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FREDAVILLE si 112, $325,321
Champion Aged Mare
Breeder/Owner: Robert Gentry
Trainers: Juan Aleman, Cody Joiner, Matt
Frazier and Clint Crawford
Jockeys: G.R. Carter, Jr., Francisco Rubio and
Shanley Jackson
2012 Record: 7-3(3)-1(1)-3(3), $131,920,
1st Merial Distaff Challenge Championship-G1, 1st Merial Los Alamitos Distaff Challenge-G3, 1st Merial Remington Distaff Challenge, 2nd Junos Request Stakes-G2, 3rd Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap-G1, 3rd Charger Bar Handicap-G2, 3rd Hialeah Invitational Championship
Bob Gentry wasn’t alive to see his latest champion crowned, but he was well repre- sented by his son, Kirk Gentry, and in spirit,
as Fredaville represents several generations of the legendary horseman’s breeding program. Gentry passed away on Jan. 7, 2013, just nine days before Fredaville was announced as the AQHA’s 2012 Champion Aged Mare.
To be exact, Fredaville represents four generations of Gentry breeding—Robert
and his brother, Bruce, bought the mare’s fourth dam, Cute Kiss, back in 1971. Cute Kiss produced Easy Kiss, the dam of Such
An Easy Effort, a Grade 1 winner and track record setter who earned nearly a half-million dollars on the racetrack. Such An Easy Effort produced Champion Deelish, who produced two generations of stakes winners, and Fearless Freda, the dam of Champions Fredricksburg and Fredaville.
Gentry Bros. raised horses for more than 30 years and are one of the sport’s all-time leading breeders with their horses earning more than $5.6 million. Bob was a 40-year breeder in his own name, breeding horses that won 183 of 1,232 starts with earnings of more than $3.2 million. He raced 114 winners from 642 starters, with earnings of more than $2.6 million.
Fredaville represented her family well in 2012, winning stakes races in Oklahoma, California and Iowa while also garnering a stakes-placing in Florida. The well-traveled mare won two qualifying races for the Merial Distaff Challenge Championship, and also won the Grade 1 final.
“She ran a really good race tonight,” said jockey G.R. Carter after that race. “We liked the post and she had a really big finish. This mare has the heart of a champion. I hope this win is enough to lock up champion older mare honors.”
It was and Fredaville did, continuing a legacy that will be a part of Quarter Horse rac- ing for years to come.
Fredaville rallies to take the Merial Distaff Challenge Championship at Prairie Meadows.
Streakin La Jolla
Mr Jess Perry
Scoopie Fein
Streakin Six
Bottom’s Up
Sinn Fein
Legs La Scoop
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Raise Your Glass TB
La Jolla
Three Oh’s
Vansarita Too
Scooper Chick
La Ferne
Rocket Bar TB
Go Galla Go
To Market
Hide And Seek
Raise Your Glass TB
Go Effortlessly
Easy Jet
Cute Kiss
Easy Jet
Peggy Toro
Little Request TB Assured
Raise A Native Champagne Woman
St Bar
Top Pretty TB
Three Chicks OhMyOh
Vandy Garrettsmisspawhuska Triple Chick
Scoop Bam Quicksilver King
Nikita
Three Bars
Golden Rocket
Go Man Go
La Galla Win Market Wise
Pretty Does
Alibhai
Scattered
Raise A Native Champagne Woman Double Devil
Hijo Beauty TB
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Go Man Go
Cute Trick
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Hijo The Bull TB Prescott Peggy Joe Requested
Little Wichita Direct Win TB
Sally Rand V Native Dancer Raise You Barbizon
L’Amour Toujours Three Bars TB Bella St Mary
Top Deck
Minkerry
Three Bars TB Chicado V
Spotted Bull TB Miss Meyers
Going Light TB Jean Ann Blair
Leo
Jenny Dee
Three Bars TB Chicado V
War Bam TB Clabber’s Lucky V King George
Eagle Eye
Chico Mccue Jessie Lady
Percentage Myrtle Dee Cartago Morshion
Top Deck TB Lightfoot Sis Direct Win TB La Gallina V Broker’s Tip
On Hand Johnstown Creese
Hyperion Teresina Whirlaway Imperatrice Native Dancer Raise You Barbizon L’Amour Toujours Double Bid
Bella St Mary Spotted Bull Hijo Lanty Moon Deck Miss Night Bar Three Bars Lena Valenti Top Deck TB Lightfoot Sis Be Sure Now TB Husky
FREDAVILLE, ‘06 m.
Rocket Wrangler
Dash For Cash
Fearless Freda
Such An Easy Effort
Easy Kiss
Find A Buyer TB
Special Effort
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