kuvaszfan wrote:
And neither one of you two yahoos have ever had a horse that even came near to winning as much money, or producing as many winners as that palomino horse, that by the way, has almost perfect conformation...


My question then, is it his conformation or his winnings that make him so special? Would he be considered that well conformed and special, if he belonged to an average Joe Shmo doing trail rides?
Horses win, because the owners invest time money, more money, some more money, in training and promoting the horse. It's not always the best horse that wins, it's the right owner, the winning combination. The same horse with a different owner could have turned out a lemon.
This below...

Fire Water Flit remains one of the leading barrel horse sires of today. He has been on the list of leading sires year after year, and with an unusually high number of winning barrel horses contributing to his successful winnings record. That indicates many different mares, different types of mares, and many different riders are successfully winning riding his offspring.

He was the product of crossing a NFR qualifying mare with Flit Bar, sire of great and successful arena horses of all types. Flit Bar is representative of what has become known as a "magic cross", Leo daughters bred to the great Sugar Bars. Slash J Harletta, his dam, was so successful as a producer of winning barrel horses that her offspring have been referred to as a 'dynasty'.

Fire Water Flit passed away in his stall from natural causes on December 20, 2005.

Flit Bars have a characteristic way of handling themselves in a turn - they are very smooth and easy to ride, and they get their hindquarters low in the ground. The 'Flit Bar era' could be said to have begun in 1975, when Jimmie Gibbs Monroe won the World Championship Barrel Racing title on a Flit Bar son. We don't think that 'era' has ever ended. 

Fire Water Flit, Barrel Horse Sire

05/01/78 - 12/20/05

Fire Water Flit Barrel Horse Sire, with Pat Smith and Vickie Adams

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