Source-linked catalog profile

Notable horses

Quick Star

horse

Record06Structured source profile
Discipline groupNotable horses
Record depthStructured source profile
Source checkedJuly 26, 2026

Structured record

Identity snapshot

Known fields from Wikidata are displayed as recorded. EquinAtlas does not invent values for missing fields.

Foaled
1982
Died
2011
Sex
Male
Breed
Selle Français
Color
bay
Birthplace
Bouffémont

Reference desk

Documented relationships

Pedigree, participation, and honors appear only when the upstream entity links them explicitly.

Pedigree

sire
Galoubet A
dam
Stella

Events & honors

No additional structured entries are present in this source record.

Catalog identity

Wikidata entity
Q22009389
Permanent revision
#2014393431
Record depth
Structured source profile
Source links
1

Provenance

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Build a reading path from the record

Every connection below is generated from fields already present in the source-linked archive. It is a research lead, not a claim that two horses had equivalent careers.

Follow the recorded lineage

These links come from an explicitly named sire, dam, damsire, or a parent shared by both source records.

  • Notable horses

    Stella

    horse (born 1962)

    Recorded dam of Quick Star
    Stella
    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Selle Français
    Shared discipline
    Notable horses
    Foaled within twenty-five years
    1962
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  • Rights-reviewed source image associated with Galoubet A on Wikimedia Commons

    Show jumping

    Galoubet A

    show jumping horse

    Recorded sire of Quick Star
    Galoubet A
    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Selle Français
    Foaled within twelve years
    1972
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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  • Nick Skelton riding the bay stallion Big Star on course at CSIO La Baule in 2013.

    Show jumping

    Big Star

    Big Star helped Great Britain win Olympic team gold in 2012, returned from an interrupted campaign, and won individual gold in 2016.

    Names Quick Star as sire
    Quick Star
    Foaled within twenty-five years
    2003
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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Compare documented peers

These horses share multiple recorded identity fields, such as discipline, breed, country, sex, or foaling period.

  • Notable horses

    Paladin des Ifs

    French horse

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Selle Français
    Foaled within five years
    1981
    Shared discipline
    Notable horses
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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  • Notable horses

    Royal Feu

    stallion Selle français b. 1983

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Selle Français
    Foaled within five years
    1983
    Shared discipline
    Notable horses
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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  • Notable horses

    Papillon Rouge

    horse

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Selle Français
    Foaled within five years
    1981
    Shared discipline
    Notable horses
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
    Continue to profile
  • Notable horses

    Quat'Sous

    Selle français sire

    Shared recorded breed / studbook
    Selle Français
    Foaled within five years
    1982
    Shared discipline
    Notable horses
    Shared recorded sex category
    Male
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Stay within the discipline

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Field notebook

Questions the available evidence can support

  1. Pedigree ledger

    List each sire, dam, and damsire recorded for Quick Star; open the linked source before carrying a relationship into another generation.

    Based on: Recorded pedigree fields
  2. Era comparison

    Start with Quick Star's recorded foaling year (1982). Date every comparison and keep later commentary separate from contemporaneous results.

    Based on: Recorded foaling year
  3. Identity language

    Copy breed, studbook, sex, and place terms exactly as the source presents them; note conflicts instead of silently standardizing them.

    Based on: Recorded identity fields
  4. Source check

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    Based on: Linked source trail

From profile to reading room

Continue from Quick Star's record

4 original briefs · 34 reading minutes · 18 direct references. These are research-method companions, not additional claims about the horse.

01Heritage and folklore

Cross-discipline method

Misty of Chincoteague and the herd behind the book

Marguerite Henry's 1947 novel sent generations to a real island to look for a real pony. The herd it made famous is a managed population with an owner, a permit, a population cap, and a documented history that the story only partly resembles.

Why read this next: This heritage and folklore brief supplies a horse-life research checklist with 5 direct references. Apply the method to open questions, not as evidence about this individual horse.

9 min read5 sources
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02Heritage and welfare

Cross-discipline method

The diving horses of Atlantic City, and what the record actually holds

A horse and rider plunged from a tower into a tank on the Steel Pier for decades, and one rider kept performing after she lost her sight. The story is famous, frequently retold, and unusually dependent on memoir and film rather than on institutional records.

Why read this next: This heritage and welfare brief supplies a horse-life research checklist with 5 direct references. Apply the method to open questions, not as evidence about this individual horse.

9 min read5 sources
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03Leasing and due diligence

Cross-discipline method

Before you lease, build the horse dossier first

A good lease search connects the rider's real goal with verified identity, records, trial observations, independent veterinary input, total care costs, and written responsibilities.

Why read this next: This leasing and due diligence brief supplies a horse-life research checklist with 5 direct references. Apply the method to open questions, not as evidence about this individual horse.

9 min read5 sources
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04Advanced rider education

Broader research method

Advanced riding knowledge is a framework, not a remote lesson

A research site can sharpen observation of rhythm, balance, line, recovery, and horse response. It cannot safely prescribe a correction for a partnership it cannot see.

Why read this next: This broader advanced rider education brief demonstrates how EquinAtlas separates records, context, and inference across 3 direct references. It is a research-method companion, not a claim about this horse.

7 min read3 sources
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Record boundary

A source index, not a fabricated biography

EquinAtlas preserves the upstream description and linked structured facts without filling gaps. This page does not claim current form, ownership, health, availability, fees, race times, proprietary speed figures, results, or rankings. Follow the source record and official sport or registry sources before relying on a horse's identity or history.

Recorded offspring

1 horse in this archive names Quick Star as a parent. This is the catalog's own pedigree read in reverse, not a stud book, so it shows the offspring EquinAtlas holds records for rather than every foal that existed.

Ordering by earnings is not offered here: this snapshot records no earnings for any horse, and a list sorted by a figure nobody has would be a ranking of nothing. Foals are listed alphabetically.