JESUS ALFREDO SOTO DIES
February 4, 2010 - Jesus
Alfredo Soto, 58, who with wife Sandra owned champion Royal Quick Dash, died
January 28 of a heart attack. Soto had triple bypass surgery about a year ago,
and that surgery was followed by a kidney transplant.
Residents of Sallisaw, Oklahoma, where they owned a ranch since 1991, the Sotos
since 1994 have bred 32 winners from 64 starters, including the earners of more
than $1.2 million. The Sotos bred Grade 1 winner Quick Moon Sign ($419,781) and
other graded stakes winners Bullys Runaway ($170,566) and A Royal Jet ($91,164).
Quick Moon Sign and A Royal Jet were both by Royal Quick Dash. An earner of
$1,046,980 from the first crop of First Down Dash, Royal Quick Dash won the 1991
All American Futurity (G1) to be that year’s champion freshman colt. In 1993,
the Sotos bought the stallion, who since has sired 646 winners from 1,060
starters, including 76 stakes winners and the earners of more than $17.9
million. Royal Quick Dash is currently standing at stud in Brazil.
Soto had been an attorney in Mexico before coming to the United States from
Guasave, Sinaloa. He is survived by three sons: Alfredo Jr. in Sallisaw, with
children Walter and Isabella; and in Mexico, Eliot, with daughter Renada;
Ulisses and Sinhue.