GOLDDUST 70

Photo contributed by Marsha Valance.

Sire: 69 VERMONT MORGAN
Dam: UNKNOWN DAM
Sex: Stallion
Color: Palomino
Foaled: 1855
Breeder: Andrew Hoke

Total Progeny: 45
Totals By Color:
B: 10 Bl: 3 Br: 4 Ch: 25 Gr: 1 Unknown: 1
Totals By Sex:
Stallions: 42
Mares: 2
Geldings: 1

From Regisry Volume 1:
AKA Dorsey's Golddust; AKA Gold Dust. Metallic bay, described as 'pure gold in color', star, 4 ankle whites, 16h, 1275 lbs. Foaled 1855, Louisville, KY. Sold when a weanling for $1,000 to L.L. Dorsey, Eden Stock Farm. His sire was Vermont Morgan 69, his dam the Hoke mare. The Hoke mare was said to be by Zilcaadi, a chestnut Arabian stallion, presented by the Sultan to the United States Consul, Mr. Rhind, and was then imported by him. 2nd dam TB, by Barefoot out of Ethilinda. T 2:43. Was the fastest trotter of his day. Sired 19 registered Saddlebred foals. Registered Morgan progeny: 59 colts, 28 fillies; total progeny 302, 2 in the 2:20 list. Died 1871, Louisville KY.