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. . . Five Horsemen Saddled Up And Rode Into New Mexico.
Reaching for the Reins
AT RUIDOSO
An accomplished group of horsemen are taking the saddle at Ruidoso Downs.
by Richard Chamberlain
Stan Sigman
He left his plush office
at the nation’s largest telecommunications company to raise horses and cattle in Texas and now has the pinnacle of Quarter Horse racing in his sights.
Narciso “Chicho” Flores worked his way up from a South Texas field hand to owning two of the largest dry wall businesses in the Lone Star State and raising horses at Ledbetter, Texas.
The High Plains cowboy who rode in from the Texas Panhandle.
He went from a part-time gig driving a truck out
of Lubbock to standing leading sire Corona Cartel and other top stallions at his state-of-the-art Lazy E Ranch in Oklahoma.
Riding in from the west, he built an insurance business in San Mateo, just south of San Francisco, and ranches at Paicines, California.
“Chicho” Flores
Johnny Trotter
Gary McKinney
John Andreini
