- Rugged Lark
Horse infobox
horsename = Rugged Lark
caption = - Rugged Lark -
breed =Quarter Horse
discipline = Western Pleasure
Hunter Under Saddle
Trail
Pleasure drivingReining
sire = Really Rugged (TB)
grandsire = Rough'n Tumble (TB)
dam = Alisa Lark
damsire = Leolark
sex =Stallion
foaled = 1981
country =United States
color = Bay
breeder = Teresa Striegel
owner = Carol A. Harris
otherawards= AQHA Performance Register of Merit, AQHA Superior Western Pleasure Horse, AQHA Superior Hunter Under Saddle Horse, AQHA Superior Trail Horse, 1985 & 1987 AQHA World Show Superhorse, 1985 World Champion Pleasure Driving Horse, 1987 World Champion Senior Hunter Under Saddle Horse, 1987 Reserve World Champion Senior Western Riding Horse, 1987 Reserve World Champion Pleasure Driving Horse
honors =American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated=January 12 2008 Rugged Lark was
Quarter Horse stallion who was a two timeAmerican Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) World Show Superhorse as well as being a three time AQHA World Champion.Mattson "The Real American Quarter Horse" p. 112-113]Life
Rugged Lark was the son of a
Thoroughbred stallion Really Rugged and out of a Quarter Horsemare named Alisa Lark. Alisa Lark was a great-granddaughter of Leo and a great-great-granddaughter of both King P-234 and Joe Hancock P-455. [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rugged+lark Rugged Lark Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree] retrieved on June 27, 2007]Rugged Lark won the AQHA World Show Superhorse title in 1985 and in 1987. He also was an AQHA Superior
Western Pleasure Horse, Superior Hunter Under Saddle Horse, and Superior Trail Horse. In 1987 he was the World Champion Senior Hunter Under Saddle Horse. In 1985 he was the World Champion Pleasure Driving Horse. He earned AQHA points in Hunter Under Saddle, Western Pleasure, Trail, Hunter Hack,Reining , Working Hunter, Western Riding, Pleasure Driving, andBarrel Racing .He died in October 2004 from colic.Martindale "Legends 7" p. 225-227]
Among his offspring are The Lark Ascending, Rugged Painted Lark, Look Whos Larkin - 1999 AQHA World Show Superhorse, and Jolena Lark and Rugged Lark II.
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] in 2006. [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/images/Rugged%20Lark.pdf American Quarter Horse Foundation - Rugged Lark] accessed on February 3, 2008]
Pedigree
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1 = Rugged Lark
2 = Really Rugged (TB)
3 = Alisa Lark
4 = Rough'n Tumble (TB)
5 = Ruddy Belle (TB)
6 = Leolark
7 = Aliso Gill 3
8 = Free For All (TB)
9 = Roused (TB)
10 = Errard (TB)
11 = Harriet's Kid (TB)
12 = Lemac
13 = Tallulah
14 = Pelican
15 = Snicker Girl
16 = Questionaire (TB)
17 = Pansy (TB)
18 = *Bull Dog (TB)
19 = Rude Awakening (TB)
20 = *Challenger II (TB)
21 = *Ruddy Light (TB)
22 = Sir Damion (TB)
23 = Liz F (TB)
24 = Leo
25 = Sorrel Sue
26 = King Bob
27 = Daisy K
28 = Joe Hancock Jr
29 = Covella (TB)
30 = Snicker
31 = Okie GirlNotes
References
* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rugged+lark All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Rugged Lark] retrieved on June 27, 2007
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/images/Rugged%20Lark.pdf American Quarter Horse Foundation - Rugged Lark] accessed on February 3, 2008
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Martindale, Cathy and Kathy Swan ed. "Legends 7: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares" Fort Worth: Western Horseman 2006 ISBN 0-911647-79-1
* Mattson, Paul "The Real American Quarter Horse: Versatile Athletes who proved Supreme" Wamego, Kansas:Premier Publishing 1991 ISBN 1-879984-77-6External links
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=138 Rugged Lark at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home42222222232 Rugged Lark at Quarter Horse Legends]
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