Rocket Bar

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Rocket Bar
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, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap (twice)
Racing Awards
AQHA Race Register of Merit
Honours
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: July 5, 2007.

Rocket Bar was a registered Thoroughbred stallion that made his mark on the Quarter Horse racetracks and breeding shed.

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[edit] 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]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ballot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Midway
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thirty-third
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Percentage
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bulse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gossip Avenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rosewood
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Three Bars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ultimus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Luke McLuke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Midge
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Myrtle Dee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patriot
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Civil Maid
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Civil Rule
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rocket Bar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 =St. Amant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 *Atwell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 =Doro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cartago
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Heno
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Polly H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Polly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Golden Rocket
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Runnymede
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Morvich
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hymir
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Morshion
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Non Pareil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Cushion
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hassock
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Close Legends 2 p. 134-139
  2. ^ All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Rocket Bar retrieved on June 23, 2007
  3. ^ Wagoner Quarter Horse Digest p. 1017-1021
  4. ^ Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau American Produce Records p. 3521
  5. ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p . 104-105
  6. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008

[edit] References

  • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Rocket Bar retrieved on June 23, 2007
  • 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 1976

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