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SPEEDLINES
LITTLE WICHITA TB
Bred by: N/A
Raced to 4 • $2,640 33-5-1-6
9 f., 2 SW • $96,490
ROYAL FORD
Bred by: N/A
Raced to 5 • $1,650 11-1-1-1
118 f., 2 SW • $276,892
SWYNFORD
Unraced
155 f., 5 SW • $1,850
ROYAL YOKE
Unraced
2 f., 0 SW • $1,650
SPUR
SANDLEMAC
KING JAMES
REQUESTED TB
Bred by: N/A
Raced to 5 • $116,595 34-13(10)-8(4)-5(1)
290 f., 19 SW • $4,542,318
QUESTIONNAIRE
Bred by: N/A
Raced to 6 • $89,611 45-19(13)-8(5)-4(4)
278 f., 24 SW • $4,069,556
STING
Raced to 4 • $44,713 122 f., 2 SW • $653,839
GNAT
AUNTIE MUM
VOTER
MOSQUITO
MISS PUZZLE
Unraced
4 f., 3 SW • $117,626
DISGUISE
DOMINO
BONNIE GAL
RUBY NETHERSOLE
STAR RUBY
NETHERSOLE
FAIR PERDITA
Bred by: Xalapa Farm Raced to 3 • $1,245 15-2-1-1
11 f., 1 SW • $160,435
ETERNAL
N/A
142 f., 12 SW • $666,036
SWEEP
BEN BRUSH
PINK DOMINO
HAZEL BURKE
SEMPRONIUS
RETAINED II
LADY WAVE
Unraced
9 f., 1 SW • $38,865
BLINK II
SUNSTAR
WINKIPOP
UNCLE MAC
JOHN O’ GAUNT
CANTERBURY PILGRIM
GRACEFUL GIRL
ISINGLASS
LA FLECHE
TRISTAN
PILGRIMAGE
ROI HERODE
LE SAMARITAIN
ROXELANE
YOKOHAMA
SANTOI
SPRING CHICKEN
SWEEP
N/A
322 f., 26 SW • $1,327,833
BEN BRUSH
BRAMBLE
LITTLE VISITOR
Bred by: N/A
Raced to 5 • $38,512 96-22-23-20
2 f., 0 SW • $3,965
PINK DOMINO
ROSEVILLE
DOMINO
BELLE ROSE
MARGARET HASTINGS
Unraced
2 f., 1 SW • $38,512
HASTINGS
SPENDTHRIFT
FRIENDSHIP
CINDERELLA
GOLDCREST
LADY APPLEBY
Some other notable runners trained by Brinson included: Prince Don B, who won 10 stakes races including the Seabiscuit Stakes twice, earning $409,055; Savaii, winner of four stakes including the 1962
Del Mar Oaks, earning $175,262; and Six Fifteen, who had 126 starts, earning over $140,000 and three stakes wins including the Berkley Handicap.
Ross Brinson trained for many people and one of the most interesting to us following Quarter Horses is J. Rukin Jelks. Jelks was a major player in bringing Piggin String, a Thoroughbred, to Arizona. Piggin String was a two-time Champion Stallion in 1943-44 and 1945-46. He was the sire of Rukin String, bred by Jelks and the 1952 Champion 2-Year-Old Colt and the 1953 Champion Stallion and Champion 3-Year- Old Colt. Jelks was a co-owner of a colt
was the first California-bred winner of the Hollywood Gold Cup in 1947 where he set a New Track Record. For Brinson, Cover Up set himself apart from the other Brinson- trained runners when he came back five days later to win the Sunset Handicap. He won six stakes races and $215,420.
Ross Brinson also trained Billy Ball, named for the legendary baseball manager Billy Martin, a part owner and a friend of Brinson. Billy Ball was reportedly being pointed at the 1983 Kentucky Derby-G1 when he finished third in the California Derby-G2. The third place made him unable to have enough earnings to get into that year’s Kentucky Derby. Billy Ball won six of nine starts including three stakes races in the Golden Bear Stakes, the Gold Rush Stakes and the Hillsdale Stakes before an injury forced his retirement. He earned $159,084.
2-time Quarter Horse Champion Piggin String TB, sire of 3-time Champion Rukin String.
They (Gary and Clay Brinson) remembered Little Request as an easy-going horse that could be ridden around the shed row.
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