Peter McCue
{{short description|Quarter Horse and/or Thoroughbred racehorse and sire}}
{{Infobox named horse
| horsename = Peter McCue
| image = Petermccuewithcaudell.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Peter McCue with Tom Caudill
| breed = registered with The Jockey Club as a Thoroughbred, but sired by a Quarter Horse
| sire = Dan Tucker
| grandsire = Barney Owens
| dam = Nora M (TB)
| damsire = Voltigeur (TB)
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 1895
| country = United States
| color = Bay
| breeder = Samuel Watkins
| owner = Milo Burlingame
Coke Roberds
John Wilkens
| racerecord = 41 starts: 9-5-7
| raceearnings = $2655.00
| honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
}}
Peter McCue (1895–1923) was a racehorse and sire influential in the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA), although he died before the AQHA was formed.
Life
Peter McCue (foaled 1895) was registered in the American Stud Book as a Thoroughbred, sired by Duke of the Highlands, but his breeder and his breeder's family always maintained that he was actually sired by a Quarter Horse stallion named Dan Tucker.Short Unregistered Foundation Sires of the American Quarter Horse pp. 60–61[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/peter+mccue All Breed Pedigree of Peter McCue]Welch "Peter McCue's Family Tree" Quarter Horse Journal pp. 26–29, 48–52 His dam was a Thoroughbred mare named Nora M, who was a double-bred descendant of the imported stallion Glencoe. One story has it that, the horse was named after a neighbor of the Watkins' family, Peter McCue.Dover "How Peter McCue Got His Name" Quarter Horse Journal p. 33'
Racing Career and breeding record
Peter McCue raced for a number of years, then was retired to stud, standing in Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado before his death in 1923.Simmons, et al. Legends 2 pp. 36–45 Among his offspring were Hickory Bill, A D Reed, Shiek P-11, Chief P-5, Harmon Baker, John Wilkens and Jack McCue.
Honors
Peter McCue was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1991.{{cite web |title=Peter McCue |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/peter-mccue |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association | access-date=September 1, 2017 }}
Pedigree
{{Ahnentafel
|1 = Peter McCue
|2 = Dan Tucker
|3 = Nora M (TB)
|4 = Barney Owens
|5 = Lady Bug (Butt Cut)
|6 = Voltigeur (TB)
|7 = Kitty Clyde (TB)
|8 = Cold Deck
|9 = Dollie Overton
|10 = Jack Traveler
|11 = June Bug
|12 = Vandal (TB)
|13 = Duet (TB)
|14 = Star Davis (TB)
|15 = Margravine (TB)
|16 = Old Billy
|17 = Dollie Coker (Maudy)
|18 = unknown
|19 = unknown
|20 = Steel Dust
|21 = Queen
|22 = Harry Bluff
|23 = Munch Meg
|24 = Glencoe (TB)
|25 = Sister to Lucy Lea (TB)
|26 = Highlander (TB) by Glencoe (TB)
|27 = Delta (TB)
|28 = Glencoe (TB)
|29 = Margaret Wood (TB)
|30 = *Margrave (TB)
|31 = Gabriella (TB)}}
Notes
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References
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- [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/peter+mccue All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Peter McCue] retrieved on June 23, 2007
- [https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on September 1, 2017
- {{cite journal |author=Dover, Otto |title=How Peter McCue Got His Name|journal=Quarter Horse Journal|date=April 1953 |page=33}}
- {{cite book |author=Short, Victoria |title=Unregistered Foundation Sires of the American Quarter Horse|location=Houston|publisher=Loshadt Publishing |year=1998}}
- {{cite book |editor1=Simmons, Diane |editor2= Goodhue, Jim |editor3= Holmes, Frank Wakefield |editor4= Livingston, Phil |title= Legends 2: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares |url=https://archive.org/details/legendsoutstandi00simm |url-access=registration |publisher=Western Horseman |location= Colorado Springs, CO |year=1994|isbn=0-911647-30-9}}
- {{cite journal |author=Welch, William |title=Peter McCue's Family Tree |journal=Quarter Horse Journal|date=January 1964| pages=26–29, 48–52}}
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Further reading
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- Burlingame, Milo "Peter McCue – As I Knew Him ..." Quarter Horse Journal, July 1959
- Burlingame, Milo "The Truth About Peter McCue" Texas Livestock Journal December 15, 1949
- Chamberlain, Richard "Quarter Paths" Quarter Racing Journal August 1988
- Denhardt, Robert M. "About Peter McCue" Quarter Horse Journal June 1971
- Denhardt, Robert M. " 'Peter McCue': A Wonder Horse" The Cattleman October 1939
- Dinsmore, Wayne "The Racing Record of Peter McCue" Quarter Horse Journal November 1951
- Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: Folklore of the Southwest" The Blood-Horse January 15, 1944
- Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: Peter McCue, Quarter Horse" The Blood-Horse July 11, 1942
- Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: Peter McCue's Pop" The Blood-Horse January 30, 1943
- Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: The Peter McCue Argument Ends" The Blood-Horse February 9, 1946
- Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: The Peter McCue Scrap" The Blood-Horse November 6, 1948
- Estes, J. A. "Pedigree Points: The Strange Case of Peter McCue" The Blood-Horse November 28, 1942
- Groves, Lesli Krause " 'How Peter Won the Race' " Quarter Horse Journal March 1995
- Groves, Lesli Krause "Happy Birthday, Peter McCue" Quarter Horse Journal February 1995
- Reynolds, Franklin "His Blood is Everywhere" Western Livestock May 1949
- "The Story of Peter McCue" The Quarter Horse September 1948
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130619192452/http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=7064 Peter McCue at Quarter Horse Directory]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161123060553/http://www.foundationhorses.com/horses/mccue_ped.aspx Peter McCue at Foundation Horses]
- [https://shop.westernhorseman.com/products/legends-volume-2 Peter McCue at Quarter Horse Legends]
- [http://216.116.224.149/books/legends2.shtml Peter McCue at Western Horseman]
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