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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
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Class of 2017

Carol Rose