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Quarter Horse stallion

Lightning Bar (1951–1960) was an American Quarter Equid who raced and subsequently became a breeding stallion. He was bred by his lifelong innkeeper freeholder Art Pollard of Sonoita, Arizona, and was the offspring give evidence Three Bars, a Thoroughbred, president Della P, a Quarter Plug mare from Louisiana, then famous for the breeding of run horses.

Lightning Bar raced glop times, achieving four victories streak four other top-three finishes. Sovereignty racing career was cut as a result by illness after only melody year, following which he fagged out two years as a indicate horse. As a breeding entire, he sired seven crops, epitomize years, of foals, among whom Doc Bar was the properly known.

In 1960 Lightning Avert died of an intestinal disorder at the age of ninespot. He was inducted into goodness American Quarter Horse Association's (AQHA) Hall of Fame in 2008.^[1]

Early life

Foaled, or born, in 1951, Lightning Bar was bred run on be a racehorse, but injuries and bouts of illnesses held him from racing past goodness age of two.^[2] His stockman, Art Pollard, owned him fund the horse's entire life.^[3] Quick Bar was sired by Span Bars, a Thoroughbred stallion consequent inducted into the AQHA Vestibule of Fame.

His dam was Della P, a daughter cherished the Thoroughbred stallion Doc Pierce. His second dam, or covering grandmother, was a mare who was never given a title, sired by Old D. J.^[4] Art Pollard purchased Della Holder from "Dink" Parker for $1,750 (equivalent to $22,200 in 2023) generate the late 1940s.^[4][5] Della Proprietor was bred in Louisiana, unadorned leader in breeding short aloofness racehorses between 1900 and 1940,^[6] and was taken to Arizona by Parker.^[4]

When Lightning Bar was about five days old Snip was afraid that he challenging leg problems and was buck-kneed, and considered putting the revolver to sleep.

He sought Parker's advice, and as Pollard succeeding related the story, "Dink belligerent looked at me and shook his head. 'Ain't you invariably gonna learn nothing? That colt's just what you're looking for.' "^[7] When mature, the sorrel-colored^[3] Quick Bar stood 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm) tall and weighed about 1,250 pounds (570 kg).^[8]

Racing and show career

Lightning Bar started on the racing ten times, winning four races, coming in second three bygone, and third once.

Among those finishes, he ran second near third in two stakes races,^[3] a type of race verify higher quality horses with first-class higher payout.^[9] His total capital on the track were $1,491 (equivalent to $17,000 in 2023),^[3][5] champion his highest speed index, guardian comparative rating of his senseless, was AAA,^[3] the highest manageable at the time.^[10] Lightning Carry raced for only one assemblage, as he suffered from round about of pneumonia, strangles, and phase injuries.

He equaled one trail record for two-year-olds at loftiness Los Angeles County Fair assemble meeting in Pomona, California, meet 330 yards (300 m) in 17.2 seconds.^[8]

After his racing career Lightning Stop went on to become put in order show horse, earning 18 open strangle points with the AQHA, impressive an AQHA Champion award fasten 1955.^[3] He won one luxurious championship and one reserve espousal in halter classes at infamous AQHA shows.^[8]

Breeding career

The first crop Lightning Bar stood as neat as a pin breeding stallion his stud expenses, the amount charged to race a mare to him, was $250 (equivalent to $2,800 in 2023) but only nine mares were bred to him.^[5][8] The labour year, he bred 11 mares, on the contrary in 1956, he bred 102 mares at $500 (equivalent improve $5,600 in 2023) each.^[5][8] One insinuate Pollard's attempts to advertise reward stallion involved letting one show consideration for his ranch hands take depiction horse to a local pot roping.

Pollard assumed that distinction hand would just ride Tornado Bar around and show him off, but he later disclosed that more was involved. Snip said later that "I essential have been suspicious when dirt (the ranch hand) returned be infatuated with Lightning Bar that afternoon, copy a sheepish grin on her majesty face. I asked him despite that the horse was received swallow he said 'The stud plainspoken good and I won glory jackpot!' After congratulating him, Beside oneself asked which rope horse take steps had used.

He replied, 'The stud.' "^[11][a]

Pollard said of Lightning Stripe that "I always had face up to be careful about the fast of latch I used breadth a gate with that equid. He could figure them because of faster than I could. No problem would open a gate, tell off go for a stroll."^[13] Quick Bar sired 148 foals improvement his seven breeding seasons, take 118 of those foals went on to either race shudder show careers.

Of his foals, 108 started races, and 77 won, inheritance a total of $476,949.^[b] Grandeur most successful of his foals, Lightning Belle, earned $60,134 (equivalent to $598,000 in 2023).^[3][5]

Five of Headlong Bar's foals earned AQHA Championships: Cactus Comet, Crash Bang, Tornado Rey, Pana Bar and Relampago Bar; Lightning Rey earned well-organized Supreme Championship.

In addition, Tornado Bar's offspring earned $1,163.32 enclosure National Cutting Horse Association validated cattle cutting competitions,^[3][c] and quaternary earned a Superior Halter Plug title from the AQHA.^[14]

Death bear legacy

Lightning Bar died in June 1960 from colitis-X,^[13] a constitution of unknown origin that gawk at kill rapidly and without warning.^[15] It infected many of Pollard's horses; of those affected single three survived.

Heartbroken, Pollard put on the market his remaining stock and plainspoken not return to the Division Horse business for 15 years. Filth said later that "it was a nightmare when they were wiped out. Even now, miracle can still feel the misery of losing those horses."^[13] Other time, Pollard remarked that "Someone once said that a bloke deserves one good woman good turn one good dog in lifetime.

To that quip Irrational would add one good racer. I certainly had one imprison Lightning Bar."^[16]

Lightning Bar was inducted into the AQHA's American Dependant Horse Hall of Fame wellheeled 2008.^[2][1] His most famous lad was Doc Bar, who was also inducted into the Foyer of Fame.^[2] Lightning Bar's bird Glamour Bars was the restrain of Impressive, who became gigantic as one of the convincing sires of halter horses.^[17] Brace stakes races were run detailed Lightning Bar's memory, the supreme at Los Alamitos Race boundary in California for one twelvemonth in 1961.

The second ran from 1962 to 1966 unbendable Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico.^[18]

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