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Zipp Zoro, another landmark Gentry Brothers broodmare purchase is an AQHA Dam of Distinction.
FOUNDING BLOODLINES - ZIPP ZORO
Another landmark Gentry brothers broodmare purchase was Zipp Zoro in 1983. The stakes-winning mare won the West Texas Derby at Sunland Park and ran second in the Blue Ribbon Derby and the Savannah Swinger H. Series #2, also at Sunland Park. She then produced five stakes winners for Gentry Farms: Zoro Jet in 1986, Lazbuddie in 1989, Zip Dash in 1990, Zipuino in 1991, and First Down Dash daughter Fodice in 1996, and is now an AQHA Dam of Distinction.
Zipp Zoro’s foal Fodice joined the Gentry Farms broodmare band after a racing career that earned her $119,841 with five wins, four seconds and one third from 17 starts. She qualified for the G1 Rainbow, Dash For Cash and Los Alamitos Million futurities, ran third in the California Derby Challenge-G3, and won the Chicks Beduino Handicap at Los Alamitos at three.
Gentry Farms occasionally infuses their Quarter Horse lines with Thoroughbreds at their Lexington, Kentucky farm and that practice brought about two of Fodice’s most noteworthy foals: Fovee, by Cuvee TB in 2007; and Scatmandu, by Scat Daddy — the Thoroughbred industry’s 2011 leading freshman sire — in 2010.
On the track, Fovee earned five wins, four seconds and two thirds from 15 starts, and $380,385 in career earnings. She ran third in the G1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity, then came back at three to run second in both the Secret Card Handicap and the Vandy’s Flash Handicap -G3 at Los Alamitos. At four she won the Los Alamitos Distaff Challenge-G3 and the Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap-G1
and ran third in the AQHA Distaff Challenge Championship-G1. She also qualified for the Champion of Champions-G1.
Scatmandu qualified for the Rainbow Futurity-G1 and Derby-G1 and ran second
in the Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1, then
ran third in the Los Alamitos Championship Challenge-G3 at four. He also qualified for the Southern California Derby-G1 and the Los Alamitos Winter Championship-G1.
Fovee also produced several of Gentry Farms’ current contenders including Communicate, by PYC Paint Your Wagon; College Scandal, by Coronas Leaving You; and Force For Good, by One Famous Eagle, all foaled in 2018.
Also, among Gentry Farms’ horses in training are Family Dynasty, by FDD Dynasty, and In My Heart, by Apollitical Jess — both of whom are out of the Fearless Freda daughter Heartbeat, by Tres Seis; and Tempting, by Tempting Dash and out of Fredaville.
FOUNDING BLOODLINES - JODIE ECHOLS
In 1967, Robert and Bruce bought the mare- and-foal package Jodie Echols, by the Zantanon son Ed Echols and out of Miss Ginger S, by Joe Traveler; and her Three Bars colt Velox Bar.
Velox Bar ran two seasons, placing third in
the All American Futurity (for which Gentry Farms’ Cute Kiss also qualified, placing eighth) against Easy Jet and Miss Three Wars. Velox Bar graduated to stakes-winning status the following year in the New Mexico State Fair Handicap. He finished among the top three in 15 of his 26 races.
Jodie Echols produced two more All American qualifiers: Will I Win in 1960 and Three Cookies in 1964. Both were by Three Bars TB. Will I Win also ran fourth in the PCQHRA Futurity.
Multiple stakes placed filly Three Cookies won six of 32 starts with three seconds and four thirds, and ran fourth in the Shue Fly Stakes at Los Alamitos.
In 1967, Robert and Bruce bought the mare-and-foal package Jodie Echols and her Three Bars colt Velox Bar, who is shown here with his winning connections after winning the 1970 State Fair Stakes.
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