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All About Lightning Bar
Lightning Bar was an American Quarter Horse who raced and subsequently became a breeding stallion
He was bred by his lifelong owner Art Pollard of Sonoita, Arizona, and was the offspring of Three Bars, a Thoroughbred, and Della P, a Quarter Horse mare from Louisiana, then noted for the breeding of sprint horses
Lightning Bar raced ten times, achieving four victories and four other top three finishes
His racing career was cut short by illness after only one year, following which he spent two years as a show horse
As a breeding stallion he sired seven crops, or years, of foals, among whom Doc Bar was the best known
In 1960 Lightning Bar died of an intestinal infection at the age of nine
He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (AQHA) Hall of Fame in 2008.