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Rocket Bar(horse) |
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| Sire: | Three Bars | |
| Grandsire: | Percentage | |
| Dam: | Golden Rocket | |
| Damsire: | Cartago | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 1951 | |
| Country: | United States | |
| Colour: | Chestnut | |
| Record: | 36-16-6-5, AA speed rating | |
| Earnings: | $22,904.00 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap (twice) | ||
| Racing Awards | ||
| AQHA Race Register of Merit | ||
| Honours | ||
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | ||
Rocket Bar was a registered Thoroughbred stallion that made his mark on the Quarter Horse racetracks and breeding shed.
Life
Rocket Bar was a registered Thoroughbred son of Three Bars that foaled in Arizona in 1951.[1][2] He raced until 1958, when he was sold and started a career in the breeding shed.[1] Rocket Bar died on October 23 1970 after colic surgery.[1]
On the Quarter horse tracks, he started once and came in third. He reached an AA speed rating in that one start, earning him a Race Register of Merit with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA).[3] On the Thoroughbred tracks, he started thirty-five times in six years. From those starts, he won sixteen times, came in second six times and was third four times. He earned a total of $22,904.00 and won the 1956 and 1957 Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap.[4]
During his breeding career he sired three AQHA Supreme Champions - Fire Rocket, He Rocket, and Sugar Rocket - along with other notable horses including Rocket Wrangler, Osage Rocket, Mr Tinky Bar, and Top Rockette.[5]
He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[6]
Pedigree
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Rocket Bar |
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Notes
- ^ a b c Close Legends 2 p. 134-139
- ^ All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Rocket Bar retrieved on June 23, 2007
- ^ Wagoner Quarter Horse Digest p. 1017-1021
- ^ Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau American Produce Records p. 3521
- ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p . 104-105
- ^ AQHA Hall of Fame retrieved on 23 June 2007
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Rocket Bar retrieved on June 23, 2007
- AQHA Hall of Fame retrieved on 23 June 2007
- Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau American Produce Records 1930-1979 Lexington, Kentucky: Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau 1979
- Close, Pat ed. Legends 2: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1994 ISBN 0-911647-30-9
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, WA:Premier Pedigrees 1987
- Wagoner, Dan Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1976
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