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Jockey Cesar De Alba won his 1,000th QH race when he piloted Stevieb Flashofcash to a head victory
April 8
The inaugural Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF) telethon, hosted by TVG Network in association with Betfair Exchange and the Jockeys’ Guild, raised $217,730 to assist in the care of 59 permanently disabled riders.
April 17
Sunland Park ended their 2017-18 meet and declared their meet leaders. Wes Giles collected another Sunland Park leading Quarter Horse trainer title; Manuel Gutierrez was named leading Quarter Horse jockey; and Diamond Racing Stables were the leading Quarter Horse owners.
April 9
WRS Special Shoe (First Down Laveaux-Hava Zevi, Zevi TB) died April 9 at the age of 16 after a battle with colic. Owned and bred by Williams Racing Stables Inc., WRS Special
Shoe earned $874,546 in a career that spanned from 2004 through 2012. From 74 starts at 13 different tracks in 8 different states, the 2002 brown gelding won 23 races (11 stakes), placed second in 22 races (18 stakes) and was third 15 times (9 stakes). WRS Special Shoe also set two New Track Records, both at Prairie Meadows for 330 yards – once at four years of age in 2006 and other at eight in 2010.
April 14
Jockey Cesar De Alba won his 1,000th Quarter Horse race when he piloted Stevieb Flashofcash to a head victory in a maiden event at Los Alamitos for Five Livestock Company LLC and trainer Monty Arrossa. De Alba began his career in 2002 at Los Alamitos riding Thoroughbreds, winning 301 Thoroughbred races before making a full-time switch to Quarter Horse racing.
He has won 970 Quarter Horse races at Los Alamitos, including Grade 1 victories aboard Moonist, BH Lisas Boy, Time For Jess, Little Talks, Strength In Numbers and Bon Accord.
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April 23
Rodney Reed, 62, passed away after enduring health complications for many years. He was a training fixture at Remington Park during the American Quarter Horse season. He won 10 training titles, more than any other conditioner in track history, and his 47 winners in 2001 set the record for most victories in one season. Reed was inducted into the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2010. He won 1,764 races and saddled the winners of 17 Grade 1 races with total earnings of over $17.8 million.
April 25
Havanah Goodtime earned the title of Dam of Distinction with only two starters, who were
both ranked in the top 10 by money with both being Grade 1 winners. Her first foal, Duponte won the 2016 Heritage Place Futurity-G1 and Harrah’s Entertainment Futurity-G3. Duponte earned $921,237 and was named the 2017 AQHA Champion 3-Year-Old Colt. Her second foal, Nymeria, won the 2017 Heritage Place Futurity-G1 and earned $495,147. Havanah Goodtime, a 2010 mare bred and owned by American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame member Bobby D. Cox, is also the dam of 2018 Heritage Place Futurity-G1 winner Sunnysyde. Havanah Goodtime is not only the youngest mare to receive this honor, she is also the first to earn the title so quickly. Previous winners had at least four starters.
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Sun Downs in Kennewick, Washington, ended their meet and declared their meet leaders. Hector Magallanes was named the Leading Quarter Horse Trainer and Jose Figueroa was the Leading Quarter Horse Jockey.
May 6
2011 Heritage Place Futurity-G1 winner High Rate Of Return (Mr Jess Perry-Dividends Declared, First Down Dash) died of unknown causes at Bob Moore Farms in Norman, Oklahoma. The 2009 stallion, who was owned by a syndicate, was the the #2 leading third year sire of money earners at the time of his death.
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