Val Murrell News Today

Clear Creek Stud is making a $5,000 Scholarship donation in the name of their clients to a college student with Louisiana based connections to the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse breeding and racing industry.

With an eye toward the future of our industry, Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, La., will once again be making a $5,000 Scholarship Donation in the name of their clients to a college student with Louisiana based connections to the Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse breeding and racing industry.

The 31-year old dark bay stallion, who earned $1,061,193, had been at Old Friends Thoroughbred retirement farm since 2011.

Owner Chester Thomas is following the money: In this case, moving his five-time graded stakes winner Mr. Money from Florida to Louisiana’s Clear Creek Stud for the 2023 breeding season.

The Exxon on Charleston Highway does not have any more gas pumps due to a number of car crashes into their business.

Sponsored by: Half Ours Half Ours, the four-time leading sire in Louisiana, was euthanized  following a paddock accident on Saturday, July 17, at Clear Creek Stud in Folsom, La. “It is a sad day for us all … Half Ours enriched our breeders program in Louisiana and beyond, having touched many who bred and raced,”  said Val Murrell of Clear Creek Stud. “He was obviously an integral part of Clear Creek Studs very existence, like a family member that you saw every day.  His los...