Zippo Pat Bars
| Zippo Pat Bars | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Racing |
| Sire | Three Bars (TB) |
| Grandsire | Percentage (TB) |
| Dam | Leo Pat |
| Maternal grandsire | Leo |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1964 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Sorrel |
| Breeder | Paul Curtner |
| Record | |
| 18 starts: 5-4-0 AAA speed rating | |
| Earnings | |
| $1856.00 | |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Zippo Pat Bars (1964–1988) was an American Quarter horse racehorse and showhorse who became an influential sire in the breed.
Life
[edit]Zippo Pat Bars was a son of the Thoroughbred stallion Three Bars out of a daughter of Leo named Leo Pat.[1] He was a 1964 sorrel stallion[2] bred by Paul Curtner. As a weanling, Curtner was offered $20,000.00 for the colt, which he turned down.[3]
Racing career
[edit]Zippo Pat Bars raced for two years, starting eighteen times. He won five races and placed second four times. He earned a Race Register of Merit with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) in 1966 with an AAA speed rating. He earned $1855.00 on the racetrack.[2] He injured himself as a two-year-old, fracturing two vertebrae in a stall accident. The injury kept the horse out of the 1966 All American Futurity.[4]
Breeding record
[edit]After the end of Zippo Pat Bars's racing career, he retired to the breeding shed. He sired, among others, Zippo Pine Bar, Scarborough Fair, The Invester, and Mr Pondie Zip.[5][6] His sons Zippo Pine Bar and The Invester were inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame as well as the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame.[7][8][9] His grandson Zippos Mr Good Bar also was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2019.[10] In 2000, Zippos Mr Good Bar was inducted as well into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame[11] [12]
Zippo Pat Bars sired nine AQHA Champions, as well as sixteen Superior Western Pleasure Horses and four Superior Halter Horses.[5] In 1996, Zippo Pat Bars was inducted into the NSBA Hall of Fame.[9]
Death and Honors
[edit]Zippo Pat Bars died May 1, 1988, due to heart problems.[4] He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame[13] in 2002.
Pedigree
[edit]| Ballot (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Bulse (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Rosewood (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Three Bars (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ultimus (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Luke McLuke (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Midge (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Myrtle Dee (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Patriot (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Civil Maid (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Civil Rule (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Zippo Pat Bars | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Reed P-3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Reed II | |||||||||||||||||||
| Nellene | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Reed P-3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Little Fanny | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fanny Ashwell | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leo Pat | |||||||||||||||||||
| Golden Chief | |||||||||||||||||||
| Little Chuck | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chuck | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dunny Girl | |||||||||||||||||||
| unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
| Thoroughbred mare | |||||||||||||||||||
| unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Zippo Pat Bars Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree
- ^ a b Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 1345
- ^ Groves "Where'd We Get That Zip?" Quarter Horse Journal p. 18
- ^ a b Beckman "Zippo Pat Bars" Quarter Horse Journal pp. 82–85
- ^ a b Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 159–160
- ^ Thornton "Working Lines: Zippo Pat Bars" Southern Horseman pp. 28–40
- ^ "Zippo Pat Bars". National Snaffle Bit Association. www.nsba.com. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
- ^ AQHA Hall of Fame
- ^ a b NSBA Hall of Fame
- ^ American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Zippos Mr Good Bar". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ "Pecho Dexter". National Snaffle Bit Association. www.nsba.com. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
- ^ "NSBA Hall of Fame". National Snaffle Bit Association. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ^ American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Zippo Pat Bars". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
References
[edit]- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Zippo Pat Bars accessed on June 27, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Foundation – Zippo Pat Bars accessed on September 2, 2017
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 2, 2017
- Beckman, Bruce (December 1988). "Zippo Pat Bars: Close to Ideal?". Quarter Horse Journal: 82–85.
- Groves, Lesli Krause (March 1996). "Where'd We Get That Zip?". Quarter Horse Journal: 18.
- NSBA Hall of Fame accessed on July 5, 2007
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.
- Thornton, Larry (November 1993). "The Working Lines: Zippo Pat Bars". Southern Horseman: 28–40.
- Wagoner, Dan (1976). Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.
External links
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