Good Horses: Stories of the American Quarter Horse
Jun 13, 2026 · 19 min · 13 segments
A legendary mare can be measured in trophies, checks and champions, but that’s not the full story of Dashing Phoebe. We start with the hard facts that made her famous: a Dash For Cash daughter who…
Kirk GoodfellowGuest
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She was bred and raced by the Bass Family's San Jose Cattle Company of Rockport, Texas.
Dashing Phoebe earned $609,553 in three seasons at the track, while compiling a race record of 11 wins, 3 seconds, and 1 third from just 20 starts.
As a two-year-old, after winning the 1985 Sun Country Fraternity at Sunland Park, she won the next five races in a row, which included Rio Dosa Downs' Kansas Fraternity.
The next year, Dashing Phoebe won the Kansas Derby, placed in some other races, and finished the year being named the 1986 champion three-year-old filly.
In 1987, the mare won the Rainbow Silver Cup and the Go-Together Handicap at Rio Dosa and was third in the Oceanside Handicap at Los Alamitos.
It was at the end of that year that she was retired and sent to the broodmare barn.
She was bred and raced by the Bass Family's San Jose Cattle Company of Rockport, Texas.
Dashing Phoebe earned $609,553 in three seasons at the track, while compiling a race record of 11 wins, 3 seconds, and 1 third from just 20 starts.
As a two-year-old, after winning the 1985 Sun Country Fraternity at Sunland Park, she won the next five races in a row, which included Rio Dosa Downs' Kansas Fraternity.
The next year, Dashing Phoebe won the Kansas Derby, placed in some other races, and finished the year being named the 1986 champion three-year-old filly.
In 1987, the mare won the Rainbow Silver Cup and the Go-Together Handicap at Rio Dosa and was third in the Oceanside Handicap at Los Alamitos.
It was at the end of that year that she was retired and sent to the broodmare barn.
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