Race Record: 1943-1947, 28-12-3-1; $20,840.
Won: 1946 Agua Caliente Speed Handicap
AQHA Sire Record: 548 foals (1943-1969), 445 performers & 100 stakes placed
Leading sire of racing Quarter Horses for many years. AQHA Hall of Fame 1989.
His get had: 29 AQHA Champions, 4 AQHA Supreme Champions, 17 Racing Champions, 38 Superior Race Horse, 317 Race ROMs, 37 Arena ROMs, 2 Racing World Champions, earned more than $3.6M & total of 2,129 pts
Died from heart attack at age 28
Former Owners:
Jack Goode, Ned Brent, & Bill Talbot; KY (1940-1942)
Beckham Stivers, KY (1942-1943)
Unknown, Detroit, MI (1943-1944)
Cal Kennedy, Stan Snedigar, & Toad Haggard; Phoenix, AZ (1944-1945)
Melville Haskell, Tucson, AZ (1945-1946)
Sidney H. Vail, Douglas, AZ (1946-1954)
Three Bars Ranch, Oakdale, CA (1954-1967)
https://www.aqha.com/-/three-bars
https://okqha.org/portfolio-item/three-bars/
www.cnrquarterhorses.com/three-bars.htm
https://www.texaslonghorn.com/horse/index.cfm?con=BiosID&IDNo=11431
https://westernhorseman.com/ranching/ranch-horses/sid-vail-and-three-bars-december-1963/
https://thewesternthoroughbred.com/2024/12/02/three-bars-the-greatest-sire-of-quarter-horses/
https://www.facebook.com/ktshorses/posts/three-bars-a-straight-thoroughbred-has-crossed-well-on-both-thoroughbred-and-qua/2097949063840915/