The Invester

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The Invester

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Breed: Quarter Horse
Discipline: Western Pleasure
Halter
Sire: Zippo Pat Bars
Grandsire: Three Bars (TB)
Dam: Hank's Peppy Lou
Maternal grandsire: Dinky Reed
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1969
Country: United States
Color: Sorrel
Breeder: Eldon R. England
Owner: Jerry Wells, Dan McWhirter, Wayne Atchley, George Pardi, Brad McCamy
Honors
Other Awards
AQHA Performance Register of Merit, AQHA Champion, AQHA Superior Halter Horse
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: January 12, 2008.

The Invester was Quarter horse stallion who excelled at halter and at western pleasure, as well as being a famous sire of western pleasure horses.[1]

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[edit] Life

The Invester was a 1969 sorrel son of Zippo Pat Bars and out of a linebred daughter of Dinky Reed named Hank's Peppy Lou. Hank's Peppy's Lou's dam Logan's Miss Lue, and she was out of a daughter of Dinky Reed.[2]

Jerry Wells bought The Invester as a weanling at the Oklahoma State Fair in 1969. Later, he described the horse as "He was a cherry-red sorrel with stockinged legs, a real pretty head and neck, and lots of body and mucsle. He was also straight and correct and a good-minded colt."[3] Wells, however, felt that the original registered name of Hank Lou Bars wasn't a good fit for the colt, and renamed him with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) as The Invester.[4]

During his show career, The Invester earned a AQHA Superior Halter Horse award as well as an AQHA Championship and a AQHA Performance Register of Merit.[5] He earned points in Halter, Cutting, English Pleasure, Western Pleasure, and Reining. Although known for being a halter horse, in 1972 The Invester missed making the finals of the National Cutting Horse Association Futurity semi-finals by just one point.[3]

He was the second Quarter horse stallion to be syndicated.[1][6] He was humanely put down on February 28, 2002 due to old age.[1] In 1994 he was inducted into the National Snaffle Bit Association (or NSBA) Hall of Fame.[7][4]

Among his important offspring are The Appraiser, Double Vested, El Cicatriz, Bonafid, Investers Skip, The Stockbroker, The Big Investment, Vested Pine, Assets, and Impulsions.[5][1] His offspring The Big Investment and Impulsions were inducted into the NSBA Hall of Fame, along with his grandget January Investment.[7] In 1980, his offspring placed first through fourth in the All American Quarter Horse Congress Two-Year-Old Western Pleasure Futurity.[3]

He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[8]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Midway (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Percentage (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gossip Avenue (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Three Bars (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Luke McLuke (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Myrtle Dee (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Civil Maid (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Zippo Pat Bars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Reed II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Leo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Fanny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Leo Pat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Chuck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dunny Girl
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thoroughbred mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 The Invester
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Reed P-3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Reed McCue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patsy Reed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dinky Reed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chief P-5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dinky Rainbow
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Black Dixie
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hank's Peppy Lou
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hank H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Last Hank
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Preview W
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Logan's Miss Lue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dinky Reed
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Logan's Betty
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Logan's Ruby
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Holmes Legends 6 p. 170-183
  2. ^ Pedigree of The Invester at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 26, 2007
  3. ^ a b c Meyer "Living Legends: The Invester" Horse & Rider March 1997 p. 56-59, 96
  4. ^ a b Campbell "Chairman of the Board" Quarter Horse Journal" April 2000 p. 12
  5. ^ a b PItzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 134
  6. ^ "There's Fixin to be an Invester Revival" Southern Horseman February 1991 p. 20-21
  7. ^ a b NSBA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 5, 2007.
  8. ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008

[edit] References

  • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree for The Invester retrieved on June 26, 2007
  • AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  • Campbell, Jim Bret "Chairman of the Board" Quarter Horse Journal April 2000 p. 12
  • Holmes, Frank ed. Legends 6: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs: Western Horseman 2004 ISBN 0911647-73-2'
  • Meyer, Jennifer Forsberg "Living Legends: The Invester" Horse & Rider March 1997 p. 56-59, 96
  • NSBA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 5, 2007
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, Washington:Premier Publishing 1987
  • "There's Fixin to be an Invester Revival... The Invester" Southern Horseman February 1991 p. 20-21

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