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three seconds and eight thirds. The stakes wins came in the 1957 Barbra B Handicap, 1957 Pomona Championship, 1957 and 1958 Hard Twist Stakes, 1957 and 1958 Johnny Dial Stakes and 1958 Miss Princess Invitational Handicap. He equaled three New Track Records and set one New Track Record at the Fairplex for 400 yards in :20.10. He then came back in 1958 and 1959 to equal the Track Record for 400 yards at the Fairplex in
a time of :20.00. He equaled the Track Record at Los Alamitos for 400 yards in
a time of :20.10 in 1958. Clabber’s Win was the 1957 Champion Three-Year-Old Colt. Clabber’s Win was the sire of 71 starters with 36 ROM and three stakes winners. The stakes winners were Music Note, winner of the 1965 Pin Oak Stakes; Zingaro, winner of the Ross Downs Poor Boy Derby; and Miss Balumba Win, winner of the Independence Futurity and the Senoritas De Santa Fe Handicap.
An added note: An examination of runners sired by Clabber indicated several New Track Record holders, more than could be profiled individually at this time. This includes eight horses, and these horses indicate the underlying speed that the Clabber bred horse brought to the beginning of modern Quarter Horse racing. The list includes Tonta Gal, Buster Boy, Clabber Babe, Clabber V, Clabber’s Lady V, Clabber II, Clabbertown G and My Clabber.
The review of Clabber shows us that he came on the scene in Arizona to be a successful racehorse and to provide an outcross on the blood that we have seen in these foals that came from the Possum bloodline. Then he went to California to make a significant contribution to the building of the Vessels Stallion Farm
that became home to so many legendary Quarter Horse racehorses.
Two sons out of Clabber Tiny by Clabber II include
Tiny Charger after winning the 1963 Tiny Watch after winning the 1966 Inaugural Purse at Los Alamitos. Clabbertown G Stakes at Los Alamitos.
In addition to Tiny Charger and Tiny Watch, Clabber Tiny also produced
Go Clabber. Tiny Becky.
of the 1973 Juvenile Invitational Stakes; and Kowton, winner of the 1970 Yakima Meadows Maturity. Go A Mite is the dam
of Cash For Milady, winner of the 1983 Ed Burke Memorial Futurity. Tiny Be Mine is the dam of Especially For You, the dam of Rare Form, the 1992 Champion Three Year Old, Champion Three-Year-Old Colt and the Mexico Champion Three-Year-Old Colt.
The next two foals out of Clabber Tiny were her sons Tiny Charger and Tiny Watch. Tiny Charger finished first, second or third in nine stakes races. He won the 1963 Bay Meadows Inaugural Handicap, The Hollywood and the Inaugural Handicap at Los Alamitos. He raced 25 times with nine wins, eight seconds and four thirds. Tiny Watch finished first, second and third in 17 stakes races, winning seven of them. His stakes include the 1964 Clabbertown G (twice), 1965 Washoe County Fair Stakes, Miss Princess Invitational, Pomona Championship, Hard Twist Stakes and Josie’s Bar Handicap. He was the Champion Stallion and Champion Aged Stallion in 1965 and 1966. Both these stallions have been major sires with their influence felt throughout the racing industry. The other three runners out of Clabber Tiny were the ROM earners Go Clabber, Tiny Becky and Clabber Go.
Flossie was like her daughter Do Good in that she had two foals sired by
Clabber. They were Clabber’s Flossie
V and Clabber Girl V, both unraced. Clabber Girl V had no registered foals. Clabber’s Flossie V was the dam of six ROM runners with two stakes winners and two Champions. Her first stakes winner and Champion was Clab Win, winner of the 1955 Pacific Coast QHRA California Bred Stakes. She was stakes placed with a second in the Bay Meadows Handicap. She was a New Track Record setter for 350 yards at the Yuma County Fair in a time of :18.3, and for 350 yards at Stockton in a time of :18.3. She was the 1956 Champion Three-Year-Old Filly.
Clabber’s Win was the second stakes finalist out of Clabber’s Flossie V with 18 stakes races and six stakes wins,
Multiple stakes winner Clabber’s Win is out of Clabbers Flossie V out of Flossie.
Zingaro, shown winning the 1971 La Bahia Derby, is sired by Clabbers Win.
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