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RUNNERS IN TRAINING
Lowell saw success as an owner as well as a breeder. His homebred Tempered Glass (Streakin Six-Chick Under Glass, Raise Your Glass) won 10 of 25 starts, finishing 2nd once and 3rd twice. The graded stakes winner tallied $103,777 in three years, winning her trial for the All American Derby and finished 5th in the Grade 1 final. That year, she also won the QHBC Sophomore Classic-G2 and the Lowell Dillingham Handicap, both at Los Alamitos. At 4, she ran 2nd in the Las Damas Handicap-G1 2nd division, and qualified for the All American Gold Cup-G1.
Lowell and Don’s 1991 Ronas Ryon colt Good Bye Norma Jean (Ronas Ryon-Elise McKenna, Real Easy Jet) won five of seven starts including futurity consolations at Sunland and Remington Parks during his lone year on the track. Profit Taker (Heza Fast Man-Truley Yours, Tolltac) was a graded stakes placed mare with $50,179 in earnings. She ran 2nd in a futurity consolation at Los Alamitos in her first year on the track, ran in the Texas Classic Derby-G1, and was 2nd in the Miss Princess Handicap and the Independence Day Handicap at 4.
TRES SEIS
Sixarun went on to sire Tres Seis (shown), who was ranked second by earnings in 2001 and tallied six wins, including the Golden State Futurity-G1.
LE RITZ
Sixy Chick went on to produce her top money-earning foal Le Ritz (shown), who was a runner-up in the Miss Kindergarten Futurity-G2 and the California Derby Challenge.
FROM BREEDING TO SELLING
Lowell’s present position as manager
of Ruidoso Horse Sales sprang from his relationship with R.D. “Dee” Hubbard. “Dee and I and four other guys decided that we’d have a Super Select Sale, and we had the first two at the Chaparral Convention Center where the Museum of the Horse is now,” Lowell says. “Then we built a sales pavilion at Glencoe, New Mexico, down the Hondo Valley about 12 miles northeast of here.”
When Dee and Ed Allred bought Ruidoso Downs in 1988, Dee asked Lowell to get the Ruidoso Sale going. “I said I would for a year,” Lowell says. “That was 33 years ago.”
Ruidoso Downs’ newest owners, who purchased the track in 2017, insisted that the sale company be included in the purchase. “They knew that the horse sale was a big part of what goes on here,” says Jeff True. “I call it the three-legged stool of the business plan: The races fuel the sale, the sale fuels the races, and the casino fuels purses. It makes the whole thing a sustainable year-round operation.”
“When the Super Select Sale at Glencoe and the All American Sale at Ruidoso were incorporated into one business entity, the sale showed significant growth from that point on,” adds Walt.
“The owners recognize the importance of the sale and the importance of Lowell to that sale company,” Jeff continues. “He knows the consignors and the mares that produce the babies that he prefers for the sale catalog. His importance to this enterprise is indisputable, and the sale company’s importance to this enterprise is foundational.”
The broad knowledge base that makes Lowell the valuable asset that he is springs from years and years of road trips with his longtime friend Butch Wise, general manager of the Lazy E in Guthrie, Oklahoma. The pair have traveled innumerable miles in the course of evaluating and selecting horses for their respective businesses. “During the heart of the coronavirus [shutdown], Butch and
I were gone three weeks and drove 10,000 miles,” Lowell says.
TEMPERED GLASS
Lowell saw success as an owner as well as a breeder. His homebred Tempered Glass won 10 of 25 starts, including the QHBC Sophomore Classic-G2 and the Lowell Dillingham Handicap.
GOOD BYE NORMA JEAN
Lowell and Don Brook’s 1991 Ronas Ryon colt Good Bye Norma Jean (shown), won five of seven starts including futurity consolations at Sunland and Remington parks during his lone year on the track.
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