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Rapid) Owner Z.V. Oropallo, Breeder Flying Fisch Farm, Inc.; Champion 3-Year-Old Filly (age in 2011) Love The Lady (The Future Cash- Honor Jet Fire) Owner Willie Spears, Breeder Jimmy T. Bowen; Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (age in 2011) Mr First Down Straw (First Down Straw-Bennie Bar Babe) Owner/Breeder Sarah Ann Owens; Champion Accredited Florida Stallion First Down Straw(Strawfly Special-First Prize Dash) Owners Linda McCleery & Chantell Bourgeois; and Champion Accredited Florida Bred Owner & Breeder J. L. Gladwell III.
Ocala Plans To Run Quarter Horse Race
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company (OBS) plans to run a Quarter Horse race on Dec. 11
at their facility in Florida, in order to activate
a 25-year-old permit for Quarter Horse racing that would allow them to pursue a card room
or other forms of gambling in the future. OBS joins other organizations seeking to exploit gam- bling opportunities by avoiding regulations that require Thoroughbred permit holders to distrib- ute of 50% of the revenue from card rooms to horsemen. This 50% distribution is not required of Quarter Horse permit holders.
Ruidoso Offers Special Supplement Opportunity
To Heritage Fall Mixed Graduates
Any yearling or 2-year-old sold at the Nov. 1-3 Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale that is not yet eligible to the Triple Crown races at Ruidoso Downs can supplement into those races. Foals of
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2011 can supplement into the Grade 1 Ruidoso, Rainbow and All American Futurities, while foals of 2010 can supplement into the Grade 1 Ruidoso, Rainbow and All American Derbies.
Carter Reaches $60 Million In Earnings
Mounts ridden
by AQHA’s all-time
leading jockey G. R.
Carter, Jr. reached
$60 million in
earnings on Oct. 28
when Miracle Snow,
bred and owned
by Melvin and
Mary Neugebauer,
went wire-to-wire
in the $170,360
Namehimastreaker
New Mexico Classic
Championship-RG1 at Zia Park. Carter, who has won 3,447 starts since 1984, has received AQHA Champion Jockey honors nine times.
Jockey Raul Ramirez Sr. Dies
Longtime jockey Raul Ramirez Sr., 61, died Oct. 21 in San Antonio, Texas, following an au- tomobile accident when another vehicle veered into his lane. Ramirez, of Laredo, was born in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. He rode the winners of 147 races with earnings of nearly $1 million. Ramirez is survived by his wife Alicia, children Francisco Raul, Esmeralda, Roger, Rolando, Raul Jr., Victoria, Ruben, Rafael, Noralva Co- rona, Patricia Fernandez and Rosalva Martinez, as well as 37 grandchildren, and numerous other family and friends.
Shelley Nicodemus Dies
Shelley Leigh Nicodemus, 45, daughter of AQHA Hall of Fame Jockey Jerry Nicodemus, was killed in a motorcycle accident outside of Houston, Texas on Oct. 28. Nicodemus, who was a passenger on the vehicle, was an investiga- tor for the Fort Bend County Sherriff special crimes unit. She is survived by her daughter, Katy, and her father, winner of three All Ameri- can Futurities and the only jockey to have ever ridden Dash For Cash.
Court Accepts Bid For Yavapai Downs
According to The Daily Courier, a bankruptcy court on Oct. 30 approved the tentative
sale of Yavapai Downs in Prescott Valley for $5.5 million to Gary Miller, president of the Arizona Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association. Approval of the deal was first given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which holds $14.65 million in loans on the track. There will be a 45-90 day due diligence period before the final sale of the facility, which has
si 94 ($209,373). She was consigned by Donna and William and purchased by Pete Schoeler.
Trainer John Bassett Announces Retirement
Leading trainer John Bassett announced his retirement in late October following a 10-year suspension an $10,000 fine for two dermorphin positives in New Mexico. The Bassett family issue a statement indicating that the rulings are still being appealed, despite Bassett’s retirement. John Bassett trained 11 Champions during his career, including A Delightful Dasher, Dean Miracle, First To Flash, Hes My Dasher, Heza Fast Man, Little Bit Of Baja, One Famous Eagle, Royaltime Classic, Teller Cartel, Tres Seis and Whosleavingwho.
Hialeah Meet Champions
The 2011/2012 Hialeah Accredited Florida Champion Award winners are: Champion of the Meet, Champion 2-Year-Old (age in 2011), Champion 2-Year-Old Filly (age in 2011) Ima Gator Fan (City Place TB-Ima Special Rose) Owner/Breeder J.L. Gladwell III; Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (age in 2011) Feature My News (Feature Mr Jess-Goodnews Montana) Owner Alicia L. Hill Smith, Breeder W.W. McKibbin; Champion 2-Year-Old Gelding (age in 2011) Country Boy Deluxe (Country Chicks Man- Corona Deluxe) Owner/Breeder Lucas Racing, Inc.; Champion 3-Year-Old (age in 2011), Champion 3-Year-Old Gelding (age in 2011) Mr Speed Wrengh (First Down Straw-Eyes Like
G.R. Carter, Jr.
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Ingredients:
1 lb. beef
2 cans whole green
chilies
longhorn cheese
1 1/2 C. milk
red pepper
1/2 onion, chopped 1 can chopped green
chilies 4 eggs
1/4 C. flour
From The Kitchen of:
Chili Relleno Casserole
Glenn Blodget t, DVM, 6666 Ranch
Grade 1 Recipe:
Preheat over to 375 degrees. Brown meat & onion. Add salt, pepper & about 1 T. red pepper. In a casserole dish, place whole green chilies on the bottom. Top with cheese and then meat. Add another layer of chees, then the can of chopped green chilies.
Mix 4 eggs and milk. Add flour and mix well. Pour over dish. Bake around 50 minutes.
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