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]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]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]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]Rocket Wrangler died on November 29, 1992. He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2010.[1]
Sire line tree
[edit]- 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]| 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]- 1 2 3 American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Rocket Wrangler". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- 1 2 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
- 1 2 3 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
[edit]- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Rocket Wrangler". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.