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CATMINT CONTINUING HIS INFLUENCE

atmint’s daughters have continued to have success across the globe quite remarkably given his performance in New Zealand. Interestingly one of the earliest international successes was by Valquest who traces to a daughter of Catmint in Barenka. Valquest was bred by Homer Maybrier in Kentucky

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