1963 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:AQHA Hall of Fame (horses)]]