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CELEBRATING
1999
SLM Big Daddy was named 1998 World Champion, his 2nd consecutive World Championship title. A resolution was submitted to the Association of Racing Commissioners International to give starter gate personnel discretion on loading order
of horses. Dan Fick was elected president
of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America. AQHA launched a new website at www.aqha. com. Loretta Brasher was named executive director of the Arizona Quarter Horse Racing Association. The Oregon Racing Commission approved the license of TV Games Network to establish a wagering hub. A revolutionary whip was unveiled in England, featuring a fiberglass spine with a surrounding air cushion to lessen the impact on a horse. NBC’s Today Show auctioned off silks that Matt Lauer wore in an exhibition race at Belmont, with the money going to the Jockeys’ Guild Disabled Jockeys Fund. The New Mexico Racing Commission approved twilight racing at Ruidoso Downs.
A new law in Texas required all equines to have a negative Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) or Coggins test within 12 months of a sale. Keeneland announced the launch of a software program for consignors to submit auction entries. Kool Kue Baby was featured
in Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine. Lone Star Park signed a letter of agreement to be the chief racing advisor for Hipodromo de las Americas Racetrack in Mexico City. The Bureau of Land Management opened a Wild Horse and Burro Adoption Center in Pauls Valley, OK. A telephone wagering bill was introduced in California. The Minnesota company that produces “Breathe Right” for humans began experimenting with FLAIR equine nasal strips to reduce the need for breathing medications. Artist Patricia Namm created a new fragrance for men and women based on testing scents to see what New York carriage horse Brandy liked, available
at brandyparfums.com. TVG reached an agreement with AQHA to use their branding to publicize Quarter Horse racing. A winner’s blanket and shoe worn by Secretariat in his 1973 Belmont Stakes win were auctioned
to raise money for his life-sized bronze at Kentucky Horse Park. The Texas Racing Committee announced it will permit horses
to race using nasal strips. West Nile Virus
is detected in the U.S. for the first time. In Memoriam: 2-time World Champion Refrigerator, the leading money earner at the time with over $2.1 million, died after suffering head trauma
in a performance training accident; Champion/ Champion sire Tolltac, 18, was euthanized due to complications of colic in Brazil.
LQHBA Executive Director Leverne Perry and 1998 Race Track Chaplaincy of America president
Dan Fick.
2000
Tailor Fit was named 1999 World Champion. World Champion Refrigerator was inducted to the AQHA Hall of Fame. The California Horse Racing Board approved the use of nasal strips. The Hipodromo de las Americas reopened after a 2 1/2-year refurbishment
to celebrate its 75th anniversary. President Clinton announced a gambling provision that could seize winnings from gamblers who owe child support. The use of frozen semen was approved during the AQHA convention. The Arizona Quarter Horse Racing Association Hall of Fame inaugural class includes 18 horsemen and 8 horses. Veterinarian Phillip Shrimpton developed cushions made of vulcanized rubber, felt, and high-density polymer to line horse starting gates. The Louisiana Senate passed a bill to allow Fair Grounds in New Orleans to accept telephone wagering bets. Keeneland became what is believed to be the first track to institute a bio- fermentation operation to transform straw and manure into compost. Paint horse racing debuts at Los Alamitos. The Meadowlands introduced 2,000 Gambusia affinis-mosquito fish - into its 4 lagoons to combat West
Nile virus. Jockeys Frankie Detorri & Ray Cochrane survived a plane crash in which the pilot was killed. Jerry Windham was appointed to the American Horse Council’s Board of Trustees. A proposed rule requiring horses
be at least 24-months old before racing in Texas was dropped. Paints raced for the first time at Mt. Pleasant Meadows in Michigan. The Mark & Rebecca Pine family donated $1 million to the AQHA Foundation Scholarship fund. In Memoriam: Harvey Allred, who with his brothers in the partnership of the Allred Bros. bred World Champion One Dashing Eagle & Champion AB What A Runner, passed away at 75; Leading trainer Steve VanBebber, 50, died; Roy Browning, owner of Champion Heavenly, passed away; Bruce E. Gentry Jr., of Gentry Brothers, breeders &/or owners of Champions Cash Legacy and Deelish, passed away; Paul Travis, breeder of World Champion Tiny’s
Gay and breeder/owner of Champion Lucks Gay Chic, died at the age of 100; Champion/ Champion sire Meter Me Gone died; 2-time 1986 Champion Ronas Ryon passed away.
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