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... grace, beauty, spirit and freedom” - Sharon Ralls Lemon
CASSANDRA CREST
Champion/Champion sire American Runaway, and he is out of AQHA Dam of Distinction Havanah Goodtime, by Ivory James. Duponte was bred and owned by AQHA Hall of Fame member and multiple Champion breeder/owner Bobby
D. Cox, who is the #3 all-time leading owner and the #3 all-time leading breeder of money earners. Duponte’s first foals are yearlings of 2020.
EYESA COUNTRY MISS
Eyesa Country Miss (Mr Eye Opener-Country Zevi, Zevi TB) died on Jan. 27 after foaling a colt earlier in the day. During her racing career, Eyesa Country Miss won 17 races from 53 starts with earnings of $312,810. Bred, owned & trained by Sparky Mullins, she won eight stakes races includ- ing the Speedhorse Gold & Silver Derby-G3, Golden Driller Stakes-G3, Fair Meadows Belles Stakes-G3 and Juno’s Request Stakes-G3. Eyesa Country Miss was named Oklahoma Hi-Point Aged Mare in 2006. She is the dam of eight money earners from as many starters.
FRENCH STREAKTOVEGAS
French Streaktovegas (A Streak Of Fling-PC Frenchmans Flirt, Sun Frost) died at the age of
13 in November. The 2007 stallion earned in excess of $74,000 and was a BFA Derby World Champion and a multiple Futurity and Pro Rodeo
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Champion. He is the sire of over $330,000 in bar- rel money earners, including 2020 Ruby Buckle Champion RV Two Dash Ta Vegas.
HE LOOKS HOT
2019 World Champion, Champion Aged Gelding, Champion Aged Horse He Looks Hot (Walk Thru Fire-Look Her Over, Check Him Out) died after suffering an irrecoverable bout of colic. Bred and owned by Dr. Edward C. Allred and trained by Scott Willoughby, He Looks Hot had undergone colic surgery four times. Following his last surgery, He Looks Hot suffered another bout and could
not be saved. He Looks Hot earned $1,618,055. The 2012 gelding made 34 career starts and won 14 races and eight stakes events, including the Champion of Champions-G1, Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1, Spencer L. Childers California Breeders’ Championship-G1 (twice), Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship-G1, and Vessels Maturity-G1.
HEZA RAMBLIN MAN
Heza Ramblin Man (Takin On The Cash-Kiptys Kisses, Kipty Charger) died in September. The 1993 chestnut gelding, who was bred by Ellen Kennedy and raced by Walter Fletcher, won 16 of 51 starts and earned $750,907. Among his 10 stakes victories are the AQHA Juvenile Challenge Championship-G1
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and the Los Alamitos Invitational Championship-G1 (twice), as well as a second-place finish in the 1996 All American Derby-G1.
JOYOUS EYES
The 1998 mare Joyous Eyes (Mr Eye Opener- Joyous Bug, Bugs Alive In 75) was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on June 3 at the home of breeder/owner Dolores Hill in Moore, Oklahoma. Joyous Eyes won one race and earned her ROM on the track, and then moved to the barrel arena where she earned an additional $23,760. She is the dam of 100% money earners/ROM and is from the family of multiple race and barrel winners, including stakes winner Joyous Bug ($58,183).
LITTLE SURFER
Champion producer Little Surfer (First Down Dash-Runaway Wave, Runaway Winner) died from complications of melanomas on Aug. 13. Bred by Lucas Racing Inc., the 2006 mare was owned by Keith Nellesen’s McColee Land and Livestock. Little Surfer won five of 21 starts and earned $102,749 winning the Lone Star Distaff Challenge and Hialeah Derby. A full sister to World Champion Wave Carver and Champion Ocean Runaway, Little Surfer is the dam of 19 starters and over $1.2 million in earners including 2-time 2019 Champion Uncle D (2020, $689,165).
LITTLE SURFER
HE LOOKS HOT
HEZA RAMBLIN MAN
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