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HI AND THANKS FOR VISITING OUR
ARIZONA QUARTER HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME......
ON FEBRUARY 29TH, 2000, THE AQRA INDUCTED 18 MEMBERS INTO
THEIR HALL OF FAME, ALONG WITHEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION HORSES FROM ARIZONA.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE AQRA BOARD FELT WAS OVERDUE. THE ARIZONA QUARTER RACING ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO HONOR IT'S MEMBERS AND THEIR GREAT ARIZONA HORSES FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THE HALL OF FAME WAS A DREAM OF,2000 AQRA PRESIDENT,JAMES KELLY. IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS INITIATED BY HIS PRESIDENCY. THE AQRA WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS FOR HIS SUPPORT AND HARD WORK IN MAKING THIS A REALITY.
HERE ARE THE INAGURAL INDUCTEES:
HORSES
1. CLABBER
2. ED GRIMLEY
3. HEZA FASTMAN
4. JOE REED II
5. MARS BLACKMAN
6. PIGGIN STRING
7. RUKIN STRING.
8. SIGN IT SUPER
PEOPLE
1.DALE ALLRED
2.HARVEY ALLRED
3.JERRY ALLRED
4.JOEBADILLA, JR.
5.BOB BAFFERT
6.JOE BASSETT
7.JOHN BASSETT
8.FRANK FIGUEROA
9.ROMAN FIGUEROA
10. RULON GOODMAN
11. MACK HASTINGS
12. RUKIN JELKS
13. ROBERT KIECKHEFER
14. LARRY MATLOCK
15. OWEN MCDANIEL
16. JOHN ODLE
17. ART POLLARD
18. DALE SMITH
THE FIRST INDUCTION CEREMONY
MARCH 23, 2000 WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT DATE FOR NINE MEMBERS OF THE ARIZONA QUARTER RACING ASSOCIATION. THIS IS THE DATE THEY WERE INDUCTED INTO THE "ARIZONA QUARTER HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME".AT THE HISTORIC ALLRED BROTHERS RANCH IN MESA, DALE, HARVEY AND JERRY ALLRED,JOE AND JOHN BASSETT, ROMAN FIGUREOA,MACK HASTINGS,ROBERT KIECKHEFER AND DALE SMITH WERE THE FIRST TO BE INDUCTED AND WERE HONORED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
THE WEATHER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR THE, OUTSIDE, AFTERNOON EVENT. ONCE YOU TURNED OFF THE BUSY, SOUTHERN AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN MESA , AND STARTED DOWN THE LONG DIRT ROAD BACK TO THE HEART OF THE ALLRED BROTHERS OPERATION, YOU COULD ACTUALLY IMAGINE YOU WERE ON A BEAUTIFUL RANCH IN THE FOOTHILLS INSTEAD OF RIGHT OFF THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE BIG CITY STREETS.AS YOU DROVE DOWN THE ROAD, YOU COULD SEE THE TRAINING TRACK ON THE RIGHT AND BEHIND ONE OF THE THREE RESIDENTS ON THE RANCH, WAS THE OFFICE,NESTLED IN THE CENTER OF THE HAY BARN, SEDROW AND PADDOCKS WITH MARES AND BABIES AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE. THIS WAS THE SETTING FOR THE AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES AND NO AMOUNT OF FANCY WORDS CAN DESCRIBE IT PERFECTLY, BUT THATS WHAT IT WAS "PERFECT".
CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE,THE FIRST INDUCTEES INTO THE RACING HALL OF FAME AND A HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE ALLRED BROTHERS AND THEIR WIVES FOR BEING A MOST GRACIOUS HOST.
THE SECOND OF THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONIES
WAS HELD SUNDAY MAY 7, AFTER THE DESERT CLASSIC FUTURITY FINALS IN SONOITA. IT WAS HOSTED BY THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO ASSOCIATION AND AQRA PRESIDENT,JAMES KELLY.
DINNER WAS CATERED BY CAFE SONOITA. THE FOOD WAS AUTHENTIC MEXICAN AND SCRUMPTIOUS.. THERE WAS AN OPEN BAR AND THE OVER 200 FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF THE INDUCTEE"S ENJOYED A CASUAL AND VERY ENJOYABLE EVENING.
THE INDUCTEES WERE:
ART POLLARD,OWEN MCDANIEL.FRANK FIGUEROA.RULAN GOODMAN AND RUKIN JELKS.
AS THE TWO WEEK ENDS OF RACING AT SONOITA WAS ONCE AGAIN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS, NEW HISTORY WAS BEING MADE AS THE MAIN HALL AT THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A BANQUET ROOM FOR THE EVENINGS ACTIVITIES. THE FINALIST OF THE INAUGURAL DESERT CLASSIC FUTURITY WERE ALSO INVITED TO HONOR THESE INDUCTEES.
AS THE PEOPLE ARRIVED IT WAS PLAIN TO SEE THAT THE SCENE WAS TO BE ONE OF REMEMRANCE OF DAYS GONE BY, BY THE STORIES AND TALES THEY EXCHANGED. THIS WOULD BE A TRIBUTE TO THESE FINE MEN. THIS WOULD BE A NIGHT TO BE HONORED AND REMEBERED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING OF TESTIMONY AND PRAISE FOR A FEW MEN WHO HAVE GONE DOWN IN OUR HISTORY BOOKS AS THE PIONEERS OF OUR GREAT SPORT "RACING AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE'S"
THANKS TO THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FAIR AND RODEO ASSOCIATION AND THEIR DIRECTOR PAT KELLY, FOR HOSTING THIS NIGHT TO REMEMBERED FOR ALL WHO ATTENDED.
THE THIRD INDUCTION CEREMONY
WAS MAY 21 OF 2000 AT KINGMAN ARIZONA. LONG TIME RESIDENT,JOHN ODLE WAS HONORED BY HIS FRIEND AND AQRA PAST PRESIDENT TOM BARTOL. IT WAS BETWEEN RACES, IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE THAT HE HAD FREQUENTED IN HIS LONG RACING CARREER. ALSO ON HAND TO HONOR THE MAN AND OCCASION WAS JOHN WARD, AQHA FIELD REPRESENTATIVE, LORETTA BRASHER, AQRA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JIM BRYAN, AQRA VICE PRESIDENT AND CURRENT PRESIDENT JAMES KELLY.
DECEMBER 2001 - TWO MEN WERE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME
WAYNE BRASHER
DINK PARKER
AND THREE HORSES
THREE BARS
MARK T BARS
COOL PAPA BELL
THE INDUCTEES WERE HONORED AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET AT RILLITO PARK.WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO HONOR ARIZONA RACING HISTORY AS THIS IS WHERE QUARTER HORSE RACING BEGAN IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA. FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE ON HAND TO HONOR WAYNE BRASHER AND 'DINK' PARKER
DECEMBER 2002 SEVEN MEN AND WOMEN WERE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME
JOHN ALLRED
RAMON FIGUEROA 
MELVIN HASKELL
JEAN JACOBS
NORA KEEHN PICKRELL 
DALE (DOC) SHIRLEY
TOMMY R. OR GERTRUDE WALKER
AND FOUR HORSES
MADDENS BRIGHT EYES
OUR AUTOGRAPH
ROCKET BAR
ROCKY JONES
2003 HALL OF FAME INSDUCTEES ARE
1.STAN SNEDIGARClick To Download Document
2.MANNY FIGUEROA, SR.
3.PARKERS TROUBLE
4.THREE OHS WILD
5.HEAVY SPENDER
6.QUEENIE
2004 HALL OF FAME
Inducted this year into the Hall of Fame are:
PIES ROYAL REQUESTClick To Download Document
AND
EDDIE TELLEZ
2006 HALL OF FAME
BLAIN LEWIS
Click To Download Document
2007 HALL OF FAME
1. MIKE HASTINGS, JR. Click To Select Document
2. PHIL PINEDO, SR. Click To Select Document
3. RICHARD RUIZ Click To Select Document
4. FAST COPY Click To Select Document
5. BRAVOH FOREVER Click To Select Document
6. LAWYERSGUNSANDMONEY Click To Select Document
If you know someone or a great horse worthy of being inducted into
the Hall of Fame....submit the information to the AQRA by August of each year...
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