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a mobile vet truck. Two years later, he pur- chased land and opened Animal Veterinary Services (AVS) Hospital. As business grew, Fisch expanded the operation in physical size and scope once again in 2004 to its current location just east of Tallahassee. With the move came another new name, AVS Equine Medical and Surgical Hospital.
The35-acrefacilityhousesa26,000square foot state-of-the-art complex. The hospital has two surgery suites, along with separate induction recovery rooms, large digital x-ray room, exten- sive horse treatment areas, covered stallion collec- tion area, two climate controlled neonatal stalls, 20 mare and foal stalls and several paddocks.
“The focus of our hospital changed. Our needs changed,” Fisch said. “We have a lot more room here. We pretty much outgrew our last facility. Now we have large, spacious pad- docks. Basically, we are a totally different type of hospital now compared to when we started.”
SUNSHINE STATE STALLIONS
AVS Equine is home to three stallions, Bono Jazz, Mr Joe Im Kool and Streakin Six Cartel. All are owned by outside clients.
Bono Jazz, by Jazzing Hi out of Pro Bono, by Summum Bonum, won nine of 22 career starts and earned $316,124. During his racing days, he won the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity-G1, Governor’s Cup Derby-G1, El Primero Del Ano Derby-G2 and Fallbrook Handicap.
As a stallion, Bono Jazz has already produced a champion. He is the sire of Be A Bono, (14
wins to 6) with earnings of $1,313,348. He was AQHA’s World Champion, Champion 3-Year- Old and Champion 3-Year-Old Gelding in 2004.
“I like to choose stallions that not only have speed, but soundness as well,” Fisch said. “Bono Jazz is big-boned and he has good feet. He’s a big, stout horse. He performed at the top end as a racehorse and he puts out a nice looking baby.”
StreakinSixCartelisanOklahoma-bredsonof Corona Cartel out of the Grade 3-winning Streakin Six mare Streakin Six Love. Streakin Six Cartel captured the Remington Park
Futurity-G1 and also was a
finalist in the Heritage Place
Futurity-G1 and the Texas
Classic Futurity-G1 at age 2.
“He’s a little bigger than Corona Cartel,” Fisch said of Streakin Six Cartel. “This was his third year at stud. We bred about 80 mares to him last season. He had a real nice book.”
Mr Joe Im Kool, a son of Royal Quick Dash, recently became the 47th American Quarter Horse to earn the exclusive title of AQHA Supreme Champion.
“He appeals to a differ- ent group of breeders,” Fisch said. “He is a stallion that can produce a racehorse or an all-around rodeo type.”
QUIET LEADER
As president of the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association since 2005, Fisch has been instrumental in returning Quarter Horse racing to the Sunshine State.
“In August of 2005, the AQHA held a meet- ing in Ocala about getting racing going again
in Florida,” Fisch explained. “About 250 people showedup.Therewasagoodbitofinterest. It was a slow day for me, so I drove to Ocala to lis-
ten. I never planned on
actually getting involved. “Two groups were formed,” he added, “a
legislative group and an organizational group. John Shaw wanted me to participate and convinced me to join the organiza- tional group even though I was just there to listen. No one from the legisla-
Bono Jazz is currently one of three stallions that stands to the public at Dr. Fisch’s AVS Equine Medical and Surgical Hospital in Tallahassee, Florida.
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Bono Jazz
K.C. Montgomery
courtesy Steve Fisch