Rocket Bar

Rocket Bar (1951–1970) was a registered Thoroughbred stallion that made his mark on the Quarter Horse racetracks and as a breeding stallion.

Rocket Bar
Sire	Three Bars
Grandsire	Percentage
Dam	Golden Rocket
Damsire	Cartago
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1951
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Record	36 starts: 16-6-5 AA speed rating
Earnings	$22,904.00
Major wins
Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap (twice)
Awards
AQHA Race Register of Merit
Honours
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame

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]

Racing career

On the Quarter Horse tracks, Rocket Bar 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 35 times in six years. From those starts, he won 16 times, came in second 6 times and was third 4 times. He earned a total of $22,904.00 and won the 1956 and 1957 Phoenix Gold Cup Handicap.^[4]]

Breeding record

During Rocket Bar's breeding career, he sired 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]

Death and honors

Rocket Bar died on October 23, 1970, after colic surgery.^[1]

Rocket Bar was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1992.^[6]

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