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Corona Surfer
Corona Surfer (Corona Cartel-Little Surfer, First Down Dash) will stand the 2018 season at Born Running Ranch near Deming, New Mexico. Corona Surfer won or placed in four of nine starts, earned $37,994, and was a finalist in the Heritage Place Futurity-G1. His first foals are wean- lings of 2018.
Inseperable
Inseperable (Separatist-A Delightful Legacy, First Down Dash) will stand
the 2018 season at Louisiana Center
for Equine Reproduction (LACER) in Opelousas, Louisiana. The 2006 bay stal- lion was named Champion 3 Year Old and Champion-3-Year-Old Colt after wins in the All American Derby-G1 and Rainbow Derby-G1. Inseperable won five races and earned $672,756 before moving to the stud service where he is the sire of nearly $3 mil- lion including top earner and New Track Record Setter Gold Digging Ashley si 106 ($335,195).
Lethal Corona
Lethal Corona (Corona Cartel-Miss Lethal, Chicks Beduino) will stand the 2018 season at Texas Stud in Beeville, Texas.
The 2011 bay stallion earned $63,844 on
the track with four wins from 18 starts, including a 2nd in the Dash For Cash Juvenile Invitational and a 3rd in the Easy Jet Stakes-G3. Lethal Corona, whose first crop arrives in 2018, is owned by Mickey Tiner.
The Louisiana Cartel
The Louisiana Cartel (Corona Cartel- The Louisiana Girl, Louisiana Slew TB) will stand the 2018 season at Louisiana Center for Equine Reproduction (LACER) in Opelousas, Louisiana. The 2007 brown stallion earned $127,941 winning five races, including the Sam Houston Championship Challenge-G2 and Sam Houston Classic Handicap-G2. The Louisiana Cartel is
the sire of over $3.3 million, including top earner and 2016 Champion 3 Year Old/ Champion 3-Year-Old Colt EC Jet One si 104 ($1,370,385).
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Foaled in 1981, Indigo Illusion was bred by William H. Carter and Allen Baitzor out of multiple stakes winner Duplicate Copy. Former AQHA President Jerry Windham bought Indigo Illusion at the PCQHRA Yearling Sale for $7,000.
The filly began her career on the track at two and raced until she was four. During those three years, she proved herself a force to be reckoned with. Indigo Illusion started in Texas and then made a start in Louisiana. Trainer Bruce Jackson brought his budding star to California with
a victory in an allowance race, the beginning of a 13 race streak. In her next out, she soundly defeated the field in the 350-yard Las Ninas Handicap-G3, using her speed to cover the distance in stakes record time. Owner Windham then decided to put up the $25,000 to pay his
filly up in $1.1 million Faberge-Special Effort Futurity, which she won in record time. In all, Indigo Illusion made 30 starts, won 17 (6 stakes), finished second 3 times (2 stakes), and third 4 times (4 stakes). She ended her racing career with $867,417 in earnings. Indigo Illusion was named 1983 Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, set three 350-yard New Track Records, and won stakes at Trinity Meadows, Los Alamitos and Ruidoso Downs. She earned Superior Race Horse status in 1984 and Supreme Race Horse status in 1985. Indigo Illusion was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 2012, while her owner Jerry Windham was inducted in 2014.
Indigo Illusion moved to the broodmare band in 1985 and became a 100% money earning producer with 14 starters, 12 winners and 13 ROM earners from 19 foals, with five stakes horses, including top earner Magic Dozen.
“I don’t really know how to describe her,” said owner Jerry Windham to AQHA. “She was one of those once-in-a-lifetime mares, just a truly great horse. Indigo had some really nice babies and was the matriarch of our family of horses.” When Indigo Illusion’s life ended on Nov. 10, 2007, at the age of 26, she was still among the top-60 all-time leading earners, ahead of Champions Town Policy, Moon Lark and First Down Dash. “I remember her with a lot of pride,” said Windham. “She was awfully special. To us, Indigo was always a Champion – every single day.”
The Faberge Special Effort Futurity no longer exists, but this year’s $382,200 Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity, also won by Indigo Illusion, was contested at Los Alamitos on Oct. 7 and was won by undefeated KVN Corona, also the winner of the Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1.
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