Diamonds Sparkle
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
|---|---|
| Discipline |
Reining Roping Halter Western pleasure |
| Sire | Mr Diamond Dude |
| Grandsire | Blondy's Dude |
| Dam | Pollyanna Rose |
| Maternal grandsire | Clabber Question |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1974 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Palomino |
| Breeder | M. J. Sprouse and Jerald Freeman |
| Owner | Carol Rose |
| Other awards | |
|
AQHA Performance Register of Merit AQHA Champion 1979 AQHA World Show Superorse 1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading AQHA Superior Steer Roping | |
| Honors | |
|
NHRA Hall of Fame American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Diamonds Sparkle (born 1974) was an outstanding show horse and Quarter horse broodmare.[1]
Life
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.[2] 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.[3]
She was the AQHA World Show Superhorse winner in 1979 as well as being the 1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading Horse.[4] She earned 23 AQHA Halter Points, 39 AQHA Heeling Points, 22 AQHA Heading Points, 31 AQHA Western Pleasure Points, and 28 AQHA Reining Points.[4] She also earned an AQHA Championship and an AQHA Superior Steer Roping Horse award.[4]
Her 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.[1] Her son Shining Spark in 2005 reached the milestone of being the sire of foals that had earned over $2 million in NRHA competition.[5] She died in November 2002.[6] Sparkles Rosezana, Zans Diamond Sun and Sparkles Suzana were sired by fellow Hall of Fame member Zan Parr Bar.[7]
She was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.[8] In 1996 she was inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame.[9]
Pedigree
| King P-234 | ||||||||||||||||
| Small Town Dude | ||||||||||||||||
| Uncle's Pet | ||||||||||||||||
| Blondy's Dude | ||||||||||||||||
| Blondy Plaudit | ||||||||||||||||
| Blondy Queen | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnnie Adair | ||||||||||||||||
| Mr Diamond Dude | ||||||||||||||||
| Wimpy II | ||||||||||||||||
| Dawson's Glory | ||||||||||||||||
| Brown Betty Dawson | ||||||||||||||||
| Miss Patsy Blake | ||||||||||||||||
| Shiloah | ||||||||||||||||
| Dolly Raper | ||||||||||||||||
| Pet Wisdom | ||||||||||||||||
| Diamonds Sparkle | ||||||||||||||||
| Three Bars (TB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Clabber Bar | ||||||||||||||||
| Peggy N | ||||||||||||||||
| Clabber Question | ||||||||||||||||
| Question Mark | ||||||||||||||||
| Foolish Question | ||||||||||||||||
| Foolish Wind | ||||||||||||||||
| Pollyanna Rose | ||||||||||||||||
| Sir Barton | ||||||||||||||||
| Bert Barton | ||||||||||||||||
| Rodeo Queen | ||||||||||||||||
| Irene Vee | ||||||||||||||||
| Smokey Moore | ||||||||||||||||
| Smoky's Taffy | ||||||||||||||||
| Miss Cayenne | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- 1 2 Close Legends 4 pp. 56–65
- ↑ American Quarter Horse Association Official Stud Book and Registry Vol. 31 p. 688
- ↑ All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Diamonds Sparkle retrieved on June 26, 2007
- 1 2 3 Mattson The Real American Quarter Horse pp. 96–97
- ↑ National Reining Horse Association "National Reining Horse Association Million Dollar Earners"
- ↑ Staff "Hall of Fame 2007" Quarter Horse Journal p. 53
- ↑ American Quarter Horse Foundation "Zan Parr Bar Hall of Fame Biography" American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
- ↑ American Quarter Horse Association "AQHA Hall of Fame"
- ↑ National Reining Horse Association "National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame"
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Diamonds Sparkle retrieved on June 26, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "AQHA Hall of Fame". American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
- American Quarter Horse Association. Official Stud Book and Registry. Volume 31. Amarillo, TX: American Quarter Horse Association.
- American Quarter Horse Foundation. "Zan Parr Bar Hall of Fame Biography". American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- Larry Thorton; Holmes, Robert L.; Mike Boardman; Diana Ciarloni; Jim Goodhue; Gold, Alan D.; Sally Harrison; Betsy Lynch; AJ Mangum (editors) (2002). Legends 4: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-49-X.
- Mattson, Paul (1991). The Real American Quarter Horse: Versatile Athletes who proved Supreme. Wamego, KS: Premier Publishing. ISBN 1-879984-77-6.
- National Reining Horse Association. "National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame". National Reining Horse Association. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- National Reining Horse Association. "National Reining Horse Association Million Dollar Earners". National Reining Horse Association. Retrieved July 3, 2007.
- Staff (March 2007). "Hall of Fame 2007". Quarter Horse Journal: 42–55.