Billy Clegg
{{short description|Quarter horse stallion and sire}}
{{Infobox named horse
| horsename = Billy Clegg
| image =
| caption =
| breed = Quarter Horse
| sire = Paul Ell
| grandsire = Hickory Bill
| dam = Bivarita
| damsire = Billy Sunday
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 1932
| country = United States
| color = Bay
| breeder = Bernard Adams
| owner = Guy M. Troutman
| honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
}}
A Quarter Horse stallion, Billy Clegg (foaled 1932) was a sire during the early years of the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA).
Life
Billy Clegg was registered as number 427 with the AQHA. His stud book entry gives his information as a bay stallion foaled in 1932, bred by Bernard Adams of Alfred, Texas and his owner at registration as Guy M. Troutman of Tucumcari, New Mexico.AQHA Official Stud Book and Registry Combined Books 1–5 p. 92 His sire was Paul El by Hickory Bill by Peter McCue and his dam was Bivarita by Billy Sunday."[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/billy+clegg Pedigree of Billy Clegg]" All Breed Pedigree Database
During his breeding career, Billy Clegg sired two AQHA Race Register of Merit earners – Billy Big Enuf and Dust Storm.Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 108-109 Nine of his daughters went on to produce Register of Merit earners. He sired on AQHA Champion, Billie B Fisher, and several Superior Performance horses, including Chickasha Mike.Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference: 1974 Edition p. 58 Twenty-nine of his daughters produced point earning show horses or racers. Billy Clegg died in 1958.{{cite web |title=Billy Clegg |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/billy-clegg? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=August 20, 2017 }}
Billy Clegg was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1998.
Pedigree
{{Ahnentafel
|1 = Billy Clegg
|2 = Paul Ell
|3 = Bivarita
|4 = Hickory Bill
|5 = Baby Ruth
|6 = Billy Sunday
|7 = mare by Rattler
|8 = Peter McCue
|9 = Lucretia M
|10 = Sykes' Rondo
|11 = May Mangum
|12 = Horace H (TB)
|13 = Carrie Nation
|14 = Rattler
|15 = unknown
|16 = Dan Tucker
|17 = Nora M (TB)
|18 = The Hero (TB)
|19 = Bird
|20 = McCoy Billy
|21 = Grasshopper
|22 = Anthony
|23 = Belle Nellie
|24 = Prince Plenty (TB)
|25 = Hindoo Queen (TB)
|26 = Peter McCue
|27 = Little Easter (TB)
|28 = Sam Bass
|29 = Desha Martin}}
Notes
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References
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- {{cite web |title=Billy Clegg |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/billy-clegg? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=August 20, 2017 }}
- {{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}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/billy+clegg |work=All Breed Pedigree Database |title=Pedigree of Billy Clegg |publisher=AllBreedPedigrees.com|access-date= June 30, 2007}}
- {{cite book |author=Wagoner, Dan |title=Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition |location=Grapevine, TX |publisher=Equine Research|year= 1974}}
- {{cite book |title= Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 |last= Wagoner |first= Dan |year= 1976 |publisher= Equine Research |location= Grapevine, TX }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070823114948/http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=7470 Billy Clegg at Quarter Horse Directory]
- [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4 Billy Clegg at Quarter Horse Legends] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708084606/http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4 |date=July 8, 2007 }}
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