Legendary stallion ‘Gunner’ loses laminitis fight
Laminitis has claimed the life of renowned reining Equus caballus sire Colonels Smoking Gun, known merely every bit “Gunner”.
The 20-year-old National Reining Horse Hall of Fame inductee together with $5 Million Sire was humanely position downward on July 8 afterwards spending the past times calendar week at Equine Medical Associates inwards Pilot Point, Texas nether the attention of Dr John McCarroll.
Owned past times the McQuay household unit of measurement of McQuay Stables inwards Tioga, Texas, the dual-registered pigment together with quarter Equus caballus stallion made his debut at the NRHA Futurity inwards 1998. The reining basis brutal inwards dear amongst the diminutive sorrel amongst the floppy ears together with white tail. After tying for the NRHA Futurity Open Reserve championship every bit a 3-year-old, he went on win the U.S. Equestrian Team Reining Championship inwards 2001. He was immortalized every bit a Breyer Horse together with finished his career amongst net turn a profit over $177,000.
The McQuays convey owned Gunner since 2005, together with inwards those ensuing years, his tape every bit a sire elevated him to legendary status. His outstanding offspring include 2009 NRHA Futurity together with 2010 Derby Open Champion, Gunnatrashya. Gunner has sired numerous Futurity together with Derby finalists together with champions, inwards both the Open together with Non Pro divisions, including 2012 NRHA Open Futurity Champion, Americasnextgunmodel, 2012 NRHA Open Futurity Reserve Champion, Gunners Tinseltown, together with 2012 NRHA Non Pro Co-Champion, Customized Gunner. Gunner has likewise sired Gunners Special Nite, winner of the private Gold medal at the 2010 World Equestrian Games.
As discussion spread of Gunner’s demise, his owners at nowadays began to have texts together with calls from all over the globe, farther bear witness of the corking stallion’s popularity together with impact. Tim McQuay said: “We appreciate everyone who supported Gunner through his career – he had a corking team. He volition survive set to remainder adjacent to Hollywood Dun It on our farm. We volition genuinely immature adult woman him.”
Colleen McQuay added: “Gunner was a sugariness happy horse, together with when I expect at all he has given us I tin plow over the axe solely survive grateful for the fourth dimension nosotros shared amongst him. Losing him leaves closed to other hole inwards our hearts.”
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