Pecho Dexter
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.[1] In all, he earned a total of 1058 points with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA).
Breed | Quarter Horse |
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Discipline | Showing |
Sire | Poco Pecho |
Grandsire | Poco Pine |
Dam | Miss Hogan |
Maternal grandsire | Joe Dexter |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 1963 |
Country | United States |
Color | Sorrel |
Other awards | |
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 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.[2]
Pecho Dexter died in 1984 and in 2005[3] was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame. [4] He was the second horse inducted into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame[5].
Notes
- Staff "Hall of Fame" Quarter Horse Journal p. 48
- Pecho Dexter Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Pecho Dexter". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- American Quarter Horse Foundation. "Hall of Fame Inductees". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
- "Pecho Dexter". National Snaffle Bit Association. www.nsba.com. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Pecho Dexter retrieved on June 30, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Foundation – Pecho Dexter accessed on September 1, 2017
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 1, 2017
- Staff (March 2005). "Hall of Fame". Quarter Horse Journal: 42–49.
Further reading
- Cratty, John (July 1996). "Pecho Dexter". Quarter Horse Journal: 62–65.