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STALLION AUCTION 2023
The Speedhorse Stallion Auction Has A New Platform!
Bidding for the 2023 auction has closed.
Remaining breedings will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
Auction info and contracts can be found at Speedhorse. com/auction
or call 405-310-4651 to speak with your sales representative!
Happy Bidding!
the fall of 1979, Story had been accepted into Veterinary School so he had only planned one year as coach. Some thought the OJQHA’s Team Championship was a fluke, so he was challenged to successfully do it again.
For 30 years, Dr. Bob Story worked as
a racetrack veterinarian at Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico. His impressive career has resulted in trophies, statues, and paintings filling every room of his Perkins, Oklahoma home representing the horses he has treated over the years.
One of ten to 14 veterinarians at the track, Story spent his career working with owners, jockeys, grooms, trainers and horses, helping produce 14 All American Futurity winners - the richest Quarter Horse race in the world.
On a small day, Dr. Story would treat 120 horses and the number increased from there. The most number of horses he has ever worked on in one day was 342. He started at 1 o’clock in the morning and finished at 11 that night. This is a demonstration of his commitment and passion for the industry and to the profession.
BUD BREEDING OKLAHOMA SPIRIT AWARD
RON MCMILLIAN
Ron McMillian has been involved in the breeding and showing of an AQHA Champion and multiple World and Reserve World Champions for more than 40 years.
He is a past President of the Ozark Quarter Horse Association, and a past member of the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Association board of directors.
Ron has worked with the International Equine Judges seminar for the past 20 years and instructed classes for their Judges Academy. He has served on the Judges Committee for the American Paint Horse Association and is currently on the Professional Horseman’s Committee.
Ron has served as a Ring Steward for
the past 35 years for numerous prestigious World Champion Shows for the American Quarter Horse Association, Palomino Horse Breeders of America, American Paint Horse Association, Pinto Horse Association, American Buckskin Registry of America, American Miniature Horse Association, Appaloosa Horse Club, and National Snaffle Bit Association, as well as the National Western Stock Show, Florida State Fair, Texas Classic, Dixie National, and Florida Gold Coast and Gulf Coast Shows.
Ron retired from Public Service Company
of Oklahoma after 36 years as a laboratory technician. He resides in Collinsville, Oklahoma with his wife of 51 years, Karen. They have one daughter, Stephanie Kirkland, her husband Jay and son Jaxton.
Three Bars TB
Doug Carpenter
Bob Story, DVM
Ron McMillian
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