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DASH GLORY EASE si 86, $55,887
South American Champion
Breeder/Owner: Haras Fazenda Bela Ltd. Trainers: J. Sampaio & Paul Jones Jockeys: J. A. Gomez & Cesar DeAlba 2012 Record: 3-1(1)-1(0)-0(0), $55,887,
1st Bank Of America South America Championship Challenge, 10th Bank Of America Challenge Championship-G1
In a rare occurrence, racing fans in the U.S. actu- ally got to see South American Champion Dash Glory Ease compete in 2012. The 4-year-old stal-
lion traveled more than 7,000 miles from his home in Brazil to Iowa to run in the Bank of America Challenge Championship-G1 on Oct. 27.
Dash Glory Ease’s first official start recorded by the American Quarter Horse Association was in the Jan. 28 trials to the $104,774 Bank Of America South America Championship Challenge, where he finished second by a nose. He returned to win the finals by a neck, covering the 440 yards in :21.470 for a speed index of 113. That win assured
the stallion his AQHA Championship, as the winner of that race is named the AQHA South American Champion each year. His Brazilian race record also includes wins in the 2011 GP Profissionais do Turfe and GP Encerramento.
After Dash Glory Ease’s Challenge win, owner-breeder Wellington Queiroz, of Haras Fazenda Bela Ltd., sent the stallion to the north- ern hemisphere. It was a decision he also made in 2010, with Splash To Paradise, when he finished ninth in the 2010 Bank Of America Challenge Championship-G1. Splash To Paradise stayed in the United States and became an allowance win- ner shortly thereafter. Dash Glory Ease finished 10th in the 2012 Bank Of America Challenge Championship-G1, and may also stay in the U.S.
Despite his lack of success in the American Challenge races, Wellington’s son, Rafael, said his father is still honored to be able to be a part of the program. “We know it’s very difficult
to win this race,” said Dr. Ricardo Esquerre, who traveled from Brazil with Rafael to watch the race. “But it is an honor to participate. We are so excited and happy to have the chance to participate in this very important race.”
Queiroz was one of the first Brazilians to import Quarter Horses in the early 1980s. Among his imports are World Champion Super Sound Charge and top stallions Ronas Ryon and Holland Ease. In Brazil, Queiroz’s Haras Fazenda Bela has been the top breeder by money earned and races won during the past two decades. Of the six South America Challenge races conducted to date, half of the winners were bred by the farm, in addition to the top four finishers in this year’s race.
Dash Glory Ease wins the Bank of America South America Championship Challenge in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
First Down Dash
Holland Ease
Easy Henryetta
Dash For Cash
First Prize Rose
Easy Jet
Babys Henryetta
Rocket Wrangler
Find A Buyer TB
Gallant Jet
Rose Bug
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Lanovay
Baby Steel TB
Northern Dancer
Fleur
Hoist The Flag
Rhubarb
I Say
Quarana
Fragonard
Bonne Idee
Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go To Market Hide And Seek Jet Deck
Leo Jewel
Lady Bug’s Moon Casco Rose Moon Deck
Miss Night Bar Three Bars
Lena Valenti Lanolark TB Vera Vay Leadstealer Creole
Nearctic Natalma Victoria Park Flaming Page Tom Rolfe Wavy Navy Barbizon Judy Rullah Sayajirao Isetta Pharas Coaran Heliaco Clareira Master Bold Buona Vita
Three Bars Golden Rocket Go Man Go
La Galla Win Market Wise Pretty Does Alibhai Scattered
Moon Deck
Miss Night Bar Leo
Linda Jewel
Top Moon
FL Lady Bug Levan
Prissy Hankins Top Deck TB Moolight Night Barred
Belle Of Midnight Percentage Myrtle Dee
Gray Dream Perhobo
Alate
Frank’s Lark Tommy
Sis McQ
Brown King Khadija
Greek Ship Remiss
Nearco
Lady Angela Native Dancer Almahmoud
Chop Chop Victoriana
Bull Page
Flaring Top
Ribot
Pocahontas
War Admiral Triomphe Polynesian
Good Blood Nasrullah Judy-Rae
Nearco
Rosy Legend Morland
Isolda
Pharis II Astronomie Coaraze
Aldebara Princess Formasterus Saphinha
Cadir
Cacamba
Bold Ruler
Missy Baba
Selim Hassan Bonchance
DASH GLORY EASE, ‘08 c. The Minstrel
Minstrel Glory
Medvedev TB
Verde Planice
Raise Old Glory
Clackson
Khedive
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