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.

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.

Racing career

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.

Breeding record

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.

Death and honors

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

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

References

• American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Rocket Wrangler". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
• Pitzer, Andrea Laycock (1987). The Most Influential Quarter Horse Sires. Tacoma, WA: Premier Pedigrees.