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Nolan Pevehouse holds his belt buckles in front of his new 4-Star 3-horse Gooseneck Trailer after becoming the first winner of the Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Triple Crown. Pevehouse’s horse Painted Turnpike won all three legs in the $213,500 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1 at Remington Park on May 30, the richest Paint & Appaloosa race in the world, the $86,890 Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1 at Tulsa Fair Meadows on July 25, and the $89,780 Speedhorse Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1 at Lone Star Park on Oct. 30.
Painted Turnpike, who was trained by Matt Whitekiller and ridden in all three races by Cody Smith, was also named the Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Triple Crown High Point Champion and earned a $5,000 cash bonus and additional awards.
Payments began Dec. 1 for the Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1, the first leg of this year’s Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Triple Crown, and there is still time to enter your horses to compete in this prestigious event.
Speedhorse Art Director/Senior Designer Mark Holley was surprised with a 30-year award presentation at the Speedhorse Christmas Dinner on Dec. 17. Congratulations Mark!
G.R. Carter, Jr. is recognized on Dec. 13 at Los Alamitos prior to his final mount at the track, which was aboard Sale Topper in the Los Alamitos $2 Million Futurity-G1.
Martin, Rene and Hugo, grooms at Los Alamitos, take a break to look at the November issue of Speedhorse.
Corona Cartel Tops $50 Million In Earners
Leading Sire Corona
Cartel has become only the second stallion in history to move past the $50 mil- lion mark
in progeny
earnings. The 1994 bay stallion has stood his entire career at Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Bred in California by Robert Etchandy, Corona Cartel, who was raced by Celina Molina and is owned by a syndi- cate, is the sire of seven Champions from
15 crops to race, including all-time lead-
ing filly/World Champion Blues Girl Too. ($2,032,328).
Pablos Named Chair Of TRC, Faces February Shutdown
A disagreement with Gov. Greg Abbott over a new form of gambling ended with the Texas Racing Commission (TRC) chairman Robert Schmidt resigning his leadership post on Dec. 7. Rolando Pablos, who was appointed to the commission by the governor in Nov., replaced Schmidt as chairman. On Dec. 15, the 9-member commission voted 4-4 on an order to repeal historical racing, with one abstention. When the motion failed, Pablos told staff to “begin the process of shutting down the agency.” The end of February marks the end of a 3-month funding extension, which marks the second extension granted the commission by the Legislative Budget Board. Supporters believe the historic racing machines are their last hope. “There is no plan B,” stated Texas Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association president Jan Haynes. “We are at
a point where it will take some sort of gaming revenue.” Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, co-chair of the Legislative Budget Board stated, “It is disturbing that a few members
of the Texas Racing Commission, who refuse to follow the ruling of the judiciary, the clear guidance of the Texas Legislature or directive from the governor, have chosen to jeopardize this industry. I look forward to working with responsible members of the equine industry moving forward.”
Lone Star Park Meet Champions Honored at Lone Star Park
Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, honored their 2015 meet champions on Nov. 14, closing night of the track’s Fall Quarter Horse Meet of Champions. Terry Stennett was the leading owner with $553,853 in earnings after winning both the Texas Classic Futurity-G1 and Texas Classic Juvenile, Trey Wood was the leading trainer with $889,270 in earnings, and Ricky Ramirez was the leading jockey with $1,227,907 in earnings. Wood and Ramirez teamed up for a first-ever hat trick on closing night winning the Texas Classic Futurity, Derby and Juvenile.
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