Bred and raced in California by Robert Etchandy, Corona Chick, by Chicks Beduino, won four major stakes at two and the title of 1991 champion 2-year-old; in 1992 she was named AQHA champion 3-year-old filly. During her two-year race career, Corona Chick earned $591,326, with 15 wins from 18 starts.
In 1997, she garnered the title of AQHA Broodmare of the Year. Her top money earner, All American Futurity winner Corona Cash, with a career total of $1,542,880, was AQHA champion 2-year-old and 2-year-old filly in 1997, as well as champion 3-year-old and 3-year-old filly in 1998.
Corona Cartel, Corona Chick’s 1994 foal by Holland Ease, won $557,142 as a graded stakes winner and is ranked as Quarter racing’s all-time leading living sire, with the earners of more than $40 million and a 2013 stud fee of $35,000.
As a Quarter Horse broodmare, Corona Chick stands alone as the natural dam of 14 runners with average earnings of $258,870 and the dam of 14 foals sold at public auction as yearlings for an average of $371,700.