Super Sires The 2012 numbers are in and several Paint sires found themselves reaching new heights based on their offspring’s earnings last year. Royal Quick Flash joined Judys Lineage in the
Royal Quick Flash
APHA $4 Million Sire club, thanks to the success of his get in 2012. The 1996 sorrel overo stallion has sired earners of $4.62 million, including top earners Flash N B Gone ($170,824), Flash Of Silk ($132,986), Flashthechicks ($273,539), Lajollas Mr Big Stuff ($122,830),
Quick N Special ($103,344), Royal Quick Treasure ($121,274) and Runaway Argus ($112,152). Bred by the late Don Steele and owned by Steele Farms of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, Royal Quick Flash has sired 374 foals to date, with 253 to race. Passing the $1 Million Sire benchmark in 2012 was
Awesome Chrome, whose foals have earned a total of $1.01 million. The sire of 93 runners out of 203 foals to date, Awesome Chrome’s top get include Awe- some Fling ($132,927) and Super Glide Harley ($99,839). The 2001 sorrel overo stallion is owned by the Awesome Chrome Part- nership of McAllen, Texas. On the leading sires list for Paint barrel horses, pro- vided by Equistat, Scenic Symbol surpassing his clos- est competition by more than $75,000 in offspring earnings in 2012. The sire of five money-earning Paint barrel horses, Scenic Symbol had total offspring earnings of nearly $90,000 last year. Most of that total was earned by SS Streakers R Us, a 2002 brown solid gelding who carried owner/breeder Lee Ann Rust to the National Finals Rodeo—his annual paycheck tal- lied more than $84,000. A 1990 bay roan overo stal- lion, Scenics Symbol is owned by Gary and Lee Ann Rust of Hawley, Texas.
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GLQHA Names Paint Horse
Champions The Great Lakes Quarter
Horse Association recently named its Paint Horse Champions of 2012. Win- ners included the following: • Champion 3-Year- Old or Older Female: Uno Machine, a 2008 sorrel solid mare by Dos Poruno and out of Magical Dreams— owned and bred by Dave and Shirley Gates of Blanchard, Michi- gan; trained by David Gates
Uno Machine
Love That Shotgun
• Champion 3-Year- Old or Older Male: Love That Shotgun, a 2009 bay tobiano gelding by Shotgun Windy and out of Love That Lucy—owned, bred and trained by Dar Howard of Mecosta, Michigan
• GLQHA Champion High-Point Trainer: Anthony Cunningham
• GLQHA Champion High-Point Jockey: Lee Gates • GLQHA Champion High-Point Owner: Dave and Shirley Gates
January Handle Down at U.S. Tracks
The January 2013 handle at U.S. racetracks saw a two percent decline compared with January 2012 totals, according to Equibase figures and reported by Matt Hegarty on the Daily Racing Form’s website. Sources cite the cause as fewer race days in Janu- ary 2013, races cancelled by inclement weather and reduced race schedules. These numbers reflect handle at all U.S. racetracks for all breeds that raced in January.