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Champion Jockey Ricky Ramirez reached his 1,000- win milestone race at Remington Park.
May 14
Actor Powers Boothe passed away at his Los Angeles home. Boothe was a board member
of the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association from 1994-2001, served as the organization’s chief financial officer in 1998, and was Vice President from 1999-2001. He was also an active buyer and seller at the PCQHRA auctions.
May 14
1989 All American Futurity winner Strawberry Silk, 30, died at Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Racing for Jacqueline Spencer and trainer Jack Brooks, Strawberry Silk earned $1,266,264 and was the 1989 Champion Two Year Old, Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and High Money Earning Horse. She produced five stakes winners, including 2-time Champion/leading sire Stoli.
May 16
Former Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association President and current OQHRA Board Member Lake Newcomb and wife LeDona lost their home and some livestock in a tornado that tore through Elk City, Oklahoma.
May 17
Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Oklahoma, completed an extensive $5 million renovation, including an upgraded dance floor and entertainment venue, a new gaming floor and simulcast viewing area, a VIP view to the paddock area, and a redone banquet area.
May 18
The Florida Supreme Court ruled against efforts by Gretna Racing in Gadsden County to add slot machines. Gretna was the first of several Florida operations to secure a pari-mutuel license by staging a series of unconventional races such as barrel races and two-horse short distance races.
May 22
The 2017 Sam Houston Race Park Quarter Horse meet ended and declared their meet leaders: This Is An Eagle (One Famous Eagle-Lady Lilia, First Down Dash) was named Horse of the Meet for owner Mary G. Lynne Thompson and trainer Leon Bard; A. D. Maddox took his fifth Leading Owner title; AQHA Champion Trainer Judd Kearl won his eighth Leading Trainer title; and Rodrigo Vallejo picked up his fifth Leading Rider title.
May 28
Flare For Ivory (Ivory James-Special Phoebe, Special Effort) broke the 20-year-old 330- yard track record at Arapahoe Park when she won the $14,550 Dash For Speed Stakes. The four-year-old filly, ridden by Tanner Thedford for trainer Jose Barron and owners Hugo Barron and Marguerita Melendez, covered the distance in :15.432, breaking the previous record of :15.65 set by Flew Bye A Winner in 1996.
May 28
Champion Trainer Wes Giles reached his 1,000- win milestone when Apolltical Chad (Apollitical Jess-Fast Prize Tracy, Shazoom) won his trial
to the Ruidoso Derby by 1 1/4-lengths under Adrian Ramos for owner Nueve Racing. The 3-year-old sorrel gelding qualified with the second fastest time to the $800,000 estimated Grade 1 finals.
May 30
Charles “Chuck” Robinson, 83, passed away. Robinson was a pioneering telecommunications executive and a leading force in developing and modernizing Alaska’s communication, founding
internet and phone service provider Alaska Communications Systems. A well-known horse breeder, perhaps his most successful horse was Imperial Eagle, winner of the 2016 All American Futurity-G1.
May 31
Longtime horse trainer James Glenn Sr. passed away at the age of 78 after a long battle with several illnesses, including congestive heart failure. From 1990-2001, he won 91 races from 597 starters. Some of his top Quarter Horses include Thinkin Strawfly and Caughter In The Straw
while training at Los Alamitos, Portland Meadows, Del Mar, Santa Anita, and Hollywood Park.
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Champion Jockey Ricky Ramirez reached
his 1,000-win milestone in an allowance/ optional claiming race at Remington Park, becoming one of 85 jockeys to have reached this mark. Ramirez began riding racehorses at the age of 13 and rode his first official race in 2003. He has ridden multiple Grade 1 winners and has earnings of more than $26.4 million.
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June 2
Construction for Colorado State University’s newest research facility began when the university broke ground on the $65 million
C. Wayne Mcllwraith Translational Medicine Institute, named for the distinguished professor and veterinarian who built an equine clinic and research enterprise during nearly 40 years at the university. John and Leslie Malone provided the transformational lead gift of $42.5 million to establish the institute. Adding to the Malones’ gift, Princess Abigail K. Kawanankoa donated the institute’s naming gift of $20 million.
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