Breeders Allegedly Used Some Impostor Stallions
The Riverside County district attorney has filed 33 counts of grand theft against quarter horse breeders Richard and Charlyn Weening of Hemet, charging the couple with falsely registering quarter horse foals.
The Weenings, who operated Richlyn Farms, allegedly substituted other stallions in the breeding shed for Nublado, a thoroughbred who stood for a $2,500 fee.
In July of 1991, after owner Judd Morse and trainer Dean Gallo had complained to racing officials, Riverside County deputies seized Richlyn Farms’ blood samples and breeding records. Subsequent blood tests revealed that the horses in question, about 50 of them, had sires other than Nublado.
Arrest warrants were issued for the couple on Monday. The Weenings were fined $5,000 each by the California Horse Racing Board in December of 1991 and were not active in racing in 1992.
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