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FAME
FLING
N BLING
A CROSSOVER
TO GREATNESS
by Larry Thornton
SPEEDLINES
FAME FLING N BLING
A Streak Of Fling
Streakin Six
Moon Fling
Short Penny
Dash Ta Fame
Short And Dusty
It’s amazing how fleeting the phenomenon of “greatness” can be. We see a horse achieve greatness as a performer and then
they are gone. We often find that they are gone as fast as they came on the scene.
Great horses will leave the arena or the track in a variety of ways. They may retire from competition and go on to breed the next generation or, in the case of geldings, they may go to their retirement home. Sadly, some are taken when they are lost through an accident or illness.
Fame Fling N Bling, or “Bling” as she is known to the world, was one of those rare individuals that rose to greatness. She earned $753,645 as a barrel racing phenomenon, carrying her barrel racing partner Sarah Rose McDonald to such titles as the 2013 Equi-Stat 1D Horse of the Year and the 2014 WPRA Rookie of the Year. The pair was third in
the WPRA Top Ten in 2015 and came back in 2016 to win RFD-TV’s The American Barrel Racing Championship. After that, they finished up 2016 at the number 10 spot in the WPRATopTen.
In early 2017, the path of greatness for Bling came to an end when she died from
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Fast Fling
Moon Beam Lady
First Down Dash
Sudden Fame
Sold Short
Dusty Game
Easy Jet
Peggy Toro
Little Request TB Assured Calamity Jones Fast Stripper Lady Bug’s Moon Midnight Penny Dash For Cash First Prize Rose Tiny’s Gay
Bar Dearie
Go Man Go Carlotta 2
Game Plan
Miss Angel Dust
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Hijo The Bull TB Prescott Peggy Joe Requested
Little Wichita
Direct Win TB
Sally Rand V
Jet Deck
Connie Reba Sugar Bars
89’Er
Top Moon
FL Lady Bug
Roan Midnight Runty 22
Rocket Wrangler Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet
Rose Bug
Tiny Watch
Gay’s Delight
Lake Erie TB
Barred Girl
Top Deck TB Lightfoot Sis
Three Bars TB Twayna
Easy Jet
Go Maggie Go Leo Feast
Square’s Angel
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