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RUIDOSO DOWNS, NM—MAY 14, 2021—The 2021 Ruidoso Downs Hall of Fame Induction class includes some of the most impressive talent in the business – and they are all ladies.
On July 10, 2021, the filly Laico Bird, owner/breeder Julianna Hawn Holt, trainer Donna McArthur and jockey Tami Purcell-Burklund will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in a ceremony that will be held in the Turf Club at Ruidoso Downs Race Track.
Tickets are $50 per person and are available here or by calling 575-378-4140. All proceeds benefit the All American Ruidoso Downs Foundation and the John Andreini Scholarship Fund for Racetrack Youth.
LAICO BIRD – HORSE
In 1967, Laico Bird not only won the All American Futurity but was also voted the AQHA World Champion, Champion Mare and Champion 2-year-old Filly. As a 2-year-old, she had 17 starts, 11 wins and 5 seconds with 5 stakes wins on 6 different racetracks. At the time of her retirement from racing in 1968, she had 34 starts with 17 wins, 12 seconds, and 3 thirds with earnings of $435,653 and was the all-time leading money earning Quarter Horse in race training.
Laico Bird is owned by Jimmy R.B. Jones and his late brother Floyd H. Jones, Jr. of Norman, OK.
JULIANNA HAWN HOLT – BREEDER/OWNER
Perennially among the leading AQHA breeders of racehorses in the nation, Julianna Hawn Holt has bred earners of more than $9,977,000 from her Blanco, TX-based ranch.
Her elite set of broodmares include the champions of champion producers Apollitical Time, Coronas First Diva, Eddie Jym, Kates Dynasty, Stylish Jess BR, and Flash And Roll. Her current race mares are recent millionaire Apollitical Patty and 2020 Grade 2 winner Aint She Tempting.
Hawn Holt is also the co-owner of the San Antonio Spurs.
DONNA MCARTHUR – TRAINER
Presently, Donna McArthur is the AQHA’s second all-time leading female trainer of money earners with earnings of $13,606,700 and an impressive 64 Quarter Horse stakes wins.
Donna and her husband James McArthur have won the All American Futurity a combined three times with Corona Cash (1987), Eastex (1984), and Easy Date (1974). Husband James was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2013.
TAMI PURCELL-BURKLUND – JOCKEY
As the AQHA’s all-time leading female jockey of money earners, Purcell-Burkland had 5008 Quarter Horse starts in her career and rode her mounts to 823 wins with earnings of $9,905,500.
Her list of major stakes wins is nothing less than impressive. In 1987, she rode All American Futurity winner Corona Cash to victory. She was also aboard Champion of Champions winner Dashing Folly, Rainbow Futurity winner Feet Down First, AQHA Challenge Championship winner Kool Kue Baby, Texas Classic Futurity winner Toast to Dash, Remington Park Futurity winner Bullet Bullion, and Louisiana QHBA Futurity winner Shining Tee Pie.
The evening will kick off with a cocktail party in the Hall of Fame. A prime rib dinner will follow in the Turf Club and the induction ceremony will immediately follow. After the ceremony, Coby Carter will entertain guests with live music. Tickets are on sale now for $50.