Diamonds Sparkle (born 1974) was an outstanding show horse and Quarter horse broodmare.Thornton, et al. Legends 4 pp. 56–65 She was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.
Background Diamonds Sparkle was registered as number 1,004,317 with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). She was registered as a 1974 palomino mare, bred and owned by M. J. Sprouse and Jerald Freeman of Bixby, Oklahoma.American Quarter Horse Association Official Stud Book and Registry Vol. 31 p. 688 Her sire was a son of Blondy's Dude out of a mare that traced to Wimpy P-1 and Oklahoma Star P-6. Diamonds Sparkle's dam was out of a mare that traced to Three Bars (TB), Bert, and Clabber.All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Diamonds Sparkle retrieved on June 26, 2007
Competitive career Diamonds Sparkle was the AQHA World Show Superhorse winner in 1979 as well as being the 1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading Horse.Mattson The Real American Quarter Horse pp. 96–97 She earned 23 AQHA Halter Points, 39 AQHA Heeling Points, 22 AQHA Heading Points, 31 AQHA Western Pleasure Points, and 28 AQHA Reining Points. She also earned an AQHA Championship and an AQHA Superior Steer Roping Horse award.
Breeding record Diamonds Sparkle's offspring include Sparkles Rosezana, winner of the 1985 National Reining Horse Association (or NRHA) Futurity; Zans Diamond Sun, 1987 AQHA World Champion in Junior Reining; Sparkles Suzana, 1989 NRHA Derby Champion; Genuine Redskin, 1990 NRHA Derby Champion; Shining Spark, 1994 NRHA Derby Champion; and Spark O Lena, 1996 AQHA Reserve World Show Superhorse. Her son Shining Spark in 2005 reached the milestone of being the sire of foals that had earned over $2 million in NRHA competition.National Reining Horse Association "National Reining Horse Association Million Dollar Earners" She died in November 2002.Staff "Hall of Fame 2007" Quarter Horse Journal p. 53 Sparkles Rosezana, Zans Diamond Sun and Sparkles Suzana were sired by fellow Hall of Fame member Zan Parr Bar.
Honors Diamonds Sparkle was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1996 she was inducted into the National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame.
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All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Diamonds Sparkle retrieved on June 26, 2007
External links Diamonds Sparkle at Quarter Horse Directory Diamonds Sparkle at Quarter Horse Legends