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an honor to win the Sam Thompson Memorial Jockey Award,” said Nicasio. “It is so amazing to me to be on the list of winners with all that have won it before me. I just feel so happy, and it is really just so amazing to win this to me and my family.”
Apollitical Jess and Champions Fredaville, Fredricksburg, Jess Louisiana Blue, Matabari, Miss Racy Jess, Noconi, One Famous Eagle and A Revenant. He is also the broodmare sire of 12 Champions, including World Champions Jessies First Down, Whistle Stop Cafe and Heza Dasha Fire, and he is the grandsire of 11 of the top 25 leading sires of money earners in 2023. Mr Jess Perry originally stood at 6666 Ranch in Texas. “Dr. Glenn Blodgett and I had been friends
for many years, and it was he and my wife who pushed to get Mr Jess Perry to the 6666’s. I had been there every step of the way with Glenn and Mr Jess Perry, up until both of their deaths,” Jon McPherson said. “I know that Glenn would not want this horse to die off, and my goal is to keep Glenn’s dream alive and keep this stallion’s name- sake going. We want to thank and appreciate all that the 6666’s have done leading up to today, but it is time to change things up and put this horse back in the spotlight like he is used to being in.” For additional information contact Jon McPherson at (318) 308-4592, Donna McPherson at (318) 308-4595 or Stephen Deville, LACER Stallion Manager, at (225) 202-2104.
Cyber Attack To Granada Farms
2022 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Cyber Attack SI 101 (Favorite Cartel-Remember Me Rose, Corona Cartel) will stand his first year at stud in 2024 at Granada Farms in Texas. Bred by Steve
D. Burns and owned by Rosenthal Ranch, LLC, the 2020 stallion earned $1,685,355 winning
the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1 and the Ruidoso Derby-G1. He was in the money in 10 of 12 starts. Cyber Attack is a full sibling to 7 blacktype runners, including millionaires Bomb Cyclone and Powerful Favorite, and he is a half- sibling to 5 blacktype runners. He is out of AQHA Dam of Distinction and 2-time Speedhorse Broodmare of the Year, Remember Me Rose. He will stand for a 2024 fee of $7,500.
Morales, Soto Summarily Suspended
According to the Paulick Report and the Association of Racing Commissioners International, owner Ricardo Morales and train- er Salvador Soto have been summarily suspended after New Mexico Racing Com- mission state veterinary Dr. Victoria Lowe
Eduardo Nicasio Awarded Sam Thompson Memorial Award
Eduardo Nicasio was awarded the 2023 Sam Thompson Memorial Award surrounded by some of the past recipients of the award and the jockey colony on Sept. 3 at Ruidoso Downs. One of the most prestigious awards given to Quarter Horse jockeys and presented at Ruidoso Downs, the Sam Thompson Memorial Award is voted on by past award recipients and recognizes those riders whose careers and personal charac- ter are a role model of conduct on and off the racetrack. The 2023 award was presented by the Sam Thompson Memorial Foundation and the vote from the panel of former Sam Thompson Award winners made Nicasio the newest mem- ber of this elite group. Known for his support of his fellow riders, Nicasio has had an impressive career in Quarter Horse racing with 756 wins and over $22.3 million in earnings on such horses as Apollitical Jess, Good Reason SA, Last To Fire, Apollitical Blood, Powerful Favorite, Cyber Attack and Bomb Cyclone. “It is such
Mr Jess Perry To Louisiana For 2024 Breeding Season
A shareholder meeting on Aug. 31 deter- mined the remaining semen of 2-time Cham- pion Mr Jess Perry SI 113 (Streakin La Jolla- Scoopie Fein, Sinn Fein), who earned $687,184 and is the #3 all-time leading sire of money earners, will have his semen available through syndicate manager Grant Farms in Louisiana. Jon and Donna McPherson, originally share- holders in Mr Jess Perry, own Grant Farms.
The Louisiana Center of Equine Reproduction (LACER), in Opelousas, have become stallion managers on the remaining semen. Mr Jess Perry, who died in 2017, is the sire of 25 crops to race earners of over $61.5 million, including nine Champions in World Champion
SPEEDHORSE PHOTO ARCHIVES
Can you identify the
horse in this photo? Here’s a hint: The stallion was named Champion Stallion, Champion 2-Year-Old Colt and High Money Earning Horse in 1975. The answer is on page 225.
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