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The Michigan Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame was founded in the late 1980s to honor individuals and horses from the US state of Michigan. The intent of this hall of fame is to recognize those who have made significant contributions to the Association and have impacted the Quarter Horse breed.
"Forever Famous" Quarter Horse Journal March 2001 p. 40-49 "Hall of Fame Horses" Quarter Horse Journal May 1990 p. 48-49 "Hall of Fame" Quarter Horse Journal March 2004 p. 42-53 "Hall of Fame" Quarter Horse Journal March 2007 p. 42-55 "Hall of Fame" Quarter Horse Journal March 2008 p. 43-55 "MMIII" Quarter Horse Journal March 2003 p. 41-51
The track opened in 1949 for Thoroughbred flat racing. In 1953 a harness racing season was added. After 1985, only Standardbred harness racing events were run here until 2014, when Thoroughbred racing was revived. [2] The track was sold and closed in April 2018, leaving Northville Downs as the only horse racing track in Michigan. It closed in 2019.
Joe Hancock was registered as number 455 in the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). [1] He was foaled most probably in 1926, although the dates are somewhat hazy. [ 2 ] He was a brown stallion , registered as bred by an unknown breeder, but later research determined that his breeder was John Jackson Hancock.
Simpson continued to acquire the top-quality stallions and broodmares. In 1972 they won the Trotting Triple Crown Champion and Trotter of the Year with Super Bowl (t,2,1:56.2m, $601,350) and the 1971-1972 Horse of the Year and World Champion pacer with Albatross (p,4,1:54.3f, $1,201,470). Their early crops were a success on the racetrack and ...
Jet Deck was a multiple stakes winner and was named by the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) the 1962 Champion Quarter Running Two Year Old Colt and Stallion, as well as the 1963 World Champion Quarter Running Horse. [1] He raced for two years, with thirty-one starts.
Rugged Lark (May 1, 1981 – October 26, 2004) was Quarter Horse stallion who was a two-time American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) World Show Superhorse as well as being a three-time AQHA World Champion.
Impressive, a triple descendant of Three Bars, became the most prepotent sire of Quarter Horse halter horses from the 1970s through the 1990s. [5] His offspring Rocket Bar (TB) , Sugar Bars, Lena's Bar (TB) , Lightning Bar and Zippo Pat Bars were all inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. [ 1 ]