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Harems Last Dash
Harems Last Dash (First Down Dash-Harems Choice, Beduino TB) will stand the 2020 season at Weldon Quarter Horses in Utah. The 2007 sorrel stallion won eight races, including the Southern California Derby-G1 on his way to banking $169,957. He was also second in the Los Alamitos Winter Championship-G2 and a finalist in the Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1, Go Man Go Handicap-G1, El Primero Del Ano Derby-G2, Independence Day Handicap, and Town Policy Stakes. Harems Last Dash is the sire of multi- ple money earners from just 12 starters.
Ditto Theory (Van Zant-Taint Misbehavin, Prime Talent), a
2016 bay gelding owned by SAS Performance Horses and trained by Harvey Baeza, with Smokey Joe the goat and dogs Cooper and Cesar.
GOLDEN SEASON
On Oct. 21, Ajax Downs in On- tario concluded its Quarter Horse meet and celebrated the track’s 50th anniversary of racing.
Tony Phillips rode two winners on the 10-race card and earned the lead- ing rider title. His 36 victories are the most wins he has had since he began riding Quarter Horses in 2004.
“It’s been an amazing season,” Phillips said after being interviewed by stallionesearch.com. “All those people who had my back this year and previous years, I stuck with them, and it paid off. I really thank everyone for the support.”
Adding a winner on the final card gave Ed Walton a total of 25 races, and he finished in second place ahead of Brian Bell and Ramiro Castillo, who each rode 21 winners during the meet.
With 35 wins, Jason Pascoe led all trainers, and Christine Tavares earned the leading owner title with 17 wins.
The final race of the season went to Eye Am The Eagle, a 4-year-old gelding who was purchased last year by First Line Racing Syndicate, a group of more than a dozen people who have made five total trips and four in 2019 to the winner’s circle with Eye Am The Eagle.
Organized by the Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario, Inc., the syndi- cate is open to any racing enthusiast who wants to purchase an affordable share in a Quarter Horse.
Goodell To Lead ARCI Attorney’s Committee
The Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) announced on Nov. 14 that Rick Goodell has been select- ed to chair the organization’s Reg- ulatory Attorney’s Committee. Goodell, who is a recipient of the ARCI Exemplary Service Award, brings more than two decades
of experience to the position. A longtime prosecutor, Goodell is a recognized expert in prosecuting racing drug violations. In his cur- rent position as Associate Counsel for the New York Gaming Com- mission, he has been responsible for equine drug and other gam- ing adjudications, equine drug rules, providing legal advice, and daily horse racing legal issues for regulation of Standardbred and Thoroughbred racetracks, in- cluding oversight of rulings and investigations.
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