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Got Country Grip grabs 20th career win at G1 Lewis Wartchow Memorial |
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS—On a day of national celebration, July 4, 2009, Got Country Grip gave owner Jimmy Maddux of Weatherford, Texas, something else to celebrate as he won the $20,000 Lewis Wartchow Memorial. The 350-yard race for 3-year-olds and up was run at Fair Meadows in Tulsa, Okla. Bred by Linda Fox of Maud, Okla., the all-time highest-earning Paint Horse in history, a 2003 bay Solid Paint-Bred gelding, was sired by Country Quick Dash and out of Got A Grip. Also a four-time Solid Paint-Bred Racing World Champion, Got Country Grip stopped the clock at 17.42 seconds—just 0.19 seconds away from breaking his previous record—with jockey Stormy Smith to earn $11,964. Under the training of Brandon Parum, he has started in four races this year with three wins to earn $57,964. His lifetime record includes 24 starts with 20 wins and 4 second-place finishes, and $344,992 in earnings. Coming in at 17.64 seconds to claim second place and $3,988 with Larry Payne in the irons was Chicks Lacerta, a 2005 sorrel Solid Paint-Bred mare. Sired by First Smart Money AQHA and out of Treasured Chick, the mare was bred by Sammy and Nadine Hester of Tulsa, Okla. She is owned by Sammy Hester, who also trained her, and Charles Trochta of Oklahoma City, Okla. So far in 2009, she has started in six races and has earned $46,246. Throughout her racing career, Chicks Lacerta has started in 20 races with seven wins, four seconds and four thirds, and has accumulated $107,790. G I Jana ApHC took third in 17.69 seconds to earn $2,194. Completing the rest of the field were Paint Horses SM Country Snowman with a time of 17.97 seconds; Royal Quick Treasure at 18.06 seconds; and Midnight Water in 18.14 seconds. Courtesy of PaintRacing.com http://www.paintracing.com/press/09_LewisWartchowMemorial.aspx
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Country Quick Cookie wins G2 Oklahoma Horsemen’s Association |
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Stopping the clock at 17.64 seconds, a neck ahead of the competition, to win the Oklahoma Horsemen’s Association Paint and Appaloosa Derby was Country Quick Cookie. Restricted to Oklahoma-bred 3-year-olds, the 350-yard race on June 26, 2009, at Fair Meadows in Tulsa, Okla., boasted a $35,000 purse. Country Quick Cookie, a 2006 red roan overo mare, was sired by Country Quick Dash and is out of Judys Silk. Owned by BJ Hall and Jeff Dean of Porter, Okla., and trained by Dean, she earned $13,900 with Stormy Smith in the irons. Country Quick Cookie was bred by Sandra Garnett Tatom of Groesbeck, Texas, and has started in five races this year to earn $14,813. The mare’s lifetime record includes 13 starts with three wins and two seconds, as well as $31,357 in earnings. In a tight race for the top three, Mean Ole Man—2008 Champion 2-Year-Old and Champion 2-Year-Old Colt—took second by a nose to earn $7,500 with a time of 17.70 seconds. The 2006 sorrel tobiano stallion was bred by John Paul and Lois Gee of Shawnee, Okla., and is owned by John Gee and Del Craig, also of Shawnee. Sired by First Wrangler AQHA and out of Magic Misty Morning, Mean Ole Man was trained by Michelle Hurdle and ran with Debbie Freeman in the saddle. So far this year, the stallion has started in six races to earn $11,690. Throughout his racing career, he’s had 13 starts with five wins, three seconds and one third, along with lifetime earnings of $48,672. Finishing just a neck in front of the next horse, Make No Shadows placed third with a time of 17.71 seconds to earn $4,600. Bred by Sammy and Nadine Hester of Tulsa, Okla., the 2006 chestnut Solid Paint-Bred mare was sired by Oak Tree Special AQHA and is out of Treasured Chick. Charles Trochta of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Sammy Hester of Tulsa, Okla., own the mare, who ran with Larry Payne in the irons. Trained by Hester, she has started in four races this year to achieve two wins and $13,782. Make No Shadows’ lifetime record includes 12 starts with seven wins and $71,880 in earnings. Courtesy of PaintRacing.com |
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APHA names 2008 Running Champions Got Country Grip named World Champion fourth consecutive year SM Country Snowman second consecutive year P |
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS—SM Country Snowman and Paint racing sensation Got Country Grip were named the American Paint Horse Association’s Running World Champions for 2008. The Regular Registry and Solid Paint-Bred World Champions, respectively, and 17 other Running Champions were announced January 17 at the Heritage Place sale in Oklahoma City. SM Country Snowman- Photo Courtesy Remington Parks
Running Champion awards, presented annually, are given to Paint Horses that demonstrate outstanding athleticism on the racetrack. Selection is based on level of competition, location, races won and earnings for the year. These awards are given in three age categories in both Regular Registry and Solid Paint-Bred Registry divisions. APHA’s racing committee selects the winners by written ballot.
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS—Many have dubbed him the world’s fastest racehorse, but Got Country Grip now has a new claim to fame. The two-time World Champion Paint racehorse made his mark in history on Nov. 24, after winning his 15th consecutive race. Got Country Grip races to the finish to earn his 15th straight victory in as many starts. The 4-year-old solid Paint-bred's first-place finish set a new Paint and Quarter Horse record for consecutive races won. Photos are courtesy of Lone Star Park. Got Country Grip, along with his owner Jimmy Maddux, trainer Brandon Parum, jockey G.R. Carter, Jr., and a large following of fans, waited patiently for the moment when the 4-year-old gelding would earn his 15th straight victory to surpass the Quarter Horse world record of consecutive wins held by Josie’s Bar, Destiny Drummer and Pies Royal Request. All three Quarter Horses won 14 consecutive races, but lost on their 15th trip. The long-awaited moment came during the Olympia Joe Handicap at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas. “We were worried about this race because he has only had two outs this year and he was coming off a lung infection,” said Maddux. “The track was sloppy because of the rain and this was the record-breaking race, so I think there was a lot more apprehension than usual, but he showed us what we does best.” The newest record holder, sired by Country Quick Dash and out of Got A Grip, finished with a 1 ¾-length lead over the next closest runner despite having somewhat of slow start, while posting a time of 19.90 seconds in the 400-yard race. “G.R. never uses his whip on this horse,” said Maddux. “He didn’t seem to come out of the gate as fast as usual so G.R. tapped him on the shoulder once. It was like Grip figured out what he was here to do and he took off.” Grip—as he is known as around the barn—earned $12,200 of the $20,000 purse, increasing his lifetime earnings to $247,500. The bay gelding is also the highest money-earning Paint racehorse. During the race, Grip was followed by Appaloosas Jess Streakin (20.28 seconds) and CMB A Legacy (20.42 seconds). Horses completing the field included Keep Him, Peewees Pride, Skirt Chasin Kid (ApHC) and Elisa Star (ApHC). Additional
10 minute Video * It can be fast forwarded The making of a champion Maddux, who has been previously quoted as saying he attributes much of his success to Parum, trusted the champion trainer and success seemed to follow. Grip earned his first victory in a maiden race at Remington Park on April 10, 2005. The gelding continued to win 6 more races throughout his 2-year-old year, including the Graham Futurity at Lone Star Park where he earned $73,219. For his undefeated season, Grip was named 2-Year-Old Solid Paint-Bred Gelding, 2-Year-Old Solid Paint-Bred Champion and Solid Paint-Bred World Champion. Got Country Grip’s earnings also helped Maddux to be named as Leading Owner, Parum as Leading Trainer and G.R. Carter, Jr. as leading jockey. The following year, 2006, wasn’t any different for those associated with Grip. The wins continued to come as G.R. Carter, Jr., guided the bay gelding to 5 wins in as many starts. The crew’s highlight of 2006 was earning a speed index of 109 during the OHA Paint and Appaloosa Derby RG2 at Fair Meadows in Tulsa, Okla. Grip earned the same champion honors as a 3-year-old as he did the prior year—3-Year-Old Solid Paint-Bred Gelding, 3-Year-Old Solid Paint-Bred Champion and Solid Paint-Bred World Champion. Grip’s wins again helped name Maddux as Leading Owner and Parum as Leading Trainer. He also attributed to Linda Fox’s Leading Breeder award. Although “Team Grip” has continued their winning ways in 2007, this year proved more difficult. With limited races for Paint Horses over 3-years-old, Grip’s opportunities to race were slimmed down. But the biggest problem seemed to be getting enough horses entered to hold a race. “No one wanted to race against him,” said Maddux. “We’d get him entered or word that we were going to enter him would get out and the horses would start dropping out of the races.” Racing only three times this year and running in the seventh post each time, Grip proved he was still the dominate Paint on the track. His first two victories came April 21 and May 27 at Remington Park in the Mr. Lewie Memorial Handicap and National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Stakes, respectively. After a six-month layoff of racing, Grip earned his latest victory. “It was a good feeling to win that one,” said Maddux. The 2007 running champions have yet to be named, but according to the November/December 2007 issue of Paint Racing News, Got Country Grip is the leading Solid Paint-Bred Aged Gelding. What the future holds “It’s time to go for the big one,” said Maddux, referring to the modern day Thoroughbred record of 16 straight victories held by Citation, Cigar and Hallowed Dreams. Maddux says he has two races in mind for the gelding next year, and he will wait and see where to go from there. Grip’s crew hopes to give him as many opportunities as possible to run. When asked about his record-setting Paint horse, Maddux replies, “He’s just a good horse. Oh my gosh, he’s just a good horse. That is what he loves to do—just run.” Courtesy of PaintRacing.com http://www.paintracing.com/press/09_LewisWartchowMemorial.aspx http://www.paintracing.com/press/08_GCGtiesrecord.html http://www.paintracing.com/press/08_GCGattemptsrecord.html http://www.paintracing.com/press/07_gotcountrygripsetsnewrecord.html http://www.paintracing.com/press/07_gotcountrygripsetsnewrecord2.html |
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2007 World Champions SM Country Snowman took Paint racing by storm in 2007. The 2005 red roan overo stallion went undefeated in his first six starts, then finished second in the Speedhorse Futurity RG1. SM Country Snowman continued to earn an additional second- and third-place finish, placing in all nine races in which he was entered. The 2007 Regular Registry Running World Champion, sired by Country Quick Dash and out of Western Lineage, reached another major milestone during the past year in becoming the first 2-year-old Paint racehorse to reach $150,000 in earnings—finishing his year with $159,383. Only four other Paints have reached the $150,000 earnings mark during their racing careers. The stallion, owned by Rafter SM Ranch of Wagoner, Okla., earned 101 points throughout the year with a speed index of 102. The winningest Paint racehorse of all time, Got Country Grip, earned his third World Champion title in 2007. The 2003 bay Solid Paint-Bred gelding who has gone undefeated in 15 lifetime starts, surpassing the Quarter Horse world record of 14 undefeated races, earned $45,700 in 2007. Got Country Grip won all three of his starts during 2007, increasing his lifetime earnings to $247,500. Among his other accomplishments the undefeated gelding, by Country Quick Dash and out of Got A Grip, is the leading money-earning Paint racehorse. Got Country Grip, owned by Jimmy Maddux of Weatherford, Texas, earned 46 points in 2007 and has a speed index of 109.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—It has been said time and time again that Paint racehorse SM Country Snowman “has taken Paint racing by storm.” The phrase couldn’t be more true than it is now that the 3-year-old stallion recently became the first Paint racehorse in history to earn $250,000 as a 3-year-old. SM Country Snowman set the new record during a 330-yard allowance race at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw, Okla., on August 30. The impressive stature of SM Country Snowman’s newest record can be better understood when learning that only two other Paint racehorses—Got Country Grip and Calista Corona—have earned $200,000 during their careers, and only one of those has earned $250,000. Five-year-old Got Country Grip reached the top mark earlier this year on his way to winning his 16th consecutive career race to tie the North American record. Winning came naturally to SM Country Snowman from the beginning, along with breaking and setting new records. The loud-colored red roan overo Paint, sired by Country Quick Dash (also the sire of Got Country Grip) and out of Western Lineage, had a breakout season as a 2-year-old, quickly winning his first six starts before facing defeat. He finished the year with two additional second-place finishes, one third and $159,383 in earnings. He also became the first Paint racehorse to earn $150,000 as 2-year-old. This year, the Wagoner, Okla., Rafter SM Ranch-owned stallion returned to the track, again, with winning on his mind. In his nine starts of 2008, SM Country Snowman won all but one race and earned a speed index of 103—his highest to date. Not only did he win eight of his nine starts, but did so by large margins and also beat Got Country Grip in two of the seasons’ Stakes races. Only one other horse—Bust N Moves—has finished ahead of the great Got Country Grip. “They can’t beat him,” said Rafter SM Ranch-owner Sparky Mullins of Snowman. “He doesn’t lose often and when he does he has to beat himself. Nobody thought he would run because he is such a laid-back horse, but when he gets on the track he is all business.” And no one should know that better than Mullins, who acquired the talented stallion when he was only eight days old. After spotting him and noticing what a nice colt he was, Mullins started asking questions. “When I found out he was out of Country Quick Dash, who I own, I made his owners an offer. Then I had to convince my wife, Denise, to let me buy another horse. (Mullins already owned 35 horses.) Since it was her birthday, I told her he’d be hers.” Since that day, the Mullins’ have never looked back on their decision. Their young colt has transformed into a stellar performer who will soon make the transition to standing at stud. Beginning in 2009, SM Country Snowman will be available to the public for breeding. Many wonder if the stallion will continue to storm his way down the track. “I never say never,” said Mullins. “Some horses can handle breeding and running, others can’t. He will let me know, but right now the plan is to continue running him.” As of press time, SM Country Snowman is slightly more than $20,000 away from becoming the highest money-earning Paint racehorse—another goal Mullins would like to accomplish by the years’ end. “SM Country Snowman has once again shown that Paints can be very competitive on the track,” said APHA Director of Racing Karen Utecht. “We, here at APHA, are proud of ‘Snowman’s’ accomplishments and the interest he has brought to our sport. We truly enjoy watching him on the track, and are looking forward to watching his offspring continue his legacy.” Courtesy of PaintRacing.com http://www.paintracing.com/press/08_SMCountry250k.html |
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