Leading Sire, Treasured Too, Laid to Rest in Georgia
The 1991 APHA World Champion Racehorse, three-time champion and currently #6 lifetime
leading sire, Treasured Too, has been laid to rest at the Seven Sundays Ranch in
Folkston, Ga., according to owners Larry and Linda Browning. He passed away Jan.
27, 2010 from an apparent heart attack.
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The loud-colored bay tobiano stallion sired by Easy Jet Too and out of Treasure
Glass AQHA was an accomplished racehorse, winning 19 races, including 8 stakes
races. He won six of those stakes races as a three-year-old. In 1991 he won the
APHA National Championship Maturity, the Trail of Tears Handicap, the Pepsi
Paint and Appaloosa Stakes, the PSBA Derby, the Lorelei Paint Derby and the Red
River Paint Maturity. In 1992 as a four-year-old, he again won the APHA National
Championship Maturity as well as the Oklahoma Paint Maturity. His total earnings
were $75,657.59 and his top speed index was 103. In his final race on May 23,
1992, he won an allowance race at Remington Park, finishing with a perfect 100
speed index for the 350 yard race.
After a successful race career, he was highly sought-after as a sire of
race-bred Paint horses. In 1997 he bred the most mares in Paint racing history,
with 204 mares bred in a single year, a distinction still held today. He sired a
total of 591 foals including 281 starters, 106 winners, 13 Superior earners and
108 ROM earners. Those offspring included six racing champions, 14 stakes
winners and 25 stakes placed runners. The earnings of his offspring total
$1,399,379.48 to date. His most successful offspring was Carols Treasure, a
multiple champion racehorse and earner of over $165,000 on the track.
He was also a successful barrel racing sire, including the 2006 and 2008 APHA
World Champion barrel horse Rocknroll Treasure. Other notable barrel horses by
Treasured Too include three-time barrel champions Sadie Go Seekum and Treasured
Outdoor, barrel champions Ima Tonto Too and Treasure Hunter and futurity
champion Mordis.
Treasured Too’s last year in the breeding shed was 2009, so there is still more
to come from this outstanding sire. His speed, grit, and legacy will live on in
his many offspring and he will be missed by many, most of all by the Brownings.
More about Paint Horse racing
Horse racing has long been one of America’s favorite spectator sports. With the
recent growth of the Paint Horse breed, it’s no wonder that Paints have become
one of the hottest tickets in the horse racing industry.
Since 1966, when APHA officially recognized the sport, Paint racing has made
major strides forward. In that inaugural year, 17 starters ran for $1,290 in
just two states—Texas and Oklahoma. In 2009, more than 540 starters competed in
more than 530 APHA-recognized races for record purses totaling more than $4.7
million.
A total of 17 states now feature Paint racing, including Arizona, California,
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Paint
Horses also race in Canada.
"With a wealth of top performing Paint racehorses, dedicated owners and
talented trainers and jockeys, Paint Racing continues to remain a strong program
in the horse industry," said APHA Executive Director Lex Smurthwaite. "Paint
Racing enthusiasts recognized the amount of purse money available and have
jumped in to take advantage of the lucrative payouts."
For more information on Paint Horse racing, contact APHA’s racing department at
(817) 222-6444, email racing@apha.com, or
visit paintracing.com.