Sonny Dee Bar (1965–1994) was a Quarter Horse stallion and famous sire of show horses, not only Quarter Horses but Paint Horses and Appaloosas as well.Martindale and Swan (ed.) Legends 7 p. 156-167
Life
Sonny Dee Bar was a registered Quarter Horse who was foaled in 1965. His sire was Win Or Lose, a descendant of Three Bars (TB) and Leo. His dam was linebred to Midnight Jr, as both her sire and her dam were by Midnight Jr.All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Sonny Dee Bar He died on August 20, 1994.
Show career Sonny Dee Bar earned a Superior Halter Horse award from the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA), along with a Performance Register of Merit.Wagoner Quarter Horse Reference 1974 Edition p. 660
Breeding record Sonny Dee Bar sired, among others, such famous horses as Red Sonny Dee, Lucky Machine, Sonny Go Lucky, Sonny Deluxe, Dirty Larry, Sonny Go Royal, James Caan, and Scotch Bar Time.Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires pp. 119–120 He sired 1070 Quarter Horse foals in his breeding career, with thirty-one of them AQHA Champions, one AQHA Supreme Champion, and five AQHA World Champions.
Honors Scotch Bar Time was inducted into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame in 2002.National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame Sonny Dee Bar was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2003.
Sire line tree
Sonny Dee BarSonny Dee Bar: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2003. Red Sonny Dee Sonny Go Lucky Scotch Bar TimeScotch Bar Time: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2009.#ThrowbackThursday- Scotch Bar Time Time To Cash In Mr Oakie Scotch Hobby Scotch Lucky Machine Reynolds Rap Sonny Deluxe James Caan Sonny Go Royal Dirty Larry
Pedigree
Notes
References
All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Sonny Dee Bar retrieved on June 27, 2007 AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 2, 2017
National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame retrieved July 5, 2007
External links Sonny Dee Bar at Quarter Horse Directory Sonny Dee Bar at Quarter Horse Legends