Horsename: | Rocket Wrangler |
Breed: | Quarter Horse |
Discipline: | Racing |
Sire: | Rocket Bar (TB) |
Grandsire: | Three Bars (TB) |
Dam: | Go Galla Go |
Damsire: | Go Man Go |
Sex: | Stallion |
Foaled: | 1968 |
Country: | United States |
Color: | Sorrel |
Racerecord: | 23-10-4-4 SI-97 |
Raceearnings: | $252,167 |
Racewins: | 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]
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]