- Rocket Bar
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Rocket Bar
caption = - Rocket Bar -
sire = Three Bars
grandsire = Percentage
dam = Golden Rocket
damsire = Cartago
sex =Stallion
foaled = 1951
country =United States
colour = Chestnut
breeder =
owner =
trainer =
record = 36-16-6-5, AA speed rating
earnings = $22,904.00
race = Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap (twice)
awards= AQHA Race Register of Merit
honours =American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated=July 5 2007 Rocket Bar was a registered
Thoroughbred stallion that made his mark on the Quarter Horseracetrack s and breeding shed.Life
Rocket Bar was a registered
Thoroughbred son of Three Bars that foaled inArizona in 1951.Close "Legends 2" p. 134-139] [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rocket+bar All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Rocket Bar] retrieved on June 23, 2007] He raced until 1958, when he was sold and started a career in the breeding shed. Rocket Bar died onOctober 23 1970 aftercolic surgery.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).Wagoner "Quarter Horse Digest" p. 1017-1021] 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.Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau "American Produce Records" p. 3521]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. [Pitzer "The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires" p . 104-105]
He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame. [ [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008]
Pedigree
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1 = Rocket Bar
2= Three Bars
3 = Golden Rocket
4 = Percentage
5 = Myrtle Dee
6 = Cartago
7 = Morshion
8 = Midway
9 = Gossip Avenue
10 =Luke McLuke
11 = Civil Maid
12 = *Atwell
13 = Polly H
14 =Morvich
15 = Cushion
16 = Ballot
17 = Thirty-third
18 = Bulse
19 = Rosewood
20 = Ultimus
21 = Midge
22 = Patriot
23 = Civil Rule
24 = =St. Amant
25 = =Doro
26 = Heno
27 = Polly
28 = Runnymede
29 = Hymir
30 = Non Pareil
31 = HassockNotes
References
* " [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rocket+bar All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Rocket Bar] " retrieved on June 23, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* 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 1976External links
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=4843 Rocket Bar at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home42222222232 Rocket Bar at Quarter Horse Legends]
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