THREE BARS (TB)

Text from the book Legends, 1993

Three Bars has had the greatest impact on the Quarter Horse breed  of any horse in history.

Without a shadow of a doubt, Three Bars has had the greatest impact on the Quarter Horse

breed of any horse in history. Just take a look at Three Bars' record as a sire. Whereas most

great stallions dominate just one phase of the industry, Three Bars forever left his mark in

racing, halter, cutting, and other arena performance events.

IN RACING : Just a very few of his superstar offspring include: Goldseeker Bars, Rocket Bar, Three Chicks,

The Ole Man, Sugar Bars, Lightning Bar and Little Lena's Bar.

IN HALTER: Will there ever be another sire to equal the record of Impressive?

Imressive was by Lucky Bar (TB) by Three Bars. Impressive was out of a Three Bars granddaughter.

IN CUTTING: Doc Bar revolutionized the industry. Doc Bar was a grandson of Three Bars and his record as

a sire of cutters may also never be equaled.

IN REINING, ROPING AND OTHER ARENA EVENTS: A host of Three Bars get and grandget excelled as sires and producers. Sugar Bars, for example, sired 30 AQHA Champions! Another son, Parr Three, earned a Superior at halter and then sired the great Zan Parr Bar.

THREE BARS HIMSELF: Foaled in 1940, Three Bars was by Percentage, a stakes winner. Percentage's dam, Gossip Avenue, produced 8 foals and 7 of them were winners on the track, 2 stakes winners.

The Dam of Three Bars, Myrtle Dee, was a speedburner who once set a record for 5 1/2 furlongs. She came by her speed honestly as her sire, Luke McLuke, won the Belmont Stakes in 1914, and her dam, Civil Maid, was a granddaughter of Ben Brush, winner of the Kentucky Derby in 1896.