At McQuay Stables in Tioga, Texas, the focus has long been
on exceptional performance – both human and equine. But people close to owners
Tim and Colleen McQuay know that underlying all the awards and accolades the
couple’s real focus has always been the love of the horse.
So, losing any horse would be hard. But saying goodbye to a
great one pushed the difficulty to another level when Colonels Smoking Gun,
known worldwide simply as “Gunner,” lost his battle with laminitis on
July 8. The National Reining Horse Association (NRHA) Hall of Fame inductee and
$5 Million Sire was humanely put down after spending the last week at Equine
Medical Associates in Pilot Point, Texas, under the constant care of Dr. John
McCarroll.
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