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“It’s time to cheer them on from the grandstands,” said 3-time AQHA Champion Jockey Cody Jensen.
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DECEMBER 20
A key provision that extends three-year tax depreciation for all racehorses through 2020 passed the senate by a vote of 71-23. The provi- sion, which previously passed in the house, allows taxpayers to depreciate racehorses 24 months of age and younger when purchased and placed into service on a three-year sched- uled as opposed to a seven-year schedule.
DECEMBER 25
StallioneSearch.com has announced their cre- ation of the Rising Star Awards in an effort to promote growth in the Quarter Horse racing industry. The award will recognize outstand- ing achievement in Quarter Horse race train- ing, as well as race riding by individuals under the age of 30 who are within their first five- years of taking out their occupational license. They will award a StallioneSearch Rising Star Jockey award, Rising Star Trainer award and Rising Star First Crop Stallion award, which will be awarded to the leading first crop sire at years end based on progeny earnings.
DECEMBER 29
“It’s time to cheer them on from the grandstands,” said 3-time AQHA Champion Jockey Cody Jensen in a bittersweet goodbye at Los Alamitos on Dec. 15 (above). The #3 all-time leading
jockey with nearly $42 Million rode 2-time Champion Flash And Roll in the Champion Of Champions-G1 and Up And Coming in the Los Alamitos $2 Million Futurity-G1 in the final races of his career. Jensen ended his career with wins
in 1,662 Quarter Horse races, 101 graded stakes races, 50 Grade 1 stakes races and has ridden five different millionaires and multiple Champions to their greatest career wins. He rode his last race at Sunland Park on Dec. 29 to close out his career.
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