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Equine Health: Vaccinating Mares and Foals
2016: A Year In Review 54 Trainer Denny Ekins Retires 138 Remaining Stakes Winners of 2016 176
YOUTH PROFILE
Travis Dickinson 170
ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS
Alberta Quarter Horse Racing Association
Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Inc. 178
FACES AT THE RACES
Horses In Winter 180
NEWS BRIEFS 202
LEADING SIRES
2016 Leading ApHC Sires
2016 Leading APHA Sires 204
Speedlines: The Hankins Brothers and Quarter Horse Racing
COLUMNS
TRACK CHATTER
The Month In Review 10
EQUINE HEALTH
Vaccinating Mares and Foals 104
THE LIGHTER SIDE
Heather Smith Thomas 148
THE BACKSIDE
Rodney Reed, A Trainer’s View 164
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