| 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 |
| Died | November 2002 (aged 28) |
| 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 | |
| National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Diamonds Sparkle (born 1974) was an outstanding show horse and Quarter horse broodmare. She was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.
Background
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. 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.
Competitive career
Diamonds Sparkle was the AQHA World Show Superhorse winner in 1979 as well as being the 1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading Horse. She earned 23 AQHA Halter Points, 39 AQHA Heeling Points, 22 AQHA Heading Points, 31 AQHA Western Pleasure Points, and 28 AQHA Reining Points. She also earned an AQHA Championship and an AQHA Superior Steer Roping Horse award.
Breeding record
Diamonds Sparkle's 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. Her son Shining Spark in 2005 reached the milestone of being the sire of foals that had earned over $2 million in NRHA competition. She died in November 2002. Sparkles Rosezana, Zans Diamond Sun and Sparkles Suzana were sired by fellow Hall of Fame member Zan Parr Bar.
Honors
Diamonds Sparkle was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1996 she was inducted into the National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame.
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
- ^ Thornton, et al. 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
- ^ 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 Association (AQHA). "Zan Parr Bar". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Diamonds Sparkle". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "Hall of Fame". National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame. www.nhra.com. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
References
- All Breed Pedigree Database Pedigree of Diamonds Sparkle retrieved on June 26, 2007
- American Quarter Horse Association. Official Stud Book and Registry. Vol. 31. Amarillo, TX: American Quarter Horse Association.
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Diamonds Sparkle". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Zan Parr Bar". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- 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.
- Thorton, Larry; Holmes, Robert L.; Boardman, Mike; Ciarloni, Diana; Goodhue, Jim; Gold, Alan D.; Harrison, Sally; Lynch, Betsy; Mangum, A. J., eds. (2002). Legends 4: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions and Mares. Colorado Springs, CO: Western Horseman. ISBN 0-911647-49-X.
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