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mares, maybe closer to 400, and he’d have 10-12- 15 stallions. He was one of the first people we met when we got into the horse business, and I’ve always reached out to him for help and advice.
“One thing I admire about him is his horsemanship,” Norma adds. “He’s been my mentor in the business, and I’ve learned an awful lot from him. I remember early on we went to a sale that was being held in Hondo at that time. He didn’t know us, but he had set these stalls up for his horses and he said, ‘Just take one of those [stalls], and don’t worry about coming out to feed in the morning; we’ll take care of it.’ I didn’t think to give him a phone number and when we got back the next day, he was sitting there with red, bloodshot eyes and I said, ‘Wow, you look like you had a hard night.’ He said our horse had colic and he’d been up with her all night!
“He’s one of the most well-known and successful people in yearling sales in New Mexico,” she concludes. “When we first met him, he told us he had the sale topper and Dosi and I just looked at each other and said, ‘How does he know that?’ But he did, and he’d tell us when he didn’t, too. He always had a good handle on the business and the sales. And he has a lot of character; he has strong opinions and is always very, very honest about them.”
At this year’s Ruidoso New Mexico- Bred Yearling Sale in August, Double LL acted as agent in selling hip number 141 for $125,000—among the top 10 consigned.
SIRES AT DOUBLE LL
W.L. started out with a couple stallions of his own, then began accepting outside stallions to stand. Double LL Farms’ stallion roster has held accomplished names such
as Attila’s Storm TB and Alvarez-bred First Moonflash.
Attila’s Storm TB, by Forest Wildcat
and out of Magesterial daughter Sweet Symmetry, qualified for the TVG Breeders’ Cup Sprint-G1 in 2005 and 2006 at Belmont and Churchill Downs respectively, and won the Fall Highweight Handicap at 3 and
the Toboggan Handicap-G3 at 5, both at Aqueduct. He won $534,983 in four years, with five wins, four seconds and four thirds from 18 starts.
The 2002 Graded Stakes-winning stallion died in 2021 after siring, among others, Bella Dona TB in 2019, who earned $768,818 with 12 wins and two seconds from 15 starts; Waltzing Attila TB in 2014, who earned $458,334 with 10 wins, five seconds and three thirds from 25 starts; and Cheese Tray TB in 2018, who earned $403,866 with career stats of 23-8-6-6.
Headlining the Double LL Farms’ stallion roster throughout his breeding career was the 2005 stallion First Moonflash, by First Down Dash son First To Flash and out of Dosi and Norma’s homebred mare Nagano Moon, by Major Rime and out of Tilted Moon, by Tilt The Odds.
First Moonflash won an admirable $969,828 with 14 wins and four thirds
from 25 starts. He earned runner-up
status in 2009 by wins, earning the
AQHA Champion Aged Stallion and
New Mexico Stallion of the Year titles
that year. His wins include the New
Mexico State Fair Señor Futurity-G3, New Mexico Classic Derby-G1, Jess Burner Memorial Handicap-G1 (2008 and 2009), Championship at Sunland Park Stakes-G1 (2008 and 2009), Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap-G2, New Mexico Championship Challenge-G1, New Mexico Breeders’ Championship-G3 and New Mexico Classic Cup Championship-G1. During AQHA’s 80-year history, he was the ownly stallion to win 10 graded stakes, including seven Grade 1 wins, and he set four New World Records at Sunland Park.
Prior to passing away in 2019, First Moonflash was the sire of 127 black-type earners, including three Champions: 2013 Champion 2 Year Old Handsome Jack
Flash, 2014 Champion 3-Year-Old Filly
Foxy Moonflash and 2018 Champion 2 Year Old Flash And Roll. He also sired 2023 All American Juvenile qualifier As Moonflash, out of Apollitical Jess daughter As And Js, and All American Invitational Stakes qualifier Out Of The Way, out of Corona Cartel daughter Coronas Fast Honey.
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First Moonflash
Attila’s Storm