02/25/2025
DOC BAR We didn't want to flood the market. So we bred our own mares and just a few select outside mares." Doc Bar's foals didn't flood the mar ket; they dominated it. The first to demonstrate Doc Bar's ability as a sire was Fizzabar. Foaled in 1961 out of Teresa Tivio, Fizzabar, with Don Dodge in the saddle, became the 1968 National Cutting Horse Association world champion mare. She would finish several times in the top 10, and was inducted into the NCHA Hall of Fame. Then came Doc O'Lena and Dry Doc. Both were sons of the star crossed Poco Lena, and both became instant legends in the cutting pen. Doc O'Lena swept the 1970 NCHA Futurity with Shorty Freeman aboard, while Dry Doc took the 1971 Futurity, guided by Buster Welch. The NCHA Futurity became a proving ground, of sorts, for the family of Doc Bar. In 1973, Doc's Marmoset took the futurity, followed by Doc's Yuba Lea in 1974. Lenaette, a Doc O'Lena daughter, took the crown in 1975. Through the years 1978-80, grand-get of Doc Bar would again take the futurity, with Lynx Melody, Doc's Diablo and Mis Royal Mahogany. Then, in 1982, Smart Little Lena, by Doc O'Lena, took the futurity, and eventually, NCHA's triple crown. The next three years would also see descendants of Doc Bar win the futurity, with Doc's Okie Quixote, Doc Per and The Gemnist, respectively, winning top honors. In 1987 and 1988, the get of Doc Bar's grandson, Smart Little Lena, would win the futurity: Smart Date in '87, and Smart Little Senor in '88. Doc Bar's get, grand-get and great grand-get have also been well represented in the NCHA world championship standings. The first was Doc N W***y in 1980, followed by Doc's Marmoset in 1981. Tenino San, a grandson of Doc Bar won the world in 1982, followed by Doc Bar's son Handle Bar Doc in 1983. Grand-get Jazzote and Docs Sangria won the NCHA world championships in '86 and '87.
