Doc Bar
Quarter Horse show stallion and sire
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Doc Bar (1956–1992) 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.
| Doc Bar | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
| Last updated on: January 11, 2008. | |
Life
Doc Bar was foaled in 1956,[1] and 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]
Offspring
Among Doc Bar's famous offspring are Doc O'Lena, Doc's Dee Bar, 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]
Death and honors
Doc Bar died on July 20, 1992,[1] and was buried on the Jensen/Ward Doc Bar Ranch in Paicines, California.[4]
Doc Bar was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame in 1993.[5] In 2007 Western Horseman magazine chose Doc as number two on their list of top ten ranch horse bloodlines.[6]
Sire line tree
- Doc Bar[7][8]
- Doc's Dee Bar
- Doc O'Lena[9]
- Lena's Peppy
- Doc Athena
- Montana Doc
- Tanquery Gin
- Shorty Lena
- Smart Little Lena[10][11]
- Sugar Olena
- Travelina
- CD O'Lena
- Mr Sun O'Lena
- Todaysmyluckyday
- Doc's Jack Frost
- Dry Doc[36]
- Dry Oil
- Dry Clean
- Doc's Lynx
- Doc's Hickory[38]
- Doc's Mahogany
- Royal Mahogany
- Doc's Oak
- Doc's Prescription
- Handle Bar Doc
- Doc's Tomcat
- Genuine Doc
Pedigree
| Midway (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gossip Avenue (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Three Bars (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Luke McLuke (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Myrtle Dee (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Civil Maid (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lightning Bar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flying Squirrel (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Doc Horn (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Debutante (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Della P | |||||||||||||||||||
| Old DJ | |||||||||||||||||||
| mare by Old DJ | |||||||||||||||||||
| unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
| Doc Bar | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Porte Drapeau (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| My Texas Dandy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sadie M | |||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Dandy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lone Star | |||||||||||||||||||
| Streak | |||||||||||||||||||
| mare by Cap | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dandy Doll | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lawyer (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bartender II | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lundy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bar Maid F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Red Joe of Arizona | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nelly Bly | |||||||||||||||||||
| Topsy by Gringo | |||||||||||||||||||