“At Vessels Stallion Farm, we put
everything to the horse sale.   We are
always thinking about the Equine
Sale...   We try to treat the bloodlines
correctly; bloodlines that may
not be fashionable at the time but
it is lineage and patterns that I like
because they always tend to jump
back into fashion,”
Frank “Scoop”Vessels III
August ‘09 PCQHRA Newsletter
“I am a huge believer in passion in anything that you do.  
You need to have passion for anything you are involved in,
whether it is racing off-road cars or breeding horses – otherwise
you’re just spinning your wheels, going through an exercise.  
You know if you have a passion for something or not.   If
you can’t stay away from it, you probably have a passion.”
Frank “Scoop”Vessels III
2003 Galbreath Award Acceptance Speech
at the University of Louisville
Los Alamitos Race Course Owner Edward C. Allred
on Frank “Scoop”Vessels III
Frank “Scoop”Vessels will always be an
icon in the Quarter Horse racing
industry. He was a friend and a great
business partner.
I will always respect his love for racing
and I had a great deal of admiration for the
man that he grew up to be.   He was a man
of ideas and always looking forward to
helping improve the sport of Quarter
Horse racing.
The Los Alamitos Equine Sale was
part of this dedication.   He was passionate
about this sale and I was honored to work
alongside him in this endeavor.   The passing
of Scoop will be hard for Quarter
Horse racing not only in California but also
nationally to overcome.There could not be
a person in this sport more significant in
terms of ability, background and family heritage.  
Vessels Stallion Farm has been the
dominant source of Quarter Horse racing
bloodlines for many years and we depend
on their racing stock.
Above and beyond that, Scoop was
devoted to this sport and the horses.   He
spent his life working in the production and
promotion of fine horses.   We will have to
dig deep to overcome, survive and thrive as
a sport without him.   It will be a difficult
task, but with the cooperation of our horsemen
Los Alamitos Race Course will carry
on the great tradition of the Vessels family.