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"MMIII" Quarter Horse Journal March 2003 p. 41-51 "Seven Hall of Fame Inductees Honored at AQHA Convention Banquet" Quarter Horse Journal May 1989 p. 54-57; Chamberlain, Richard; Campbell, Jim Bret "Hall of Fame" Quarter Horse Journal March 2005 p. 42-49; Christensen, Kati "What Legends are Made of" Quarter Horse Journal March 1999 p. 40-47
This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. It is restricted to stallions which are based in North America, but currently includes earnings from overseas races in Great Britain , Ireland , France , Italy , Germany and the United Arab Emirates as well as domestic earnings.
He became an AQHA Champion and earned a Superior in halter. [15] Once Eternal Pete got his AQHA Championship, he and Dar competed in state reining competitions, which they won for two consecutive years. [12] Eternal Sun was a leading sire in six AQHA categories. According to Dar, Howard said that "there weren't many horses that paid their own way.
Weekend Surprise's son A.P. Indy was the leading sire in North America in 2003 and 2006, and is the sire of 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft and 2007 Belmont Stakes winner Rags to Riches. He has also established a successful sire-line that leads to Kentucky Derby winners Orb and California Chrome . [ 130 ]
His offspring began racing in 1973 and soon put Easy Jet on the AQHA Leading Sires of Race Winners list. With their success, his stud fee, or the cost of breeding a mare to him, rose from $2,000 (equivalent to $15,000 in 2023) in 1971 to $5,000 (equivalent to $34,318 in 2023) in 1973; by 1980, it was $30,000 (equivalent to $110,900 in 2023).
In 2002, [5] he was the youngest stallon to secure the NRHA million dollar sire title. He is the first all-time leading sire for the National Reined Cow Horse Association (NRHCA). High earners in AQHA shows include Bald N Shiney, Shining Smokin Spark, and Shiners Diamond Jill. [5] He was also a broodmare sire.
Zippos Mr Good Bar (1984–2016) was a registered American Quarter Horse with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). He is an American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame inductee for 2019. He was known for his show career and as a top sire. He was 32 years of age in 2016 when he died.
Impressive (April 15, 1969 – March 20, 1995) was an Appendix Quarter Horse, who earned his full AQHA registration in 1971.He was the 1974 World Champion Open Aged halter stallion, the first such World Champion in his breed, despite carrying only 48 halter points in total.