Town Policy (1975–1984) was a Quarter Horse racehorse, noted not only for his achievements on the racetrack, but for disappearing from his stall in 1977 and being recovered five months later in Mexico.[1][2] A mere ten weeks after being recovered, Town Policy went on to win the Los Alamitos Derby by two and a half lengths.[3] He broke his shoulder in an allowance race on January 3, 1984 and was buried in the infield of Los Alamitos Race Course the next day.[3]

Town Policy
BreedQuarter Horse
DisciplineRacing
SireReb's Policy (TB)
GrandsireNew Policy (TB)
DamCamptown Girl
Maternal grandsireBreeze Bar
SexGelding
Foaled1975
CountryUnited States
ColorBay
BreederIvan Ashment
OwnerIvan Ashment
Record
64 starts, 22 wins
Earnings
$862,000.00
Major wins
won 8 stakes races, including Kindergarten Futurity, Los Alamitos Derby, Vessels Maturity
Awards
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

Town Policy was inducted into the AQHA Hall of Fame in 1998.[4]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Groves "Horsenapped" Quarter Horse Journal p. 18
  2. ^ Goves "Town Policy" Quarter Horse Journal p. 18
  3. ^ a b Huffman "They Earned a Place" p. 68
  4. ^ American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA). "Town Policy". AQHA Hall of Fame. American Quarter Horse Association. Retrieved September 2, 2017.

References edit

  • AQHA Hall of Fame accessed on September 2, 2017
  • Groves, Lesli Krause (November 1997). "Horsenapped". Quarter Horse Journal: 18.
  • Groves, Lesli Krause (October 1997). "Town Policy". Quarter Horse Journal: 18.
  • Huffman, Christi L. (March 1998). "They Earned a Place". Quarter Horse Journal: 68–75.

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