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Steven Prather Passes Away
Steven Dean
Prather passed away on
May13attheageof59.
Among other things,
Prather was a member
of the State Board
for the New Mexico
Horseman’s Association
and served on the
Zia Park Horseman’s
Committee and the
New Mexico Horse
Breeders’ Association
Board of Trustees.
Prather, who owned and operated Doubletree Farm, recently received the 2016 Jim Curry Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award from the New Mexico Horseman’s Association. He is survived by his wife, Susan, five children, his mother Bessie, and many other family members and friends.
LaRae Sumpter Passes Away
LaRae Sumpter,
73, passed away in
early April. LaRae
and husband Gary,
a former jockey who
won the 1976 All
American Futurity
aboard Real Wind
and the next year
won the 1977 All
American Derby with
My Easy Credit, first
met in 1973 when
she was training
racehorses at LaMesa Park and where Gary was riding. They reconnected at Sunland
Park in 1979 and were married three years later. Together they owned and operated their Cross5 Ranch near the Acoma tribal reserva- tion in New Mexico. Friend Pete Herrera said she was a tender and caring individual. “In her 70-plus years on this earth, LaRae took full swings at everything she did,” he said. “And she did it with vim and vigor, regardless of the consequences.”
Jessies First Down Correct Pedigree
The top side of the pedigree for Jessies First Down (FDD Dynasty-Jess A Classy Lassy,
Mr Jess Perry), winner of the Bank of America Sam Houston Championship Challenge-G2 on April 22 for breeder/owner Ted G. Abrams, trainer Judd Kearl and jockey Rodrigo Vallejo, had an error. FDD Dynasty is by First Down Dash and out of Dynastia Toll BRZ. Our thanks to Harold Wright for bringing this to our attention.
Champion Producer Gold Daze Passes Away
Gold Daze (Tolltac-Dashes Gold Digger, Dash For Cash) died after failing to recover from colic on June 26. Bred by Robert Moore, the 1994 mare won or placed in 22 of 28 career starts and earned $53,274, finish- ing second or third in seven stakes events for owner Ray Stutts and trainer Don Poteet. Purchased in 2000 by Double Bar S Ranch LLC, Gold Daze produced 12 winners and the earners of over $2.1 million, including 4-time Champion Jess You And I. Gold Daze had a yearling filly and a weanling colt, both by Mr Jess Perry.
SPEEDHORSE PHOTO ARCHIVES
Can you identify this picture? Here’s a hint: This multiple stakes winning gelding was bred by Hall of Fame breeder Guy Ray and Mildred E. Rutland. The answer is on page 184.
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