TRIALS FOR GOVERNOR'S CUP FUTURITY RG1 & DERBY RG2
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TRIALS FOR GOVERNOR'S CUP FUTURITY RG1

• 3 Finalists Sired by FIRST DOWN DASH
• 4 Finalists Sired by Sons of FIRST DOWN DASH
• 2 Finalists Out of Daughters of FIRST DOWN DASH

TRIALS FOR GOVERNOR'S CUP DERBY RG2

• 3 Finalists Sired by FIRST DOWN DASH
• 6 Finalists Sired by Sons of FIRST DOWN DASH

Of the 20 finalists to the Governor's Cup Futurity and Derby, 18 were sired by First Down Dash, by sons of First Down Dash or out of daughters of First Down Dash.

WORLD CHAMPION FREAKY IS BACK IN TRAINING
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World Champion Freaky is back in training and looking for his first outing since winning the February 20 Los Alamitos Winter Championship said trainer Adan Farias on Sunday night.

Owned by Armando Aguirre, Freaky is now expected to make his first Grade 1 start in the Go Man Go Handicap on Saturday, September 10. He is now expected to skip the Spencer L. Childers Memorial California Breeders Championship Handicap on California Breeders Champion on Saturday, July 31.

"He came back looking like a 2-year-old," Farias said. "Vessels Stallion Farm did a marvelous job with this horse. He looks so happy. We took him out of the track the other morning and he was bucking and playing. He’s been back at Los Alamitos since early June."  Read Entire Story...

FIRST DOWN ILLUSION WINS ED BURKE MILLION FUTURITY
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A couple of years ago, Utah State Senator David Hinkins stated his love for racing with a few simple sentences. "Horse racing is not just a passion for us - it's an obsession," he said while also speaking on behalf of his brother Ross Hinkins during an interview. "Of course, our dream would be to race in a big race. We plan on racing our horses in California for a long, long time."

He stated those words in 2007 and three years later, the brothers’ dream is a reality, as the David and Ross Hinkins not only raced in a big race – they were part of Saturday’s $1,064,000 Ed Burke Million Futurity at Los Alamitos – they won the big race courtesy of the 29-1 longshot First Down Illusion. With Rodrigo Aceves in the irons for trainer Adan Farias, the Zory Kuzyk-bred First Down Illusion defeated Legacy Ranch’s Flying Fig by a half-length while covering the 350 yards in :17.248. The victory now makes First Down Illusion eligible to win the $1 million Los Alamitos Cash Bonanza, the track’s version of the Triple Crown.

The running of the Ed Burke Million Futurity was marred by the injury of fastest qualifier Leave The Scene. With G.R. Carter in the irons, Leave The Scene crossed the finish line in sixth place and a few strides later fell down after suffering an injury to his left front leg. Star In The East stumbled over Leave The Scene and also hit the ground. The filly walked away from the fall under her own power. Neither Carter nor Star In The East’s jockey, Ramon Sanchez, appeared to be injured because of the fall. Leave The Scene was euthanized. The complete order of finish is as follow: First Down Illusion, Flying Fig, Personal Glory, More Than You Know and All N The Jeans (dead-heat for fourth), Leave The Scene, Jose Pablo, Favorite Admirer, and Star In The East. Pushing Dazies was an early scratch.

Purchased at the Ruidoso Yearling Sale for $24,000, First Down Illusion earned $430,080 after breaking his maiden in the Ed Burke Million. The son of First Down Dash and out of a female family that has to be one of the most decorated in Quarter Horse racing, First Down Illusion is now the nation’s number one horse in money earned with $433,135. His pedigree did not escape David and Ross Hinkins when they were perusing the Ruidoso sale catalog. His dam, Fishers Fantasy, is a half sister to stakes winners like Check Her Twice, First Femme, Dash To Chivato, Fishers Dash, etc. Fishers Fantasy traces back to AQHA Hall of Fame mare Do Good. And then there’s First Down Illusion’s sire, the legendary First Down Dash.   Read Entire Story...

GIORGINO, DASHINGFORDESTINY WIN TQHA SIRES' CUP RACE
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June 5, 2010 – Sam Houston Race Park presented a pair of rich stakes on Saturday night with Dashingfordestiny upsetting the $54,727 TQHA Sires’ Cup Derby (RG3) and Giorgino scoring in the $113,502 TQHA Sires' Cup Futurity (RG2). The races were restricted to progeny of eligible stallions.

In the more lucrative of the two stakes, Jorge Haddad scored a trifecta as the breeder, owner and trainer of Giorgino, who picked up his second graded stakes win with a neck victory over even-money favorite and fastest qualifier Executive Precision. The Texas-bred colt by Apollo (TB) posted a 99 speed index with a :17.563 clocking at 350 yards. J.R. Ramirez was in the saddle. "This win makes three in a row so I couldn't be happier right now," said Haddad. "He just keeps getting better and better with each race and J.R. does a good job with him."

Giorgino’s win streak includes a victory in the John Deere East Juvenile Challenge (G3) at Delta Downs and a trial for the TQHA Sires’ Cup, which he won by 2 ¾ lengths with the third-fastest qualifying time. Giorgino, who has now earned $75,070, is out of the Grade 1-placed First Down Dash mare Las Alamitos, who is also the dam of 2009 Heritage Place Futurity (G1) winner Ragazzo, by Shazoom. Giorgino’s sire, Apollo (TB), has 23 American Quarter Horse stakes winners and the earners of more than $6.3 million. Executive Precision, a son of Executive Menace who was third in the Manor Downs Futurity (G1), dueled throughout and finished a clear second. Executive Menace also sired third-place finisher The Gray Menace.  Read Entire Story...

EXCESSIVE PASSION
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Northern California Yearling Sale graduate Excessive Passion rallied tenaciously through the stretch to win the $75,000 Harry Henson Stakes for three-year-olds, the Opening Day feature at Hollywood Park on April 21.

Excessive Passion is a stakes winner by Vronsky, out of the In Excess mare Ms. Hearts N Arrows, was bred by Old English Rancho and Berumen, is owned by Rusty Brown, Philip Lebherz and Alan Klein and trained by Jeff Bonde.

The $25,000 Northern California Yearling Sale purchase has three wins in four starts, earnings of $97,840 and was making his first start since finishing eighth in the Lost in the Fog Dec. 26.

GIVINITAROYALEFFORT PULLS UPSET WIN IN MILLION-DOLLAR HERITAGE PLACE FUTURITY
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—MAY 29, 2010—The richest night of racing during the 2010 American Quarter Horse & Mixed-breed Season at Remington Park did not disappoint with plenty of thrilling finishes. The most intense result from seven stakes events came in the $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity, the final race of the evening.

Givinitaroyaleffort won the Grade 1 race that went to a photo-finish, reaching the line by a head with three other rivals just outside of him in close proximity. Knuckles O Toole was second by a slim nose over the 4-5 wagering favorite Llano Teller who settled for third. Freighttrain B was another head behind in fourth.

A California-bred by First Down Dash from the Special Effort mare Delphia, Givinitaroyaleffort earned $420,000 for his Heritage Place Futurity victory. He was bred by Abigail Kawananakoa and was sold at the Heritage Place Yearling Sale in 2009 for $20,000.  Read Entire Story...

DAN LUCAS, SCOOP VESSELS ELECTED TO AQHA RACING COUNCIL
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May 21, 2010 – The American Quarter Horse Association today announced the two newest members of the AQHA Racing Council: Dan Lucas and Frank “Scoop” Vessels III.

Dan Lucas and wife Michelle are the owners and operators of Lucas Racing, Inc. in New Market, Maryland. Lucas started his racing operation in 1975, and began running American Quarter Horses at Pompano Park in 1978. He is a past member of the AQHA Racing Council and has served on the boards of the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association and the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association. Lucas Racing, Inc. earned the 2004 AQHA racing champion breeder award.

Vessels, the accomplished operator of Vessels Stallion Farm LLC in Bonsall, California, is a past member of the Racing Council and former AQHA Executive Committee member; he served his year as AQHA President beginning in 2004. Vessels Stallion Farm LLC was twice named AQHA racing champion breeder, in 1999 and 2006. Read Entire Story...

GIORGINO GETS FIRST INVITE TO $150,000 JOHN DEERE CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP
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VINTON, LA—MAY 1, 2010 — Giorgino’s victory in the John Deere was by only a neck as he rallied hard on the outside of the track under jockey Santo Carrizales, who accepted the mount from owner/trainer Jorge Haddad.

The winner defeated fastest qualifier Mystical Ocean B to pick-up a check for $17,303 and earn a coveted invite to the $150,000 Guaranteed John Deere Challenge Champion(G2) at The Fairgrounds Race Course in New Orleans on November 20th

Giorgino covered the 350 yards of the John Deere in a time of :17.692, which was good enough for a speed index of 92. The half-brother to 2009 Heritage Place Futurity(G1) winner Ragazzo was picking up his first win in four career starts.

The sorrel son of Apollo (TB) is 1-2-0 with earnings of nearly $30,000 . Two starts back he finished sixth in the $175,000 Longhorn Futurity(G2) at Manor Downs.  Read Entire Story...

HANNAS LAST CHICK SCORES FEATURE WITH EAST THURSDAY
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—APRIL 15, 2010—Just two weeks removed from a near-miss effort, Hannas Last Chick put forth a convincing effort Thursday night in winning an $18,600 allowance race for fillies and mares at Remington Park.

Owned by SM Cattle Export Company of Socorro, Texas and trained by Ronald Stephens, Hannas Last Chick finished second by a nose on April 1 in her Remington Park debut. She returned Thursday and would not be denied, winning by three-quarters of a length under jockey Dennis Means.

A 3-year-old California-bred, Hannas Last Chick battled for the early lead before putting away her competition late in the 400-yard race, crossing the finish in 19.91 seconds over a fast track.

Hannas Last Chick was the second-wagering choice at 7-2 odds and paid $9.20 to win, $4.20 to place and $3.60 to show. Copia returned $3 to place and $2.60 to show. Time For Wilena paid $4 to show.

A gray filly by Looking For Chicks from the In Excess (tb) mare Hateful Hanna, Hannas Last Chick posted her second career victory from 10 attempts, winning her first race at Remington Park. She earned $10,890 for the effort to move her career bankroll to $45,840. Read Entire Story...

SEPARATE GIG FASTEST QUALIFIER TO THE DIXIE DOWNS FUTURITY
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Separate Gig, a gray gelding owned by Oliver McArthur and Kirk Woolf, was the fastest qualifier to the Dixie Downs Futurity on Saturday while making his first start.

Separate Gig, bred in partnership by Woolf and Vessels Stallion Farm, LLC, is out of the multiple-stakes winner Gigarad ($110,758). He is trained by Jay Pitcher and was ridden in his trial by Dirk Crane.

HES TOO ICY FOR ME TOPS QUALIFIERS FOR GRADE 1 WEST TEXAS FUTURITY
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SUNLAND PARK, NM—APRIL 2, 2010—Dolores and Robert Gerhardt's Hes Too Icy For Me pulled away from Dash Back Ocean to post the fastest qualifying time for the $100,000-added West Texas Futurity(G1) on Friday afternoon.

The ten fastest qualifiers from the 11 trials races that saw 108 two-year-olds go to the post will return on April 18th to contest the 52nd running of the 300 yard futurity.

Saddled by Carlos Sedillo, the $36,000 Ruidoso Sale Yearling won the ninth trial (race 10) by ½ length. He completed the course in :14.851 to earn a 102 speed index in his career debut. Oscar Rincon was aboard the First Down Dash colt bred by Vessels Stallion Farm, LLC and D M Cattle Company. Read Entire Story...

HAREMS LAST DASH QUALIFIES FOR THE EL PRIMERO DEL ANO DERBY
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LOS ALAMITOS, CA—MARCH 20, 2010 - The trials to the richest running of the El Primero Del Ano Derby since 1988 provided several interesting storylines on Friday at Los Alamitos. This year's Grade 2 El Primero Del Ano final will feature a healthy purse of $214,400, a stakes high since Runaway Winner's victory in this race in '88.

The opening trial featured the return of Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby winner Headturner, a gelded son of Check Him Out who broke through the gate prior to the start but then went on to an impressive victory and the second fastest qualifying time of the night.

The second trial went to Vessels Stallion Farm and Wood et al's Harems Last Dash, the 2008 high seller at the Los Alamitos Equine Sale by First Down Dash, who posted the best effort in his career while posting the third fastest time of the night.

The final trial went to Salvador Pimienta's Rey Tiburon, who recorded a 1 1/4-length victory while posting the night's fastest qualifying clocking. The A Regal Choice colt's accomplishment gave his owner his best and most high profile result in a stakes trial.  Read Entire Story... 

NEW STALLIONS COVER FIRST MARES
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ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2010) -- California has seen an influx of promising stallions and they’ve just covered their first mares of the new breeding season.

Grade I winner Square Eddie, who stands at Vessels Stallion Farm for a $5,000 fee, is booked to 30 mares already for 2010, including the full sister of Devil His Due.

A son of Smart Strike, Square Eddie earned $819.336 and won the Breeders’ Futurity.  Read Entire Story... 

SQUARE EDDIE RETIRED TO STUD AFTER INJURY
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ARCADIA, Calif. - Square Eddie, the winner of the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity in 2008 in his American debut, has been retired to stud with a suspensory injury, owner Paul Reddam said on Friday.

The injury was detected on Thursday, two days before Square Eddie was scheduled to start in the $200,000 Strub Stakes at Santa Anita.

Reddam said that he will breed mares to Square Eddie at Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall, Calif., this year and that the 4-year-old colt will stand for a private fee to other breeders.

"We aren't going to market him hard, but if anyone wants to do a deal, I'll do a private deal," he said.

By Smart Strike, Square Eddie won 2 of 12 starts and $819,366. He beat maidens in his debut at Salisbury, England, in July 2008 and won the Breeders' Futurity over 1 1/16 miles by 4 3/4 lengths. Read Entire Story...

JUS LEDOUX IT
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The partnership of Vessels Stallion Farm and Los Bustardos has enjoyed great success over the years with the outstanding champion Little Bit Of Baja, the winner of the 2007 Los Alamitos Super Derby and a two-time runner-up in the Champion of Champions.

The rise of the remarkable Little Bit Of Baja began early in 2007 when the son of First Down Dash qualified to the Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes. Vessels Stallion Farm and Los Bustardos are now hoping that their young sprinter Jus Ledoux It can reach some of the heights of Little Bit Of Baja following his qualifying effort to this year's $134,000 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes.

Ridden by Rodrigo Aceves for trainer Adan Farias, Jus Ledoux It posted the fastest qualifying time to the February 27 Maiden Stakes final after covering the 350 yards in a flashy :17.263 when winning the third of six trials contested on Saturday. Read Entire Story...

CHUCHULUCO SPEEDS TO VICTORY IN $125,000 PEPSI COLA STAKES
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Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Chuchuluco speeds to victory in $125,000 Pepsi Cola Stakes

Chuchuluco made his Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino debut a winning one and scored a dominating two and one-quarter length victory in the $125,000 Pepsi Cola Stakes on Saturday. Under a thoughtful ride from Isaias Enriquez, Chuchuluco exploded to the front with a quarter mile go and raced away to an expansive victory. He pulled well clear of both Rig’s Runner and Huntin The Trash to win the 6 furlong New Mexico-bred feature.

The Pepsi Cola victory was the second career stakes triumph for the three-year-old Devon Lane colt. He also won the $140,000 New Mexico Cup Championship at Zia Park last fall. Chuchuluco added $75,000 to his bankroll which now exceeds $191,000. He has won 3 times from 5 career starts for the West Texas Racing Partners.  Read Entire Story...

TWO MORE FOR FIRST DOWN DASH!
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All time leading sire First Down Dash is the sire of two 2009 World Champions.

Tempting Dash with a 2009 Record of 4-4-0-0 and $673,970 in earnings was named the Champion 2-Year-Old-Colt.  Including two stakes wins in the Texas Classic Futurity (G1) and the Dash For Cash Futurity (G1).  He also set the Lone Star Park track record twice at 400 yards.

Alice K White with a 2009 Record of 7-3-2-1 and $237,642 in earnings and a Lifetime record of 11-5-2-1 and $278,342 in earnings was named the Champion 3-Year-Old-Filly.  Including two stakes wins in the Golden State Derby (G1) and La Primera Del Ano Derby (G2).  She also placed third in the Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap (G1) and fifth in the Governor's Cup Derby (RG1).

FIRST DOWN DASH TOPS $70 MILLION IN SIRE EARNINGS
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BONSALL, CA—JANUARY 12, 2010—Leading sire First Down Dash continues to extend his lead as racing’s all-time leading sire by money earned, as his get passed the $70 million mark, reaching $70,097,325 in earnings.

First Down Dash (Dash For Cash-First Prize Rose by Gallant Jet) turned 26 in 2010. As a racehorse, First Down Dash won 13 of 15 starts and earned $857,256. He was the sport’s world champion in 1987.

The sorrel stallion, owned by a syndicate, leads his own sire, Dash For Cash, who is second on the list with $39,990,245. Chicks Beduino is third with $34,667,423

From 19 crops, he currently has 1,850 registered foals. He has sired 1, 114 winners from 1,510 starters (74 percent) and 218 stakes winners (14 percent), as well as 33 racing champions. The stallion sits third on the list of all-time sires by winners, behind Easy Jet with 1,382 and Chicks Beduino with 1,116. In 2009, his Grade 1 winners included Fighter On Fire, A Tempting Dash, Tempting Dash and Alice K White.

First Down Dash was bred by A.F. Stanley Jr. and B.F. Phillips Jr. and currently stands at Vessels Stallion Farm at Bonsall, California.

FIRST DOWN DASH STRETCHES EARNING LEAD AS AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ALL-TIME LEADING SIRE
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When Templar Knight won the $224,407 Sunland Winter Futurity G2 Sunday afternoon at Sunland Park, First Down Dash stretched his lead even further as American Quarter Horse racing’s all-time leading sire.  The $105,472 earned by the gelding bred by Bill and Mary Eiland in partnership with Harris Racing vaulted First Down Dash over the $70 Million mark in earnings.

On Monday morning, First Down Dash had earners of $70,084,993. When notified by TRACK of First Down Dash’s latest achievement, Scoop Vessels said, “First Down Dash continues to amaze us all. What a wonderful time it has been for this horse to be in our barn for all these years. He truly is one of a kind. He has meant so much to our family and so much to the American Quarter Horse Association.”

First Down Dash became the only horse to sire the earners of $40 Million in 2002. In 2004, he topped the $50 million mark. In 2007, he eclipsed $60 Million. First Down Dash is sired by Dash For Cash, who ranks as the No. 2 all-time sire of money earners at $39,990,245.  Click Here for PDF...

LITTLE SURFER GETS TRACK RECORD IN HIALEAH DERBY
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HIALEAH, FL—DECEMBER 19, 2009—All-time Leading Quarter Horse trainer Paul Jones has now won stakes from coast-to-coast in 2009 after adding the inaugural running of the $140,410 Hialeah Derby to his repertoire Saturday afternoon.

Jones sent out long-shot Little Surfer to her first stakes win and a track record performance on Saturday afternoon for owner Lucas Racing, Inc.

The full-sister to world champion Wave Carver, champion Ocean Runaway and grade 1 winner Trisk completed the 440 yard course in :21.656 seconds under jockey Larry Payne. Grade 1 stakes-placed runner Vertical Vision set the previous track record of :21.735 in the December 5th derby trials at the South Florida racetrack.

The winner's purse of $58,972 pushed the royally bred daughter of First Down Dash's earnings to nearly $80,000. The gray filly was bred in Maryland by her owner.   Read Entire Story...

A STAR IN THE MAKING TEMPTING DASH
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Lone Star Park ended its 31-night Fall Meeting of Champions on November 28, and even though attendance and handle declined by double digits, a star in the making showed his face in Tempting Dash. A sorrel colt by all-time leading sire First Down Dash, Tempting Dash won all four of his races for owner Jose T. Morales, including the Grade 1, 400-yard Texas Classic and Dash For Cash futurities.

Tempting Dash not only won Lone Star’s two richest futurities, he also took the measure of both stakes records. The colt’s :19.379 clocking in the Dash For Cash Futurity broke by 14/100ths of a second the previous mark set by Rock Solid Jess two years ago. Stopping the timer in :19.205 in the Texas Classic, Tempting Dash shattered by 28/100ths – or about a length and a half – the previous record set by champion 2-year-old Eyesa Special in 2000.

Reigning world champion Stolis Winner showed us he still had it when he won the 440-yard Texas Classic Derby (G1) on closing night in :21.267, the third-fastest winning clocking in the stakes’ 17-year history. The victory marked the 3-year-old Stoli gelding’s first stakes win since September 1, 2008, when he won the All American Futurity (G1) at Ruidoso Downs, an accomplishment that is still being contested in district court in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  
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SALTY FRIES WINS CORTE MADERA
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In a California-bred sweep of the top three places, Salty Fries rallied in the stretch to win the $64,400 Corte Madera Stakes for two-year old fillies on Dec. 5, at Golden Gate Fields over Antares World, with Bleach Blonde third.

Salty Fries is by In Excess (Ire), out of the Salt Lake mare Salty Steph, and was bred by and foaled at her owner’s Legacy Ranch and is trained by Terry Knight.

She has three wins in seven starts, earnings of $83,122 and was coming off a second in a Nov. 18 optional claimer. Salty Fries ran the mile in 1:37.54 and won by a head at odds of 5-2.

TEMPTING DASH OUTDOES HIMSELF IN TEXAS CLASSIC FUTURITY WIN
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November 29, 2009 — Tempting Dash posted a :19.205 to break his own track record in the $1.1 million Texas Classic Futurity (G1) at Lone Star Park on Saturday, November 28, 2009. The sorrel colt earned a speed index of 111 while destroying the rest of the field in the richest horse race in Texas.

With Julian Cantu in the irons for trainer Eusevio Huitron, Tempting Dash stomped out a 2 and 3/4 length victory over closest competitor, Jessazoom. Jessazoom, owned by Donald Ray Plain, Sr. earned $243,187 for second. Third place finisher, Fire And Corona, took home $121,594 for owners Denis and Julie Schoenhofer.

"That was awesome, that was awesome," said owner Jose Trevino Morales. "We were expecting him to run big, but we weren't expecting something like this, to break the track record like this."

The Dash For Cash Futurity (G1) winner improved his race record to four for four with the Texas Classic Futurity (G1) victory. The $491,902 winner's purse boosted his career earnings to $673,970.

"The only thing I was worried about was him being anxious in the gate. But after that, all this horse wants to do is run and he has a big heart." JOCKEY

Bred by Muller Racing LLC, Tempting Dash is by First Down Dash out of A Tempting Chick by Chicks Beduino. Full brother to Grade 1 winner A Tempting Dash.

Full results: Tempting Dash, Jessazoom, Fire and Corona, Chi Ter, Illegal Fireworks, Mark It Famous, Jess For You, Shake Em Special Pop, Ms Athenas Dividend, and Justzoomin.

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS BERTH COMPLETED AFTER DIRECTORS TRIAL
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LOS ALAMITOS, CA—NOVEMBER 20, 2009 — Rancho El Alacran's My Lady First won the running of the $18,000 Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trial, but she was not the only winner in this race.

The Directors Trial determined the final four qualifiers to this year's $750,000 Champion of Champions, meaning that the second through fourth place finishers also advance to the prestigious 440-yard final to be held at Los Alamitos on Saturday, December 12.

It was My Lady First who earned the $9,900 first place share of the purse in the Z. Wayne Griffin, plus the distinction that goes along with winning this race, but the connections of runner-up Hawk In The City, third place finisher Masters Call, and fourth place finisher Little Bit Of Baja all had to feel like winners as well.

Little Bit Of Baja's story is one of the most interesting ones. The gelded son of First Down Dash will return to Quarter Horse racing's biggest stage for older horses for the third time in his great career.

The 2007 champion 3-year-old gelding has finished second in each of the last two runnings of the Champion of Champions, an accomplishment only matched by the great World Champion Be A Bono. Racing for Los Bustardos and Vessels Stallion Farm, Little Bit Of Baja hopes that the third time is the charm in his quest to win the Champion of Champions.  Read Entire Story...

FILLY WINS HANDICAP NAMED AFTER HER SISTER
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LOS ALAMITOS, CA—NOVEMBER 14, 2009 — What a night it was for the family of Moon Arisen at Los Alamitos.

The feature event of Friday evening recognized Moon Arisen's famous daughter Your First Moon with a $16,000 overnight handicap named in her honor. The winner of the race for sophomore fillies was another daughter of Moon Arisen, the now multiple local stakes winner Moonlight Corona, who used her tremendous quickness to post a neck victory over Debutante Handicap winner Catahawk in the 350-yard test.

"She is very quick out of the gate," said Moonlight Corona's owner, Ed Allred. "I love fillies that are quick and she fits that description. I can't wait to take her home to breed. We'll probably race her one or two more times and then it's the breeding shed. She comes from a great family."

Ridden by Jeff Jerman for trainer Scott Willoughby, Moonlight Corona covered the distance in :17.461. Sent off at odds of 6-1, the 3-year-old daughter of Corona Cartelimproved her record to four wins from 11 career starts.

Her first place share of $8,800 in the Your First Moon takes her lifetime earnings to $46,817. Earlier this year, the Vessels Stallion Farms-bred filly won the Go Josie Go Handicap for Allred. Moonlight Corona also ran fourth to Alice K White in the $236,000 La Primera Del Ano Derby on May 29.  Read Entire Story...

STAKES RECORDS FALL ON GREAT NIGHT OF RACING AT LOS ALAMITOS
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Half of the six races that make up the Bank of America Challenge Championships have new stakes record following a sensational night of American Quarter Horse racing on Saturday at Los Alamitos. In what was the 8th time that the famed oval built by the Vessels family hosted the Bank of America Challenge, and the beautiful speed of the fastest horses in the world delivered great performance after great performance the entire night.

New stakes records were posted by Fighter On Fire in the $350,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship, the marquee event on the evening's racing program, as well as new records by Saturday Nite Fever in the $200,000 Bayer Legend Derby Challenge, and by Stylish Jess Br in the $125,000 Merial Distaff Challenge. The showdown between greats Gone To The Mountain and Snowbound Superstar also lived up to expectations, as Gone To The Mountain ran a tremendous race to win the $125,000 Red Cell Distance Challenge, while Snowbound Superstar battled proudly the entire 870-yard race to finish in second place. Gone To The Mountain's winning time of :44.43 equaled the fastest time posted at Los Alamitos this year.

Owned by Rancho El Alacran of Joaquin Vega and his sons, Joaquin Jr. and Gilberto, Fighter On Fire beat 2007 AQHA divisional champion Little Bit Of Baja by a nose in the Grade 1 $350,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship at 440 yards. The victory gives the son of First Down Dash a berth into the $750,000 Champion of Champions, joining defending winner Jess You And I, the nation's number one ranked Quarter Horse Freaky, All American Derby winner Inseperable, Terrific Energy, Separate Bet, and Streakin Cherry in the December 12 quarter of a mile classic.

First Down Dash sired the first and second place finishers in this 440-yard race. Also sired by the legendary stallion, Los Bustardos' Little Bit Of Baja has now made $835,204 in his racing career after picking up a $70,000 check for finishing in second place. Also trained by Farias, Little Bit Of Baja had the lead in the early going before Fighter On Fire caught him at the end. Little Bit Of Baja was looking for a third outing in the Champion of Champions, having finished second each of the past two years.  Read Entire Story...

DASH TO CHIVATO DIES
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October 26, 2009 - Dash To Chivato, a Grade 1-winning son of First Down Dash who has sired the earners of more than $2.9 million, died this morning of cancer. The stallion was 13 years old.

An earner of $150,549 who was the 1999 high-point 3-year-old colt in California, Dash To Chivato won four of 19 races, including the Southern California Derby (G1) and PCQHRA Breeders’ Derby (G2). He also was second in four races, including The Classics Futurity (R); and third in three, including the Los Alamitos Derby (G1).

Dash To Chivato has sired 159 winners from 274 starters in seven crops raced, including 13 stakes winners and the earners to date of $2,951,057.

Out of the Beduino (TB) mare Fishers Favorite, Dash To Chivato is a full brother to stakes winners First Femme ($30,972) and Check Her Twice ($215,361), and to the stakes-placed Fishers Dash ($123,495). First Femme is the dam of the earners of more than $1.2 million, including champion Old Habits ($680,966), and other stakes winners One More Habit ($272,510), First Wrangler ($95,805) and Habitual ($41,529). Check Her Twice is the dam of stakes winners Check Him Out ($418,528) and Masters Call ($51,489). Fishers Dash has sired the earners of more than $8.9 million, including two champions and 18 other stakes winners.

CASH FOR COTTONTAIL TOPS TRIALS
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The fastest qualifying time to the $1,272,250 Golden State Million Futurity belonged to the Los Alamitos Equine Sale graduate Cash For Cottontail, a filly bred by Steve Burns DVM and sired by Hawkinson out of the Takin On The Cash mare West Coast Dash. Cash For Cottontail also had the second fastest qualifying time to the PCQHRA Breeders Futurity, where she finished fourth despite a slow start.

There was, however, nothing slow about Cash For Cottontail on Golden State Million trial night, as the sorrel filly flew from post number two en route to a 3/4 length victory over fellow qualifier Voulez Vous. Ed Allred's Thinking Jazz also qualified from this trial - the first of 11 on the night.

GOLDEN STATE MILLION NOTES:

Muller Racing's Shining First Dash won his trial in great fashion in what was his first start since running second in the Governor's Cup Futurity final... Zacharie Kelsey continues to shine at Los Alamitos. The jockey qualified a pair horses to the $1 million Los Alamitos Super Derby on Friday night and on Saturday night he piloted Abigail Kawananakoa's Divide The Cash to victory and a qualifying spot in the Golden State Million final. Divide The Cash is a colt by Time For Royal Cash, who won the Golden State Futurity for Kawananakoa and trainer Tom Bazley back in 1993... The American Quarter Horse Racing Journal has followed through a series of stories the career of Whole Lot Of Karma even before he made his first start. The Racing Journal should have a plenty to write about on its next update on the Apollo runner now that he is a Golden State Million finalist for Vessels Stallion Farm... Ed Allred will have two finalists in the Golden State Million finals in Governor's Cup finalists Thinking Jazz and The Partys On Fire. Allred co-owns the latter with Los Alamitos Race Course Vice-President Tom Seibly. The great Spencer Childers bred the Partys On Fire, who was third in the Governor's Cup earlier this year... Owned and trained by Felix L. Gonzalez, finalist Voulez Vous is the daughter of Ocean Runaway out of Sheeza Lil Val. That makes Voulez Vous a half sister to 2005 Los Alamitos Million Futurity winner Value The Man. It was Value The Man who spoiled the Jaime Gomez-trained Higher Fire's quest to win the Los Alamitos Cash Bonanza. Will another baby out of Sheeza Lil Val end another quest for the Los Alamitos Cash Bonanza?  Read Entire Story...

WALK THRU FIRE COLT IS $157,000 SALE TOPPER AT LOS ALAMITOS EQUINE SALE
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LOS ALAMITOS RACE COURSE, CYPRESS, CA.... The Los Alamitos Equine Sale enjoyed a strong second session that was pretty much on par with the second yearling session of 2008. The average for yearlings on the second session this year was a solid $14,417, only 4% less than the numbers for the second day of the 2008 session.

The management of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale expected solid numbers for this year's second session based on an attractive catalog. The horses and buyers delivered on the expectation, as nine of the 15 high sellers were purchased on day two of the sale, including the $157,000 high seller, a Walk Thru Fire colt consigned by Burns Ranch. Ramiro Villarreal Guajardo purchased Dexter Morgan (Hip #328) for the sale-topping price. The sorrel colt is out of the outstanding broodmare Fames Easy, who over the years has produced the multiple Grade 1 stakes placed filly Miss Kittys Bar Bet ($264,188), Kindergarten Futurity runner-up and All American Derby qualifier Dont Dink With Me ($164,153), and Ynot Bar, runner-up in the Governor's Cup Futurity, finalist in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, and a winner of $136,480.

"Burns Ranch enjoyed a pretty good sale here," said Jo Rae Burns. "We are happy with how things went for our consignments and excited to have the sale topper."

Both Ed Allred and Frank "Scoop" Vessels, the organizers of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale, were also pleased with the numbers for the second day of the sale.

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FIRST DOWN DASH FILLY IS $80,000 SALE TOPPER ON OPENING DAY OF EQUINE SALE
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Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CA... The filly (Hip #163) Hand Me That Corona, sired by First Down Dash out of the longtime outstanding producing mare Sizzling Lil, was the $80,000 sale topper on day one of the two-day Lo Alamitos Equine Sale. Purchased by Blane Schvaneveldt for owner Janet McKinnerney, Hand Me That Corona was part of the Vessels Stallion Farm consignment. She was also one of eight horses that sold for over $40,000 at the opening session of the Equine Sale, which resumes at 10 a.m. on Sunday, October 4.

Hand Me That Corona is a full sister to champion millionaire Corona Kool and a half sister to champion runner and blue-hen producer Corona Chick.

Joe and Jerri Muniz purchased (Hip #164) Duke Kahanamoku for $77,000 to make the son of Wave Carver the second high seller on the sale's opening session. J. Garvan Kelly and Nancy Yearsley consigned Duke Kahanamoku, who is out of the Chicks Beduino mare Sky Chicks, the dam of graded derby winner Dutch Schultz ($356,668), Southern California Derby winner Spike It And Fly ($184,837), and the mare Rule The Skies, the mother of El Primero Del Ano Derby winner Royal Proclamation ($161,407).

Ramiro Villarreal Guajardo purchased the third high seller from the 6666 Ranch consignment. Villarreal Guajardo paid $67,000 for the First Down Dash colt First Down Jaguars (Hip #138). First Down Jaguars is out of Shaded In Gray, whose female family includes Corona For Two, the third place finisher in the Ruidoso Juvenile Invitational, This Seis Can Race, a finalist in the La Primera Del Ano Derby, and Miss Sissy Gray, a finalist in the Golden State Derby.  Read Entire Story...

LOS ALAMITOS - MILDRED N. VESSELS MEMORIAL HANDICAP (G1)
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Terrific Energy - (4M, Mr Jess Perry-First Down Energy by First Down Dash, 11-6-2-1$147,882. O: Parsons Family Trust, B: Pohl & Pruitt/Burnett Ranches, T: Chris O'Dell, J: Eddie Garcia. Mare is a half sister to Grade 3-placed runner West Texas Energy.)

My Lady First - (4M, First Down Dash-Lady Of Lake (TB) by Salt Lake (TB). O: Rancho El Alacran Inc., B: Shultz Ranch, T: Adan Farias, J: Rodrigo Aceves. Mare is now four-times Grade 1 placed, won the California Breeders' Matron Stakes (RG2).)

Alice K White - (3F, First Down Dash-Champagne Lane by Lanes Leinster. O/B: MJ Farms, T: Mike Joiner, J: Cody Jensen. In her previous start, filly won the Golden State Derby (G1) over males, and earlier this year, she won the La Primera Del Ano Derby (G2).)

Sent off at 4-1, Terrific Energy dominated the Millie Vessels with a 1 1/4-length win, earning herself a berth to the Champion of Champions (G1). Last year's Millie Vessels winner, Stylish Jess BR, was scratched after being treated for symptoms of colic. In January, Terrific Energy won the Charger Bar Handicap (G1), and on August 21 was second to Stylish Jess BR in the Merial California Distaff Challenge (G3).

FULL BROTHER TO WAVE CARVER TOPS HERITAGE PLACE SALE
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September 21, 2009 - In a repeat of the September 4-6 Ruidoso Select Sale, the high seller at the September 17-19 Heritage Place Yearling Sale was a full brother to world champion Wave Carver and champion Ocean Runaway. The colt, named Half Pipe, is by First Down Dash out of the Runaway Winner mare Runaway Wave. Consigned by breeder Lucas Racing Inc., he was purchased by a syndicate for $325,000.

Oceans Apart, a full brother, was the Ruidoso high seller at $300,000.

According to numbers released by the sale company, the Heritage Place sale saw 735 horses sold for $8,225,350, an average of $11,190 per head. Another 139 hors es were repurchased and 58 were withdrawn.  Read Entire Story...

ALL AMERICAN FUTURITY (G1) RESULTS
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RUIDOSO DOWNS
September 7, $1,900,000, 440y, :21.144

Runnning Brook Gal (2F, Brookstone Bay (by First Down Dash) -RJK Runaway by Runaway Winner. B/O: A&C Racing & Roping, T: Paul Jones, J: Ramon Sanchez.)

Shesa First Ratify (2F, First Down Dash-Ratify by Chicks Beduino. B/O: Sandy Erwin, T: Jose Dominguez, J: Bonifacio Perez.)

First Corona Call (2G, Southern Corona-Be A First Call by Calligrapher. B/O: Richard Shearer, T: Blane Wood, J: Freddie Martinez.)

Favorite Cartel, Love Samba, Swingin Daddyo, Winners Cartel, Gols Victory Pop, Jess So Sixy. Scratched - Brooks Midnight.

Runnning Brook Gal dominated the field in the All American Futurity, skipping through the mud to win by 1 1/2 lengths. Favorite and fastest qualifier Love Samba was fifth.

ALL AMERICAN DERBY (G1) RESULTS
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September 6, $625,130, 440y, :21.096

Inseperable (3C, Separatist-A Delightful Legacy by First Down Dash. O: Harrel, Harrel, Adams and Peacock, B: Eaves Horses Family Ltd Partnership, T: Paul Jones, J: Cody Jensen.)

Fantastic Corona Jr (3C, Corona Cartel-Special Queen SA by Strawfly Special. O: Samaja, Andreini and Genco, B: Gianni Franco Samaja, T: Paul Jones, J: Ramon Sanchez.)

Royal Proclamation (3G, A Regal Choice-Rule The Skies by Rare Form. O/B: J. Garvan Kelly and Nancy Yearsley, T: Paul Jones, J: Larry Payne.)

One Diamond Kitty, King Brimmerton, Louisianafeature One, Brenda Beautiful, Stolis Winner, Fearless Fritz, Zamron.

Inseperable broke cleanly from the gates and led all the way in the All American Derby (G1), winning by a neck over fastest qualifier Fantastic Corona Jr. The Separatist colt also won the Rainbow Derby (G1), and earned himself a berth in December's Champion of Champions (G1).

ALL AMERICAN GOLD CUP (G3) RESULTS
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September 5, $50,000, 440y, :20.896

Streakin Cherry (4G, Streakin La Jolla-Cherry Creek Rose by First Down Dash. O: Juan Esquivel, B: Gary Aber, T: Juan Torres, J: Abdel Torres.)

Sailin Daylon (5G, The Rainbow Ranger-Sensational Affair by Behold A Sensation. O: Jose Angel Esparza, B: Frank Fazekas, T: Salvador Soto, J: Cody Jensen.)

A Streak Regard (4G, Chicks Regard-A Streak Ahead by Streakin Six. O: K H Logax Inc, B: Killer Humberto Lopez Gaxiola, T: Juan Gonzalez, J: Tony Guymon.)

Here To Entertain, BW Boogie, Git Er Done, In Dispute. Scratched - First To Blurr.

Second-choice Streakin Cherry blazed to a length victory in the All American Gold Cup (G1), with a :20.896 time over the classic distance at Ruidoso Downs.

ALL AMERICAN JUVENILE RESULTS
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September 7, $150,000, 440y, :21.38

Louisiana Blue Dream (2F, Jess Louisiana Blue-In His Dreams by Apollo (TB) (VSF bred). O: Karen Caison, B: JE Jumonville Jr., T: Eddie Willis, J: Roy Brooks.)

Down With You (2C, The Down Side-Im Stealing The Show by The Signature. O: R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard, B: Joan Dale Hubbard, T: Jaime Zamora, J: Chris Zamora.)

Van Zant (2C, Hawkinson-Pretty Jet High by On A High. O: Harvey Baeza, B: Steve Burns DVM, T: Harvey Baeza, J: G.R. Carter Jr.)

Speeding, Carry On.

Louisiana Blue Dream broke cleanly and raced to victory over four competitors.

FIRST DOWN DASH PROGENY DOMINATES CARD FOR THE LOS ALAMITOS GOLDEN STATE DERBY
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All time leading sire First Down Dash is the sire of 4 of the 10 qualifiers for the $250,000-guaranteed Golden State Derby at Los Alamitos. The Saturday evening races saw two other qualifiers out of daughters of First Down Dash qualify. Nine of the qualifiers have First Down Dash in their pedigrees. Los Alamitos Winter Derby winner A Tempting Dash (a son of First Down Dash) was the fastest qualifier. Amazing.

Congratulations to Vessel's, Lisa McMahon, and Robbi Knudsen
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"Congratulations to Vessel's, Lisa McMahon, and Robbi Knudsen for winning the "Most Outstanding Weanling for 2009" trophy that is through Speedhorse Magazine. The picture that won was of FDD/Blazin Fire colt that Robbi took. Outstanding picture, and outstanding colt! He was picked by their staff after going through the hundreds of foal pictures submitted throughout the year."

AQHA ANNOUNCES 2010 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
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America's Horse, July 22, 2009 - Three individuals and three horses will be inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame during the 2010 American Quarter Horse Association Convention, March 5-8 in Kissimmee, Florida.

The American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame was established in 1975 to honor people and horses instrumental in the development of the breed and the American Quarter Horse Association. Induction into the Hall of Fame is one of the highest honors bestowed by AQHA.

Frank "Scoop" Vessels III

An AQHA life member, Frank "Scoop" Vessels III served as AQHA president in 2004. Vessels has been around good horses all of his life, since his grandfather, Frank Vessels Sr., who was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 1989, started both Los Alamitos Race Course and Vessels Stallion Farm.

A recipient of the 1999 AQHA Champion Breeder of the Year and the 2000 Gordon Crone Special Achievement Award, Vessels was first appointed to the AQHA Racing Committee in 1992. He was awarded the John W. Galbreath Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurship in the Equine Industry from the University of Louisville's equine industry program in 2003. Read Entire Story...

QUICK ACTION SIRES FIRST WINNER
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Stakes winner Quick Action was represented by his first winner when his son Eternally Fast won July 17 at Calder Race Course. Owned by Half Moon Racing Stable, Eternally Fast captured the 4 1/2-furlong race by 4 1/2 lengths in :54.44 in his first start.

Bred in Florida by Martin Stables out of the stakes-placed American Standard mare Record Stands, Eternally Fast is a half-brother to stakes winner Scrubs and stakes-placed Two Stefees.

Quick Action (Carson City-Indian Sunset, by Storm Bird) stands at Midwest Equine Veterinary Hospital near Trafalgar, Ind. His 2009 fee was $2,500.

SEPARATE BET HONORED
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On June 9, the Remington Park press box released a list of horses who were honored for their 2009 performances at the Oklahoma City track. Separate Bet from the First Down Dash mare Better Bet On Me received 2009 Horse of the Meet honors. The Vessels Stallion Farm-bred Separate Bet won three stakes and set two track records. By winning the Grade I Remington Park Championship on May 30, he received an invitation to run in the Grade I Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos on December 12.

Here is the full list of honorees:
Horse of the Meet, Champion Older Male—Separate Bet
Champion Two-Year-Old—Ragazzo
Champion Three-Year-Old and Oklahoma Bred—Cuz Eye Said
Champion Older Female—Answer The Dream
Champion Distance Horse—Snowbound Superstar
Champion Claimer—Business Tycoon

STORM CAT (TB) ENTERS THE QUARTER HORSE WORLD
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Storm Cat (TB) has entered the Quarter Horse world. Champion Your First Moon, a $750,726-earning daughter of First Down Dash out of the winning Beduino (TB) mare Moon Arisen, on May 22 foaled this colt (right), who is owned by Grammy-winning singer star Lyle Lovett and Vessels Stallion Farm.

"We consider it a once in a lifetime opportunity to be in partnership with Lyle, and also to be involved with people like Dickson Varner from Texas A&M, Dr. Stuart Brown and everyone at Overbrook, and to be able to be a part of the legacy of, without question, the best Thoroughbred stallion of all time, Storm Cat," said Frank "Scoop" Vessels III, AQHA past president and master of Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall, California.

Click here to view a group of photos of the new yet-be-named colt; you'll need to use your scroll bar to move through the photos. New Slide show

CULVER ACADEMIES PARTICIPATING IN PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL PARADE
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Frank "Colt" Vessels, son of AQHA Past President Frank "Scoop" Vessels III and wife Bonnie, will be among the riders in Culver Academies' Black Horse Troop participating in the president's inauguration parade January 20 in Washington, D.C. Colt is a freshman at the Indiana boarding school.

Culver, one of only 49 schools invited to participate in the parade, plans to take 100 riders with their horses to the parade. Culver's participation in the inauguration is a tradition dating back more than 90 years to Woodrow Wilson's inaugurals in 1913 and 1917. In both, Culver's Black Horse Troop served as the personal escort to former Indiana Gov. and then Vice President Thomas Marshall. The Black Horse Troop made its third appearance during President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second inaugural in 1957, and then participated in every inaugural parade through 1989. It returned to the parade in 1997.

NO SECRETS HERE ARRIVING TO VESSELS FOR 2009 SEASON
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The 2006 Grade I All American Futurity winner No Secrets Here will enter stud in 2009 at Vessels Stallion Farm LLC, joining his sire First Down Dash and Two Time Champion Colt FDD Dynasty

No Secrets Here will be available to the public for the introductory fee of $5,000.

                         **BONUS**
The Breeders of the First Open Grade I winner by No Secrets Here will recieve $20,000 , the Second Open Grade I winner will recieve $10,000 and the Third Open Grade I winner will receive $5,000 Cash from Vessels Stallion Farm LLC.

REMEMBERING MILLIE VESSELS
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Saturday's running of the $250,000 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap honors the memory of the matriarch of Los Alamitos Race Course. Born in Hemet, California, "Millie" Vessels assumed command of the reigns as Los Alamitos Race Course President upon the death of her husband, Frank Vessels Jr., in December of 1974.

Millie had been involved in working closely with both Frank Sr. and Junior since the first days of Los Alamitos, but this was a challenging step for her to take on her own as she was the only female president of a major racetrack in the nation. Her stewardship of Los Alamitos was solid and steady. She engineered the development of the two richest races run in the state of California at the time - the Skoal Dash For Cash Futurity and the Kindergarten Futurity. Millie opened a $2.5 million, 400-stall expansion to the Los Alamitos barn area in the early 1980s.

"Millie was an integral part of Los Alamitos Race Course history," said Los Alamitos Race Course owner Ed Allred. "From the first day of this track's opening season and continuing today, Millie remains a wonderful part of Los Alamitos. We are proud to recognize her memory each year with the running of the $250,000 Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap."    Read Entire Story...

VESSELS ADDS RESIDENT VETERINARIAN DR. DAVID STONE
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Beginning October 15, Vessels Stallion Farm will have a veterinarian residing on the farm. David Stone, DVM, a graduate of Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, has accepted the position of resident veterinarian at Vessels Stallion Farm and will be relocating to California in the next few weeks.

Dr. Stone practiced several years in Tennesee and Alabama before joining Royal Vista Southwest and Maui Farm in Purcell, Oklahoma. His duties included breeding work at both locations. Scoop Vessels told TRACK, “This is something that we have wanted to do for several years, but we just never found the right person to fill the position. This is a very unique opportinity for us to be able to better serve our clients and I am very pleased that we are able to provide this service. Dr. Stone will be able to help us in many ways.”

LEADING PRODUCER HAREMS CHOICE LAID TO REST AT VESSELS STALLION FARM
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BONSALL, CALIFORNIA--Multiple Champion producer Harem’s Choice was laid to rest on Thursday, September 6, 2007, alongside her long-time paddock partner Fishers Favorite at Vessels Stallion Farm.

The 23-year-old mare was owned by Robert and Helen Wood of Seagraves, Texas.

With a 12-day colt from the first crop by First Down Dash at her side, the Woods purchased Harems Choice for $20,000 from Vessels Stallion Farm at the Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale in Oklahoma City on January 28, 1989.
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