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19 wins, nine seconds and three thirds earning $15,409. Spot Rocket was bred by Charles H. Reed. The next Golden Rocket foal was High Spade by High Quest, a race winner of five of 27 starts with six seconds and five thirds earning $15,560. A third runner, Trey Spot by Spotted Bull, was the winner of $4,512 with three wins, four seconds and 10 thirds from 45 starts.
Cartago, the sire of Golden Rocket, was
the winner of $27,852 with a stakes win in the Camden Handicap. He made 180 starts with 28 wins, 27 seconds and 23 thirds. He is the sire of just 63 foals, with 43 starters earning $179,227. Golden Rocket was his stakes winner. The sire of Cartago is Atwell, a son of St Amant. The dam of Cartago is Polly H by Heno. Polly H won $12,815 winning 22 of 108 starts. Polly H is out of Polly by Rensselaer.
Morshion, the dam of Golden Rocket, won three stakes races in the Consolation Claiming Stakes, Rosedale Stakes and Montauk Stakes with earnings of $20,010. She is the dam of mares like Jeff ’s Moment, unplaced in four starts and the dam of Drumheller Memorial Handicap winner Moments Notice. Miss Jeff is also a daughter of Jeff ’s Moment and she is the dam of Pataha Prince, winner of the Washington Futurity Stakes and the Sunland Park Thoroughbred Futurity in 1967. Miss Jeff is also the dam of Pataha Pete, winner of the Yakima Mile Handicap where he set a New Track Record of 1:36.00 for the mile. Moments Bet is another daughter Jeff ’s Moment, and she is the dam of Late Moment, who is the dam of Jan’s
Grey Pop, winner of the Labor Day Handicap and Renton Handicap, and Ideal Moment, winner of the Pleasanton Handicap.
Dusty Bid is another daughter of Morshion. Dusty Bid is the dam of Suzy’s Shadow, winner
of the Seafair Queen Stakes. The produce of
Suzy’s Shadow include Lyon’s Shadow, winner of the Washington Championship Handicap, and Canadian Shadow, winner of the Yakima Debutante Marathon and Washington Lassie Stakes.
Morvich, the sire of Morshion, was a Kentucky Derby winner with an unusual race record. This 1919 stallion won all of his starts at two, including nine stakes races from 11 starts. He was the 1921 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. He came back at three with his first start in the 1922 Kentucky Derby. He became an undefeated winner of this great race. He never won another race. He ran second in the Carlton Stakes and third in the Kentucky Special. Reports show that he was retired because of his knees and osselets
in a fetlock. He retired to stand at stud where he sired the earners of $947,985. His stakes horses include Old Union, winner of the Governor’s Handicap in 1945, and Gen’l Manager, winner of the San Carlos Handicap in 1941 and the Drexel Handicap in 1942.
The sire of Morvich is Runnymede, who was bred by James R. Keene, an Englishman that at times sent horses to England to race. This is where Runnymede ran, earning a third in the Great Eastern Railway Handicap, a six furlong race at Newmarket. He has no race record in the United States. Equibase shows that he sired 123 foals
with 106 starters and six black type winners with earnings of $523,596. His leading money earner appears to be Morvich, with earnings of $172,909.
Voter is the sire of Runnymede and he
was a stakes winner of races like the Toboggan Handicap, a six furlong race in 1:12.25. He also ran six furlongs in 1:10 flat at Morris Park in 1896. He set a New World Record for one mile at Brighton Beach in 1:38, and was the Champion Handicap horse in 1899. He was second in the Fall Handicap at Sheepshead Bay when he carried 140 pounds, and that was 21 pounds heavier than the winner. The runners sired by Voter include Hilarious, winner of the United States Hotel Stakes, a 6 furlong race, and the Travers Stakes at 10 furlongs. Voter also sired Electioneer, winner of the Belmont Futurity Stakes at 6 furlongs.
The dam of Runnymede is Running Stream by Domino and out of Dancing Water by Isonomy. She is another Keene runner to race in England, winning the July Cup at six furlongs in 1900. Running Stream is best known as the dam of Ultimus, the sire of Luke McLuke. Ultimus is by Commando by Domino. She is also the dam of Pebbles, who was the Champion Two-Year- Old Colt of 1914. He was second to Regret in the 1915 Kentucky Derby.
The appearance of Voter and Running Stream in the pedigree of Rocket Bar gives us
a breeding pattern of 5 X 5 to Voter and a 5 X 5 breeding pattern to Running Stream – Voter being the sire of Ballot and Runnymede, with Running Stream being the dam of Ultimus and Runnymede.
Cushion, an unraced mare, is the dam of Morshion. She is the dam of 12 foals, with 11 starters and 10 winners. Her winners include Downy Pillow, a stakes winner including the Debutante Stakes and the Senorita Stakes. Cushion is also the dam of Rude Awakening, a stakes place runner in races like the Hawthorne Speed Handicap. Rude Awakening, in turn,
is the dam of Roused, the dam of Rough’ N Tumble who is the sire of the Champion Two- Year-Old Filly My Dear Lady, the dam of the noted Thoroughbred sire In Reality.
Cushion is by Nonpareil by Yankee, who is by Hanover and out of Correction, a full sister to Domino. This gives the pedigree of Golden Rocket a link to the speed produced by Himyar and Mannie Gray. The dam of Cushion is Hassock by Martinet and out of Agnes Brennan by Dr MacBride and out of Annul by Himyar, the sire of Domino and Correction. This gives Cushion a 4 X 4 breeding pattern to Himyar.
The sire record for Rocket Bar shows that he sired the Quarter Horse earners of $4,215,596, with 454 foals, 368 starters, 287 ROM, 45 stakes winners, 45 stakes placed runners and five racing Champions. Rocket Bar is the sire of seven AQHA Champions, with three of those being Supreme Champions. The success of Rocket Bar
Mr Tinky Bar is the first stakes winner sired by Rocket Bar.
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