| Rocket Wrangler | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Racing |
| Sire | Rocket Bar (TB) |
| Grandsire | Three Bars (TB) |
| Dam | Go Galla Go |
| Maternal grandsire | Go Man Go |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1968 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Sorrel |
| Record | |
| 23-10-4-4 SI-97 | |
| Earnings | |
| $252,167 | |
| Major wins | |
| All American Futurity Rainbow Futurity | |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame 1970 Champion Quarter Running 2-year-old Colt | |
Winner of the All American Futurity, Rocket Wrangler (1968–1992) went on to sire Dash For Cash.1
Life
Rocket Wrangler was a 1968 son of American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Rocket Bar a Thoroughbred stallion. Rocket Wrangler was out of Go Galla Go, a daughter of another Hall of Fame member Go Man Go.2
Racing career
Rocket Wrangler won ten times on the racetrack, finishing second four times and third another four times, earning $252,167 in race earnings. His highest speed index was 97. He won the All American Futurity and the Rainbow Futurity, and finished second in the All American Congress Futurity.2
Breeding record
After retiring, Rocket Wrangler went on to sire 56 stakes winners, including Hall of Fame member Dash For Cash. His foals earned over $9,400,000 on the racetrack.1
Death and honors
Rocket Wrangler died on November 29, 1992. He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2010.1
Sire line tree
Pedigree
| Percentage (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Three Bars (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Myrtle Dee (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Rocket Bar (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Cartago (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Golden Rocket (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Morshion (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Rocket Wrangler | |||||||||||||||
| Top Deck (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| Go Man Go | |||||||||||||||
| Lightfoot Sis | |||||||||||||||
| Go Galla Go | |||||||||||||||
| Direct Win (TB) | |||||||||||||||
| La Galla Win | |||||||||||||||
| La Gallina V | |||||||||||||||
Notes
Notes
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Rocket Wrangler". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 106
- Biography: Hermit
- Three Bars: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1989.
- The Legendary Three Bars: A Sire That Influenced Modern Performance Horses
- The Three Bars (TB) Bloodline
- Rocket Wrangler: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2010.
- Dash For Cash: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1997.
- 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Dash For Cash
- First Down Dash: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2011.
- The First Down Dash Story Home / Articles / The First Down Dash Story
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References
References
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Rocket Wrangler". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.