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I have seen things so beautiful in life, yet none of them can match the beauty of a horse running free.
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stakes winners with earnings of over $37 million, including Champion The Fiscal Cliff and 3-time APHA World Champion Painted Turnpike.
RYANSMANONTHEMOON
Ryansmanonthemoon (First Moonflash- Girlonthego, Man On The Move), died the morn- ing of June 2 due to colic. The 2016 bay gelding came on strong in his 2019 three-year-old campaign. He was ranked #11 by 2019 wins and #30 by 2019 earnings, winning the Zia Park Championship-G1, NMHBA Stakes-RG2 and the Shue Fly Stakes-G3, finishing second in the Zia Handicap-RG2, and as a finalist in the Championship at Sunland Park-G1. He made his final start on Jan. 25, 2020, winning the $100,000 Dona Ana County Handicap by 1 1/2-lengths at Sunland Park. Ryansmanonthemoon, who earned $410,081, was bred and owned by Jimmy Negrete and Jimmy Vazquez.
STEL CORONA
Multiple Champion sire Stel Corona (Corona Cartel-Our Lips Are Sealed, Streakin Six)
passed away suddenly at the age of 20 on Feb.
24. Owned by a syndicate, Stel Corona won
eight of his 25 starts with $111,584 in earnings. The sorrel stallion won the PCQHRA Breeders’ Derby-G2, Sooner Trailer Stakes and Huntington Harbour Handicap. He was also a finalist in the
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Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1 and Southern California Derby-G1. Standing at Burns Ranch near Menifee, California, at the time of his passing, Stel Corona sired 286 winners and $10.8 million in earners, including Champions Foose and Quirky.
STOLI MY HEART
Stoli My Heart (Stoli-Streakin To Music, Streakin La Jolla) died the first week of March. The 2003 bay stallion won three of his 11 starts with $108,790 in earnings, finishing third in the Heritage Place Futurity-G1, Speedhorse Gold & Silver Cup Futurity-G1 and Longhorn Futurity-G2. Stoli My Heart was bred by the Pierce Family Partnership and owned by Manuel Garcia and Blanca Salinas.
STREAKIN FLYER
Streakin Flyer (Strawfly Special-Streakin For Love, Streakin Six) died March 8 at the age of 26. The 1994 bay gelding won five of 14 starts and earned $1,141,128, including a victory in the 1996 All American Futurity-G1 for Mike and Janelle Green’s Southern Rose Ranch and trainer Donnie Lee Strickland.
TAC IT LIKE A MAN
Tac It Like A Man (First Down Dash-Jumping Tac Flash, Tolltac) died of heart failure on June 21 in Brazil. Standing most of his breeding career at Lazy
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E Ranch and a short time at Zerlotti Genetics, the stallion moved to Brazil in 2017. The 16-year-old stallion was owned by TAC Syndicate at the time of his death. Bred and owned by Double Bar S Ranch LLC and trained by Jaime Gomez during his race career, Tac It Like A Man earned $417,763 winning the Governor’s Cup Futurity-RG1 and the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity-G1. Tac It Like A Man is the sire of over $5.5 million in earners from just 10 crops to race, including top stakes winners Igotyourtac ($577,067) and The Long Knife ($425,699). “Completely heartbroken to hear the news of Tac It Like A Man passing,” said Dawn and Rhonda Rae List of Double Bar S Ranch.
WINNERS AWARD
Winners Award (Runaway Winner-Sweet Miranda, Special Leader) was euthanized on Feb. 21 at the age of 18 due to complications from colic. Bred and raced by Jerry Windham, the 2002 bay stallion won or placed in 8 of 18 starts during his career on the track with earnings of $80,148. Winners Award won the 2006 TQHA Sires’ Cup Stakes and was third in the 2005 Dash For Cash Derby-G1. From a limited number of starters, Winners Award is the sire of 48 winners and nine blacktype runners with earnings of nearly $1.7 million, including 2014 World Champion JRC Callas First. Winners Award stood his final season at stud at Zerlotti Genetics Ltd. near Pleasanton, Texas.
WINNERS AWARD
STREAKIN FLYER
TAC IT LIKE A MAN
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