Fire Water Dragon was born to be a barrel horse with strong barrel racing bloodlines on both the paternal and maternal sides. You can see an extended view of Dragon's pedigree here.
Fire Water Dragon's Paternal Line
His sire Fire Water Flit (1978-2005)
Fire Water Flit was a 1978 palomino stallion and stood 15.2 hands. He ran on the track and attained an SI 86 before going on to be a Derby champion. Fire Water Flit was too destined to be a great barrel horse carrying the lines of Flit Bar and Slash J Harletta. In additional to Fire Water Dragon, he is also the sire of barrel horses such as:
Fire Water Flit is also the grandsire of such notable horses as:
- Firewater Fiesta - 3x NFR qualifier with LTE of $800,000+. Speedhorse & Ft. Smith Derby Champion, owned by Kelly Yates
- Fire Water Fanny - NFR qualifier and $240,000 LTE, futurity & derby standout
- Florida Flit - $100,000+ LTE, trained by Kim Thomas
- Fire And Flit - $90,000+ LTE, futurity, derby, & WPRA money earner
- Miss JB 055 - 2008 BFA Super$takes champion, 150,000+ LTE, campaigned by Kassie Mowrey
- Flyin Hi Firewater - $75,000+ LYE, WPRA money earner with Kelly Yates
- Six Moon Firewater - multiple futurity champion, $140,000+ LTE
- Firewaterontherocks - $115,000+ LTE, Futurity and Derby finalist, WPRA money earner
- Sippin Firewater - $75,000+ LTE, Multiple futurity champion
- Mr Banana Flit - $40,000+ LTE
- Fiery Zara - $35,000+ LTE, trained by Kay Young
- Too Much Firewater - $110,000+ LTE, ridden by Kay Young
Fire Water Flit is also the grandsire of such notable horses as:
- Yeah Hes Firin - futurity money earner & the horse that Brittney Pozzi ran at the 2009 NFR
- Magico Firewater - futurity money earner for 2009
Flit Bar (sire of Fire Water Flit)
- Flit Bar was sired by the legendary Sugar Bars and out of the Leo mare Flit. For a short story about Flit Bar, click here. Other than Fire Water Flit, Flit Bar is the sire of such superior barrel horses as:
- Robins Flit Bar - carried Jimmie Gibbs Monroe to a WPRA World Championship
- Bar Ours - NFR qualifier
- Wabena Bar Flit - NFR qualifier, dam of futurity champion Jodie Bug Moon and grand-dam of Gin N Firewater (who is also the dam of NFR qualifier, World and Congress Champion Flitin Firin Cash), futurity champions Sippin Firewater and Babette Firewater
- Flit Bar Beggar - sire of NFR qualifier Scotti Flit Bar and futurity and derby standout Freddie Flit
- Flit Bars Top Man - sire of Bold Bars Top Man NFR qualifier with Charmayne James
- Dr Nick Bar - BFA Futurity Reserve Champion, WPRA money earner and sire of BFA futurity champion and AQHA World Champion Willy Nick Bar, Christie Nick Bar, Ft. Smith Champion Leo Nick Bar, William Hey Buddy, and Lindsay Sears's NFR Average and WPRA World Champion Sugar Moon Express, and DJ Nick Bar)
Flit Bar is also the full brother of World Champion sire Otoe.
Leo (sire of Flit Bar's dam - Flit)
1940-1967 sorrel stallion. 14.2 hands. AQHA Hall of Fame 1989. #1 leading broodmare sire of AQHA Champions. Leo was also a premier sire of race horses, including Hall of Famers, World Champions, AQHA Champions, ROM earners and money earners of all disciplines including barrel racing, cutting, and halter. Leo lost only 2 match races from 22 starts. According to Bud Warren, "Leo didn't know when to say quit".
Slash J Harletta (dam of Fire Water Flit)
Sired by Harlan and out of the mare Frog's Anette. Slash J Harletta was an NFR qualifier in 1971 with the late Celie Whitcomb Ray. She is the only mare to date to produce 3 performers to compete at the NFR. In addition to Fire Water Flit, she produced such great barrel horses as:
- I Got Bugs - 2 x NFR qualifier with the late Celie Whitcomb Ray, 7x futurity Champion, 3x Derby Champion
- Smakabug - NFR qualifier, futurity champion, ridden by Celie Whitcomb Ray & Jimmie Monroe
- Smak Jak - Ft. Smith Derby Champion
- Ima Etta Too - Futurity Champion
- Free Etta - NFR qualifier and dam of futurity, derby, & WPRA money earning Free Ettas Fortune ($50,000+ LTE) campaigned by Kay Blandford
- Letta Hank Do It - futurity, derby & WPRA money earner and the sire of futurity champions and money earners Winabugo, Hanky Flit Panky, Ima Nonstop Princess, Ima Snazzy Rebel, Shesafoxypayday, Cause Ima Hank, and KN Letta Girl Do It
Harlan (sire of Slash J Harletta)
1951 stallion. Leading sire of AQHA Champions. His sire is Hank H which goes back to King P-234 and he is out of the blue hen mare Dixie Beach.
Fire Water Dragon's maternal line
Ima Cruisin (dam of Fire Water Dragon)
1984 mare by Tiny Charger AAAT (SI 100) out of Ima Stella (SI 80). Ima Cruisin has a SI 90 and 4 wins. Also the dam of race winning foals including Ima Prissy Winner (SI 85), and This Bug Don't Blush.
Ima Stella
Dam of Ima Cruisin. Race winner and dam of blacktype runners Master Kane (SI 99), and Fleet Mystique (SI 95). Her dam, Go Stella Go, by Go Man Go, was also a blacktype runner with a SI 94 and 7 wins with 10 starts
Alamitos Bar (sire of Ima Stella)
By the legendary Three Bars (TB) and out of the mare Do Good Bam. A 1959 stallion, Alamitos Bar had a SI 100 with 11 wins and race earnings of $58,000. Alamitos Bar is also the grandsire of successful barrel horses such as Lord Alamitos a futurity champion and later purchased by Martha Josey, Lady Lord 1988 Badlands circuit champion, DNCFR Champion, and run at the 1990 NFR by Cheryl Luman, and Caseys Lord, run by Marlene McRae at the 2000 NFR.
Tiny Charger AAAT (sire of Ima Cruisin & mat. sire of Fire Water Dragon)
1960 brown stallion. 15.1 hands. He won $70,000+ on the track and outran notable horses of the time such as Top Moon and Jet Deck. Tiny Charger is also the maternal sire of:
Sticks An Stones (SI 104) sire of barrel horses such as:
Rare Jet sire of
Jet View sire of
Flicka Your Bic SI 84
Sticks An Stones (SI 104) sire of barrel horses such as:
- Boleta Jet - $85,000+ LTE, 2x Congress Champion and 2x NBHA Champion. Ran at the NFR with Lindsey Hayes.
- Im Miss Sticks - multiple NFR qualifier with Jolee Latauret
- Guilt Tripper - $50,000+ LTE, Texas Style futurity champion and Ft. Smith & Speedhorse futurity finalist
- Smooth Stone - AQHYA World Champion Barrel Horse
- VF The Rock - $40,000 LTE, futurity champion
- Modan Cindy - $50,000+ LTE, futurity standout, AQHA Reserve World Champion barrel horse, BFA Futurity Horse of the Year 2003
Rare Jet sire of
- Refrigerator - SI 115 & earner of $2 million
- Rare Ghost - Multiple futurity champion with Talmadge Green and Year End BFA futurity Champion
- Coal Thunder - NBHA 1D World Champion
- Mistress Of The Wind - $70,000 LTE barrel racing
- Rare Bar - SI 114 & the sire of Gonna Get Some Money ($70,000+ LTE), Rare Bugs Alive, Doctor Rare Bar (2010 NBHA Vegas high money earner), Raren To Dash (WPRA Circuit Finalist) and Rarely Fired. Rare Bar is also the maternal sire of Runnin Richochet Bar ($152,000+ LTE, trained by Latricia Duke)
Jet View sire of
- View This Jet - futurity, derby, open 4D, WPRA money earner, and NFR qualifier with Sherrylynn Johnson. Top 10 all time money earning barrel horse according to equi-stat.
Flicka Your Bic SI 84
- 2nd dam of A Regal Choice, sire of CRCS Regaldash, Greg Olson futurity fastest time 2010
- 2nd dam of Royal Quick Dash
Depth Charge (TB) - sire of Tiny Charger AAAT
Sired by Bold Venture and out of the mare Quickly. He was a 1/2 brother to Triple Crown Winner Count Fleet. In addition to Tiny Charger, Depth Charge was also the sire of Johnny Dial. Johnny Dial is the grandsire of the #8 all time leading money earning barrel horse Dial A Red Rooster, and is also the paternal sire of Mystic Eye, sire of 3x NFR qualifier Mystic Angela "Bubba", ridden by Kelly Maben
Clabber Tiny - dam of Tiny Charger
1954 brown mare by Clabber II and out of Tiny Iny. She had a SI 95 and 6 wins from 19 starts. In addition to Tiny Charger, Clabber Tiny is the dam of Tiny Watch (2x World Champion racehorse). The name Tiny Watch appears in other prominent barrel horse pedigrees such as Dash Ta Fame, and Caseys Charm, dam of French Flash Hawk and PC Frenchmans Hayday (sire of Sherry Cervi's outstanding mare MP Meter My Hay, NFR qualifier & average winner)
Clabber II, sire of Clabber Tiny


