- Town Policy (horse)
Horse infobox
horsename = Town Policy
caption = - Town Policy -
breed =Quarter Horse
discipline = Racing
sire = Reb's Policy (TB)
grandsire = New Policy (TB)
dam = Camptown Girl
damsire = Breeze Bar
sex =Gelding
foaled = 1975
country =United States
color = Bay
breeder = Ivan Ashment
owner = Ivan Ashment
racerecord = 64-22-?-?
raceearnings = $862,000.00
racewins = won 8 stakes races, including Kindergarten Futurity, Los Alamitos Derby, Vessels Maturity
raceawards= 1977 Champion Quarter Running Two Year Old, 1978 Champion Quarter Running Three Year Old Gelding, 1980 Champion Quarter Running Aged Gelding
honors =American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame
updated=January 12 2008 Town Policy was a Quarter Horse
racehorse , noted not only for his achievements on theracetrack , but for disappearing from his stall in 1977 and being recovered five months later inMexico .Groves "Horsenapped" "Quarter Horse Journal" November 1997 p. 18] Goves "Town Policy" "Quarter Horse Journal" October 1997 p. 18] A mere ten weeks after being recovered, Town Policy went on to win the Los Alamitos Derby by two and a half lengths.Huffman "They Earned a Place" p. 68] He broke his shoulder in an allowance race onJanuary 3 1984 and was buried in the infield ofLos Alamitos Race Course the next day.He was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame. [ [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008]
Notes
References
* [http://www.aqha.com/foundation/halloffame/halloffamebios.html AQHA Hall of Fame] accessed on February 3, 2008
* Groves, Lesli Krause "Horsenapped" "Quarter Horse Journal" November 1997 p. 18
* Groves, Lesli Krause "Town Policy" "Quarter Horse Journal" October 1997 p. 18
* Huffman, Christi L. "They Earned a Place" "Quarter Horse Journal" March 1998 p. 68-75External links
* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/town+policy Town Policy Pedigree at All Breed Pedigree]
* [http://www.qhd.com/horse/stallion.asp?id=13623&sex=Gelding Town Policy at Quarter Horse Directory]
* [http://quarterhorselegends.googlepages.com/home4222222223222 Town Policy at Quarter Horse Legends]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/2760455283/ Final Resting Place of Town Policy at Los Alamitos Racetrack]
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