Zippo Pat Bars

Zippo Pat Bars was a son of the Thoroughbred stallion Three Bars out of a daughter of Leo named Leo Pat.[1] He was a 1964 sorrel stallion[2] bred by Paul Curtner. As a weanling, Curtner was offered $20,000.00 for the colt, which he turned down.[3]

Zippo Pat Bars raced for two years, starting eighteen times. He won five races and placed second four times. He earned a Race Register of Merit with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) in 1966 with an AAA speed rating. He earned $1855.00 on the racetrack.[2] He injured himself as a two-year-old, fracturing two vertebrae in a stall accident. The injury kept the horse out of the 1966 All American Futurity.[4]

After the end of Zippo Pat Bars's racing career, he retired to the breeding shed. He sired, among others, Zippo Pine Bar, Scarborough Fair, The Invester, and Mr Pondie Zip.[5][6] His sons Zippo Pine Bar and The Invester were inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame as well as the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame.[7][8][9] His grandson Zippos Mr Good Bar also was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2019.[10] In 2000, Zippos Mr Good Bar was inducted as well into the National Snaffle Bit Association Hall of Fame[11] [12]

Zippo Pat Bars sired nine AQHA Champions, as well as sixteen Superior Western Pleasure Horses and four Superior Halter Horses.[5] In 1996, Zippo Pat Bars was inducted into the NSBA Hall of Fame.[9]

Zippo Pat Bars died May 1, 1988, due to heart problems.[4] He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame[13] in 2002.

• Zippo Pat Bars at Quarter Horse Directory
• Zippo Pat Bars at Quarter Horse Legends