SIX STALLION SEASONS AVAILABLE TO BENEFIT KENTUCKY QUARTER HORSE RACING ASSOCIATION

Six stallion owners have donated a 2010 season as a sponsorship to benefit American Quarter Horse racing in Kentucky. Breedings to noted stallion Mr Eye Opener, FDD Dynasty, No Secrets Here; to Kentucky-based stallions Kool Quick Kid and Check R Six Twist; and to the stakes-winning Thoroughbred Devilment have been donated to the Kentucky Quarter Horse Racing Association and are available for purchase.

KyQHRA is the horsemen's group that puts on the races at the Red Mile, which will be held for the sixth consecutive year on July 17-18.

“The monies raised from the breedings go directly to purses,” said Anne Doolin, KyQHRA Executive Director. “We’re very appreciative of the donations to some of the sport’s best stallions. This year, we have to raise two-thirds of the purses to be offered at the Red Mile, and these contributions are vitally important to help us maintain our purse level at $135,000 over two nights. We’re within reach of our goal, and these breedings, along with cash sponsorships from many other supporters, are the reason.”

Mr Eye Opener, a son of Dash For Cash, stands at Dee and Betty Raper's Belle Mere Farm in Norman, Oklahoma. For the past three years, the Rapers have donated a breeding to the stallion to KyQHRA. Mr Eye Opener annually ranks among the top stallions in the nation. His noted runners include All American Futurity (G1) winner Eyesa Special and recent Heritage Place Derby (G1) winner Cuz Eye Said.

AQHA Past President Frank “Scoop” Vessels has donated the breeding to All American winner No Secrets Here. The son of First Down Dash earned more than $1.6 million while hitting the board in 17 of 19 starts. He is standing his first season at stud at Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall, California. Last year, Vessels donated a breeding to Fishers Dash, which was purchased by Gerald Coltharp.

Billy Smith of New Mexico donated a season to multiple champion FDD Dynasty, who also stands at Vessels Stallion Farm. FDD Dynasty, a son of First Down Dash, won eight of 11 lifetime starts, three of them graded, and retired with earnings just under $1.2 million. His first foals arrived this year.

Kool Quick Kid, a son of Royal Quick Dash out of multiple graded stakes producer Hava Zevi, stands at Williams Racing Stables Inc. in LaCenter, Kentucky. Kool Quick Kid, standing his first season in the Bluegrass, has several 2-year-olds this year and is enrolled in both the Kentucky Breeders Incentive Fund and the AQHA Incentive Fund. He is a three-quarter brother to $670,000-earner WRS Special Shoe, who won last year’s $ 353,500 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1).

Check R Six Twist, a 3-year-old son of Check Him Out, is a homebred racing for KyQHRA board member Gerald Coltharp of Sedalia, Kentucky, and will enter stud in 2010. Out of the Six Fols mare Mimis Lil Dream, Check R Six Twist has two wins in seven starts and earnings of $12,726. Last year, the colt qualified to the All American Congress Futurity (G3) at Beulah Park. He has a career-high 98 Speed Index.

Devilment enters stud next year for KyQHRA President Eucklie Henson of Benton, Kentucky. By Peaks and Valleys, Devilment won five of 14 races, including stakes on dirt and on turf, and earned $247,174. In 2007, Devilment was second in the Fair Grounds Breeders' Cup Handicap (G3). Henson test-bred the stallion to several of his own mares this year, and all are in foal. Breeders interested in purchasing a season to any of the above stallions should contact Anne Doolin at (859) 983-0520 prior to Monday, June 15.

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