About Carol Rose
Carol Rose of Gainesville, Texas, may be the most honored woman in the western horse world. Born in Palo Alto in 1941, she started competing at age 6 and w
Career Highlights
- Spark — the palomino stallion became an NRHA $4M Sire, AQHA $10M Sire, and NRCHA $4M Sire; owned by
- Rose his entire 32-year life; produced two NRHA Open
- Rose's ownership AQHA's all-time leading breeder of performance horses — horses she bred have earned more than $7 million; also the NRCHA's top breeder; bred NRHA Open
- Shining N Sassy (2008) 5
Lineage & Record
in Palo Alto in 1941, she started competing at age 6 and went on to break barriers across every western discipline — first woman to compete in the NCHA Non Pro Futurity, first to win the NCHA Non Pro World Championship (1967), first female AQHA
Class of 2017
Carol Rose