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202 Y E A R i n 2 REVIEW
To all the horse men and women we lost in 2022 - your memories live on forever in our hearts...
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JOHN BARNEY
MARTHA MIMI WELLS RON MOOSMAN
DONNIE STRICKLAND
Broodmare of the Year Chicks Tell. Mimi was recognized for her outstanding contribution to racing with the 2000 Frank Vessels Sr. Memorial Award and in 2012 and 2019 with the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association Breeder Special Achievement Award. Mimi was ranked
a leader by wins and/or earnings from 2008 through 2021 and is the owner of over $5.6 million in money earners.
ROYNEL FITZGERALD WIGGINS
Roynel Fitzgerald Wiggins, 90, passed away peacefully in her home in Roswell, New Mexico. Born to a ranching family near Plains, Texas, Roynel attended Sul Ross University, excelled as a rodeo cowgirl, and competed in rodeo events around the Southwest. She rode in Quarter Horse match races at Ruidoso Downs Racetrack in the late 1940s. After college,
she moved to Arizona where she operated the Pinta and Black Rock Ranches as well as the Coral Bar and Nightclub on Route 66, which was known for many top swing bands. Roynel had a deep love and respect for the Navajo community in Arizona, and she fostered many children on her ranch and later provided for their education. In the 1960s, she met Walt Wiggins Sr. when he was the manager of Ruidoso Downs Racetrack. They married in 1963, moved to Roswell and purchased a ranch where they raised Hereford cattle and raised their three children. They founded Quarter Racing World and eventually changed the name to Speedhorse magazine. In 1976, they moved the company to Oklahoma, and sold the magazine a few years later.
RON MOOSMAN
(Sept. 20) Horseman Ronald “Ron” Lorin Moosman, 65, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Morgan, Utah. Born in 1957, Moosman ran R/M Stables with his wife Laurie for over 45 years, where they stood several stallions over the years. Ron was a
the U.S. Army at age 18 and served in France, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Japan during World War II, where he was honorably discharged with the rank of staff sergeant. After the war, he moved back to Odessa and found work in the Texas oilfields. He married Ina Joyce Motley in 1947, and together they had two sons. He and a friend founded Rock Tool Company in 1970, and he later bought his out his partner. The business involved oil and gas, service, real estate, banking, ranching, and breeding horses. Horses owned by Jack earned over $1.2 million, including Grade 1 winner Rock Solid Jess. He was a member of the AQHA and Jockey Club at Ruidoso Downs.
JULY
JERRY SHOEMAKE
(July 3) Oklahoma horseman Jerry Shoemake, 79, passed away. He was raised on the family dairy farm and spent his life farming and ranching. He served on the Oklahoma House
of Representatives from 2005-2006, on the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association Board of Directors and the Oklahoma Amateur Quarter Horse Association, among many other positions, and was a Tulsa State Fair Horse Division Superintendent. Memorial contributions in his memory can be made to the Oklahoma State University Equine Department.
JOHN BARNEY
(July 28) Trainer Johnny Lee Barney, 86, passed away in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. Barney joined the U.S. Army in 1954 after he graduated from high school and served for more than three years before receiving an honorable discharge. He attended college, but then moved to training horses.
AUGUST
JERRI MUNIZ
Jerri Muniz has passed away at the age of 95. Jerri met the late Joe Muniz in high school,
and they married and had three children. Together, their love of horses was encouraged by their daughter Kathie and her husband John Bobenrieth. The Munizes and Bobenrieths were the breeders of the legendary Chicks Beduino, a 10-time Champion sire including World Champion Whosleavingwho, and an 8-time Champion broodmare sire including World Champion A Ransom. The Munizes also owned Rancho Nuestro Ensueno, which means Ranch of Our Dreams. Jerri formed
a group in 1983 called Ladies Racing which campaigned several good horses including 15-time winner Mighty Policy.
PAUL ALBERT TREASURE
Horseman Paul Albert Treasure, 66, passed away at his home in Middleton, Idaho. Paul was born in 1956 and graduated from Ririe High School in 1974. He had son Justin Treasure with his first wife and then married LeiLani Elison and had three more children in Megan, Melia and Lex. Paul was a well-known horse trainer and trained Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse earners of more than $2.8 million.
SEPTEMBER
MARTHA ‘MIMI’ WELLS
(Sept. 11) Longtime Quarter Horse breeder/ owner Martha ‘Mimi’ Wells passed away unexpectedly in her sleep at the age of 75. Wells grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and competed in horse shows from the age of seven. She attended the University of Arizona, where she met her future husband, the late Dwayne Wells
– an accomplished jockey and stakes-winning trainer. Martha was the breeder/owner of 2020 Champion 3 Year Old, Champion 3-Year-Old Colt and 2020 PCQHRA Horse of the Year Tell Cartel; the breeder with her husband Dwayne and the owner of 2000 Champion 3-Year-Old Gelding Chicks First Policy; and the owner of 2-time James V.A. Carter Award Outstanding
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