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My Adonis stamps his ticket to $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot October 22, 2011 • Delta Downs, Vinton, LA

pearance in the $1 million Delta Downs Kentucky Derby stepping stone up next for the Kelly Breen trainee Jackpot (Grade 3).

eorge and Lori Hall’s 2-year-old colt My Adonis delivered a winning performance in Saturday night’s $200,000 Jean Lafitte Stakes and in the process set himself up for an ap-

was in front by a length over Tiz Moe, who appeared to be poised for a stretch-long battle with his rival. But My Adonis would have none of that, as he drew clear under

Saddled by Belmont Stakes winning trainer Kelly Breen, My Adonis pressed the early pace set by Top Cat Boogie and Continued on pg. 2 Flashy Kid before taking command turning My Adonis, Elvis Trujillo up for home in the one-mile event. At the head of the stretch, My Adonis Photo by Coady Photography

COVER STORY jockey Elvis Trujillo and won by a commanding 5-1/4 lengths. Tiz Moe stayed on for second while Flashy Kid wound up another 3 lengths behind in third. My Adonis, a son of Pleasantly Perfect, out of the Elusive Quality mare Silent Justice, covered the distance over a fast track in 1:40.56. Bred in Kentucky by K & G Stables, My Adonis has now won two of five starts and finished second three times. The winner’s paycheck of $120,000 on Saturday night raised his career bankroll to $171,000. Sent off as the heavy favorite at odds of 3-5, My Adonis returned $3.20 to win, $2.40

to place and $2.20 to show. Tiz Moe paid $3.40 to place and $2.60 to show. Flashy Kid was worth $6 to show. Breen will now point My Adonis to the season’s richest race on Nov. 19. The winner takes home $600,000 in the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot and that would be plenty of graded earnings to get him into the 2012 Kentucky Derby. Breen’s previous $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot starters were West Side Bernie, who finished second to Big Drama in 2008, and Sweet Ducky, who wound up fourth behind Gourmet Dinner last year. Another prep race took place on the Saturday program as the track

hosted another edition of the $150,000 My Trusty Cat for 2-year-old fillies at 7 furlongs. The My Trusty Cat leads into the $500,000 Delta Downs Princess (Grade 3), which also takes place Nov. 19. This year’s My Trusty Cat was won by Citizen Advocate, who was ridden to victory by jockey Luis Jurado. Citizen Advocate set the pace and held on by a length over Devious Intent. Ithinkisawapudycat finished another 5 lengths back in third. The winner covered the distance in 1:26.94. Citizen Advocate is a 2-year-old filly by Proud Citizen, out of the Horse Chestnut (SAF) mare Twilight Service. She was bred in Florida by Peter Vegso Racing Stable. The chestnut runner is owned by White Hall Lane Farm and is trained by David A. Vivian. The win by Citizen Advocate marked the fourth of her six-race career. She earned $90,000 for her effort on Saturday, which raised her lifetime bankroll up to $247,900. Live racing resumes at Delta Downs on Wednesday with another 11-race program that is set to begin at 5:45 p.m. At top left, Elvis Trujillo after his win aboard My Adonis; far left, Citizen Advocate, Luis Jurado up; at left, Jurado after the victory Photos by Coady Photography

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Devon Dat Cat looks to bring home California riches Ruidoso Downs only track with two $2 million stakes races Challenge Championships return to Los Alamitos for ninth time JEH Stallion Station announces major reorganization

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Properly Snowbound in Wild West upset at Los Alamitos Longshot Capatin Bucko shocks Charles Taylor Derby at The Downs at Albuquerque Irish Art dominant winner of Uniformity Stakes; gives Rosario third of four victories; Sister Moon, at 1-5 odds, upset by Ismene in Anoakia at Santa Anita Sheza Princess Belle dominates Desert Classic Derby at Turf Paradise Sourdough Sam rallies to win Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields

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Legendary Express tops qualifiers for AQHA Will Rogers Maiden Challenge; Shanachee fastest qualifier for Kansas Jackpot Futurity at Will Rogers Downs Sixes Streak records fastest qualifying time for Grade 1 Texas Classic Futurity; Llano Teller fastest qualifier in Texas Classic Derby trials; Captain Bucko fastest qualifer in Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity trials at Lone Star Park

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Getting the drift By Robert Geller

rider grappling with the elements, fighting temperament, a half of a ton of horseflesh, hat happens when a trained predictably unpredictable. For this neweye that documents the comer, that the spectacle has stood the split-second, fuel-injected, test of time is an appealing quality. turbo-driven maneuvers that have made From the paddock parade to the break Formula Drift Series cutting edge, turns his from the gate, Shawn was out to capture high-powered zoom lens to the racetrack what captured him. for the very first time? “I think getting emotionally attached Team photographer for Seattle-based to a horse, a stable or a jockey is a hook NK Racing, previously Nikolay Konstantithat gets you invested. Liking a particular nov Racing, Shawn McManus, did just that driver or car, believing in and wanting to in late summer with a trip out to Emerald them to win, tends to have an emotional Downs. The racing industry sweats bullets value. If you care about the outcome, the looking for ways to entice newcomers process is much more interesting. The first to the sport of kings but appears less time I was out there, I had zero preference. aggressive in courting professionals from other sporting arenas who may speak our Knowing nothing about horses, it was based solely on appearance.” language better than we think. Shawn confesses that his only prior No, horses are not machines and no, knowledge of horses was through 4-H and our fans are not waiting for a dramatic cousins in California or aunts and uncles pile-up. On the other hand, jockeys, like who lived out in the boonies. The condrivers, must navigate tricky terrain to cept of a racing form remained alien and steer their charge home and, yes, grandintimidating to him. He even confessed to stands do go wild for a great contest. having to work through stigma in the first Telling similarities and differences becouple of hours, connected with betting tween his professional world and mine hit and any negative press the industry in on some of the key issues that spectator general has received. As sensitive a point sports face in order to hold their own in as that is, it raises the fact that newcomers, today’s entertainment market. especially the younger generation, do hold Shawn represents the nouveau end preconceptions, often misconceptions of car racing that has emerged in roughly of our sport. After all, if Shawn, 36 this the last quarter-century. This branch of November, highly intelligent, exceptionally competition is arguably a byproduct of the modern day fascination with extreme well read and a magnanimous personality makes such a confession to me, it is worth sports, yet carries with it the finesse and pinpoint accuracy of dressage. In drift rally, taking note. Fortunately, these same attributes were the very ones that enabled him or drifting as it commonly known, taking to dispel his fears, wet his feet and quickly the checkered flag does not necessarily get into the swim of things. equate with victory. The degree of dif“It’s like a tornado going over your ficulty of race moves and their execution can build up points that showcase the me- house and so many things have happened in such a short time that initially you can’t chanical prowess of an auto team, along with the commanding skills of its driver to take it all in. Afterward, you start to absorb the event that you just watched and start outscore opponents. to break it down like CSI.” Race-trackers know that barring The wheels started churning in steward intervention, first to cross the Shawn’s head as he drew on his own referwire is everything and yet for our visuence points from drifting as a way in to the ally creative guest, this was not where his focus fell. Shawn made repeated reference drama of the race itself. “I heard you call a bunch of races to the timelessness of the sport of kings, before you said traffic,” he tells me. “In driftturning the clock back in his head to over ing, it’s more about waiting for another a century. In his mind, the old and new driver to make a mistake than using the snapshots took similar form, horse and

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power available to you. There is a relationship between a driver and his car. For instance, when you’re sliding a car around in a drift, a very small input will give you a very large result. I think if a jockey is aware of what the horse wants, a very small input can get you a good result. Any driving instructor will tell a driver, don’t fight the car. The car doesn’t drive itself and is only doing what it’s been told to do seconds ago. This has a curious similarity to the racetrack when a rider fights his horse.” It occurs to me that trip notes would be right up his alley. “In horse-racing there are many changes in lead and running order. Where are they in their strategic plan? There are so many changes in such a short time as they jockey for position, a term that we use in car racing but actually comes from you guys. Just like our best drivers, it seems the best jockeys are the ones who can adapt to change, to make the most of a situation that has altered from their original plan that could well have been thrown out the window five seconds after the start. “It is similar with track condition. Drifting is the same. It can begin to deteriorate from weather or having been raced on. Oil spills, petrol spills, methanol causing fire you can’t see. Fortunately their EMT emergency response time of 7-1/2 seconds is the best in the world and in the UK requires an actual surgeon to be on hand. As far as automotive entertainment is concerned, the UK is at the top. It is no coincidence that it boasts the most successful TV program, Top Gear.” “When the X Generation came up with the X-Games as an outlet for these

A sampling of McManus’ images; at left, down the Emeralds Downs stretch; below, jockey Pedro Terrero

high energy exotic sports, it gave a place for people to perform and watch. Drifting came from Japan but fits into this window of adrenaline and motor sport. “ Shawn may well be the poster child for adrenaline junkies. A 1993 graduate of Peninsula High in Gig Harbor, Wash., he leaves me in his wake, with tentacles that reach back in time beyond his years

in the stands, unless there is an obvious mistake, it takes a trained eye to know who has won. It is not always a black-and-white winner, and the public may have to wait several minutes for the decision. It’s a lot like how ice-skating would be judged. It’s go big or go home.” There appears a fundamental truth across the board that the more educated a fan is in relation to his sport, the more meaningful the experience. Racetrack management can never be reminded and forward from his X Generation mind enough that their capital investment is to that of a millennium slacker. Whether not lost on a newcomer like Shawn who shooting event-driven photography in delighted in the freedom to explore and Irwindale, Calif., one week or cycling in personalize the facility amid the downtime Tacoma, Wash., the next, Shawn constantly between races. runs on positive energy – oh, and a few It also came as a relief to hear from high-end espresso shots. Did I mention he him that deep in the psyche of car racing is is one of the state’s premier baristas? a need to make the inanimate, animate. He is not a fly-by-night, nor is drifting. “Lambourgini, Ferrari, Mustang, you Shawn has identified with and observed think about the logos that those compaits fan base for over a decade, not bad for a nies have employed to market their brand. sport that was first written off as a passing It is not by accident that they have chosen fad. He really gets where they are coming an animal, be it a bull or a horse to give from and would not sell them short when them personality. Horses elicit that reacit comes to the more conservative product tion genuinely because they are alive and of horseracing. ooze personality.” “You guys have a leg up on us as your And so, it seems, do the jockeys, demographic is more refined and the facil- ready-made celebrities who had Shawn’s ity is more conducive to where and when camera clicking over at almost as a fast a to hang out.” shutter speed as the horses. Even the most I grapple with my own skepticism as colorful silks of a rider at a meet-and-greet to what the modern-day concentration session in a morning track-work show such span can truly handle, though, especially as the Emerald A.M. may pale in compariif there is a lull in live action. The more son to the vivid, logo-plastered outfit of Shawn describes this younger demoa race car driver, but accessibility to them graphic, the more encouraged I am that remains a valuable commodity. there are ways to attract them to our side “Tradition seems to impose unwritof the fence. ten limits on how far sponsorship can go. “Remember, in drifting, there’s a lot Some of the gear worn by drivers is so happening and then there’s not a lot gaudy that they get out their car looking happening. For the average person sitting like an M&M. That is just not going to hap-

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pen in horseracing. Accessibility to drivers and the car is huge though. Both the car and the driver are celebrities. Fans may like the car even more than the driver and the spectacle is about entertaining.” There is a one-hour window during every Formula Drift event set aside for autograph-signing, and everyone has a hero card and they sign it with a Sharpie. The line is backed up with hundreds of people because they have seen it on TV, or have camaraderie with a driver because they’ve owned a similar car, or have a connection as they are from the same country, like Japanese fans, who adore Michi Takatori. You only get once chance to get them hooked.” This was true for me too. Despite all the years I have known Shawn, there was no guarantee that this first trip to the track would stretch beyond a mere formality. But when he chose to come back again with fiancée, Erin, and two dear friends before closing day, he was not doing it out of politeness but out of genuine desire. Shawn could hardly wait to usher his new guests to the paddock, where firsttimer Tammy felt encouraged by the body language and a whispered tout of the last horse in the parade, Flashy Helmsman. Her modest across-the-board wager yielded more than just a nice return. The investment opened the door on what Shawn was surprised not more was made of: betting. “You’re never going to take betting out of the sport, to sustain it, and to build it up. You don’t want to feel dirty doing it. People go to the track to bet, and it should be embraced. We all know that there is a small element of people who are addicted to gambling who would bet on anything, whether it be horseracing or who’s in a fight at Thanksgiving dinner. But any concern about betting giving the game a shady image only raises more anxiety in a newcomer. The more a track does, the more it sanctions those of us coming. It’s like going to Vegas, it doesn’t feel weird to someone new because Vegas embraces it, advertises it. Betting kind of flies under the radar otherwise, even though it is engrained into the culture. “It is a bit like how marketing and sponsorship go hand in hand in drifting. If you see a car without a big logo across the side of it, it has less credibility, an unsponsored car with a small budget. The ones most involved in our demographic are

Above, a portrait of the author; at left, still active 2008 Longacres Mile winner, Wasserman

her curiosity and that of the group as how to better approach the game for when they are back next summer. Their return is something I am more than willing to bet on. Footnote: By my next visit to Corinas Bakery in Tacoma, I am handed the thumbnail of the racetrack shots he has assembled onto his hard drive, some of which may find their way to his Flickr account, others he will save for the right moment to use. Courtesy of Shawn McManus, do enjoy a sampling here It is no coincidence that as a documentary photographer, Shawn feels a strong inclination to set certain racetrack images in the classic form of black-and-white, especially the behindthe-scenes shots, from the TV control room to yours-truly in the announcer’s booth.

those sponsors that offer products tasty to our clientele like energy drinks and soda. They are companies that sell car-care products, tires, apparel, video games, things that are lifestyle-oriented purchases. The sponsorship is engrained and expected at this point. Fans usually buy a hat or a sweatshirt, a sticker or swag on top of the $8 to $12 admission price, and if they hang out all day, may spend $50 to $75. To me, betting is similar. It is actually a great way to get people more emotionally involved knowing that they are going to potentially win money.” Tammy’s beginner’s luck did not hold for her second bet, but the small profit that remained at the end of the day had raised

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win the $60,000 Challenge Qualifier at Emerald Downs on Labor Day Weekend. Portland, OR “I watched that race at Devon Dat Cash Emerald, and I wasn’t sure he looks to bring home got up in time,” said Harris California riches referring to the close photo. Devon Dat Cash will be “Heran a super race, we were making his first start outside of just so excited.” the Pacific Northwest on SatDevon Dat Cash shipped urday night Oct. 29, and it will down to Los Alamitos this past also be the biggest of his long week and will be staying in the and successful career. Devon barn of someone Harris trusts, Dat Cash will be starting in his oldest son Bill Harris, who the $350,000 Bank of America trains at Los Alamitos. Challenge Championship, “We don’t want to train which is a prestigious Grade 1 him too much down there,” race at Los Alamitos. said John Harris. “He’s very Devon Dat Cash has sound, but he’s had a couple of always been a solid horse for knee operations, so we don’t his owners Donald and Bevlike to push him too much.” erly Conway, but he will be Jockey Luis Torres who attempting to make the leap to was aboard Devon Dat Cash the big stage on the 29th. The in the qualifying win as well Conways, of Rainier, Wash., have as his three starts previous to been involved in Quarter Horse that is expected to make the racing ownership for years, and journey south to California for according to their trainer John the ride. Harris is hoping for an Harris, they have about a dozen outside post and a clear trip in the big race. horses right now. “He should like the track, Harris took over training it’s fast, similar to Emerald,” said of Devon Dat Cash from Scott Harris. “I like him on the outRaley in June of 2010. Under both trainers, the horse has put side, he needs to have some room to run and get that big together quite a resume, 10 wins in 28 starts, with an addi- gear of his going late. He usutional 14 times finishing in the ally breaks so-so, but he comes rolling late. The 440 yards money. Devon Dat Cash has should definitely suit him.” amassed $74,477 in earnings Devon Lane sire of Devon over his four plus year career for the Conways, who bred the Dat Cash stands at TNL Farms in Bosque, NM - Inquires: Terry horse in Washington. Harris was quick to point out, the first & Nan Lane 505-864-6680; thing he notices about Devon Email: asmoothbug@msn.com. Dat Cash is the size of his heart. Ruidoso Downs, NM “He must have the most heart of any horse I’ve ever led Ruidoso Downs only track with two $2 over,” said Harris. “He just runs so hard and tries so much.” million stakes races Devon Dat Cash qualiThe 2012 running of the fied for the $350,000 Bank of Grade 1 All American Derby America Challenge Champion- purse will exceed the historic ship by scoring a 17-to-1 upset $2 million mark and reset the

all-time record for any Quarter Horse race for three-year-old and older quarter horses. The All American Derby becomes the richest race in North America for 3-year-olds of any breed, exceeding the $2 million Kentucky Derby for Thoroughbreds. The Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes, the other two legs of the Triple Crown, each offer $1 million purses. The All American Derby also surpasses the $1.5 million purse for the Hambletonian for 3-year-old standardbred trotters. Ruidoso Downs becomes the only track offering two $2 million races with the All American Derby joining the Grade 1, $2.4 million All American Futurity. The All American Derby is contested on the day before Labor Day and the All American Futurity is run on Labor Day, closing day of the summer season. The All American Futurity is the richest race in North America for a 2-yearold of any breed. The 2010 All American Derby had a purse of $1,548,685, the current all-time highest purse for a 3-year-old or older Quarter Horse race. This year’s All American Derby had a purse of $1,316,760. The 2012 renewals of the Grade 1 Rainbow Derby and the Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby are expected to set new purse records with the Rainbow Derby reaching $900,000 and the Ruidoso Derby exceeding $700,000. The total purses for the three derbies at Ruidoso Downs will exceed $3.6 million, approaching the $4 million in purses for the Thoroughbred Triple Crown. There is still time for own-

ers of horses who missed the Oct. 1 sustaining payments to these three Grade 1 derbies to regain eligibility to these races that comprise three of the four richest derbies in Quarter Horse racing. A late payment of twice the Oct. 1 payment is due before Nov. 1 to regain eligibility to the All American, Rainbow and Ruidoso derbies. This payment is for only for owners who missed the Oct. 1 payment.

OCT. 22, 2011 Cypress, CA Challenge Championships return to Los Alamitos for the ninth time The Bank of America Racing Challenge Championships will return to Los Alamitos Race Course on Saturday, Oct. 29. The event is the richest and most successful program in American Quarter Horse racing today, a championship series developed for the “World’s Fastest Horse.” The Bank of America Racing Challenge program provides more racing opportunities and larger purses for older American Quarter Horses than any other program throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and South America. This will be the ninth time since 1993 that Los Alamitos has served as host to the Bank of America Racing Challenge Championships. The Southern California racetrack has established itself as an unsurpassed leader in its support of Quarter Horse racing, offering year-round live racing with a record of four stakes worth $1 million or more. Total purses in 2011 will exceed $20 million and marquee events include the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity, Golden State Million

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Futurity, Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity and the Los Alamitos Super Derby. The Ed Burke Million, Golden State Million and Los Alamitos Two Million make up the Los Alamitos Bonanza, which pays a $1 million bonus to the connections of any horse that sweeps all three of the races for 2-year-olds. The track is also home to the Grade 1, $750,000 Champion of Champions for older horses. Owners, breeders, trainers and jockeys from across the country will travel to Los Alamitos next week for the Bank of America Challenge as well as the AQHA Racing Conference. In addition to the lovely fall weather, kind racing surface and full cooperation of everyone in the stable area, they will be greeted by the track’s owner, Dr. Ed Allred. Under Allred’s leadership, Los Alamitos Race Course has enjoyed tremendous growth. The major change in the face of Los Alamitos Race Course in the past 15 years has been the addition of The Vessels Club, a $5 million lavish Turf Club built by Allred and named in honor of the founding family of the track. Since its opening in December 1995, The Vessels Club has earned the reputation as one of the finest horse racing venues in the country. In 2009, Los Alamitos hosted the Bank of America Racing Challenge Championships and fans in attendance and at simulcast facilities were treated to an evening of thrilling finishes and record-setting performances. New stakes records were posted by Fighter On Fire in the $350,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship (Grade 1), Saturday Nite Fever in the $200,000 Bayer Legend Derby Challenge Championship (Grade 1) and Stylish Jess BR in the $125,000 Merial Distaff Challenge Championship (Grade 1). “Los Alamitos Race Course is happy to welcome back the Bank of America Challenge Championships,” said Allred. “It is always wonderful to see people from all over the country get together for a night of Quarter Horse racing. It is an honor to open up Los Alamitos Race Course for our fellow Quarter Horse owners and breeders. We are all looking forward to an exciting night of racing.” In addition to Los Alamitos, the other tracks that have served as hosts are Sunland Park, Turf Paradise, Retama Park, Sam Houston Race Park, Evangeline Downs, Lone Star Park and Fair Grounds. The draw for the 2011 Bank of

and best staff in the industry,” he added. JEH Equine Reproduction Specialists (JEHERS), a venture offering ‘best in class’ solutions for advanced reproductive technologies and a full service veterinary clinic, was established by the company in Whitesboro last year. Pilot Point, TX JEHERS is on the leading edge of JEH Stallion Station announces embryo transfers, oocyte transfers and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) major reorganization procedures and has recently opened a Jim and Marilyn Helzer announced a state-of-the-art ICSI lab. The company has major reorganization today of their JEH one of the largest recipient herds of top Stallion Stations, with divisions in Texas, quality mares in the nation. New Mexico and Oklahoma. Andrew Gardiner will continue as the JEH Texas was established near Pilot General Manager of both JEH Texas and Point in 1998. Last year JEH acquired a Oklahoma and JEH ERS. For additional large ranch and a fully equipped equine hospital (two locations) in Whitesboro, Tex- information Andrew can be reached at as, 30 miles north of the current Pilot Point 903-300-9097. ranch location, with the intent to move the stallion station in the near future. With the extension of the North Dallas Tollway into Denton County (near JEH Texas) starting in 2012, the decision has been made to begin implementation of the company’s long-term ranch succession plan. JEH Stallion Station’s Texas Division will begin moving to this new facility immediately and will be open for business in time for the coming breeding season. The new facility is located 15 miles south of the Oklahoma border off Highway 82, halfway between Gainesville and Sherman, Texas. Due to economic conditions in New Mexico, the Helzer’s and R.D. Hubbard, a co-owner of JEH Stallion Station-New Mexico, have also made a strategic decision to close their Hondo, N.M. facility. “We could not have had our many successes in New Mexico without the help of our great staff”, Helzer said. “We appreciate all of their hard work and commitment over the years”. The stallions currently located in New Mexico will be relocated to other JEH Stallion Station facilities or will be sold. Mare owners can be assured that all rebreeds will be honored to the same stallion or an equivalent. “We want to thank all our clients from Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico who have supported us the past 17 years,” Jim Helzer said on Wednesday. “JEH stands behind our long-term goal of bringing top stallions to the breeding public and we will continue to offer our clients the best stallions, best service America Challenge Championships will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Check www.aqharacing.com for the latest news and information.

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RACE RECAPS Photo credits: ARIZONA: Turf Paradise: Coady Photography ARKANSAS: Oaklawn Park: Coady Photography CALIFORNIA: Del Mar: © Benoit Photo Golden Gate Fields: Vassar Photography Los Alamitos Race Course: Scott Martinez Oak Tree/Hollywood Park: © Benoit Photo Santa Anita Race Park: © Benoit Photo COLORADO: Arapahoe Park: Coady Photography FLORIDA: Hialeah Park: Coady Photography IOWA: Prairie Meadows Racetrack: Jack Coady / Coady Photography LOUISIANA: Delta Downs: Emily Stevens / Coady Photography Evangeline Downs Racetrack: Courtesy of Evangeline Downs Fair Grounds: Hodges Photography Louisiana Downs: Natalie Glyshaw / Hodges Photography MINNESOTA: Canterbury Park: Canterbury Park / Andrea Thelen NEW MEXICO: Ruidoso Downs Race Track: Ty Wyant / Roberta Harris Sunland Park: Coady Photography SunRay Park: Coady Photography The Downs at Albuquerque: Coady Photography Zia Park: Coady Photography OKLAHOMA: Remington Park: Dustin Orona Photography Will Rogers Downs: Courtesy of Will Rogers Downs OREGON: Portland Meadows: Courtesy of Portland Meadows TEXAS: Lone Star Park: Reed Palmer Photography Retama Park: Courtesy of Retama Park Sam Houston Race Park: Coady Photography WASHINGTON: Emerald Downs: Courtesy of Emerald Downs

OCT. 23, 2011 Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CA Properly Snowbound in Wild West upset

By Ty Wyant Jose Ramon Sandoval’s homebred Properly Snowbound made a long striding, late run at 17-1 odds to win the $100,000 Wild West Futurity on Sunday night at Los Alamitos. The Wild West Futurity is for juveniles who have raced in the Rocky Mountain, Intermountain and Northwest regions this year. Properly Snowbound appeared to be a horse who will excel at further than the 350 yards of the Wild West Futurity by accelerating throughout the last half of the 350-yard stakes to get the win in :17.70 while winning by an expanding onehalf length. Alex Bautista was aboard for trainer Roberto Sanchez. “He surprised me,” Bautista added. “He came into the trials having won three in a row, but in his first race here all he was looking at was the lights. He needed the experience of running at this track. He finished as strongly as he started tonight.” Properly Snowbound, grey gelded son of Snowbound (TB), won his first three starts in the Northwest before heading to Los Alamitos for the Wild West Futurity. He won a maiden futurity for Idaho-breds at Sandy Downs to highlight that winning streak. He didn’t impress in his first start at Los Alamitos in the Wild West Futurity trial when he finished fifth after being bumped at the start, however came up with the seventh-fastest qualifying mark from the two trials. “To be honest I didn’t think he was that good of a horse after the trials,” Dominguez said.

Properly Snowbound

“But he started to feel better after the trials. We took him to the track more and we schooled him in the gate. He started doing everything nice and easy. I was surprised in the way he ran in the final. He ran a great race.” Willie Dasher was second and Veyron finished third, a neck behind Willie Dasher. Martha Wells homebred runner-up Willie Dasher, a son of Separatist, has a maiden win at Los Alamitos from seven starts and qualified for the Desert Classic Futurity at Turf Paradise. Travis and Wendy Saxton’s Veyron, a son of Ivory James, kept his consistent record intact with his third-place

finish. The Bret Vickery-trained gelding has been on the board in seven of eight starts with a third in the Bitterroot Futurity.

The Downs at Albuquerque, NM Longshot Captain Bucko shocks Charles Taylor Derby

By Michael Cusortelli Captain Bucko, a gelding by Tricky Six owned and trained by Tyrone Gleason, held on at the wire to win the $30,000 Charles Taylor Derby at The Downs at Albuquerque on Sunday. Ridden by Vernon Scantling and sent to post at odds of nearly 42-1, Captain Bucko

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RACE RECAPS covered his 1-mile trip in 1:39.63 while defeating 3-1 favorite No It Ain’t by a head. The gelding was coming off of a third-place finish in a $5,000 non-winners-of-three claiming race at Albuquerque Oct. 12. Captain Bucko was bred in Kansas by Ralph Lilja, and his sire, Tricky Six, is a 21-year-old sire by Saratoga Six who won stakes at Ak-Sar-Ben, Remington Park, and Louisiana Downs from 1992-93. To date, Tricky Six has sired one stakes winner and the earners of more than $968,900 from 40 starters. Tricky Six entered stud in 1995 and stands at Chikaskia River Racing LLC in Kansas. Captain Bucko is also one of two winners from four starters produced by Immune Moon, a winning and stakes-placed daughter of the Boldnesian stallion Moonsplash. Racing in eight different states from 199298, Immune Moon won 13 of 80 races and earned $113,361. Captain Bucko has won three of his nine outs, and the $18,000 winner’s share of the Charles Taylor Derby purse pushed his bankroll to $27,395, all of which has been earned this year. The gelding was unraced as a 2-year-old. Captain Bucko returned an $85.80 win mutuel and combined with runner-up No It Ain’t for an $884.20 ($2) exacta. Happy Toes finished third, two lengths behind the winner, to complete a $6,876 ($2) trifecta. There was one winning $1 trifecta ticket. Alert Rocket ran fourth and was followed by Zarb’s Hot Friend, Trouble Rules, Ultimate Question, Tart N Smart, Alert The Press, and Whoa Sailor. No It Ain’t is a chestnut Kentucky-bred gelding by Yes It’s True campaigned by Vance Alfrey and Stuart Eskew. A $3,500 buy at the January 2010 Keeneland Association

Horses of All Ages Sale, No It Ain’t has won two of 12 races and has earned $34,196, and his stakes resume includes a third-place run in the 5 1/2-furlong, $30,000 Harvest Stakes at Albuquerque on Sept. 11. Happy Toes races for Donald J. Elkins. At SunRay Park last spring, the California-bred Ministers Wild Cat gelding put together a three-race win streak that included a pair of allowance victories. All told, Happy Toes has won four of eight starts and has banked $46,895.

Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CA Irish Art dominant winner of Uniformity Stakes; gives Rosario third of four victories on Sunday’s card

Irish Art

on turf at Hollywood Park on July 9, Irish Art routed three times with a pair of seconds surrounding his maiden victory at 1 1/16 miles over Del Mar’s turf course on Sept. 2. Gaines, who trains the bay Little matter that Irish Art colt for Warren B. Williamson, showed only a maiden win rout- said her biggest concern about ing in four previous starts, he was bet down to 7-5 favoritism, and the son of Artie Schiller made his supporters look good with a dominant 3 ¼-length victory in Sunday’s $75,840 Uniformity Stakes for 3-year-olds at 6 ½ furlongs over Santa Anita’s hillside turf course. With Joel Rosario notching his third of four riding wins on the afternoon, Irish Art tracked pacesetter Shred the Secrets, overtook him entering the stretch and drew clear under a hand ride while running the distance in 1:11.62. Luckarack, ridden by Alonso Quinonez, rallied for second, one-half length in front of Shred the Secrets and jockey Patrick Valenzuela in the field of eight. “Look at him,” exclaimed winning trainer Carla Gaines afterward. “It looks like he didn’t even run. He took to the course like a duck to water.” After finishing seventh in his racing debut at 6 furlongs

Irish Art’s first sprint start over Santa Anita unique hillside layout was having drawn the rail. “As it turned out, it wasn’t an issue,” she said. “He ran a very good race down the hill,” said Rosario. “I don’t know how good the competition was, but he ran

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RACE RECAPS

Sheza Princess Belle

a really good race. In the race where he broke his maiden, he went right to the lead, but there was a lot of speed that day. Today, he stuck close to the pace, so I think he can do whatever he wants to do.” Gaines said she wasn’t sure what might be next for Irish Art, but noted that he is nominated to Hollywood Park’s Grade I Hollywood Derby at 1 ¼ miles on turf on Nov. 27. Irish Art paid $4.80, $3.60 and $3 for his Uniformity victory. The mutuels on Luckarack were $6.20 and $4.80. Shred the Secrets paid $5.80 to show. The winning purse of $41,130 elevated the earnings of Irish Art to $101,480.

Jesse In Town

ridden Sheza Princess Belle raced the 350 yards in :17.455 for her fourth-straight win. Alejandro Ibarra’s Lifes Been Good was second by a head over Y/N Horse Stables’ Skyline Version. A daughter of Heza Motor Scooter, Sheza Princess Belle started her winning streak with a maiden win at Arapahoe Park in her fifth career start after gaining one second from four starts at two. She then won a non-winners-oftwo at The Downs at Albuquerque before taking her Desert Classic Derby trial by three quarters of a length as the even-money favorite.

Will Rogers Downs, Claremore, OK Jesse In Town upsets Turf Paradise, Phoenix, Taylor Pair AZ By Ty Wyant Sheza Princess Belle Mary Passmore’s Jesse In dominates Desert Town, an 8-1 outsider, battled to a game upset of the Heath Classic Derby

OCT. 22, 2011

By Ty Wyant The Eloy Mendoza-owned and -trained Sheza Princess Belle took a commanding early lead and raced unchallenged to a one-length win in the $24,462 Desert Classic Derby at Turf Paradise on Sunday afternoon. The Michael Iammarino-

Taylor-trained favorites WRS Special Shoe and First Klas Fred in the $50,000 Cherokee Challenge Stakes on Saturday at Will Rogers Downs. The Cody Smith-ridden Jesse In Town hooked up with WRS Special Shoe, the 22-10 second choice, and the two fought for the last half of the

300-yard dash to get the neck win in :15.303. Champion First Klas Fred, the 9-5 favorite, was one-half length back for third in the full field of older horses. Trained by Jackie Kirby, Jesse In Town proved to be a value for his 8-1 odds after moving up his class after being claiming for $10,000 at Fair Meadows on July 21. His new connections shipped the 4-year-old gelding by Mr Jess Perry to Prairie Meadows and he came though with a dominating nearly 3-length win in a $10,000 claiming race and finished second at 7-2 odds in the $20,000 Prairie Meadows Bonus Challenge. Williams Racing Stables’ homebred WRS Special Shoe, a son of First Down Leveaux, continues to impress as a 9-year-old with his secondplace finish in his 69th start. The earner of $865,000 with 24 wins remains in peak form at his eighth year of competition with a win in the Terrace Hill Stakes at Prairie Meadows in his previous start. Denis and Julie Schoenhofer’s First Klas Fred, the 2009 champion 2-year-old gelding, looked to be regaining the form that saw him win the Ruidoso Futurity two summers ago. He won the Classic

Chevrolet Stakes by one length in his start before the Cherokee Challenge Stakes.

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley, CA Sourdough Sam rallies to win Oakland Stakes Sourdough Sam outran his 9-1 odds to win Saturday’s 6-furlong, $65,280 Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate Fields. Ridden by David Lopez for owner John A. Nicoletti and trainer Dean Pederson, Sourdough Sam rallied off of fractions of :22.15 and :44.89 before he reached the wire in 1:09.68. The $39,400 winner’s share of the purse increased his earnings to $168,400. Sourdough Sam also marked the 1,000th career riding victory in the U.S. for Lopez, a native of Peru. “I’m very excited to get my 1,000th win in this race,” Lopez said. “The trainer told me to be patient with him. He broke a little slow, and I knew we were far back but I didn’t panic. I knew I was on a good horse, and when I took him out in the clear he did his thing.” Sourdough Sam was bred in California by his owner, and the 4-year-old gelding is one of five stakes winners from 137 SureBet RacingNews.com, Inc. • October 25, 2011 • Vol. 5 No. 43 17

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RACE RECAPS

Sourdough Sam

starters sired by Decarchy, a stallion by Distant View who won the 2002 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (Grade 2) at Santa Anita Park. Now 14, Decarchy has sired the earners of more than $5 million, including Teapartysuccess, a 3-year-old filly who won the July 10 George Wafer Memorial Stakes at Arapahoe Park. He is owned by and stands for a $4,000 fee at Magali Farms at Santa Ynez, Calif. Sourdough Sam’s dam, General Luster, is a 17-year-old winning daughter of the Seattle Slew stallion General Meeting. The mare has produced five winners from five starters, including Panettone, a full brother to Sourdough Sam who ran third in the $71,340 Jack Goodman Stakes for 2-year-olds at Santa Anita Oct. 10. A half sister to Sourdough Sam, the Redattore (BRZ) filly Sweet Baguette, ran second in last year’s Juan Gonzalez Memorial Stakes at the Alameda County Fair meet at Pleasanton. Sourdough Sam has won five of nine races, including the 1-mile, $61,400 Gold Rush Stakes at Golden Gate in ‘09. Sent to post at odds of 9-1, Sourdough Sam returned a $20.20 win mutuel. Shudacudawudya, the 9-10 favorite,

Ismene

finished second, 1 ¼ lengths behind the winner, to complete a $24.20 ($1) exacta. Starboardlights, Our Minesweeper, Tribesman, Skipshot, Hexbreaker, and Quick Enough completed the order of finish. Shudacudawudya is a homebred 4-year-old gelding by Marino Marini who has earned $165,216 from 11 outs for his owner, Brett Mason. The gelding has won five races, including the 2009 Golden Nugget Stakes at Golden Gate. A $1,000 buy at the 2007 California Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Northern California Sale, Starboardlights races for Stewball Stable and Kristin Finkel. The 5-year-old Helmsman gelding has won three of 14 starts and has banked $137,224, and his stakes resume includes a runner-up finish to Goggles McCoy in the Aug. 6, $68,640 Jess Jackson Owners Handicap on the turf at the Sonoma County Fair meet at Santa Rosa.

Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, CA Sister Moon, at 1-5 odds, upset by Ismene in $80,600 Anoakia Nearly two months after

her record-setting debut at Del Mar, Sister Moon failed to replicate that electrifying performance Saturday when unable to overtake front-running Ismene in Santa Anita’s $80,600 Anoakia Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at six furlongs. Bet down to 1-5 favoritism in a field of six, Sister Moon broke awkwardly, but made a swooping move from fifth to take aim on Ismene, the 7-1 third choice. Sister Moon, however, came up one length short in the race run in 1:08.91. Ridden by Patrick Valenzuela for trainer Bill Spawr, Ismene sped through fractions of 21.92, 44.30 and 55.84 while unmolested. Sister Moon, handled by Joel Rosario, never did catch up in the gallop-out after the pair crossed the wire. It was 7 ¾ lengths back to third-pace Evelyn’s Dancer. The winner and runner-up had made their racing debuts eight days apart at Del Mar. After Ismene scored by 2 ¼ lengths in 1:04 for 5 ½ furlongs on Aug. 13, Sister Moon’s debut on Aug. 21 resulted in a victory by 9 ¾ lengths in Polytrack-record time of 1:02.70 for the distance. “She’s the real deal,” Spawr said of the Californiabred daughter of Tribal Rule

he trains for owner-breeder Stephen Ferraro. “We’re just giving her time and letting her mature because I think she could be special.” Spawr’s pre-race instructions to Valenzuela became a matter of interpretation. “I told him to make one run, but we have P. Val, so. . .” Spawr said before hesitating. “He (Valenzuela) did say he took her back and made one run,” the trainer continued, “but we were on the front.” Prior to the Anoakia, John Sadler said he, too, was taking his time with the homebred Dixie Union filly he trains for Jerry and Ann Moss. “When she won at Del Mar,” he said, “she ran so big, bigger than we thought, we wanted to give her extra time.” According to Rosario, Sister Moon “broke a little bit slow” in the Anoakia. He added, “But the winner was really fresh... really quick out of the gate. And it was the first time for my filly on the dirt.” Ismene paid $16.40, $3.60 and $2.40 while the place and show prices on Sister Moon were $2.10. Evelyn’s Dancer, ridden by Mario Gutierrez, paid $5.20 to show. The winner earned $52,830 to bring her two-race total to $90,630.

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AQHA Will Rogers Maiden Challenge qualifiers • Oct. 23 • Final: Nov. 5 • Purse: $25,000-Added • Age: 3-year-olds & up maidens at time of nomination • Distance: 350 yards Horse Legendary Express, 3 Shesnosecretary, 6 Legitimate Excuse, 3 This Dash Is Flying, 3 Rare Quick Dash, 3 Hartack, 3 Calling All Ladies, 3 Jessie Lite, 3 Dear Henry Oh Those Eyes, 4

Time Owner :17.735 Freddie M. Sumrow :17.735 Jorge and Judith Miranda :17.824 Wendy Lynne Ingersoll :17.871 Reystead, B., Elarton, S. and Howell, R. :18.005 Noel Lopez Prieto :18.023 Dr. Jay Ross :18.116 Alexander, Trent and Super 7A Ranch :18.140 Dennis D. Haxton :18.158 Juan M. Escalante :18.180 Jerry W. Basey

Legendary Express

Breeder Evans and Evans (TX) Vessels Stallion Farm LLC (CA) Harold Reavis (OK) Sunflower Supply Co (MO) Norma R Donaghey (OK) Judith Koontz or Curtis Perner T/S Alexander Super 7A Ranch (OK) Rhonda Valdivia (OK) Dee And/Or Betty Raper (OK) Jerry W Basey (OK)

Trainer Don L Mourning Jorge Miranda Dee Keener R C Howell Luis Villafranco Jeff Dean Trent Alexander R Allen Hybsha Arthur E Roe Gordon Robert Howard Dimitt

Jockey Alex Baldillez, Jr Pedro Martinez Jesus Salazar Zacharie S Kelsey Adalberto Candanosa Kenny Muntz Jeremy Garcia Alex Baldillez, Jr G R Carter, Jr G R Carter, Jr

Shanachee

Kansas Jackpot Futurity qualifiers • Oct. 22 • Final: Nov. 5 • Purse: $50,000-Added • Age: 1-year-olds sired by participating stallions • Distance: 300 yards Horse Shanachee Katiebug Perry Whiz Happens Bestogne Dash On Girl Bogie Man Storm Mountain Queenies Corona Dash Shake Em Up Driver Fleet James

Time :15.513 :15.639 :15.641 :15.663 :15.670 :15.734 :15.735 :15.738 :15.756 :15.771

Owner J. Garvan Kelly J K Running Horses LLC Tracy Black Paul Treadwell Joe S. Vincent Shelby and B. Myers and H. Randolph Fernando and Ramon Marrufo Webb Ranch LLC Paul Newmaster Ed Sutter

Breeder E I R E Equine Nursery LLC (OK) Paul Newmaster (KS) Don And/Or Eileen Black (KS) Paul Treadwell (OK) Joe S Vincent (MO) Lucas Racing Inc (OK) Dutch Masters III (MO) Butch Webb (SD) Paul Newmaster (KS) Walt and Pat Fletcher (OK)

Trainer Charlton Hunt Kenny Laymon Casey Black Guillermo Valdivia Paul Griffin Donnie Lee Strickland Brian E Muse Charlton Hunt Rodney Reed Charlton Hunt

Texas Classic Futurity qualifiers • Oct. 22 • Final: Nov. 12 • Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX Horse Sixes Streak The Long Knife Fast Prize Jordan Sure Shot B Linda Tee Fire Tee Cos Dm Strait Up Algorithmic Special Royal Corona Jess A Comment

Time :19.228 :19.291 :19.330 :19.332 :19.375 :19.394 :19.410 :19.488 :19.490 :19.510

Owner Jerry Windham Steve Denny Weetona Stanley & W.E. Smith Charles Forbes, Jr. & Tommy Hays, III Double Eagle Ranch Inc. & Buena Suerte Equine Lyle Guillory & John Soileau Reed Land & Cattle Co. LLC & Bill Moler Bobby D. Cox JNI Breeding Farm T. I. Cattle Company

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Breeder Jerry Windham (TX) Becklyn Farm (TX) Weetona Stanley (OK) Bielau Oaks (TX) M Smith/C & D Patterson (TX) Jls-Speed Horse Ranch Inc (LA) Don Moler (OK) Bobby D Cox (TX) Abigail K Kawananakoa (WA) Raymond R Loup (TX)

Jockey G R Carter, Jr Oscar Delgado Thomas W Byrd Matthew Casebolt Mike L Frederick Zacharie S Kelsey Jesus Salazar Mike L Frederick Berkley R Packer Cody R Smith

Trainer Heath Taylor C Dwayne Gilbreath Heath Taylor John A Stinebaugh Michael W Joiner Paul C Jones Jeffrey Heath Reed John S Buchanan Felipe O Garza Guy Hopkins

Jockey G R Carter Jr Alex Baldillez, Jr G R Carter, Jr Salvador Martinez G R Carter, Jr Esgar Ramirez Ramon Sanchez Russel Hadley Saul Ramirez, Jr Luis Ramiez

T R I A L R E S U LT S Texas Classic Derby qualifiers • Oct. 21 • Final: Nov. 12 • Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX • Purse: $335,631 • Age: 3-year-olds • Distance: 440 yards

Horse, sex Llano Teller, g. The Printing Press, g. Cold Cash 123, g. Coronas Allure, g. Executive Prince, g. Endless Ocean, f. First Prize Stone, c. Jumpn Shake, c. Down Rite Royal, g I See Candy Paint, g.

Time Owner :21.120 Wootan Racing & Reed Land & Cattle :21.145 Joe M. Flores :21.288 T. Bill Stables Inc. :21.298 Randy & Sandy Coleman :21.305 Bennie & E. Terri Jeter :21.407 Ebelyn Rojas :21.408 Weetona Stanley & W. E. Smith :21.410 Chad Hart & Bobby D. Cox :21.412 Randy & Sandy Coleman :21.414 Carl C. Pevehouse

Breeder Wootan Racing (TX) Kirk Goodfellow/L/J Farms Inc (TX) T Bill Stables Inc (MI) Joe Kirk Fulton (TX) Scarlett Hill Farm Inc (TX) Hazel R Mulanax (TX) Weetona Stanley (OK) Dutch Masters III (CA) Vessels Stallion Farm LLC/Vaughn Cook (CA) Carl C Pevehouse (OK)

Sixes Streak

OCT. 22, 2011 Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX Sixes Streak records fastest qualifying time for Grade1 Texas Classic Futurity Sixes Streak, owned by Jerry Windham and trained by Heath Taylor, was the

Trainer Heath Reed Eddie Willis Sleepy Gilbreath Trey Wood Judd Kearl Isidro Flores Heath Taylor John Buchanan Trey Wood Clinton Crawford

Jockey Ramon Sanchez Jimmy Brooks Joe Martinez Ricky Ramirez Rodrigo Vallejo Saul Ramirez Jarrod Deschamp Russel Hadley Ricky Ramirez Tony Bennett

Llano Teller

fastest qualifier among 124 starters in the Texas Classic Futurity Trials at Lone Star Park Saturday night. With G.R. Carter, Jr. aboard, the bay son of Streakin Sixes dashed 400 yards in 19.228 seconds over a fast track. Sixes Streak, winner of the Grade 1, $414,045 Dash for Cash Futurity Oct. 8 at Lone Star Park, will be seeking to

become only the second horse to sweep the Dash for Cash Futurity and Texas Classic Futurity (Tempting Dash, 2009). The Grade 1, $1,252,909 Texas Classic Futurity, the richest annual horse race in Texas, will be run Saturday, Nov. 12, closing night of Lone Star Park’s 2011 Fall Meeting of Champions for Quarter Horses.

OCT. 21, 2011 Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX Llano Teller fastest qualifier in Texas Classic Derby trials Llano Teller, owned by Wootan Racing and Reed Land & Cattle and trained by Heath Reed, recorded the fastest

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Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity qualifiers • Oct. 20 • Final: Nov. 4 • Lone Star Park Horse Captain Bucko Sen Tosa Rawhide Legend Runaway Argus Mambo Quick Step BP Cartels Paint General Gordiz Two Timin Trixie Little Saras Wagon CRM Livewire

Time 17.456 17.544 17.639 17.653 17.654 17.655 17.687 17.704 17.709 17.748

Jockey Adalberto Candanosa Ricky Ramirez Ricky Ramirez G. R. Carter, Jr. Jimmy Brooks Jimmy Brooks Jose Alvarez Larry Payne Kenny Muntz G. R. Carter, Jr.

OCT. 20, 2011 Captain Bucko

qualifying time in the Texas Classic Derby trials over a fast track at Lone Star Park Friday night. With Ramon Sanchez aboard, the bay son of Teller Cartel completed the 440 yards assignment with ease in 21.120

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seconds. The Grade 1, $335,631 Texas Classic Derby will be run Saturday, Nov. 12, closing night of Lone Star Park’s 2011 Fall Meeting of Champions for Quarter Horses.

Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX Captain Bucko fastest qualifier in Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity trials Captain Bucko, owned by Racin RNS and trained by Luis Villafranco, was the fastest

Trainer Luis Villafranco Stacy Charette-Hill Larry Sherwood Brian Muse Eddie Willis Eddie Willis Francisco Vega Jeff Dean Stacy Charette-Hill Matt Whitekiller

qualifier among 26 starters in the Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity trials over a fast track Thursday night at Lone Star Park. With Adalberto Candanosa in the irons, the bay son of Cartel Success completed the 350 yards distance in 17.456 earning a speed index of 99. The Grade 1, $58,700 Lone Star Paint & Appaloosa Futurity will be run Friday, Nov. 4.

S T A K E S R E S U LT S THOROUGHBRED | 10-25-2011 UNIFORMITY S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $75,840, 3 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:11.62 10/23/2011 1. Irish Art , b . c. 3, by Artie Schiller, Irish Linnet, by Seattle Song, Bred by: Liberation Farm, J. Stuart, P. Bance & J. Donaldson(KY) 3¼ $41,130 N/A Williamson, Warren C. Gaines J. Rosario 2. Luckarack , b . c. 3, by Lucky Pulpit, Tamarack Bay, by Dehere, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Williams (CA) ½ $17,610 N/A W. C. Racing, Westside Rentals.com and Sarno, Russ D. O’Neill A. Quinonez 3. Shred the Secrets , b . g. 3, by Sea of Secrets, - Shred the Excess, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: McCormick & Son (CA) no $10,566 N/A McCormick and Son, Inc. A. Saavedra P. Valenzuela

K. Breen E. Trujillo 2. Tiz Moe , b . c. 2, by Tiznow, - South Apple (ARG), by Southern Halo, Bred by: Michael Cooper (KY) 3 $40,000 78 West, Gary L. and Mary E. W. Calhoun J. Theriot 3. Flashy Kid , gr/ro. c. 2, by Flashy Bull, - Brink, by Forty Niner, Bred by: Swifty Farms Inc. (IN) 1¼ $20,000 73 Just for Fun Stable (Ruben Sierra) J. Arias K. Clark

MY TRUSTY CAT S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $150,000, 2 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:26.94 - 10/22/2011 1. Citizen Advocate , ch . f. 2, by Proud Citizen, - Twilight Service, by Horse Chestnut (SAF), Bred by: Peter Vegso Racing Stable (FL) 1 $90,000 90 White Hall Lane Farm D. Vivian L. Jurado CHARLES TAYLOR DERBY, ALBU2. Devious Intent , b . f. 2, by Dixie QUERQUE, Value of Race: $30,000, 3 Union, - Hafifah, by Machiavellian, Bred yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.63 - 10/23/2011 by: Robert S. Bain & Kimberly W. Bain 1. Captain Bucko , dk b/. g. 3, by Tricky (KY) 5 $28,500 89 Sanders, Wayne and Six, - Immune Moon, by Moonsplash, Hirsch, Larry W. Calhoun J. Theriot Bred by: Ralph Lilja (KS) hd $18,000 N/A 3. Ithinkisawapudycat , b . f. 2, by Gleason, Tyrone T. Gleason V. Scantling Bluegrass Cat, - Unbridled Run, by 2. No It Ain’t , ch . g. 3, by Yes It’s True, Unbridled, Bred by: WinStar Farm, LLC - Northern Hilite, by Vice Regent, Bred (KY) hd $15,000 79 Fidel, Stephen and by: Northwest Farms LLC (KY) 1¾ Corazza, Kenneth R. Young J. Melancon $6,000 N/A Alfrey, Vance and Eskew, Stuart T. Rushton D. Collins OAKLAND S., GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, 3. Happy Toes , dk b/. g. 3, by Ministers Value of Race: $65,280, 3 yo’s & up, 6 Wild Cat, - Up On Her Toes, by Green furlongs, Time: 1:09.68 - 10/22/2011 Dancer, Bred by: Tommy Town Thor1. Sourdough Sam , dk b/. g. 4, by oughbreds, LLC (CA) 3¾ $3,000 N/A Decarchy, - General Luster, by General Elkins, Donald I. Green M. Rodriguez Meeting, Bred by: John Nicoletti (CA) 1¼ $39,400 99 Nicoletti, John D. PederJEAN LAFITTE S., DELTA DOWNS, son D. Lopez Value of Race: $200,000, 2 yo, 1 mile, 2. Shudacudawudya , gr/ro. g. 4, by Time: 1:40.56 - 10/22/2011 Marino Marini, - Sunny Miss, by Cutlass 1. My Adonis , b . c. 2, by Pleasantly Per- Reality, Bred by: Brett Mason (CA) fect, - Silent Justice, by Elusive Quality, 1¼ $13,000 96 Mason, Brett L. Mason F. Bred by: K & G Stables (KY) Duran 5¼ $120,000 87 Hall, George and Lori 3. Starboardlights , dk b/. g. 5, by

Helmsman, - Alllitup, by Allen’s Prospect, Bred by: Leland Garner (CA) 2¼ $7,800 93 Stewball Stable and Finkel, Kristin V. Rhoden A. Gryder ANOAKIA S., SANTA ANITA PARK, Value of Race: $80,600, 2 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:08.91 - 10/22/2011 1. Ismene , dk b/. f. 2, by Tribal Rule, Never to Excess, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: Stephen Ferraro (CA) 1 $52,830 N/A Ferraro, Stephen W. Spawr P. Valenzuela 2. Sister Moon , dk b/. f. 2, by Dixie Union, - Shimmer, by Pulpit, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Jerome S. Moss (KY) 7¾ $13,710 N/A Moss, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome

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S. J. Sadler J. Rosario 3. Evelyn’s Dancer , b . f. 2, by Songandaprayer, - Seraphic Too, by Southern Halo, Bred by: Bryan Lyster, Gray Lyster & et al (KY) 1½ $8,226 N/A Mark Dedomenico, LLC and Todd, Glen T. Taylor M. Gutierrez OVERNIGHT H., PORTLAND MEAD-

OWS, Value of Race: $11,200, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:04.41 10/17/2011 1. So Gone , dk b/. g. 5, by Came Home, - So Fortunate, by Garthorn, Bred by: Tom Baxter (KY) 1¼ $6,160 98 Elison, Tawnja or Moyes, Ian T. Elison R. Bowen 2. Chaching Pete , dk b/. g. 4, by Peters-

burg, - Vying High, by Vying Victor, Bred by: Vic-Tory VII (WA) 2¾ $2,240 95 Boyd, Preston P. Boyd J. Zunino 3. Carry On John , b . g. 7, by Boundary, - Carrie Can, by Saratoga Six, Bred by: Ron Crockett, Inc. (KY) 3 $1,680 88 Ron Crockett, Inc. H. Mullens M. Anderson

QUARTER HORSE | 10-25-2011 LOS ALAMITOS WILD WEST FUTURITY, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $100,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.735 - 10/23/2011 1. Properly Snowbound-QH , gr . g. 2,

by Snowbound, - Properly-QH, by First Down Express-QH, Bred by: Jose Ramon Sandoval (ID) ½ $42,000 91 Sandoval, Jose R. Dominguez A. Bautista 2. Willie Dasher-QH , gr . g. 2, by Separatist-QH, - Im Willie Kool-QH, by Willie Wanta Dash-QH, Bred by: Martha F Wells (CA) nk $17,000 88 Wells, Martha D. Francisco C. DeAlba 3. Veyron-QH , b . g. 2, by Ivory JamesQH, - Leading Diva-QH, by Special Leader-QH, Bred by: Bobby D Cox (TX) hd $12,000 85 Saxton, Travis and Wendy B. Vickery C. Jensen DESERT CLASSIC DERBY, TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $24,462, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.455 - 10/23/2011 1. Sheza Princess Belle-QH , br . f. 3, by Heza Motor Scooter-QH, - Princess and Cash-QH, by Late to Bed-QH, Bred by: Dale D Smith (AZ) 1 $12,231 N/A Mendoza, Eloy E. Mendoza M. Iammarino 2. Lifes Been Good-QH , sor . c. 3, by Heza Motor Scooter-QH, - Nola DarlingQH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Marilou Kelly (AZ) hd $4,892 N/A Ibarra,

Alejandro G. Ochoa-Pena J. Ruiz 3. Skyline Version-QH , gr . f. 3, by Latest Version-QH, - Skyline Dawn, by Beat the Feet, Bred by: James G Burgess Md (OK) ¾ $2,446 N/A Y/N Horse Stables LLC O. Lorta S. Hancock RUNNING OF CHEROKEE CHALLENGE S., WILL ROGERS DOWNS, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 300 yards, Time: 15.303 - 10/22/2011 1. Jesse in Town-QH , sor . g. 4, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, - WhatsthatfillysnameQH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: Charles E or Sharon S Gray (AR) nk $29,730 N/A Passmore, Mary J. Kirby C. Smith 2. Wrs Special Shoe-QH , br . g. 9, by First Down Laveaux-QH, - Hava ZeviQH, by Zevi, Bred by: Williams Racing Stables Inc (IA) ½ $9,910 N/A Williams Racing Stables, Inc. M. Taylor S. Smith 3. First Klas Fred-QH , b . g. 4, by Fredricksburg-QH, - She Flies First Klas-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: James E and Marilyn Helzer (TX) ¾ $5,451 N/A Schoenhofer, Denis and Julie M. Taylor G. Carter, Jr.

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