Sonny Dee Bar
Sonny Dee Bar (1965–1994) was a Quarter Horse stallion and famous sire of show horses, not only Quarter Horses but Paint Horses and Appaloosas as well.[1]
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Halter |
| Sire | Win Or Lose |
| Grandsire | Mr Bar None |
| Dam | Chigger's Baby |
| Maternal grandsire | Chigger |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1965 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Sorrel |
| Breeder | E. V. Roberts |
| Other awards | |
| AQHA Performance Register of Merit AQHA Superior Halter Horse | |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Life
Sonny Dee Bar was a registered Quarter Horse who was foaled in 1965. His sire was Win Or Lose, a descendant of Three Bars (TB) and Leo. His dam was linebred to Midnight Jr, as both her sire and her dam were by Midnight Jr.[2] He died on August 20, 1994.[1]
Show career
Sonny Dee Bar earned a Superior Halter Horse award from the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA), along with a Performance Register of Merit.[3]
Breeding record
Sonny Dee Bar sired, among others, such famous horses as Red Sonny Dee, Lucky Machine, Sonny Go Lucky, Sonny Deluxe, Dirty Larry, Sonny Go Royal, James Caan, and Scotch Bar Time.[4] He sired 1070 Quarter Horse foals in his breeding career, with thirty-one of them AQHA Champions, one AQHA Supreme Champion, and five AQHA World Champions.[1]
Honors
Scotch Bar Time was inducted into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame in 2002.[5] Sonny Dee Bar was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2003.[6]
Pedigree
| Percentage (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Three Bars (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Myrtle Dee (TB) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mr Bar None | |||||||||||||||||||
| Moco Burnett | |||||||||||||||||||
| Murl L | |||||||||||||||||||
| Day Break I | |||||||||||||||||||
| Win Or Lose | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joe Reed II | |||||||||||||||||||
| Leo | |||||||||||||||||||
| Little Fanny | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Leo | |||||||||||||||||||
| David Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lady Thomas Wilson | |||||||||||||||||||
| Bonny | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sonny Dee Bar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Midnight | |||||||||||||||||||
| Midnight Jr | |||||||||||||||||||
| Salty | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chigger | |||||||||||||||||||
| Waggoner's Rainy Day P-13 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | |||||||||||||||||||
| Singleston mare | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chigger's Baby | |||||||||||||||||||
| Midnight | |||||||||||||||||||
| Midnight Jr | |||||||||||||||||||
| Salty | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sugar Foot M | |||||||||||||||||||
| unknown | |||||||||||||||||||
Notes
- Martindale and Swan (ed.) Legends 7 p. 156-167
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Sonny Dee Bar
- Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 660
- Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 119–120
- National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Sonny Dee Bar". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Sonny Dee Bar retrieved on June 27, 2007
- [https://www.aqha.com/hall-of-fame
AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on September 2, 2017
- Martindale, Cathy; Swan, Kathy, eds. (2006). Legends 7: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-79-1.
- National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame retrieved July 5, 2007
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.
- Wagoner, Dan (1974). Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition. Grapevine, TX: Equine Research.