Lena's Bar
A registered Thoroughbred mare, Lena's Bar (born 1954) raced on the Quarter Horse racetracks and was the dam of Jet Smooth, Double Dancer and Jet Deck, three outstanding Quarter Horse stallions.
| Lena's Bar | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Three Bars |
| Grandsire | Percentage |
| Dam | Lena Valenti |
| Damsire | Gray Dream |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1954 |
| Country | United States |
| Breeder | Walter Merrick |
| Owner | Walter Merrick |
| Record | 76 starts: 24-28-10 |
| Earnings | $28,311.00 |
| Major wins | |
| Bright Eyes Stakes Buttons and Bows Handicap Bright Eyes Handicap | |
| Awards | |
| AQHA Racing Register of Merit | |
| Honours | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Life
A Thoroughbred daughter of the stallion Three Bars, Lena's Bar was out of Lena Valenti, a granddaughter of Percentage.[1] Thus, Lena's Bar had Percentage, Three Bar's sire, on both sides of her pedigree. Lena Valenti raced on the Quarter tracks, ending with a record of two starts, one win, one third with an AA speed rating.[2]
Racing career
Lena's Bar raced mainly in Quarter Horse races.[3] She started seventy-six times, winning twenty-four races. She placed second eighteen times and was third ten times. Her total earnings were $28,308.00 with 67 racing points with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). She rated an AAA speed rating in those races, and was a stakes race winner.[2] She once outran Go Man Go, Double Bid, Tidy Too, Miss Louton, Vandy's Flash and Vanetta Dee in one race. Her sister Little Lena's Bar set four world records at four different distances.[4]
Breeding record
After Lena's Bar retired from racing, she produced the Quarter Horse stallions Double Dancer, Jet Smooth, and Easy Jet, along with two Quarter Horse mares – Delta Ann and Mayflower Ann.[3] Her offspring earned $557,199.00 on the track, with all five being winners and Register of Merit earners.[5]
Lena's Bar was inducted into the AQHA's Hall of Fame in 2003.[6]
Pedigree
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| Bulse | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gossip Avenue | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rosewood | |||||||||||||||||||
| Three Bars | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ultimus | |||||||||||||||||||
| Luke McLuke | |||||||||||||||||||
| Midge | |||||||||||||||||||
| Myrtle Dee | |||||||||||||||||||
| Patriot | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Lena's Bar | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Tetratema | |||||||||||||||||||
| *Gino | |||||||||||||||||||
| =Teresina | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gray Dream | |||||||||||||||||||
| Traumer | |||||||||||||||||||
| Dark Love | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sunny Love | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lena Valenti | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Perhobo | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Homebody | |||||||||||||||||||
| Scramble | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- Lena's Bar Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree
- Wagoner Quarter Racing Digest p. 631
- Simmons, et al. Legends 2 pp. 170–177
- Wiggins Great American Speedhorse p. 93
- Staff "MMIII Hall of Fame" Quarter Horse Journal p. 48
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Lena's Bar". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Lena's Bar accessed on June 26, 2007
- AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 1, 2017
- Simmons, Diane; Goodhue, Jim; Holmes, Frank Wakefield; Livingston, Phil, eds. (1994). Legends 2: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-30-9.
- Staff (March 2003). "MMIII Hall of Fame". Quarter Horse Journal: 41–51.
- Wagoner, Dan (1976). Quarter Racing Digest: 1940 to 1976. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.
- Wiggins, Walt (1978). The Great American Speedhorse: A Guide to Quarter Racing. New York: Sovereign Books. ISBN 0-671-18340-0.