As a producer, Gay Bar’s Gen has three NCHA money earners including Genuine Doc by Doc Bar. Genuine Doc was an AQHA Reserve World Champion in Senior Cutting and an AQHA Superior Cutting Horse with 55 points. Genuine Doc has proven to be a good all around sire. His foals have earned over $600,000 in cutting competitions. He is a noted reining horse sire with foals like Genuine Strawflower and Shining Spark, both AQHA World Champion Reining Horses. Genuine Doc shows his versatility as a sire in Genuine Redbud, the 1995 AQHA World Show Superhorse, the 1995 AQHA World Champion Junior Heading Horse, and the 1995 AQHA Reserve World Champion Junior TieDown Roping Horse.
by Gay Bar King and out of Peggy Parker. Peggy Parker is sired by El Alejos, an Old Sorrel bred stallion. Her dam is Smoky Lady 11 by Smoky, a son of Old Sorrel. This makes Gay Bar Peggy the successful cross of Gay Bar King on the Old Sorrel line. Gay Bar King foals show that his ability as a sire goes beyond King P-234 bred mares. One of the lines
When Gay Bar King’s daughters were bred to Peppy San, they have produced the likes of Peppy Lit San (earnings of $5,708) and Peppy Peggy San (earnings of $8,882). Peppy San was a son of Leo San by Leo by Joe Reed II and out of Miss Peppy Belle by Pep-Up, the full brother to Graves Peeler. Thus there is linebreeding back to these full brothers in the Gay Bar King/Peppy San cross as well as a cross to Joe Reed P-3. Peppy Lita San is out of Gay Bar Lita, a full sister to Gay Bar’s Gen, reinforcing the success of Gay Bar King with King bred mares. Peppy Peggy San is out of Gay Bar Peggy
Gay Bar’s Gidget is the dam of six point earners including the two time AJQHA World Champion Brinks Misty Te, AJQHA World Champion Pay’s Gidget and AQHA Champion Pay Stringer. The dam of Gay Bar’s Gidget is Misty Cody by Ben Cody by Bill Cody a linebred Old Sorrel stallion. Zan Parr Express was the 1993 AQHA High Point Reining Horse. He earned 128 AQHA points with an AQHA Championship and a Superior in reining. His foals include The Hot Express, a two time AQHA High Point All-Around Stallion and Lil Hot Express, an AQHA High Point Reining Horse. He is also the sire of Sparkin Express, an NRHA Futurity Finalist. Sparkin Express is out of the great mare Diamonds Sparkle. Zan Parr Express was sired by Zan Parr Bar and out of Gay Bar Moon by Gay Bar King.
The success of Gay Bar King with Doc Bar carried down through the sire line. Smart Chic Olena is one of those horses. He was sired by Smart Little Lena by Doc O’Lena by Doc Bar. He was out of Gay Sugar Chic by Gay Bar King. He won $129,000 in cutting and reining. He was the 1990 AQHA World Champion Cutting Horse and the 1993 AQHA World Champion Reining Horse. The dam of Smart Little Lena was Smart Peppy by Peppy San. Smart Chic Olena carries a cross to Peppy San and this gives us a linebreeding pattern to the full brothers Graves Peeler and Pep-Up.
noted cutters as Doc Ware and Sags Gay Lady, both by Doc’s Sag by Doc Bar. Doc Ware was the 1986 AQHA Reserve World Champion Cutting Horse and Sugs Gay Lady was an NCHA Super Stakes winner with earnings in excess of $300,000.
Genuine Doc a maternal grandson of Gay Bar King passed his mother's X on to his daughters. Alfred Janssen photo courtesy author's files.
that appears to nick with Gay Bar King was the Old Sorrel line. Of course, Gay Bar King gets his own dose of Old Sorrel through Graves Peeler, the sire of Happy Gal. Happy Gal was the second dam of Gay Bar King. Gay Bar Lady by Gay Bar King shows his affinity for mares of the Old Sorrel sire line. She is an AQHA Champion with 109 cutting points and a superior in cutting. She is out of Keepsakes Bay, a daughter of Scooter S by Silver King. Silver King was an own son of Old Sorrel. Gay Bar Lady is the producer of such
When Deena Gay by Gay Bar King was bred to Magnolia Pay, she produced one of the greatest halter mares of all time in Magnolia Gay. Magnolia Gay was the 1972 and 1974 High Point Halter Horse with 941 halter points and 72 performance points. She is the full sister to Ruffian Pay and Deena Pay, both superior halter horses. Magnolia Gay is a great producer in her own right. She is the dam of several noted show horses including Noble Tradition, a four time AQHA World Champion Halter Horse that is also a sire of World Champions. The legacy of Gay Bar King has carried down through the years with significant influence from the female side of the pedigree. This great stallion is still #16 on the EquiStat Leading Maternal Grandsire list with cutting money earnings of $8,676,144. This includes all cutting horse earnings through the NCHA
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