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Shazoom to Brazil
Graded stakes winner and multiple
Champion sire
Shazoom si 102
(Takin On The
Cash-Keep On
Shining, Keep
On Turning) has been sold to a Brazilian partnership that includes Luciano Baretta and will stand at his LUB Breeding Ranch in Sao Paulo. The 1993 sorrel stallion earned $178,606 on the track, winning
the Speedhorse Sprint Futurity-RG3 and Fullerton Handicap. He is the sire of 490 winners, 55 stakes winners and earners of more than $17.6 million from 11 crops to race, including three Quarter Horse and two Paint champions.
Special Contender To Lone Star Performance Horses
The Paint
stallion Special
Contender
(Special Effort
QH-Betty
Bullion, Bully
Bullion QH)
will be standing the 2012 season at Lone
Star Performance Horses in Texas. Special Contender is a top Paint sire of multiple
stakes winners including 2010 Paint Running Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Ooh Shez Special.
Helpful Information For Breeders
I thoroughly enjoyed your article in the Feb. 3, 2012 issue about Cold Cash 123. It was especially interesting to see the photographs of Cold Cash 123 plus his sire and dam. This is the kind of informa- tion that is very helpful to breeders. I hope you provide more articles like this about outstanding racehorses.
Linda Conde, Roosevelt, UT
Allison Bailey, of Royal Vista Southwest, performs an iris scan on top barrel mare Mulberry Canyon Moon while KFOR reporter Galen Culver films the process for television.
Royal Vista Southwest Acquires Iris Scanner
Royal Vista Southwest was featured on
a local television news program on March
2-3, after acquiring the first eyeD Equine Identification System in the state of Oklahoma. Galen Culver, a reporter for Oklahoma’s KFOR NewsChannel 4, visited Royal Vista Southwest on Feb. 23 to film a segment of “Is This A Great State, Or What?” for the local NBC affiliate. The video can be seen online at www.kfor.com/community/greatstate.
The eyeD system utilizes an iris scan (called an eyePrint) to identify horses rather than branding, tattooing, or other traditional identification methods. No two irises are alike—even clones have different iris pat- terns—making an eyePrint more accurate than a fingerprint. The non-invasive, pattern recognition scan is a quick and easy way to identify horses. Global Animal Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck and Co., Inc., developed the eyeD system and manages the information, which is stored on a safe and secure online server.
“The Global Database is a great feature in light of the recent thefts of good horses that may not identifiable by tattoos or other markings,” said Allison Bailey. “Also, following natural disasters like wildfires, we are hoping that it may be able to act in the way that microchips do for displaced dogs and cats. If horses that are found were registered globally, we could potentially contact the owner via EyeD,” Bailey said.
Royal Vista Southwest is offering iris scans as a free service. The only cost is a $50 enroll- ment fee, paid directly to EyeD for the global registry. Royal Vista Southwest will be taking the scanner to local horse events, and interested horse owners can call the clinic to make an appointment to have their horse(s) scanned. For more information, contact Royal Vista Southwest at (405) 527-0767 .
Worker Killed In Accident At Remington Park
Mike Priddy, 24, died after suffering inter- nal injuries in an accident at Remington Park in Oklahoma City on March 4. Priddy had just closed the gate on the track that leads back to the barn when a horse bolted from the start- ing gate and ran toward him. Priddy tried to prevent the horse from escaping and was hit by the gate as the horse crashed through. He was transported to O.U. Health Sciences Center where he later died from his injuries. Priddy, who worked for Remington Park for around
a year, has a 9-year-old daughter. Remington Park parent company Global Gaming Solutions is working with family members to provide assistance. The horse suffered minor injuries.
Jerry Allred Passes Away
Jerry Allred, the last survivor of the famed Allred Bros., passed away Feb. 25 at the age
of 84 in Arizona.
The brothers, Jerry,
Harvey (who passed
away in 2000) and
Dale (who died in
2001), bred their
first Quarter Horse
in 1959 and have
been breeders every
year since. They
owned and raced
Mark T Bars, who
holds the record
for the most wins
with 64, includ-
ing eight stakes and nine track records. They are the breeders of over $8 million in earners, including three-time Champion AB What A Runner, and they were the co-breeders with Vessels Stallion Farm of leading sire Walk Thru Fire. The Allred Bros. were inducted into the American Quarter Horse Association Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame in 2009.
Spanish-Based Codere Buys Interest In Hipodromo
Spanish-based company Codere has pur- chased 35.8 percent of ICELA, the parent com- pany of Hipodromo de Las Americas in Mexico City, for $209 million (US). The Hipodromo operates 150 days per year, has a theme park
for children, gaming centers, and a convention center. Codere manages over 54,000 gaming machines, 191 gaming halls, and 813 bet-
ting locations. The company owns Panama’s Hipodromo Presidente Remon, 50 percent
of Maronas National Racetrack in Uruguay, and participates in the management of other racetracks, including ones in Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Spain and Italy.
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