Three Bars lived a great life. He was born in Kentucky, raced in the American Southwest, died in Oklahoma and is buried here in Montague County, Texas.

Is three bars related to Secretariat?

Three Bars is as important to our cowboy horses as Secretariat is to the sport of kings. ... Then I went to my personal library, and discovered a lot more to Three Bars' story than I'd ever known. The early years. Like Secretariat, Three Bars was foaled in Bourbon County, Kentucky.

Who owned Three Bars?

Parrish's Midway, Kentucky, farm, Three Bars (TB) dam, Myrtle Dee, and two other mares were bought by Jack Goode, Ned Brent and Bill Talbot in the spring of 1940. Just days after the purchase, Myrtle Dee foaled a good-looking chestnut colt. The men named the foal Three Bars, hoping he would pay off like a slot machine.