Pecho Dexter

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{{short description|Quarter Horse show horse}}

{{Infobox named horse

| horsename = Pecho Dexter

| image =

| breed = Quarter Horse

| discipline = Showing

| caption =

| sire = Poco Pecho

| grandsire = Poco Pine

| dam = Miss Hogan

| damsire = Joe Dexter

| sex = Gelding

| foaled = 1963

| country = United States

| color = Sorrel

| otherawards= 1966 & 1967 & 1969 & 1970 AQHA High Point Halter Horse
1966 & 1967 & 1969 & 1970 High Point Western Pleasure Horse
1968 & 1969 & 1970 AQHA High Point English Pleasure Horse
1968 & 1969 AQHA High Point Trail Horse

| honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame

}}

Pecho Dexter (1963–1984) was an American Quarter Horse. He earned his slot in the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame by the claiming 13 year-end high point awards in four years, showing in halter, western pleasure, trail horse, and what was then called English Pleasure, but is now Hunter Under Saddle.Staff "Hall of Fame" Quarter Horse Journal p. 48 In all, he earned a total of 1058 points with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA).

Pecho Dexter was a gelding, a son of Poco Pecho, grandson of Hall of Fame member Poco Pine, and a descendant of Poco Bueno. His dam Miss Hogan was a double descendant of Golden Chief. He also traced to Peter McCue and Joe Hancock P-455.[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/pecho+dexter Pecho Dexter Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree]

Pecho Dexter died in 1984 and in 2005{{cite web |title=Pecho Dexter |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/pecho-dexter? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=September 1, 2017 }} was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.{{cite web |author=American Quarter Horse Foundation |title= Hall of Fame Inductees |work=AQHA Hall of Fame |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=September 1, 2017 }} He was the second horse inducted into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame.{{cite web |title=Pecho Dexter |url=https://www.nsba.com/nsba-hall-of-fame |website=National Snaffle Bit Association |publisher=www.nsba.com |access-date=May 11, 2019}}