The Arizona Breeders’ Awards Banquet, originally scheduled for April 17, has been postponed due to Coronavirus concerns.
2019 ARIZONA-BRED CHAMPIONS
2019 CHAMPION ARIZONA-BRED TWO YEAR OLD FILLY &
2018 ATBA SALE ARIZONA-BRED LEADING FILLY EARNER
ARIZONA SUN
O-RANDY HOWG
T-ROBERTINO DIODORO
B-FLEMING THOROUGHBRED FARM, LLC
2019 CHAMPION ARIZONA-BRED TWO YEAR OLD COLT/GELDING &
2018 ATBA SALE ARIZONA-BRED LEADING COLT/GELDING EARNER
ARIZONA JEREMY
O-STABLE H.M.A.
T-MOLLY PEARSON
B-FLEMING THOROUGHBRED FARM, LLC
2019 CHAMPION ARIZONA-BRED THREE YEAR OLD FILLY
KARSAVINA
O/B-MR & MRS CRAIG MINTEN
T-KEVIN EIKLEBERRY
2019 CHAMPION ARIZONA-BRED THREE YEAR OLD COLT/GELDING
TODO ES TORO
O/B-TAWNJA ELISON
T-JACK McCARTNEY
2019 CHAMPION ARIZONA-BRED OLDER FEMALE
FOGGIA
O-TIM BANKERS
T-MANNY ORTIZ, SR
B-FILIPPO SANTORO
2019 CHAMPION ARIZONA-BRED OLDER MALE
FORTIFIED EFFORT
O-J. L. YOTHER, K. EIKLEBERRY, W. MATTHEWS & M. FLEMING
T-KEVIN EIKLEBERRY
B-FLEMING THOROUGHBRED FARM, LLC
2019 STALLION OF THE YEAR
ROCKY BAR
OWNER: TRIPLE AAA RANCH
2019 BROODMARE OF THE YEAR
SHAKY CANYON
OWNER: FLEMING THOROUGHBRED FARM, LLC
2019 BREEDER OF THE YEAR
FLEMING THOROUGHBRED FARM, LLC
Posted April 6th, 2020
Breeders should have received their first check through Nov. 30. Now is the time to start thinking about breeding your mares. Arizona stallion owners, Stallion Awards are coming back. If you have a stallion to nominate, the deadline is March 1, 2020. Nominators of stallions are entitled to awards, whenever any of your stallion’s certified […]
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Posted February 27th, 2020
While the margin of victory was just a neck over fast-closing Beat the Heat, Fortified Effort got home first in the $52,368 ATBA Fall Sales Stakes Colts and Geldings division at Turf Paradise on Dec. 28, rewarding his backers who had bet him down to 1-20 in the four-horse field. Leading from the start, the […]
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Posted January 3rd, 2020
Arizona-bred youngsters swept the Lost in the Fog Juvenile and Arizona Juvenile Fillies Stakes, run Dec. 28 at Turf Paradise. Avenging a loss to Annie’s Boy in the colts and geldings division of the Arizona Breeders’ Futurity earlier in the month, Arizona Jeremy reeled in the pacesetting Annie’s Boy to draw off by two lengths, […]
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Posted January 3rd, 2020
Victory by Iron Bell at Turf Paradise on Nov. 17 marked the 1000th career win for trainer Jonathan Nance. As of Nov. 22, Equibase shows Nance with 5,222 lifetime starts and a record of 1,000-867-762 and earnings of $5,862,544. His highest-earning runner to date is McKenzie Honey, winner of the ATBA Spring Sales Stakes and […]
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Posted November 22nd, 2019
The 2019 ATBA Fall Yearling and Mixed Sale will be held Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, at Horseshoe Park Equestrian Centre. The sale begins at 2pm. Horseshoe Park Equestrian Centre 20464 East Riggs Road Queen Creek AZ 85142
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Posted November 6th, 2019
Services for Yvonne Kunz will be held at 11 am on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building at 325 W. Coral Gables Drive, Phoenix, AZ 85023. In 1992, Mrs. Kunz was made Editor of the Arizona Thoroughbred Breeders Association (ATBA) magazine and then became the Executive Director […]
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Posted October 7th, 2019
Who’s the Diva Now turned in a front-running romp in her career debut to win the $25,300 Las Vegas Ranch S. for Arizona-bred 2-year-olds at Arizona Downs on Sept. 1. At 17-1, she was the most lightly regarded of a field largely composed of first-time starters, but the Lotsa Mischief filly opened up a commanding […]
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Posted September 15th, 2019