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CHAMPIONS. HIS TOP ACHIEVERS INCLUDE:
• Chicks Goes Steppin (Chicks A Blazin- Maggie Goes Steppin, Go Step). This 1999 gelding earned $496,198 with a record of 39-10-12-7 over six years. His first year
out, he ran second in the Zia Futurity-G2, then won the New Mexico State Fair Señor Futurity-G3 and ran third in the Shue Fly Stakes-G2. At 3, he won his trial and the final for the Zia Quarter Horse Derby-G3, the New Mexico State Fair Breeders’ Derby-G3 and the New Mexico Handicap-G3, and ran third in the Jess Burner Memorial Stakes-G2. His third year out, he upped his finish to first in the Jess Burner Memorial Stakes-G1 and ran second in the Championship At Sunland Park Stakes-G1.
• Brimmerton (First Down Dash-Fitting Celebration, Ronas Ryon). The 2001 colt earned $519,538 with seven firsts, two seconds and one third from 12 starts. His wins include the Texas Derby Challenge-G3, the Rainbow Derby-G1 and the All American Derby-G1, after which he earned the 2004 Champion 3-Year-Old Colt title and went on to sire runners such as Graded- stakes-placed Count De Monet.
• Fishers Tale (Fishers Dash-Simply Groovy, Groovy). The 2003 gelding earned a 15-7-3-1 record with $363,312 inearnings.HewonhistrialfortheEd Burke Memorial Futurity, then ran second in the G1 final. He then ran fourth in
the Golden State Million Futurity-G1. His second year out, he ran fourth in the California Derby Challenge-G3, then won the Jens L. List Jr. Memorial California Breeders’ Stakes and qualified for the
Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1 and the Southern California Derby-G1.
• Wascallywittlewabbit(HezaMotor Scooter-Rabbits N Diamonds, Rabbits
Rainbow). The 2015 gelding began his race career in earnest at 5 by winning the Zia 870 Championship Stakes and the Bill Reed Memorial Stakes, both at Ruidoso. At 6 he won the Pauls Valley Stakes-G2, the Remington Park Distance Championship Stakes-G1, the Zia 870 Championship Stakes and the AQHA Distance Challenge Championship Stakes-G1 and ran second in the Downs at Albuquerque Distance Challenge Stakes-G2. At 7 he won the Pauls Valley Stakes-G2 and the Remington Park Distance Championship Stakes-G1
at Remington Park, and the Zia 870 Championship Stakes. He finished his
final race, the SLM Big Daddy Stakes-G3 at Remington Park, second across the wire and along the way, earned the Champion Aged Gelding title in both 2021 and 2022.
• Valiant Hero (First Down Dash-Corona Chick, Chicks Beduino). Joiner-trained as a 3 year old, this 2004 colt earned $668,633 with stats of 14-7-3-2 in two years. His wins at 3 include the Heritage Place Derby-G2 followed by a second-place bid for the Rainbow Derby-G1 and an All American Derby-G1 qualification. He then went on to sire High Flying Hero and Valiant Charm, among others.
• FlashAndRoll(FirstMoonflash-StylishJess BR, Feature Mr Jess). This 2016 filly won 10 of 14 races and earned $1,710,718 in two years. At 2 she won her Ruidoso and All American futurity trials, her trial and the final for the Golden State Million Futurity-G1, and her trial and final for the Los Alamitos 2 Million Futurity-G1. At 3 she won her trial for the Ruidoso Derby and the All American Derby and won the Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1. She earned AQHA Championships in 2018 as 2-Year-Old Filly and overall 2 Year Old, and in 2019 as Champion 3-Year-Old Filly.
Fishers Tale is a 7-time winner with $363,312 in earnings, including a win in the Jens L. List Jr. Memorial California Breeders’ Stakes.
Chicks Goes Steppin earned $496,198, shown winning the 2003 Jess Burner Memorial S.-G1.
2004 Champion Brimmerton earned $519,538 with 7 wins and 3 Graded stakes victories and is also a top sire.
2018 & 2019 Champion Flash And Roll, trained by Mike and Justin Joiner, earned $1,710,718 in her career with 10 wins, including 3 Grade 1 stakes wins.
2021 & 2022 Distance Champion Wascallywittlewabbit has earned $397,820 so far with 14 wins, including 9 stakes victories.
Valiant Hero is a 7-time winner with $668,633 in earnings with 3 stakes victories. He
is a Champion sire of over $28.8 million in earners.
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