Foaled in Kentucky, brought to Texas in 1844 by Middleton Perry & Jones Greene. One of the foundation sires of the Quarter Horse. died ~1864 M. PERRY HAD A HARNESS COLT BY THIS NAME FOALED 1856-DALLAS WEEKLY HERALD-9-29-1858-JOHN BACHELOR ALSO HAD SHILOH-AGED IN THE SAME CLASS. STEEL DUST WAS A MATCH RACING QUARTER HORSE OF THOROUGHBRED DESCENT WHO PREDATED THE FORMATION OF THE AQHA AND WHO'S GET DOMINATED RANCHES IN THE WEST. HE IS FAMOUS FOR BEING ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL HORSES TO DEVELOP THE QUARTER HORSE AS A BREED BECAUSE A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED AQHA HORSES HAVE HIM IN THEIR PEDIGREE. SO MUCH SO, THAT THOSE INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION CONSIDERED NAMING THE BREED STEEL DUST HORSES.https://www.steeldust.de/warum-steeldust/