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From
SPEEDHORSE, June 29, 2007
AQHA Release—In 2007, the American
Quarter Horse Association will begin recognizing outstanding
American Quarter Horse dams and their contributions to the racing
industry throughout their lifetime. Through 2006, 38 mares have met
at least one of the following criteria and will be acknowledged as a
Dam of Distinction on her official AQHA record of achievement:
1. Produced two or more
individual AQHA Racing Champions.
2. Produced at least three
individual American Quarter Horse Grade 1 stakes winners.
3. Produced at least two
American Quarter Horse foals ranked in the top 10 money earners of
any particular year (as of December 31 of that year) and two Grade 1
stakes winners.
4. Produced at least three
American Quarter Horse Foals who were in the top 10 money earners of
any particular year (as of December 31 of that year).
5. Produced at least three
individual American Quarter Horse stakes winners prior to 1983 and
those wins were equivalent of a Grade 1 quality race.

Following is a list of mares who have
been recognized as DAMS OF DISTINCTION:
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Barbara L, 1947
Produced 14 foals & 11
starters who earned $262,042
Stakes Winners: Barbara 3,
Cuter Yet, Miss Olene,
Mr Walt
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Miss Olene,
1959; Barbara 3, 1967; Cuter Yet, 1969
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Beat Your Pants Off,
1986
Produced 21 foals & 14
starters who earned $335,743
Stakes Winners: Jumping
Tac Flash, Splash Bac
AQHA Racing Champions:
Jumping Tac Flash, Splash Bac
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Callmecutie, 1965
Produced 18 foals & 17
starters who earned $1,407,132
Stakes Winners: Calling
For Cash, Callmemyoh, Justanold Love, Oh My Dash
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Callmemyoh,
1972; Justanold Love, 1982 & 1983
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Cherry Lake TB,
1966
Produced 11 foals & 9
starters who earned $1,953,951
Stakes Winners: Cash Rate,
Cherokee Lake TB, Countin The Cash, Flow of Cash, Six
Popper
AQHA Racing Champion: Cash
Rate
Foals who place in the Top
Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Six Popper,
1986; Cash Rate, 1986
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Cash Rate, Countin The Cash, Flow of Cash, Six Popper

Cherry Lake at Phillips Ranch, 1985
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Chicado V, 1950
Produced 9 foals & 7
starters who earned $119,730
Stakes Winners: Table
Tennis, The Old Man, Three Chicks, War Chic
AQHA Racing Champions:
Table Tennis, War Chic

Chicado V |
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Clabber's Flossie V,
1946
Produced 12 foals & 10
starters who earned $138,224
Stakes Winners: Clab Win,
Clabber's Win
AQHA Racing Champions:
Clab Win, Clabber's Win
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Corona Chick, 1989
Produced 12 foals & 9
starters who earned $2,918,955
Stakes Winners:
Corona
Cartel, Corona Cash, Corona Czech, Valiant Hero
AQHA Racing Champion:
Corona Cash
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Corona
Cartel, 1996; Corona Cash, 1997
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Corona Cartel, Corona Cash, Valiant Hero

Corona Chick
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Dashing Phoebe
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Deal In Vikingson,
1982
Produced 13 foals & 10
starters who earned $851,428
Stakes Winners: Etarag,
Miss Racy Vike, Racin Deal, Racin Vike, Ronas Deal
Grace 1 Stakes Winners:
Miss Racy Vike, Racin Deal, Racin Vike |
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Double Queen, 1962
Produced 11 foals & 10
starters who earned $587,698
Stakes Winners: Duplicate
Bid, Twin Jet, Vim and Vigor
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Duplicate
Bid, 1971; Vim And Vigor, 1975
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Easter Rose, 1953
Produced 7 foals & 6
starters who earned $311,463
Stakes Winners:
Bunny Bid, Double
Rose
AQHA Racing Champion:
Bunny Bid
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Double
Rose, 1966; Bunny Bid, 1970 & 1971

Bunny Bid
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Etta Leo, 1955
Produced 13 foals & 11
starters who earned $303,066
Stakes Winners: Ettabo,
Goetta
AQHA Racing Champions:
Ettabo, Goetta
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Femme, 1983
Produced 11 foals & 9
starters who earned $813,246
Stakes Winners:
Deceptively, Femmes Frolic
AQHA Racing Champions:
Deceptively, Femmes Frolic
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Deceptively, Femmes Frolic

Femme, Trinity Meadows March Derby,
1986
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First Prize Dash,
1988
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FL Lady Bug, 1945
Produced 14 foals & 11
starters who earned $520,444
Stakes Winners: Lady Bug
Leo, Lady Bug's Moon, Top Ladybug
AQHA Racing Champions: Top
Ladybug
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Top
Ladybug, 1966; Barne's Ladybug, 1967;
Lady Bug's Moon,
1968

FL Lady Bug |
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Florentine, 1984
Produced 16 foals & 14
starters who earned $1,565,720
Stakes Winners:
Achievement, Avison, Evening Snow,
This Snow is Royal
AQHA Racing Champions:
This Snow is Royal
Foals who placed in Top
Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Evening Snow,
1995; This Snow is Royal, 1997
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Evening Snow, This Snow is Royal

Florentine
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Flying Bobette,
1972
Produced 8 foals & 6
starters who earned $91,710
Stakes Winners: Fly Straw,
Straw Flight
AQHA Racing Champions: Fly
Straw, Straw Flight
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Fortune of Delight,
1989
Produced 8 foals & 5
starters who earned $2,484,969
Stakes Winners: A
Delightful Dasher, A Delightful Legacy, Hes My Dasher
AQHA Racing Champions: A
Delightful Dasher, Hes My Dasher
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Hes My
Dasher, 1998; A Delightful Dasher, 1999
Grade 1 Stakes Winners: A
Delightful Dasher, Hes My Dasher
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Garrettsmisspawhuska,
1946
Produced 9 foals & 6
starters who earned $249,625
Stakes Winners: Vandy's
Flash, Vanetta Dee, Vannevar, Vansarita Too
AQHA Racing Champions:
Vandy's Flash, Vanetta Dee, Vannevar
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Vanetta
Dee, 1955, 1956, 1957 & 1958; Vannevar, 1956; Vandy's
Flash, 1957, 1958, 1959 & 1960

Garrettsmisspawhuska
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Harems Choice, 1984
Produced 15 foals & 13 starters who
earned $2,235,133
Stakes Winners: A Regal
Choice, First Rate Choice, First Sovereign, Royal Quick
Dash
AQHA Racing Champions:
First Sovereign, Royal Quick Dash
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Royal
Quick Dash, 1991; A Regal Choice, 2003
Grade 1 Stakes Winners: A
Regal Choice, First Sovereign, Royal Quick Dash

Harems Choice, 2007
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Hot Heels, 1944
Produced 13 foals & 10
starters who earned $69,747
Stakes Winners: Bob's
Folly, Mona Leta
AQHA Racing Champion: Mona
Leta
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Mona Leta,
1951; Bob's Folly, 1955 & 1956
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Jonadoo, 1981
Produced 9 foals & 7
starters who earned $763,171
Stakes Winners: Mega Dash,
Mega Storm, Reeds Signature
AQHA Racing Champion: Mega
Dash
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Mega Dash,
1992; Mega Storm, 1995
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Mega Dash, Mega Storm
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Lady Meter Reader,
1985
Produced 11 foals & 11
starters who earned $1,429,009
Stakes Winners:
Dash Thru Traffic,
Meter Me Gone
AQHA Racing Champions:
Dash Thru Traffic, Meter Me Gone
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Dash Thru Traffic, Meter Me Gone

Champion Dash Thru Traffic
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Lassie Caeser, 1945
Produced 4 foals & 4
starters who earned $32,047
Stakes Winners: Blonde
Joan, Lassie's Dream
AQHA Racing Champions:
Blonde Joan, Lassie's Dream |
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Lightfoot Sis, 1945
Produced 5 foals & 5
starters who earned $131,178
Stakes Winners:
Go Man Go, Miss Mackay, Tee
Beau
AQHA Racing Champion: Go
Man Go

Champion Go Man Go
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Marketina TB, 1973
Produced 7 foals & 4
starters who earned $1,277,896
Stakes Winners: Leading
Star, Sgt Pepper Feature
AQHA Racing Champions:
Leading Star, Sgt Pepper Feature
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Maudine Davis, 1945
Produced 4 foals & 4
starters who earned $110,226
Stakes Winner: Pap
AQHA Racing Champions:
Burke's Bars, Pap
Foal who placed in the Top
Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Pap, 1957 &
1961
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Miss Dari Dri, 1952
Produced 16 foals & 11
starters who earned $81,734
Stakes Winners: Dari Maid,
Dariman, Dari Star
AQHA Racing Champions:
Dariman, Dari Star |
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Miss Panama, 1943
Produced 4 foals & 4
starters who earned $49,247
Stakes Winner: Pana Bar
AQHA Racing Champions:
Pana Bar, Panama Ace
Foal who placed in the Top
Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Panama Ace,
1959
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My
Dashing Lady
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Osage Lamb, 1963
Produced 11 foals & 9
starters who earned $596,210
Stakes Winners: Osage
Juana, Osage Rocket
AQHA Racing Champions:
Osage Juana, Osage Rocket
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Osage
Rocket, 1971 & 1972; Osage Juana, 1978
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Oh La Proud, 1986
Produced 19 foals & 15
starters who earned $1,515,267
Stakes Winners:
Hawkinson,
Hawkish, Mister
Katella, Pride of Katella
AQHA Racing Champions:
Hawkinson, Hawkish
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Hawkinson,
2001; Hawkish, 2003
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Hawkinson, Hawkish
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Our Third Delight,
1981
Produced 15 foals & 12
starters who earned $1,427,651
Stakes Winners: Dean
Miracle, Fortune of Delight, Our Casanova, Tres Seis
AQHA Racing Champions:
Dean Miracle, Tres Seis
Foal who placed in the Top
Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Tres Seis,
2001

Champion Tres Seis
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Runaway
Wave
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Seperate Ways, 1978
Produced 18 foals & 17
starters who earned $2,258,703
Stakes Winners: Make It
Anywhere, Making Merri, Separatist, Way Maker
AQHA Racing Champions:
Separatist, Way Maker
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Way Maker,
1989; Separatist, 1999 & 2000; Make It Anywhere, 2000.
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Make It Anywhere, Separatist, Way Maker

Champion Separatist
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Sizzling Lil, 1984
Produced 17 foals & 12
starters who earned $2,221,396
Stakes Winners: Corona
Cocktail, Corona Chick, Corona Kool
AQHA Racing Champions:
Corona Chick, Corona Kool
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Corona
Chick, 1991; Corona Kool, 1999
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Corona Chick, Corona Kool

Sizzling Lil (right) with her friend
Harems Choice
(left).
Sizzling Lil passed away September 2,
2008,
and was laid to rest at Vessels
Stallion Farm near
her former paddock mates
Fishers Favorite & Harems
Choice.
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Trippy Dip TB, 1976
Produced 16 foals & 15
starters who earned $1,746,567
Stakes Winners: Calyx,
Florentine, Ive Been Blessed, Royal Miracle Dip,
Shillings, Stamen, Stylus
AQHA Racing Champions:
Calyx, Florentine, Ive Been Blessed
Foal who placed in the Top
Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Florentine,
1987 & 1988
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Florentine, Ive Been Blessed

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Twist A Fleet, 1976
Produced 19 foals & 18
starters who earned $1,561,575
Stakes Winners: Apprehend,
Good Attitude, Griswold, The Guardian
AQHA Racing Champions:
Apprehend, Griswold
Foal who placed in the Top
Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Apprehend,
1990 & 1991
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Apprehend, Griswold
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Viking Anne, 1975
Produced 15 foals & 14
starters who earned $827,734
Stakes Winners: Strictly
Wicked, Wicked Dash, Wicked Willa, Wicked Wind
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Wicked Dash, Wicked Willa, Wicked Wind

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Yankee Doll TB,
1974
Produced 6 foals & 4
starters who earned $1,732,497
Stakes Winners: Hero, On A
High, Yankee Win
AQHA Racing Champion:
Yankee Win
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Yankee
Win, 1982; On A High, 1983
Grade 1 Stakes Winners: On
A High
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Zipp Zoro, 1977
Produced 15 foals & 14
starters who earned $883,854
Stakes Winners: Fodice,
Lazbuddie, Zip Dash, Zipuino, Zoro Jet
Foals who placed in the
Top Ten Money Earners of any particular year: Zip Dash,
1992, Zipuino, 1993
Grade 1 Stakes Winners:
Zip Dash, Zipuino
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