Doc Bar
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| Breed: | Quarter Horse |
| Discipline: | Halter Cutting sire |
| Sire: | Lightning Bar |
| Grandsire: | Three Bars |
| Dam: | Dandy Doll |
| Maternal grandsire: | Texas Dandy |
| Sex: | Stallion |
| Foaled: | 1956 |
| Country: | United States |
| Color: | Chestnut |
| Breeder: | Finley Ranches |
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| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
| Infobox last updated on: January 11, 2008. | |
Doc Bar was a Quarter Horse stallion that was bred to be a racehorse, became an outstanding halter horse, and in his sire career revolutionized the cutting horse industry.
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[edit] Life
Doc Bar was foaled in 1956, and died July 20, 1992.[1] His sire was Lightning Bar, a son of Three Bars (TB). His dam was Dandy Doll, a daughter of Texas Dandy. Dandy Doll's dam was a descendant of Joe Reed P-3.[2]
Among his famous offspring are Doc O'Lena, Doc's Oak, Dry Doc, Doc's Marmoset, Doc's Dandy Doll, Doc's Haida, Doc's Starlight, Handle Bar Doc, Doc's Prescription, and Doc's Play Mate.[3] Among his grandget are Smart Little Lena, Lenas Peppy, Royal Mahogany, and Lynx Melody.[1]
He died in 1992 and was buried on the Jensen/Ward Doc Bar Ranch in Paicines, California.[4]
He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame.[5] In 2007 Western Horseman magazine chose Doc as number two on their list of top ten ranch horse bloodlines.[6]
[edit] Pedigree
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Doc Bar |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Simmons, Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares p. 68-69
- ^ Pedigree of Doc Bar at All Breed Pedigree retrieved on June 22, 2007
- ^ Pitzer The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 27-30
- ^ Wohlfarth "Last Rites" Quarter Horse Journal July 1996 p. 14
- ^ AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
- ^ Denison "The Top Ten Ranch Horse Bloodlines" Western Horseman October 2007 p. 34-41
[edit] References
- All Breed Database Pedigree of Doc Bar retrieved on June 22, 2007
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on February 3, 2008
- Denison, Jennifer and Ross Hecox (ed.) "The Top Ten Ranch Horse Bloodlines: Western Horseman ranks the top bloodlines used in today's working ranch remudas" Western Horseman October 2007 p. 34-41
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires Tacoma, WA:Premier Pedigrees 1987
- Simmons, Diance C. Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares Colorado Springs:Western Horseman 1993
- Wohlfarth, Jenny "Last Rites" Quarter Horse Journal July 1996 p. 14
[edit] Further Reading
- Close, Pat "Doc Bar: The Story Behind the Legend" Western Horseman July 1977
- Dixon, Cathy "The Doc Bar Heritage" Quarter Horse Journal June 1979
- Nettles, Gayla "Doc Bar: The Failed Racehorse who Became the King of Cutting" Quarter Horse Journal February 2002
- Robertson, Anna "The Doc Bar Influence in Cutting ... Will it Last?" Quarter Horse Journal January 1973
