Easy Jet, AQHA Sorrel Stallion
1967 - 1992
Everyone who knows anything about Quarter Horses has heard of Easy Jet. He was sired by the great Jet Deck, and out of a mare named
He rose to fame at the height of the Quarter Horse racing game, when the southwest was rich with oil and gas money. In 1980, Easy Jet stood for a fee of $30,000, and was later syndicated for $30 million! He produced just over 2,500 registered foals, placing him near the top of the all time AQHA producer list. Easy Jet remained an equine celebrity throughout his life, influencing people as well as horses. We've seen his halter with brass name plate hanging proudly in the office at Belle Mere Farms in
But why should barrel racers care about this great horse of yesteryear? One reason is soundness. Easy Jet endured an incredible schedule during his 2-year-old year, racing way more than other horses his age, and he remained sound and willing. In fact, he remained sound his entire life. Then there is energy. It was said of him that he was a "busy" horse, always active and wanting to move. When that energy was channeled into racing, he achieved greatness. And Easy Jet wasn't just fast, he was quick. That trait did not endear him to his race jockeys, who needed to concern themselves with becoming unseated, but in barrel racing, we know what to do with that kind of quickness.
Walter Merrick, Easy Jet's owner, made these comments in interviews with Barrel Horse News: "I think his bone had a lot to do with it (his retiring sound). He was just always sound. He never had a sore day in his life." "He never was a mean colt at all, but he was on his toes all the time. He never did have any buck in him, but he was just a hyper-kind of horse ... he could move so quickly, so fast, it was hard to stay with him." "Anything that's got Easy Jet in it, they could run. They have good minds on them, and they're smart. You could teach them about anything."
Easy Jet achieved success as a stallion because he was able to pass on the traits that made him great. Two of Easy Jet's sons appear frequently in the pedigrees of barrel horses: Easily Smashed, himself a champion, and Easy Six, the sire of Streakin Six. Look for Easy Jet's name also on the bottom side of the pedigree, as he became a most successful broodmare sire.
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Nu Bar |
NCHA Earnings: $16,539; Offspring LTE CUT Earnings: $862,983. During Nu Bar's show career
he was the high scoring horse in the 1973 NCHA Futurity Semi-Finals, third at 1974 PCCHA
Cutting Maturity, first at the 1974 NWCHA Cutting Maturity, sixth at 1974 NCHA Derby, 1974
AQHA Reserve World Champion Jr. Cutting, 1975 PCCHA Novice Champion, fourth at 1975
PCCHA Open Cutting, seventh at 1976 NCHA Top Ten Open, 1976 Pacific Coast Champion, and
earned a NCHA Bronze award and an AQHA ROM in Cutting.
Nu Bar's progeny are leading contenders in cutting, working cow horse and reining. His offspring
have earned over $150,000 in NCHA events as well as AQHA points in several events. Nu Bar is
also a leading maternal grandsire of performance champions with his daughters in high demand as
broodmares.
Shoot Yeah
Color: sorrel
SI-108
AAAT/ROM Race/Stakes Winner,SI-108 12-6(2)-2(1)-? $304,144.
1987 Champion Racing 2YO Colt.
The only favorite that was ever scratched from the All American Fut. until 2003
Holidoc
PERFORMANCE RECORD
HOLIDOC is the earner of $120,054 (NCHA
$93,140): 1986
Champion; 1986 Lazy E Open Futurity
Reserve Champion; finalist in the 1986 Big
Country Futurity; in 1987, 3rd, Gold & Silver
4-Year-Old Open; finalist in the NCHA Open
Super Stakes, NCHA Open
4-Year-Old Open; 4th,
Open Futurity; money-earner in the
4-Year-Old Open Futurity and Big Country
Open Maturity; in 1989, money-earner in the
Gold & Silver Stakes 5/6-Year-Old Open.
Super Sound Charge
World Champion
Race money-earner
Little Town
Supreme Champion,, Superior Performance, AQHA Champion,
ROM Performance, Race money-earner, Halter Point Earner, Performance Point Earner, Total Points Earned: 89; Halter Points: 31; Perf Points: 58; SI: 100; Race: $25,061; Wins: 15;
Stallion Offspring Record
World Champion Offspring
Superior Halter Offspring
Superior Performance Offspring, Race & Arena
AQHA Champion Offspring
ROM Performance Offspring
Race ROM Offspring
Race Money-earners, AQHA Offspring Record
Total Points Earned: 1,456; Reg Foals: 428; Number Shown: 167; Point Earners: 59; Halter Points Earned: 446; Halter Point Earners: 32; Superior Halter Awards: 1; Performance Points Earned: 1,010; Performance Point Earners: 57; Performance ROMS: 22; Superior Performance Awards: 3; AQHA Champions: 3; World Championships: 1; Total Superior Awards: 4; Total ROM's: 22; Race Earnings: $427,033; Stakes Winners: 10; 90+ ROMS: 20; 100+ ROMS: 5; Race ROMS: 62; Superior Race: 7
