Page 143 - July 2015

PAINT HORSES
LEADING SIRES OF 2015
MONEY EARNERS - WINNERS
RANKINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2015 Courtesy APHA
Rank
Current Year Starters
“SW” in the “Wins” column indicates the number of Stakes wins. # indicates freshman sire.
Sire, Year
PYC PAINT YOUR WAGON AQHA, 2003
Winners/ SW
Wins/ SW
Leading ’15/ Avg. Starter
$247,250
Leading ’15 Earner/ ’15 Earnings
1
6
JUDYS LINEAGE, 1989
12
4
/1
8
/2
$200,642 /$7,717
/$20,604
Painted Turnpike / $144,380
2
2
26
9/1
11/1
3
1
ROYAL QUICK FLASH, 1996
30
10
/1
12
/1
$172,197
/$5,739
Psychedelic Scott / $77,608
Imahotchicken / $39,589
4
2
AWESOME CHROME, 2001
25
$135,239 /$5,410
SM COUNTRY SNOWMAN, 2005
9/0
5
3
21
7
/0
13/0
8
/0
APPALOOSAS
LEADING SIRES OF 2015
$99,034
/$4,716
Uno Peach / $21,602
If Ur Buyn Im Flyn / $18,563
RANKINGS AS OF JUNE 30, 2015 Courtesy ApHC
MONEY EARNERS - WINNERS
Rank
“SW” in the “Wins” column indicates the number of Stakes wins. # indicates freshman sire.
Current Year Starters
Sire, Year
WITH INTENT, 2003
Wins/ SW
‘15 Earnings/ Avg. Starter
Leading ‘15 Earner/ ‘15 Earnings
$67,823
1
1
4
4
/2
/$16,956
2
1
FREIGHTTRAIN B AQHA, 2008
RED STORM CAT AQHA, 2005
2
1/0
Cant Be Caught / $60,120
$24,512 / $12,256
$17,410
Train Wreck / $19,370
3
0
1
0
/0
/ $17,410
Major Tom / $17,410
4
1
EASY DOUX AQHA, 2002
COUNTRY CHICKS MAN AQHA, 2001
5
1
/0
$14,595
5
1
1
1
/0
$14,340
/ $2,919
/ $14,340
Douxraymelily / $9,132
Big Ennis / $14,340
Speedhorse Photo Archive Answer
The photo on page 139 shows Vals Fortune winning the 2003 Mardi Gras Futurity-RG2. That same year, Vals Fortune (Dashing Val- Somthinlikabreeze, Six Fortunes) won five additional Graded stakes and set three New Track Records. He earned over $700,000 in 2003 and won 10 of 11 starts before being named AQHA Champion Two Year Old and Champion Two-Year-Old Gelding. He continued to race an additional two seasons, winning 20 of 23 starts and earning $1,111,591 with 15 total stakes victories (all but two were graded events) and scoring three more New Track Records. Vals Fortune was also named 2004 East Hi-Point Three-Year-Old Gelding and earned Superior Race Horse honors. Vals Fortune was bred by JoBaya Foreman and Joseph B. Irvine. He was purchased for $20,000 by Teddy Abrams, Jr., who campaigned him under trainer Heath Taylor in his two- and three-year-old seasons. Vals Fortune was briefly owned and raced by Eduardo Carrasco and is currently owned by Tracy Taylor.
Vals Fortune scored 10 consecutive victories as a two year old at five distances from 300- to 440-yards. He was a hard-knocking, consistent, and willing runner.
This year’s $60,000 Vals Fortune Stakes-RG2 was held at Delta Downs on June 6 and was won by Open Me A Corona.
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