Stallions We Remember – King Leo Bar

Over 15 years have passed since Jim Keith wrote this article for Northernhorse but most of it is still relevant. If not more so. He still shows up in the pedigrees of many of Western Canada’s performance horses. If you have any photos of him or his offspring that you would like to share, we would love to add them to this post.

Now to Jim’s post.

If you have been in the Quarter Horse business in Canada for very long, you’re probably wondering what more could be said about King Leo Bar; the most written about and talked about Quarter Horse that has ever made his career in Canada. Most every sale catalog across western Canada has one of his descendants and makes reference to his show and sire record. With this article I want to focus more on those descendants. I was always impressed with how many good King Leo Bar bred horses there were out there, but when researching this I was truly surprised at the number of excellent producers he sired. Continue reading “Stallions We Remember – King Leo Bar”

Stallions We Remember – Shock-Em

 

Shock-em was a 1977 chestnut stallion sired by the AQHA Champion Ole Cuda Bar and out of the AQHA Champion, Superior Halter mare, Bonanzas Revenue by Coys Bonanza.

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Shock-em was born and bred in Saskatchewan by Jerome Fischer and ended up being owned by Deerwood Farms of Calgary for the rest of his life.  He started his show career by winning the QHAA Halter futurities as a weanling, yearling and again as a two year old.  Later under the guidance of Morgan Lybbert, he went on to earn a Superior in Halter, Western Pleasure and Hunter Under Saddle plus an AQHA Championship.  This was an enviable show record for any horse in any era. Continue reading “Stallions We Remember – Shock-Em”