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Relentlessly Dies
3-time Graded stakes winner Relentlessly (Hes Relentless-Runaway Renata, Carters Cartel) recently died. The four-year-old brown colt earned a 104 speed index and $343,743 winning the 2021 Heritage Place Derby-G2, and the 2022 Eastex Stakes-G2 and Bob Moore Memorial-G2. He was also second
in the Oklahoma Futurity-G2, third in the B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes, and a finalist in the Leo Stakes-G1 and Oklahoma Derby-G3. Relentlessly, who was bred by Randy and Sandy Coleman and owned by Aguila Negra Racing Inc., was ranked a leader by earnings and wins in 2021.
Panther Mountain Dies
2003 Champion Aged Stallion Panther Mountain si 105 (Meter Me Gone-Cash This Runner, Dash For Cash) died in September
of 2021 due to old age. The 1999 brown stallion was a leader by wins and/or earnings from 2001-2003, earning $459,921 with 12 wins from 26 starts, including in the AQHA Challenge Championship-G1, Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1, Central Championship Challenge-G2, and QHBC Juvenile Classic. He was bred by Danny Spiess and owned by Guy Weimer during his race career before being purchased by Fernando Henrique Frare Bertin in 2011 to stand in Brazil. Panther Mountain is the sire of over $11.2 million including 2-time Champion Gone To The Mountain and Champion in South America Prime Panther. He is also the broodmare sire of Canadian Champion Panther Hero.
speed index and was stakes placed 12 times and a stakes finalist 7 times. Bully Pulpit was bred by Chuck Bowlan and was owned by Dan and Kaye Jones. “He brought our family and friends so much joy! To watch him
run an 870 yard race was a sight to behold especially because he always won! He has a fan club and many are children, he will be so missed,” stated Kaye.
Track To Tack Incentive
Track To Tack is a non-profit incentive program that gives horses off the race track the opportunity to increase their value in the performance horse industry. To be eligible, the horse must have had one official start on the racetrack. Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, Paints and Thoroughbreds are all eligible to participate. The first exclusive race will be held in 2023, but side pots are available in the meantime. $25 entry fee with 80% pay back. The other $5 goes to the non-profit fund for future plans. For more information visit Track To Tack’s Facebook.
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Brimmerton Dies
2004 Champion 3-Year-Old Colt Brimmerton si 104 (First Down Dash-Fitting Celebration, Ronas Ryon) died at the age of
21 on May 31. Bred and owned by Bobby
D. Cox, Brimmerton was ranked a leader
by earnings and wins in 2004. He earned $519,538 with seven wins including in the All American Derby-G1, Rainbow Derby-G1, Texas Derby Challenge-G3, and as a finalist in the Retama Park Futurity-G1 and Texas Classic Futurity-G1. Brimmerton is the sire of over $5.9 million, including top earner King Brimmerton ($348,698), and is the broodmare sire of Mexico Champion Valentino Mystery.
Bully Pulpit APHA Dies
2015 Paint gelding Bully Pulpit (CRM Livewire-Judys Apollo, Apollo TB) recently died. Racing from 2017 through 2022, the 7-time Champion won 17 races and earned $319,909 including the PSBA Futurity-G1, Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1, PSBA Derby-G1, Spots N Dots Handicap-G1 (3-times), and Sequoyah Stakes (twice). Bully Pulpit earned a 103
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