Far Niente, Hez Our Secret receive PCQHRA awards

The honors presented at the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association awards banquet Jan. 9 at Los Alamitos included one for a current Vessels Stallion Farm horse and one for a horse bred at Vessels Stallion Farm.

Far Niente, who is co-owned by Vessels Stallion Farm, was named as the PCQHRA’s champion three-year-old gelding. Hez Our Secret, who was foaled at Vessels Stallion Farm in 2009 and sold as a yearling, received the champion aged (at least four years old during 2013) stallion award while Vessels Stallion Farm was given the Cal-Bred Breeder award for the most money earned by an age...