Zippo Pat Bars

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Breed: Quarter Horse
Discipline: Racing
Sire: Three Bars (TB)
Grandsire: Percentage (TB)
Dam: Leo Pat
Maternal grandsire: Leo
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1964
Country: United States
Color: Sorrel
Breeder: Paul Curtner
Honors
Racing Record
18-5-4-0, AAA speed rating
Race Earnings
$1856.00
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Infobox last updated on: January 12, 2008.

Zippo Pat Bars was a Quarter horse racehorse and showhorse who became an influential sire in the breed.

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[edit] Life

Zippo Pat Bars was a son of Three Bars (TB) out of a daughter of Leo named Leo Pat.[1] He was a 1964 sorrel stallion[2] bred by Paul Curtner. As a weanling, Curtner was offered $20,000.00 for the colt, which he turned down.[3]

Zippo raced for two years, starting eighteen times. He won five races and placed second four times. He earned a Race Register of Merit with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) in 1966 with an AAA speed rating. He earned $1855.00 on the racetrack.[2] He injured himself as a two-year-old, fracturing two vertabrae in a stall accident. The injury kept the horse out of the 1966 All American Futurity.[4]

After the end of his racing career, he retired to the breeding shed. He sired, among others, Zippo Pine Bar, Scarborough Fair, The Invester, and Mr Pondie Zip.[5][6] His sons Zippo Pine Bar and The Invester were inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame as well as the National Snaffle Bit Association (or NSBA) Hall of Fame.[7][8] Zippo Pat Bars sired nine AQHA Champions, as well as sixteen Superior Western Pleasure Horses and four Superior Halter Horses.[5] In 1996, Zippo Pat Bars was inducted into the NSBA Hall of Fame.[8]

He died May 1, 1988 due to heart problems.[4]

He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame[7] in 2002.[9]

[edit] Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ballot (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Midway (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thirty-third (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Percentage (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bulse (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Gossip Avenue (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rosewood (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Three Bars (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Ultimus (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Luke McLuke (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Midge (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Myrtle Dee (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Patriot (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Civil Maid (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Civil Rule (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sugar Bars
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Reed P-3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Reed II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Nellene
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Leo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Joe Reed P-3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Fanny
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fanny Ashwell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Leo Pat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Golden Chief
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Little Chuck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Chuck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dunny Girl
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thoroughbred mare
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 unknown
 
 
 
 
 
 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Zippo Pat Bars Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 27, 2007
  2. ^ a b Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 1345
  3. ^ Groves "Where'd We Get That Zip?" Quarter Horse Journal March 1996 p. 18
  4. ^ a b Beckman "Zippo Pat Bars" Quarter Horse Journal December 1988 p. 82-85
  5. ^ a b Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 159-160
  6. ^ Thornton "The Working Lines: Zippo Pat Bars" Southern Horseman November 1993 p. 28-40
  7. ^ a b AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  8. ^ a b NSBA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 5, 2007
  9. ^ American Quarter Horse Foundation - Zippo Pat Bars accessed on February 3, 2008

[edit] References

  • All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Zippo Pat Bars retrieved on June 27, 2007
  • American Quarter Horse Foundation - Zippo Pat Bars accessed on February 3, 2008
  • AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
  • Beckman, Bruce "Zippo Pat Bars: Close to Ideal?" Quarter Horse Journal December 1988 p. 82-85
  • Groves, Lesli Krause "Where'd We Get That Zip?" Quarter Horse Journal March 1996 p. 18
  • NSBA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 5, 2007
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, Washington: Premier Pedigrees 1987
  • Thornton, Larry "The Working Lines: Zippo Pat Bars" Southern Horseman November 1993 p. 28-40
  • Wagoner, Dan Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 Grapevine, Texas:Equine Research 1976

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