Oklahoma Star

{{short description|Quarter Horse racehorse and sire}} {{Infobox named horse | horsename = Oklahoma Star P-6 | image = | caption = | breed = Quarter Horse | discipline = Racing | sire = Dennis Reed (TB) | grandsire = Lobos (TB) | dam = Cutthroat | damsire = Gulliver | sex = Stallion | foaled = 1915 | country = United States | color = Bay | breeder = Tommy Moore | owner = Tommy Moore, Ronald Mason | honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame }}

For many years, '''Oklahoma Star''' (1915–1943) was known simply as the '''Tommy Moore Horse''', after his breeder, owner, trainer and race jockey.<ref name=Short>Short ''First Twenty Quarter Horses'' pp. 70-75</ref> He was an influential Quarter Horse stallion in the early days of the breed.

==Life==

Oklahoma Star was foaled in 1915 in Oklahoma and raced in match races for many years throughout Oklahoma.<ref name=Legends2>Simmons, et al. ''Legends 2'' p. 77-78</ref> He was bred by Tommy Moore of Oklahoma.<ref name=Denhardt1>Denhardt "Foundation Sire Oklahoma Star P-6" ''Quarter Horse Journal'' pp. 26-27, 70, 72, 402</ref> Eventually, he was registered with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA), as number 6 in the AQHA's stud book. His stud book entry gives his breeding as being sired by Dennis Reed, a Thoroughbred, with a first dam being Cutthroat by Gulliver by Missouri Rondo. The second dam was given as OK by Dan Tucker. However, this is a corrected entry. The original entry had the same sire and dam, but the original entry had Cutthroat by Bonnie Joe, a Thoroughbred and out of Big Em by Rocky Mountain Tom.<ref name=StudBook>AQHA ''Official Stud Book and Registry Combined 1–5'' p. 79</ref> Cutthroat's breeding still remains somewhat murky, as Moore was evasive about her exact breeding.<ref name=Short/><ref name=Denhardt>Denhardt ''Foundation Dams'' p. 113</ref><ref name=Pedigree>[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/oklahoma+star All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Oklahoma Star] retrieved on June 23, 2007</ref><ref name=Beckman>Beckman "The Tommy Moore Horse" ''Quarter Horse Journal'' pp. 36-37</ref>

== Racing career == Moore raced Oklahoma Star all over Oklahoma, matching him against all comers, usually riding the horse himself because of fears that the opposing side would bribe the jockey. Because Moore was almost fifty years old and weighed about 150 pounds, this meant that Oklahoma Star didn't always win every race, but he won enough. Ronald Mason, who later owned the horse, told Robert Denhardt that the best race distance for the stallion was an eighth of a mile.<ref name=Denhardt1/> Oklahoma Star was a mahogany bay in color, with just a white star on his forehead, a small white spot on his left foreleg, and a white sock on his left hind leg.<ref name=Beckman/>

== Breeding record and death == Eventually, Moore was forced to sell Oklahoma Star, and after passing through a few other owners, eventually the horse was sold to Ronald Mason of Nowata, Oklahoma, who registered him with the AQHA.<ref name=Legends2/><ref name=StudBook/><ref name=Beckman/> He died in the ownership of Ronald Mason on February 14, 1943.<ref name=Short/>

Among Oklahoma Star's famous offspring were Nowata Star, Star Deck, Oklahoma Star Jr and Sizzler.<ref name=Short/> Two of his foals earned Race Register of Merits with the AQHA – M's Grey Lady and Sizzler.<ref name=Digest>Wagoner ''Quarter Racing Digest'' p. 878</ref> Many of his daughters went on to produce racehorses or show horses.<ref name=Digest/><ref name=QHR>Wagoner ''Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition'' p. 502</ref>

== Honors == Oklahoma Star was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oklahoma Star |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/oklahoma-star? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=September 1, 2017 }}</ref>

==Pedigree== {{Ahnentafel |1 = Oklahoma Star P-6 |2= Dennis Reed (TB) |3 = Cutthroat |4 = Lobos (TB) |5 = Bess Chitman (TB) |6 = Gulliver |7 = Belle K |8 = *Golden Garter (TB) |9 = Temblor (TB) |10 = Proteinol (TB) |11 = Chickweed (TB) |12 = Missouri Rondo |13 = unknown |14 = Dan Tucker |15 = Sleepy Kate |16 = =Bend Or (TB) |17 = =Sandal (TB) |18 = *Cheviot (TB) |19 = Vibrate (TB) |20 = Pardee (TB) |21 = *Clara (TB) |22 = Euchre (TB) |23 = Chickwick (TB) |24 = Missouri Mike |25 = unknown |28 = Barney Owens |29 = Lady Bug (Butt Cut) |30 = unknown |31 = unknown}}

==Notes== {{reflist|2}}

==References== {{refbegin|60em}} * ''[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/oklahoma+star All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Oklahoma Star]'' retrieved on June 23, 2007 * [https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on September 1, 2017 * {{cite journal|author=Beckman, Bruce |title=The Tommy Moore Horse |journal=Quarter Horse Journal |date=May 1991 |pages=36–37}} * {{cite book |author=Denhardt, Robert M. |title=Foundation Dams of the American Quarter Horse|location=Norman, OK|publisher= University of Oklahoma Press |year=1982}} * {{cite journal|author=Denhardt, Robert M. |title=Foundation Sire Oklahoma Star P-6 |journal=Quarter Horse Journal |date=December 1963 |pages=26–27, 70, 72, 402}} * {{cite book |author=Short, Victoria |title=The First Twenty Quarter Horses: Their Lives and Legacies|location=Wamego, KS|publisher=Premier Publishing |year=1996}} * {{cite book |editor1= Simmons, Diane |editor2= Goodhue, Jim |editor3= Holmes, Frank Wakefield |editor4= Livingston, Phil |title= Legends 2: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares |publisher= Western Horseman |location= Colorado Springs, CO |year= 1994 |isbn= 0-911647-30-9 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/legendsoutstandi00simm }} * {{cite book |author=Wagoner, Dan |title=Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition |location=Grapevine, TX |publisher=Equine Research|year= 1974}} * {{cite book |author=Wagoner, Dan |title= Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 |year= 1976 |publisher= Equine Research |location= Grapevine, TX }} {{refend}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130619082202/http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=7710 Oklahoma Star at Quarter Horse Directory] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160808083538/http://www.foundationhorses.com/horses/oklahoma_star_pedigree.aspx Oklahoma Star at Foundation Quarter Horses] * [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home422222222 Oklahoma Star at Quarter Horse Legends]

Category:American Quarter Horse racehorses Category:American Quarter Horse sires Category:Racehorses bred in Oklahoma Category:Racehorses trained in the United States Category:1915 racehorse births Category:1943 racehorse deaths Category:AQHA Hall of Fame (horses)