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Clabber Bar

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Iron Bars

Sugar Bars

The following are all famous sons of Three Bars.

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Goldseeker Bars

Three Bars (TB)
1940; Chestnut; Percentage x Myrtle Dee
Stallion Show Record
Hall of Fame, '89 AQHA Inductee
Stallion Offspring Record
Hall of Fame Offspring, AQHA & NSBA
Supreme Champion Offspring
World Champion Offspring, Race
Superior Halter Offspring
Superior Performance Offspring, Race
AQHA Champion Offspring
ROM Performance Offspring
Race ROM Offspring
Race Money-earners
AQHA Offspring Record
Total Points Earned: 2,129; Reg Foals: 499; Number Shown: 431; Point Earners: 107; 
Halter Points Earned: 1,544; Halter Point Earners: 90; Superior Halter Awards: 5; 
Performance Points Earned: 585; Performance Point Earners: 54; Performance ROMS: 37; Supreme Champions: 4; 
AQHA Champions: 29; Total Superior Awards: 5; Total ROM's: 37; 
Race Earnings: $3,216,685; Stakes Winners: 176; 90+ ROMS: 153; 100+ ROMS: 57; Race ROMS: 308; Superior Race: 36; Race World Champions: 14; Race World Championships: 24; Race Offspring Wins: 1,585; 
Leading Sire List
AQHA Performance List: #5 All-time leading sire of Open AQHA Champions - 29; #14 All-time leading broodmare sire of AQHA Champions - 17
Other Information
Breeder & Owner information not available
Outstanding Offspring
Alamitos Bar, si 100, 11 wins, $58,037 RC; 1 HLT pts
Bar Adams, si 100, 10 wins, $30,701 RC, '68 Superior RC Horse
Bar Bob, si 95, 12 wins, $11,143 RC; 32 HLT & 5 Perf. Pts., '59 O AQHA Champ.
Bar Depth, si 100, 4 wins, $52,188 RC; 3 HLT pts
Bar Flirt, si 100, 7 wins, $24,516 RC
Bar Flower, 201 HLT & 18 Perf. Pts;, '67 Superior HLT; '70 O AQHA Champ.
Bar Masterpiece, si 100, 7 wins, $6,395 RC; 1 Perf. Pts, '70 Superior RC Horse
Bar Money, si 95, 4 wins, $1,797 RC; 30 HLT & 17 Perf. Pts, '67 O AQHA Champ.; '68 O AQHA Supreme Champ.
Bardella, si 100, 19 wins, $36,822 RC, World Champ. 2 X RC; '54 Superior RC Horse
Barjo, si 95, 21 wins, $11,573 RC, '53 Superior RC Horse
Bar's Shady Lady, 15 HLT & 24 perf. Pts, '65 O AQHA Champ.
Big Bar, si 95, 17 wins, $22,520 RC, '60 Superior RC Horse
Billy Bar Be, si 100, 12 wins, $10,432 RC, '62 Superior RC Horse
Bob's Folly, si 100, 18 wins, $35,523 RC
Breeze Bar, si 100, 16 wins, $34,364 RC; 24 HLT & 22 Perf. Pts, '61 World Champ. RC; '61 Superior RC Horse; '66 O AQHA Champ.
Bunny's Bar Maid, si 100, 6 wins, $72,289 RC, '61 World Champ. RC
Burke's Bars, si 100, 9 wins, $10,138 RC, '57 World Champ. RC
Carlotta 2, si 97, 7 wins, $67,685 RC, '71 Superior RC Horse
Casbar, si 95, 7 wins, $10,400 RC
Chicado Chick, si 95, 2 wins, $1,752 RC; 42 HLT & 24.5 Perf. Pts, '67 O AQHA Champ.
Clabber Bar, si 100, 12 wins, $22,966 RC, '60 Superior RC Horse
Clip Bars, si 95, 8 wins, $5,163 RC; 19 HLT pts, '66 O AQHA Champ.'
Dandy Bar, si 95, 18 wins, $22,821 RC, '59 Superior RC Horse
Deep Water, si 95, 7 wins, $5,840 RC, '57 Superior RC Horse
Eyes Of Texas, 21 HLT & 14 Perf. Pts, '66 O AQHA Champ.
Fairbars, si 95, 7 wins, $12,380 RC; 44 HLT & 43.5 Perf. Pts, '65 Superior RC Horse; '66 AQHA Champ.; '68 AQHA Supreme Champ.
First Call, si 100, 15 wins, $37,535 RC, '61 Superior RC Horse; '61 World Champ. RC
Galobar, si 95, 4 wins, $68,283 RC, '59 Hi Money earning horse
Gold Bar, si 100, 24 wins, $29,219 RC, '53 Superior RC Horse
Goldseeker Bars, si 95, 7 wins, $2,360 RC; 35 HLT & 21 Perf. Pts, '73 O AQHA Supreme Champ.; '65 O AQHA Champ.
Good Bars, 51 HLT pts, '64 O Superior HLT
Jayhawker Bar, si 95, 12 wins, $17,349 RC, '59 Superior RC Horse
Jimmy Bars, si 95, 11 wins, $12,535 RC; 14 HLT & 1.5 Perf. Pts., '63 O AQHA Champ.
Josie's Bar, si 100, 14 wins, $22,734 RC, World Champ. RC 3 X
Julio's Bar, si 85, 2 wins, $1,295 RC; 18 HLT & 9 perf. Pts., '61 O AQHA Champ.
Kid Meyers, si 95, 6 wins, $10,665 RC; 45 HLT & 27 Perf. Pts, '66 AQHA Champ.; '67 O AQHA Supreme Champ.
Lightning Bar, si 95, 4 wins, $1,491 RC; 18 HLT pts., '55 AQHA Champ.
Little Bar Olene, si 100, 4 wins, $23,998 RC; 13 HLT pts., '67 O AQHA Champ.
Little Chloe, si 100, 7 wins, $56,239 RC, '62 World Champ. RC
Magnolia Bar, si 100, 4 wins, $7,181 RC; 25 HLT pts, '63 O AQHA Champ.
Mike's Bar, si 95, 15 wins, $9,330 RC, '55 Superior RC Horse
Miss Bar Leo, si 100, 10 wins, $32,747 RC
Miss Gold Angel, si 100, 14 wins, $107,557 RC, '66 Superior RC Horse
Miss Myrna Bar, si 100, 15 wins, $42,307 RC, '55 Superior RC Horse
Miss Wonder Bar, si 95, 16 wins, $12,085 RC, '56 Superior RC Horse
Missle Bar, si 100, 19 wins, $34,456 RC, World Champ. RC 2 X; '61 Superior RC Horse
Mr Bar None, si 100, 22 wins, $72,126 RC, World Champ.4 X;
Mr Three Bars, si 100, 9 wins, $34,746 RC; 49 HLT & 14 Perf. Pts, '62 O AQHA Champ.
No Double, si 95, 6 wins, $2,444 RC; 35 HLT & 11 Perf. Pts, '74 O AQHA Champ.
Nug Bar, si 95, 10 wins, $9,618 RC, '54 Superior RC Horse
Par Three, 52 HLT pts., '69 O Superior HLT
Parker Bar, si 85, 4 wins, $3,933 RC; 16 HLT & 9 Perf. Pts, '64 O AQHA Champ.
Pinch Bar, si 95, 25 wins, $24,275 RC, '57 Superior RC Horse
Pistol Bar, si 100, 25 wins, $53,246 RC, '64 Superior RC Horse
Pokey Bar, si 100, 12 wins $162,632 RC, World Champ. 2X
Pool Bar, si 95, 9 wins, $13,338 RC, '68 Superior RC Horse
Power Boy, si 95, 5 wins, $27,778 RC, '69 Superior RC Horse
Prosser's Bar, si 95, 11 wins, $14,825 RC, '60 Superior RC Horse
Rapid Bar, si 100, 1 win, $2,763 RC; 14 HLT pts., '64 O AQHA Champ.
Rapid Volley, si 100, 9 wins, $146,919 RC, '65 World Champ. RC
Red Bars, 126 HLT & 13 Perf. Pts., '62 O Superior HLT; '64 AQHA Champ.
Rocket Bar (TB), si 95, 32 wins, $55,155 RC, '92 AQHA Hall of Fame; '56 Superior RC Horse
Sleepy Bar, si 100, 3 wins, $9,558 RC; 19 HLT pts, '65 O AQHA Champ.
Sompin Special, si 100, 10 wins, $62,633 RC, '67 Superior RC Horse
St Bar, si 100, 6 wins, $6,895 RC; 23 HLT pts, '68 O AQHA Champ.
Steel Bars, 36 HLT & 2 Perf Pts.; AQHA Champion Sire, Superior HLT & Performance Sire
Sugar Bars, si 95, 7 wins, $3,166 RC; 2 HLT pts., '94 AQHA Hall of Fame
Suwanee Bars, si 100, 14 wins, $32,918 RC, '66 Superior RC Horse
The Ole Man, si 100, 8 wins, $20,657
Three Chicks, si 100, 3 wins, $22,625 RC, '66 O AQHA Champ.
Three Cookies, si 100, 6 wins, $11,407 RC; 16 HLT & 15 Perf. Pts, '68 Superior RC Horse; '69 O AQHA Champ.
Three Lilies, si 100, 11 wins, $29,869 RC, '69 Superior RC Horse
Three Percent, si 95, 5 wins, $3,627 RC; 23 HLT pts, '61 O AQHA Champ.
Three Storms, 50 HLT & 27.5 perf. Pts, '68 O AQHA Champ.; '69 Superior HLT
Tidy Bar, si 95, 28 wins, $26,426 RC, '61 Superior RC Horse
Tonto Bars Gill, si 95, 8 wins, $15,209 RC, '52 World Champ. RC; '53 Superior RC Horse
Triple Lady, si 100, 12 wins, $61,932 RC, World Champ. RC 3X
Velox Bar, si 100, 6 wins, $63,892 RC, '70 Superior RC Horse
Wiggy Bar, si 85, 1 win, $1,896 RC; 20 HLT & 9 perf. Pts., '66 O AQHA Champ.
Zippo Pat Bars, 2002 AQHA & '96 NSBA Hall of Fame

Three Bars has had the greatest impact on the Quarter Horse Breed of any horse in history.  Three bars left his mark in racing, halter, cutting and other arena performance events
Three Bars is a 1940 dark chestnut TB that was 15.3h. His AQHA reg. # is T0065983. His achievements include AQHA Hall of Fame, 28-12-3-1, $20,840. He died of a heart attack in March 1968.

Sugar Bars
1951; Sorrel; Three Bars x Frontera Sugar
Stallion Show Record
Hall of Fame, '94 AQHA Inductee
ROM Performance, '53 RC
Race money-earner, $3,166
Halter Point Earner
Performance Point Earner
Total Points Earned: 2; Halter Points: 2; SI: 95; AAA: AAA; Race: $3,166; Wins: 7; 
Stallion Offspring Record
World Champion Offspring
Reserve World Champion Offspring
Superior Halter Offspring
Superior Performance Offspring
AQHA Champion Offspring
ROM Performance Offspring
Race ROM Offspring
Race Money-earners
Halter Point Earners
Performance Point Earners
AQHA Offspring Record
Total Points Earned: 9,896; Reg Foals: 867; Number Shown: 494; Point Earners: 218; 
Halter Points Earned: 2,816; Halter Point Earners: 163; Superior Halter Awards: 10; 
Performance Points Earned: 7,080; Performance Point Earners: 187; Performance ROMS: 114; Superior Performance Awards: 40; 
AQHA Champions: 36; Total Superior Awards: 50; Total ROM's: 114; World Championships: 2; Res World Championships: 2; High Point Wins: 5; 
Average Race Earners: $378,081; Stakes Winners: 11; 90+ ROMS: 52; 100+ ROMS: 14; Race ROMS: 139; Superior Race: 2; Race Offspring Wins: 479; 
Leading Sire List
AQHA Performance List: #22 All-time leading sire of perf ROM qualifiers - 93; #4 All-time leading sire of Open AQHA Champions - 30; #5 All-time leading broodmare sire of AQHA Champions - 25
Other Information
#34 ranked All-time leading sire of AQHA points earned by progency in O HLT & Perf. classes as of Jan. 1, 1999 
Breeder: George Wood, El Paso, TX; Owner: Sidney Huntley & Dean Parker, Madera, CA
Outstanding Offspring
Albar, si 95, 6 wins, $1,528 RC; 18 HLT points;, '66 O AHQA Champ.;
Apollo Girl, 1 HLT & 160 performance points;, '72 O Superior WP;
Bar Face, si 100, 9 wins, $77,726 RC;, 1st Ruidoso Futurity $58,850;
Bar Flit, 82 HLT & 5 performance points;, '60 O Superior HLT;
Bar Gal, 13 HLT & 42.5 performance points;, '66 O AQHA Champ.;
Bar Pistol, 35 HLT & 19 performance points; AQHA Champ. Sire & Superior HLt Sire, '61 O AQHA Champ.;
Bar Room, 32 performance points;, '72 O HI PT CR Geld.;
Bars Bailey, 47 HLT & 27.5 performance points;, '62 O AQHA Champ.;
Bar's Bert, 17 HLT & 15 performance points;, '64 O AQHA Champ.;
Bars Riker, 26 HLT & 17.5 performance points;, '65 O AQHA Champ.;
Bit O'Sugar, 205 HLT & 128 performance points;, Superior HLT & HUS; '71 Y AQHA Champ.;
Char Bar, si 85, 7 wins, $6,244 RC; 14 HLT points;, '67 O AQHA Champ.;
Clink Chugie, 25 performance points;, '74 O World Champ. JR HL;
Connie Reb, si 100; $18,066 RC
Connie Reba, si 100, 7 wins, $16,773 RC; 15 HLT points;, '63 O AQHA Champ.;
Counterplay, si 100, 10 wins, $25,797 RC; 57 HLT & 10 performance points;, '67 Superior RC Horse; '68 O AQHA Champ.; '71 Superior HLT;
Dan's Sugar Bars, AAA; si 95, 3 wins, $9,475 RC; 19 HLT points;, '64 O AQHA Champ.;
Dean's Bonita, 37 HLT & 385 performance points;, '78 AQHA Champ.; Superior WP & Show.;
Dean's Sweet Speed, 36 HLT & 11 performance points;, '74 O AQHA Champ.; '74 RC ROM;
Denny's Sugarman, 33 HLT & 22.5 performance points;, '67 AQHA Champ.;
Figure 8 Bars, si 95, 9 wins, $1,956 RC; 12 HLT points;, '65 O AQHA Champ.; '64 1st All Around Champ.;
Gofar Bar, si 100, 3 wins, $3,004 RC; 16 HLT points;, '65 O AQHA Champ.;
Hesa Sugar, si 75, 2 wins, $296 RC; 20 HLT & 96 performance points;, '70 O Superior WP; '71 O AQHA Champ.;
Indian Sugar, 8 HLT & 266 performance points;, '77 O & '81 Y Superior WP;
Jay's Sugar Bars, 131 performance points;, '70 O Superior RN; '70 O HI PT RN;
Judge Sulena, 166 HLT & 1,348 performance points;, '74 AQHA Champ.; Superior HUS, WP, HLT, Show.;
Justice Bars, si 95, 6 wins, $9,079 RC; 32 HLT & 18 performance points;, '65 O AQHA Champ.;
Kool Bars, 34 HLT & 13.5 performance points;, '68 O AQHA Champ.;
Little Bit A Sugar, 89 HLT & 136 performance points;, '74 Y AQHA Champ.; '74 O Superior HLT & WP;
Mr Cabin Bar, 57 HLT & 17 performance points;, '70 Superior HLT;
Mr Sugar Boy, 41 performance points;, '74 O 2nd NCHA finals; '76 O 3rd NCHA World Champ.;
Nice N Sweet, 44 HLT & 527 performance points;, '78 AQHA Champ.; '80 Res. World Champ.; Superior WP, TR,;
Otoe, AAA, si 95, 5 wins, $4,595 RC;Sire of 22 AQHA Champ., '62 O AQHA Champ.; '63 O Superior HLT;
Paula's Sugar Man, 245 performance points;, '77 O Superior WP & HUS; '79 O Res. World Champ. SR WH;
Poco D Bar, 12 HLT & 21 performance points;, '65 O AQHA Champ.;
Quick Henry, si 95, 3 wins, $3,002 RC; 25 HLT & 1 performance points;, '66 O AQHA Champ.;
Shugar Cat, 6 HLT & 172 performance points;, '80 O Superior WR;
Shugar Jet, si 84, 1 win, $728 RC; 6 HLT & 140 performance points;
Sugar Antique, si 102, 3 wins, $8,571 RC,'74 Race ROM, '72 2nd OR Bred Juvenile Champions - $3,104
Sugar Bar Dell, 13 HLT & 97.5 performance points;, '65 O AQHA Champ.; '69 O Superior RN;
Sugar Bars Boy, si 85, 4 wins, $972 RC; 32 HLT & 11.5 performance points;, '68 O AQHA Champ.;
Sugar Bars Junior, 2 HLT & 71 performance points;, '76 O Superior WP;
Sugar Billy Van, 21 HLT & 16.5 performance points;, '67 O AQHA Champ.;
Sugar Bull, 24 HLT & 23.5 performance points;, '67 O AQHA Champ.;
Sugar Capri, 70 HLT points;, '73 O Superior HLT;
Sugar Joe Reed, si 95, 3 wins, $841 RC; 19 HLT & 96 performance points;, '71 O AQHA Champ.; '74 O Superior WP;
Sugar Leda, 379 HLT & 5 performance points;, '68 Honor Roll HLT Horse; '68 O Superior HLT;
Sugar Leo, si 95, 5 wins, $1,363 RC; 32 HLT points;, '63 O AQHA Champ.;
Sugar Line, 120 performance points;, '76 O Superior RN; '76 O HI PT JR RN & RN;
Sugar Maker, si 75, 1 win, $129 RC; 12 HLT & 31.5 performance points;, '66 O AQHA Champ.;
Sugar Select, 103 performance points;, '84 Superior CUT;
Sugar Three Bars, si 79, 1 win, $404 RC; 1 HLT & 94 performance points;, '75 O Superior WP;
Sugaree Bars, si 95, 5 wins, $3,216 RC; 18 HLT points;, '62 O AQHA Champ.;
Sugar's Cookie, 19 HLT & 68 performance points;, '72 O Superior WP;
Sure I'm Sugar, 223 performance points;, Superior HUS & WP;
Sweeter Than, 33 HLT & 111 performance points;, '74 Y AQHA Champ.; '74 Y Superior WP;
Three Sugars, 1 HLT & 163 performance points;, '74 Superior WP;
Three Sweet Bars, 54 HLT & 138 performance points;, '76 Y AQHA Champ.;
Vanna Bar, si 100, 20 wins, $21,988 RC; 12 HLT points;, '63 Superior RC Horse; '67 O AQHA Champ.;

Sugar Bars ... (STORY)
"One cannot remember when this stallion did not have a full book." 
An excerpt from the book,  
"Speed and the Quarter Horse:  a Payload of Sprinters"  
(1973) by Nelson C. Nye
The daddy of 259 starters the last time we looked, Sugar Bars is a familiar name to connoisseurs of the leading sires lists. He was bred by George E. Wood and foaled at El Paso, Texas, in 1951. Sired by Three Bars (TB), Sugar Bars is out of Frontera Sugar by Rey, a good son of the well remembered Captains Courageous (TB), sire also of the celebrated Miss Bank. The dam of Frontera Sugar was the Dun Mare by Ben Hur.

While standing in the ownership of Bud Warren this stallion got such speed merchants as Barface (AAAT), Bar Moore Miss (AAAT), Connie Reb (AAAT), Gofar Bar (AAAT), Johnny Bars (AAAT), Pacific Bars (AAT), Sugar Band (AAAT), Sugar Comb (AAAT), Sugar Rondo (AAAT), Vanna Bar (AAAT) and others too numerous to set down here. His racing get have earned in excess of $350,000 and he had, at last count, twelve AAAT, fourty-five AAA and fifty-six AA offspring to his credit. Additionally, he is the father of 641 registered foals and stands eighth among leading sires of Register of Merit qualifiers having fifty-seven or more such get (actually 113), and eighth in the list of those with seven or more AAAT get. He is the leading living maternal grandsire of ROM get (1945 through 1969). He has gotten more registered foals than any other sire of Register of Merit qualifiers, an unquestionable testimonial to his long-time popularity with mare owners.

In addition to the Sugar Bars get which have gone to the races, many others have gone the show ring route and some, like Sugaree Bars, have toured both circuits. She, as it happens, was his first foal to be rated AAA AQHA Champion.

Sugar Bars is currently owned by Sid Huntley and Dean H. Parker and stands at the Huntley Ranch outside Madera, California. One cannot remember when this stallion did not have a full book. Mr. Huntley says he bred at least ninety mares each of the past two seasons.

In his straightaway days Sugar Bars was himself a AAA sprinter, one of the first twenty Three Bars' get to go into the then-highest rating. The others were Bardella, Barjo, Barred, Cee Bars, Deep Water, De Witt Bar, Gold Bar, Ipana Bar, Josie's Bar, Lightning Bar, Make's Bar, Miss Myrna Bar, Miss Wonder Bar, Nug Bar, Rocket Bar, Third Reader, Tonto Bars Gill, War Bar and War Chant. Certainly their success on the tracks conspicuously contributed to their sire's popularity in the stud. In 1954 Three Bars (TB) led the all time list of leading sires with twenty AAA, six AA and seven A. Leo was next with sixteen AAA, twenty-two AA and twenty-one A. Third on that list was Depth Charge (TB) with ten, seven and eleven. Piggin String (TB) was fourth with ten, seventeen and sixteen. Texas Dandy stood fifth with eight, nine and twelve. Sixth was Hard Twist with six, seventeen and six. Joe Reed II was seventh with six, twenty-one and twenty. Eighth was Top Deck (TB) with six, eight and two. Vandy was ninth with five, five and one. And the tenth on that list was War Bam (TB) with five, one and one.

Incidentally, I just came across an old program from Rillito Race Track dated January 15, 1955, a Quarter Horse Allowance at 300 yards, hand timed at :16.9 over a heavy track, which shows Sugar Bars -- top weighted at 126 and giving away four to seven pounds - finishing second by a nose to Oleo (an upset winner) with the rest of the field finishing as follows: Tucson Gangway, Half Twist, Black Easter, Deep Water, Duck Foot, E. Day, and Moon Cat. In this go, Sugar Bars was running in the silks of R. Hittson.