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Ali & Brandon
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banked $106,900 in his career. At the same 2011 OBS “Ali came up with our new name,” Brandon said; he April sale, they also sold as agents for a client Milestone and Ali were married in June, 2012. “She was just dooMiss, a 2009 War Front out of Tappin for Gold, by Pleas- dling possible names one day and came up with a play ant Tap, filly for $275,000. on racehorse. We like to say Another training/sales if you want a racehorse, All our travels have made us ap- buy a RiceHorse.” graduate is graded stakespreciate how special Ocala and the placed Morning Fix, sold for $85,000 at the 2013 Florida thoroughbred industry are. ON THE ROAD AGAIN OBS April juvenile sale. While busy with their Brandon and I wouldn’t want to live The 3-year-old First Samufull-service RiceHorse Staand have our business anywhere rai filly was third in the bles, which specializes in else. Alexandra de Meric 2014 Senorita Stakes (G3) training young horses for at Santa Anita. At the 2014 the juvenile sales and raceOBS April sale, the duo sold a colt by Scat Daddy out track, Ali got another travel opportunity. This one was of Robbie’s Gal, by Straight Man, for $150,000. The via her mother Jaqui. latter two sales were made in the name of their newly“At the last OBS April sale, my mother was approached minted RiceHorse Stables. by a representative of the Korean Racing Association,” Ali
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As much as Ali and Brandon enjoy traveling and plan to do more of it, they both always enjoy coming home.
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