What is Lightning Bar?
{{Horse infobox |horsename= Lightning Bar |image= noimage.png |alt= |caption= |breed=[[American Quarter Horse]] |discipline=Racing |sire= [[Three Bars (horse)|Three Bars (TB)]] |grandsire=Percentage (TB) |dam= Della P |damsire= Doc Horn (TB) |sex= Stallion |foaled= 1951 |country= United States |color= Sorrel |breeder=Art Pollard |owner= Art Pollard |racerecord= 10-4-3-1<br>Stakes: 0-1-1 |raceearnings= $1491.00 (${{formatnum:{{inflation|US|1491|1953}}}} in current dollars) |racewins= 2nd Beaudry Handicap<br>3rd Juvenile Prep Stakes |raceawards= [[American Quarter Horse Association]] (AQHA) Race Register of Merit |otherawards= AQHA Champion |honors= [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame]] |updated= May 24, 2009 }} '''Lightning Bar''' was an [[American Quarter Horse]] [[racehorse]] and [[wikt:breed|breed]]ing [[wikt:stallion|stallion]]. He was owned by Art Pollard. Lightning Bar's father was a [[Thoroughbred]], and his mother was originally from [[Louisiana]]. Louisiana was known for breeding racehorses that ran short distances. Although he only raced for one year, he still managed to achieve an AAA [[speed index]]. His racing career was cut short by illnesses. After racing, he became a show horse and a roping horse. As a breeding stallion, he only fathered eight crops of [[wikt:foal|foal]]s, but [[wikt:father|father]]ed a number of important horses. His most famous son was [[Doc Bar]]. Lightning Bar died in 1960 from disease, at the age of 9. Lightning Bar was [[wikt:induct|induct]]ed into the [[American Quarter Horse Association]]'s (AQHA's) [[American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame]] in 2008. ==Early life== Born in 1951, Lightning Bar was bred to be a racehorse. Injuries and illnesses kept him from racing past the age of two.<ref name=HOFarticle/> He was bred by Art Pollard, who owned him his entire life.<ref name=Get>AQHA ''Official Get of Sire Record for Lightning Bar''</ref> He was fathered by [[Three Bars]], a [[Thoroughbred]] [[stallion]] later inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame. Lightning Bar's mother w