NOVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIPS CHALLENGE RETURNS TO TEXAS GRAND GRANADA THE TEXAS RANCH GETS A REBOOT

Transcription

1 NOVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIPS CHALLENGE RETURNS TO TEXAS GRAND GRANADA THE TEXAS RANCH GETS A REBOOT

2 C O N T E N T S -RACING JOURNAL November 2015 The official publication of the American Quarter Horse Association. About the cover Granada Farms General Manager Jimmy Eller with world champion Blues Girl Too. Photo by Richard Chamberlain FEATURES 6 uarter Paths: Vacating Vessels By Richard Chamberlain Vessels Stallion Farm is no more. 12 uarter Chatter Compiled by Andrea Caudill 20 Handicapping FA : Times By Andrea Caudill Deciphering the details of times. 22 Second-Career Star: Time For A Cigar By Andrea Caudill This former racehorse is a champion through and through 28 No uirk Here By Andrea Caudill Quirky wins the Millie Vessels. 36 Effortless Fridge By Andrea Caudill Zoomin Effortlessly goes from a $10k claimer to a Grade 1 winner in the Refrigerator. 40 Invitational Moon By Andrea Caudill The Los Al Invitational is another jewel in Moonist s crown. 44 The Place to Be By Andrea Caudill Heritage Place sells 667 head at the September Yearling Sale. 48 Staggering Sale By Andrea Caudill The Los Alamitos Equine Sale offered top-quality stock on the West Coast. 52 Granada Reboot By Richard Chamberlain Granada Farms rebrands under new owners. 62 Historical Racing, Hysterical Reaction By Richard Chamberlain Historical racing hits and misses in Texas. 68 Challenge s Year Close By Andrea Caudill Top horses close out the year s regional races in preparation for the Championships. 76 A HA Suspensions 78 New Mexico-Bred Sale Hip-By-Hip STATISTICS 84 Race Leaders by Category 85 Grade 3 and Ungraded Stakes Charts 94 Grade 1 and Grade 2 Stakes Charts 95 Leading Sires by Money Earned 96 Leading Sires by Winners 97 Leading Sires by 2-Year-Old Money Earned 98 Leading Sires by 2-Year-Old Winners 99 Leading Sires by Distances 104 Leading First-, Secondand Third-Year Sires 107 Leading Broodmare Sires by Money Earned 108 Leading Broodmare Sires by 2-Year-Old Money Earned 109 Leading Dams by Money Earned 110 Leading Horses by Money Earned 111 Leading Owners by Money Earned 112 Leading Breeders by Money Earned 113 Leading Trainers by Money Earned 114 Leading Jockeys by Money Earned 2 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

3 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

4

5

6 Q U A R T E R P A T H S Vacating Vessels sso VESSELS STALLION FARM IS no more. It s been sold to become Ocean Breeze Farm a place apparently to be devoid of American Quarter Horses. It s the end of an era. It s like the King is dead. Right from the start, which coincided with the advent of organized Quarter Horse racing, Vessels Stallion Farm was the palace of royalty, the home to American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame stallions from Clabber to Go Man Go to Beduino (TB) to First Down Dash, to families of blue hen broodmares from Do Good and her daughter Chicado V through generations including Table Tennis and Rapid Valley to Hardly Hateful and Your First Moon, to some of the most accomplished horsemen to ever throw a leg across a saddle or, for that matter, to pore over pedigrees for the breedings that put Vessels Stallion Farm atop the castle. The first time I ever set foot on the place, Vessels Stallion Farm was still right next door to Los Alamitos Race Course, still right off Katella Avenue, still right across from the strawberry fields where Mitsubishi and other corporations now are planted. It was on the site of Frank Vessels original track, right behind the brick ranch-style house that Frank and wife Grace s daughter-in-law and Los Alamitos track president Mildred Millie Vessels still called home. Even with Millie s chickens running around, Vessels Stallion Farm was a tidy little place, where farm manager Gene Chambless then was overseeing indemand stallions such as Timeto Thinkrich and Beduino. That all changed in 1984, after Millie sold Los Alamitos American Quarter Horse Hall of Famers First Down Dash and Scoop Vessels Vessels Stallion Farm is no more. By Richard Chamberlain to the parent company of Hollywood Park and relocated herself and the stallions to Bonsall, in Southern California s San Diego County. The widow of Frank Sr. s son Frank Jr., Millie and her son, Frank Scoop Vessels III (aided immeasurably by Scoop s wife Bonnie), turned a century-old, bankrupt cattle ranch into one of the finest and most successful racehorse breeding operations in the world. This is what I like to do, said Scoop, who in 2004 became president of AQHA. I enjoy the horse business. I love it. I grew up in it. I like the horses, I like the people in it. Scoop s death in an August 2010 plane crash set in motion the events that would result in the demise of Vessels Stallion Farm. But it was on that original site off Katella where Frank Vessels Sr. first matched his own Quarter Horses against anybody else who had a horse they thought could run. That was right after World War II, and those match races had gone on for only a short time before Vessels Sr., at the urging of friends, decided to up the ante with an actual card of races. On Sunday, August 3, 1947, Vessels let loose the first scheduled races on his fledgling match track that would grow up to become Los Alamitos Race Course. On that first day, there were six races with purses ranging from $50 to $100. They had a thousand people show up, and they didn t publicize it or advertise it or anything like that it was just word of mouth, Millie recalled. They had a heck of a traffic ROBBIE KNUDSEN 6 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

7 jam and everything. There was only one road to the Vessels Ranch in those days. That road was the rural highway that now is Katella, and it soon became even more jammed. Vessels went to work on folks at the state capital to obtain pari-mutuel wagering on Quarter Horses. After three years of lobbying and fighting intense opposition by Thoroughbred and harness horse interests, Los Alamitos conducted its first pari-mutuel Quarter Horse races on December 4, 1951, the first day of an 11-day meet besieged by 10 days of rain. And I mean, we had to work, Millie said. At the end of every day, Frank (Jr.) and I took a truck and loaded up all the garbage cans to haul off. And we d be here till 10 p.m. pulling cars out of the mud with a Fordson tractor. Back To the Future IN 1946, AS A WEALTHY 48-YEAR-OLD OIL WILDCATTER AND industrial contractor, Frank Sr. bought 435 acres of coastal alkali plain between the communities of Los Alamitos and Cypress, west of Anaheim and north of Long Beach. He intended to raise Polled Herefords, but the ground wasn t suited to beef cattle, who suffered from high concentrations of molybdenum in the grass and contracted bovine pneumonia from the low-hanging fog that the locals call tule (pronounced two-lee and often accompanied by colorfully descriptive adjectives best left unsaid here). That was but a temporary setback. Vessels already was turning his attention elsewhere. A transplanted Kentuckian, from the heart of the bluegrass at Paris, Vessels had been living in California since he was a 22-year-old roustabout in the oil fields, and had reached his comfortable economic status by founding construction firms that by the time he died (in 1963, of a heart attack at the AQHA convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma) had filled bids on structures as diverse and farflung as a launch pad at Cape Canaveral and a steam-generating plant in Hawaii. Now he wanted to get back to his Kentucky roots with horses, and with the war over, it seemed a good time to get in the horse business. Vessels picked up a few Quarter Horse geldings to work his cattle and then decided he needed a few mares to breed better cow horses. He already was hanging with the shorthorse crowd and he knew he wanted good horses, the kind he had seen running in 1941 at the Speed Trials in Tucson, Arizona, where he watched the Iron Horse Clabber clinch the first world running championship with a come-frombehind victory. By the time the war was over, he was hauling to the match races so popular in Arizona, Nevada and up and down the length of California, and he knew that to get those good horses, he had to go to where they came from. So he and Huntley Gordon, a friend who ranched at Chino, California, searched Arizona and on through New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. They spent quite some time on the road and picked up two truckloads of good mares, but could find no suitable stallion. Then Vessels heard a rumor that Clabber himself could be bought, if the price was right. Confirming the rumor required $5,000, quite a sum back then, but the friends figured Clabber was quite a horse and the son of My Texas Dandy took up residence on the West Coast. The stallion didn t last long out there. After one year of service, Clabber died of a head injury in 1947, when he reared and hit his head on an overhead beam in what then served as the stud barn on what would become Vessels Stallion Farm. But Vessels and Gordon already were beginning to get some nice foals from the stallion. Never one to do anything halfway, Vessels that same year hooked a disc to his tractor and plowed a straightaway and halfmile oval on his ranch. Then he invited a group of buddies over to enjoy some of his wife s spaghetti and see his new track, and the following Sunday, they came back with their horses to match a few races. Offering to let them train free of charge during the week, Vessels made his ranch available for racing on the weekends and upgraded the facility with a starting gate and eventually bleachers and other amenities. At the same time, of course, he and his family were laying the foundation for what would become the legendary breeding farm. The farm at Bonsall stood its first stallions in 1986, and passed into Scoop s hands when his mother died in January When we sold out at Los Alamitos, the horse business was starting to feel the crunch, Scoop recalled. We didn t want anyone to think that we were getting out of the business altogether. That s one reason why we built a farm like this. Those were still the days when it was never going to end, so we built a little larger than we probably should have. But we wanted to make a statement that we are committed to the business. It was more than 20 years ago that Scoop made that statement, reflecting on the building of the beautiful ranch nestled among coastal mountains by the Bonsall River. Fast forward to today: The all-time second-leading breeder of racing Quarter Horses, Vessels Stallion Farm in its own name has bred 14 champions, 88 total stakes winners and the earners of more than $30 million. Again, just to be clear, that s in Vessels own name, and does not including horses bred in partnership, or a single title, stakes win or dollar earned by any offspring of a Vessels stallion by anybody else. The result today is that just about every good racing Quarter Horse has a pedigree peppered with stallions and mares that at some point or other lived in Vessels barns or grazed its pastures. Through its seven decades in business, Vessels Stallion Farm stood many, if not most, of the hottest stallions in the industry. Including those already mentioned, Vessels at one time or another was home to such Quarter Horse studs as A Classic Dash, Alamitos Bar, Dash Thru Traffic, Duplicate Copy, FDD Dynasty, Fishers Dash, No Secrets Here, Splash Bac, The Signature, Tiny Charger and Tolltac, and Thoroughbreds Apollo, Devon Lane, Direct Win, In Excess, Magical Mile and War Bam, meaning to pick one example that each of the current reigning champions owe a debt to Vessels. For all of that, Vessels Stallion Farm was more than just a horse farm. A show place that wasn t showy, the family farm at Bonsall represented the best in modern production agriculture, at different times with beef cattle and some 500 of its 1,390 acres devoted to growing corn, tomatoes, watermelons, pumpkins, strawberries and other crops, and groves of trees producing lemons, oranges and some 1.7 million pounds of avocadoes annually. In May 2014, Vessels Stallion Farm was listed for sale for $55.6 million. Vacating Vessels, the remaining horses were to be dispersed at the Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale on October 29. So now it s over. The King is dead. Long live the King. Richard Chamberlain is a special contributor to the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to jrnlracing@aqha.org. Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

8 8 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

9 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

10 10 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

11 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

12 U A R T E R DOWNS AT ALB SEES GAINS THE DOWNS AT ALBUQUERQUE ENDED ITS 2015 RACE MEET ON September 27, registering substantial increases in purses and wagering handle. During the 55-day split meet, which ran April 17 - June 18 and continued from September 11 to September 27, The Downs paid horsemen $9,731,741 in purses, an increase of 20 percent over the $8,093,454 paid during the track s 54-day season in The Downs paid average purses of $176,940 per day, up 18 percent from last year s average of $149,879, and the track s average-per-race purse of $18,860 marked an increase of 8 percent over the $17,518 average in The purse increases improved the quality of racing at The Downs, and that was reflected in the track s wagering handle. A total of $11,513,592 was bet on the track s live races, an increase of 29 percent over last year s total handle of $8,134,617. Daily average handle reached $209,338, up 39 percent over last year s average of $150,641, and the per-race handle of $22,313 marked a 27-percent increase over the 2014 average of $17,607. The Downs had some outstanding performances on the track as well. Reigning world champion JRC Callas First, a 5-year-old gelding racing for Brian and Dana Stroud, won the inaugural running of the 440-yard, $200,000 Downs at Albuquerque Fall Championship on closing day. Another noteworthy Quarter Horse performance saw Astica, a homebred 3-year-old daughter of Jesse James Jr and 2009 champion 3-year-old filly Alice K White, break the 400-yard track record in the May 10, $60,000 Pelican Stakes (R) for state-bred 3-year-old fillies. Trained by Wes Giles for Mac and Janis Murray s MJ Farms at Veguita, New Mexico, Astica made the trip in : We d like to continue our momentum by bringing all of our big races back next year, said Downs Director of Racing Don Cook. One of the next steps will be to get these races graded. We think the money is there. We just need to stay consistent with their purses and conditions. Our Quarter Horse Championship was a huge success; drawing the world champion for the race was a nice feather in our cap, he added. I think it s just going to continue to grow and continue drawing the top horses in the country. The Downs at Albuquerque has also embarked on a renovation project of its grandstand, which is located in the heart of the city at Expo New Mexico. A new stand-alone parking lot for racing fans, located at the south end of the grandstand and accessible from the casino entrance off of Louisiana Blvd., opened in September. Grandstand building renovations include a new entrance on the south end, removing the glass from the seating area, enlarging the saddling paddock area and winner s circle, and raising the apron of the grandstand so that it s level with the racetrack itself. We re giving our paddock area a more park-like atmosphere, Cook said. And, we feel that removing the glass from the grandstand and raising the apron so that it s eyelevel with the track will improve the sightlines for our fans. All of these renovations are being done to improve the customer experience, he added. For more information on The Downs at Albuquerque, visit the track s website at END OF AN ERA VESSELS STALLION FARM IN BONSALL, CALIFORNIA, HAS BEEN SOLD to Ocean Breeze LLC, a private entity incorporated in Delaware. According to a report in Daily Racing Form, the facility will be renamed Ocean Breeze Ranch. Kevin Dickson, who managed the farm for the Vessels family, will remain with the property, which will not be a commercial enterprise in the short-term future. Vessels Stallion Farm has been a leading Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred facility in Southern California since the 1980s. The farm was sold by the family of Frank Scoop Vessels III, who died in a private-plane crash in Quarter Horse stallions standing at the farm, including leading sire FDD Dynasty, were relocated to other farms following the death of Vessels. The Vessels family, led by Scoop s late mother Mildred, built the Vessels Stallion Farm in the ranching community in northern San Diego County in the mid-1980s. The Vessels family founded Los Alamitos Race Course, and had established the original Vessels Stallion Farm adjacent to the racetrack in Cypress, California, in the late 40s, until the operation was transferred to Bonsall. At one time, Vessels Stallion Farm was the home to all-time leading Quarter Horse stallion First Down Dash, who died in The new facility is not expected to include Quarter Horses, and the remainder of the Vessels Quarter Horse holdings was dispersed at the Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale on October N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

13 C H A T T E R CARNERO NAMED SEPTEMBER JOCK OF THE MONTH JOCKEY IVAN CARNERO MADE HIS FIRST Carnero hails from Amarillo, Texas, and began riding just appearance in the All American Futurity three years ago. The Futurity trip aboard Jess Good Candy (G1) at Ruidoso Downs on September 7. was his first in an actual race with the winning horse. He got The young rider left with the ultimate the ride after jockey G.R. Carter Jr. chose to ride Grade 1 prize in Quarter Horse racing by winning the 57th running of the $3 million in the three previous wins. winner First Valiant Sign. Carter had ridden Jess Good Candy Ivan Carnero race. In part, that win led to his being Jess Good Candy got bumped a little bit at the start, but he named as the AQHA-Jockeys Guild Jockey of the Month for broke through fast and had plenty of strength and power, the month of September. The award is voted on by a panel of Carnero said. This was a close race, but at the end, I knew we Quarter Horse racing experts for riding accomplishments and had it won. I was comfortable aboard the horse. It s great to see achievements for the previous month of racing. Clinton win his first All American Futurity. He has put a lot of The up-and-coming 23-year-old rider captured the premiere event at Ruidoso aboard undefeated Jess Good Candy enjoy this one and we ll both always remember this victory. time and effort into horse racing and he deserves it. We ll both in front of a record crowd of 24,815 fans on Labor Day. Jess To win this type of race is a tremendous feeling. added Good Candy has now won all four of his starts and is 3-for-3 Carnero We knew this horse had lots of talent. This is a at Ruidoso, but was a 10-1 longshot at the start of the race. dream come true. I was fortunate to get the ride and I m Jess Good Candy earned $1.5 million for the Estate of Carl C. grateful to Clinton Crawford and the owners. I respect this Pevehouse, the breeder and owner of the horse. sport so much and there have been so many great riders to It was the first time for winning trainer Clinton Crawford, win this race. too, who has been training horses for 25 years. He has seen For the month, Carnero had four wins from 34 starts with the ups and downs of a sport that can be very tough on the three seconds and one third-place finish. He led all riders in human spirit but always seems to give back so much. earnings for the month of September with $1,635,839. PASSINGS HEATHER EVANS-GIBSON Sherman Hadley PROMINENT INTERMOUNTAIN HORSEMAN SHERMAN JOE HADLEY, 53, died on October 8. Hadley was born on September 13, 1962, in Ogden, Utah. In June 1990, he married Susan Surrage, and they did what they both had a passion for training racehorses. The Hadleys had two sons, Jordan Joe and Garrett James, who plan to continue their father s legacy at the racetrack. Hadley enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, roping and horse racing. His more successful horses included Legendary Dreamer, a graded stakes winner at Los Alamitos in Hadley s survivors include his wife, Susan, children Jordan (Jessica) Hadley and Garrett (Bailey Wilson) Hadley; father Blaine (Carol Jensen) and mother Neila Hadley; brothers Shaun (Anita) Hadley and Sid (Wendy) Hadley; sisters Sherry (Tim) Oliver, Sonya (Doug) Madsen, Sandee Hadley and families; inlaws, James (Joyce) Surrage; brothers-in-law, Jimmy (Jackie) Surrage, Chad (Theresa) Surrage, Tyler (Cynthia) Surrage, Shawn Surrage and families and his great friend, Courtnie Woerner. Bill Weger BILLY RAY WEGER, 77, DIED ON OCTOBER 4 IN MUSKOGEE, Oklahoma. Weger was born on October 23, 1937, to Arthur Weger and Leona Grundy in Denison, Texas. He graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University with a bachelor s degree in education. Since AQHA began recording trainer statistics in 1970, Wegner trained 887 winners from 5,893 starters. His trainees won more than $2.7 million. Among his runners are 1999 Texas Classic Derby (G1) winner Jakes Jockmo, as well as graded stakes winners Optimizer, Miss Bold Hope, Cash Alliance, Dash To Royalty, Count Chess, Image Count and Count Arrival. He also bred 43 starters who earned more than $450,000. Among them is the aforementioned Cash Alliance ($122,883), as well as stakes winner Streakinmego ($78,085). Thirty-four years ago, Weger moved from Kansas to Sallisaw, Oklahoma. He was of the Christian faith and was a member of the Church of Christ. He loved hunting and fishing. Weger is survived by two children, Kay Poindexter and Lehman of Porter, Oklahoma and Ray Weger and Debbie of San Antonio; six grandchildren, Blaken Poindexter of Salisaw, Oklahoma, Jason Poindexter and Kristie McGuire of Porter, Oklahoma, Austin Weger of College Station, Texas, and Ashley Amerson and Carl of Fort Worth, Texas, Cory Davis and Lindsay Davis of San Antonio;, two great-grandchildren, Tyler and Barrett Amerson; and many other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by four brothers, Roy, Gordon, Buddy and Merle; one sister, Lorena; and his parents, Arthur and Leona Weger. Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

14

15 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

16 16 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

17 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

18 18 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

19

20 HANDICAPPING FAQ: TIMES Deciphering the details of times. By Andrea Caudill THE TOP PLACINGS IN ANY AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE RACE ARE often decided by hundredths or thousandths of a second, so there s no denying the importance of time. First, how is a Quarter Horse time decided? It is different from Thoroughbred racing, where the gate is set behind the actual starting line and horses and given a running start. So when Thoroughbreds break from the gate, the clock begins after several strides. The Quarter Horse race clock, however, starts the instant the gates open. The longer the race, the greater variance in finish times. So you can expect horses racing at shorter distances to have very little separation on the clock. Several factors influence times. A horse can run faster or slower based on headwinds or tailwinds pushing or slowing the horse down. In addition, track conditions, such as a muddy track surface, can cause a time to become faster or slower. Finally, external factors, such as the quality of competition pushing an individual horse, or whether or not his jockey is asking the horse for its best, will factor in to his final time. With all of this variation, how can time be handicapped more easily? There have been several systems to address this, with one of the most popular being the speed index, which was created in the 1970s to replace a letter grading system. The speed index is intended to compare horses and races run at different tracks. Every year and for every racetrack, AQHA takes the three fastest times run at recognized distances in each of the preceding three years, and averages those nine numbers to find the time that represents an SI of 100 for that distance. Other speed index ratings for each distance are figured fractionally from the time that determined the SI-100. Keep in mind that speed index rating systems are based on times run by the very best runners at each track. SIs in the 70s are pretty good, 80s are getting speedy, 90s are down-right fast and 100+ are just plain awesome. TrackMaster Speed Ratings are a more modern version of speed indexes, and use a proprietary formula that includes a raw speed rating, based on the time and distance, modified with an inter-track variant (which modifies for major differences between tracks) and then a daily track variant (which accounts for factors like weather and wind). Speed Ratings can be found in Equibase handicapping materials. The scale goes between 0-130, with the higher end being examples of a top-quality performance by a Grade 1 horse. These handicapping tips are provided by AQHA Racing and Horseplayernow.com. Look for monthly tips in the Q-Racing Journal. 20 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

21

22 COADY PHOTOGRAPHY Second-Career Star: Time For A Cigar Time For A Cigar captures one of his five graded stakes victories during his racing career. Watch Time For A Cigar win the 2009 Ruidoso Derby (G1).

23 A champion through and through COURTESY REBECCA FERNAU By Andrea Caudill TTHE YEAR 2009 WAS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR RACING PARTNERS Mark Allen and Dr. Leonard Blach of New Mexico: They literally had two of the best sophomore geldings in the world One was the Thoroughbred Mine That Bird, who made one of the most memorable runs in Kentucky Derby history to take the historic race in a romp and set himself on the path to movie stardom. And then there was Time For A Cigar, the Corona Cartel gelding who won six of eight starts that year and was named his sport s champion 3-year-old gelding. Time For A Cigar was bred by Abigail Kawananakoa, and is out of the Timeto Thinkrich mare Time For A Goddess. He retired in 2013 with a career record of nine wins and three seconds in 26 starts and earnings of $468,921. His accomplishments include victories in the Ruidoso Derby (G1), Sunland Park Winter Derby (G2), Turf Paradise Championship Challenge (G3) in 2010 and 2011 and the Mr Jet Moore Handicap (G3). He also placed in the Rainbow Derby (G1) and All American Gold Cup (G2) and lit the board in the 2010 Bank of America Challenge Championship. Cigar was enjoying retirement at Allen s ranch, when fate and Allen helped him to his new career. Mine That Bird was also well retired, and became the subject for the big screen with the movie During its theatrical run, a special screening in Colorado Springs, Colorado, helped raise funds for the U.S. Air Force Academy Equestrian Center s Warrior Wellness Program. The special night included an actual appearance by Mine That Bird and his companion horse who hopped into the trailer for the trip up to Colorado was none other than Cigar. The AFA Equestrian Center and Warrior Wellness program is run by Billy Jack Barrett, who, with wife, Anne, raised nine children, both biological and adopted. One of their children is Rebecca Fernau, an experienced rider who grew up running barrels and team roping. She wanted a stable career that involved horses, and has become a vet tech. Mine That Bird and Cigar were staying at the Air Force Academy s Equestrian Center, and the group was out visiting One morning, Mark asked me if I d like to ride (Cigar), Fernau remembers. I got on him in the arena there at the Air Force Academy and was just riding him around. I got done riding him, and Mark made the comment that I looked good Now retired from racing, Time For A Cigar is under the tutelage of his new owner, Rebecca Fernau, who is teaching him how to run barrels. on him. I said, Thanks, he s a pretty nice horse. Mark said, I m glad you like him, because you own him now. I just started crying I never thought I d get to ride a horse like this, much less own one! Mark s very generous. Fernau started working to get her champion trained to be a riding horse, with the help of her mother, an accomplished Grand Prix dressage trainer. I just spent a lot of time riding Cigar in the mountains and getting him broke, Fernau said. He s pretty safe, but mom helped me a lot in getting his lead changes, keeping him soft, moving him off my leg. After that foundation, she introduced him to the barrel pattern. He feels like he really enjoys it, she said. It surprises me, for as much run as he has, how much he hunts the barrel. He won t hardly run past a barrel. Fernau describes Cigar as both highly intelligent and athletic. I think he s one of the kindest horses I ve ever been around, she said. When I first started riding him, I was like, there was no way this horse was a champion. Then I got on (Q-Racing Video) and pulled up his videos and watched some of his races. The hair on the back of my neck stood up, because I ride that horse bareback in a halter and lead rope, and my 3-year-old child rides him. Fernau currently works at Double Eagle Ranch as a vet tech, working in the breeding program and training center and having the opportunity to work with horsemen like Joe Merrick, in addition to riding a horse like Cigar. Cigar has been teaching her how to gallop a horse on the track, and this summer went to a playday event. Despite never seeing a pole bending pattern before, Fernau decided to enter him just for fun, and Cigar still finished second. That s just the kind of horse he is, she said. I think Cigar is a good ambassador for the racehorses in general. I feel like there s this common idea that racehorses are maybe not that smart or all they do is run. But Cigar is a true athlete, and he s incredibly intelligent. I m super blessed to have the opportunity to have my hands on such a nice horse. Andrea Caudill is editor of the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to acaudill@aqha.org. Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

24 24 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

25 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

26 26 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

27

28 Watch the Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap! No Quirk Here uirky wins the Millie Vessels. By Andrea Caudill SCOTT MARTINEZ Quirky cruises to her fifth consecutive victory, this in the Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap. ON SEPTEMBER 27, QUIRKY SAILED HOME IN THE MILDRED N. Vessels Memorial Handicap (G1), notching her fifth consecutive victory, her fourth of the year, and earning a berth to the Champion of Champions (G1) in December. The 4-year-old daughter of Stel Corona may have lived up to her name in her youth, but with maturity, she has found her place. The Dr. Edward Allred homebred is a leading contender for champion aged mare honors with her season so far, which includes winning the Charger Bar Handicap (G2), Ivan Ashment Handicap (R), California Breeders Matron Stakes (RG3) and the Millie Vessels. Ridden by Carlos Huerta for trainer James Glenn Jr., Quirky broke sharply as the 3-10 favorite, and proved best with a half-length victory and a time of : over the 400 yards. A game Jess Cuz was second, followed by Solid Connection, Blabber, champion Significant Heart, Mrs Pickens, Bring Me Home, Shake Djibouti and Chalalita. She used to do little things that would make her live up to her name, Glenn said. She s matured a lot and when a mare gets sharp, they tend to stay that way for a while. She used to be this thin, little filly, but she s now packing about 80 more pounds of muscle than last year. I think she ll like 28 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

29 the extra 40 yards in the Champion of Champions. When we were breaking her, she would stride to the moon. It was just a matter of her learning how to use her ability. Quirky has won half of her 14 career starts and has earned $322,598. Last year, she won the California Breeders Debutante Stakes (R), and then started her current win streak with a victory in the Southern California Derby (G1). The Champion of Champions entry will be the first for her trainer. It s exciting, Glenn said. Three years ago, my dad (longtime trainer James Glenn) was very sick and I wasn t sure that he would make it. The good news is that he s rallied back. He s still sick, but he s still here and now he ll get to watch (Quirky) in the Champion of Champions from his home in Arizona. Runner up Jess Cuz is also a notable story. The Double Bar S Ranch homebred was involved in a fatal accident on her way to the Ruidoso Select Sale. While she survived, she still bears scars from it. This filly is amazing, her trainer Elena Andrade said. She was traumatized a bit because of what she went through. She loves to train, but you can t put her on a walker because loud noises scare her. I baby her a lot and give her a lot of attention. She is big and powerful, but we had to work a lot with her to get her to relax in the gate. She s a survivor. She s a fighter. I ve gone through some tough things in my life, as well, so I get her. I can relate to her. Fourteen years ago to the date of the Millie Vessels, Elena s husband and top jockey Oscar Andrade was involved in a riding accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. As usual, Oscar was on hand at Los Alamitos to root for Jess Cuz. Today is the anniversary of Oscar s accident, Elena said. It would have been something else to win this race on this day. We ll keep trying. This was a huge jump for Jess Cuz and she ran a great race. She s in the trials to the Southern California Derby next. Dr. Allred has a fondness for compact but appropriate names, and Quirky s is no different. I was at the (Rolling A Ranch) looking at the babies and she just caught my eye because she would do funny and quirky little things, Dr. Allred said. I liked the name, I thought it would be catchy and people would remember it. Her sire, Stel Corona, was foaled at the turn of the millennium, a son of leading sire Corona Cartel and the very first foal out of the Streakin Six mare Our Lips Are Sealed. He made 25 starts, all in Southern California, during his racing SCOTT MARTINEZ SCOTT MARTINEZ career, winning or placing in 16 of those, with earnings of $111,854. He was a three-time stakes winner, with his biggest win coming in the PCQHRA Breeders Derby (G2). Owned by a syndicate and standing at Burns Ranch at Menifee, California, Stel Corona has from seven crops sired the earners of more than $7.4 million, with his biggest runner to date being champion and sire Foose ($1,616,938). Quirky s dam is the 2007 mare Dont Pass Bar. Bred by Dr. Steve Burns and purchased by Dr. Allred in 2008, she is a lightly raced winner on the track, with all her starts at Los Alamitos. Quirky is her first foal. She has a yearling full sister to Quirky named A Bit Quirky. Dont Pass Bar is by A Regal Choice and out of the Chicks Beduino mare Ynot Bar. Ynot Bar made only seven starts in her career, and all of them at Los Al, but earned $136,480. Her biggest performance came in the 2005 Governor s Cup Futurity (RG1), when Finding Nemo nosed her out at the wire. She still outran the likes of Volcom and Wave Carver. She also was a finalist in the Los Alamitos Million Futurity (G1) in her final career start. Ynot Bar has produced 12 foals, six of which are winners. Among them are Grade 1 winner Ynot Walk (by Walk Thru Fire, $159,890). Ynot Bar is out of the Utahbred mare Fames Easy. A top producer, Fames Easy has 13 winners from 17 starters. Her biggest is the Sum Fun To Bet mare Miss Kittys Bar Bet, who was foaled in 2005 and placed in the Grade 1 Kindergarten and Ed Burke futurities, as well as the 2009 edition of the Charger Bar Handicap (G1). She earned $264,188 and went on to produce Restricted Grade 2-placed runner No Arizona (by Foose, $66,610) and Restricted Grade 2 finalist Miss Mindys Bar Bet (by A Regal Choice, $24,365). Fames Easy is also the dam of Grade 1-placed runners Dont Dink With Me (by Chicks Beduino, $164,153), Doreme Fasolasi Win (by Apollo (TB), $102,805) and Takeela Sunrise (by Bono Jazz, $44,360), Superior Race Horse Ambush Alley (by Snowbound (TB), $144,686) and stakes-placed runner Easyist (by Separatist, $43,651). Her dam was the Easy Jet mare Mighty Easy Pass, who won the 1989 Denim N Diamonds Futurity (G1) and earned $278,825 in her career. Quirky may train up to the Champion of Champions, or may look for a prep race in the interim. Carlos Huerta celebrates his Grade 1 victory. Trainer James Glenn Jr. and owner/ breeder Dr. Ed Allred celebrate in the winner s circle. Andrea Caudill is editor of the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to acaudill@aqha.org. Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

30 SPECIAL ADVERTISING PACKAGE December Stallion Print issue $800 Q-Racing Digital FREE Video $50 March Annual Review $800/page TOTAL $1,650! Contact your ad representative now! DOUG HAYES

31 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

32 32 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

33 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

34 34 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

35 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

36 Watch the Refrigerator Handicap! Effortless FRIDGE Zoomin Effortlessly goes from a $10k claimer to a Grade 1 winner in the Refrigerator. DUSTIN ORONA PHOTOGRAPHY By Andrea Caudill Zoomin Effortlessly has the Refrigerator Handicap on lockdown as he cruises home in the final strides.

37 The happy connections celebrate Zoomin Effortlessly s first Grade 1 victory. THE APTLY-NAMED ZOOMIN EFFORTLESSLY CRUISED HOME IN THE $75,000 Refrigerator Handicap (G1) on October 3 at Lone Star Park, defeating a field that included top aged horse Dashin Brown Streak by a half length. It is the first Grade 1 win for the horse who was a $10,000 claim last year and was acquired in January by Telesforo Perrett and now is displaying championship possibilities very similar to last year s world champion, JRC Callas First. Zoomin Effortlessly did not make a big impression in his freshman and sophomore years, but showed steady improvement last year he won or placed in five of six starts while steadily climbing to the $10,000 claiming level. Last fall at Lone Star, the gelding was claimed from Pamela Stone. He closed last year as the AQHA Hi-Point Texas Claimer. This year, Zoomin Effortlessly has won six of eight starts, including four stakes, and set a 400-yard track record at Retama Park. In June, Zoomin Effortlessly took the TQHA Sires Cup Stakes (R), followed with the TQHA Classic Stakes (RG3) in July and Live Oak Handicap (R) in August before conquering the Refrigerator Handicap (G1). He has career earnings of $123,401, with 82 percent of that earned this year. In the Refrigerator, he was saddled by Edelmiro Carrizales, who gave a leg up to his brother Santos Carrizales. Santos and Zoomin Effortlessly loaded into Post 1, held their speed and moved clear in the 440-yard race. They finished a half-length the best in :21.312, to earn a first-place check of $42,750. Favorite Dashin Brown Streak, who was making his first start since May, lacked kick and finished sixth. Moonin The Eagle was second, followed by Mr Jo Eagle, Jody Pops Zoomer, Charvet, Dashin Brown Streak, Rockin Disco, Sleepers Best Corona and Jessies First Down. Zoomin Effortlessly was bred in Texas by Tommy R. Charbula of Edna, Texas, and is by Zoomin For Bux and out of the Royal Quick Dash mare Royal Quick Affair. Zoomin For Bux is an 11-year-old son of Shazoom who comes from the breeding program of 20-year breeder Sue Hunt of Elmendorf, Texas. A precocious youngster, Zoomin For Bux won the Retama Park Futurity (G1), placed in four additional graded stakes and earned $259,739. Zoomin For Bux is out of Hunt s homebred Oh No Its Uh Oh, a daughter of top Texas sire Jody O Toole. Owned by Jose Garza and Mario Vazquez and standing at Tate Farms in Ville Platte, Louisiana, Zoomin For Bux has sired 62 winners from 135 starters, with solid average earnings per starter of $15,770. Among his runners are Refrigerator contestant Jody Pops Zoomer, as well as Canadian champion Zoomin After Six. Zoomin Effortlessly s dam is the 10-year-old mare Royal Quick Affair, who was bred by a partnership of Connie Nobles and Burnett Ranches LLC. The mare had only a brief racing career, and this is her first foal. Her second foal is a 2-year-old Captain Courage filly named Corona Quick Chick. Royal Quick Affair, though, comes from one of the deepest mare-line wells. Her dam is the Special Effort mare Effortless Love, making her a half-sister to stakes winner Mr Effortless Reign ($20,118), as well as stakes-placed runners Chocolate Cartel ($57,585) and Coup De Love ($8,464). Their dam, Old Love Of Mine, was a multiple Grade 1 finalist. Runners emerging from this immediate family tree include All American Futurity (G1) winner Streakin Flyer ($1,141,128), Grade 1-placed Love My Corona ($129,379) and Chicks Are Streakin ($196,514), and Canadian champions Its All About Speed ($175,724) and Mezoomn ($83,837). Going back another generation brings us to family members Callmemyoh ($179,479), Call Me Together ($92,577), Haystretcher ($203,052), Calling For Cash ($95,716), Oh My Dash ($65,157), Red White And Gol ($96,009), and runner and sire Oh My Gee Whiz (who is also the dam s sire of champion distance horse Snowbound Superstar, among others). Andrea Caudill is editor of the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to acaudill@aqha.org. DUSTIN ORONA PHOTOGRAPHY Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

38 38 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

39 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

40 Watch the Los Alamitos Invitational Championship! Invitational MOON CHAMPION MOONIST IS WELL ON HIS WAY THROUGH ANOTHER potentially championship-earning year, as on October 17 he won the $125,000 Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship (G1) to notch his second Grade 1 of the year. The 4-year-old gelding races for Ron Hartley, and in the Invitational, he broke cleanly under Cesar DeAlba and strode smoothly to a half-length victory over a game Far Niente, who earlier this year won the Vessels Maturity (G1). Moonist covered the 440 yards in : and earned $62,500, which pushes his lifetime record to 20 wins in 29 starts and earnings of $706,194. Far Niente was honest in second, with Separate Interest hot on his heels in third. All American Gold Cup (G1) winner Rock You was fourth, followed by French Fury, Well And Good, Remarkableeyesapower, Fiery Kimbo, Joe Legacy and All Out Arrogant. Moonist was saddled by John Cooper, who has guided the horse s notable career from the start. The horse was a twotime stakes winner as a juvenile, and ran second in the $375,000 Governor s Cup Futurity (RG2). He then broke out as a sophomore in a championship season that included nine wins from 10 starts, and four stakes wins, led by the $227,600 Golden State Derby (G1). So far this year, the only blemishes on the horse s record include a nose defeat to Matabari in the Los Alamitos Winter Championship (G1) and a third-place finish in the Vessels Maturity. His victories, on the other hand, include the recent Go Man Go Handicap (G1), Spencer Childers California Breeders Championship (RG1), Katella Handicap and Kaweah Bar Handicap (G3). Moonist is one of only nine Quarter Horses with 11 or more stakes wins at Los Alamitos. Remarkably, of those, three were trained by Cooper, including distance champion Sign Of Lanty (16 stakes) and Champion Chingaderos (11 stakes). Champions Charger Bar and Kaweah Bar are tied as the all-time leaders at Los Alamitos with 18 stakes wins each. Champion Kool Kue Baby holds the sport s record of stakes wins with 25. Moonist, bred by the historic Vessels Stallion Farm LLC, is by Separatist and out of champion Your First Moon. Separatist is an 18-year-old son of Chicks Beduino out of the blue hen Hempen (TB) mare Seperate Ways. Bred by Dr. Ed Allred and owned by Blessed River Ltd., the horse during his racing career won or placed in 20 of 24 starts and earned $889,044. From 12 crops to race, he has sired the earners of more than $21.7 million, including 57 stakes winners and 665 winners from 1,024 starters. Moonist s dam earned $750,726 during her 19-race career, with her biggest victory coming in the prestigious Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1). She was the sport s champion 2-year-old and champion 2-year-old filly, and has produced eight winners from 11 starters. She is also the dam of stakes winners Moonin The Eagle ($214,553), Jess My Moon ($78,150) and Stray Cat ($58,638). Your First Moon s dam, Moon Arisen, was herself a Grade 1 finalist in her 11-race career. In addition to Your First Moon, she produced Grade 1-placed runner Sunset Dash (by First Down Dash, $250,795), Grade 1 winner Not A Full Moon (by First Down Dash, $271,962) and Moonlight Corona (by Corona Cartel, $61,642), dam of track record setter Stroller ($40,212). The mare line traces directly back to Vessels Stallion Farms foundation mares, including Moonist s fourth dam, the great American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Ought To Go, her dam Do Good Bam, and her second dam Do Good, who is also a member of the Hall of Fame. Moonist is being pointed at the December 12 Champion of Champions (G1). Andrea Caudill is editor of the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to acaudill@aqha.org. 40 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

41 Another jewel in Moonist s crown. By Andrea Caudill SCOTT MARTINEZ Moonist defeats a game Far Niente in the Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship. SCOTT MARTINEZ Moonist has won seven of nine starts so far in Moonist s connections celebrate another big victory. SCOTT MARTINEZ Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

42

43

44 The PLACE To Be Heritage Place sells 667 head at the September yearling sale. By Andrea Caudill AS USUAL, THE HERITAGE PLACE YEARLING SALE ON SEPTEMBER was hopping with 885 head cataloged for sale and many good prospects available. At the sale s close, 667 were headed to new homes, marking a $10,708,100 gross and a $15,817 average. We finished with a 6 percent decrease in the average (without the high-seller) over last year and we sold 84 percent of the horses offered, Heritage Place General Manager Spence Kidney said Saturday night. We want to thank all of our customers for their business and wish everyone much success on the prospects they purchased at the sale. We look forward to another great group of horses for the fall mixed sale in just a few weeks, he added. The One Sweet Jess colt Jukebox Jess was marked sold for $400,000 to Israel Patino. The horse s sire is a freshman sire this year, and Jukebox Jess is a half-brother to Grade 2 winner The Crawfish ($320,546). The bay colt Giv Me A Good Reason brought a handsome $175,000, purchased by a syndicate from Vista Equine Colorado, agent for breeders Beauprez/Bradbury/Bradbury. The Colorado-bred colt is by leading freshman sire Good Reason SA and out of the Shazoom mare Forever Bradgelina. Giv Me A Good Reason was foaled on February 1, His late sire was a son of Favorite Trick (TB) out of the First Down Dash mare Queen Of Appeals; Good Reason SA was bred and owned by the late great Brazilian horseman Gianni Franco Samaja. Campaigned exclusively at Los Alamitos, Good Reason SA won or placed in nine of 15 starts and earned $1,446,727. His career was highlighted by victories in the 2009 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1) and 2011 Champion of Champions (G1), as well as the Golden State Derby (G1) and Los Alamitos Winter Championship (G2). He was the sport s champion aged horse and champion aged stallion in After only one season at stud, he died, but already from a freshman crop of 51 starters, he has gotten 22 winners and the earners of more than $2 million. Leading those, of course, is All American Futurity (G1) winner Jess Good Candy ($1,519,240). Giv Me A Good Reason s dam won the 2011 Rocky Mountain Derby and earned $70,137 in her racing career. She has seven registered foals, with one 2-year-old and the rest yearlings. Forever Bradgelina is a half-sister to stakes winner No Commitment (by Likenothinyoueversaw, $49,481). Their dam is Rarely Forever, a half-sister to stakes winner Bravoh Forever ($163,504) and the stakes producer Credit Card Queen. At the Heritage Place Yearling Sale, One Famous Eagle offspring had three of the top 10 highest prices, with One Sweet Jess and Corona Cartel each having two. One Famous Eagle s leading seller was Charming Charlie, an April colt consigned by Sunflower Supply Co. and purchased by a partnership of David Brown, Zachary Landry, Stan Payne and Chip Wagner for $137,000. One Famous Eagle is a syndicated son of Mr Jess Perry who stands at the Four Sixes Ranch at Guthrie, Texas. From four crops to race, he has sired the earners of more than $11.8 million, including world champion One Dashing Eagle. Charming Charlie is out of the First Down Dash mare First Down Racy, an unraced daughter of blue hen mare Miss Racy Vike. First Down Racy s first foal, a filly by Carters Cartel named First Fancy Racy, is a race winner in four starts. Charming Charlie s full brother, Racy High Roller, had the fifth highest price of $125,000, paid by Abigail Kawananakoa. Andrea Caudill is editor of the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to acaudill@aqha.org. 44 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

45 Giv Me A Good Reason is by leading first-crop sire Good Reason SA. JEN PERKINS Jukebox Jess is a half-brother to stakes winner The Crawfish. HERITAGE PLACE YEARLING SALE SEPTEMBER OKLAHOMA CITY HORSE, AGE, SEX PEDIGREE CONSIGNOR BUYER PRICE Jukebox Jess, c One Sweet Jess-Jukebox Dash by First Down Dash DLT Ranch, agent Israel Patino $400,000 Giv Me A Good Reason, c Good Reason SA-Forever Bradgelina by Shazoom Vista Equine Colorado, LLC, agent Give Me A Good Reason Syndicate $175,000 Charming Charlie, c One Famous Eagle-First Down Racy by First Down Dash Sunflower Supply Co. David Brown/Zachary Landry/Stan Payne/Chip Wagner $137,000 Perrys Crystal, f Mr Jess Perry-Crystal Sola by Walk Thru Fire Four Sixes Ranch, agent Juan Aleman $130,000 Racy High Roller, c One Famous Eagle-First Down Racy by First Down Dash Sunflower Supply Co. Abigail K. Kawananakoa $125,000 One Sweet Racy, f One Sweet Jess-Miss Racy Vike by Racin Free Sunflower Supply Co. Johnny Trotter $110,000 Coronas Prize Doll, f Corona Cartel-Fast Prize Doll by Mr Jess Perry James Ranch, agent Tyler Graham $105,000 Lethal Fancy, f PYC Paint Your Wagon-Lethal Delight by Dean Miracle Lazy E Ranch LLC, agent Vic or Theresa Hanson $103,000 Party Down South, f Corona Cartel-Party Girl Affair by Streakin La Jolla Granada Farms, agent Brenda Reiswig $85,000 The Big Big Bang, c First Down Dash-Gold Daze by Tolltac Lazy E Ranch LLC, agent Ramon R Vega $80,000 One Dream At A Time, c One Famous Eagle-In His Dreams by Apollo (TB) Jumonville Farms Paragon Farms LLC/Tom Lipar $80,000 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

46

47

48 STAGGERING SALE Staggering Stride topped the 2015 Los Alamitos Equine Sale, with a $150,000 bid. COURTESY LOS ALAMITOS EQUINE SALE 48 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

49 The Los Alamitos Equine Sale offered top-quality stock on the West Coast. By Andrea Caudill ABIGAIL KAWANANAKOA WAS THE BIG BUYER AT THE OCTOBER 3-4 Los Alamitos Equine Sale, buying four of the top five horses for a total of $550,000. The horseflesh she brought home, all four fillies, was all of the bluest of blood. At this year s sale, there were 266 head sold of the 343 horses cataloged, with gross sales of $4,559,400, an average of $17,141 per head. The sold horses were led by the Mr Jess Perry filly Staggering Stride, who was consigned by Lazy E Ranch for John Andreini and sold for $150,000. Staggering Stride was foaled in late February, and is by leading sire Mr Jess Perry and out of Dinastia Toll BRZ, the Grade 1-winning mare and dam of champion and sire FDD Dynasty (by First Down Dash, $1,173,001). Staggering Stride is also a full sibling to stakes winner Solid Connection ($73,023) and a half sister to stakes winners Fishers Destiny (by Fishers Dash, $49,210) and Chaotic Cartel (by Corona Cartel, $32,605), as well as stakes-placed runners First Dinastia, Brazilian Dasher (by Fishers Dash, $98,060) and Stormy Cartel (by Carters Cartel, $47,112). Mr Jess Perry is the No. 3 all-time leading sire, with progeny earnings of more than $46.7 million. He stands at the Four Sixes Ranch at Guthrie, Texas. It took $120,000 for Kawananakoa to acquire A Bit Quirky, a full sister to hot runner Quirky. Both are by Stel Corona and out of Dont Pass Bar. At the time of the sale, Quirky was riding a five-race win streak, all stakes, that is highlighted by victories in the Grade 1 Southern California Derby and Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap (G1). Stel Corona is a three-time stakes-winning son of leading sire Corona Cartel who earned $111,854 in his career. Owned by a syndicate and standing at Burns Ranch at Menifee, California, Stel Corona has from eight crops sired the earners of more than $7.4 million, with his biggest runner to date being champion and now-sire Foose ($1,616,938). Dont Pass Bar was a lightly raced winner on the track coming from a top mare family. Quirky was her first foal. She is by A Regal Choice and out of the Chicks Beduino mare Ynot Bar, making her a half sister to Grade 1 winner Ynot Walk (by Walk Thru Fire, $159,890). This is the immediate family of Miss Kittys Bar Bet ($264,188), Dont Dink With Me (by Chicks Beduino, $164,153), Doreme Fasolasi Win (by Apollo (TB), $102,805) and Ambush Alley (by Snowbound (TB), $144,686). Another sibling to a top runner checked in with the thirdhighest price. Also consigned by Dr. Ed Allred, and purchased for $105,000 by Ricardo Ramirez, this was He Too Looks Hot, the full brother to Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1) winner He Looks Hot ($890,970) and Spencer Childers California Breeders Championship (RG1) winner Once Over ($166,029), as well as a half-brother to stakes winner Take A Look (by Separatist, $95,435) He Too Looks Hot is a sorrel colt foaled at the end of March. Walk Thru Fire is an 18-year-old son of First Down Dash standing at Burns Ranch at Menifee, California. From 11 crops to race, he has sired the earners of more than $26 million. Look Her Over is a daughter of Check Him Out and Dr. Allred s major producer Oh La Proud. The winner of four of 27 starts, she earned $173,326 on the track. She won the 2007 California Breeders 550 Stakes, and was second behind champion Stylish Jess BR in the 2008 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap (G1). Look Her Over s dam is one of the sport s great producers. Oh La Proud, yet another product of Dr. Allred s breeding program, was foaled in 1986, the daughter of Shirley s Champion (TB) and the Ivan Ashment-bred Oh La Ree. Oh La Proud is a member of a rare group that has produced three champions: Hawkish (by Dash Thru Traffic, $685,631), Hawkinson (by First Down Dash, $448,299) and Flame N Flash (by Walk Thru Fire, $439,151). She is also the dam of stakes winners Pride Of Katella (by Raise A Secret, $199,187), Rare Walker (by Walk Thru Fire, $110,702) and Mister Katella (by Raise A Secret, $88,510). Dr. Allred was the sale s leading consignor, with 46 head grossing $1,399,500. Sire Walk Thru Fire had an impressive six of the top 10 yearlings sold. Andrea Caudill is editor of the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to acaudill@aqha.org. HORSE, AGE, SEX PEDIGREE CONSIGNOR BUYER PRICE Staggering Stride, f Mr Jess Perry-Dinastia Toll BRZ by Tolltac Lazy E Ranch, LLC, agent Abigail Kawananakoa $150,000 A Bit Quirky, f Stel Corona-Dont Pass Bar by A Regal Choice Dr. Ed Allred Abigail Kawananakoa $120,000 He Too Looks Hot, c Walk Thru Fire-Look Her Over by Check Him Out Dr. Ed Allred Ricardo Ramirez $105,000 Still Friends, f Foose-Forgive Him by Hawkinson Dr. Ed Allred Abigail Kawananakoa $100,000 Look At Her, f Walk Thru Fire-Look Her Over by Check Him Out Dr. Ed Allred Abigail Kawananakoa $95,000 Renewed, c Walk Thru Fire-Make Over by Separatist Dr. Ed Allred Kolleen Ledgerwood $78,000 Trinity Force, c Walk Thru Fire-Thatsa Blazin Chick by Chicks A Blazin Lazy Creek Ranch, agent Valeriano Racing Stables LLC $75,000 Ur My Princess, f Walk Thru Fire-Thatsa Blazin Chick by Chicks A Blazin Lazy Creek Ranch, agent Valeriano Racing Stables LLC $75,000 American Force, c First Down Dash-American Purse by Chicks Beduino Firth Ranch, agent Ron Hartley $62,000 Red And Ready, f Walk Thru Fire-Coronas Rouge by Corona Cartel Dr. Ed Allred Veronica Gail Worth $60,000 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

50 50 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

51

52 Granada REBOOT Granada Farms rebrands under new owners. By Richard Chamberlain FAITH, GUTS AND OPTImism. Any successful rancher, every dedicated horseman and all good cowboys share those three essential traits. Case in point: Texas, where farms and ranches are gripped by drought, ranchers are caught between higher prices for feed and declining prices for livestock, the horse business is hurting and horse racing is in crisis. So what s a rancher/horseman/cowboy to do? If you re in Texas, you pick up another ranch. In Texas. Cattle is what has paid the bills for me all these years, said Pete Scarmardo, 63, who with AQHA Past President Johnny Trotter bought Granada Farms early this year. With Johnny and me both in the horse business, too, it just kinda worked out for us. Trotter concurs. Long established as one of the leading stallion farms in the industry, Granada Farms stands Azoom, Bodacious Dash, Dealagame, Down N Dash, Epic Leader, Jess Zoomin, Memory Keeper, Red Oak Special, Tempting Dash and View Me Flying, and has frozen semen available from Hiclass La Jolla, Streakin La Jolla and Streakin Sixes. First and foremost, Granada is a complement to what we ve been doing for a long time, said Trotter, a cattle rancher who runs far-flung ranching operations from the office at Bar-G Feedyard near his home in Hereford, Texas. The land that Granada Farms is on complements what we re RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Jimmy Eller has spent 33 years at Granada Farms, where he looks forward to the new era. already doing: It s another place to run cattle. The horse deal is another business in itself, but it s also a way to complement our own horse business. Pete and I are both in the horse business so we re always going to have a lot of horses. It s also a way to work with Jimmy Eller, and benefit all three of us. Jimmy Eller is the general manager at Granada Farms, which he founded in 1984 in cooperation with his father, Jim, as a division of what then was Granada Corp., which included Granada Land & Cattle Co. Now 58, Eller has overseen the careers of such leading racing sires as Ronas Ryon, Runaway Winner, Streakin La Jolla and Windy Ryon, and cutting horses sires such as Doc s Oak. A full-service facility that breeds and boards mares, Granada foals out some 150 mares annually and also sale-preps 200 or more yearlings a year, with graduates such as champions Double Down Special and Joanna Kate going through the program and Blues Girl Too not only getting her start there but also returning after earning $2,032,328 and bringing back the 2007 world title. What we try to do is to provide just about any type of service that somebody might want, from the management of stallions to foaling mares, keeping some year-round boarders, raising the babies, weaning, halter-breaking and all that kind of stuff, 52 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

53 Eller said. We used to have tons of recip mares, but we found it much more cost efficient to flush the embryos here and then to fly them to one of the stations that the mare owner would prefer. Most of our embryos go to Royal Vista Southwest. We do quite a bit of sales preparation here and take the yearlings and horses to the major sales in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. We don t go to California or Louisiana, but we occasionally fit horses to send out there. And we do some minor surgery here our vet, Dr. Mark Nevill, performs those. We re fortunate, too, that we re in such close proximity to Dr. Cliff Honnas and his people at the Texas Equine Hospital in Bryan, who do most of the major surgeries there. The breeding farm at Wheelock, Texas, opens the gate to 340 acres off the OSR. The state highway that the early Tejanos knew as the Old San Antonio Road, the OSR was a section of the El Camino Real ( the King s Highway ) blazed by 17thcentury Spanish settlers between what now is Mexico City through San Antonio to Nacogdoches, Texas, and Natchitoches, Louisiana. The present Granada Farms is a couple miles west of the El Camino Ranch, which began as a venture of the Granada Land & Cattle Co. and now is where Trotter and Scarmardo run stocker steers and heifers. Granada s right down the road from us, Scarmardo said. Johnny and I already owned two other ranches right around Granada, and we d been trying to add to our land ownings out there, if we could find something close. Well, one time when we were going by on our way to the El Camino, Johnny said, You know, we oughta buy that place. So I stopped in there one day, and Jimmy said that the Nunnallys (Robert and Karen, of Georgia) wanted to sell it. They priced it, we thought it was OK, we made a deal and went ahead and bought it. Counting Opinions, Opinions Count DRIVING HIS FORD F-250 AROUND GRANADA FARMS, ELLER STOPS by the barns to check on the stallions, each of which has his own turn-out paddock ( Our whole operation pretty much revolves around them ), and takes extra time to call upon mares such as Blues Girl Too ( my own special project, he noted), relaxing in her own pen. Satisfied with the horses, Eller then turns his attention to the crews putting up new barns and other buildings, and replacing old worn-out fences with new wood and PVC. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Jamie Boiles: Treating all the sick horses, seeing them get better, seeing them be able to go and run, working with the stallions and mares, raising the babies and watching them grow all of that is just awesome. Eller smiled with anticipatory satisfaction. What I d like to see happen is happening, he said. We have the capital now to be able to do some things that need doing, some construction projects that we ve always wanted to do. We re working on everything, trying to fix up this place and make it nicer. A former president of the Texas Quarter Horse Association and an AQHA director and member of the stud book and registration committee, Eller exercises a cautionary note. Anybody that runs a horse farm knows that you have to be careful about watching your nickels, because it is a very seasonal business, he said. Most of your income comes the first half of the year. I don t know that we would necessarily want to get bigger, because we ve always placed a lot of importance on quality of services and we always strive to get better. I think we re going to be able to do that. We ve got some really good people in place now to help us get there. During the breeding season, Granada typically has a couple dozen ranch hands, counting all the staff, breeding people and farm workers. They have something to say about Granada Farms. Consider Miranda Leffler, who grew up in Topeka, Kansas, and spent seven summers in high school and college wrangling horses and leading trail rides on a dude ranch in Colorado, where she earned a degree in equine science with a minor in business at Colorado State University. Leffler has been at Pete Scarmardo gets a lot of windshield time overseeing his ranches and related businesses in production agriculture. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Ranch manager Randy White sorts cattle on the El Camino Ranch, just down the OSR from Granada Farms. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN

54 Jimmy Eller, Pete Scarmardo and Miranda Leffler welcome Bodacious Dash to his first season at stud. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Miranda Leffler returns Dealagame from his paddock back to the barn. Granada for the past year and a half, where she is stallion manager and oversees sales prep in the Central Texas heat. Yeah, it s a lot different from Colorado, she acknowledged. But it s really a lot of fun handling the quality studs we ve got here. It s been kind of a difference experience for me. After college, I worked for four years at the Four Sixes before I came here, so I was around breeding stallions, but I never really got to do much with them. It s been cool to really learn their personalities, see how they change throughout the year, how they get along. Breeding manager Claudia Talbot has a degree in animal science from nearby Texas A&M University. She too enjoys the work despite the long hours. It s fulfilling and it s an inspirational job, Talbot said. You know that you re helping and that you re making a difference. Personally, it s the happiest I could ever be. I sure wouldn t be happy working in an office. The long hours get tedious, but it s worth it in the end. You ve got those long nights breeding mares, but seeing the foals born the next year makes it all worthwhile. And the people: Dealing with the public is one of those things that you learn how to do. You have clients that are your favorites, that understand the business, and then also you have the ones that maybe don t have a clue, but you get to educate them, too. It s really helpful for the clients that don t have the background that we have, that we can help educate them and help them make the best decisions for their horse. And Jamie Boiles, the Granada vet tech who also is a Texas Aggie animal science graduate: I grew up around horses, ever since I was 8 years old, so they ve always been in my life, and as a career it s very rewarding and fulfilling. I cannot do an office job had one, lasted six months and I was ready to go crazy. I like being outside and I love the babies. Treating all the sick horses, seeing them get better, seeing them be able to go and run, working with the stallions and mares, raising the babies and watching them grow all of that is just awesome. Boiles paused, nodded and smiled. These horses are very different from what I grew up with, doing 4-H and pleasure and all that, so I was used to going slow and being around really calm, quiet horses, she said with a laugh. So being around a different type of horse has taken a little bit of getting used to. But it s very exciting to be around them, and I know how very lucky and very glad I am to work with them, and to be around very good horse people. Good horse people. That brings us back to where we began, with successful ranchers, dedicated horsemen and good cowboys fighting a headwind while trying to make a go of things. To be involved with Pete and Johnny, two leaders in the industry, is a real honor to me, Eller said. The other side of that story is that Johnny and I are really glad that we ve got Jimmy here, because he s so well respected and knows so much about the industry, Scarmardo offered. We know we can rest assured that he s taking care of things. We don t have to be here every day, taking care of every detail. The horses and the business are in good hands. And finally, Trotter: You can already see the changes we ve made at Granada. It s going to be just like anything else Pete and I have anything to do with: It s going to be a premier facility or we re not going to have anything to do with it. With Bodacious Dash and Tempting Dash, and the other studs that were already there, it not only has been a premier facility but it s going to be even more of a premier place to breed and raise horses. It s going to be a first-rank stud farm, not only with the studs and ownership, but also the management. Jimmy Eller well, nuff said about him. He s kinda like Pete and I are in the cattle business: Jimmy doesn t have to prove anything to anybody, he s already done that a long time ago. I cannot say enough about either Pete or Jimmy. But here s what I will say: Granada Farms is going to be different and better than it has ever been before. Dang right. Faith, guts and optimism. That s what it takes. Richard Chamberlain is a special contributor to the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to jrnlracing@aqha.org. Pete and Jo Scarmardo joined Jana and Johnny Trotter on a big night at Lone Star Park, when the Trotters Famous Little Reba scored in the Dash For Cash Futurity (G1) and Bodacious Eagle won the Dash For Cash Derby (G3). RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN JENNIFER K. HANCOCK 54 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

55 FOR PETE S SAKE Pete and Jo Scarmardo have lived since 1978 on their 115-acre home ranch between Caldwell and Bryan, Texas. It s the headquarters for a production agriculture operation spanning ranches in Burleson, Brazos, Robertson and Milam counties, a constantly busy place with trucks coming and going from the gathering pens and processing chutes they use as cattle brokers who buy, trade and ship cattle across Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. The home place is where they keep some of their horses, including mares, babies, yearlings and Jo s barrel horses. It s also where Pete and Jo raised their three boys: Scott, 37, who with wife Stacey has son Cade, 11, and daughter Carlie, 9; Craig, 35, who with Ashley has son Pete Gabriel, 3, and daughter Giuliana, 1; and Ty, 28, whose wife, Haven, will graduate in December with a degree in elementary education from Sam Houston State University. The sons oversee some of the family businesses. Craig is the head cattle broker; Scott runs Brazos Valley Livestock, the livestock auction in nearby Bryan; and Ty manages the Lone Star Grain Co., which merchandises corn, wheat, soybeans and milo. I m really fortunate that all three of my sons work with us, Pete said. They ve all got different responsibilities in different parts of the business. (laughs) They don t have to answer to one another every day, but they re all part of our businesses. They take a lot of the load off me. I m very fortunate that we ve got enough going on that they all can work with us and make a living doing it. Pete and Jo kept the boys mounted when they were growing up. They started with speed events at horse shows before moving into calf roping, team roping and steer wrestling. When our kids were rodeoing, I had a good friend, (champion trainer) Jack Dube, whose two daughters were rodeoing, Pete said. Jack was always telling me that I needed to get a couple running horses. So I fiddled around, bought some cheap horses and Jack ran them for me. Then when my kids quit rodeoing, I got more involved in it. That led to modest success in graded stakes: Dealagame won the 2009 Louisiana QHBA Sale Futurity (RG1) at Fair Grounds; Raising Kain scored in the 2013 John Deere Juvenile Challenge (G2) at Los Alamitos; A Lil Tres Seis took the 2008 Ford East Juvenile Challenge (G3) at Delta Downs; and This Is A Deal, his homebred gelding by Dealagame, finished second in this year s Sam Houston Futurity (G2) and at press time had qualified for the November 14 Texas Class Futurity (G1). Those are the biggest horses and biggest races I ve won, he said. I ve had some horses that came close to some things, but just not quite the real big-time horses in Quarter Horse racing, a head makes a lot of difference. Pete laughed. Johnny Trotter and I have partnered on horses, but right now we don t have any horses together. Johnny has his deal up there in the Panhandle and I ve got mine down here in Central Texas. He fools with a lot of really nice-bred horses, I just kind of race a few little cheap ones by myself. He ll keep doing it. I ve been blessed to have a good family and good friends, and to be able to make a living in the cattle and horse industry, doing what I enjoy doing, he said. It s been a real blessing. I feel like I m very fortunate to do that, and I thank God every day for it. The horse business is a tough business, Pete continued. You ve got to enjoy it to be in it, anyway. So your ultimate goal is to always breed the best horses you can and for them to be successful, whether it s a racehorse or performance horse or whatever it is. One of the things that I have learned through the years is to appreciate a good horse, whether it s a racehorse or a barrel horse or a roping horse or a good ranch horse whatever it is, you appreciate their ability and what they do. Yeah, it s always more fun to be up at the top, with any kind of horse or in anything else you do. But all you can ask of any horse is just that he does the best he can, and if he doesn t have the ability to do more, you can t expect more out of him. Amen. There s one more thing, too. After a tough day, I d rather walk outside, look at a good horse and talk to it than I would to have to go sit on a couch somewhere to talk to a therapist. Pete and Jo Scarmardo, with one of Jo s barrel horses Sixth Vision, aka Stitch, which Brittany Pozzi rode to two Women s Professional Rodeo Association world titles. RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

56

57 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

58 58 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

59 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

60 60 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

61 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

62 Historical racing hits and misses in Texas. By Richard Chamberlain IT WAS AN EARTHQUAKE, WITH AFTERSHOCKS THAT AREN T over yet. We re talking about historical racing (also known as instant racing), an electronic gaming system that allows players to bet on replays of horse races that have already been run. When historical racing came to Texas, shock hit the fan. State estimates are that the Texas horse industry contributes $5.5 billion to the Texas economy industry and creates 36,000 jobs. Nonetheless, what well could be the best racing industry on Planet Earth is hobbled by factors outside the borders of the Lone Star State. As everyone in horse racing knows, Texas is surrounded by gaming, lots of it and in pretty much all forms. Forget Vegas and all the other cliches. In just the neighboring states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico, there are more than 40 casinos, including at more than half a dozen racetracks. Texans stream into those out-of-state casinos, leave their money and return to a home where declining purses and opportunities are forcing horsemen to take their horses elsewhere (e.g., back to many of those same out-of-state tracks with purses supplemented by gaming). On September 25, the Friday morning prior to the opening of the second day of the Heritage Place Yearling Sale, a group of horsemen gathered at the Heritage sale ring to review and discuss the latest racing debacle in Texas. They were talking about historical racing. With the full 62 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

63 COADY PHOTOGRAPHY Horse racing is one of the key equine sports that contributes more than $5.5 billion to the Texas economy. support of the racing industry, the commission in August 2014 adopted rules to allow historical wagering at the state s horse and dog tracks. That was the first shockwave, outraging some state legislators who consider historical racing an illegal expansion of gaming. The Texas Racing Commission is funded entirely through fees and assessments on the racing industry itself, but state law requires that the commission collect those fees and turn them over to the state, which then reallocates the money back to the commission. During the last session of the Texas legislature, which adjourned June 1, Sen. Jane Nelson of Flower Mound declared that the State of Texas would not fund the Texas Racing Commission unless the commission repealed historical racing rules. This was no off-the-wall threat: A Republican representing District 12, which includes portions of Denton and Tarrant counties, Nelson is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and is a member of the Texas Legislative Budget Board. Some Background PLAY BEGINS IN HISTORICAL RACING WHEN A PLAYER DEPOSITS a wager in a historical racing terminal (HRT) and a race is randomly selected from a video library of more than 60,000 previous races. Identifying information such as the location of the track, date of the race and names of the horses and jockeys is not shown, though charts display limited handicapping information such as the jockeys and trainers winning percentages. Many HRTs also have features that allow the machine to automatically make the selections for the player, and, yes, some have spinning wheels and flashing lights that make them look like slot machines. The HRT then shows a video replay of the race, either the entire race or just the stretch run. For bettors, payouts are based on pari-mutuel principles, with wagers divvied up into betting pools for different winning possibilities (win, place or show, exactas, etc.). For tracks and horsemen, handle and purses have risen everywhere historical racing has been introduced. Everywhere, too, controversy has erupted. Introduced in January 2000 as Instant Racing at Oaklawn Park (whose general manager developed it in partnership with Amtote), the game was an instant success in Arkansas, where the state legislature paved the way the previous year by removing the requirement that simulcast races be shown live. But historical racing has had an up-and-down trajectory in legal territory everywhere else. Oregon followed Arkansas in April 2003, when the Oregon Racing Commission granted approval for historical racing at that state s tracks, though after various challenges and an adverse ruling by the state attorney general, it was not until 2013 that the state enacted a law definitively legalizing it. When the Wyoming Pari-Mutuel Commission approved historical racing machines 2003, their legality was Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

64 called into question by that state s attorney general and the machines were removed in 2005 following a court ruling. The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled them illegal in 2006 (calling them a slot machine that attempts to mimic traditional pari-mutuel wagering ), only to have them re-legalized in 2013 by the state legislature. This fall, they stopped use of the machines to once again examine the issue. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission in 2010 modified its definition of pari-mutuel wagering to allow historical racing, at the same time asking a court whether the change was legal. The court approved the changes and antigambling activists appealed the decision, which led to a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling in February 2014 that the commission has the authority to allow the game. The high court further ruled that historical racing was legal parimutuel wagering in theory while also sending the case back to the county court to determine whether particular machines and game types are legal under Kentucky law. Kentucky Downs installed HRTs in September 2011 and Ellis Park followed suit a year later, and by May 2015 more than $1 billion had been handled on historical racing. Keeneland and The Red Mile opened their jointly owned historical racing parlor September 17 of this year. The Idaho Legislature legalized historical racing in The machines were installed at Les Bois Park in Boise and Idaho Downs in Idaho Falls, both of which soon raised purses and expanded days. However, when the machines were put in a sports bar across the street from a casino operated by the Coeur d Alene Tribe in Idaho Falls, legislators scurried for cover by repealing the 2013 law with more than two-thirds majorities in both houses of the legislature. On April 3, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter vetoed the bill and on April 6 the Senate failed to override the veto by a vote of 19-16, though the Idaho Supreme Court then ruled that the governor did not veto the bill within the five days required by Idaho law. About 250 of the machines were installed in the three locations across Idaho. Those include 200 at Les Bois Park in the Boise suburb of Garden City. Treasure Valley Racing, which operates live, simulcast and historical racing at Les Bois, spent more than $4 million on HRTs and upgrades to the Turf Club at Les Bois, which has told employees and horsemen that the ban would force closure of the track. Treasure Valley Racing is obviously extremely disappointed in the court s ruling, Treasure Valley Racing President John Sheldon said in a statement. It comes on the heels of a 32-day live race schedule at Les Bois Park that would not have occurred without the infusion that historical horse racing brings to this industry. A season that disbursed nearly $2 million in purses to horsemen, employed 280 Idahoans and contributed $2.67 million in taxes We are currently reviewing all of our options and assessing the significant impact that complying with the court s order will have on the immediate and long-term future of Les Bois Park. message has to be about hard-working Texans who are overlooked by a legislature that at this point really doesn t care. We are put in a bad spot by these legislators who are trying to bring all sorts of different industries into Texas but are not trying to protect one of the oldest with the strongest heritage. Let s change our message to save Texas horses or save our Texas heritage, something that people outside our industry can relate to. Werstler stressed that horsemen need to spread the word right now. Two years ago, the Texas Racing Commission asked its legal counsel to give his opinion as to whether the commission had the legal authority to propose and adopt rules for historical racing. Attorneys for Lone Star Park and Sam Houston Race Park also voiced their opinions, and all agreed that TRC did have the legal authority to adopt rules for HRTs. Rep. Matt Krause of Arlington filed a suit against the commission, which was thrown out of court, but the Kickapoo Tribe, which operates a casino at Eagle Pass, and the Texas Bingo Association then filed suit. In November 2014, a Texas district judge ruled that historical wagering was illegal because it did not have approval of the state legislature. Texas horsemen also lost their appeal, which was held in the same court. The Texas legislature meets every two years. In the 2015 session, the House passed a budget including funding for the state racing commission while the Senate budget passed without TRC funding. A conference committee then passed HB-1, the final budget with TRC funding. However, Sen. Nelson managed to insert a rider that required the commission Racing creates tens of thousands of jobs, and the breeding industry is a major part of that. State of the Lone Star SO WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE TEXAS? Let s face it: Nobody not directly affected by the racing industry cares about saving Texas racing, said Rob Werstler, the director of racing for the Texas Quarter Horse Association. What s our message? Why do we need saving? Well, it s because the LBB won t fund the Texas Racing Commission. Hold on: You expect Joe Public to understand that? Our 64 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL ANDREA CAUDILL

65 COADY PHOTOGRAPHY ANDREA CAUDILL to request $1.5 million for the appropriation period ($750,000 apiece for both years) from the Legislative Budget Board. The Texas Racing Commission then proposed to repeal historical racing rules at its August meeting. With the entire racing industry urging it to uphold the rules, the commission voted not to repeal. That left TRC with no funds to continue operating after August 31, which would force all live and simulcast racing to cease in Texas. Racing shut down September 1 for 24 hours. Hundreds of letters and s, and a social media effort, persuaded the lieutenant governor to allow the Texas Racing Commission to use other funds to continue operating, Werstler said. We have been told that the lieutenant governor did not expect the TRC to vote not to repeal HRT rules and he also did not think the horse industry would put pressure on the Legislative Budget Board the way we did. The LBB passed a short-term measure that funds TRC through the American Quarter Horse meet at Lone Star Park. One of the members of the Legislative Budget Board is Speaker of the House Joe Straus (R-San Antonio), who recused himself from LBB discussions and voting because his family owns Retama Park. Speaker Straus has done a great job working with members of both parties, Werstler said. The Tea Party does not like him and wants to replace him. Now the lieutenant governor is pressuring Gov. (Greg) Abbott to replace three commissioners whose terms are up, with people who will vote to repeal HRM rules. The governor is not taking the bait, so far. The pressure, especially from the Tea Party wing in a state as conservative as Texas, can be overwhelming. During the 2013 legislative session, Sen. John Corona, a tenured Republican senator from Dallas, came with a wideranging gambling bill that would have allowed casinos at racetracks and would have put as I recall three more in large cities in Texas, Werstler said. He held a hearing, and said the way casinos are situated around Texas looks like ticks on a dog. Corona showed a video of Thackerville, Oklahoma, and there was nothing around there except the WinStar Casino. He said this is the home to the largest casino in the The Texas Classic races offer some of the richest purses in the country for American Quarter Horses. world, sitting right on the Texas border. Sen. Corona went on to state, Look, Texas is losing millions of dollars in tax revenue from Texans going over and playing in our surrounding states. So the Tea Party came after him and he lost re-election. That s the reality of politics. Like it or not, politics is the game horsemen have to play. TQHA has raised funds for a public relations firm to get the horsemens message in front of the public. Texas A&M is doing an economic impact study, which is incredibly important to us at this point, Werstler said. What horsemen and people in the industry need to do right now is contact the LBB to keep pressure on the lieutenant governor and the LBB right now. We have to do everything in our power to make sure the Texas Racing Commission gets funded. Now let s say we do that, and the Commission gets funded which I fully expect them to do. The money was appropriated and passed by the entire legislature. But what happens when the commission does get funded? We re back to Square 1, basically. We re an industry dying on the vine, and we re getting no help from the legislature. We have been told by legislators to bring them a bill that isn t an expansion of gambling but will still help horse racing. So far, that hasn t worked. But attacking those legislators isn t going to work either. If we re going to get anything passed, we are going to have to work with them. That starts with horsemen communicating the people holding the reins of power. Contact your legislators, Werstler urged Texas horsemen at the Heritage Place meeting. Write, call or your state representative, your state senator, members of the Legislative Budget Board and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to express your concern over the future funding of the Texas Racing Commission. Be polite that s how Texans do business. In a respectful way, ask for their support in fully funding the commission. As South Dakota horseman Tom Maher added at the meeting, It s time for Texas horsemen to either stand up or give up. Many of American Quarter Horse racing s top horses were bred, raised and/or raced in Texas. Richard Chamberlain is a special contributor to the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to jrnlracing@aqha.org. Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

66 66 N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

67

68 CHALLENGE S Year Close Top horses close out the year s regional races in preparation for the Championships. By Andrea Caudill John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge winner Gone All In was a gritty winner in the September 12 stakes. COADY PHOTOGRAPHY

69 IVY LANE RACING S MR VICTORY SIX MARKED HIS FIRST WIN OF the year by taking the $69,300 Bank of America Ajax Championship Challenge on August 16. Ridden by Danielle Dibert for trainer Renee Wilson, the 4-year-old Tres Seis gelding broke from Post 4 and dueled with Country Boy Deluxe to win by a half length in : for the 440-yards and earn a career-high 106 speed index. SM Chicks N Garters was third, followed by Mitford, Jesskissmytexas and Streakinshagginwagon. The $36,036 first-place check pushed Mr Victory Six s career earnings to $95,549. This is his first stakes win and one of five career wins in 18 starts. Last year, Mr Victory Six was second in the Picov Derby. Mr Victory Six was bred in Texas by the late Dr. Barry Thompson. Tres Seis was a champion and is now a champion sire. The 16-year-old stallion has sired the earners of more than $19.4 million. Dam Judinell Jo is a daughter of Special Leader who earned $51,427 on the track. She is also the dam of stakes-placed runner Hollie Jollie (by Fredricksburg, $53,080). BH Lisas Boy could not be more homebred he was bred, raised and is trained by Bill Hoburg of Kennewick, Washington. The 3-year-old gelding on September 6 picked up his second ticket to the Bank of America Challenge Championships, this time by defeating older rivals decisively in the $72,090 Bank of America Emerald Championship Challenge. Ridden by Javier Matias, the Mighty Invictus gelding romped to a 2-length victory in :21.376, notching a track record. Alota Action was second, followed by Flyin Lion, Cascade Dynamite, Larryville, Time For Jesse Lee, Chicks Special Angel, Patty Okey and Snowbound Superchick. BH Lisas Boy won the Far West Futurity (R) as a freshman, and then earlier this year was a game winner in the $32,670 Adequan Arapahoe Derby Challenge. He now has the option to contest either the Challenge Championship or Derby Championship. He has won eight of 12 career starts and earned $81,320. Sire Mighty Invictus is a Grade 1-winning 13-year-old son of Mr Jess Perry owned by Enrique Carrion. He has sired the earners of more than $2 million, including stakes winner Senor Toby ($227,894). Dam Apollo Snowbound is a winning daughter of Snowbound (TB) who also produced Hoburg s Grade 1-winner Yin Your Eyes (by Eye Yin You, $147,818) and stakes-placed runner BH Country Chrome (by Country Quick Dash, $40,456). Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, knows how to put on a good show, and on September 12, the track hosted a slate of Challenge races led by the $73,440 Bank of America Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge (G2). The race was won by 21-1 longshot Diamonds Edge, who was trained by owner Hipolito Bueno of Niles, Illinois, and ridden by Fernando Fonseca-Soto. With a late rally, he defeated Mister Big by a half length to win in : The remainder of the finishers were involved in some messy running, and there were quite a few disqualifications. Wagon Of Roses LVC was eventually placed third, followed in official order by BF Farm Boy, Pyro, Wagon Tales, NCC Anchorman, Quarter Focus, Mo Zoomo, This Wagons Okay and Carpe Diem Drew. Diamonds Edge picked up his third career stakes win and first graded stakes win in 20 career starts. He has earnings of $124,191. Diamonds Edge was bred in Texas by the late, great American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Joe Kirk Fulton. The gelding is by Special Leader and out of the Feature Mr Jess mare Petriflying. Special Leader won seven of 18 career starts, including the 1991 Champion of Champions (G1), and earned $292,605. He was the sport s world champion the same year, as well as champion aged stallion and champion aged horse. A son of Special Effort out of the Dash For Cash mare Miss Eye Opener, Special Leader sired 20 crops to race. His progeny have earned more than $13.7 million, with 505 winners, including 65 stakes winners, from 753 starters, including champion Leading Spirit. Special Leader died in Petriflying is also a Fulton homebred out of the Strawfly Special mare Simplifly. Petriflying was a race winner who contested, among others, Prissy B Panther s Dashing Folly Handicap. Prissy B Panther went on to produce Grade 2 winner JR Dynasty Mountain ($190,336). Diamonds Edge is Petriflying s first foal. She has, to date, produced two winners from three starters and the earners of $132,705. She has a yearling by One Famous Eagle named Soar Like An Eagle. Petriflying is out of the mare Simplifly; every one of Simplifly s five starters has returned a winner. Simplifly s immediate family include All American Futurity (G1) winner Elans Special ($1,186,540); Grade 1-placed Reach Together ($193,261); stakes winner Special Elan ($100,831); champion Catchmeinyourdreams ($1,040,929); New Look ($256,517); champion Kiss My Hocks ($1,199,385); Gold Digging Ashley ($355,195); Grade 1 winners All About Ease ($309,503) and Zoomin With Ease ($388,299); Executive Brass ($382,282); One Special Shade ($368,927); and One Valiant Hero ($389,799). Derby CALIFORNIA-BRED WRAP YOU UP, OWNED BY OREGON-BASED Cedar Creek Tree Farm Ranch and Racing, dominated the $30,869 Adequan Evergreen Park Derby Challenge in Grande Prairie, Alberta, sashaying home three-quarters the best under the guidance of jockey Larris Allen. Wrap You Up, saddled by Hector Magallanes, was the 3-2 favorite in the race, and he came home in : for the 400 yards. Cruisinfourabruisin was second, followed by Tequila Tuesday, Wave Rocker, HRH Burning Corona, Augie Meyer, First Sassy Timber and Stella Wave. Wrap You Up was a finalist in last year s Ed Burke Million Futurity (G1), but this is her first stakes victory. She has career earnings of $46,445. The filly was bred by Dr. Steve Burns and is by Walk Thru Fire and out of Babe On The Fly, making her a full sister to stakes winner JM Specialwynn ($87,278) and a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Rock You (by Foose, $764,365) and Glock (by Foose, $205,905). AJs High is a true horse for the course at Prairie Meadows. He has won seven of 11 starts, but he has won every single start at the Altoona, Iowa, racetrack. Those include last year s John Deere Juvenile Challenge and subsequent John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship (G2), as well as the Adequan Prairie Meadows Derby Challenge on September 12. In the race, the horse rallied strongly under the guidance of Stormy Smith and won by three-quarters of a length in : Bye Bye Birdy was second, followed by Cowboy Sexy, Tac My Chances, Honeymoon Candy, Feature A Runaway, Panther Prize Me, Defiant Red Rooster, Stolen THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL NOVEMBER

70 Diamonds Edge surprised in the Bank of America Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge. Fortune and Whattookyousolong. AJs High is a homebred racing for Michael Teel of Columbia, Missouri. AJs High is also the winner of this spring s Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Derby (RG3) and has earned $282,494 in his career. AJs High is by hot young sire Apollitical Jess and is out of the Rare Form mare Regally Rare. Apollitical Jess is the sport s 2010 world champion, who earned $1,399,831 in his illustrious career. The son of leading sire Mr Jess Perry, who from only two crops he has sired the earners of more than $3.9 million, including this year s All American Derby (G1) winner Apollitical Blood. Owned by Rancho El Cabresto Inc., he stands at JEH Stallion Station-Oklahoma. AJs High s dam, Regally Rare, is by champion Rare Form and out of the On A High mare Summertime High. The winning mare is also the dam of four-time stakes winner Struttin High (by Struttin To Beduino, $350,092), and stakes-placed runners Royal N Rare (by Royal Quick Dash, $46,177) and Streakin Rare (by Fredricksburg, $120,613). She is a half sister to Summertime Quickie, a stakes-winning earner of $108,243, who is the dam of champion and sire Foose (by Stel Corona, $1,616,938). Political Debut stepped into the Challenge Championships race on the very last qualifying day winning the Adequan Will Rogers Derby Challenge on October 11. The Apollitical Jess mare owned by the Garza/Laurel Partnership LLC was a game winner in the 400-yard dash, going to the front and drawing to a half-length victory in : under Agustin Silva. Ojo De Rey was second, followed by Rare Scheme, Sexy And I Know It B, Pizazzs Trump, Style On Speed Dial, Sweet Solid Rock, Jess Too Tempting, Beckham, Gee Whit. Political Debut was saddled by Rick Robinson, and the victory marked her second win of the year, and her first career stakes victory. Last year, the filly was third in the John Deere Will Rogers Juvenile Challenge and earlier this year was third in the $136,400 Retama Park Derby. She has won four of 12 career starts and earned $52,193. Political Debut was bred by Bobby Cox, and is by Apollitical Jess and out of the First Down Dash mare Sizzling Lola. Sizzling Lola is an unraced half sister to American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Corona Chick and a full sister to champion Corona Kool ($1,296,797) and Corona Cocktail ($214,718). She is the dam of Grade 1-placed runner JD Baccarat ($247,240), stakes winners Mc Graw ($26,499) and Tickle Ur Fancy ($17,258) and stakes-placed runners Sizzling Perry ($35,488) and Sizzling Mr Perry ($40,189). COADY PHOTOGRAPHY AJs High will be looking for his second consecutive Bank of America Challenge Championships victory this month. She has four yearlings, named Chivalri (by American Runaway), Incindiary (by Coronas Leaving You), Wow Worthy (by One Famous Eagle) and Ignight (by Mr Jess Perry). Juvenile THE TRES SEIS FILLY GONE ALL IN IS TOUGH. THE FILLY SUFFERED a broken jaw as a yearling, but recovered in full. She has proven she s full of fight on September 12, she won the $54,900 John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge by a length. The 9-10 favorite was trained by Jason Olmstead and ridden by Cody Rodger Smith, and rallied strongly to defeat Going Viral by a length. She covered the 350 yards in : and earned $25,254 for owners Gene and Faye Reeves of Eagle Butte, South Dakota. The filly has never been worse than second in six career starts. Those include a head loss in the $141,100 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity. She has career earnings of $76,294. Gone All In was bred by a partnership of Vessels Stallion Farm LLC and Jerry Windham. Tres Seis is a champion and champion sire who has more than $19.4 million in progeny earnings. Dam Gone First is a stakes-placed, Grade 1 finalist daughter of American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame members First Down Dash and Indigo Illusion. Gone First is also the dam of stakes-placed runner This Eagles Gone (by One Famous Eagle, $78,412). Jeff Caron and Paul Quintanilla s Bos Big Shamoon took a narrow win in the $72,900 John Deere Will Rogers Juvenile Challenge, outdueling a game Pollitical Scorpion for the victory on October 11. Bos Big Shamoon was ridden by Agustin Silva and trained by Rick Robinson, the duo that teamed to win the Adequan Derby Challenge in the previous race. Silva rode the gelding to a sharp break, and then sent him down the track to win by a nose in the 350-yard test. Jahree Standridge s Pollitical Scorpion had to settle for second, followed by BM Casina Royale, Bachichanator, Alotafire, Queen Catherine, Dash To Seperate, Stylish Chik, Acers Flyer and Scouts PYC Special. Bos Big Shamoon was winning his first stakes race, but marked his third victory in six career starts. The $33,534 first-place check boosted his earnings to $44,935. Earlier this year, he was a dead-heat fourth in the Adequan Sam Houston Juvenile Challenge (G3). Ollie Bartosh of Poteet, Texas, bred Bos Big Shamoon. The gelding is by Shamoon and out of the Mr Bo Jackson mare Bos Arrival. Shamoon is a 7-year-old son of Shazoom owned by Ramon Montalvo. This is his only registered foal to date. 70 N OVEMBER 2015 THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL

71 Political Debut made her first appearance in a stakes winner s circle in the Adequan Will Rogers Derby Challenge. Bos Arrival is by the Six Fortunes stallion Mr Bo Jackson, and out of the Easy Saint mare Scheduled Arrival. A race winner, she contested the 2000 New Mexico State Fair Senorita Futurity (RG3). This is her first stakes winner. Distaff SUDDEN SEPARATION HAS DONE WELL FOR HERSELF IN 2015, AS on September 12 she added her fourth stakes win to the resume with a stylish victory in the $32,580 Merial Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge. Bred and owned by Duane Murphy of Aurora, Missouri, the mare is one of 24 starters Murphy has bred in his own name over 20 cumulative years of breeding. He also raced her dam, Okie Dokey Annie, as well as breeding the likes of stakes-placed runners Iris Dashing Royal ($43,704), Stylish Sydney ($18,668) and Handsome Jansen ($29,928). Sudden Separation was trained by Larry Sharp, who also saddled her to win the Golden Driller Stakes, Rocky Heinzing Stakes and Keokuk Stakes (G3) already this summer. In the Distaff, she was in the lead mid-stretch of the 400- yard race and dug in gamely to win by a length in : Send Me This Wagon was second, followed by Kuhl Wave, Kateillac, Xoom, Madresita, Captivating Cara, Sooner Country Babe and Dashing Lili. She has now won six of 13 career starts and earned $81,047. Sudden Separation is by champion Inseparable, a Grade 1 winner and earner of $672,756. Murphy acquired Okie Dokey Annie as a yearling from breeder Barley & Sharp Farm of Asbury, Missouri. The Missouri-bred is a daughter of Okie Dokey Dale out of the Easily Smashed mare Annie Montana. Larry and Pat Sharp and John and Barbara Barley s partnership has bred a mere 24 starters, but those runners have averaged just under $30,000 per horse, including Grade 1-placed Strong Hope ($209,395). Larry Sharp trained Okie Dokey Annie, too, as she made 23 career starts, and won or placed in 10 of them with earnings of $94,773. She won the 2006 Kansas Futurity (G2) and 2007 Central Distaff Challenge and set a 350-yard track record in the 2008 Dog Iron Dash Stakes. Retired to the broodmare pasture, she has produced three winners from three starters. Sudden Separation is her first stakes winner, but she is also the dam of Remington allowance winner Custom Paint ($39,273). The Barley and Sharp family s involvement with the dam line goes much farther, though. Okie Dokey Annie s dam is Annie Montana, a daughter of Easily Smashed bred by Larry Sharp, and also the dam of stakes-placed runner Painted Annie (by PYC Paint Your Wagon, $30,752). Annie Montana COADY PHOTOGRAPHY Agustin Silva guided Bos Big Shamoon to a narrow victory in the John Deere Will Rogers Juvenile Challenge. is out of the Pat Sharp/Barbara Barley-bred mare Sharley Fast Feather, a winning Merganser daughter whose foals shared a fun theme they all carried geographical names, from Annie Montana to Dinah Carolina to Chickasha O K. Sister Katie Dakota is the dam of Grade 1 finalist and stakes winner Anna Pavlova (by Stoli, $62,897), herself the dam of stakes-placed Aint I A Fortune ($5,099) and stakesplaced runners Kotared ($24,262) and Gladness ($23,300). Holland Class is dam to stakes winner Primero Vaquero ($40,650); Dinah Carolina produced Jess Carolina ($116,357). Another step back in Sudden Separation s family tree, and we find fourth dam Bye Bye Imgone. This mare, acquired as a baby by Pat Sharp and Barbara Barley, is a fountainhead producer. Among her foals are Superior Race Horse and producer Sweet Bye And Bye ($324,563) and stakes winners Bold Farewell ($79,915), Hes Alive ($21,878), Mo Shiney Cash ($9,878), as well as stakes-placed runners Im Gone For A Corona ($35,904), Gone Larkin ($30,254), Stealville ($24,675) and Waving Bye ($25,479). The family is fruitful. Sweet Bye And Bye is the dam of runner and sire Dashin Bye ($305,250), Strong Hope ($209,395), Chick Happens ($39,747), Grade 1-placed Sweet First Down ($146,374) and Sweet Adios ($66,023), second dam of stakesplaced Diez Quatro ($82,883) and third dam of stakes winner I V Gone ($108,420) and Bye Bye Cartel ($66,810). This family also produced Grade 1 runner Jess Burnin ($21,675), stakes winner Missourian ($175,293), Jess Because ($77,736), Bye Bye Eagle Eye ($191,091) and Gee Whit ($67,025). The day following Sudden Separation s victory, RTM Stables LLC s Betrothen picked up a second Distaff victory, as she won the $25,740 Merial Sandy Downs Distaff Challenge. She was ridden by Eddie Aceves for trainer James Hanson. The 4-year-old daughter of Walk Thru Fire went to the lead and held on in the 400-yard race, winning by a neck in : Zoomin Daphne was second, followed by Absolut Pride, DK The Nacho Lady, She Pays Dividends, Somebodysknocken, Battle Scar, My Fair Dashair and Candies Coconut. She had already won the August 8 Merial Les Bois Distaff Challenge, which was featured in the September Q-Racing Journal, and her record now stands at six wins in 15 starts and earnings of $40,141. Distance IT WAS A DECISIVE VICTORY FOR CR TUCKERNUCK IN THE $35,820 Zoetis Will Rogers Distance Challenge, as Ricky Ramirez rode the horse to a 3-length victory on October 11. THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL NOVEMBER

72 Sudden Separation notched her fourth career stakes win in the Merial Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge. CR Tuckernuck is a 4-year-old gelded son of Jet Black Patriot, owned by Karlottie Grace Urschel. The horse was a multiple-grade 1 qualifier in his freshman and sophomore years. This year, trainer Stacey Capps switched the horse to the turn, and he has responded brilliantly. In his first distance out, he dominated an allowance by nearly 8 lengths. He then jumped up to stakes competition and finished a competitive second in the $30,000 Master Salls Handicap, then won a daylight victory in the Bill Reed Memorial Stakes before taking the Zoetis at Will Rogers. In this race, he broke slowly, but went to the lead and ran to a : win time to earn $17,194. Fire On The Fly was CHALLENGE LEADERS As of September 21, 2015 COADY PHOTOGRAPHY CR Tuckernuck cruises to an easy victory in the Zoetis Will Rogers Distance Challenge. second, followed by Howdy James, Hastabealeader, Pepperchew, FDS Of Seattle, SRD Bobwirebob, Brookstone Bandit and Jess Mighty Sinful. He has won six of 19 starts, with career earnings of $134,694. The brown gelding was bred by Weetona Stanley and W.E. Smith, and is by Jet Black Patriot and out of the Corona Cartel mare Fast Prize Corona. He is a half-brother to Grade 2 winner Spit Like Jagger ($105,045) and stakes-placed runner Chasin Mojo ($16,290). Andrea Caudill is editor of the Q-Racing Journal. To comment, write to acaudill@aqha.org. Champion Trainer The champion trainer receives $5,000 cash and a custom buckle from Montana Silversmiths. John Deere Champion Owner The John Deere Champion Owner receives a John Deere Gator utility vehicle and a custom buckle from Montana Silversmiths. Leader Points 1. Dean Frey RTM Stables RTM Stables/Chapple/Dunn Bill Hoburg Wade Siegel/Don Boyle 30 Nutrena Champion Breeder The Nutrena Champion Breeder receives $5,000 cash, 3 tons of Nutrena feed and a custom buckle from Montana Silversmiths. Leader Points 1. Bobby D. Cox Steve D. Burns, DVM Burnett Ranches LLC Dean Frey Michael Pohl 40 Leader Points 1. Jim Hanson Monty Arrossa Paul Jones Robert Bob Johnson Renee Wilson 53 Wrangler Champion Jockey The Wrangler Champion Jockey receives $2,000 cash and a custom buckle from Montana Silversmiths. Leader Points 1. Eddie Aceves Jose Figueroa Rodrigo Vallejo G.R. Carter Jr Nakia Ramirez N OVEMBER 2015 THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL

73 CHALLENGE QUALIFIERS Regional qualifiers for the Bank of America Challenge Championship BANK OF AMERICA CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP (G1) HORSE RACE DATE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY Wagon Full Of Gold Sunland (G2) April 11 E. Lee/J. Giles/M. Neugebauer Wes Giles Adrian Ramos Daytona B Sam Houston (G2) April 18 Gregorio Garza Rolondo Almanza Esgar Ramirez Eyesa Famous Eagle Turf Paradise April 26 Cesar Dabdoub Omar Lorta James Jarell Rockin Disco Remington Park (G2) May 10 Rockin J Running Horses/Jack Manning Tammy Johnson Ricardo Aguirre Sign Of Corona Les Bois Park August 8 RTM Stables/Carol McKinney Jim Hanson Eddie Aceves Decati Hipodromo August 9 Carlos Diaz de Leon Velazquez Saoul Fernandez I. Parra Jake Gold BR Los Alamitos (G2) August 16 Clodoaldo Miranda Paul Jones Cesar Dealba Mr Victory Six Ajax Downs August 16 Ivy Lane Racing Renee Wilson Danielle Dibert BH Lisas Boy Emerald Downs September 6 Bill Hoburg Bill Hoburg Javier Matias Diamonds Edge Prairie Meadows (G2) September 12 Hipolito Bueno Hipolito Bueno Fernando Fonseca-Soto ADEQUAN DERBY CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP (G3) HORSE RACE DATE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY Jumpn Streak Sam Houston May 16 Terrazas Family Josue Ponce Santos Carrizales BH Lisas Boy Arapahoe Park June 6 Bill Hoburg Bill Hoburg Francisco Giles Great Grace Ruidoso Downs June 27 G. Mitchell/B. & L. Herricks Blane Wood Joe Badilla Jr. Sound Of Candy Hipodromo June 28 Enrique Carrion Ismael Ayala Eddie Cuellar Seize The Win Ajax Downs July 12 Glen Graff Stephanie Keeble Shanley Jackson Ynot Walk Les Bois Park July 29 RTM Stables/G. Weldon Jim Hanson Eddie Aceves Marys Coronitas Retama Park August 8 Jorge Luis Mendoza Jorge Luis Mendoza Juan Garcia First Down Tiny Man Los Alamitos August 21 C&W O Dell/Pirate Stables Chris O Dell Cruz Mendez Wrap You Up Evergreen Park August 30 Cedar Creek Tree Farm Ranch & Racing Hector Magallanes Larris Allen AJs High Prairie Meadows September 12 Michael Teel Charley Hunt Stormy Smith Political Debut Will Rogers Downs October 11 Garza Laurel Partnership Rick Robinson Agustin Silva JOHN DEERE JUVENILE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP (G2) HORSE RACE DATE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY KR Cruisin Cartel Turf Paradise April 26 Kyler Racing LLC Matt Fales Jorge Bourdieu Undivided Atemption Sam Houston May 16 Quency E. Grant Rolondo Almaza Manuel Gutierrez Panther Hero Ajax Downs July 12 John Wilson Scott Reid Cassandra Jeschke Queen Catherine Ruidoso Downs August 1 Hay Racing Kasey Willis Cesar Gomez Pappas In The House Les Bois Park August 8 Hanson Racing/Rob Evans Jim Hanson Eddie Aceves Careless Lightning Retama Park August 8 Jesse Gibson Gilbert Aguirre Larry Payne Fast Prize Robyn Hipodromo August 16 Guillermo Gomez Calderon Jose Valdivia J.A. Ambrosio Luv On The Run DH-Los Alamitos August 22 Jesus Nava Sergio Fiscal Jose Nicasio Thrice Wise DH-Los Alamitos August 22 Parsons Ranch Chris O Dell Tony Guymon For Sweet Jess Evergreen Park August 23 Ruben Magallanes Hector Magallanes Ramero Castillo Gone All In Prairie Meadows September 12 Gene and Faye Reeves Jason Olmstead Cody Smith Bos Big Shamoon Will Rogers Downs October 11 Jeff Caron & Paul Quintanilla Rick Robinson Agustin Silva MERIAL DISTAFF CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP (G2) HORSE RACE DATE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY Volcoms Heart Hipodromo March 1 Jose Manuel Vasco Guzman Nicolas Otamendi Vivar Moises Molina Cartels Fortune Sam Houston May 2 Rodney Verret Roy Roberts Pat Watson Flyin Lion Sun Downs May 3 Mike and Sherry Reardon Jose Sanguino Jose Figueroa Echoes Of Love Remington Park (G3) May 10 Valeriano Racing Stables LLC Toby Keeton G.R. Carter Jr. Midori N Smoke Arapahoe Park July 4 Margo Schares John Hammes Vince Guerra Im Hott Ur Nott Evergreen Park July 24 Ralph Danard Laurie Ferguson Trevor Simpson Betrothen Les Bois Park August 8 RTM Stables LLC Jim Hanson Eddie Aceves Sudden Separation Prairie Meadows September 12 Duane Murphy Larry Sharp James Flores Betrothen Sandy Downs September 13 RTM Stables LLC Jim Hanson Eddie Aceves ZOETIS DISTANCE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP (G1) HORSE RACE DATE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY Sensational Dash Sunland Park (G3) March 28 Gerardo Acosta Salvador Soto Esgar Ramirez Dashers Midnight Sam Houston April 11 Joe and Elaine McAnally James Gerhards Santos Carrizales Mikey Ward Turf Paradise April 26 Ralph and Carolyn Fales Matt Fales Jorge Bourdieu Painted Josy Remington Park (G3) May 10 George Carter Ty Blackwell G.R. Carter Jr. Lil Dip A Nitro Les Bois Park July 29 Dawna Jenkins/Dennis Cain Bill Hoburg Robert Burney KR Streakin Version Evergreen Park August 1 Richard Aldoff/M. Christiansen Allen Goodsell Tyler Walker CR Tuckernuck Will Rogers Downs October 11 Kharlotte Grace Urschel Stacey Capps Ricky Ramirez THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE JOURNAL NOVEMBER

74

75

76 DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS VIOLATION OF ANIMAL WELFARE / UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT AND MEDICATION RULES The following is a list of individuals disciplined for violation of AQHA animal welfare, unsportsmanlike conduct and/or medication rules. AQHA has established a penalty system in which the lengths of suspension or probation are determined by the severity of the offense, multiple offenses or previous suspension history of the offender. This list shows the start date of the violator s suspension/probation and the AQHA rule that was violated. A complete list of suspensions can be found at FINE ONLY Balgo Racing Team Inc., Hemet, CA, 09/28/15, RAC311 PROBATIONS Allen, Dustin, Madisonville, TX, 08/18/15, VIO401.2 Barton, James Randall, Bluff Dale, TX, 04/08/15, VIO201 English, Jason T, Madison, GA, 02/26/15, VIO200 & VIO Orth, Steven C, Maysville, OK, 05/11/15, VIO220 Wells, Cleve, Burleson, TX, 02/01/14, VIO204.3 HORSE PARTICIPATION SUSPENSIONS APOLLITICAL KNOCKOUT # /14/15, RAC311 ATOUCHE #X /27/14, RAC311 BR GO MORO GO # /27/14, RAC311 DASH FOR CACHE # /05/14, RAC311 FLASHING NOTES # /01/14, RAC311 IMA FIRE LOVER # /05/15, RAC311 MAMITA NATIVE GC #X /05/15, RAC311 MIGHTY RANGO # /16/14, RAC311 MRGONZALEZCASH # /16/14, RAC311 NELLIE OLESON # /21/15, RAC311 NEXXUS # /27/15, RAC311 PAINT ME CHROME #X /22/14, RAC311 PORTENNTUM # /27/15, RAC311 RAMBUNTCIOUS BOY # /22/15, RAC311 SHINEY SIX # /22/15, RAC N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL TEMEKU HAWK # /21/15, RAC311 VALLEY FIRE # /22/15, RAC311 VIBRANT # /16/14, RAC311 FULL SUSPENSIONS Acosta Jr., Carlos, Peralta, NM, 04/22/15, RAC311 Agilar, Anthony C., Maurice, LA, 10/19/12, VIO610 & RAC311 Aguirre, Luis C, Wellington, Fl, 9/11/15, VIO610 & RAC311 Alcantara, Barbara, Waller, TX, 07/27/15, VIO650 & RAC311 Aldavaz, Hermenegildo, Chamberino, NM, 06/17/14, RAC311 Arballo, Mark, San Diego, CA, 09/25/14, VIO200 Amezcua, Gerardo, Compton, CA, 06/04/14, RAC311 Bannister, Becky, Jacksonville, AL, 03/20/14, VIO200 Bassett, John H., Dewey, AZ, 10/10/12, VIO610 & RAC311 Belt, Stacy, Harrisonville, MO, 08/21/15, RAC311 Beltran, Jesus G., Los Lunas, NM, 08/21/15, RAC311 Bennett, Jerry T., Scroggins, TX, 08/21/15, RAC311 Boyd, Lawrence, Santa Fe, NM, 03/05/13, VIO610 & RAC311 Bowker, Kristine, Moriarty, NM, 09/11/15, VIO404.2 Brandt, Patricia L., Collinsville, TX, 03/26/14, VIO103 Brunzell, Sherri, Colorado Springs, CO, 09/23/14, VIO205 Camacho, Servando, Natalia, TX, 06/05/14, VIO650 & RAC311 Castillo, Miguel, Albuquerque, NM, 05/21/14, RAC311 Chapa, Roman Eric, Poteet, TX, 04/23/15, RAC311 Charles, Lamont, Amarillo, TX, 10/19/12, VIO610 & RAC311 Chavez, Francisco, Phoenix, AZ, 02/07/14, VIO610 & RAC311 De La Torre, Jose, Norco, CA, 01/06/15, VIO610 & RAC311 Dickson, Kathleen Sue, Gallatin Gateway, MT, 06/26/14, VIO200 Dimitt, Robert Howard, Sallisaw, OK, 08/21/15, VIO205 Escareno, Antonio Lepe, Sunland Park, NM, 04/14/15, VIO610 & RAC311 Farias, Jorge, Norco, CA, 12/19/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Fernandez, Saul Tapia, Mexico, 06/05/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Fierro, Juan, Santa Fe, NM, 02/07/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Gallegos, Tony, Espanola, NM, 08/21/15, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Garcia, Josue, Ardmore, OK, 04/01/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Gonzales, Gonzalo, Mabank, TX, 10/19/12, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Gonzales, James J, Las Vegas, NM, 06/08/15, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Grajeda, Vicente, El Paso, TX, 05/21/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Harmon, Rodney, Blanchard, OK, 04/01/14, VIO610.1& RAC311 Hayes, Jeff, Dupont, IN, 10/22/14, VIO200 Hebert, Joseph Randy, Welsh, LA, 01/20/13, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Hernandez, Hector J., Norwalk, CA, 04/01/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Hernandez, Pablo M., Albuquerque, NM, 04/01/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Hernandez, Pedro, Sallisaw, OK, 04/17/15, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Hinds, Jennifer, Cave Creek, AZ, 06/08/15, VIO200 Hoffman, Herman Jr., Conroe, TX, 08/20/15, VIO200 Irigoyen, Bertha, El Paso, TX, 07/31/15, RAC311 Jaquez, Abraham, Albuquerque, NM, 02/07/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Johnson, Joshua, Lunenburg, VT, 10/15/13, VIO200 Jones, James Edward, Coolidge, KS, 11/25/13, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Kearl, Judd S., Madisonville, TX, 04/17/15, RAC311 Kountz, Dayle, Bozeman, MT, 06/26/15, VIO205 Lammey, Sam, Yuma, CO, 03/20/14, VIO200 Lopez, Honorio Ramos, Trainer, TX, 10/10/14, VIO650 & RAC311 Lormand, Kyi, Amarillo, TX, 10/19/12, VIO610 & RAC311 Loya, Alonzo, Cartwright, OK, 10/08/12, VIO610 & RAC311 Luis, Yoel, Miami Lakes, FL, 05/13/15, RAC311 Martinez, John, Altamont, UT, 02/07/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 McCall, Virginia, Galloway, OH, 09/21/15, VIO402, VIO403 McCartney, Michelle, Clarksville, AR, 03/26/14, VIO401.2 McWilliams, Daniel R, Muskogee, OK, 02/17/15, VIO205 Miller, Rachel, Sidney, TX, 06/19/14, VIO402 Miranda, Andres Camilo, Mexico City, Mexico, 08/21/15, RAC311 Montijo, Ervey, Santa Fe, NM, 05/22/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Muela, Jose Luis, El Paso, TX, 12/19/14, RAC311 Muniz, Brandon, Asher, OK, 12/22/14, RAC311 Muniz, Ralph, El Paso, TX, 02/19/15, RAC311

77 Null, Jason, Splendora, TX, 09/04/15, VIO402 Ocampo, Erick Jose, Mexico, 12/19/14, RAC311 Ochoa, Ramon, Laveen, AZ, 11/26/14, RAC311 Oder, Gabrielle E, Hamilton, OH, 05/26/15, VIO Paredes, Omar, Buda, TX, 11/20/14, RAC311 Perez, Martin N., Albuquerque, NM, 02/07/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Ramos, Francisco, Aurora, IL, 12/19/14, RAC311 Ray, Susan R., Elizabethtown, KY, 04/27/15, VIO401.2 Razo, Juan, Mexico, 06/07/15, RAC311 Reed, Jeffery Heath, Seminole, OK, 10/19/12, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Reed, Rodney, Wapanucka, OK, 06/01/15, RAC311 Rivera, Ramon, El Paso, Tx, 02/12/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Robles, Heliodoro, Los Alamitos, CA, 03/30/15, RAC311 Rodriguez, Manuel Rodolfo, North Las Vegas, NV, 11/20/14, RAC311 Rockwell, Virginia, Enterprise, WV, 08/14/13, VIO200 Roth, Shirley Ann, Ocala, FL, 09/19/12, VIO200 Sanchez, Alfredo, Andrews, TX, 08/21/15, RAC311 Sanchez, Ted, Grand Junction, CO, 05/23/13, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Sanchez-Munoz, Alex, Sunland Park, NM, 01/20/13, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Sanchez-Munoz, Roberto, Anthony, TX, 01/20/13, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Saucedo, Rene, Trainer, TX, 05/22/14, VIO610 & RAC311 Sedillo, Carlos, Albuquerque, NM, 10/19/12, VIO610 & RAC311 Silbaugh, Diane, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 03/26/15, VIO200 Silbaugh, Thomas, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 03/26/15, VIO200 Silva, Lillian, Sunland Park, NM, 08/21/15, RAC311 Smith, Alvin Jr., Vinton, LA, 10/19/12, VIO610 & RAC311 Soileau, John Darrel, Ville Platte, LA, 10/19/12, VIO610 & RAC311 Soto, Jesus M., El Paso, TX, 08/21/15, RAC311 Soto, Salvador, El Paso, TX, 08/21/15, RAC311 Stinebaugh, John, El Paso, TX, 02/26/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Taylor, Heath, Ledbetter, TX, 10/19/12, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Vacca, Joseph, Houston, TX, 11/20/14, VIO650, RAC311 Valenzuela, Raul A, Anaheim, CA, 11/20/14, VIO650 & VIO651 Vallejos, Salvador, Albuquerque, NM, 02/07/14, VIO610.1 & RAC311 Vallejos, Tomas, Dexter, NM, 04/01/14, VIO610 & RAC311 Verdugo, Evigael R., Decatur, TX, 06/04/14, RAC311 Viramontes, Rodolfo, Acton, CA, 03/30/15, VIO650 & VIO651 Vivar, Nicolas Otamendi, Mexico, 06/08/15, RAC311 Weston, Kyle, Prince George, British Columbia, 04/24/14, VIO200 Whitmire, Brody, Crosby, TX, 09/16/14, VIO401 & VIO404 Wood, Ashley N, Nelsonville, OH, 08/23/15, VIO402, VIO403 VIOLATION OF OTHER AQHA RULES The following is a list of individuals/entities disciplined for violations of AQHA rules other than animal welfare or unsportsmanlike rules (for example, suspension for failure to return a registration certificate, suspension for failure to file a stallion breeding report, or money owed.) This list only represents the additions from last month s publication. A complete list of such suspensions can be found at SUSPENSIONS Agostino, Maurizo, Italy Allen, Dusty, Galesburg, IL Alverez, Franco, Lowell, AR Ballard, Tommy, Sylacauga, AL Bertini, Fabrizio, Italy Blackwater, Clement Jason, Cardston, Alberta Boggs, Melvin Duane & Rhiannon, Lubbock, TX Bond, James T / Franklin Robert L, Neodesha, KS Boudreaux, Vicki P, Houma, LA Bradford Ranch LLC, Acampo, CA Byrd, Gary Lane, Citronelle, AL Conrad, Adam, Peaster, TX Curbelo, Manuel, Miami, FL Curtopele, Roberto, Venezuela Deleyco Race Team Corp, La Puente, CA Dobbs, Carolyn, Forest Glove, British Columbia Equimail Srl, Italy Faure, Aurelien, France Filippo, Bonollo, Italy Gardenhire, Bernie Ray, Stillwell, KS Guckelsberger, Guenter, Germany Hall, Quentin, North Platte, NE Hawkins, Lelen J & Carrie L, Ballantine, MT Hernandez, Pablo, Albuquerque, NM Hernandez, Renan Gabriel Castro, Mexico Hershman, Robert J, Swanton, MD Hilton, Judy, Port Perry, Ontario Holcomb, Dee, Summers, AR Ibarra, Francisco Guerra, Mexico Irigoyen, Bertha, El Paso, TX Itskowits, Isaar, Israel Jack, Bryan Elliott, Willow River, British Columbia Marquez, Santos, Lexington, NE Marshall, Sandy A, Max Meadows, VA Martin, Juan Carlos Rojas, Venezuela Martinez, Noe Jr & Martinez C, Folsom, LA Miller, Shane and Janice, Jenner, Alberta Mongesku, Alitia D, Laredo, TX Morris, Don or Joyce, Siler City, NC Nemer, Omar, Venezuela Ochoa, Juan Lucas, Colombia Ory, Bailee, Gentry, AR Paniccia, Giuseppe, Italy Pletti/Giorgi, Italy Potter, Karey J/Sanders, Stuart, Hastings, MI Reneau, Theresa, Thorhild, ALberta Robb, Justin W, Mountain Home, UT Roberts, Barbara Huitt, Rio Hondo, TX Rodriguez, Jesus, Commerce City, CO Sandoval, Francisco, Miami, FL Schmidt, Robin K, Ninnekah, OK Seymour, Jennifer J, Enfield, CT Sly, Bob, Runnells, IA Thompson, James Arthur Jr, Union Point, GA Walker, Terry, Port Angeles, WA Wallman, Nathan, Wessington, SD Wilen, Lyle W, Lake Havasu City, AZ Wilson, Crystal, North Las Vegas, NV Winstead, Michael C, Youngsville, LA REINSTATEMENTS Alvarez, German, Yuma, AZ Black, Karen L, Winchendon, MA Eldridge, Marissa S, Atoka, OK Fields, Krissandra, Pelham, NH Gallegos, Charlotte, Elko, NV Gayet, Gerard, France Gelo, Maurizio, Italy Glenn, Joanne D, Ogden, UT Graff Land & Cattle Co, Long Pine, NE Gutierrez, Alfredo Hanun, Mexico Harris, Jim W, Morris, OK Herrington, Shane, McLain, MS Hotte, Suzanne M,Bastrop, TX Loder, Rob and Sherry, Newton, IA Mathis, Todd and Jene, Hollister, CA Migliore, Carmine Alessio, Italy Oscar E Gonzalez Mtz, Mexico Patek, Julia, Princetown, MN Phillips, Gerald W,Burlingame, KS Potratz, Rosemarie, Ryley, Alberta Rinaldi, Nunzio, Italy Smith, Judson B,Lascassas, Tn Tennessee Quarter Horse Assoc, Smyrna, TN Townsend, Dallas L, Eureka, KS Velasquez, Miguel, Pico Rivera, CA Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

78 Y E A R L I N G S A L E S NEW MEXICO-BRED MIXED SALE RUIDOSO, NEW MEXICO AUGUST Hip-by-hip results are preliminary results provided by the sale company. The Q-Racing Journal assumes no responsibility for accuracy. HIP HORSE S DATE NUMBER NAME SEX FOALED SIRE DAM DAM SIRE CONSIGNOR BUYER SALE PRICE 1 MEIOMI F 1/24/14 JESSE JAMES JR TANGLED VINES DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS FOSTEL ENTERPRISES LLC $4,200 2 PERCYJONES C 2/14/14 JESSE JAMES JR MAGGIES MIRACLE LX DEAN MIRACLE MJ FARMS TERRY STENNETT $35,000 3 GONNA BE GENUINE F 3/11/14 GONAMAKEYOUREYESBLUE GENUINE DAWN GENUINE STRAWFLY HUNTER CREEK FARM ZANE BOBBITT $2,700 4 SHEZA VIKE F 4/22/14 DASHING VIKE ALEISHA ELAINE HOLLAND EASE SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE RUBY SALGADO $3,000 5 FIRST FLASHIN JET F 4/28/14 FIRST MOONFLASH JET STREAMING OUGHT TO BE FIRST DOUBLE LL FARM TERESA CALDERON $5,000 6 SIXES ROYAL CHICK F 3/15/14 SIXES ROYAL CHICKS CHAMISA CHICKS A BLAZIN DOUBLE LL FARM VICTOR LOZANO $30,000 7 JESS A HOTTIE F 4/7/14 JESS A CHICKS WHATA HOTTIE MAJOR RIME DOUBLE LL FARM ALYSSA CLUKEY $1,700 8 ELECTRIC CAR F 2/12/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER DASH TA MOON DASH TA FAME LAZY A FARM HECTOR ARANDA $9,000 9 JESS MY CHOICE F 1/25/14 JESS MARMETA PRESSANON CHOICE A REGAL CHOICE SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE DON & LANE REYNOLDS $4, HEZ MOVIN ON C 5/14/14 MAN ON THE MOVE PRISSY SIN HEZA FAST MAN TNL FARM, INC. AGENT FOR REPURCHASE $1,700 MARSHALL S. WIER 11 MOSTLY JESSE F 1/2/14 JESSE JAMES JR MOSTLY ME TRES SEIS MJ FARMS VICTOR LOZANO $8, MOONOVERCARSONCITY C 3/26/14 FIRST MOONFLASH CARSON CITY RED (TB) LORD CARSON (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM AGENT FOR ALBERT DE HOYAS $19,000 MIKE ABRAHAM 13 SHAMMERS RAINBOW F 3/16/14 GONNA RO SHAM BO RAINBOWS N DIAMONDS RABBITS RAINBOW A & A RANCH, LLC BOBBY SIMMONS $6, RKM GAMBLE ON FAME C 3/16/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) FAME TO CLAIM TELLER CARTEL DOUBLE LL FARMS RANDY OGDEN $1, FIRST VEGAS MOON F 4/16/14 FIRST MOONFLASH BESTSEATINTOWN FLASHIN HIGH DOUBLE LL FARM ROGELIO CARRASCO SR. $4, ROCKIN N SCOOTIN C 3/27/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER JESSIES SNOW ANGEL FEATURE MR JESS SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REPURCHASE $17, SNO WHITE PRINCESS F 3/14/14 JESSE JAMES JR A SPECIAL SNO FLO THIS SNOW IS ROYAL DOUBLE LL FARMS JERARDO HERNANDEZ $4, ME LIKE DADDY F 1/31/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL MOSTLY ME TRES SEIS MJ FARMS TED RUSHING $27, BRONX BOMBSHELL F 3/2/14 HARD HITTING COUNTESS DEVON (TB) DEVON LANE (TB) TNL FARM, INC. ZANE BOBBITT $1, AND ITS SHOWTIME F 3/24/14 GONNA RO SHAM BO PRIMETIME QUEEN STREAKIN JEWEL QUALITY FARMS LONNIE VAUGHN $3, CORONA ON A STICK C 3/14/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) CHANTELL CORONA CORONA CARTEL MJ FARMS RUBEN OR SAMANTHA LEYBA JR $3, STREAMING JET FLASH F 4/27/14 FIRST MOONFLASH JET STREAMING OUGHT TO BE FIRST DOUBLE LL FARM JOSE ANTONIO MORA TREVINO $5, RAISE YOUR STYLE F 2/26/14 WOODBRIDGE RAISE THE BOKNAAI BOKNAAI DANNY O QUINN JACOB J. III SIMMONS $4, ETAL C 3/26/14 JESSE JAMES JR TYLERETTE BLUSHING BUG EUGENE THERWHANGER JIMMY VASQUEZ $5, JJ MOON F 3/25/14 FIRST MOONFLASH JACKIE JAN (TB) JACK WILSON (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM ARMANDO AREOLLA JR $4, HEY LIL BRITCHES F 1/30/14 HARD HITTING SM WHISTLE BRITCHES ROYAL QUICK DASH SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE VICTOR LOZANO $3, TWERK IT OUT F 4/1/14 WINNERS VERSION REACORONA CORONA FOR ME QUALITY FARMS REPURCHASE $19, HOT INDY CHICK F 3/27/14 JESS A CHICKS HOT BABE INDY SUDS CORONA CALIENTE DOUBLE LL FARM JACOB J. III SIMMONS $10, I MOON THE MOON F 4/28/14 FIRST MOONFLASH LATENITE STAR (TB) CHIMES BAND (TB) HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $29, TAKE A MIRACLE F 1/15/14 TAKIN ON SPOON MAN METALLIC LADY METALLIC LION ANJORA CORP. JON AND JODEE HOOVESTAL $5, HITTING HENNESEY F 2/1/14 HARD HITTING HENNESSEY S HOUSE (TB) ROLL HENNESSY ROLL (TB) TNL FARM, INC. DON & LANE REYNOLDS $8, ABBA CA DABRA F 2/6/14 JESSE JAMES JR ABBA ZABBA AUSUAL SUSPECT TNL FARM, INC. MANUEL ELIGIO MARRUFO $5, CAMO CARTEL F 3/12/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL W R ACES FAME DASH TA FAME TNL FARM, INC. JOSE OLIVAS $10, TINYS SIXES F 4/2/14 SIXES ROYAL ODYSSEYS SPECIAL CORONA CALIENTE DOUBLE LL FARM RAUL ZAMORA $3, SWISS TANGO F 3/10/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) TANGLED VINES DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS TERRI HUSSEY $11, KWELHUH F 3/3/14 JESSE JAMES JR FEMME FE TELL TELLER CARTEL HUNTER CREEK FARM LOUIS PEREA $3, A SURE FIRST C 4/18/14 FIRST MOONFLASH SURE THATS HOT WALK THRU FIRE DOUBLE LL FARM PIERRE & LESLIE AMESTOY $31, JESS A LEAP F 1/2/14 JESS A CHICKS LANGFUHR S LEAP (TB) LANGFUHR (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM ORLANDO MONTES $2, PEYOTE RUN C 3/26/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL STORM RUN TWIN SPIRES (TB) EUGENE THERWHANGER JAIME MARTINEZ $14, TAKE ME LADY C 3/12/14 TAKIN ON SPOON MAN CHICKS MIRACULOUS CHICKS BEDUINO ANJORA CORP. REPURCHASE $5, CANT SCOOT BY ME C 3/16/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER LINDYS BOUQUET FAST LINDY QUALITY FARMS DANNY RAY $21, HARD NOT TO SING F 3/27/14 HARD HITTING SINGIN DIVA MAJOR RIME TNL FARM, INC. OSMAN ITARRALDE $3, BULL ET CAN F 3/3/14 WOODBRIDGE BULLET BULLION BULLY BULLION MJ FARMS VICTOR LOZANO $6, ARIES RISING F 3/24/14 SIXES ROYAL SIGN OF A FISH FISHERS DASH DOUBLE LL FARM RUBEN OR SAMANTHA LEYBA JR $2, DERECHOS C 3/3/14 JESSE JAMES JR RUN N PIE PIE IN THE SKY SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE RENE FLORES $7, JESSE JRS TAMBIEN C 2/12/14 JESSE JAMES JR DIEZ TAMBIEN BRIMMERTON SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE MARK & ANNETTE MCCLOY $17, VINTAGE OUTLAW C 2/15/14 JESSE JAMES JR KIM CRAWFORD TRES SEIS MJ FARMS NATHAN L MOORE $33, RUNRUN KOKOPELLI F 2/10/14 RUN LIKE FIRE (TB) MS KOKOPELLI CHICKS A BLAZIN HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $3, ONMYBUCKETLIST F 2/1/14 JESSE JAMES JR DASHIN THRU THE SNOW THIS SNOW IS ROYAL MJ FARMS PAUL BLANCHARD / R. D. HUBBARD $23, JESS MY NIGHT C 3/1/14 JESS MARMETA PARIS NIGHTS ON A HIGH SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE TONY SEDILLO $9, BEST REGARDZ C 3/2/14 CHICKS REGARD FIRST DAWN DASH FIRST DOWN DASH HUNTER CREEK FARM AGENT FOR JOSE ANTONIO MORA TREVINO $10,000 JOHN HOMERDING 54 CLASSY BIG DADDY C 3/25/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL A CHICK OF CLASS CHICKS BEDUINO MJ FARMS RAYMOND MERRILL $37, N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

79 HIP HORSE S DATE NUMBER NAME SEX FOALED SIRE DAM DAM SIRE CONSIGNOR BUYER SALE PRICE 55 JESSTIFIABLE SIXES F 4/7/14 SIXES ROYAL JESSTIFIABLE DEBT MR JESS PERRY DOUBLE LL FARM ALAN ARREOLA $4, WOODYS ELUSIVE DREAM F 1/2/14 WOODBRIDGE THREE DEE DREAMS HEZA FAST MAN MJ FARMS JON AND JODEE HOOVESTAL $17, MYSTIC DADDY C 2/22/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL ARBOR MIST BLUSHING BUG MJ FARMS MARC & MICHELLE JUNGERS $25, DADDYS MERLOT F 2/27/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL MARILYN MERLOT DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS REPURCHASE $19, PRADA N PETTICOATS F 2/7/14 DASHING VIKE PRADA N JEANS STOLI SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE CYNTHIA GONZALEZ $4, MISCHKA JAMES F 2/5/14 JESSE JAMES JR MISCHKA BRIMMERTON MJ FARMS REPURCHASE $12, WOODIE ANNA F 3/5/14 WOODBRIDGE ORIANA S MAGIC (TB) KIPPER KELLY (TB) MJ FARMS JOSE OLIVAS $21, DADDYS ALLSTAR F 1/6/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL STARSMITH TRES SEIS MJ FARMS JOE DEE BROOKS $30, INVIKEABLE C 2/16/14 DASHING VIKE INVISIBLE STREAKER INVISIBLE INJUN SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE ARMANDO PONCE $7, RAISE YOUR VERSION F 3/14/14 WINNERS VERSION RAISE YOUR GOL GOL DANNY O QUINN DELFINO ESTRADA $4, FAMOUS BIG D C 2/8/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL FAMOUS PHOEBE DASH TA FAME CYNTHIA DICK REPURCHASE $42, DONT DOUBT MOON F 3/22/14 FIRST MOONFLASH SNOW DOUBT THIS SNOW IS ROYAL DOUBLE LL FARM REPURCHASE $7, FAMOUS BIG DADDY C 1/10/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL FAMOUS SANDY DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS DARLING FARMS, LLC $42, SCOOTIN PYC C 2/23/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER A MIDNIGHT STAR PYC PAINT YOUR WAGON CARROL DURBIN JOE MERIDYTH $10, WATCH ME RUNAWAY C F 2/28/14 SIGN TO BE A RUNAWAY SIXPIN CASH KINGPIN CYNTHIA DICK RAUL MELENDEZ $7, MADDY K F 3/8/14 JESSE JAMES JR DASHIN CHAR SEPARATIST DOUBLE LL FARM CESAR MARQUEZ $5, REGARDS MIRACLE C 2/13/14 CHICKS REGARD OLD LADY MITCHELL DEAN MIRACLE CYNTHIA DICK JOE DEE BROOKS / SCOTT BRYANT $60,000 / LEE LEWIS / TED RUSHING 73 ROANOKA FAST CAT C 3/13/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER CORONA ROANOKA CORONA CALIENTE TOMMY W. PEREZ RAUL MELENDEZ $6, REDD TRUCK C 2/2/14 JESSE JAMES JR ALICE K WHITE FIRST DOWN DASH MJ FARMS MARTIN YBARRA $41, JESS KUHI F 3/31/14 JESSE JAMES JR MAKAI KUHI DASH THRU TRAFFIC DIRK JONES CARLOS NIETO $3, MACHISMO MOON C 3/25/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER MACHI MOON DASH TA FAME LAZY A FARM REPURCHASE $20, HARD MAINTANCE F 5/5/14 HARD HITTING JESS HI MAINTENANCE MR JESS PERRY TNL FARM, INC. MARK HUSSEY $4, JESSA LITTLE DIVA F 4/10/14 JESSE JAMES JR LEADING DIVA SPECIAL LEADER MJ FARMS J M C RANCHES $10, JESS BLU F 1/30/14 JESS A CHICKS THE BLUES GIRL CORONA CARTEL DOUBLE LL FARM DANNY RAY $20, DRAMATIC MOON C 3/18/14 FIRST MOONFLASH TOO MUCH DRAMA STREAKIN LA JOLLA DOUBLE LL FARM JOSE R. ESPINOSA $22, RED WOW C 4/18/14 WOODBRIDGE MAJOR ROON MAJOR RIME MR. & MS. R.C. JONES JUAN TORRES $4, BLAZIN MARMETA F 3/7/14 JESS MARMETA RUSH THE CHICKS CHICKS A BLAZIN SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REPURCHASE $2, HEZAHAVINFUN C 3/12/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER NOWWEREHAVINFUN MAJOR RIME JOE ARMSTRONG HERNOSILLO SERGIO $4, BLAZIN VIKE F 2/28/14 DASHING VIKE BLAZIN ELANS CHICKS A BLAZIN SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE DENIS & JULIE SCHOENHOFER $4, FLASH FOR CORONA C 2/1/14 FIRST MOONFLASH VICTORY FOR CORONA CORONA CALIENTE DOUBLE LL FARM MARTIN YBARRA $44, LA MONTESA F 4/3/14 JESSE JAMES JR TANGLED VINES DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS JOE DEE BROOKS / SCOTT BRYANT $22,000 / DERROL HUBBARD / MAR JUNGERS 89 STRATAGISE F 3/11/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) QUEENOFREIGNDEERS RARE KING SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE ZANE BOBBITT $2, PENNY SNIPIN F 3/29/14 JESSE JAMES JR LOTTA TRAIN POWET TRAIN CURRIE J. MABEN ALAN ARREOLA $3, LA JOLLAS MOONFLASH F 3/15/14 FIRST MOONFLASH LA JOLLAS SILVER STREAKIN LA JOLLA DOUBLE LL FARM MANUEL ELIGIO MARRUFO $8, STREAKIN TITAN C 3/5/14 FIRST MOONFLASH STREAKIN ON DOWN THE DOWN SIDE DOUBLE LL FARM DAVID VALDEZ $9, MISS CALL ME FIRST F 4/1/14 FIRST MOONFLASH WILLIE CALL ME CALYX DOUBLE LL FARM LA FELIZ MONTANA RANCH, LLC $22, GENUINE LAST CHANCE C 5/1/14 GENUINE STRAWFLY EASILY LEADTHE FIELD LEAD THE FIELD HUNTER CREEK FARM BENITO ARENIVAS $1, WHITE RUSSSIAN C 3/23/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) ALICE K WHITE FIRST DOWN DASH MJ FARMS MARIO DOMINGUEZ $7, WAGER MOONFLASH F 2/4/14 FIRST MOONFLASH WAGER ON A CARTEL CORONA CARTEL DOUBLE LL FARM JOSE LUIS OZUNA $40, STICK WITH SANDYS F 1/15/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) SANDYS FAME DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS BLACK HATS $23, MISS MILITIA F 4/12/14 TAKIN ON SPOON MAN MILITARY MISS FIRST DOWN DASH ANJORA CORP. REPURCHASE $5, COPY MY DADDY C 2/4/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL FAST COPY MISS HEZA FAST MAN MJ FARMS TERRY STENNETT $26, BALBOA RESERVE C 2/20/14 JESSE JAMES JR CHANTELL CORONA CORONA CARTEL MJ FARMS TY & ASSOC DAWS / $17,000 FOSTEL ENTERPRISES LLC 103 GO RO SHAM BO C 3/20/14 GONNA RO SHAM BO OCEAN GETAWAY OCEAN RUNAWAY DOUBLE LL FARM $13, RKM JESSE GOTYOUBACK C 4/4/14 JESSE JAMES JR RUBY NECKLACE CORONA CARTEL DOUBLE LL FARMS ROGELIO CARRASCO SR. $9, ITAINTABOUT THEMONEY C 3/5/14 IVE DONE DID IT SHENOSHEZROYAL ROYAL QUICK DASH SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REPURCHASE $5, CHICKS LOVE FIRST F 1/22/14 FIRST MOONFLASH LOVE CHICKS CHICKS A BLAZIN DOUBLE LL FARM PIERRE & LESLIE AMESTOY $17, MISCHKA BROWN F 2/27/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL MISCHKA BRIMMERTON MJ FARMS STAN SIGMAN $45, QUICK FIRST KEY F 2/18/14 FIRST MOONFLASH QUICKKEY (TB) DEVON LANE (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM AGENT FOR JUAN ESQUIVEL $7,000 MIKE ABRAHAM 109 MY NAME IS WILL C 3/22/14 SIXES ROYAL FITS A BLAZIN CHICKS A BLAZIN DOUBLE LL FARM PAUL SMITH $17, QUALITY FLASH C 5/1/14 FIRST MOONFLASH QUALITY STUFF (TB) ELUSIVE QUALITY (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM BOBBY SIMMONS $12, JESS A GLANCE F 2/24/14 JESS A CHICKS LOVE AT FIRST GLANCE FIRST DOWN DASH DOUBLE LL FARM TERRY STENNETT $40, REGAL VIKE C 1/4/14 DASHING VIKE BECAUSE SHES ROYAL ROYAL QUICK DASH SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REPURCHASE $10, YOU TELLEM VIKE F 2/24/14 DASHING VIKE YOU TELLEM BABY TELLER CARTEL SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE DAVID AND/OR ROSS HINKINS $4, WOODY CAN DO C 3/22/14 WOODBRIDGE BULLET BULLION BULLY BULLION MJ FARMS ALBERTO VILLANUEVA $21, FLASHY LIFESTYLE F 3/4/14 FIRST MOONFLASH RODEO MOON MR JESS PERRY TNL FARM, INC. STEVE BRANTLEY $45, RCJ UP AND AT EM F 4/8/14 WINNERS VERSION MAJOR SPECTER MAJOR RIME MR. & MS. R.C. JONES ARNULFO CARDENAS $3, SHORT STICK FAME C 2/15/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) FAMOUS SANDY DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS MARLEN RIOJAS VALADEZ $6, FIRST VICTORY MOON C 2/28/14 FIRST MOONFLASH VICTORY GIRL (TB) VICTORY GALLOP (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM REGAL RACING STABLES, LLC $8, SALUTE N SCOOT C 5/2/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER CALYPSO JANE (TB) CUVEE (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM ANNIE SAWATZKY $2,000 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

80 HIP HORSE S DATE NUMBER NAME SEX FOALED SIRE DAM DAM SIRE CONSIGNOR BUYER SALE PRICE 120 RACY WOODIE C 3/24/14 WOODBRIDGE RACETRACK BARBIE (TB) HIDDEN CITY (TB) MJ FARMS DAVID E BARRETT $23, HESA MANZY SCOOTER C 3/6/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER MANZY CARTEL CORONA CARTEL DOUBLE LL FARM $7, FLASH THE FORCE C 3/5/14 FIRST MOONFLASH BLAZIN FORCE CHICKS A BLAZIN DOUBLE LL FARM ALAN ARREOLA $17, FIERY STRAWFLY F 1/22/14 GENUINE STRAWFLY EPISODE OF FIRE WALK THRU FIRE SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REGAL RACING STABLES, LLC $17, SPOTTED VIKE C 4/28/14 DASHING VIKE PATTI SPOT SPOTTER BAY (TB) SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE WILFRIDO HOLGUIN $3, FIRST DASHIN FLASH C 1/15/14 FIRST MOONFLASH DASHIN IDENTITY FISHERS DASH DOUBLE LL FARM ROB KING $27, LICHA EP F 5/6/14 SIGN TO BE A RUNAWAY ON A BUNNY ON A HIGH CYNTHIA DICK P & J RACING $25, RCJ SO BE IT F 3/25/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL RIME AND RULE MAJOR RIME MR. & MS. R.C. JONES JOE RIOS $13, SIXES ROYAL DANCER F 3/19/14 SIXES ROYAL CHARIVNA FIRST DOWN DASH DOUBLE LL FARM JUAN ESQUIVEL $5, WOODEN DUCK C 3/14/14 WOODBRIDGE ACES N DUCKS LUCKY ACES N EIGHTS SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REPURCHASE $5, QUEEN FIRST F 1/1/14 DEEFIRST RUNAWAY SPEED QUEEN SEPARATIST ANJORA CORP. REPURCHASE $5, MOONFLASH GAP F 4/9/14 FIRST MOONFLASH GENDER GAP RAISE A SECRET DOUBLE LL FARM JUAN ESQUIVEL $4, BRIMMERTON MOON F 5/15/14 FIRST MOONFLASH FINE CELEBRATION BRIMMERTON DOUBLE LL FARM MANUEL ELIGIO MARRUFO $7, A BLU FLASH F 3/4/14 FIRST MOONFLASH CHICKIE BLU CHICKS A BLAZIN DOUBLE LL FARM REPURCHASE / REPURCHASE $8, SWISS WHITE WINE C 3/3/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) ALICE K WHITE FIRST DOWN DASH MJ FARMS MARIO B. LUJAN $6, WOODYS PINK CORONA C 4/6/14 WOODBRIDGE CHANTELL CORONA CORONA CARTEL MJ FARMS ARNULFO CARDENAS $7, PERFECT FIRST MOON C 1/11/14 FIRST MOONFLASH PERFECTO CHECK HIM OUT DOUBLE LL FARM MICHELLE JUNGERS $30, PRINCESS JESSIE JANE F 3/1/14 JESSE JAMES JR A SCOOTIN PRINCESS HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE DANIEL NUNEZ $20, FIND ME CALIENTE F 4/26/14 CORONA CALIENTE WHAT A FIND ON A HIGH ANJORA CORP. REPURCHASE $4, BREAKIN GOOD C 3/29/14 JESSE JAMES JR FDD CAMBRIA FDD DYNASTY MJ FARMS FORD & SORENSON RACING $7, KING OF THRONES C 1/19/14 BIG DADDY CARTEL QUINTESSENTIAL QUEEN INVISIBLE INJUN MJ FARMS REGAL RACING STABLES, LLC $15, JESSES MASERATI C 3/31/14 JESSE JAMES JR TANGLED VINES DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS MICHELLE JUNGERS $27, CHICKS LADY REGARD F 3/27/14 CHICKS REGARD LADY MARJALE NOW I KNOW DOUBLE LL FARM KARIM FOURNIER $4, HOVER BOARD F 1/21/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER FLY TA CARTEL CORONA CARTEL QUALITY FARMS $20, YUDES JESS DASHIN C 4/1/14 JESS A CHICKS BABY DOLL DASH DASH EASY DOUBLE LL FARM SCOTT BRYANT $25, BLUSHETTE F 2/2/14 JESSE JAMES JR TYLERETTE BLUSHING BUG EUGENE THERWHANGER $11, UBER C 3/15/14 JESSE JAMES JR JEWEL OF THE NIGHT AZOOM SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE $6, ARBOR STICK C 4/8/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) ARBOR MIST BLUSHING BUG MJ FARMS MANSELA DIAZ $4, HUMOR THE QUEEN F 2/19/14 JESSE JAMES JR QUINTESSENTIAL QUEEN INVISIBLE INJUN MJ FARMS DENIS & JULIE SCHOENHOFER $8, ALLINAFLASH C 3/13/14 FIRST MOONFLASH MOLLY MY LOVE (TB) DOME (TB) MARK & ANNETTE MCCLOY REPURCHASE $32, CRISTOBELL JAMES F 2/6/14 JESSE JAMES JR SANDYS FAME DASH TA FAME MJ FARMS ROGELIO CARRASCO SR. $9, JESSIE REIGNS F 3/8/14 JESSE JAMES JR BB ROYALTY REIGNS ROYAL QUICK DASH SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE BRENT & GINA SITTERUD $4, LOVE THAT SWISSLE F 4/1/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) LOVE THAT CHAPELLE BLUSHING BUG MJ FARMS VICTOR CHAVEZ $5, LEGAL RUNNAWAY C 3/7/14 SIGN TO BE A RUNAWAY CITY VEIL (TB) GOTHAM CITY (TB) CYNTHIA DICK REPURCHASE $1, SWEET SUPER WOMAN F 2/20/14 TAKIN ON SPOON MAN DULCE DIVA DEEFIRST ANJORA CORP. LONNIE VAUGHN $5, CHICKS TAKIN FIRST F 4/4/14 CHICKS REGARD AS TAKIN FIRST TAKIN ON SPOON MAN ANJORA CORP. REPURCHASE $15, RKMGOTANOTHERQUEEN F 3/31/14 JESSE JAMES JR BILLYJEANTHEQUEEN ROYAL QUICK DASH DOUBLE LL FARMS CARLOS I VALENZUELA $4, VERY FIRST TRICK C 4/19/14 FIRST MOONFLASH VERY CLEVER TRICK (TB) CLEBER TRICK (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM REPURCHASE $8, VETTICA JAMES F 3/15/14 JESSE JAMES JR TEXAN HERO VALIANT HERO DOUBLE LL FARM JAVIER MONTOYA $3, NO CHROME ANNIE F 1/29/14 HARD HITTING ANNIE JONES (TB) PROSPECTOR JONES (TB) TNL FARM, INC. ROBERT E. WILLIAMS JR $5, SWISS BUG C 3/23/14 SWISSLE STICK (TB) SANDY JUNE BUG BLUSHING BUG MJ FARMS THOMAS DAVILA $5, SNOW ROYAL F 4/7/14 SIXES ROYAL SNOW REGARD CHICKS REGARD DOUBLE LL FARM JULIO C RIOS $5, SWEET MAGGIE MOON F 2/10/14 FIRST MOONFLASH SWEET DEEDS DEAN MIRACLE DOUBLE LL FARM P & J RACING $20, FANFREAKNTASTIC F 3/8/14 FREAKIER ON THE RARE SIDE THE DOWN SIDE SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REPURCHASE $3, MY FAVORITE SCOOTER F 5/20/14 HEZA MOTOR SCOOTER FAVORITE CHICKADEE (TB) FAVORITE TRICK (TB) DOUBLE LL FARM REPURCHASE $9, CALIENTE N SWEET F 4/17/14 CORONA CALIENTE SWEET SPEED (TB) HIJO DE STEEL (TB) ANJORA CORP. REPURCHASE $4, YES ITS ME F 3/23/14 CORONA CALIENTE MEMORY CREST LEAVING MEMORIES DOUBLE LL FARM MIKE ABRAHAM / MOORING: DESIREE $15, STAR OF BELEN ATILLA S STORM STAR OF BELEN DOUBLE LL FARM GREG GREEN $2, WAITINGONASUNNYDAY WEATHER WARNING STREAKIN EXCESS TNL FARM, INC. ORVILLE BLADES $2, MADAME MOJESKA - F SOUTHWESTERN HEAT (TB) MADAME MODJESKA (TB) FIRE THE GROOM (TB) A & A RANCH, LLC REPURCHASE $1, UNBRIDLED SET/S ROLL HENNESSY ROLL UNBRIDLED SET A & A RANCH, LLC JOE DEE BROOKS / SCOTT BRYANT $27,000 / ALAN & MELANIE MILLER 175 LEADING PROSPECT EVERYDAY HEROES I LL LEAD HUNTER CREEK FARM ZANE BOBBITT $1, ABAJO S PLAY ATILLA S STORM ABAJO S PLAY DOUBLE LL FARM REPURCHASE $1, PRETTY DANSEUR IRISH ROAD PRETTY DANSEUR A & A RANCH, LLC JIMMY BANKSTON $1, VICTORY GIRL-S DOME VICTORY GIRL DOUBLE LL FARM BILL ROBERTSON $5, C K CHARLIE DOME FOLLOW MY TAIL A & A RANCH, LLC WINNIE VICK $15, EXCESSIVE DRACONIC/F DOME EXCESSIVE DRACONIC DOUBLE LL FARM SAMMY NATERA $1, INDY FLYER PRAGMATIC CATALINA FLYER HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $1, EIRE O INDY INDIES SUPERIOR DEPUTY HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $1, FASTINATING ALLIE MONTEREY JAZZ SANDIA S FLICKA SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE JOE DEE BROOKS $14, BRIGHT LIGHTS WHO QUINTON S GOLD BRIGHTEST SMILE A & A RANCH, LLC TERESA CALDERON $1, BLAZING AWAY DIABOLICAL BLAZING BARTOK A & A RANCH, LLC DICK CAPPELLUCCI $2, BOOTS N PANTS SURVIVOR SLEW WILDWOOD BAND SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REPURCHASE / REPURCHASE $1, N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

81 HIP HORSE S DATE NUMBER NAME SEX FOALED SIRE DAM DAM SIRE CONSIGNOR BUYER SALE PRICE 191 EXPLOSIVE PEACHES/F ATILLA S STORM EXPLOSIVE PEACHES A & A RANCH, LLC DUSTIN BROOKS $20, FLOWERSINTHEALLEY/F WEATHER WARNING FLOWERSINTHEALLEY DOUBLE LL FARM J BAR 7 RANCH LLC $2, TRAVELLIN LUCKY DIABOLICAL NO MORE TRAVELLIN A & A RANCH, LLC J BAR 7 RANCH LLC $12, STICKY LANE -F ATTILA S STORM STICKY LANE DOUBLE LL FARM ADAM SMITH $6, WAKI S PRIDE WAKI INDY COMPLETE PRIDE H. JOE ALLEN REPURCHASE $10, ZERO ZERO SIETE EVERYDAY HEROES SYMPHONIC LADY SOUTH SPRINGS STALLION STATION REPURCHASE $14, MILES OF AISLES/S DIABOLICAL MILES OF AISLES A & A RANCH, LLC REPURCHASE $10, GIFTS IN EXCESS/S ROLL HENNESSY ROLL GIFT S IN EXCESS A & A RANCH, LLC REPURCHASE / REPURCHASE $10,000 / REPURCHASE 199 QUE PASA MR. GOLD MOVER CHARLOTTE S DRONE DOUBLE LL FARM REPURCHASE $10, CLEVER BLING CHICK EVERYDAY HEROES OH SO CLEVER HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $14, SILVER STAIRS/F INDIAN FIREWATER SILVER STAIRS ALLEN FARM, INC. REPURCHASE $5, SWISS EYDIE SWISSLE STICK FAST EYDIE MJ FARMS VALERIE MEDINA $2, QUEEN TRIGGER - F DOME QUEEN TRIGGER DOUBLE LL FARM LOUIS ERRAMOUPE $1, DIXIE KISS/F ROLL HENNESSY ROLL DIXIE KISS A & A RANCH, LLC JOE DEE BROOKS / SCOTT BRYANT $26, CASINO RAIN STELLAR RAIN LADY IN DANGER TNL FARM, INC. JERRY & SHEREE CANNON $2, LILLY DALE WHO QUINTON S GOLD LILLY S TIME A & A RANCH, LLC GREG GREEN $3, I M A LEGEND ATILLA S STORM DANCE IN SEATTLE MR. & MS. R.C. JONES MELISSA HUSSEY $2, DREAM KIN - S ATILLA S STORM DREAM KIN DOUBLE LL FARM ED WRIGHT $20, CITY LIGHTS WHO INDIAN FIREWATER SILVERUP A & A RANCH, LLC PAUL BLANCHARD / R. D. HUBBARD $16, TOLL FREE ATILLA S STORM PRETTY SUZI A & A RANCH, LLC PAUL BLANCHARD / R. D. HUBBARD $8, I M A BUCKPASSER EMBRACE THE STORM LIAHONA HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $3, SWISS MAGIC SWISSLE STICK ORIANA S MAGIC MJ FARMS GREG GREEN $4, Blond Lady/S DOME BLOND LADY DOUBLE LL FARM PIERRE & LESLIE AMESTOY $17, MR. MOOCH TIN CAN SAILOR DEVONS SUPER LADY DOUBLE LL FARM DONALD W ERICKSON $6, LA MESA CHARLY MR CHARLYPOTATOES MARIE NOT MARY JOE ARMSTRONG ALEJANDRO ARZABALA $2, CASABLANCA HOT SOUTHWESTERN HEAT ARCTIC STORM CLOUD HUNTER CREEK FARM ALLAN JACKSON $1, MISS BROOK/F DOME MISS BROOK DOUBLE LL FARM KERRY SHOWALTER $3, RITZY ATLANTIC SILVER WAGON ATLANTIC BREEZE HUNTER CREEK FARM ADAM SMITH $2, HE S ANOTHER WHO QUINTON S GOLD MYSTERIOUS BANDIT A & A RANCH, LLC JON ZIMMERMAN $3, HAWAIIAN - F TIN CAN SAILOR HAWAIIAN DOUBLE LL FARM J ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ $1, MISS RULES DADDY WARBUCKS LITTLE MISS RULER CAROL LEE TAYLOR REPURCHASE $1, CHAMAR CAR CARACAL BELLE FLAMME CAROL LEE TAYLOR REPURCHASE $1, QUANTICO JOE MR. GOLD MOVER QUELL DOUBLE LL FARM MIKE STINSON $20, NEW MEXICO HOT SOUTHWESTERN HEAT ZUELLA HUNTER CREEK FARM ERNIE & BRENDA WOOD $2, STORM ON INDY EMBRACE THE STORM REAPING REWARD HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $1, ECHO EIGHT DIABOLICAL SOULFUL A & A RANCH, LLC ARMANDO ARREOLA $3, HANOI HANNAH EVERYDAY HEROES REEL DANGER HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $1, MISS INDIAN WHO INDIAN FIREWATER MISS HADIF A & A RANCH, LLC BALTAZAR GUTIERREZ $1, LEADING MOVES - F ATILLA S STORM LEADING MOVES DOUBLE LL FARM REPURCHASE $4, PERSONAL SPONSOR/F WEATHER WARNING PERSONAL SPONSOR DOUBLE LL FARM VERNER QUERY $1, SHEPERD S STAR - F WEATHER WARNING SHEPHERD S STAR DOUBLE LL FARM GREG GREEN $3, SASSY WHO INDIAN FIREWATER SPRING CATCH A & A RANCH, LLC JOE DEE BROOKS $10, NEW MEXICO CHROME SOUTHWESTERN HEAT THANKS FOR SMOKIN H. JOE ALLEN REPURCHASE $4, STAR GONE SILVER SILVER WAGON GREELEY S STARRE HUNTER CREEK FARM ALLAN JACKSON $1, LAURAS INDIANMUSIC INDIAN FIREWATER LAURAS LAST MUSIC TNL FARM, INC. JASON BAILEY / JOE DEE BROOKS $7,000 / SCOTT BRYANT / MIKE HENSON / DANNY MILLER 239 TIZ A STELLAR BREW STELLAR RAIN TIZ A BUD GIRL ALLEN FARM, INC. LONNY HUSEMAN $20, WESTERN FLAIR/S WEATHER WARNING WESTERN FLAIR DOUBLE LL FARM LEACH RACING, LLC $5, STORMIN PROMISE ATILLA S STORM STORMIN BRIGADE HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $15, JAZZ TRICK MONTEREY JAZZ TRICKY STREET SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE JACKIE RIDDLE $2, I M A DANCIN WHO INDIAN FIREWATER BELLY DANCE A & A RANCH, LLC JOE DEE BROOKS / SCOTT BRYANT $27,000 / DERROL HUBBARD / LEE LEWIS / TED RUSHING 245 SIDEWINDER SALLY MR. GOLD MOVER TEF S PORCHE DOUBLE LL FARM REPURCHASE $8, RINGBACK/S ROLL HENNESSY ROLL RINGBACK A & A RANCH, LLC REPURCHASE $13, MO ED WHO THE WAY HOME EMILY S HOPE A & A RANCH, LLC BART HONE $6, ONDISPLAY - F DOME ONDISPLAY DOUBLE LL FARM TYLER D GRAHAM $7, THROWING ACES PRECOCITY WILD AS EVER A & A RANCH, LLC DONALD W ERICKSON $5, ROCK N ROLL ME ROLL HENNESSY ROLL SHAMROCK GIRL CYNTHIA DICK DUSTIN BROOKS / JOE DEE BROOKS $57,000 / SCOTT BRYANT 251 THUNDER BERTIE/S ROLL HENNESSY ROLL THUNDER BERTIE A & A RANCH, LLC DICK CAPPELLUCCI $4, WALTZINGWITHNANCY PRECOCITY DANCE COMPANY YELLOWROSE FARM DAVID WOLOCHUK $7, BUBBA RAIN STELLAR RAIN CARSONCITYPROSPECT TNL FARM, INC. BEVERLY BOURGUET / RALPH VINCENT $2, DONTRAINONME STELLAR RAIN SPOONEX TNL FARM, INC. PEARCE: DARA $2,100 Q-RACING JOURNAL NOVEMBER

82 HIP HORSE S DATE NUMBER NAME SEX FOALED SIRE DAM DAM SIRE CONSIGNOR BUYER SALE PRICE 255 SHE KNOWS WHO INDIAN FIREWATER I AM WHO A & A RANCH, LLC S. F. HENDERSON $30, LUXURY FLIGHT/F DIABOLICAL LUXURY FLIGHT A & A RANCH, LLC ARMANDO ARREOLA $3, FORTYFOURSMOKELESS EVERYDAY HEROES FOUR SIXTEEN HUNTER CREEK FARM LESTER WRIGHT $20, EQUALITY CAT - S GOLDEN RANSOM EQUALITY CAT HUNTER CREEK FARM ARNULFO VALDEZ $1, ROLL HOSS ROLL ROLL HENNESSY ROLL SEATTLE WALTZ MR. & MS. R.C. JONES ALFONSO BORREGO $1, FOXY INDIAN WHO INDIAN FIREWATER SO FOXY A & A RANCH, LLC ED WRIGHT $8, EXPECT A STORM ATTILA S STORM PRAIRIE MOONLIGHT A & A RANCH, LLC AGENT FOR JOE DEE BROOKS / R. D. HUBBARD $65,000 WILLIAM R. HATCHETT 262 C TWO ANNIE S ROAD BEACON HILL ROAD ONO ANNIE CAROL LEE TAYLOR JONATHAN LEMONS $1, SPECIAL COIN GOLD CASE WAGE A PENNY A & A RANCH, LLC LIONEL ONSUREZ $4, KRACKER JACK WHO INDIAN FIREWATER DIXIE COURAGE A & A RANCH, LLC JOHN NORRIS $6, IRA HAYES EVERYDAY HEROES DOMINA HUNTER CREEK FARM GREG GREEN $3, SENSATIONAL KEY/F WEATHER WARNING SENSATIONAL KEY DOUBLE LL FARM FREDDA DRAPER / LOLA WILLIS $1, STILTS MCGEE THE WAY HOME TIDE RUNNER SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE JOE DEE BROOKS / SCOTT BRYANT $7,500 / MIKE HENSON / ALAN & MELANIE MILLER 269 GOLDEN GEISHA MR. GOLD MOVER GEISHA DANCER DOUBLE LL FARM JON ZIMMERMAN $4, POISED BY WHO INDIAN FIREWATER POISED BY DESIGN A & A RANCH, LLC O MIKE CADOTTE $2, MONTECRYPTO JAZZ MONTEREY JAZZ CRYPTO KISS SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE CLAY HARRIS $3, GOING WEST GAL/F SURVIVOR SLEW GOING WEST GAL DOUBLE LL FARM DALE F TAYLOR $12, LAUREN LYNN/S DOME LAUREN LYNN DOUBLE LL FARM MIKE H CARSON $8, HOUSEBUSTING HARRY EVERYDAY HEROES HUT MAID HUNTER CREEK FARM ALFONSO BORREGO $1, RASKA/S DOME RASKA DOUBLE LL FARM PIERRE & LESLIE AMESTOY $38, JOLIE S LILLIAN/F ATILLA S STORM JOLIE S LILLIAN A & A RANCH, LLC DONALD A. SPURLOCK $5, LE GRANDE WHO LA GRANDE DANSEUR HANG UP A & A RANCH, LLC STEVE BROWN / STEVE PRATHER $6, ACK ACK GIRL SURVIVOR SLEW CHIMES LASS HUNTER CREEK FARM BARBARA BROWN $2, VIPERVAPOR/F SOUTHWESTERN HEAT VIPERVAPOR A & A RANCH, LLC JOE DEE BROOKS / SCOTT BRYANT $30,000 / DERROL HUBBARD / LEE LEWIS / TED RUSHING 280 VOWS KEPT/S ROLL HENNESSY ROLL VOWS KEPT A & A RANCH, LLC K. W. SHARP / DONALD A. SPURLOCK $3, ITSPARTYTIMEAGAIN - S DOME ITSPARTYTIMEAGAIN DOUBLE LL FARM JON ZIMMERMAN $1, LUXURY LIMO/F ATTILA S STORM LUXURY LIMO ALLEN FARM, INC. STANLEY FORBES $17, BONNIE LIZA EVERYDAY HEROES PRETTY ELIZA JANE HUNTER CREEK FARM REPURCHASE $1, HARRYS AT HANOVER PULPIT SILENT SERENADE A & A RANCH, LLC JOE MERRICK $2, I AM WHO QUINTON S GOLD BRIGHTEST SMILE A & A RANCH, LLC MIKE AND YEALONDA LOGAN $3, SPRING CATCH CRAFTY PROSPECTOR PEAU DE SOIE A & A RANCH, LLC REPURCHASE $1, VICTORIA SHINES BRING THE HEAT QUIET SHINE A & A RANCH, LLC CLIFFORD II GRAHAM $2, DON T GET MARRIED DIXIE UNION CATCH A WARNING A & A RANCH, LLC REPURCHASE $1, DANDY DONNA SUCCESSFUL APPEAL MADONNA LILY A & A RANCH, LLC JIM VOLK $1, LUCKY WOMAN HADIF DIAMONDS AGAIN A & A RANCH, LLC DERRICK JENKINS $6, LUCKY EMMIE B FORTUNATE PROSPECT NASHERRICO A & A RANCH, LLC NO BID / NO BID $0 292 RAMA LASSIE HADIF RAMACHANDRA A & A RANCH, LLC JOE MERRICK $3, CRAFTY MEME CRAFTY PROSPECTOR BOSANQUET A & A RANCH, LLC REPURCHASE / REPURCHASE $1, WHO S RUMOR HADIF RAMACHANDRA A & A RANCH, LLC NO BID $0 295 ISLAND SHINE HENNESSY QUIET SHINE A & A RANCH, LLC MASON MEADOWS $1, POISED BY DESIGN MONTBROOK POISED TO POUNCE A & A RANCH, LLC GREG GREEN $2, PACIFIC REIGN ALTAZARR PACIFIC PATTI SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE NO BID $0 301 DOMES VICTORY DOME VICTORY GIRL A & A RANCH, LLC TODD FINCHER / BRAD KING $6, CRYPTO KISS KISSIN KRIS CRYPTOQUEEN SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE NO BID $0 303 ESCALADY MR JESS PERRY ARTESIAS BEDUINO HUNTER CREEK FARM MIKE ABRAHAM $18, SANDIA S FLICKA SANDIA SLEW SVENSKA FLICKA SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE REPURCHASE $2, JESS ADORATION M 3/27/11 MR JESS PERRY FIRST TO ADORE FIRST DOWN DASH HUNTER CREEK FARM CYNTHIA DICK $20, RUBY NECKLACE M 1/30/08 CORONA CARTEL TINY FIRST DOWN FIRST DOWN DASH DOUBLE LL FARMS ARGELIO AGUAYO $10, SILVER STAIRS DEMIDOFF PROSPECT SARAS ACK ALLEN FARM, INC. MAURCENIA CROSS / JIM FOX $2, HEADING HOME M 3/18/07 MR JESS PERRY FEET DOWN FIRST FIRST DOWN DASH HUNTER CREEK FARM BUENA SUERTE EQUINE $8, FAME TO CLAIM M 2/25/09 TELLER CARTEL MIRANDA FAME DASH TA FAME DOUBLE LL FARMS RENEE SPILLER $9, BABY KALEI CUVEE VOLITORIA BORN RUNNING RANCH NO BID $0 311 JEANIE ON CALL M 4/19/98 CALLIGRAPHER JEANIE JEAN MUSCLE BAR SIERRA BLANCA EQUINE NO BID $0 314 PINK BLANKET DA STOOPS MAGICAL PROMISE BORN RUNNING RANCH NO BID $0 315 NIGHT POWER BENCHMARK SPIRITED CARLY BORN RUNNING RANCH JIM VOLK $1, PRAIRIE MOONLIGHT PREMEDITATION PRAIRIE FIRE A & A RANCH, LLC JIM VOLK $2, LETHAL FACTOR M 2/9/04 DEAN MIRACLE LETHAL CASH TAKIN ON THE CASH A & A RANCH, LLC TREY WOOD $5, CASH IN ON CHICKA M 1/26/15 BIG DADDY CARTEL BEINTHERE CHICKS BEDUINO DOUBLE LL FARM DENNIS WIEBE $5, BEINTHERE M 4/7/95 CHICKS BEDUINO BF FIRST LIEN BY YAWL DOUBLE LL FARM JACOB J. III SIMMONS $1, JESS BLAZIN N LETHAL C 1/31/15 JESSE JAMES JR SHEZ A CHICK TOO CHICKS A BLAZIN DOUBLE LL FARM JUAN CASTRO $5, N OVEMBER 2015 Q-RACING JOURNAL

83