The Foundation Quarter Horses

This video I made is about the "founding Fathers" of the AQHA.

[@davidgregg2778]

When l was a junior in high school, my Dad gave me a mare that was a granddaughter of Two Eyed Jack . She also had Oklahoma Star in her pedigree . Raised several great colts out her . She lived long enough to teach my 3 kids to ride . Loved our Classy Mount aka Patty .

[@marshaboody9069]

I had a grandson of Three Bars.(on both his dam and sires sides) He was a great all around horse and he loved to run.Very powerful, fast and smart.He would open his stall latch then he opened all the other horses stalls.I had my barn inside the pasture so it really didn't matter.My kids even used him for 4H.His name was Tontos Clyde 411.He was a big red roan with lots of chome.

[@cbyebyefraser]

For many years I had a mare whose sire's sire was Wimpy P1. She was outstanding in every way.

[@mickydeloach7807]

I was in high school and worked for Doc Hamby in Monthomery AL ! He raced quarter horses! He had a horse out of three bars and three chicks out of Texas! He used their horse only as a stud horse! I came to the barn early on morning and saw the huge beautiful stud in a stall! I opened the door and went in and started brushing him! I put the brush under his belly and he stretched out the length of the stall! And his mouth was twitching so I knew I had found his sweet spot! Doc walked up to the stall door and very quietly said “Hey buddy come with me to the tax room! When I latched the door closed behind me and looked up, doc was walking toward the tax room! But both of his arms were in casts ?? He said that hires blew up backing out of the trailer! And came back on dock then reared up and broke docs arms! I was the only one Pay Roll Money would not pin his ears back at! I’d work him daily and eventually got on his back with a head halter on ! We walked out into the pasture and we rode till he saw the lake and walked in! It was a hot summer morning! That became our ritual every day!

[@tildaperkhed4723]

Wonderful story! ❤🙏

[@Crystal-ge9gh]

What a wonderful blessing🌟

[@enzomahalo2433]

Wonderful story and thank you for sharing. 🐎

[@charesepelham7682]

Love it! You obviously had a wonderful bond with the stallion

[@JSevilla7074]

Just bought a colt that has Joe Hancock in his blood and one of his best grandsons, Blue Valentine. He's a beauty and carries the roan gene. Great horse!

[@All.Around.Equine]

I used to have two poco Bueno great great granddaughters but we sold one of them but I still got one and she’s drop dead gorgeous!!

[@JK-lp6uw]

That is an elite line!! We had many from the "Poco Bueno, Poco Villa " line. Great horses.

[@ashleyjohnson4911]

Poco Bueno all the way! I volunteer at Waggoner Ranch and have two Poco Bueno bred fillies. One of which I compete in reining on.

[@Snowwhite33142]

Thank you so much for sharing! first time I have seen both of the horses I used to have. They were out of Wimpy, King, Leo, grandfather and fathers.

[@ayed423]

Great! I have and love Quarter horses. The best and sweet horse of the world.

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[@Lilburfie]

Three Bars is actually a Thoroughbred, he was just very famous in the Quarter horse world. but i loved the video!

[@Beaster565]

I swear the best horses I’ve ever had had old running blood in their lines (east jet, three bars, etc)

[@loreleihebdon6595]

I remember the quarter horse inspector !!! Omg! My mother had her horses inspected an registered ... I also had the pleasure of meeting two eyed jack. I'm dating myself now .....

[@farmertice7064]

I DON'T CARE FOR THE MUSIC, BUT THE PICTURES ARE GREAT. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THESE PICS IN NELSON C. NYE'S "COMPLETE BOOK ON QUARTER HORSES", WHICH I'VE HAD SINCE ABOUT 1971. I USED TO DO BUSINESS WITH CHARLES MICKLES WHO OWNED THE MICKLES VALLEY VIEW RANCH IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. HE OWNED VANNY BARS & REBEL CAUSE AT THE TIME. HE CAN'T STILL BE ALIVE. THE '70s WAS A TIME OF FANTASY & ENCHANTMENT IN THE QUARTER HORSE WORLD. THREE BARS WAS PROBABLY THE GREATEST QH STUD OF ALL TIME. I WONDER HOW MUCH INBREEDING OCCURRED. THE SAME CAN BE SAID OF POCO BUENO. HE TOO WAS QUITE PROLIFIC.

[@shilodance1st]

Actually, my QH mare missed foundation status by 3 points because she has Three Bars in her heredity. Three Bars is an honorary Quarter Horse because of his conformation and his influence on the breed. I got my mare for a pittance, and she has Sonny Dee Bar as her grandsire, and the Invester as her great grand sire. She has the Invester's face and personality, lol

[@destinyahaus6537]

Very interesting! I bought My Quarter Horse Mare Sheza Drifter Two from LB ranch and she is a great great granddaughter to Two Eyed Jack. She also has Poco Bueno and King in her pedigree 😊

[@somedude2630]

Two Eyed Jack ....lol. King, Leo, Three Bars

[@penelopelopez8296]

I loved the Peppy line….true cow horse and a good looking one too.

[@SirtenlySurprized]

❤️ King. ❤️ Poco Bueno

[@materialwitness1388]

My "Poco Silver Imprint" mare was all black w two white socks on her back legs. In memory.. carry on!!

[@VenForVendetta]

My horse has Three Bars and Doc Bar it's nice to see what they look like and to learn about them. 😊

[@lynnehuff9659]

You would enjoy the "Western Horseman" series, "Legends" series of books. Each volume covers a number of important stallions and mares. Very well illustrated and written.

[@shirtmaninstyle6759]

Peter Mccue. Yes a very famous Horse. In 1942 My father was born. His name was Peter Mccue.

[@salvadormontano6504]

My Grand Father, Don Francisco Cota Romero was responsible for Doctoring & then in breeding 3 Bars while he was the Wrangler for Rucker Canyon Ranch in south east Arizona in the mid 40's until the mid 50's!

[@rickharrison762]

Red Sonny Dee, and Two Eyed Jack and Peppy Sandbadgher

[@chewee2k]

Should have included Skipper W.

[@ColonelKlink100]

Three Bars is gorgeous!

[@lynnehuff9659]

There are a lot of neat photos of Three Bars on Pinterest. It's not too hard to get on there. I just do it to look at foundation Quarter Horses and Morgans. By the way Three Bars was a Thoroughbred. He made his mark in the Quarter Horse world.

[@penelopelopez8296]

I believe a thoroughbred named, Azure Te, also helped develop the breed. Three Bars was not the only Thoroughbred being used to develop the quarter horse breed. Then there was Rough ‘n Tumble another thoroughbred that influenced the quarter horse breed. I know there were three thoroughbreds that were specifically used to influence the breed….do some in depth research and really dig in the records. You’ll see. Some of the great race quarter horses of the day have one of those three TBs in their bloodlines; Jet Deck, Easy Jet, Go Man Go, etc..

[@12345KATETHEGREAT]

my horse has three bars, doc bar, oklahoma star, poco bueno, king, leo, bert, and peter mccue. I've been looking into his pedigree and it looks like he has some really nice bloodlines.

[@rhondathompson5082]

Think the only main ones missed in your list was Handcock and Driftwood... Lol.. Great foundation lines. Congratulations. Must be an awesome horse!

[@dezikirkcaldy5708]

I feel like foundation horses had much better bone than current stock

[@penelopelopez8296]

They do. They were actual quarter horses bred for ranch work. They had to be strong and hearty. I’m not sure what breed we have today but the last time I watched a western pleasure class I was horrified and the last time I watched a hunter class I thought I was watching thoroughbreds. It’s all specialized now…….every discipline is specialized. Years ago when I went to a quarter horse show….you brought one horse to the show for all the classes you wanted to compete in. Today, people being five or six horses to the show. They have one specialized horse for each class. It’s awful what most of this breed has become. There are still some ranches out there where you buy foundation bred horses but they’re a working breed and not what many would consider a show horse.

[@lightshadde]

My horse has 4 of them in his bloodlines!!

[@ryancowherd7447]

My Horse aka Measure beyond is a direct decendent to Three bars. He looks just like him. He also has four of poco buenos foals. Not to mention SeattleSlew, old joe bailey, king, leo, Poco bueno himself, and traveller. Also many other foundations.

[@rachelmcgaughey9562]

My grandpa's horse, Blue Razz, is the great granddaughter of Doc Bar. And my horse, Midnight Ace, is a descendant of King

[@sbariderslife3691]

My horse, Triple Playboy Jack ( Sire:Triples playboy, dam: Hired Queen) has three bars as his great great grand sire, and his grand sire is Triple otoe, also has old sorrel, and hired hank (not pictured) in him. No pictures of his daddy or mommy tho.

[@sbariderslife3691]

Three bars was his great great great grand sire!!! Whoops

[@annstephens3698]

I suggest you go to NFQHA and view the stallions who are considered foundation. I know that some of these are not.

[@stevenhedrick6237]

The moment you realize your wife's best friend has a horse that pops up on here, and you almost shit yourself not thinking he's anything special.... It's rugged lark btw but he's getting older now.

[@michaelwatson9609]

Although most modern day champion QH's are descendents of Three bars such as Doc Bar, Smart Little Lena, High Brow Cat, (cutting horses). Zippo Pine Bar, Zips Chocolate Chip, (western pleasure). Topsail Cody, Topsail Whiz, (reining). Impressive, Conclusive, (halter). Three Bars would not be considered a foundation QH because he was a thoroughbred noted for giving the foundation QH more athletism.

[@chomama1628]

Invaluable in the quarter horse racing world.

[@lynnehuff9659]

Yep. Registered Thoroughbred, and nowhere near "foundation".

[@penelopelopez8296]

Three bars helped develop the breed. Imagine breeding Three Bars to a Percheron or small draft breed mare……what do you think you would get from that breeding…..something that very much resembles a foundation bred quarter horse. They got that heavy muscling in the hind quarter from somewhere. Think about this…..breed a thoroughbred to a draft horse…..you get a warm blood…..a jumper with good heavy bone like you see today at the big gran prix jumping events.

[@charesepelham7682]

Rugged Lark? Born 1981 and died 2004. Very nice stallion-but Foundation sire? AQHA was chartered in 1940, so Rugged Lark isn’t really who I think of as a Foundation Sire. Zippo Pine Bar was born in 1969 and died 1998. He’s among the most influential sires and probably THE most influential pleasure horse sire, but not what I’d think is a Foundation sire. Perhaps if your very nice video was titled, “Influential AQHA sires,” it would be a bit more in common with usual usage. AQHA website: The American Quarter Horse breed is based on 11 foundation families of horses, and almost all of them are related in some way. The term “foundation-bred” today relates back to these 19th and early 20th century dominant Quarter Horse sires. The Bloodlines of the Breed exhibit at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum traces the bloodlines of foundation sires including Lock’s Rondo, Old Billy, Printer, Peter McCue, Steel Dust, Roan Dick, Traveler, Shiloh, Little Joe, Old Fred, and Old Cold Deck. But I do like and appreciate your nice video!

[@elizastar1973]

Doc bar...💖💖👍

[@davidwood-g2o]

As mentioned down the page further, some of these are not FOUNDATION horses.

[@craig5477]

Bought a 7 month Doc Bars Saucy Socks A magic horse.

[@Kiayya_-.]

boutta buy a Gelding sired from two eyed jack so much expecting from him

[@saraht8755]

I own the direct granddaughter of Doc Bar😊

[@suzib777]

When I was a teenager my dad took me to look at a bay gelding, son of Poco Tivio, but unfortunately the horse turned up lame, we even took him to UC Davis.

[@mishkalilly]

i thought zippo pine bar was a sorrel...but i love your video!

[@amandaunruh6300]

Tara Coile Old Sorrel was part of the original King Ranch breeding program and Wimpy Has Old Sorrel in his pedigree

[@penelopelopez8296]

Zippo Pine Bar was not a foundation sire. He was a great sire but not one of the foundation stallions. Zippo came along later on.

[@29luv2ride]

wrong picture of Zippo Pine Bar he was a sorrel

[@fortheloveofhorses5956]

Very interesting

[@crazyformisty123]

where are the foundation bred peppys?

[@lillyhollows8340]

Doc bar and two eyed jack are in my mares pedigree^^

[@michaelwatson9609]

I agree. Some of the pictures shown are not the correct horse name they are matched with. Otherwise a good effort to showcase some of the greats. It would have been nice to see Mr San Peppy or Peppy San Bager who were also influential with todays QH.

[@chomama1628]

Peppy was their foundation sire.

[@yarekim5932]

Who was the Blue Roan Cow Horse that is normally in the line up ? I can't remember his name .

[@logansharp176]

blue valentine or hanncock

[@yarekim5932]

Must be Hancock , Big Blue Roan Cow horse , I think out of WY ? Can't recall . Great looking Horse though , he was one pictured and listed in Western Horseman Magazine featuring AQHA Foundation Sires , I think . Might have been back in the late 80s or 90s sometime the magazine issue , not Hannock . But I remember Joe Hanncock , he wasn't a Blue Roan . Maybe it was Blue Valentine , seems the horse ended up in TX . before it was over and threw Blue Roan get pretty often and the cow sense , too .

[@yarekim5932]

You're talking about Tom Hancock , I think out of Blue Valentine . I'm almost sure it was Blue Valentine I was thinking of . I've got that old issue boxed up somewhere . Thanks

[@logansharp176]

Joe Hancock the original stud grandsire of blue valentine.

[@maryl1833]

I liked a hose named Paul A, I think by Oklahoma’s Star? What ever happened to that line. Paul A had a really nice stud named Paul’s Button, but he died fairly young. I never see horses going back to Paul A.

[@lynnehuff9659]

I remember Paul A. (from magazines) your'e right, he was by Star Deck by Oklahoma Star. He was black. I wonder if any of his blood exists in some horses. I looked him up, his dam is the famous Tommy Clegg mare Little Dixie Beech. Foundation all the way!

[@shazzam428]

what about Hollywood gold?

[@debrahelms5205]

Hollywood Gold was a great sire but not foundation!

[@shilodance1st]

What kills me is that Three Bars was a Thoroughbred, not a Quarter Horse, His bloodlines in my mare knocked her out contention for Foundation QH Registry.

[@EmeraldDreams7]

At least Three Bars was arguably the nicest foundation stud out of all the ones listed here.

[@nancyrichards6420]

@@EmeraldDreams7 Three Bars was a sprinter, which made him a good QH sire.

[@sydneypierce3275]

Same here. My filly is also out of his line

[@BugleHorse]

My mares great grandsire x5 was Three Bars. (:

[@KJMudge]

Has anyone heard of Mr Bar charge or Catalina?

[@lynnehuff9659]

Seems like I've heard of a Mr Charger Bars. I haven't heard of Catalina.

[@penelopelopez8296]

I’ve heard of Mr. Charger Bar.

[@lynnehuff9659]

I looked up Mr Bar Charge by Magnolia Bar x Seco Charge by Seco Joe. He was exported to Australia. Did you know him?

[@williamdouglas2717]

Doc Bar is the prettiest of them all

[@Jrebindixie]

....some of these horse's are not foundation horse's.

[@debrahelms5205]

True some of them were not foundation.

[@chomama1628]

Some of these horses made the quarter horse lines famous. Three bars in particular. Cannot be underestimated.

[@lynnehuff9659]

@@chomama1628 Three Bars was a Thoroughbred. He made his mark on the Quarter Horse Breed. Even he wasn't "foundation".

[@penelopelopez8296]

Yes, you are correct…some of them are not original foundation sires. Some may have been popular sires of the time but not foundation.

[@juliojames5986]

Three Bars was a thourobred

[@johnlacey5068]

What, No Little Joe, Zantanon, Stella Moore, Joe Moore? Zantanon out of Little Joe sired King P234. Look 'em up. Many of the horses you just used as foundation were themselves OUT of true foundation sires.

[@aprillangelier2972]

Where is Sonny Dee Bar?!?!?!?

[@lynnehuff9659]

He was a good stallion, but I don't think he is early enough to be considered "foundation" either is Zippo Pine Bars.

[@penelopelopez8296]

A friend of mine had a gelding by Sonny Dee Bar, named Big Red Sonny….the horse was nuts but he loved him.

[@favpleasure]

My horse is regstured he s one smoking coosa

[@frootythepebble9686]

This lied about zippo pine bar, he was not a bay he was a sorrel

[@gledge3713]

the pictures of zippo pine bar and of peppy are not good

[@keithnorwood4764]

Three bars and easy jet are not foundation horse real foundation quarterhorses do not carry any thorobred blood

[@lynnehuff9659]

Yah, Doc Bar isn't foundation either. 'Course neither is Rugged Lark, or Zippo Pine Bars.

[@leatherneck62]

You forgot the great horse ( Easy Jet) Sayre Oklahoma

[@lynnehuff9659]

That bay with the snip isn't Peppy. Peppy was sorrel, or chestnut and he didn't have any face markings.

[@penelopelopez8296]

Peppy was gorgeous….one of my favorites.

[@lynnehuff9659]

@@penelopelopez8296 The moving pictures of Peppy show the horse that he was. Pretty near perfect. I don't think the portraits commonly available, do him justice. The Klebergs' astounding breeding program is a model of horse husbandry and smart decisions.