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CONTENTS
INDUSTRY PROFILE: THOMAS SCHECKEL
COLUMNS
TRACK CHATTER
The Month In Review 30
VET VIEWS
Beat The Heat 92
FEATURES
AQHA UPDATE 22 SPEEDLINES
Remembering Jet Deck 34
INDUSTRY PROFILE
Thomas Scheckel 48
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Stock Market Performance - What’s New? 78
SPECIAL FEATURES
Fabulous Rachel’s Brave Journey
from Tragedy to Triumph 58
Ruidoso Downs Hall of Fame 102 Future Stakes Winner 119 Brenda Silvina Hernandez - First Female Jockey to
Win QH Race at Hipodromo de las Americas 158 Energy Downs 307 Horse Racing Record Year 171 Speedhorse Trial Recaps 214
BEHIND THE LENS
Delta Downs 124 Canterbury Park 140 North Dakota Horse Park 150
NEWS BRIEFS 232 PAINT NEWS BRIEFS 238
LEADING SIRES
Leading Track Sires 235 Leading Paint Sires 240 Graded Stakes Standings 241 Leading Appaloosa Sires 241 2023 Leading AQHA Sires 242 2023 Leading AQHA Sires of Two Year Olds 243
LEADERS BOARD
2023 Owners & 2023 Breeders 244 2023 Trainers & 2023 Jockeys 245
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 246 STAKES SCHEDULE 247 ADVERTISERS INDEX 247
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