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Diamonds Sparkle was an outstanding show horse and Quarter Horse broodmare.Close ''Legends 4'' p. 56-65 LIFE Diamonds Sparkle was registered as number 1,004,317 with the American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA). She was registered as a 1974 palomino mare, bred and owned by M. J. Sprouse and Jerald Freeman of Bixby, Oklahoma .AQHA ''Official Stud Book and Registry'' Vol. 31 p. 688 Her sire was a son of Blondy's Dude out of a mare that traced to Wimpy P-1 and Oklahoma Star P-6 . Diamonds Sparkle's dam was out of a mare that traced to Three Bars (TB) , Bert , and Clabber . All Breed Pedigree Pedigree of Diamonds Sparkle retrieved on June 26, 2007 She was the AQHA World Show Superhorse winner in 1979 as well as being the 1979 AQHA World Champion Senior Heading Horse.Mattson ''The Real American Quarter Horse'' p. 96-97 She earned 23 AQHA Halter Points, 39 AQHA Heeling Points, 22 AQHA Heading Points, 31 AQHA Western Pleasure Points, and 28 AQHA Reining Points. She also earned a AQHA Championship and a AQHA Superior Steer Roping Horse award. Her offspring include Sparkles Rosezana, winner of the 1985 National Reining Horse Association (or NRHA) Futurity; Zans Diamond Sun, 1987 AQHA World Champion in Junior Reining; Sparkles Suzana, 1989 NRHA Derby Champion; Geniune Redskin, 1990 NRHA Derby Champion; Shining Spark, 1994 NRHA Derby Champion; and Spark O Lena, 1996 AQHA Reserve World Show Superhorse. Her son Shining Spark in 2005 reached the milestone of being the sire of foals that had earned over $2 million in NRHA competition. NRHA Million Dollar Earners retrieved on July 3, 2007 She died in November 2002."Hall of Fame 2007" ''Quarter Horse Journal'' March 2007 p. 53 She was inducted into the AQHA Hall Of Fame . AQHA Hall of Fame retrieved on June 26, 2007 In 1996 she was inducted into the NRHA Hall of Fame. NRHA Hall of Fame retrieved on July 3, 2007 PEDIGREE
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