Quarter Horse
Paul Jones, the all-time leading money-earning trainer, heads the 2010 class to be inducted into the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame during the induction banquet on June 26. Joining Jones in the 2010 class are owner/breeder Dr. Leonard Blach, jockey Eddie Garcia and champion Mr Master Bug.
Jones has dominated Quarter Horse racing with eight-straight titles as the nation’s champion trainer. In December, Jones became the all-time leading money earning trainer when he surpassed Blane Schvaneveldt. Each trainer has saddled the earners of more than $55 million. Schvaneveldt, a 12-time national training champion, is a member of the Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame.
Last year, Jones’ horses earned a record $7,481,604, which was more than $2,000,000 above the second- and third-leading money earning trainers combined. In 2009, Jones won his third All American Futurity (G1) with champion 2-year-old Runnning Brook Gal. He also swept the top three spots in the Grade 1 All American Derby and won the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity (G1).
Blach, of Roswell, New Mexico, owns and operates Buena Suerte Equine, a major breeding operation. He was the veterinarian and ranch manager of Buena Suerte Equine’s predecessor Buena Suerte Ranch, which stood leading sires Easy Jet and Go Man Go.
Blach is co-owner with Mark Allen of champion Time For A Cigar as well as 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird (TB).
Garcia has been a stalwart in the jockey colony at Los Alamitos Race Course in Southern California and is that track’s all-time leading rider with nearly 2,600 winners. He surpassed Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame member Danny Cardoza to reach the top spot. He earned his richest win in 2008 when he teamed with Schvaneveldt to win the Los Alamitos Two Million with Tres Passes. He won the race in 1996 (when it was the Los Alamitos Million) with Corona Cartel.
Marvin Barnes’ Mr Master Bug became the first racehorse of any breed to win a $1 million first-place check when won the 1982 All American Futurity. The stallion, trained by Ruidoso Downs Racehorse Hall of Fame member Jack Brooks, retired with earnings of $1,793,718. He still holds the title of the all-time leading money-earning Quarter Horse stallion 30 years after he was foaled.
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