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The list of Dutch Masters III’s
All American Futurity finalists include . . .
The Fling King qualified to the 1994 Meteoric qualified to the 2002 All American Futurity and finished third in the finals. All American Futurity.
Flys R Streakin also qualified to the 2002 All American Futurity.
Separate Secrets qualified to the 2004 All American Futurity.
years older than Doc. “He believes in me and has a lot of faith in me. And he’s got a lot of class. He loves the horses, and he loves his family. He’s a really good man — one of the best. And he’s willing to buy any horse I advise him to in his price range.”
Bill describes Doc as a smart man who surrounds himself with good people who know what they’re doing. “I couldn’t ask for a better partner,” he adds. “The kind of success that Doc has had is really unparalleled.”
“What it boils down to,” Doc says, “is Jaime has a mandate: Place the horses where they can win.”
But while success has been the prevailing theme in Dutch Masters III, not all has been a proverbial bed of roses. “The thrill of victory does not equate to the agony of defeat,” Doc says. “When bad things happen, like today, we lost a Corona Cartel foal three weeks shy of being born, from a broodmare we just bought, and we’ve had to put horses down that have been injured. You’re
James Streelman and his wife Mae (holding trophy) with their family.
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