Rocket Wrangler

Rocket Wrangler
Breed Quarter Horse
Discipline Racing
Sire Rocket Bar (TB)
Grandsire Three Bars (TB)
Dam Go Galla Go
Maternal grandsire Go Man Go
Sex Stallion
Foaled 1968
Country United States
Color Sorrel
Record
23-10-4-4
SI-97
Earnings
$252,167
Major wins
All American Futurity
Rainbow Futurity
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
1970 Champion Quarter Running 2-year-old Colt

Winner of the All American Futurity, Rocket Wrangler (1968–1992) went on to sire Dash For Cash.[1]

Life

Rocket Wrangler was a 1968 son of American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Rocket Bar a Thoroughbred stallion. Rocket Wrangler was out of Go Galla Go, a daughter of another Hall of Fame member Go Man Go.[2]

Rocket Wrangler won ten times on the racetrack, finishing second four times and third another four times, earning $252,167 in race earnings. His highest speed index was 97. He won the All American Futurity and the Rainbow Futurity, and finished second in the All American Congress Futurity.[2]

After retiring, Rocket Wrangler went on to sire 56 stakes winners, including Hall of Fame member Dash For Cash. His foals earned over $9,400,000 on the racetrack.[1]

Rocket Wrangler died on November 29, 1992. He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2010.[1]

Pedigree

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Percentage (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Bars (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Myrtle Dee (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rocket Bar (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cartago (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Golden Rocket (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Morshion (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rocket Wrangler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Top Deck (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Go Man Go
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lightfoot Sis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Go Galla Go
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Direct Win (TB)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
La Galla Win
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
La Gallina V
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 American Quarter Horse Foundation "Rocket Wrangler Hall of Fame Bio" American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
  2. 1 2 Pitzer Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires p. 106

References

  • American Quarter Horse Foundation. "Rocket Wrangler Hall of Fame Biography" (pdf). American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 11, 2010. 
  • Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees. 
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