Dash For Cash
BreedQuarter Horse
SireRocket Wrangler
GrandsireRocket Bar (TB)
DamFind A Buyer (TB)
DamsireTo Market (TB)
SexStallion
Foaled(1973-04-17)17 April 1973
Died20 May 1996(1996-05-20) (aged 23)
CountryUnited States
ColorSorrel
BreederB. F. Phillips, Jr.
TrainerC.W. “Bubba” Cascio[1]
Record25–21–3–0
Earnings$507,687.00
Major wins
Sun Country Futurity, Lubbock Downs Futurity, Los Alamitos Derby, Champion of Champions (twice)
Awards
1976 World Champion Quarter Running Horse, 1977 World Champion Quarter Running Horse
Honors
American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
Last updated on January 11, 2008

Dash For Cash (April 17, 1973 – May 20, 1996) was an American Quarter Horse racehorse and an influential sire in the Quarter Horse breed.

Racing career

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Dash For Cash won $507,688 during his career and was the Racing World Champion in 1976 and 1977.

Dash For Cash victories came in the Champion of Champions (1976, 1977), Sun Country Futurity, Los Alamitos Invitational Champ, Los Alamitos Derby, Vessels Maturity, and the Lubbock Downs Futurity.

In May 1996, Dash for Cash developed complications from equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) and was euthanized.[2]

Dash For Cash was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1997.[2]

Sire line tree

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  • Dash For Cash[3][4][5][6][7][8]
    • Cash Rate
    • Calyx
    • First Down Dash[9][10]
      • Dash Ta Fame[11][12]
      • Royal Quick Dash
      • Dash Thru Traffic
      • A Classic Dash[15][16]
      • A Ransom
      • The Down Side
      • Ocean Runaway[21]
        • Runaway Tyme
      • Wave Carver[22]
      • No Secrets Here
      • Half Pipe[23]
      • Oceans Apart[24]
    • Cash Legacy
    • Dashing Val
    • Dash For Perks
    • Takin On The Cash
    • Some Dasher

Pedigree

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Percentage (TB)
Three Bars (TB)
Myrtle Dee (TB)
Rocket Bar (TB)
Cartago (TB)
Golden Rocket (TB)
Morshion (TB)
Rocket Wrangler
Top Deck (TB)
Go Man Go
Lightfoot Sis
Go Galla Go
Direct Win (TB)
La Galla Win
La Gallina V
Dash For Cash
Brokers Tip (TB)
Market Wise (TB)
On Hand (TB)
To Market (TB)
Johnstown (TB)
Pretty Does (TB)
Creese (TB)
Find a Buyer (TB)
=Hyperion (TB)
*Alibhai (TB)
=Teresina (TB)
Hide And Seek (TB)
Whirlaway (TB)
Scattered (TB)
Imperatrice (TB)

Notes

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  1. ^ It's the ride of his life
  2. ^ a b American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Dash For Cash". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  3. ^ Biography: Hermit
  4. ^ Three Bars: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1989.
  5. ^ The Legendary Three Bars: A Sire That Influenced Modern Performance Horses
  6. ^ The Three Bars (TB) Bloodline
  7. ^ Dash For Cash: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1997.
  8. ^ 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Dash For Cash
  9. ^ First Down Dash: Inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2011.
  10. ^ The First Down Dash Story Home / Articles / The First Down Dash Story
  11. ^ The Dash Ta Fame Story
  12. ^ Bob Burt Tells the FULL Dash Ta Fame Story on The Money Barrel Podcast
  13. ^ Meet the Longest Lasting ProRodeo Barrel Horses of All Time
  14. ^ a b c Meet the Longest Lasting ProRodeo Barrel Horses of All Time
  15. ^ A Classic Dash Dies
  16. ^ All American Futurity Winner A Classic Dash Dies at 29
  17. ^ 25-Year-Old Stakes Winner Drop Your Sox Dies July 5
  18. ^ Drop Your Sox
  19. ^ Classified As Dash Wins Heritage Place Futurity
  20. ^ Classified As Dash captures Derby
  21. ^ Quarter race champion Ocean Runaway found dead
  22. ^ 2006 AQHA racing champions named
  23. ^ Heritage Place Quarter Race Yearling Sale strong
  24. ^ Full brother to world champion Wave Carver tops Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale

References

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Further reading

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  • Biasatti, Helena "Dash For Cash Wins 1977 Champion of Champions Invitational" Quarter Horse Journal February 1978
  • Chamberlain, Richard "Inside the Syndicate" Quarter Horse Journal July 1996 p. 49
  • Chamberlain, Richard "The Big Red One: In Quarter Horse Racing, Dash For Cash was No. 1" Quarter Horse Journal July 1996 p. 76-79
  • "Dash For Cash Syndicated for $2.5 Million" Quarter Horse Journal October 1977
  • Owens, Amy "A Final Chapter: Dash For Cash's Last Crop Heads to the Track" Quarter Horse Journal April 1998