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by Larry Thornton
An interesting way to follow a breed’s history is through the sire lines of the prominent stallions in the breed. The sire line has come to represent an important part of the pedigree history and the genetic power of the stallions in the breed.
One of the ways to measure the success
of a sire line is through the money that line has earned with each stallion in the line contributing to the success. Therefore, a goal for all stallions is to join the million-dollar list of money earning sires to become a part of the pedigree history and power of their sire line.
We know that most of the stallions
today trace in the sire line to the Darley Arabian through his great great grandson Eclipse. The prominent sires Three Bars and Top Deck trace to Eclipse and the Darley Arabian in their respective sire lines paths. The individual sire lines formed by these two stallions represent the most significant sire lines in Quarter Horse racing today.
When you survey the makeup of a sire line, you find branches that fork off from the main line, forming their own path. We see that Three Bars and Top Deck have formed their own branches of this Darley Arabian sire line. But, not all branches of a sire line will survive. In fact, we see that only a few branches will survive and carry on.
A successful branch of the Three Bars sire line that has survived is through Dash For Cash, a great grandson of Three Bars. In turn, Dash For Cash’s son First Down Dash has formed his own powerful branch of the Three Bars sire line. We now see that Corona Cartel, a grandson of First Down Dash, is forming his own branch of the Three Bars sire line with quite a few of his sons joining the million- dollar sire list, a list that is growing.
A look at the top 25 money-earning sires for 2017 will show how this new branch of the Three Bars sire line is developing. Of the top 25 sires for the year, we find Corona Cartel and eight of his sons and grandsons on this list. This list leads off with PYC Paint Your Wagon ($3,624,464) at #3 on the list; then Corona Cartel ($3,268,464) at #4; Ivory James ($2,129,439) at #11; Kiddy Up ($1,921,859) at #13; Big Daddy Cartel ($1,710,213) at #17; Coronas Leaving You ($1,704,292) at #18; Freighttrain B ($1,565,144) at #20;
Holland Ease
First Down Dash
Easy Henryetta
Corona Chick
Chicks Beduino
Sizzling Lil
Dash For Cash
First Prize Rose
Easy Jet
Babys Henryetta
Beduino TB
A Classy Chick
Sizzle Te
Lilsalady TB
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet
Rose Bug
Jet Deck Lena’s Bar TB Lanovay
Baby Steel TB Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat Chick’s Deck Mayshego TB Azure Te TB Jet’s Fair Lady Reb’s Policy Here’s To Lil
Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go To Market Hide And Seek Jet Deck
Leo Jewel
Lady Bug’s Moon Casco Rose Moon Deck
Miss Night Bar Three Bars
Lena Valenti Lanolark TB
Vera Vay Leadstealer Creole
Grey Sovereign Romany Belle Rejected
Quick Eye
Three Chicks Decketta Mayhego Aegean Goddess Nashville
Blue One
Jet Deck
Sooner Lady
New Policy Yenoh Reb Exalted Rullah Jumpin Jackie
62 SPEEDHORSE, April 2018
SPEEDLINES
CORONA CARTEL