John D
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Ace was promoted at a high level, from a young age. I still remember the ad on him in the yearbook when he was barely a year old. His name was Willow Run Setem Up Ace, then. There continued to be plenty of yearbook and magazine ads but they also pushed him in the woods and in the national level hunts. He did have a nice win record in big hunts but like most studs, I believe his comp. career came to an end when he started breeding alot of females.
IMO, the early promotion got him the first few females when he was young but then he DID produce well and that kept females coming, for several years.
I don't think Ace's record of total numbers of pups will ever be broken. For one thing, there aren't as many females being bred. For another the sport has changed where we have more info. on more male dogs and the breeding is spread amongst more studs, now.
There have been numerous articles and discussions on Ace. Mark Reavis did an article on him thats probably on Facebook somewhere. Keep in mind its been 20 years since he was breeding females.
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07-29-2015 10:07 PM
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