A registered

Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a list of horse breeds, horse breed developed for Thoroughbred racing, horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thorough ...

mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equidae, equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more th ...

, Lena's Bar (1954–1969) raced on the

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racetracks and was the dam of Jet Smooth, Double Dancer and Easy Jet, three outstanding Quarter Horse

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Life

A Thoroughbred daughter of the stallion Three Bars, Lena's Bar was out of Lena Valenti, a granddaughter of Percentage.
Lena's Bar Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree
' Thus, Lena's Bar had Percentage, Three Bar's sire, on both sides of her pedigree. Lena Valenti raced on the Quarter tracks, ending with a record of two starts, one win, one third with an AA speed rating.Wagoner ''Quarter Racing Digest'' p. 631

Racing career

Lena's Bar raced mainly in Quarter Horse races.Simmons, et al. ''Legends'' 2 pp. 170–177 She started seventy-six times, winning twenty-four races. She placed second eighteen times and was third ten times. Her total earnings were $28,308.00 with 67 racing points with the

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(or AQHA). She rated an AAA

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in those races, and was a stakes race winner. She once outran

Go Man Go Go Man Go (1953–1983) was an American Quarter Horse stallion and race horse. He was named World Champion Quarter Running Horse three times in a row, one of only two horses to achieve that distinction. Go Man Go was considered to be of difficu ...

, Double Bid, Tidy Too, Miss Louton, Vandy's Flash and Vanetta Dee in one race. Her sister Little Lena's Bar set four world records at four different distances.Wiggins ''Great American Speedhorse'' p. 93

Breeding record

After Lena's Bar retired from racing, she produced the Quarter Horse stallions Double Dancer, Jet Smooth, and Easy Jet, along with two Quarter Horse mares – Delta Ann and Mayflower Ann. Her offspring earned $557,199.00 on the track, with all five being winners and Register of Merit earners. Lena's Bar died in 1969.Staff "MMIII Hall of Fame" ''Quarter Horse Journal'' p. 48 Lena's Bar was inducted into the AQHA's

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in 2003.

Pedigree

Notes

References

*
All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Lena's Bar
' accessed on June 26, 2007 *
AQHA Hall of Fame
' accessed on September 1, 2017 * * * *

External links

Lena's Bar at Quarter Horse Directory

Lena's Bar at Quarter Horse Legends
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