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Three Bars (Tb)

Percentage - Midway X Myrtle Dee - Luke McLuke

1940 - 1968; JC

Three Bars probably had a greater impact on the modern Quarter Horse than any other individual horse to date. He sired 499 QH foals, - 431of whom were performers. Three Bars' get became legends on the race track & in the show arena, both. This chestnut, stakes winning, Thoroughbred stallion was righfully inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.

Sugar Bars

Three Bars (Tb) - Percentage X Frontera Sugar - Rey

1951; AQHA - 42,606

Suagar Bars, SI-95, had 30 starts with 7 wins. He earned a race ROM & 2 halter points standing Reserve Champion. Registered by Bud Warren, he was an exceptional sire. He seemed to niche particularly well on Leo mares. His foals earned AQHA Championships, High Point titles, Superiors & ROMs on the track & in the arena. Sugar Bars is in the AQHA Hall of Fame.

Bar Bob

Three Bars (Tb) - Percentage X Della Bob - Leo

1953; AQHA - 56,698

Registered by Dr Calvin Hall of Casper, WY, Bar Bob was a talented, athletic horse. With a SI-95, he had 71 starts with 12 wins, 8 seconds & 16 thirds. His racing LTEs was $11,143. Bar Bob was later a NCHA money earner of $649.59. He is the sire of ROM earners including Bar Bob Hill [exported to Australia] & AQHA Champion, Irishbar Bob.

Lightning Bar

Three Bars (Tb) - Percentage X Della P - Doc Horn (Tb)

1951; AQHA - 37,566

Registered by Art Pollard of Arizonia [pictured], Lightning Bar, SI-95, was a race ROM with 4 wins from 10 starts. His LTEs came to $1,491.00. He also earned 18 halter points. Siring World Champions, a Supreme Champion, Superiors & ROMs, Lightning Bar is in the AQHA Hall of Fame.

[photo by Matt Culley]

Doc Bar

Lightning Bar - Three Bars (Tb) X Dandy Doll - Texas Dandy

1956; AQHA - 76,136

By a stallion who ran AAA & out of a race ROM mare, Doc Bar was bred to run. Apparently he didn't agree. A rather lackluster career gained only a SI-75 and $95.00. Doc Bar then went on to a successful halter career, earning 36 points. His true claim to fame was his ability as a sire. When crossed to mares of specific lines [ex,- Poco Bueno daughters] the foals were amazingly talented cutting horses. He sired World Champions, Superiors, ROMs, NCHA money earners of $3,213,453 and NCHA Hall of Fame inductees. Doc Bar was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.

Barred

Three Bars (Tb) - Percentage X Ready - Red Joe of Arizonia

1946; AQHA - 11,990

Owned by Melville Haskell of Arizonia & out of a Joe Reed granddaughter, Barred was one of the few AQHA Supreme Champions. SI-95, Barred was a stakes winner with LTEs of $9,229 from 42 starts resulting in 16 wins.

He was the sire of many noted AAA runners as well as performance & race ROM earners. Barred was also a noted broodmare sire. His daughter, Rica Bar, produced AAAT, AQHA Hall of Fame inductee, Top Moon. Another daughter, Miss Night Bar, is the dam AAA runner, Three Jets.

Rocket Bar (Tb)

Three Bars - Percentage X Golden Rocket - Cartago

1951; JC

A stakes winner with 35 starts resulting in 16 wins, Rocket Bar had LTEs of $22,904.00. When bred to QH mares, he sired 45 stakes winners as well as World Champion show horses, Superiors & ROMs. Inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.

Impressive

Lucky Bar (Tb) -Three Bars X Glamour Bars - Lightning Bar

1969; AQHA - 767,246

Much like Doc Bar, Impressive's pedigree indicates that he was bred for speed. Also like Doc Bar, his talents lay elsewhere. Although he never made it to the track, Impressive was a World Champion Halter horse with 49 halter points. Linebred to Three Bars 2X3X4, Impressive's get have become the standard of the modern halter class.

Whether you love him or hate him, you probably have an opinion on Impressive. Few horses have ever caused such an emotional, knee jerk reaction among horseman. For the uninitiated, the cause of all this concern is a genetic disease called HYPP,- a potassium in-balance caused by a mutated dominant gene. This particular mutated gene started with Impressive. Because he was such a popular show horse & bred extensively, it was passed on to quite a few of his offsprings who in turn passed it on...

I've included U. C. Davis' link in reference to HYPP as well as the N/N Alliance. The N/N Alliance is a group of breeders promoting N/N [Impressive horses not effected by HYPP] & non Impressive breds in the show ring. They are also fighting for the eradication of HYPP in the American stock horse breeds. If you are unfamiliar with HYPP, you might want to investigate both.