1988 · Scottisch - Owned by Jack and Lou Finney
1989 · Pecho Dexter · Owned by Bob and Eleanor Eckert · Walter Hughes · Leo Barbera - NSBA Founder
1990 · Lady Barbie Sox - Owned by Constance Crowell
1991 · The Big Investment - Owned by Dan and Carol McWhirter
1992 · Zippo Pine Bar - Owned by Bob and Ann Perry · Joe Geeslin · Tom Powers
1993 · Hotrodders Jet Set - Owned by Tom and Carrie Chown
1994 · The Invester - Owned by Dan and Carol McWhirter
1995 · Tiger Leo - Owned by Stan and Mary Kay Steyskal
· Mr Zippo Pine - Owned by Darrell Saul / Gail Wilkens · Ohio Quarter Horse Association
1996 · Zippo Pat Bars - Owned by Paul Curtner · Wesleys Playboy - Owned by Robby Roberts
1997 · Im A Big Leaguer - Owned by Dale Livingston · Zippo By Moonlight - Owned by Dana Smith
1998 · The Big Investment - Owned by The Big Investment Syndicate

• The overall leading sire of pleasure horses by monies earned in 1995, 1996 and 1997
• The leading sire of AQHA Performance ROMs in 1994, 1997, and 1998
• The second leading sire of English horses by monies earned in 1994, 1997 and 1998
• The AQHA second leading sire of Open Performance Horses in 1996, 1997 and 1998
• The AQHA second leading sire of Amateur Performance Horses in 1997 and 1998
• Sire of World Champion Quarter Horses, Paints, Appaloosas and Palominos

• 1989 AQHA Junior Western Pleasure World Champion
• Champion of seven futurities and Reserve Champion of three futurities of the 10 futurities shown
• AQHA Superior Western Pleasure horse with 81 points

For the first time in ten years of inducting horses into its Hall of Fame, the NSBA is inducting the same horse in both breeding and show horse categories. Zips Chocolate Chip, a 1985 bay stallion owned by Ann and Phil Myers of Ashland, Ohio, earned this honor. The stallion is by Zippo Pine Bar and is out of Fancy Blue Chip.

Zips Chocolate Chip not only made a name for himself as an outstanding pleasure horse, earning over $37,000 as a two-year-old and a world championship as a four-year-old year, he is also one of the all time leading sires of pleasure horses.

"To think about owning him is just overwhelming," said Ann in a February 1998 Quarter Horse News article. "When I think about how famous he is it just blows my mind. We have really been lucky. It is a little like winning the lottery. To have everything fall into place like it has for Chip is very fortunate."

Zips Chocolate Chip has stood his entire career at Bob Perry Quarter Horses and where he's been managed by Joe Jeane. "Chip really stamps his babies. Most of them just look like him," Jeane says. "Horses with his conformation have the potential to do much more than just western pleasure." He believes the stallion will continue to have an impact on the horse industry for many years to come. "I think he is the best stallion Zippo Pine Bar ever sired." To date, Chips foals have earned an amazing $657,902.68.

Cleve Wells showed Zips Chocolate Chip his two- and three-year old years. "Chip was the first true show horse I rode. It was like he knew when the judges looked at him. He'd put his ears up and show," Cleve says. "I was in awe. He was doing things in the ring you can't teach a horse. He definitely deserves this honor."

The NSBA congratulates Ann and Phil Myers on the induction of Zips Chocolate Chip into the Hall of Fame.