Diamonds Sparkle

Diamonds Sparkle
Breed Quarter Horse
Discipline Reining
Roping
Halter
Western pleasure
Sire Mr Diamond Dude
Grandsire Blondy's Dude
Dam Pollyanna Rose
Maternal grandsire Clabber Question
Sex Mare
Foaled 1974
Country United States
Color Palomino
Breeder M. J. Sprouse and Jerald Freeman
Owner Carol Rose
Honors
Other awards
AQHA Performance Register of Merit
AQHA Champion
1979 AQHA World Show Superorse
1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading
AQHA Superior Steer Roping
Honors
NHRA Hall of Fame
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame

Diamonds Sparkle (born 1974) was an outstanding show horse and Quarter horse broodmare.[1]

Contents

Life

Diamonds Sparkle was registered as number 1,004,317 with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). She was registered as a 1974 palomino mare, bred and owned by M. J. Sprouse and Jerald Freeman of Bixby, Oklahoma.[2] Her sire was a son of Blondy's Dude out of a mare that traced to Wimpy P-1 and Oklahoma Star P-6. Diamonds Sparkle's dam was out of a mare that traced to Three Bars (TB), Bert, and Clabber.[3]

She was the AQHA World Show Superhorse winner in 1979 as well as being the 1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading Horse.[4] She earned 23 AQHA Halter Points, 39 AQHA Heeling Points, 22 AQHA Heading Points, 31 AQHA Western Pleasure Points, and 28 AQHA Reining Points.[4] She also earned an AQHA Championship and an AQHA Superior Steer Roping Horse award.[4]

Her offspring include Sparkles Rosezana, winner of the 1985 National Reining Horse Association (or NRHA) Futurity; Zans Diamond Sun, 1987 AQHA World Champion in Junior Reining; Sparkles Suzana, 1989 NRHA Derby Champion; Genuine Redskin, 1990 NRHA Derby Champion; Shining Spark, 1994 NRHA Derby Champion; and Spark O Lena, 1996 AQHA Reserve World Show Superhorse.[1] Her son Shining Spark in 2005 reached the milestone of being the sire of foals that had earned over $2 million in NRHA competition.[5] She died in November 2002.[6] Sparkles Rosezana, Zans Diamond Sun and Sparkles Suzana were sired by fellow Hall of Fame member Zan Parr Bar.[7]

She was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[8] In 1996 she was inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame.[9]

Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 King P-234
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Small Town Dude
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Uncle's Pet
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Blondy's Dude
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Blondy Plaudit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Blondy Queen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Johnnie Adair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mr Diamond Dude
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Wimpy II
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dawson's Glory
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Brown Betty Dawson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Miss Patsy Blake
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Shiloah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Dolly Raper
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pet Wisdom
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Diamonds Sparkle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Three Bars (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Clabber Bar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Peggy N
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Clabber Question
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Question Mark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Foolish Question
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Foolish Wind
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pollyanna Rose
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sir Barton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bert Barton
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Rodeo Queen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Irene Vee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Smokey Moore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Smoky's Taffy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Miss Cayenne
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes

  1. ^ a b Close Legends 4 pp. 56–65
  2. ^ American Quarter Horse Association Official Stud Book and Registry Vol. 31 p. 688
  3. ^ All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Diamonds Sparkle retrieved on June 26, 2007
  4. ^ a b c Mattson The Real American Quarter Horse pp. 96–97
  5. ^ National Reining Horse Association "National Reining Horse Association Million Dollar Earners"
  6. ^ Staff "Hall of Fame 2007" Quarter Horse Journal p. 53
  7. ^ American Quarter Horse Foundation "Zan Parr Bar Hall of Fame Biography" American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
  8. ^ American Quarter Horse Association "AQHA Hall of Fame"
  9. ^ National Reining Horse Association "National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame"

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