Rocket Bar

Rocket Bar was a registered Thoroughbred son of Three Bars that foaled in Arizona in 1951.Simmons, et al. Legends 2 pp. 134–139[http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rocket+bar All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Rocket Bar] He raced until 1958, when he was sold and started a career in the breeding shed.

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).Wagoner Quarter Horse Digest pp. 1017–1021 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.Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau American Produce Records p. 3521]

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.Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp . 104–105

Rocket Bar died on October 23, 1970, after colic surgery.

Rocket Bar was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1992.{{cite web |title=Rocket Bar |url=https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame-horse-inductees/-/asset_publisher/JbReVpSPcSnY/content/rocket-bar? |work= AQHA Hall of Fame |author=American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA) |publisher=American Quarter Horse Association |access-date=September 2, 2017 }}

{{Ahnentafel

|1 = Rocket Bar

|2= Three Bars

|3 = Golden Rocket

|4 = Percentage

|5 = Myrtle Dee

|6 = Cartago

|7 = Morshion

|8 = Midway

|9 = Gossip Avenue

|10 = Luke McLuke

|11 = Civil Maid

|12 = *Atwell

|13 = Polly H

|14 = Morvich

|15 = Cushion

|16 = Ballot

|17 = Thirty-third

|18 = Bulse

|19 = Rosewood

|20 = Ultimus

|21 = Midge

|22 = Patriot

|23 = Civil Rule

|24 = =St. Amant

|25 = =Doro

|26 = Heno

|27 = Polly

|28 = Runnymede

|29 = Hymir

|30 = Non Pareil

|31 = Hassock}}

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• [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/rocket+bar All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Rocket Bar] accessed on June 23, 2007
• [https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on September 2, 2017
• {{cite book |author=Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau |title=American Produce Records 1930–1979|location= Lexington, KY|publisher= Bloodstock Research & Statistical Bureau|year= 1979}}
• {{cite book |author= Pitzer, Andrea Laycock |title= The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires |year= 1987 |publisher= Premier Pedigrees |location= Tacoma, WA }}
• {{cite book |editor1=Simmons, Diane |editor2= Goodhue, Jim |editor3= Holmes, Frank Wakefield |editor4= Livingston, Phil |title= Legends 2: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares |url=https://archive.org/details/legendsoutstandi00simm |url-access=registration |publisher=Western Horseman |location= Colorado Springs, CO |year=1994|isbn=0-911647-30-9}}
• {{cite book |author=Wagoner, Dan |title= Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976 |year= 1976 |publisher= Equine Research |location= Grapevine, TX }}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130619214232/http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=4843 Rocket Bar at Quarter Horse Directory]
• [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home42222222232 Rocket Bar at Quarter Horse Legends]

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Category:Thoroughbred family 1-o

Category:Racehorses bred in Arizona

Category:Racehorses trained in the United States

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Category:1951 racehorse births

Category:1970 racehorse deaths

Category:AQHA Hall of Fame (horses)