Zippo Pat Bars

Zippo Pat Bars (1964–1988) was an American Quarter horse racehorse and showhorse who became an influential sire in the breed.

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