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as of ) | raceawards= AQHA Race Register of Merit AQHA Superior Race Horse | honors = American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame AQHA Dam of Distinction |updated= September 11, 2009 }} Barbara L (1947–1977) was an American Quarter Horse that raced during the early 1950s and often defeated some of the best racehorses of the time.〔 She earned $32,836 (about $ as of ) on the race track in 81 starts and 21 wins, including six wins in stakes races. She set two track records during her racing career. After retiring from racing in 1955, she went on to become a broodmare and had 14 foals, including 11 who earned their Race Register of Merit with the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). Her offspring earned more than $200,000 in race money. She died in 1977 and was inducted into the AQHA's American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2007. ==Early life== Barbara L was foaled in 1947, a bay daughter of a Thoroughbred stallion named Patriotic and a Quarter Horse broodmare named Big Bess. She was registered with the AQHA as number 146,954.〔 Her sire, or father, was a grandson of Man o' War, while her dam, or mother, descended from the Quarter Horse Peter McCue.〔 Barbara L was registered as bred by James Hunt of Sonora, Texas, and her owner at the time of registration was A. B. Green, of Purcell, Oklahoma.〔American Quarter Horse Association ''Official Stud Book and Registry'' Volume 15 p. 393〕 As a yearling, Barbara L was sold at auction for $140 (approximately $ as of ) to a Mr. Lumpkin, who sold horse trailers for a living. She spent the next period of her life demonstrating trailers across Texas before someone suggested that Lumpkin race her.〔Nye ''Great Moments in Quarter Horse Racing History'' pp. 91–95〕 Lumpkin changed her name from "Anthem" to "Barbara L" in honor of his daughter Barbara, who was the filly's first trainer.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barbara L」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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