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World Champion Be A Bono Dies
2003 World Champion, Champion Three Year Old, Champion Three-Year-Old Gelding Be A Bono (Bono Jazz-Be Peacefull, Raise A Secret) was euthanized at the age of 20 due to com- plications from a hip fracture at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington on April 12. The 2001 sorrel gelding raced from two to seven years of age for breeder/owner Spencer L. Childers and trainer Dan Francisco. Be A Bono won 14 of
26 starts and earned $1,313,348. He broke his maiden his first out and proceeded with a seven- race win streak. He was the victor in the Golden State Futurity-G1, Los Alamitos Winter Derby- G1, Spencer L. Childers California Breeders’ Championship-G1, Los Alamitos Super Derby- G1 (3-times), Vessels Maturity-G1 (twice), and Go Man Go Handicap-G1. Be A Bono became the first racehorse to receive experimental stem cell therapy to repair damage caused by bone chips in his knee, coming back to win the Ves- sels Maturity for a second time. In his final start, Be A Bono finished in a dead heat for the win in an allowance, retiring as the 19th richest Quarter Horse. In 2009, the gelding became part of a group of Champion horses residing at the Kentucky Horse Park. He will be buried in the Memorial Walk of Champions near 1999 and 2001 World Champion Tailor Fit and 1982 World Champion Sgt Pepper Feature.
Agouti Dies
Delta Equine Center on April 15 reported that their Grade 1 sire Agouti (Corona Cartel-Easy Date Dash, Dash For Cash) was euthanized at 22 years of age due to the onset of old age and the effects of laminitis. Bred and owned by Joe Bettencourt and trained
by Paul Jones, Agouti was a leading earner in 2001 and 2002 with $278,495 banked winning 7 races including the Southern California Derby-G1 and Cypress Sopho- more Handicap. Owned by a syndicate, the 1999 sorrel stallion is the sire of over $6.2 million with his top earner Swingin Dad- dyo ($718,108).Frozen semen is available to Agouti, who will be laid to rest at Delta Equine Center in Louisiana.
NEWS BRIEFS
Too Tough To Catch
Too Tough To Catch si 104 (Corona Cartel-Hotsie Tootsie, Easily Smashed) has been purchased by Jordan Maddox and will be introduced to the public and stand the remainder of the 2021 season at Triple M Quarter Horses near Lufkin, Texas. The 2004 sorrel stallion earned $152,424 and won 5 races, including the Easy Jet Stakes at Remington Park. From limited starters, Too Tough To Catch is a stakes sire of more than $1 million.
Wynnewood, Oklahoma. Bred and raced by Carl Pevehouse and trained by Verle Bohner, the 1994 brown mare earned $135,976 and won 3 races including a wire-to-wire victory in the Reming- ton Park Futurity-G1. As a broodmare, Send Me The Candy is the dam of 30 starters, 18 win- ners, 22 ROM and 8 blacktype runners. Her top earner is Grade 1 winner Send Me A Candy Tree ($410,384) and she is the grandam of Champion Jess Good Candy, Apollitical Pence, This Candys Awesome and many other top runners.
SPEEDHORSE PHOTO ARCHIVE ANSWER
The photo on page 169 shows Mighty B Valiant (Valiant Hero-Mighty B Doll, On A High) winning the first running of the Remington Park Oklahoma Bred Futurity-RG1. Mighty B Valiant broke his maiden in the trials, this was his only graded stakes win. The winners share of the purse was $312,000. Trainer Raymond Vargas and Jockey GR Carter Jr. clinched the win for the owners You and Me Partners. Running at three different tracks during his two-year campaign, Mighty B Valiant lit the board nine times from 11 starts with earnings of $543,968.
After Mighty B Valiant’s career on the track, he moved on to his new vocation in the breeding shed, standing at 13 Racing in Cache, OK, for breeder/owner Homer A. “Bud” Hill. There he has made a mark for himself as a Multiple Graded Stakes sire of over $2.5 Million in earnings. WRS Valentino is Mighty B Valiant’s most accomplished runner. Finishing either first or second in every start, he amassed three stakes wins and a bankroll of $294,174. Mighty B Valiant is the sire of mul- tiple APHA winners, including two-time Paint Champion Valiant Jess. He is also the sire of money warners in the barrel arena with foals eligible for the Future Fortunes Stallion Incentive. This year’s $926,500 Remington Park Futurity-RG1 was won by San Lorenzo Tay on April 17.
Send Me The Candy Dies
Grade 1 winner Send Me The Candy (Leaving Memories-Send Me Candy, Tiny’s Gay) was euthanized April 10 due to complications from old age. The 27-year-old mare was owned by Brian L. Gunder and was buried next to 2-time Champion Bugs Alive In 75 at Dunn Ranch in
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