Known as the Palomino Express, Kaweah Bar (1966 - 1976) racked up impressive stats on the Quarter Horse racetracks.
He earned an American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) Race Register of Merit with his highest Speed Index of 102.
[3] His owner retired him from the track and he was sold as a chariot horse.
Los Alamitos Race Course in Los Alamitos, California, holds the Kaweah Bar Handicap annually to honor the horse.
[4] Kaweah Bar was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1998.