Zan Parr Bar
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
|---|---|
| Discipline |
Calf roping Halter |
| Sire | Par Three |
| Grandsire | Three Bars (TB) |
| Dam | Terry's Pal |
| Maternal grandsire | Poco Astro |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1974 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Bobbie Silva |
| Owner | Carol Rose Bill Gibford |
| Other awards | |
|
AQHA Performance Register of Merit AQHA Champion AQHA Superior Halter Horse Superior Steer Roping Horse |
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| Honors | |
| American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Zan Parr Bar (1974–1987) was an American Quarter Horse stallion who excelled at halter and at calf roping, as well as being a famous sire of show horses. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association's (or AQHA) Hall of Fame in 2010.
Zan Parr Bar was a chestnut stallion sired by Par Three, a son of AQHA Hall of Fame member Three Bars, a Thoroughbred stallion. His dam was Terry's Pal, a daughter of Poco Astro. He was bred by Bobbie Silva of Tulare, California and was foaled on April 30, 1974. At four months old he was bought by Bill Gibford, a professor at California Polytechnic State University, who named him Zan Parr Bar, with the Zan part of the name referring to the horse's distant ancestor Zantanon, and the Parr and Bar referring to Par Three and Three Bars. At maturity, he stood 15.3 hands high and weighed 1250 pounds.
Gibford showed Zan Parr Bar as a two-year-old in halter, earning a couple of Grand Champion titles as well as a few Reserve Grand Championships. While at a show in California, Texas breeder Carol Rose saw Zan Parr Bar, and tried to purchase him from Gibford, who had been her advisor at Cal Poly, but Gibford would not sell, only compromising at allowing Rose the right of first refusal if he ever did sell the horse. A month later, Gibford called Rose, and informed her that he was in fact entertaining offers for the stallion, and she immediately flew to California and finalized the deal for the horse. As Rose put it, "I was on a plane at eight the next morning, there by three, and by 5:30, the deal was done. At six, someone else who'd made an offer showed up."
Rose moved the stallion to Texas and her then husband Matlock Rose continued the horse's halter career. At the same time, Zan Parr Bar began showing western pleasure, earning 19 points in western pleasure with the AQHA by the end of 1977, enough for a Performance Register of Merit. In 1978, the stallion began showing in steer roping, earning a Superior Steer Roping horse title as well as an AQHA Champion title by the end of 1978.
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