| Diamonds Sparkle | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Quarter Horse |
| Discipline | Reining Roping Halter Western pleasure |
| Sire | Mr Diamond Dude |
| Grandsire | Blondy's Dude |
| Dam | Pollyanna Rose |
| Maternal grandsire | Clabber Question |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1974 |
| Died | November 2002 (aged 28) |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Palomino |
| Breeder | M. J. Sprouse and Jerald Freeman |
| Owner | Carol Rose |
| Other awards | |
| AQHA Performance Register of Merit AQHA Champion 1979 AQHA World Show Superorse 1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading AQHA Superior Steer Roping | |
| Honors | |
| National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame | |
Diamonds Sparkle (born 1974) was an outstanding show horse and Quarter horse broodmare. [1] She was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame.
Diamonds Sparkle was registered as number 1,004,317 with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). She was registered as a 1974 palomino mare, bred and owned by M. J. Sprouse and Jerald Freeman of Bixby, Oklahoma. [2] Her sire was a son of Blondy's Dude out of a mare that traced to Wimpy P-1 and Oklahoma Star P-6. Diamonds Sparkle's dam was out of a mare that traced to Three Bars (TB), Bert, and Clabber. [3]
Diamonds Sparkle was the AQHA World Show Superhorse winner in 1979 as well as being the 1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading Horse. [4] She earned 23 AQHA Halter Points, 39 AQHA Heeling Points, 22 AQHA Heading Points, 31 AQHA Western Pleasure Points, and 28 AQHA Reining Points. [4] She also earned an AQHA Championship and an AQHA Superior Steer Roping Horse award. [4]
Diamonds Sparkle's offspring include Sparkles Rosezana, winner of the 1985 National Reining Horse Association (or NRHA) Futurity; Zans Diamond Sun, 1987 AQHA World Champion in Junior Reining; Sparkles Suzana, 1989 NRHA Derby Champion; Genuine Redskin, 1990 NRHA Derby Champion; Shining Spark, 1994 NRHA Derby Champion; and Spark O Lena, 1996 AQHA Reserve World Show Superhorse. [1] Her son Shining Spark in 2005 reached the milestone of being the sire of foals that had earned over $2 million in NRHA competition. [5] She died in November 2002. [6] Sparkles Rosezana, Zans Diamond Sun and Sparkles Suzana were sired by fellow Hall of Fame member Zan Parr Bar. [7]
Diamonds Sparkle was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2007. [8] In 1996 she was inducted into the National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame. [9]
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