Three Bars

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Three Bars


caption = - Three Bars -
sire = Percentage
grandsire = Midway
dam = Myrtle Dee
damsire = Luke McLuke
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1940 died 1968
country = United States
colour = Chestnut
breeder =
owner =
trainer =
record = 28: 12-3-1
earnings = $20,840
race = Speed Handicap
awards=
honours = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated= 5 July 2007

A famous sire of Quarter Horses, Three Bars was actually a registered Thoroughbred racehorse before going on to become a member of the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on 3 February 2008]

Life

Foaled 8 April 1940, Three Bars was sired by Percentage and out of Myrtle Dee.Simmons "Legends" p. 55] After a promising showing in race training, he developed leg problems and never raced well before he was six years old. By that time, he was in Arizona, owned by Sidney H. Vail, who paid $10,000 for him in 1945.Nye "The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse" p. 409] Eventually, his leg problems cleared up enough for him to race and show great early speed. He won the Speed Handicap in 1946 at Hipodromo de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico; which was a three-fourths of a mile, $4,000 ungraded stakes race for three year olds or older. The winning time was 1:10 and a fifth."The American Racing Manual: 1947" p. 374] Vail leased him to Walter Merrick, an early breeder of racing Quarter Horses, for a few years, but also stood him in Arizona and California. Three Bars died in March, 1968 in Oklahoma on Walter Merrick's ranch.

ire Record

Three Bars was the sire of 29 AQHA Champions, 4 AQHA Supreme Champions, 317 Racing Register of Merit earners, and his foals earned more than $3 million on the racetrack. Among his famous offspring were Mr. Bar None, Gay Bar King, Sugar Bars, Lightning Bar, Tonto Bars Gill, St. Bar, Steel Bars, and Bar Money. Others include Triple Chick, Alamitos Bar, Bar Depth, Royal Bar, Josie's Bar, and Galobar. His grandson Doc Bar became one of the most influential sires of cutting horses ever known. Another grandson, Tonto Bars Hank, sired all around horses. Jewel's Leo Bars (Freckles), an outstanding cutting horse and sire of cutting horses, was another grandson of Three Bars (TB). Impressive, a triple descendant of Three Bars, became the most prepotent sire of Quarter Horse halter horses from the 1970s through the 1990s.Pitzer "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" p. 136-137] His offspring Rocket Bar (TB), Sugar Bars, Lena's Bar (TB), Lightning Bar and Zippo Pat Bars were all inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. Of his grandget, Doc Bar, Zippo Pine Bar, Easy Jet, Kaweah Bar, and The Invester were inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame. Four of his sons were AQHA Supereme Champions - Kid Meyers, Bar Money, Fairbars, and Goldseeker Bars.Mattson "The Real American Quarter Horse" p. 5,7,9,51]

Pedigree

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1 = Three Bars
2= Percentage ch. 1923
3 = Myrtle Dee blk. 1923
4 = Midway ch. 1914
5 = Gossip Avenue ch. 1918
6 = Luke McLuke brn. 1910
7 = Civil Maid bay 1915
8 = Ballot ch. 1904
9 = Thirty-third brn. 1902
10 = Bulse ch. 1913
11 = Rosewood ch. 1914
12 = Ultimus ch. 1906
13 = *Midge brn/blk. 1902
14 = Patriot bay 1906
15 = Civil Rule bay 1899
16 = *Voter
17 = *Cerito
18 = Sir Dixon
19 = High Degree
20 = Disguise
21 = Nethersole
22 = Magneto
23 = *Rose Tree II
24 = Commando
25 = Running Stream
26 = =Trenton
27 = *Sandfly
28 = Ben Brush
29 = *Sandfly
30 = Carlsbad
31 = Semper Victoire

Notes

References

* "The American Racing Manual 1947 Edition" Lexington, Kentucky: Triangle Publications 1947
* " [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/three+bars All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Three Bars] " retrieved on 5 July 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on 3 February 2008
* Mattson, Paul "The Real American Quarter Horse: Versatile Athletes who proved Supreme" Wamego, Kansas:Premier Publishing 1991 ISBN 1-879984-77-6
* Nye, Nelson C. "The Complete Book of the Quarter Horse: A Breeder's Guide and Turfman's Reference" New York:A. S. Barnes 1964
* Pitzer, Andrea Laycock "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" Tacoma, WA:Premier Pedigrees 1987
* Simmons, Diance C. "Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1993

Further reading

* Groves, Lesli Krause "Three Bars" "Quarter Horse Journal" May 1996
* McKnight, James "A Year to Remember" "Quarter Racing Journal" May 1995
* Thornton, Larry "The Working Lines: Three Bars" "Southern Horseman" November 1990

External links

* [http://www.foundationhorses.com/threebarsped.htm Three Bars at Foundation Horses]
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=2972 Three Bars at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222223222 Three Bars at Quarter Horse Legends]
* [http://members.shaw.ca/wishon-ranch/3bars.html Three Bars (TB) Information]
* [http://www.cnrquarterhorses.com/three-bars.htm Three Bars (TB) Information]