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Speedlines: 2017 AQHA World Champion Jessies First Down
Susan Bachelor
Industry Profile: Ty Wyant
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Reaching Out: Texas A&M University’s Equine Initiative
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COLUMNS
TRACK CHATTER
The Month In Review 12
EQUINE HEALTH
ICSI - Advancing Equine Reproduction, Part 2 136
THE LIGHTER SIDE
Ginny Harding 156
LEGAL TALK
The New Tax Law and the Horse Industry 162
FEATURES
INDUSTRY PROFILE
Ty Wyant 128
SPEEDLINES
2017 World Champion Jessies First Down 26
SPECIAL FEATURE
AQHA Championship Challenge Forum 62 2017 Year End Leaders 81 Reaching Out: Texas A&M University’s
Equine Initiative 120 Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association &
Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association
2017 Hall of Fame Ceremony 143 Looking Back: Streak of Lightning 167 Looking Back: Del Rio: Queen City of
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SALE RESULTS
Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale
Results & Photos 184
SPEEDHORSE SNAPSHOTS
AQHA 2017 Awards Ceremony 192
NEWS BRIEFS 202
LEADING SIRES
Leading Track Sires 206 2017 Leading AQHA Sires 206
LEADERS BOARD
2017 Owners & 2017 Breeders 205 2017 Trainers & 2017 Jockeys 205
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 207 STAKES SCHEDULE 208 ADVERTISERS INDEX 208
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