Doc Bar
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
|---|---|
| Discipline |
Halter Cutting sire |
| Sire | Lightning Bar |
| Grandsire | Three Bars |
| Dam | Dandy Doll |
| Maternal grandsire | Texas Dandy |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1956 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Finley Ranches |
| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
| Last updated on: January 11, 2008. | |
Doc Bar (1956–1992) was a Quarter Horse stallion that was bred to be a racehorse, became an outstanding halter horse, and in his sire career revolutionized the cutting horse industry.
Doc Bar was foaled in 1956, and his sire was Lightning Bar, a son of Three Bars (TB). His dam was Dandy Doll, a daughter of Texas Dandy. Dandy Doll's dam was a descendant of Joe Reed P-3.
Among Doc Bar's famous offspring are Doc O'Lena, Doc's Oak, Dry Doc, Doc's Marmoset, Doc's Dandy Doll, Doc's Haida, Doc's Starlight, Handle Bar Doc, Doc's Prescription, and Doc's Play Mate. Among his grandget are Smart Little Lena, Lenas Peppy, Royal Mahogany, and Lynx Melody.
Doc Bar died on July 20, 1992, and was buried on the Jensen/Ward Doc Bar Ranch in Paicines, California.
Doc Bar was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) AQHA Hall of Fame. In 2007 Western Horseman magazine chose Doc as number two on their list of top ten ranch horse bloodlines.
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