Sire Dan Tucker Dam Nora M (TB) Foaled 1895 | Grandsire Barney Owens Maternal grandsire Voltigeur (TB) Died 1923 | |
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Breed registered with The Jockey Club as a Thoroughbred, but sired by a Quarter Horse | ||
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.
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- Rob mcconnell interviews peter mccue zones of strangeness an examination of paranormal and
- Life
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Rob mcconnell interviews peter mccue zones of strangeness an examination of paranormal and
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. 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.
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. Among his offspring were Hickory Bill, A D Reed, Shiek P-11, Chief P-5, Harmon Baker, John Wilkens and Jack McCue.
Peter McCue was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.