Lightning Bar (1951–1960) was an
American Quarter Horse which
raced and later 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 a Quarter Horse mare from Louisiana, a stronghold of the breeding of sprint horses. He raced ten times, with four victories and four other top three finishes, but his racing career was cut short by illness after only one year. After racing, he became a show horse for two years. As a breeding stallion he sired seven crops, or years, of
foals, among which
Doc Bar was the best known. Lightning Bar died of a viral infection in 1960, at the age of nine. He was inducted into the
American Quarter Horse Association's
Hall of Fame in 2008. (
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