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the broodmare sires Joe Reed II, Red Joe of Arizona and Barred, a son of Three Bars,
all closely related to Leo. You will recall
that the 1961 foal crop included five stakes winners and four stakes placed runners. We will start with Joada Bar, winner of 1963 PCQHRA Futurity. She is out of Lady Me by Joe Reed II. Rockarbars is the second stakes winner from this cross, winning races such
as the 1968 Lafayette Derby. This cross also produced the AQHA Supreme Champion He Rocket.
Here are a few more interesting runners with ties to Rocket Bar and Lady Me, by
Joe Reed II. Rocket Elaine won the 1974 Sunland Park Fall Derby. This mare by Rocket Bar is out of Moolah Me by Moolah Bux TB. The dam of Moolah Me is Lady Me by Joe Reed II. Joada Bar, out of Lady Me, is the dam of 1968 Rainbow Futurity winner Joada Bux, who was by Moolah Bux.
Jody B Reed is another Joe Reed II daughter to produce a stakes placed runner from the 1961 foal crop. She is the dam
of Rocket Joleen, second in the 1963 Intermountain Futurity. The dam of Jody B Reed is Lady Bob R by Flying Bob by Chicaro. Winning Streak is a 1965 foal by Rocket Bar that won the 1968 Long Beach Stakes. She is out of Midnight Streak by Bull’s Eye, by Joe Reed II.
Rocket Dust won the 1963 Tri-State Futurity and Waitsburg Futurity. She is out of Larson’s Gold Dust by Red Joe Of Arizona, a 3/4-brother to Joe Reed II. He is by Joe Reed P-3 and out of Little Red Nell, the dam of Nellene, who is the dam of Joe Reed II.
Rocket’s Gold is the next stakes winner in this 1961 foal crop, and he won the 1963 Jefferson QHA Futurity. His full sister Dream Rocket won the Columbus Futurity, Goliad Futurity and Laredo Futurity in 1966. Their dam is Dream’s Gold Bar by Barred, who is by Three Bars and out of Ready by Red Joe Of Arizona.
This cross is reinforced with Rocket
Bar’s 1976 filly Barred’s Rocket, who won the 1969 Bay Meadows Futurity. She is
out of It’s Tidy by Barred. Her dam is Vandys Betty, by Vandy, and she is out of Garrett’smisspawhuska by Leo. This gives Vandys Betty a double cross to Joe Reed P-3, sire of Red Joe Of Arizona and Joe Reed II. Then we see that Vandy is out of Jean Ann Blair TB by Joe Blair, who is also the sire
of Joe Reed P-3. This gives Vandys Betty a breeding pattern of 3x5x5 to Joe Blair by Bonnie Joe.
Here are a few more Rocket Bar/Vandy connections. Stakes winner Snazzy Man
is out of Vanneva by Vandy. Vanneva is
An example of a runner from the Three Bars/ Leo nick is Laurita Bar, winner of the 1966 Texas Futurity at 330 yards
conformation. This takes place when the conformation of the stallion and the mare complement each other by bringing certain aspects of their conformation to improve their foals.
Following are some examples of runners from the Three Bars/Leo nick: Heavenly Flower, winner of the 1960 Rocky Mountain QHA Futurity at 330 yards and the 1961 Rocky Mountain QHA Derby at 440 yards. She set a track record at Ruidoso going 330 yards in :17.200. Her dam is Sweet Leilani W by Leo. The next two stakes winners are full sisters Laurita Bar, winner of the 1966 330-yard Texas Futurity, and Miss Bar Leo, a multiple stakes winner of the 330-yard Texas Futurity in 1966. Miss Bar Leo is also a track record setter in 1962 at Centennial Downs going 350 yards in :17.600. She won both the 1962 Colorado Futurity and Colorado Lassie Futurity. These full sisters have another full sister and brother - AAA earners Bar Leo King and Miss Cy Fair. The dam of all these runners is Leo’s Midget by Leo. Then there is Sompin Special, who won the 1966 Colorado Lassie Stakes at 350 yards and the 400-yard California Horse Racing Association Stakes. She is out of Aunt Amie by Leo. Aunt Amie is also the dam of Catawambus Bars, a AAA
full brother to Sompin Special. And there is Citation Bars, who was a finalist in multiple stakes races including the 1964 All American Futurity. He is out of Leota W by Leo.
Bar Bob, another Three Bars/Leo nick, is a AAA runner and a stakes finalist in the 1955 PCQHRA Futurity. He is out of Della Bob by Leo and Della Bob’s dam is Sailor Bob by Flying Bob.
Kid Meyers, by Three Bars and out of a Leo mare, was a AAA runner and a finalist
in multiple stakes, including the 1965
Kansas Futurity and Sunland Fall Futurity. He became one of four AQHA Supreme Champions by Three Bars. Kid Meyers is out of World Champion Miss Meyers by Leo and she is out of Star’s Lou by Oklahoma Star. And then there is Fairbars, a AAA runner that was third in the 1963 Pacific Coast QHRA Futurity. He became the second AQHA Supreme Champion by Three Bars. He is out of Lady Fairfax by Leo. Lady Fairfax is out of Miss Chubby by Chubby, a son of Midnight who is a grandson of Peter McCue.
When we look at the pedigree of Leo, we see that his sire is Joe Reed II by Joe Reed P-3. The dam of Leo is Little Fanny by Joe Reed P-3. This brings us back to the 1961 Rocket Bar foal crop and the role of
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