Horsename: | Cherry Lake |
Sire: | Lake Erie |
Grandsire: | War Admiral |
Dam: | Cherao |
Damsire: | Nechao |
Sex: | Mare |
Foaled: | 1966 |
Country: | United States |
Colour: | Chestnut |
Honours: | American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame |
Updated: | June 30, 2007 |
A registered Thoroughbred, Cherry Lake raced mostly on the Quarter Horse racetracks and made her mark on the Quarter Horse breed as a broodmare. She was posthumously inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame.
Cherry Lake was a registered Thoroughbred mare, the daughter of Lake Erie and out of a daughter of Nechao named Cherao.[1] Her sire was a son of the U. S. Triple Crown winner War Admiral while her dam was a granddaughter of Nearco and a great-granddaughter of Hyperion.[1] She was a 1966 foal.[2]
In her racing career she started both Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred races. On the quarter tracks, her record was twenty-one starts, ten wins, four seconds and two thirds in three years. She earned a Speed Index rating of 97 and was a stakes race winner. Her total quarter track earnings was $16,651.00.[2] As a three-year-old she started nine times on the Thoroughbred tracks, with three wins and a third-place finish and earnings of $6109.00.[3] As a four-year-old she raced twice on the Thoroughbred tracks, with one win for $935.00.[4]
Among her foals were Cash Rate, Flow of Cash, Six Popper and Counting The Cash.[5] Six Popper won the All American Derby in 1986 and Cash Rate was the 1985 World Champion Quarter Running Horse.[5] Cherry Lake died July 1, 1993.[5]
She was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame in 1998.[6]