| Horsename: | Maddon's Bright Eyes |
| Breed: | Quarter Horse |
| Discipline: | Racing |
| Sire: | Gold Mount |
| Grandsire: | Brush Mount |
| Dam: | Plaudette |
| Damsire: | King Plaudit (TB) |
| Sex: | Mare |
| Foaled: | 1946 |
| Country: | United States |
| Color: | Bay |
| Breeder: | Charles Shoemaker |
| Racerecord: | 25 starts: 18-5-0 speed rating AAA |
| Raceearnings: | $16,577.00 |
| Raceawards: | 1949 World Champion Quarter Running Horse 1951 World Co-Champion Quarter Running Horse |
| Honors: | American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame |
Maddon's Bright Eyes (1946–1958) was a Quarter Horse mare who was a racehorse on the Quarter tracks during around 1950.
Maddon's Bright Eyes was foaled on May 12, 1946, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[1] On both her sire's side and her dam's side, she traced to King Plaudit (TB) and Peter McCue.[2]
Maddon's Bright Eyes raced from 1948 to 1952 before suffering a career-ending injury in her last race, which she finished on three legs in second place.[1] Her record over those five years was twenty-five starts, eighteen wins, and five seconds. She finished off the board only twice. Her earnings were $16,576 with a top speed rating of AAA.[3] She was retired after injuring herself in the August 29, 1952, Championship Dash at Centennial Park. She broke so fast from the gate that she ripped a tendon off her stifle joint, and although she came in second, she was hobbling after the race. She retired holding three mare world records: at 300, 250 and 220 yards.[4]
One of Maddon's Bright Eyes' peculiarities was that she liked raw eggs, and she was fed a dozen a day when she was training at the track. She was also known to chase hens off their eggs in order to eat them.[5]
After producing four foals, Maddon's Bright Eyes became paralyzed in her hindquarters and was humanely put down on June 29, 1958.[1] Two of her foals earned their Race Register of Merit – Bright Bar and Me Bright.[3]
Maddon's Bright Eyes was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1997.[6]
She was a half-sister to Bright Eyes Brother, who is a member of the Appaloosa Hall of Fame.