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MutualIn their journey
through life and Quarter Horse racing, Conda and Judy Maze have served as each
by Diane Rice
Yin and yang. Salt and pepper. Ebony “and Conda’s kind of a jokester; wherever he’s “Conda does his homework and has a
assetsother’s most valuable
Photo Courtesy the Maze Family
and ivory. Some couples are total
opposites yet combine their inherent gifts and talents to comprise a more complete whole together than either could ever achieve alone. Such is the case with Conda and Judy Maze, owners and breeders from Ruidoso, New Mexico.
“Judy is the serious one and she’s a good lady,” says their former trainer, Toby Keeton,
at, he’s always got something going on. But he’s got a heart as big as there is. Me and Conda feel like brothers; I’d do anything in the world for him and he’d do the same for me.
“He really knows what he’s doing [in
the horses],” Toby adds. “Every time I’d tell him something about one, he’d remember and take it to heart. He’s been a pretty easy student.”
good eye,” adds the Mazes’ current trainer, Clint Crawford. “And he makes friends everywhere he goes. He’s very respectful to everybody; when he comes to the barn, he has conversations with the people behind the scenes and shows them that he cares about them as individuals.”
“He and Judy are just great people and Judy is also involved in the Ruidoso Racing
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