Rocket Wrangler
| Rocket Wrangler | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Racing |
| Sire | Rocket Bar (TB) |
| Grandsire | Three Bars (TB) |
| Dam | Go Galla Go |
| Maternal grandsire | Go Man Go |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1968 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Sorrel |
| Record | |
| 23-10-4-4 SI-97 | |
| Earnings | |
| $252,167 | |
| Major wins | |
| All American Futurity Rainbow Futurity | |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame 1970 Champion Quarter Running 2-year-old Colt | |
Winner of the All American Futurity, Rocket Wrangler (1968–1992) went on to sire Dash For Cash.[1]
Life
[edit | edit source]Rocket Wrangler was a 1968 son of American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Rocket Bar a Thoroughbred stallion. Rocket Wrangler was out of Go Galla Go, a daughter of another Hall of Fame member Go Man Go.[2]
Racing career
[edit | edit source]Rocket Wrangler won ten times on the racetrack, finishing second four times and third another four times, earning $252,167 in race earnings. His highest speed index was 97. He won the All American Futurity and the Rainbow Futurity, and finished second in the All American Congress Futurity.[2]
Breeding record
[edit | edit source]After retiring, Rocket Wrangler went on to sire 56 stakes winners, including Hall of Fame member Dash For Cash. His foals earned over $9,400,000 on the racetrack.[1]
Death and honors
[edit | edit source]Rocket Wrangler died on November 29, 1992. He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2010.[1]
Sire line tree
[edit | edit source]- Rocket Wrangler[3][4][5][6][7]
- Dash For Cash[8][9]
- Cash Rate
- Calyx
- First Down Dash[10][11]
- Cash Legacy
- Dashing Val
- Dash For Perks
- Dash N Sparks[15]
- Takin On The Cash
- Some Dasher
- Dash For Cash[8][9]
Pedigree
[edit | edit source]| Percentage (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Bars (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Myrtle Dee (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Rocket Bar (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Cartago (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Golden Rocket (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Morshion (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Rocket Wrangler | |||||||||||||||
| Top Deck (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Go Man Go | |||||||||||||||
| Lightfoot Sis | |||||||||||||||
| Go Galla Go | |||||||||||||||
| Direct Win (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| La Galla Win | |||||||||||||||
| La Gallina V | |||||||||||||||
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 106
- ^ Biography: Hermit
- ^ Three Bars: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1989.
- ^ The Legendary Three Bars: A Sire That Influenced Modern Performance Horses
- ^ The Three Bars (TB) Bloodline
- ^ Rocket Wrangler: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2010.
- ^ Dash For Cash: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1997.
- ^ 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Dash For Cash
- ^ First Down Dash: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2011.
- ^ The First Down Dash Story Home / Articles / The First Down Dash Story
- ^ The Dash Ta Fame Story
- ^ Bob Burt Tells the FULL Dash Ta Fame Story on The Money Barrel Podcast
- ^ Meet the Longest Lasting ProRodeo Barrel Horses of All Time
- ^ a b c Meet the Longest Lasting ProRodeo Barrel Horses of All Time
- ^ A Classic Dash Dies
- ^ All American Futurity Winner A Classic Dash Dies at 29
- ^ 25-Year-Old Stakes Winner Drop Your Sox Dies July 5
- ^ Drop Your Sox
- ^ Classified As Dash Wins Heritage Place Futurity
- ^ Classified As Dash captures Derby
- ^ Quarter race champion Ocean Runaway found dead
- ^ 2006 AQHA racing champions named
- ^ Heritage Place Quarter Race Yearling Sale strong
- ^ Full brother to world champion Wave Carver tops Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale
References
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