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Additional Contents Feature: The McKinney family by Martha Claussen . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Racing Recaps Quarter Horse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Thoroughbred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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The McKinney family A

Enjoying success and charting new territories in the racing industry

By Martha Claussen

is the top trainer in the nation, holding a lead over perennial AQHA Champion trainer Paul t first glance, one might look at the sucJones, and his association with Reliance Ranchcess of Reliance Ranches in 2013 and es has been pivotal for the veteran conditioner. think this just might be their lucky year. “I try to win races for them,” states Willis. With little scrutiny, it becomes apparent that “They are good people, relatively new to the Gary McKinney, his son, Micah and daughterbusiness and have invested a lot.” in-law, Leslie, have a lot more in their arsenal Micah had asked Willis to pick a few than sheer luck. Oklahoma-bred horses two years ago and he The patriarch of the McKinney family is Gary signed a $40,000 sales slip for Feature Hero at McKinney, whose company, Reliance Energy, the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale. Inc., specializes in oil and gas exploration in “Eddie has been a big part in making the Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico and Wyoming. Reright formula for our racing success,” said liance Energy employs 100 oil, gas and drilling Micah. “He is really easy to work with and loves professionals in Midland, Texas, and a recently our horses.” opened office in Austin. He and his wife, Sheila, are proud parents to son, Micah and daughter, All American Derby victory M’Lissa Schoening. M’Lissa is a vice-president of Ruidoso Downs proudly announced that business development for Reliance Energy. the purse for the 2013 All American Derby This is a closely knit family with a fervent (Grade 1) was a record $2,809,784, the highest passion for Quarter Horse breeding and racing. ever in the history of Quarter Horse racing. In the past nine years, they have made great The trials featured a classy array of accomstrides, highlighted by a win in the richest race plished stakes winners, and Reliance Ranches’ in the history of American Quarter Horse racFeature Hero set the 10th fastest qualifying ing this year. time. Overlooked at odds of 23-1, the gelded son of Valiant Hero delivered a knockout perforReliance Ranches Llc mance in the final, scoring by a neck in the 440 Reliance Ranches in Llano, Texas, is the yard stakes. Trained by Eddie Willis and ridden family-owned breeding farm. Micah, 34, relays by the extremely capable veteran rider Jimmy that horses have been a part of his life since he Dean Brooks, Feature Hero earned $1,180,110. was in diapers. He and Gary have competed in It was a jubilant celebration for the entire team roping events for the past 20 years. Gary family, surrounded by friends in the Ruidoso began roping in the early 1980s. winner’s circle. “Dad was an accomplished novice roper, Micah had calls from across the country on and our entire family has always loved horses,” selling the Oklahoma-bred; he fielded 15 insaid Micah. quiries on a potential sale. The family felt they However, when Micah married Leslie, who had a very special runner and set a price of was also raised around horses, the family $250,000 last summer. None of the interested expanded their interest from roping horses to parties were willing to step up to the plate. racing. In less than a decade, Reliance Ranches Feature Hero has now bankrolled $1,306,638. has become a major player in the industry. Months later, Micah and Leslie admit that Their success did not come overnight, but winning the richest race in the history of the they attribute their rise in Quarter Horse racing sport still thrills them beyond words. to a solid teamwork philosophy and their core “Honestly, we have watched the replay as value of wanting to always do what’s in the best interest of their horses. “We are a committee of three, and decisions are not made unless we are in agreement,” said Leslie. Oklahoma trainer Eddie Willis has been part of the team as he trains the majority of the Reliance Ranches horses with others entrusted to James McCarthy and Edward Ross Hardy. In addition, they have five Thoroughbreds in training with Todd Fincher. This has been a banner year for Willis. He 4 SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12

The McKinneys: Gary, Leslie and Micah Photo courtesy of TRACK Magazine/Andrew Hancock

many as three times a day,” said Leslie. “The whole experience was amazing. We have the best friends in the world; they decorated our table in the Turf Club and celebrated with us in the winner’s circle. We cannot say enough good things about Ruidoso Downs and Shaun Hubbard. Their commitment to security was done with the utmost integrity.”

Racing Free

The McKinneys firmly believe that performance-enhancing drug use in United States horse racing should not be tolerated. Micah and Leslie formed an alliance called Racing Free and have enlisted a growing number of members who choose to race clean and support a healthy and safe racing environment. They have aligned with racetracks across the country to promote the Racing Free Incentive Program that they hope will level the playing field for competition in racing and help rebuild the negative reputation that has plagued the industry. The initial intent of the program was Quarter Horse racing, but Racing Free is gaining momentum in Thoroughbred racing, as well. “To see Thoroughbred connections join Racing Free and see the transfer across breed lines is great,” said Leslie. “Our members are so

At left, Feature Hero winning the 2013 AA Derby; above, the presentation Photos by Gay Harris, Ruidoso Downs Race Track

S P E C i A L F E AT U R E passionate that something has to be done and believe that by joining together we can make an impact.” Social media has played a huge role in the growth of Racing Free. Its Facebook page has 4,500 followers and their blue banners have been prominently displayed in the Ruidoso Downs, Remington Park, Los Alamitos, Prairie Meadows, Canterbury Park and Lone Star Park winner’s circles.

side of their racing business. That figure is a pleasant surprise for Gary, who acknowledges that racing as a money Thinking outside the box making endeavor, can often throw more roadMaybe because they have only been in the blocks than rewards. game for less than a decade, the McKinneys are “We started out just dabbling in racing not entrenched in every tradition surrounding in addition to our roping,” said Gary. “Back in Quarter Horse racing. Matt Darby founded a 2004 we began adding broodmares. It took company called Speed Silks™ with tailor-made us a while to figure out what to buy. This is a silks made entirely of Aero Dimplex® fabric. The business with plenty of highs and lows. Our material is dimpled like a golf ball, actively reeducation has not been easy, but we’ve had a ducing drag caused by the jockey during a race. lot of great help from some of the best people “Micah was the second owner to call me in the business. Without their help, progress when we hung out our shingle;. literally the first would have been much slower.” day we were open,” said Darby. “He immediately Lazy E deal ﬁnalized realized the impact that something like this could have on a horse’s performance, and the The Lazy E, which opened in 1984, has a technology behind the product is really what long-standing tradition as a breeding facility he wanted to talk about during that first conand training center with yearling farm. The versation. We’ve only been open two or three stallion roster at Lazy E is one of the most immonths, and until we gain some traction in the pressive in the industry with the highly ranked industry, we’re relying on the forward-thinkers Corona Cartel, who has produced runners who like Micah to help us get our product out there have earned close to $40 million. Louisiana Senand get noticed. And the fact he won the first ator, Carters Cartel, Teller Cartel, winner of the race he wore Speed Silks in sure doesn’t hurt.” 2005 All American Futurity (Grade 1) and PapLeslie sums up the family’s interest in being pasito also stand at Lazy E, and in 2013 Mighty B open to new ideas and innovations. Valiant and Grade 1 winner Igotyourtac, became “We have the chance to be able to try the newest additions. Several new stallions are new things,” she explains. “If it fails, we’ll go in being added for the 2014 season. The Lazy E another direction. Our decisions are made with property includes a training center, yearling our children in mind. I always encourage them farm, rehabilitation and hydro therapy, boardby saying ‘try it; you might like it’..“ ing and sales preparation services. “The racing industry has room to evolve,” The McKinney family had been working on adds Micah. ”We believe in being honest and acquiring Lazy E Ranch in Guthrie, Oklahoma transparent. Our entire family has a strong and rumors of the pending sale had been cirwork ethic. We get up early and put in a solid culating through the industry for months. day’s work. We are grateful for the opportuniFinally, a deal was reached and the sale was ties we have been given and hope to continue finalized on Friday, Nov. 15. to move forward.” It was initially Gary’s passion for the Lazy E fueled by his avid interest in roping. Top of the leader board “We were very familiar with the arena from Reliance Ranches is standing in sole posour roping events,” said Gary. “Butch Wise and session of first place in the 2013 owner stand- Matt Witman are great guys and they have ings in Quarter Horse racing with $1.9 million an impressive stallion roster. We began to do in earnings. They started 131 horses with 21 more business with them on the racing side.” wins, 22 seconds and 19 third-place showings. Gary recalled that sale talks began in 2011, In addition to Feature Hero, their 2-year-old but the deal could not be made at the time. colt, Coronado Cartel won the $720,000 Two years later, things fell into place. “We evolved into the deal,” explained Gary. Remington Futurity and qualified for the $1 “There was potential in both the racing and million Texas Classic Futurity (Grade 1) and arena. Everyone in Oklahoma has been very Cruzin The Wagon, a multiple graded stakes easy to work with. winning filly, has earned over $336,000. She Gary will remain in Midland. Micah, was purchased to enhance the broodmare

Coronado Cartel WC Photo by Darby Racing Technology, LLC

Leslie and their son, Drake, 6 and daughter, Fisher, 3, have moved to Edmond, Okla. “We never looked at this as a quick transaction and something we would flip in two or three years,” explained Gary. “This is a long-term investment in a property we love. Our grandchildren will grow up there and I would be pleased if they continue the family interest in racing and ranching.” But now it is a full-blown plan enthusiastically shared by the entire family as well as their primary trainer, Eddie Willis. “We are all so excited to welcome the McKinneys to Oklahoma,” said Debbie Schauf, executive director of the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association. “Micah was elected to the OQHRA board of directors for a threeyear term beginning January of 2014, and with the family’s purchase of Lazy E Ranch, they are really stepping right up and accepting an active role in the future of the horse industry in Oklahoma. I am really happy to see Micah and Leslie becoming more involved with their enthusiasm and fresh ideas as we all work to keep the Oklahoma horse industry in the limelight.” The timing could not be better as a new economic impact study was released, citing the growth of the horse industry from $1.2 billion in 2005 to just over $3.6 billion annually in 2012.

Early Christmas tidings Dec. 14

The McKinneys will head to Cypress, California on Saturday, Dec. 14, to watch Feature Hero compete in the $750,000 Champion of Champions (Grade 1). Early rumblings on social media have Ochoa and Matabari as their front-runners for the title in the prestigious race, but the victory by the All American Derby title holder would undoubtedly clinch AQHA Champion honors for the McKinneys. But even without hoisting that trophy, Gary, Micah and Leslie can celebrate Christmas with a great deal of pride on their accomplishments in 2013. With their unwavering family bond and commitment to excellence, it’s safe to say that this may just be the beginning!

Martha Claussen is an award-winning staﬀ writer for SureBet Racing News. She served as publicity director at Sam Houston Race Park for 10 years and continues to be active in writing, fan education and Quarter Horse racing publicity in Texas, Louisiana and other regions in North America. SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12 5

2013

I T ’ S H A P P EN I N G I N N EW M EX I CO !

ALL AMERICAN FUTURITY $2,600,000 The Most Lucrative State Bred Program In the Nation! Over $6 Million in Stakes Races for New Mexico Breds!

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Nearly $13 Million Paid in 2012!

NEW MEXICO BRED

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Wins the 2013 G1 All American Futurity! (First Moonflash si 122-Shez Jess Nice si 89, Mr Jess Perry si 113)

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si 122

2013 leadinG tWo Year old sire 2013 leadinG First Year sire earninGs $2.3M

starters(/foals of ra) 46 (82%) Winners (/starters) 29 (63%)

FIRST MOONFLASH

By Champion Multi Millionaire Sire First to Flash si 106 Multiple-Stakes Producer Nagano Moon, by Major Rime Champion Aged Stallion, Life Time Earnings $969,000 SI 122 - 7 G1 Wins 1 of Only 5 Stallions to Sire an All American Futurity Winner in his First Crop!

First-crop stallion

First MoonFlash produces

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handsoMe Jack Flash Photo by Gay Harris Photo

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FAVORITE CARTEL

SI 105

GRADE 1 WINNING SON OF FAVORITE TRICK (TB) 2007, Brown Stallion $607,669

 (Favorite Trick x Shenoshercorona, by Corona Cartel) Finalist in All American Futurity-G1 and All American Derby-G1, Los Alamitos Super Derby-G1, Rainbow Quarter Horse Derby-G1. 1st in the AQHA Challenge Championship-G1 and the Los Alamitos Championship Challenge-G2, finalist in Champion of Champions-G1, The Championship At Sunland Park-G1, Remington Park, etc. Earned $607,669. Last raced in 2011. 2014 Fee $2500

FOOSE SI 102

AQHA RACING CHAMPION-TWO-YEAR-OLD COLT GRADE 1 MILLIONAIRE

2006, Bay Stallion $1,616,938 (Stel Corona x Summertime Quickie, by Royal Quick Dash)

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7 wins to 3, $1,616,938 California Hi-Pt Three-Year-Old Colt AQHA Racing Champion Two-year-old Colt 1st- Ed Burke Million Futurity -G1, 1st- Los Alamitos Super Derby -G1, 1st- Jens L. List Jr. Memorial California Breeders’ S. -G3, 2nd- Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity -G1, etc. 2014 Fee Private Fee

ONE SWEET JESS SI 104 GRADE 1 WINNING SON OF MR JESS PERRY OUT OF SISTER TO WALK THRU FIRE, 3/4 BROTHER TO ONE DASHING EAGLE

2008, Sorrel Stallion $951,792 (Mr Jess Perry – One Sweet Dash, by First Down Dash)

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Standing At:

TR DASHER SI 94

SIRE OF 2009 WORLD CHAMPION FREAKY

1998, Sorrel Stallion $51,160 (First Down Dash x Tylers Cutie, by Beduino)

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Sire of FREAKY SI 107- $745,549, California Hi-Point Aged Gelding, AQHA Racing Champion Aged Gelding, AQHA Racing Champion Aged, Horse World Champion Racing American, QH 1st-Champion of Champions S.,-G1 , 1st-Los Alamitos Winter Championship S.-G1 1st-Vessels Maturity,-G1 HARD HITTING SI 98 - $358,923, 1st-Governor’s Cup Futurity,-G1 1st-Governor’s Cup Derby,-G1 2nd-Los Alamitos Two Million Juvenile Invitational S., etc.) 2014 Fee $3500

WALK THRU FIRE SI 92 MULTIPLE AQHA RACING CHAMPION SIRE

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First Down Dash x Sweet Beduino, by Beduino Sire of: HIGHER FIRE SI 103, 5 wins to 3, $1,314,742 High Money Earning Horse AQHA Racing Champion Two-year-old Filly AQHA Racing Champion Two-year-old 1st- Ed Burke Million Futurity S. -G1 1st- Golden State Million Futurity -G1 2nd- Los Alamitos Million Futurity -G1 3rd- Kindergarten Futurity S. -G1, etc. LAST TO FIRE SI 97, $712,545 1st- Vessels Maturity -G1 1st- Go Man Go H. -G1 2nd- Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity -G1 3rd- Golden State Million Futurity -G1, etc.) SEPARATE FIRE SI 96, $2, $631,250 AQHA Racing Champion Two-year-old Filly 1st- Ed Burke Million Futurity -G1 1st- Kindergarten Futurity -G1, etc. 2014 Fee - Private Treaty

STEL CORONA SI 105 CHAMPION SIRE IN HIS FIRST CROP

 Corona Cartel x Our Lips Are Sealed, by Streakin Six Sire of Millionaire FOOSE SI 102, $1,616,938 , TORTUGA TONY SI 104, $238,097 1st- Hialeah Derby 1st- Indiana Live QHRAI Derby 2nd- Hialeah Laddie Futurity 2nd- Ruidoso Juvenile Invitational, etc. UNCHANGEABLE SI 93 - 2 wins to 2, $192,285 2nd- Ed Burke Million Futurity -G1, etc. Standing At:

2014 Fee - Private Treaty

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TA K I N G N E W M E X I C O B Y S T O R M

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#1 ACTIVE SIRE IN NEW MEXICO BY 2013 EARNINGS $1,032,821

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#2 TWO YEAR OLD SIRE IN THE STATE, 7 WINNERS, 1 SW, 4 SHs

From three crops, sire 17 of Stakes Horses, including: multiple stakes winner THERMAL ($222,537), undefeated REAPER ($176,995, at 2, 2013, Mew Mexico Classic Cup Juvenile Colt & Gelding S., Mountain Top New Mexico Bred Thoroughbred Futurity), and seven other stakes winners.

ATTILA’S STORM FOREST WILDCAT-SWEET SYMMETRY, BY MAGESTERIAL

2014 Fee: $3,000

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W I C K E D L Y

F A S T

TOP FIVE FIRST CROP SIRE IN

NORTH AMERICA   

Over $540,000 won by first crop 2YOs in 2013 #2 Freshman Sire by Winners with 14 Co-second Freshman Sire by Stakes Horses with 5

Sire of undefeated multiple stakes winner THAT’S THE IDEA ($191,665), 12 length maiden winner CATAFLYING, 2nd New Mexico Classic Cup Juvenile Colt and Gelding S., MAYS OR MANTLE, 2nd by a neck in the Rio Grande Senor Thoroughbred Futurity, etc.

DIABOLICAL Adam Coglianese

artax - bonnie byerly, by dayjur

2014 Fee: $5,000

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SHOW FORESIGHT 2013 leading earner MR. WIZARD

PREMEDITATION AFTERNOON DEELITES - BERGA, BY JADE HUNTER

Top Ten Sire in New Mexico

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Sire of DOUBLE SMART ($310,799, Rocky Gulch NM Classic Cup Championship S., Jack Cole H., etc.), first crop champion 2-year-old

RUN LIKE FIRE (6 wins in 9 starts, 1st New Mexico Cup Classic Juvenile C&G, New Mexico Breeder’s Derby, etc.); and 2013 stakes horses MR. WIZARD ($266,263, Rocky Gulch New Mexico Classic Cup Championship, 2nd New Mexico State University H., 3rd Land of Enchantment H.), BEAU WIZER ($221,944, Pepsi Cola S.), DEVON’S SPIRIT ($213,681, Russell and Hellen Foutz Distaff).

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40% two-year-old winners from starters lifetime

2014 Fee: $1,500

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BACK SEAT ROLL by Roll Hennessy Roll

WINNERS KEEP ROLLIN’ IN  Co-Leading General Sire in New Mexico by 2013 Stakes Winners & Stakes Wins

 Sire of:

BACK SEAT ROLL ($276,114) five time winner, four stakes wins; ROLL OUT THE BAND ($148,758 at 2, 2013, 1st Rio Grande Senor Thoroughbred Futurity, Totah S.); HENNESEY SMASH ($252,006, 1st Peppers Pride H., etc.); KISS MY HENNESSY ($219,238) multiple stakes winner, 1, 2 or 3 in 7 stakes!

 Sire of a $25,000 yearling in 2013 2014 Fee: $3,500

ROLL HENNESSY ROLL HENNESSY - ROLL OVER BABY, BY ROLLIN ON OVER

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T H E H E AT I S O N I N 2 0 1 4

SOUTHWESTERN HEAT GONE WEST - XTRA HEAT, BY DIXIELAND HEAT

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First Crop, 2YOs of 2014, coming soon to a racetrack near you

 #1 First Crop Sire in NM by Yearling Average  Sired three $15,000 yearlings  Ranked among the state’s top five active sires by median, gross and average

 By the sire of North America’s #2 Sire in 2013, SPEIGHTSTOWN (by Gone West)

 Out of an Eclipse Champion Three Year Filly, by a son of DIXIELAND BAND, a top 10 Broodmare Sire 2014 Fee: $2,500

SIRE OF RG1 WINNING 2YO GONNA CHA CHA ALL AMERICAN JUVENILE S. WINNER

BO KNOWS SPEED

GONNA RO SHAM BO

SI-95

REAL RUNAWAY - FIRST BY FAR, BY FIRST DOWN DASH

• Sire of: GONNA CHA CHA (Register of Merit, 5 wins at 2, $225,730, 1st Zia Futurity-G1, All American Juvenile Invitational, 3rd New Mexico Classic Futurity-G2); Fysta (Register of Merit, 3 wins, 2 to 3, $71,997, 2nd New Mexico State Fair Senorita, finalist New Mexico Classic Derby-G2); Boy Named Lou (Register of Merit, a 2, 2013, 3rd By By JJ S.); Runaway Sham Bo (Register of Merit, 3 wins, 2 to 4, 2013, $47,175); Gonna Dash (3 wins, to 4, 2013, $39,664, finalist Zia H.-G2); etc. • Exceptional two-year-old won 4 times in 6 starts, incl. $205,000 Grade 2 Ruidoso Quarter Horse Sale Futurity, All American Futurity Trial, Ruidoso Horse Sale Futurity Trial

• The leading stakes money winner at stud by the sire of Grade 1 All American Derby winner AREALSTRAITHEART SI-104 • Out of FIRST BY FAR-SI 95, finalist in the Grade 1 Ruidoso Futurity and Grade 1 Rainbow Futurity, and full or half sister to four stakes horses • 2nd dam is half sister to Champion ALL ABOUT YOU SI-122.

2014 Fee: $1,500

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Jumonville honored as 50-year breeder

J.E. Jumonville Jr. of Ventress, Louisiana, was honored by the American Quarter Horses Association as a 50-Year Breeder at a ceremony held on Oct. 29 at the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame & Museum in Amarillo, Texas. Each year, AQHA honors breeders who have dedicated their livelihoods to maintaining the integrity of the American Quarter Horse. These horsemen and families see their biggest accomplishments and proudest moments in the horses they breed. This year, 13 honorees received the cumulative award and 12 received the legacy award. Cumulative breeders are those who have registered at least one foal for 50 years cumulatively. Honorees ranged from people who have bred American Quarter Horses for reining, racing, ranch rodeo and cutting. Recipients were also geographically dispersed, hailing from Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas and Canada. All have dedicated 50 years to taking their best and making it better. “It’s our honor to recognize the effort and time these breeders have spent in pushing the development of the American Quarter Horse,” said Don Treadway Jr., AQHA executive vice president.

J.E. Jumonville 50-year cumulative breeder

Jumonville grew up in Louisiana’s ranch country, where high-quality ranch and cutting horses were an integral part of his youth. Retired as a farmer and rancher, and from the oil, gas and insurance industries, J.E. also spent 16 years as a Louisiana state senator, where he was instrumental in advancing the interests of the state’s booming horse industry. He and wife Bunny live on their ranch at Ventress, Louisiana, where they raised sons J.E. “Tres” III, Dutch and Clayton. John Enoul Jumonville Jr. began breeding American Quarter Horses in his family’s name in 1955 and the following year began showing cutting horses in AQHA and National Cutting Horse Association competition, an activity in which he still occasionally participates. In 1968, J.E. acquired his first racehorse, Turner’s Super. The stallion then won five consecutive races and had a profound influence on the horseman.

It’s a family operation

Through July 2013, J.E. in his own name, in the name of Jumonville Farms and also with his sons, had bred 202 winners from 331 starters, who together have earned more than $8.49 million. Among the 27 stakes winners bred by the Jumonvilles are champion Jess Louisiana Blue; multiple Grade 1 winners Sompinlikaglass, Magic Dozen, A Stoli Mate and Feature Mr Jess, who has sired the earners of more than $22 million; and graded stakes winners Sizzlin Cartel, Brace Your Glass, Leading Effort and Brace It. In years past, J.E. and his family had owned more than 200 horses at a time. Now they keep 15-20 broodmares and do some embryo transfers, reducing quantity while raising quality. J.E. cites many peak moments in his career, from winning major events on the track to owning and riding Dry Dot to win the non-pro cutting and place third in the open at the 1982 NCHA Super Stakes. “I have said for many years that a horse with quick feet, solid conformation and a good mind can do a lot of good things,” J.E. says. “However, my ideal horse is one that excels at his or her job, whatever it may be. “We have been blessed by God with our program over all these years,” J.E. says. “We have had many pleasurable moments, as well as heart-breaking ones – as all breeders know.” J.E. credits a couple of major influences for keeping him in the game. “My wife, Bunny, and the love for what we do,” he says. “Bunny is a major part of everything we do. Through good times and not-so-good times, we love what we do. We could not run the farm without the day-to-day help from our son Dutch.” “Breeding for that one great horse is a life’s work.” J.E. concludes. “It takes a team to be successful, and I want to thank all those that helped us. They are too many to name, but they know who they are, and for them we are grateful!”

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NOV 22, 2013

Sunland Park, NM Sunland Park’s 55th racing season worth $20 million begins Dec. 6

The 55th live racing season at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino begins on Friday, December 6 and continues through Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The rich 76-day meet is stocked with an abundant inventory of prestigious stakes races. Horsemen will relish a lofty purse distribution of $20 million. Average daily purses for the new meet should exceed the $260,000 level. The meet’s highlight is the $800,000 Sunland Derby (Grade

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3) to be run on Sunday, March 23, 2014. The 12th running of the Kentucky Derby prep race will be the culmination of a stakes filled card worth over $1.5 million. Last year’s 1 and 1/8 mile classic was won by Govenor Charlie for trainer Bob Baffert and owner Mike Pegram. Martin Garcia piloted the winner in track record time. The $800,000 Sunland Derby (Grade 3) remains an integral part of the point system for entry into the 2014 Kentucky Derby. The winner of Sunland Park’s biggest race will receive 50 qualifying points. The runner-up earns 20 points, followed by 10 for third and 5 points for fourth. 50 points will be

extremely valuable for a Kentucky Derby candidate. The $120,000 Mine That Bird Derby on Saturday, Feb. 22 is the chief local prep for the $800,000 Sunland Derby (Grade 3). Sunland Park Director of Racing Dustin Dix said, “We continue to strive for the very best in Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. Our excitement and attitude for the 55th live racing season is reaching a fever pitch. Last year’s Sunland Derby (Grade 3) day was a record breaker for the second straight year. The upcoming meet looks very promising with great horses running for big purses. We are also thrilled about the Sunland Derby

(Grade 3) and the Sunland Park Oaks being important parts of the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks qualifying point system.” The lucrative Sunland Derby (Grade 3) day program also includes the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks, The $85,000 La Coneja Stakes, the $75,000-added Harry Henson Handicap, the $85,000 guaranteed New Mexico Breeders’ Derby, the $85,000 guaranteed New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks and the $75,000 guaranteed Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes for open horses racing six and one-half furlongs. The 2014 Sunland Park Oaks winner receives 50 qualifying points towards the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

The $100,000-added Riley Allison Futurity lures top two-year-old Thoroughbred talent at one mile on Sunday, Dec. 22. The 13th running of the $350,000 Grade 1 Championship at Sunland Park takes place on Sunday, Dec. 29. Champion Aged Stallion Prospect to the Top won last year’s Championship. New Mexico-bred thoroughbreds run for $85,000 guaranteed pots in the Johnie L. Jamison Stakes and the New Mexico State Racing Commission Handicap on Dec. 8; the Enchantress Stakes on Dec. 15; the Red Hedeman Mile on Dec. 28; the La Senora Stakes on Jan. 11; the Pepsi Cola Stakes on Jan. 18; the Peppers Pride Stakes on Feb. 15 and the NMSU Stakes on March 16. New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses compete for $85,000 purses in the Jess Burner Memorial Handicap on Dec. 7; the Challenger Six Handicap at 870 yards on Dec. 14 and the Lou Wooten – Sydney Valentini Handicap on Dec. 15, The NMHBA Quarter Horse Stakes on Feb. 16, the Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap on March 9 and the Sunburst Stakes on April 12 are also worth $85,000. Foals of 2011 run in the $250,000 estimated Shue Fly Stakes at 400 yards on Jan. 4, 2014. The $100,000-added Bank of America New Mexico Challenge at 440 yards and the $250,000 estimated New Mexican Spring Futurity (restricted Grade 1) at 300 yards will both be run on Sunday, April 6. Many of the region’s top Thoroughbred stakes runners converge in the $75,000 Sunland Park Handicap at 1 and 1/8 miles on Sunday, April 13. The Grade 1 $275,000 estimated West Texas Futurity featuring the nation’s elite two-year-old Quarter Horses is also set for Sunday, April 13. Live racing will be held on a Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday basis for most of the season. Racing on Thursday, Dec. 26, Thursday, Jan. 2 and Thursday, January 30, 2014 are the only exceptions. There is no live racing on Wednesday, Dec. 25 (Christmas) and Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 (Super Bowl Sunday). Post time is 12:15 p.m. Defending Sunland Park training

ed. 3 year olds. 400 yards. Red Hedeman Mile. Purse $85,000 Guaranteed. 1 year olds. New Mexico-breds. 1 mile. Dec. 29 - The Championship at Sunland Park. Grade I. Purse $350,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. 400 yards. Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. New Mexico-breds. 1 1/16 miles. Jan. 4 - The Shue Fly. Purse $250,000 estimated. Foals of 2011. New Mexico-breds. 400 yards. Jan. 5 - Winsham Lad Handicap. Purse $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. One mile 70 yards. Dec. 7 - Jess Burner Memorial HandiJan. 11 - La Senora Stakes. Purse cap. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year 3 year olds and up. New Mexicoolds. Fillies. New Mexico-breds. 6 breds. 400 yards. furlongs. KLAQ Handicap. Purse $50,000 Jan. 18 - Pepsi Cola Stakes. Purse guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. 5 $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. 1/2 furlongs. New Mexico-breds. 6 furlongs. Dec. 8 - Johnie L. Jamison Stakes. Jan. 19 - KOFX – Radio Handicap. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. Three Grade 2. Purse $50,000 guaranyear olds and up. New Mexicoteed. 3 year olds and up. 350 yards. breds. 6 1/2 furlongs. Jan. 25 - El Paso Times Handicap. New Mexico State Racing ComPurse $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year mission Handicap. Purse $85,000 olds. Fillies. 6 1/2 furlongs. guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. Fillies and mares. New Mexico-breds. Jan. 26 – KHEY Country Sprint. Purse $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. 6 6 furlongs. furlongs. Dec. 14 - Challenger Six Handicap. Feb. 1 - Budweiser Handicap. Purse Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds olds and up. New Mexico-breds. and up. 5 furlongs. 870 yards. Feb. 8 – El Diario Handicap. Purse Dec. 15 - Lou Wooten – Sydney $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds Valentini Handicap. Purse $85,000 and up. Fillies and mares. 6 1/2 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. Filfurlongs. lies and mares. New Mexico-breds. 400 yards. Feb. 9 - Curribot Handicap. Purse $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds The Enchantress Stakes. Purse and up. 1 1/16 miles. $85,000 guaranteed. 2 year olds. Fillies. New Mexico-breds. 1 mile. Feb. 15 - The Peppers Pride Stakes. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 4 year Dec. 21 - Bold Ego Handicap. Purse olds and up. Fillies and mares. New $50,000 Guaranteed. 3 year olds Mexico-breds. 1 mile. and up. Fillies and mares. 5 1/2 furlongs. Feb. 16 - NMHBA Quarter Horse Stakes. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. Dec. 22 - Riley Allison Futurity. Purse 3 year olds. New Mexico-breds. 400 $100,000-added. 2 year olds. 1 yards. mile. Dec. 27 – Sunland Park Winter Quar- Feb. 22 – Mine That Bird Derby. Purse $120,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. ter Horse Futurity. Grade 2. Purse 1 1/16 miles. $200,000 estimated, $50,000-added. 2 year olds. 400 yards. Feb. 23 - The Island Fashion Stakes. Purse $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year Dec. 28 - Sunland Park Winter Quarolds. Fillies. 1 mile. ter Horse Derby. Grade 2. Purse $125,000 estimated, $50,000-add- March 1 - West Texas Maturity. Grade champion Justin Evans returns to action with an arsenal of high quality runners. The young trainer was the leading conditioner at Zia Park and is closing in on 200 wins this year. Two-time Sunland Park training champion Henry Dominguez is absolutely loaded with a terrific stable. Dominguez trains for Sunland Park’s leading owners Kirk and Judy Robison of El Paso, Texas. Leading Thoroughbred rider Ry Eikleberry will be back along with the top Quarter Horse jockey Esgar Ramirez. Here is the list of stakes races for the upcoming season:

2. Purse $65,000-added. 3 year olds and up. 400 yards. March 8 - Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. New Mexico-breds. 4 1/2 furlongs. March 9 - Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. New Mexicobreds. 350 yards. March 16 – New Mexico State University Stakes. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 4 year olds and up. New Mexico-breds. 1 mile 70 yards. March 23 - Bill Thomas Memorial Stakes. Purse $75,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. 6 1/2 furlongs. La Coneja Stakes. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 4 year olds and up. Fillies and mares. New Mexico-breds. 5 1/2 furlongs. Harry W. Henson Handicap. Purse $75,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. Fillies and mares. 1 mile. New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. Fillies. New Mexico-breds. 1 1/16 miles. New Mexico Breeders’ Derby. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. New Mexico-breds. 1 1/16 miles. Sunland Park Oaks. Purse $200,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. Fillies. 1 1/16 miles. Sunland Derby (Grade 3). Purse $800,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. 1 1/8 miles. March 29 – West Texas Derby. Grade 3. Purse $200,000 estimated, $65,000-added. 3 year olds. 400 yards. March 30 - Red Cell New Mexico Challenge. Grade 3. Purse $50,000-added. 3 year olds and up. 870 yards. April 5 - New Mexican Spring Fling. Purse $45,000-added. 2 year olds. New Mexico-breds. 300 yards. Czaria Handicap. Purse $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. Fillies and mares. 6 furlongs. April 6 – Bank of America New Mexico Challenge Championship. Grade 1. Purse $100,000-added. 3 year olds and up. 440 yards. New Mexican Spring Futurity. RG I. Purse $250,000 estimated, $95,000-added. 2 year olds. New Mexico-breds. 300 yards. April 12 - West Texas Juvenile Stakes. SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12 49

Purse $50,000 guaranteed. 2 year olds. 300 yards. Sunburst Stakes. Purse $85,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. Fillies. New Mexico-breds. 350 yards. Copper Top Futurity. Purse $55,000-added for 2-year-old Colts and Geldings Division. Purse $55,000-added for 2-year-old Fillies Division. New Mexico-breds. 4 1/2 furlongs. April 13 - West Texas Futurity. Grade 1. Purse $275,000 estimated, $100,000-added. 2 year olds. 300 yards. Sunland Park Handicap. Purse $75,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds and up. 1 1/8 miles. April 15 - The Getaway Stakes. Purse $50,000 guaranteed. 3 year olds. 870 yards. Adios Amigos Claiming Handicap. Purse $25,000. 3 year olds and up. Claiming $7,500. 1 1/4 miles.

NOV. 19, 2013

Oklahoma horse industry impact study released

The Oklahoma Equine Alliance released a comprehensive study today showing the economic impact generated by the Oklahoma Equine Industry reached $3.6 billion in 2012, yielding roughly 35,070 full time equivalent jobs. The study was completed in 2013 and commissioned by members of the Oklahoma Equine Alliance. Members of the Oklahoma Equine Alliance include the Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association, Remington Park, Will Rogers Downs,

Fair Meadows, Oklahoma Horse Council, Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. These members as well as state legislators and top executives from breed organizations and private entities gathered today to recognize Oklahoma’s thriving equine industry. The study provides thorough economic data and highlights the cooperative efforts of private and public partnerships that have driven the growth of Oklahoma’s equine business. Oklahoma is known worldwide for its top caliber horses as well as its top tier facilities. Oklahoma is recognized as the “horse show capital” of the world, is home to over a thousand rodeo events and hosts the top race meets for Quarter Horses in the United States. The Oklahoma State Fair Park and Tulsa Expo Square have completed improvements to their facilities totaling over $250 million since 2005. The world class facilities are a significant component in the ability to host national and international equine events year round. “There is no doubt that the equine industry is a significant economic driver within our Oklahoma economy”, said Secretary of Agriculture, Jim Reese. “With a total impact of $3.6 billion and generation of over $100 million in state and local taxes it is evident that the equine industry is important to all areas of our state. We want to continue to support our equine events and participants as they create opportunity here in Oklahoma.”

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For additional information and copies of the study please contact Blayne Arthur at (405) 522-6105 or blayne.arthur@ag.ok.gov .

Shakopee, MN Canterbury Park’s 2014 race dates approved by MRC

NOV 13, 2013

Grand Prairie, TX Lone Star Park concludes 2013 fall meet with significant increases in attendance, handle

Buoyed by a renovated dirt surface, a new concert series and a record-setting simulcast BreedCanterbury Park received ers’ Cup weekend, Lone Star Park approval from the Minnesota Racconcluded its 16th Fall Meeting of ing Commission on Monday to Champions for American Quarter conduct a 69-day thoroughbred Horses Saturday with positive atand quarter horse race meet next tendance and handle figures across year. The meet will begin Friday, the board. May 16 and run through Sept. 13. “Our 2013 Fall Meeting of ChamCanterbury also conducted 69 days pions was a resounding success,” of racing in 2013. said President and General Manager, In June of 2012, Canterbury Park Scott Wells. “Our racing surface was and the Shakopee Mdewakanton safe and fair, which gave bettors Sioux Community, owners and across the country the confidence operators of Mystic Lake Casino to play our races, and our on-track Hotel, entered into a cooperative entertainment gave customers a marketing and purse enhancement reason to come see us.” agreement that began increasing Total All-Sources wagering durhorsemen purses that year. SMSC ing the 26-day Fall Meeting climbed will add $75 million to the horse9.3 percent to $19,932,959, from last men purse fund over the agreeyear’s total of $18,241,432. ment’s 10-year terms. In 2013, total Attendance totaled 83,243 purses were nearly double what for a daily average of 3,202, an they were in 2011 and the 69-day 8.1 percent increase from 2012. race meet was the longest since On-track betting on live racing and 2006. The 2014 stakes schedule and simulcast-in climbed 7.6 percent purse structure will be announced to $12,968,393, and off-track in early December. export handle rose 12.5 percent to “Racing in Minnesota took a big $6,964,566 versus $6,193,702. step forward,” Canterbury Park Vice Because of the gains in attenPresident of Racing Operations Eric dance and handle, track officials saw Halstrom said. “I expect the industry fit to increase purses of overnight to make additional gains in 2014 as races during the meet. An increase horsemen and racing fans around of over 10 percent, ranging from the country take notice.” $300 to $800 per race went into efFor the first time since 1991, Can- fect on Oct. 10. terbury’s 1,600 stall stable area was The live racing business level at capacity. Thoroughbred breeding increases were also matched by in Minnesota increased 170 percent a surge of momentum in the after reaching an historical low in simulcast-in wagering handle. Since 2012. Average daily handle, money July, simulcast-in wagering totals wagered on Canterbury’s races, was have increased nearly every week up 16 percent. resulting in an 8.1 percent increase.

Highlights during the nineweek meeting included the introduction of the Bud Light Pura Musica Concert Series with three post-race concerts early in the season. The concerts featuring Tejano artists Eddie Gonzalez, Emilio Navaira and Michael Salgado, produced a 45 percent increase in attendance vs. the same three nights with no concert in 2012. Also, the two-day simulcast of the Breeders’ Cup Championships on November 1 and 2 resulted in the highest two-day attendance total for Breeders’ Cup here since 2008 (the first year of two-day Breeders’ Cup Championships.) All Sources Handle for the two-day period was up 19.7 percent from 2012 as well. There were a total of 2,081 starters during the 26-day meeting. The total amount of purses paid was $3,347,851, for an average of $128,764 per day of live racing. The total amount of stakes purses paid during the season was $2,367,036. Closing night, topped by the Grade 1, Texas Classic Futurity, the richest race in Texas, and Texas Classic Derby, drew a crowd of 5,007 fans, a 12.6 percent increase from 2012. Kates Dynasty owned by the partnership of Smith, Windham and Guthrie, trained by Michael Joiner and ridden by Salvador Martinez won the Futurity and Jody Pops Zoomer owned by Gary and Randal Kurz, trained by Toby Keeton and ridden by

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Luis Vivanco won the Derby. Jockey Rodrigo Vallejo earned his first riding title at Lone Star Park with 20 wins from 98 starts. Judd Kearl won his third training title at the Grand Prairie track with 20 wins from 85 starts. His previous titles were from 2006 and 2007. The leading owner title went to Bobby D. Cox with a total of 5 wins at the meet. This was his first title. The track record of 19.080 for 440 yards, set in 1997 during the inaugural Fall Meeting of Champions by Dashing Perfection, was broken on October 18 in the Texas Classic Derby trials by Jody Pops Zoomer with a time of 19.075. Jody Pops Zoomer went on to win the 21st running of the derby here on Nov. 9. Lone Star Park’s 76-day, 2014 Spring Thoroughbred Season begins on April 10, 2014 and concludes July 12, 2014.

2013 FALL MEETING OF CHAMPIONS BUSINESS LEVELS:

Total Attendance & Handle 2013 (26 dates) 2012 (26 dates) +/- % Attendance: 83,243 77,032 +8.1 $2,276,247 $2,154,851 +5.6 On-Track, Live Handle: Simulcast-In Handle: $10,692,146 $9,892,879 +8.1 Off-Track, Export Handle: $6,964,566 $6,193,702 +12.5 Live Product/Merge Handle (On-Track, Live & Off-Track): $9,240,813 $8,348,553 +10.7 On-Track Total (Live Handle, Simulcast-In): $12,968,393 $12,047,729 +7.6 All-Sources Handle (On-Track, Live & Off-Track, Simulcast-In): $19,932,959 $18,241,432 +9.3 Daily Attendance & Handle Averages 2013 (26 dates) 2012 (26 dates) Attendance: 3,202 2,963 On-Track, Live Handle: $87,548 $82,879 Simulcast-In Handle: $411,236 $380,495 Off-Track, Export Handle: $267,868 $238,219 Live Product/Merge Handle (On-Track, Live & Off-Track): $355,416 $321,098 On-Track Total (Live Handle, Simulcast-In): $498,784 $463,374 All-Sources Handle (On-Track, Live & Off-Track, Simulcast-In): $766,652 $701,594

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involvement, several of the nation’s leading quarter horses were enrolled including Grade 2 Remington Park Futurity winner Coronado Cartel, Grade 1 Heritage Place Derby winner Brace For Bernal, Grade 1 Rainbow Futurity winner Ms First Prize Rose, Grade 1 All American Derby winner Feature Hero, and Grade 1 All American Futurity winner Handsome Jack Flash. Racing Free was also proudly represented closing weekend at Ruidoso Downs with 17 of the 20 in the All American Futurity and Derby field. “We need to continually evolve to ensure that Racing Free will not only be able to reward owners in a big way, but also put funds towards areas of the racing industry that need growth and advancement in order to truly level the playing field.” stated Racing Free CoFounder Leslie McKinney. Beginning January 2014, involvement opportunities for Racing Free will be as follows: • For $300 per-horse per-meet or $1,200 per-horse per-year, horses can be enrolled into Racing Free the Racing Free Incentive announces program Program. Each time a memadvancements and ber-horse wins a race and additions standard drug test comes After a full year of hundreds back clear, Racing Free will of race horse owners enjoying reward the owner of the the benefits of “racing free,” member-horse $1,000. the Racing Free team has an• For $300 per-horse, Breeders nounced a transition into new may purchase a voucher for program parameters beginning the Racing Free Breeders January 2014. Incentive Program. After In 2013, Racing Free boasted sale, the new owner of the a membership of more than member-horse will receive a 400 horses with an estimated Racing Free Breeder Incen1,100 starts and the team is tive Program voucher and proudly ending the year with has the option to redeem no therapeutic overages or this voucher at any one performance-enhancing drug meet when the horse starts occurrences. Racing Free wrote racing. Once the voucher more than 150 reward checks is redeemed, any time the throughout the year and member-horse wins a race continued to give rewards to and receives a clear drug the leading owner, trainer and test within that meet, the jockey with the most Racing owner & breeder will receive Free member-wins per meet. $500 each. (All owners and In addition, 20 industry orgabreeders of horses paid in nizations stepped up to publicly 2013 will still receive the support the Racing Free cause $750 reward in 2014) and joined as corporate spon• Racing Free will offer several sors. Along with the increased

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levels of Corporate Sponsorships paired with the new Non-Profit status. Once certification has been granted, any monetary donations and sponsorships will be retroactive and tax deductible. The Racing Free team plans to be extremely proactive in 2014 on growing their alliances and making more steps towards a positive future for racing. There are several projects underway including increased security at race tracks, an anonymous information call line, and goals of advanced testing and more transparent drug policies. “Our goal when we started Racing Free was to think outside of the box and do something to make a statement in the racing industry that our participants desire a level playing field. It really says something that we were able to reward so many owners for joining this movement. Now, moving forward, we are focusing our efforts on industry advancement while still rewarding our members for participating.” said Racing Free Co-Founder, Micah McKinney. Together, with a common goal, the racing industry can continue making the changes necessary to level the field and secure a strong future for the generations of racing enthusiasts to come. For more information on Racing Free and how you can get involved, visit www.racingfree.com.

NOV 10, 2013

Kinder, LA Numbers up at LQHBA Fall Mixed Sale

Louisiana Quarter Horse Breeders’ Association Fall Mixed Sale in Kinder recorded increases in significant categories Nov. 9. A total of 113 horses sold for a total of $274,900. The average of $2,569 marked a 28-percent increase from the 2012 average of $2,000. This year’s median of $1,700 rose 55 percent from last year’s $1,100.

The high seller, Lils Little Snow (Hip No. 56), was acquired by Marshall Watson for $37,000. Consigned by Briley Farms as agent for Glinden Leger, the yearling Heza Fast Dash filly is a full sister to the stakesplaced Heza Gand Ds Dash and two other winners, including 2012 LQHBA Futurity (RG1) finalist Heza Fast Snow. Another yearling Heza Fast Dash filly, Sheza Fast Secret (Hip No. 119), was purchased for $12,500 by Neal Begnaud. Consigned by PBK Farms, Sheza Fast Secret is a half sister to Devins Secret, a daughter of Dashin Bye who won the $286,700 LQHBA Sale Futurity (RG1) at Evangeline Downs in ‘08. The high-selling 2-year-old, De Vargas Special (Hip No. 34), sold for $6,700 to D. Young. The Agouti filly, who was consigned by Donald G. Kelly, is out of the stakes-winning 17-year-old Streakin La Jolla mare High Seas Operator, and she is a half sister to two stakes winners, including Jazzmo, a filly by Jazzing Hi and winner of the ‘07 Live Oak Stakes (RG2) at Delta Downs in his final race. Marshall Watson was the sale’s leading buyer with one head for $37,000. Buyer Joe Rios purchased 10 head for a total of $21,350, and M & G Farms paid $17,300 for three head. Glinden Leger was the leading consignor with two head for $42,700. The 11 head consigned by Roohms Racing LLC of Opelousas, Louisiana, sold for a total of $20,050. A total of 151 horses were consigned to the sale. For more information on the sale, visit the LQHBA website at www.lqhba.com, and click on the “Sales” link at the top of the homepage.

to return to Iowa,” said AQHA Executive Director of Racing Trey Buck. “The facility, people and hospitality were outstanding and promise to be the same or even better next year.” Prairie Meadows offers a topclass racetrack, with a 168-room hotel, casino and meeting areas all in one place. “Prairie Meadows is very excited about the prospect of hosting the event again,” said Jack Peters, chairman of Prairie Meadows and an AQHA director. “The Challenge Championships encompasses horsemen from all over the country, as well as Mexico, Canada and South America. It’s a wonderful facility and this event fits extremely well in that kind of venue. I think it will provide the facility necessary for people to showcase their horses, some of the best horses in the country.” The track becomes only the third racetrack to host the prestigious event more than once. Los Alamitos is a 10-time host of the event, and Lone Star Park has hosted the event four times. Other racetracks that have played host to the Challenge Championships once each are Evangeline Downs, Fair Grounds, Retama Park, Sam Houston Race Park, Sunland Park and Turf Paradise.

NOV 3, 2013

Oklahoma City, OK Champion Tempting Dash sells for record $1.7 million at Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale

Tempting Dash, a multiple Grade 1 winner and the 2009 AQHA champion 2-year-old colt, sold for a $1.7 million at the Heritage Place Fall Mixed Sale, which took place Nov. 1-2 in Oklahoma City. The price was a world record for a Quarter Horse selling at auction. Challenge Consigned by VSE Corp. on behalf Championships return to of the U.S. Treasury Dept., Tempting Prairie Meadows Dash was acquired by John SimAQHA mons. The now 6-year-old stallion The Bank of America Challenge won all four of his starts at Lone Star Championships will return to Prairie Park during his championship seaMeadows in 2014. son, including the 400-yard, $448,185 The Altoona, Iowa, racetrack Dash For Cash Futurity (Grade 1), and hosted the event in 2012. A date for the 400-yard, $1,105,397 Texas Clasthe 2014 event will be announced in sic Futurity (Grade 1). the near future. Simmons is expected to an“We had such great feedback nounce this week where Tempting after the 2012 running, we’re excited Dash will stand the 2014 season.

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Another world record was set when an embryo by Corona Cartel out of 2011 2-year-old champion filly Separate Fire sold for $183,000. Also consigned by VSE Corp. on behalf of the U.S. Treasury Dept., the embryo was acquired by Judy McDonald. McDonald purchased three embryos from Separate Fire for a total of $458,000. In addition to the record-setter, she paid $150,000 for another Corona Cartel embryo, and $125,000 for an embryo by 1994 champion 2-year-old Mr Jess Perry. Separate Fire was also the sale’s second-highest seller. Consigned by VSE Corp. on behalf of the U.S. Treasury Dept., the now 4-year-old multiple graded stakes winning daughter of champion Separtist was purchased for $460,000 by McCollee Land & Livestock. Vince Genco of Clovis, California, paid $250,000 for the sale’s third-highest seller, Dashin Follies. A 14-year-old daughter of Strawfly Special and 1996 world champion Dashing Folly, Dashin Follies is the dam of three-time Grade 1 winner and current sire PYC Paint Your Wagon, and the Grade 1-placed and current sire Ivory James. All told, 524 head sold for a total of $7,225,450 (average, $13,789). The median price was $4,050. VSE Corp. on behalf of the U.S. Treasury Dept. was the sale’s leading consignor, with a total of nine head selling for $3,103,000. Lazy E Ranch LLC, agent, consigned 56 head which sold for a total of $406,100. Simmons, McCollee Land & Livestock, and McDonald were the sale’s leading buyers. Genco acquired nine head for a total of $456,500. For more information on the sale, visit Heritage Place’s website at www.heritageplace.com.

NOV. 2, 2013

Skeet Ulrich stars in horse racing film ‘50 to 1’ about Mine That Bird

Mine That Bird, the underdog racehorse that won the 2009 Kentucky Derby, is the focus of a new Hollywood film “50 to 1” that opens in theaters March 21, 2014. The news was announced by “50 to 1” director, producer, co-writer and racehorse owner Jim Wilson

(Oscar-winning producer of “Dances with Wolves”). Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, “Scream,” “As Good As It Gets”), Christian Kane (Leverage), William Devane (24, “The Dark Knight Rises”), Todd Lowe (True Blood, Gilmore Girls) and newcomer Madelyn Deutch star in the film alongside real-life jockey Calvin Borel, who plays himself in the picture. Faith Conroy co-wrote the script with Wilson. The film, which is rooted in New Mexico and shot in over 30 locations throughout the state – from Santa Fe to Las Cruces – will kick off the theatrical release with the world premiere in Albuquerque at the historic KiMo Theatre on March 19. “50 to 1” is about a misfit group of New Mexico cowboys who find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies for the Kentucky Derby. The cowboys face a series of mishaps on their way to Churchill Downs, becoming the ultimate underdogs in a final showdown with the world’s racing elite. “I had been waiting for a great racehorse story for a very long time,” Wilson said, noting he had read numerous horse racing scripts over the years, “but when I watched what unfolded at the 2009 Kentucky Derby, I was stunned. I’ve always been a fan of true underdog stories and after meeting the owners, trainer and finally Bird himself, I was hooked. This story had all the cinematic elements you could ask for. It’s been a real adventure and one I am proud to share with the world.” Wilson won the Academy Award for Best Picture for “Dances with Wolves,” which he produced. He also produced “The Bodyguard,” “Wyatt Earp,” “Swing Vote,” “Mr Brooks” and “Message in a Bottle.” Wilson’s previous directing credits include “Head Above Water,” “Whirlygirl,” and the criticallyacclaimed documentary about renowned jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr., “Laffit: All about Winning.” Find more information at www.50to1themovie.com. Mine That Bird (foaled May 10, 2006) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who had a racing career in both Canada and the United States from 2008 to 2010. He is best SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12 53

the Rainbow Futurity was a record $1 million, the Ruidoso Derby was a record $822,000 and the Ruidoso Futurity was a record $750,000. The 2014 All American Gold Cup offers the highest purse for the stakes since 1988. The All American Gold Cup purse increase is another example of Ruidoso Downs supporting increased opportunities for older horses and should attract a stellar field. Quarter Horse racing’s numberone horse Ochoa, dominating winner of the Grade 1, $150,000 Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Championship, won the Mr Jet Moore at Ruidoso Downs last summer and would be a prime prospect for the All American Gold Cup. The Sleepy Gilbreath-trained gelding has Grade 1 wins at Ruidoso Downs in the All Ruidoso Downs, NM American Futurity, All American Ruidoso Downs stakes Derby and Rainbow Derby. He is the races continue to grow, all-time leading money earner at All American Gold Cup $2,762,615. boosted to $200,000 Cold Cash 123, the 2011 world The All American Gold Cup purse champion, would be another prime will be raised 500 percent to a guar- contender. He summered at Ruidoso anteed $200,000 in 2014 through Downs in the Gilbreath barn, but did cooperation between Ruidoso not start. Downs, New Mexico Horsemen’s Joining top-ranked Ochoa Association and the New Mexico in the Gold Cup, could be three Racing Commission. other horses ranked in the top-five The $200,000 purse, which is older horses this week. All American an increase from $40,000 in 2013, Derby winner Feature Hero is the was approved by the New Mexico third-ranked horse, Remington Park Racing Commission at their meeting Championship winner and 2012 on Oct. 31. Rainbow Derby runner-up Priceless “Once again, this purse increase Feature is the fourth-ranked horse, shows how cooperation between and Ruidoso Derby and Rainbow shareholders in New Mexico racing Derby Winner Wicked Courage is the works to give our customers, the fifth-ranked horse. fans, a better racing product. I want All of these horses have excelled to especially thank the owners and in Grade 1 races at Ruidoso Downs breeders who continually support and the All American Gold Cup our racing program,” said Ruidoso should now also attract Grade 1 Downs’ general manager Shaun horses from across the country. Hubbard. The 2014 Ruidoso Downs season The $200,000 All American Gold begins on May 22 with two days Cup is part of a record-setting stakes for trials to the Grade 1, $700,000 lineup on Labor Day weekend at Ruidoso Futurity. Ruidoso Downs. This year, the Grade 1, $2.8 million All American Derby offered the all-time largest purse Albuquerque, NM in Quarter Horse racing history Downs at Albuquerque and the Grade 1, $2.6 All American ends meet with doubleFuturity paid the largest purse in North America to a 2-year-old of any digit increases in attendance, handle breed. This past summer, the Rainbow The Downs at Albuquerque endDerby reached a record $1,055,000, ed its 56-day season on Wednesday, known for pulling off a monumental upset (at 50-to-1 odds) by winning the Kentucky Derby in 2009. He became one of only nine geldings to win the Kentucky Derby and the second gelding to win the race since 1929. He continued to have success in the two remaining races of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing by finishing second in the 2009 Preakness Stakes and third in the 2009 Belmont Stakes. On Nov. 6, 2010, Mine That Bird was retired from racing after being winless in nine starts since the Kentucky Derby. He amassed $2,228,637 in earnings and won five of 18 starts during his three-year racing career.

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with the track recording substantial increases in attendance and handle. Racing from Aug. 2 - Oct. 30, The Downs at Albuquerque drew a total of 82,086 fans, compared to 64,523 during its 54-day meet in 2012. Total attendance was up 27 percent over last year, while the average daily attendance of 1,466 marked a 23-percent increase over the 2012 average of 1,195. Money wagered on and off track on The Downs’ live races reached $7,420,076, an 11-percent increase over the $6,689,178 handle recorded in 2012. The track’s average daily handle, $132,501, was 7 percent better than last year’s average of $123,874. And, proving how popular The Downs at Albuquerque’s product was to simulcast players outside New Mexico, the track’s interstate off-track handle of $4,407,644 was 19 percent better than last year’s $3,714,546. The only handle decrease the track recorded was in its intrastate off-track handle – that is, money wagered on The Downs’ live racing at New Mexico tracks – which reached $393,133, down 23 percent from the 2012 intrastate handle of $513,410. Downs’ director of racing operations Don Cook attributed the increase in attendance to the track’s new 65,000-square foot casino, which opened in July. “The new casino brought more people to our facility, and even though the casino is in a separate building than the racing grandstand, I think a lot of people -- many of whom had maybe never seen a live horserace -- said, ‘Hey, there’s something going on over at the grandstand. Let’s go check it out,’” Cook said. “We spent a lot of money building the new casino, and when you do that you need a good marketing plan. Our marketing team did an excellent job of getting the word out. “But our large increase in offtrack handle was also encouraging, because the people who played our races away from the track had no idea we had a new casino,” he added. “They weren’t attracted by the casino. They were attracted by the quality of our racing.” The Downs paid horsemen a to-

tal of $4,773,338 in purse money, up 2 percent over last year’s $4,680,500. Average daily purses reached $85,238, down 2 percent from the 2012 average of $86,676. Cook said he expects The Downs’ new casino to generate enough revenue between now and next August that purses will double to approximately $160,000 per day in 2014. Also, the track is planning to install lights so that night racing can take place. “I think racing at night will enable us to increase our off-track handle even more, because we’ll be able to race at a time when not a lot of other tracks are running,” Cook said. “My biggest concern about racing at night is making sure we have reliable backup systems. The last time we had night racing in New Mexico was at Sunland Park, and that came to an end when the lights inadvertently went out in the middle of a race. “We’re looking seriously at the safety issue and making sure everything is done correctly,” he added. “It’s going to take time to make sure we double and triple check everything. Running at night is a nice idea, but we positively don’t want any issues. We want reliable backup systems if we have any problems.” The Downs’ richest Quarter Horse race, the 400-yard, $76,452 New Mexico State Fair Senor Futurity (RG3) for state-bred 2-year-old colts and geldings on Sept. 21, was won by Downwiththequickness, a homebred gelding by Be Real Quick owned and trained by Terry G. Smith. Diana Bringhurst’s Poblano, a gelded son of Minister Eric, won the meet’s richest Thoroughbred race, the 6-furlong, $53,753 George Maloof Futurity (R) for New Mexico-bred colts and geldings on Sept. 22. “Our increases this year were encouraging, especially considering that most racetracks in the country are down,” Cook said. “Our average field size during the month of October was nine per race, and the credit for that goes to our racing secretary, Jim Collins, and our race office.” The Downs at Albuquerque’s 2014 meet will run 54 days, from Aug. 2 - Oct. 26.

RACE RECAPS - QUARTER HORSE 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 Betfair 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

NOV. 24, 2013 Los Alamitos, Cypress, CA Wood saddles top-three Two Million qualifiers

Trainer Trey Wood is primed for his first win in the Grade 1, $1,989,525 Los Alamitos Two Million after saddling the top-three qualifiers Viva Mi Corazon, Ms First Prize Rose and Dash Through Fire – from 111 trial entrants on Sunday night at Los Alamitos. Wood’s success in the trials follows him nearly qualifying champion Hez Our Secret to the Grade 1, $750,000 Champion of Champions on Saturday night. The colt finished second in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors’ Trial behind Significant Heart, who earned the Champion of Champions invitation. If any horse drops out of the Champion of Champions, then Hez Our Secret earns a berth in the 440-yard classic. Viva Mi Corazon and Ms First Prize Rose are owned by the partnership of Johnny Trotter and Burnett Ranches while Dash Through Fire is owned by Trotter. Trotter and Burnett Ranches won the 2007 Los Alamitos Two Million with One Famous Eagle. Leading the assault on the Two Million from the Wood barn was PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity winner Viva Mi Corazon winner of the seventh of 14 trials with the fastest-qualifying time of :19.512. The gelding by First Down Dash and out of a half-sister to co-world champion Streakin Sin Tacha got a quick start under jockey Cody Jensen and pulled away for the easy one-and-one-halflength win. “He ran two big races in the PCQHRA Breeders’ series,” Jensen said. “He ran great in the trials, but then he ran better in the final than in the trials and he ran better tonight than he did in the PCQHRA Breeders’ final. He ran better, bigger and stronger. He is doing everything better each time.” Viva Mi Corazon has stepped up his game at Los Alamitos with three wins from three starts after racing at Ruidoso Downs this summer. His best effort at Ruidoso Downs was a win in his Ruidoso Futurity trial. Upon arriving at Los Alamitos he took his PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity trial by three quarters of a length in his local debut. He came back in the finals to overcome being bumped on both sides and going on to win by three quarters of a length as the 2-1 favorite. Ms First Prize Rose won her trial in her first start since taking the Grade 1, $1 million Rainbow Futurity at Ruidoso Downs in July. The Corona Cartel filly out of Heritage Place Futurity winner First Carolina raced to the lead from the outside post position. She lengthened her stride to win by three quarters of a length with the second-fastest time of :19.548 under jockey Ricky Ramirez, who called her a filly who “never makes mistakes.”

Ms First Prize Rose pushed her winning streak to four-straight races with the Two Million trial win. At Ruidoso Downs, she won her three starts, capped by her game nose win in the Rainbow Futurity. “She’s one of my favorites,” Wood added. “I couldn’t believe how well she finished tonight because she had been off since July. She just has lots and lots of class.” Dash Through Fire boasts a tremendous upside after winning her trial by one-and-one-half lengths in just her second career start. The Walk Thru Fire filly showed her inexperience when she tried to lug out for the majority of the race and jockey Ramirez used right-handed urging to keep her in line. She was, simply, faster than each of her rivals and recorded the third-fastest qualifying time of :19.607. Making her first start at Los Alamitos on October 13, Dash Through Fire won her maiden by one-and-one-quarter lengths. “We added her to our barn right after we got here,” Wood added. “We didn’t know much about her. She’s still a little green and just like tonight, she got in front and then started running all over the place. “She’s a big filly. She looks more like a big old gelding. She had some tendon problems earlier in the year so they backed off from her. We got lucky (to add her to the barn). She’s getting better and better each day.” San Gregorio Racing Stables’ Ed Burke Million winner Five Bar Cartel made the Los Alamitos Two Million field with a one-half length win in the fifth trial. The Danny Montes-trained Five Bar Cartel quickly raced from the gate and held Bp Its My Policy safe by one-half length. It was the Corona Cartel son’s fifth win from six starts with his only defeat a fifth-place finish in the Grade 1 Golden State Million as the 7-10 favorite. Five Bar Cartel was timed in the sixth-fastest time :19.761 under Saul Ramirez. “He ran his race and he did what he was supposed to do,” said Jorge Carmona of San Gregorio Racing Stables. “He ran confidently and did his job. He’s very professional and I’m happy that he has qualified. The Two Million final will be an important race because he’s a colt and because of the race for a championship title. “The final will be extremely tough with horses like Viva Mi Corazon, who is a big, good looking horse with a lot of potential. Five Bar Cartel will need to be at his very best and hopefully luck will be with us.” The finals for the 400-yard year-ending futurity at Los Alamitos will be held on December 15. The complete list of qualifiers is Viva Mi Corazon (:19.512), Ms First Prize Rose (:19.548), Dash Through Fire (:19.607), Sis Is Hot (:19.701), Foose Cash Sr (:19.745), Five Bar Cartel (:19.745), Chalalita (:19.791), A Corona Sunset (:19.791), Collin The Shots (:19.796) and Highest Fire (:19.799). SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12 55

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RACE RECAPS - QUARTER HORSE Significant Heart earns Champion of Champions berth

in this race. She did not make a mistake. I thought she was really overlooked in this race. “If you look at her last race (a victory in the Abigail Kawnanakoa’s Significant Heart continued her stunning rise as a 3-year-old when she Breeders Derby), it was a much better effort than it looks. She was going against a 26-mile-perearned a starting spot on the Grade 1, $750,000 Champion of Champions by winning the $15,000 hour headwind. Her winning time on that night (:20.04) would have been a lot closer to what it Z. Wayne Griffin Directors’ Trial at Los Alamitos. was tonight (:19.688) had it not been for that The only remaining starting berth in the headwind. She stepped up tonight and won Champion of Champions will be determined in the Zia Park Championship, which was scheduled against some very tough runners.” Jones now has three participants in the for Saturday afternoon but postponed. It will be Champion of Champions, a race he has won six held on Wednesday after adverse weather forced times in the previous 11 runnings. He will also the cancellation of the Saturday and Sunday saddle defending champion Rylees Boy and Milprograms at the Hobbs, New Mexico track. dred Vessels Handicap winner Check In Fetch. Significant Heart, a 9-1 longshot, got a Johnny Trotter’s Hez Our Secret ran a strong tremendous start from the third post position race for jockey Ricky Ramirez, however was just and 8-5 favorite Hez Our Secret got a sharp not able to catch Significant Heart. The son of break from in the inside post position. He tried First Down Dash from the Trey Wood barn was throughout the 400 yards to close the gap to favored after finishing second in the Grade 1 Significant Heart, but the filly showed her grit Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Championship, while keeping the closing Hez Our Secret at bay third in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Chamto win by a neck. It was another three-quarters pionship and fourth in last year’s Champion of of a length back to third-place runner Cold Cash Champions over the past year. 123, the 2011 world champion. Hez Our Secret was named 2012 champion Ridden by Ramon Sanchez, Significant Heart three-year-old colt with second-place runs in the was timed in :19.688 for her fifth win from six Grade 1 All American and the Grade 1 Los Alamistarts this year. tos Super Derby. “I hate to admit it, but I thought that we Hez Our Secret could start in the Champion were in tough,” said trainer Paul Jones, who of Champions if any of the qualifiers defect from gained a record ninth win in the Directors’ Trials. the 440-yard classic. “She was standing good in the gate, broke fast The horses in the Champion of Champions from there and held on even though (Hez Our and their qualifying race are Rylees Boy (winSecret) gave her a good run. ner of Los Alamitos Winter Championship), Last “We took a shot with her in this race. She To Fire (winner of Vessels Maturity), Feature had qualified to this race and she wasn’t in the Hero (winner of All American Derby), Priceless Southern California Derby so we said, ‘Why not Feature (winner of Remington Park Championgive it a shot?’ If she was in the Southern Califorship), Check N Fetch (winner of Mildred Vessels nia Derby, we probably don’t run her here.” Memorial Handicap), Matabari (winner of Los A daughter of Corona Cartel and 2008 RuAlamitos Super Derby), Ochoa (winner of Robert idoso Futurity winner Jess Significant, Significant L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational ChampionHeart started the year as a maiden and is now ship), Vodka With Ice (winner of Bank of America a contender for champion three-year-old filly Challenge Championship)and Significant Heart honors. She joined Jones barn this year after be(winner Z. Wayne Griffin Directors’ Trial). ing winless from five tries last year and won her maiden at first asking for Jones back in May. Jones immediately moved her up to the stakes division and she responded with a win in Evangeline Downs, Opelousas, LA the Lanty’s Jet Handicap and continued to win by Separatist First Down Sets Track taking a conditioned allowance race. After and Record In EVD Futurity Trials third-place qualifying run in her PCQHRA Derby Separatist First Down - 19.373 – winner of trial, she stepped up with a one-half length win at 16-1 odds in the finals. She showed her deter- the $141,000 Gillespie County Futurity this past August broke the track record of 19.411 set by Jls mination in that race when she broke out at the Mr Bigtime back in 2010 when capturing the rich start, was bumped and still went on to win. LQHBQ Breeders Futurity. The victory in the Directors’ Trial was over Ridden by Martin Rubalcava, the Texas bred the most talented field she has ever faced. Separatist colt recorded the fastest time by the “This filly’s victory in this race legitimizes 63 juveniles who competed in the seven trials. her as chances in the Champion of Champions Owned in partnership by Trainer Isidro Flores & because of the horses that she beat,” said Jones, Oscar Ramirez, Separatist First Down will enter who is a six-time winner of the Champion of the EVD Futurity with a gaudy race record of 6 Champions. “She beat some quality horses like Hez Our Secret, Cold Cash 123 and several others wins from nine starts and more than $180,000 in

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career earnings. The $100,000-added (Last year’s final was worth $190,425) Final to be held on Saturday evening, Dec. 14. Jess Spicey - 19.526 Mr Runaway - 19.532 My Glory Dash - 19.565 Cristata - 19.634 Bedouin in View - 19.660 Mauis Mountain Gone - 19.660 Secrets Fly - 19.666 Im Carvin Waves - 19.676 Jess Shazoom Yall - 19.678 Note: Jess Shazoom Yall & Jmf Fantastic Dasher tied for the 10th and last berth with identical running times of 19.678. Immediately following the conclusion of the evening’s racing program, The Board of Stewards did a random draw in the racing office with racing officials and horsemen present. Jess Shazoom Yall was the winner of the draw and awarded the last spot in the final.

NOV. 16, 2013 Evangeline Downs, Opelousas, LA Ol Time Preacher Man wins $1 million LQHBA Breeders Futurity Ol Time Preacher Man ($15.40) edged past First Prize Jet in the finals strides to win the $1 million LQHBA Breeders Futurity for Louisiana bred 2-year-old Quarter Horses at Evangeline Downs Racetrack. Taking advantage of a perfect tracking trip under jockey Danny Lavergne, the gelded son of Heza Fast Dash recorded the narrowest victory in the richest race of the year at Evangeline Downs. The official winning margin was a nose and the running time for the 400 yards on a track labeled fast was 19.711 seconds. Winning rider Lavergne stated “I was pretty confident that I had won, but you never know and when they didn’t hang the numbers on the tote board right away I started to get worried.” He added “Everything worked out just right, he broke well and was in contention throughout, when I asked him for his best in mid-stretch he responded and we were able to win the head bob.” For Lavergne, a Lake Charles native who has captured several leading rider titles at tracks in both Louisiana and Texas during his more than three decades in the saddle; it was his first ever win in a Million-Dollar Race.

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RACE RECAPS - QUARTER HORSE Philips Streakin was next across the finish in 3rd. Heza Fast Rogue, who led during the opening 200 yards, weakened to 4th, followed by Bradys March Madness and Jessandoldlove in 6th. Oak Tree Eye Opener and Marcys Prize Dashing were 7th & 8th respectively, while Fjr Bread N Butter trailed in 9th after being squeezed back leaving the starting gate. Yagouti was a late scratch. Ol Time Preacher Man earned $445,000 for the win, his 2nd in six career starts for owner Robert S Holland’s T M Ranch. The victory was the 7th win in this race for his trainer Kenny Roberts, who is the all-time leading Quarter Horse trainer here at Evangeline Downs. Also at Evangeline Downs on Saturday evening, Trainer Heath Taylor recorded a onetwo finish in the $50,000 EVD Derby for threeyear-olds with First Prize Shaunda ($15.60) & Ronnie James. Making only her second start of the year, the daughter of Pyc Paint Your Wagon surged to the lead in mid-stretch and then just held off her stablemate under strong handling by jockey Raul Ramirez Jr. en route to recording the first stakes win of her career. I See Visions was next across the finish line in 3rd, followed by Fast Talkin Henry and Blaze Carver. The winning margin was a neck and the running time for the 400 yards was 19.812. Bred in Oklahoma by her owner Weetona Stanley, First Prize Shaunda is out of the excellent racemare First Prize Leesa, who is by Mr Jess Perry. The $30,000 winner’s share of the purse boosted First Prize Shaunda’s career earnings to more than $66,000.

NOV. 9, 2013 Los Alamitos, Cypress, CA Vodka On Ice leads intermountain invasion in Challenge Championships

Gerado Prado’s Vodka With Ice, a 17-1 longshot, held off a furious charge from favored world champion Cold Cash 123 to win the Grade 1, $350,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship and lead a successful invasion of horses who traveled down I-5 for the Bank of America Challenge Championships at Los Alamitos. The Bank of America Challenge Championship are the ultimate event in the Bank of Amer-

ica Racing Challenge program, bring together horses who excelled in regional races throughout North America. Horses who raced at Les Bois Park this summer, led by Vodka With Ice, won three of the five graded stakes on the stakes-filled 10-race card. Young trainer Ryan Hanson had a breakout evening when he won two of the five stakes for his first two stakes wins. He took the Grade 1, $100,000 Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship with Honoroso and then won the Grade 2, $200,000 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship with Jr Dynasty Mountain. Vodka With Ice earned an invitation to the Grade 1, $750,000 Champion Of Champions with the diminishing neck win over Cold Cash 123. Valiant Valor was another three quarters of a length back in third place in the field of 11 older runners. Vodka With Ice, with Francisco Rubio aboard for his third win on the card, quickly started from the fourth post position and was the horse to beat within the first 100 yards of the 440-yard contest. It was just a matter of when Cold Cash 123 would unleash his tremendous closing charge from the favorable outside post position. His regular rider Roy Baldillez allowed him to run his race and over the last half of the test he was devouring ground and gaining with each stride. However, he came up a neck short at the wire as the 9-5 favorite. The Pablo Rabasa Jr.-trained Vodka With Ice covered the quarter mile in :21.340 while scoring his first win from four tries at Los Alamitos. The 8-year-old Vodka With Ice came into the Bank of America Challenge Championship with $179,708 in earnings from 47 starts and took a $161,000 first-place check in the Bank of America Challenge Championship. A gelding by Stoli, Vodka With Ice spent the summer at Les Bois Park and then traveled to Emerald Downs in Seattle to with the $54,000 Bank of America Emerald Downs Challenge and earn his trip to the Bank of America Challenge Championship. Rabasa Jr. started Vodka With Ice in the $30,000 Blane Schvaneveldt Handicap as a prep for the Bank of America Challenge Championship and he finished third as the 17-10 favorite after being bumped on both sides at the start. T. Bill Stables’ Cold Cash 123 was looking to return to the form that saw him earn the 2011 world champion title when he raced to Grade 1

wins in the Rainbow Derby, Texas Classic Derby and The Championship at Sunland Park. Always known for his closing charge and his affection for 440 yards, the homebred gelding earned his berth in the Bank of America Challenge Championship with his late-running win in the Bank of America Remington Park Challenge. Trainer Sleepy Gilbreath then pointed the gelding by Oak Tree Special at the Bank of America Challenge Championship and a possible run at the Champion Of Champions, which would be the first meeting with stablemate and all-time leading money-earn Ochoa. Cold Cash 123 was a troubled seventh in the Remington Park Championship and then rested during the summer at Ruidoso Downs. He returned in the Go Man Go Handicap at Los Alamitos and encountered more trouble and was never a factor, finishing eighth. Gilbreath will now need to run Cold Cash 123 in the 400-yard Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials if he wishes to continue his bid to run the gelding in December’s Champion of Champions.

Adequan Derby Challenge Championship

JR Dynasty Mountain bolted to the lead out of the gate and was never threatened on his way to a romping victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship. The victory gave trainer Ryan Hanson his second stakes win on the evening and his career. He won the Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship with Honoroso earlier on the program. With Francisco Rubio aboard, Jr Dynasty Mountain blew away from the gate as fast as a horse can accelerate and was all by himself 50 yards into the race. The son of Fdd Dynasty kept going throughout the 400 yards to win by oneand-one-quarter lengths with a :19.556 time. Snowboundbeast was second and never in the battle for the lead while One Famous Episode finished third in the field of 11 sophomores. A year ago, Jr Dynasty Mountain showed his class at Los Alamitos when he was second behind Stel My Corona in the $392,000 PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity. The colt went back to Les Bois Park last summer and won the Adequan Les Bois Derby Challenge for trainer Ron Mooseman. He joined the Hanson barn at Los Alamitos and targeted the Adequan Derby Challenge Championship.

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RACE RECAPS - QUARTER HORSE Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship

Richard Gardner and RTM Stables Honoroso withheld a late bid from Dashers Midnight to give trainer Ryan Hanson his first stakes win in the Grade 1, $100,000 Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship at 870 yards. Jockey Ramon Guce placed Honoroso in a striking position from the third post position and they accelerated off the turn to gain a clear advantage in the stretch. Dashers Midnight then made a bold bid along the rail to get up for second, a neck behind Honoroso. Call Her Hero finished another nose back for third Honoroso covered the 870 yards in :45.470. A 4-year-old gelding by Fly Jess Fly, Honoroso raced at Los Alamitos early in his career and was claimed for $6,250. He made each of his six previous 2013 starts in the Intermountain region before coming to Los Alamitos for the Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship. The Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship was his fifth win from seven outs this year and he was second in the other two races. He earned his berth in the Red Cell Distance Challenge Championship with a dominating fourand-one-half-length win in the Red Cell Les Bois Park Distance Challenge. Odds-on favorite All About Larry, the 2012 champion distance horse, was near the lead and then eased in the stretch while making his first start since March.

John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship

Pete Scarmardo’s Raising Kain parlayed a superb start into a convincing 30-1 upset victory in the Grade 2, $150,000 John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship Jockey Francisco Calderon was in a fantastic position on Raising Kain coming out of the gate and the gelding took full advantage of his start. He went on to humble his rivals by one length for his third win from his latest four starts and score what could prove to be a career-changing victory. Raising Kain was clocked in :17.408 for the 350 yards. Time For Jesse Lee was second while Leesa Gone Wild was third in the 11-horse field. Raising Kain did not win his maiden until his fourth career start, however when he found out where the winner’s circle is located he made it a regular stop on the way back to the barn. The Down N Dash son won his trial to the John Deere Retama Park Juvenile Challenge by two lengths and then backed up that effort with a one-half length score in the finals. He was then second by a head in his trial to the Dash For Cash Futurity at Lone Star Park before moving to Los Alamitos and making his local debut in the John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship as a member of the Trey Wood stable.

Zoetis Starter Allowance Challenge Championship

Miguel Banuelos’ Win Rabbits Fly posted his

Merial Distaff Challenge Championship fifth win from his latest six races with a narrow Lorena Velazquez Rodriguez’s Check In Fetch prepared for her start in the Grade 1, $750,000 Champion Of Champions with a hard-fought head win in the Grade 1, $100,000 Merial Distaff Challenge Championship and give trainer Paul Jones a one-two finish. The Jones-trained Thisfeatureisspecial was second and Shez Jess Toxic finished third, a nose back, to give Los Alamitos-based mares the topthree spots in the 10-horse field. Check N Fetch, the 8-5 favorite, had to work for her second-straight Grade 1 win. The daughter of Check Him Out was racing with the leaders under Ramon Sanchez and then showed her class in the final 50 yards to gain the lead for her sixth victory from 10 2013 starts. The five-year-old Check In Fetch is the current favorite for the 2013 champion aged mare title after being primarily an allowance competitor until this year. Starting in May, she took three-straight minor stakes – the Miss Princess Handicap, the Independence Day Handicap and the California Breeders Matron Stakes – before stepping up to the Grade 1 ranks this fall. The gray mare battled to a nose win in the Grade 1, $150,000 Mildred Vessels Handicap in her start before the Merial Distaff Challenge Championship.

victory over 350 yards in the $75,000 Zoetis Starter Allowance Challenge Championship for horses who have raced for a $5,000 claiming tag. Win Rabbits Fly scored the victory in :17.513 to grab the largest purse, $34,500, of his 18-race career. Runaway Corky, the 3-2 favorite, was a nose behind for second and Gallant Mystic was another one-half length back for third. Win Rabbits Fly started from the inside post position and raced to the lead under Francisco Rubio to gain his eighth career win. A four-year-old gelding by Fly Jess Fly, Win Rabbits Fly was making his Los Alamitos debut and trained by Donald Davidson. He won four-straight races before finishing fifth in the Cherokee Challenge at Will Rogers Downs. Win Rabbits Fly was claimed for $10,000 in July and then started his winning streak at Prairie Meadows. He won an optional claiming race and an allowance race at the Iowa track before heading to Will Rogers. At the Oklahoma track, he took his trial and then the Zoetis Will Rogers Downs Starter Allowance Challenge by daylight margins.

Farnam Stakes

Gustavo and Jose De La Torre’s Last To Check Him raced like a true 440-yard horse in her debut at the distance to easily take the $20,000 Farnam

Stakes for older horses. Last To Check Him was even with her rivals until the final 100 yards when she made an impressive surge under Eduardo Nicasio to win by an expanding three quarters of a length in :21.587. Mister Michael was second by one-half length over Eye On Corona. Last To Check Him was making her second start off a layoff and dropping in class for the Farnam. She closed out her 2012 season with a sixth-place finish in the Grade 1, $171,000 Southern California Derby. She was then away from racing action until she was a troubled fifth in the Grade 1, $150,000 Mildred Vessels Handicap for distaffers on September 29, her previous start.

John Deere Stakes

Randall Dees’ All Out Arrogant got a nose win over Jabuti Eagle Sa and they combined for an upset $2 exacta that paid $160.40 in the $20,000 John Deere Stakes for three-year-olds. All Out Arrogant went off at 15-1 odds while Jabuti Eagle Sa was a 10-1 longshot. The Cody Joiner-trained All Out Arrogant raced to his first stakes win with a :19.716 time for the 400 yards. Dublinon was one length back for third. A gelding by Fdd Dynasty, All Out Arrogant went in at the start and immediately went to the lead on the outside under Cruz Mendez. Jabuti Eagle S was flying along the rail and they were separated by a head at the wire. All Out Arrogant, who was second in the 2012 John Deere Los Alamitos Juvenile Challenge, scored his first victory since taking his Golden State Derby trial by one length back in August.

AQHA Members Plus Stakes

J. Garvin Kelly’s Shanachee flew the in the final strides to get a narrow win the $20,000 AQHA Members Plus Stakes for fillies and mares. Shanachee, a four-year-old daughter of Country Chicks Man, raced to the win over La Corona Cartel. Secret Hero was a nose back in third. The Raul Valenzuela-ridden Shanachee raced the 400 yards in :19.747. Shanachee raced to her first win since taking an allowance race back in January at Hialeah. She was third in the Merial Remington Park Distaff Challenge and then off the board in a $20,000 claiming race at Remington Park before taking the summer off. She returned in the Juan Aleman barn at Los Alamitos and was second in a conditioned allowance race in September, her start before the AQHA Members Plus Stakes.

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Sent off at 8-1 odds under Saul Ramirez, Another Storm covered the 350 yards in :17.688 for his third-straight win. Ghost Pepper finished third, one-half length back. Manuel Guerrero and Jones claimed Another Storm out of a winning effort for a $10,000 tag two starts before the Markel Stakes. Jones then placed the son of Foose in a conditioned $16,000 claiming race and he prevailed by a nose.

Will Rogers Downs, Claremore, OK Rocketair takes off in Black Gold

Karen and Preston Cloud’s Rocketair flew by Comal Blue to score a 9-1 upset win in the $384,750 Black Gold Championship during a stakes tripleheader on closing day, Saturday, at Will Rogers Downs. The Black Gold Futurity is restricted to the offspring of participating stallions. Favorites came through in the other two stakes with Heza Fast Invictus winning the $146,000 Oklahoma Horsemen’s Association Mystery Futurity and Llano Cartel prevailing in the $65,000 Oklahoma Horsemen’s Association Mystery Derby. Rocketair, who was fractious in his trial, remained calm under jockey Ivan Carnero and got a clean start. Comal Blue raced to the lead and had the advantage until Rocketair accelerated in the final 100 yards and went on to the one-half length win. He was timed in :19.490 for the 400 yards. Steve Kirks’ Comal Blue held on for second while Ratter SM Ranch’s Sm Chicks N Garters finished third. Rocketair has thrived with four wins from four starts at Will Rogers Downs this fall after finishing fifth in his All American Futurity trial at Ruidoso Downs in August. The gelding by Jumpn won his trial to the Black Gold 350 Futurity, but did not qualify for the $95,000 finals. He returned in the trials to the Black Gold Championship and won his trial by a neck and his time of :19.907 was good for the sixth-fastest time. In the OHA Mystery Futurity, Marty and Sheila Powers’ 7-10 favorite Heza Fast Invictus remained undefeated from five starts after he battled side-by-side with 29-1 outsider Champion Huddle for most of the 350 yards before gaining the neck win in the final strides. The Agustin Silva-trained Heza Fast Invictus was clocked in :17.445 to win as the 7-10 favorite. Jz Zoomin was another three quarters of a length back in third. Heza Fast Invictus has done everything asked of him in his five starts. Trainer Kasey Willis started him for a $15,000 claiming tag when he made his debut at Canterbury Park back in July. The Mighty Invictus gelding won by one-and66 SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12

one-quarter lengths and has not been defeated since that debut. The gelding then went to Prairie Meadows to win his Iowa Double Gold Futurity trial and dominated the futurity by one-and-one-quarter lengths back in August. He was then rested until the Mystery Futurity trials and he responded with a one-length trial win and his time of :17.529 for the 350 yards was the second-fastest time from five trials. In the OHA Mystery Derby, the supporters of 11-10 favorite Llano Cartel had a few anxious moments when he broke in at the start and then had to survive a close three-horse photo to gain his sixth win from 12 career starts. Wade Helton’s Llano Cartel quickly rebounded from his start and was in a tussle with Slew Of Success and Freakin Fast. Llano Cartel proved best in the last few jumps to get the close nose win over Slew Of Success while Freakin Fast was just a head back at the wire. The Alfredo Gomez-trained Llano Cartel earned favoritism after winning the second of two trials by a neck with the fastest-qualifying time of :17.655 for the 350 yards. The son of Teller Cartel had a creditable spring at Remington Park when he narrowly won the Jack Brooks Stakes over Oklahoma-breds and was a close third in the Bob Moore Stakes.

Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX Kates Dynasty, Jody Pops Zoomer win Texas Classic races

money of $220,000 and improve his earnings to $424,874 with a record of 8-5-2-0. Joe Mills’ homebred Dashin Bye gelding Skuze Pleeze, who was fifth in the All American, finished third. Two-time stakes winner and 2-1 favorite Won To Watch had her six-race win streak snapped with a sixth-place finish. In the Derby, Jody Pops Zoomer broke on top and went on to win by a half-length under jockey Luis Vivanco to earn his first stakes victory. Bred by Gary Kurz and owned by Gary and Randal Kurz, the Texas-bred gelding by Zoomin For Bux earned $175,467 for a 440-yard sprint in :21.361. Toby Keeton was the winning trainer. Jody Pops Zoomer won his Texas Classic trial by 1 ¾ lengths with the fastest qualifying time. This victory improved his record to 11-5-1-1 with earnings of $220,292. Mercy Hinklin’s Horse Farm LLC’s Jetblack Gold Moment, a filly by Jet Black Patriot who won the Firecracker Derby at Delta Downs, chased Jody Pops Zoomer all the way and finished second. Vicente Contreras’ Captain Strawfly, a Captain Courage gelding who won the Dash For Cash Derby (Grade 2) at Lone Star, finished third as the favorite.

NOV. 4, 2013 Los Alamitos, Cypress, CA Turbulent Times handles Golden State rivals

Jesus Avila and Jesus Cuevas’ Turbulent Times showed he was the best horse in the Grade Lone Star Park wrapped up its “Fall Meeting 1, $1,044,700 Golden State Million Futurity when of Champions” on Saturday night with a card he sped to a hand-ridden victory on Sunday that featured a pair of impressive performances night at Los Alamitos. as Kates Dynasty dominated the $1 million Texas Turbulent Times’ victory ended Five Bar CarClassic Futurity (Grade 1) and Jody Pops Zoomer tel’s bid to take the $1 million Los Alamitos Cash captured the $394,306 Texas Classic Derby Bonanza. Five Bar Cartel won the Grade 1, $1.1 (Grade 1). million Ed Burke Memorial Futurity and needed Kates Dynasty, who came into the richto take the Golden State Million and the Grade 1, est race in the state of Texas with a bankroll of $2 million (est.) Los Alamitos Two million to be$9,090, earned $445,000 for her 400-yard perfor- come the first horse to take the Bonanza. Five Bar mance in :19.404 under jockey Salvador Martinez, Cartel finished fifth after breaking in at the start. who also won the Texas Classic Futurity with Sure Jockey Eduardo Nicasio qualified five horses Shot B in 2011. Bred in Texas by Jerry Windham for the Golden State Million for trainer Jose De and owned by the partnership of Windham, La Torre and chose the winning ride in the 400Smith and Guthrie, Kates Dynasty had won three yard futurity. Turbulent Times got a clean break of her five prior starts, including her Texas Classic with racing room and was immediately raced to trial with the second-fastest qualifying time, but the lead. In the last half of the futurity he easily this race marked the stakes debut for the Mike stepped away from his competition to win by Joiner trainee. one-half length with no urging. He was timed in “She was feeling really good, so I was hoping :19.493. she would run well tonight,” said Martinez. “She Stablemate Mor Corona Cartel finished got out well and that made the difference.” second by one-half length over Rock You. De La The FDD Dynasty filly is out of the Grade Torre-trained horses also finished fourth, eighth 1-placed Vital Sign mare Jennifer Kate, who is the and 10th. dam of two other stakes winners. Turbulent Times is in the hunt for a chamThe Ellen Kennedy Living Trust’s Houdini, pionship after winning four of five starts with a gelding by Valiant Hero who ran in the All his sole defeat and fourth-place finish in the American Futurity, got up to earn second-place Ed Burke Million behind Five Bar Cartel. The

RACE RECAPS - QUARTER HORSE Furyofthewind colt was rested after the Ed Burke Million and pointed at the Golden State Million. He showed his readiness in the 10 trials to the Golden State Million when he won by one-andone-quarter lengths with the fastest-qualifying time of :19.586. The colt earned $421,134 and has now banked $503,859. Turbulent Times is now one of the favorites for the Los Alamitos Two Million on Dec. 15. Trials will be contested on Nov. 24. Owned by Gustavo and Jose De La Torre with San Gregorio Racing Stables, Mr Corona Cartel came through with a second-place finish while making his stakes debut. The Corona Cartel gelding has finished in the top-three runners in each of his four previous starts. He won his Golden State Million trial by one-half length with the fifth-fastest time :19.708. Third-place finisher Rock You, owned by Reliance Ranches LLC, also was making his first start in a stakes race after finishing on the board in each of his four previous starts. The Foose-sired gelding earned his spot in the Golden State Million when he was second by a head behind Jiffy James with the eighth-fastest qualifying time of :19.706.

NOV. 2, 2013 Los Alamitos, Cypress, CA Matabari holds on in Super Derby

If it is late in the racing year at Los Alamitos, then it is time for Balgo Racing Team and Marilyn

Gonzalez’s Matabari to shine with a win in a major Grade 1 stakes. Matabari held off a late charge from Scatmandu to take the $953,200 Los Alamitos Super Derby on Saturday night. Last December, Matabari concluded her juvenile season with a close win in the grade 1, $2.1 million Los Alamitos Two Million. She is the third horse, joining One Famous Eagle and Corona Kool, to win the Los Alamitos Two Million and the Los Alamitos Super Derby. Matabari got a sharp break from the inside post position under Ramon Sanchez and was in a tussle with Scatmandu and fastest-qualifier Otoole Hero. The gray Matabari had the lead at the halfway mark of the 400-yard test and withheld a late surge from Scatmandu to grab the head victory. It was a neck back to third-place finisher Otoole Hero, who broke through the starting gate before the start. Matabari, trained by Guillermo Morales, was timed in :19.454 for her second stakes win in her second stakes appearance. Each of those wins have come in the most prestigious race for her division at Los Alamitos. The legendary hall of famer Town Policy is the only horse to win the major Los Alamitos’ divisional races at two, three and four. He won the Kindergarten, Los Alamitos Derby and Vessels Maturity. When he raced in the late 1970s, the Vessels Maturity was contested for 4-yearolds. A Matabari victory in the Champion of Champions this year or next year could, arguably, be compared to Town Policy’s legendary feat. In last year’s Los Alamitos Two Million, Ma-

tabari battled with The August Heat for the entire 400 yards and came out a scant nose in front with a final surge. It was a brave effort considering she had severely lacerated her tongue a few weeks before the trials. After winning the Los Alamitos Two Million, Matabari surfaced last summer in the Paul Jones barn at Ruidoso Downs to point at the Grade 1, $2.8 million All American Derby, which offered the largest purse in Quarter Horse racing history. She won an optional-claiming race in her prep for the All American Derby trials. In her derby trial, she was troubled at the start and made a late rally in the 440-yard trial, but could only manage a third behind Heritage Place Derby winner Brace For Bernal. Matabari was rested until the Los Alamitos Super Derby trials and she responded with a nose win with the third-fastest time of :19.634. Runner-up Scatmandu – leased by Robert A. Gentry, Robert K. Gentry and Robbi Force – won his Super Derby trial by one-half length with the fifth-fastest time of :19.652 and was overlooked at 27-1 odds. Trained by Juan Aleman and bred by the late Bob Gentry, the Scat Daddy (tb)-sired Scatmandu gained his first stakes placing after qualifying for the Rainbow Futurity and the Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso Downs. Third-place runner Otoole Hero, the topqualifier at :19.567, impressively backed up that trial win, considering he broke through the gate. The Burnett Ranches and Johnny Trotter-owned Otoole Hero was making his first stakes start. The Valiant Hero gelding is trained by Trey Wood.

RACE RECAPS - THOROUGHBRED NOV. 23, 2013 Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Tamarando dominates late in Real Quiet Stakes A return to a synthetic track and a quick pace helped propel Tamarando to a decisive victory in the $100,750 Real Quiet Stakes Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Reserved well off the solid fractions set by 12-1 shot – and eventual third place finisher – Karma King, Tamarando rallied widest of all to collar the leaders with less than an eighth of a mile remaining and drew away to prevail by 3 ¼ lengths. Ridden for the first time by Rafael Bejarano, the 2-year-old Bertrando colt out of the Dehere mare Tamarack Bay won for the third time in seven starts and pushed his earnings to $355,120. The final time for the 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track was 1:44.22. Owned by California breeders Mr. and Mrs.

Larry D. Williams, Tamarando, the 5-2 second choice, gave trainer Jerry Hollendorfer his second win in the Real Quiet. The Hall of Famer had won previously with Chocolate Candy in 2008. Worse than third only once in his career, Tamarando returned $7.40, $3.60 and $2.60. Third over Santa Anita’s dirt surface in his initial two starts beyond seven furlongs, Tamarando, who won the Del Mar Futurity Sept. 4, will get another crack at a second Grade 1 victory in the $750,000-guaranteed CashCall Futurity Dec. 14. Bejarano hopes Tamarando can complete the Real Quiet-CashCall Futurity parlay Liaison did with the rider in 2011. A maiden who had finished second at almost 35-1 in the Golden State Juvenile in his fourth start Nov. 1 at Santa Anita, Electric Eddie gained second by three-quarters of a length. The second longest shot in the field at nearly 22-1, he paid $11.80 and $6.40 while the show price on Karma King was $6.60. The 6-5 favorite on the strength of a 5 ¼ length win in his debut Oct. 24 at Keeneland,

Green Mask finished fourth. The Mizzen Mast colt pressed the pace outside Karma King under Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, but wasn’t good enough late. Green Mask wound up a bit more than six lengths behind the winner. Life Is a Joy, who is also trained by Hollendorfer, Mr. Splash, Beach Hut and Better Bet completed the order of finish.

Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Rise Up Rolls to 6-length victory In $1 million Delta Downs jackpot Trainer Tom Amoss and veteran jockey Gerard Melancon teamed up for four wins Saturday at Delta Downs punctuated by Rise Up capturing the $1 million Delta Downs Jackpot for 2-yearolds with a dominating a six length victory over Casiguapo and 10 points on the Road to the 2014 Kentucky Derby standings. The 11th Delta Downs Jackpot was a recordsetter for total handle as $5,044,286 was wagered on the 11-race card, a 16 percent betting increase SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12 67

over the 2012 Jackpot Day program. Rise Up, owned by Paul and Adrena Van Doren, won his fourth race in six starts this year, which included a six length victory in his most recent start, the Jean Laffite Stakes at Delta Downs. A bay son of Rockport Harbor, Rise Up completed the 1 1/16 mile race in 1:44.71 over a fast track and earned a $600,000 paycheck for his owners. The clocking established a new stakes record as it eclipsed the time of 2008 winner Big Drama, who covered the distance in 1:44.72. It was also the second Delta Downs Jackpot victory in the last three years for Melancon, who won the race on Sabercat in 2011. Sent off as the 2-1 second choice in the 10 horse field, Rise Up ($6.20) broke well from the outside post position and Melancon guided his mount to the front past Mighty Brown at the quarter pole and secured his position down the backstretch holding a half-length lead through three quarters of a mile in 1:11.94. “Down the backside Gerard gave him breather and that’s where the race was won,” said Amoss, who trained his first Jackpot winner, and saddled My Lute to a third place finish in this year’s Preakness Stakes (Grade 1). From there Melancon let loose on Rise Up, increasing their advantage to three lengths in the stretch. Casiguapo, 6.5-1, second in the Hopeful Stakes (Grade 1) at Saratoga this summer, passed Mighty Brown in deep stretch to wind up second, a 1 ¾ lengths ahead of Rankhasprivileges. They were followed in order by Roman Unbridled,

Whyruawesome, Mighty Brown, Big Bazinga, Coastline, Flat Gone and Rum Point. Coastline, the 8-5 favorite, stumbled at the start, then raced three wide down the backstretch but faltered turning for home and wound up eighth. The 10 points earned by Rise Up moved him into a four-way tie for third place in the Road to the Derby Point standings used to determine starting positions in the 2014 Run for the Roses in case more than 20 starters are entered in the Derby. Rise Up is four points behind Havana (14) and Bondholder (11). Second place finisher Casiguapo picked up four Derby points, Rankhasprivileges, two points, and Roman Unbridled, one point. Three horses from the 2012 Delta Downs, Goldencents, My Lute and Itsmyluckyday all qualified for this year’s Kentucky Derby. Goldencents scored two grade one victories, taking this year’s Santa Anita Derby and the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. It was a big day for both Amoss and Melancon, as they teamed up to win the $150,000 Delta Mile with the 5-year-old gelding Grand Contender by 1 ¾ lengths over Agent Di Nozzo in track record time of 1:36.89 for the one mile. The pair also captured the day’s second race with the 5-year-old gelding Done Gone and the 11th race with the 5-year-old Jump Jump. In other stakes action on the program, Robert Masterson’s Tepin scored a 1 ¼ length victory over Bahnah to win the $500,000 Delta Downs Princess (Grade 3) for 2-year-old fillies. Tepin, the 3.5-1 third choice in the seven-horse field, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Miguel Mena, covered the one mile in 1:38.95. In the $75,000 Sam’s Town Stakes for 3-year-olds at 7 furlongs, Hip Four Sixtynine ($19.60) came off the pace and powered to a 3 3/3 length upset victory for trainer Joseph Foster and jockey Robby Albarado. Today’s record total handle of $5,044,286 bettered the old mark of $4,434,099 set on Jackpot Day in 2011.

NOV. 22, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Silver Goblin Stakes ends in thrilling dead-heat

over the fast track. As the field turned for home, Okie Ride, the defending winner of the Silver Goblin, surged to challenge for the lead. Under Luis Quinonez, Okie Ride had pressed Fifth Date for the better part of the race to the stretch. Z Rockstar was only a length off the leaders in the lane and responded willingly under jockey Cliff Berry in the drive for the wire. The trio edged clear of the challengers and there were three bobbing heads at the wire which resulted in a dead-heat for the win between Okie Ride and Z Rockstar. The winning time for the race was 1:17.20. Okie Ride, a 6-year-old gelded son of Candy Ride (Arg) from the Geiger Counter mare Tic Tic, is a homebred of John and Kris Richter of the Richter Family Trust of Perkins, Okla. He is trained by Kenny Nolen. Z Rockstar, a homebred of Dr. Robert Zoellner of Tulsa, Okla. is trained by Donnie K. Von Hemel. A 4-year-old gelding by Rockport Harbor from the Nasty And Bold mare Nasty Little Star, Z Rockstar was third in last month’s Oklahoma Classics Cup at 1-1/16 miles before shortening up to the Silver Goblin sprint distance. Okie Ride and Z Rockstar split first and second-place prize money, thereby receiving $20,000 each. Okie Ride now has 11 lifetime wins, with nine of them at Remington Park. He boasts career earnings of $467,219. Z Rockstar now has 7 overall wins, four of them at Remington Park, with lifetime earnings of $293,104. Okie Ride paid $3.20 to win, $3.40 to place and $2.80 to show. Z Rockstar paid $3.60 to win, up to $4.20 to place and $3.00 to show. Fifth Date was just a head behind the dead-heat winners and paid $3.20 to show. The Silver Goblin is named in honor of the speedy gray Oklahoma-bred who was dominant at Remington Park and beyond in the mid-1990s, going on to earn more than a million-dollars in his career.

NOV. 17, 2013 Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Favored Warren’s Veneda captures Cat’s Cradle

Favored Warren’s Veneda took advantage of a picture trip to win the $100,000 Cat’s Cradle Handicap Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park. The reigning Oklahoma-breds currently in Content to track the moderate pace set by Thoroughbred racing met at the wire in Friday Sister Kate and Ciao Bella Luna, Warren’s Veneda night’s $50,000 Silver Goblin Stakes at 6-1/2 cruised up outside that pair under jockey Joe furlongs. It was a race for the ages and a race with Talamo approaching the stretch, gained the lead two winners as Okie Ride and Z Rockstar finished with about an eighth of a mile remaining and on even terms. held Curvy Cat safe in the final sixteenth. After breaking alertly at the rail and zipThe win by three-quarters of a length was ping directly to the lead, Fifth Date, a 9-year-old the fifth in 10 starts for the daughter of Affirmagelding with more than a half-million dollars in tive and the Flying Continental mare More Cal earnings, led a hotly contested pace. He turned Bread. She’s earned $282,064 for owner-breeder a quarter-mile in :22.34 and a half-mile in :45.16 Benjamin C. Warren. 68 SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12

RACE RECAPS - THOROUGHBRED In completing the 7 ½ furlongs over Cushion Track in 1:29.72, Warren’s Veneda gave trainer Craig Lewis his second Cat’s Cradle victory. Lewis had won previously with Valentine Dancer for owners Al and Sandee Kirkwood in 2003. He’s the fourth trainer to win the race named in honor of California’s Horse of the Year of 1996, joining John Dolan and Hall of Famers Richard Mandella and Jerry Hollendorfer. In becoming the fifth 3-year-old to win the Cat’s Cradle – which had its inaugural running in 1997 – Warren’s Veneda paid $4.60, $3.40 and $2.20 as the 13-10 choice. Worse than third only twice in her career, Warren’s Veneda is undefeated in three appearances at Betfair Hollywood Park. Prior to Sunday, the chestnut had defeated maidens in the Alphabet Kisses on the California Gold Rush program April 27 and won a turf allowance for California breds May 16. “I was glad I was able to get to the outside,’’ said Talamo. “That was the only concern for (Lewis) and I. It looked like (Sister Kate) was the only speed and I was fortunate enough to get around her. “She’s such a classy filly and obviously loves this track. I worked her before her last race (a 7 ¼ length optional claiming victory Oct. 13 at Santa Anita) and she’s even better now than she was then. I think the farther the better with her.’’ Curvy Cat, who won the B. Thoughtful Stakes for Hollendorfer at the same distance during the Spring/Summer meet, rallied from last to finish 5 ¼ lengths clear of stablemate Sister Kate. The 5-1 fourth choice returned $5.40 and $3.40 while the show price on Sister Kate, the race outsider at 7-1, was $3.60. Qiaona, who was seeking her first win in her sixth start over a synthetic surface, and Ciao Bella Luna, the 5-2 second choice, completed the order of finish.

NOV. 16, 2013 Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Record win for Arethusa in Sharp Cat Stakes

Arethusa, a 10-1 shot, picked the right spot to earn her first win, dominating five other 2-year-old fillies in the $100,250 Sharp Cat Stakes Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Defeated three times in maiden races at Del Mar and Santa Anita, the daughter of A.P. Indy took full advantage of a contested pace to give trainer Eoin Harty his second victory in the ungraded race. The only other trainer with more than one win in the Sharp Cat is David Hofmans, who won the first two renewals with Zenyatta’s half-sister Balance (2005) and Runway Rosie (2006). Harty’s previous score came with Pamona Ball in 2008. Ridden by Corey Nakatani, Arethusa, who is

Farms of Norman, Okla., the racing operation for music superstar Toby Keith, Smack Smack improved sooner rather than later as his owner led a large cheering section from outside the winner’s circle. Jockey Jake Barton had the mount aboard the late runner and he let the pace of the race dictate where his runner would be positioned. “This horse has his own style. You can’t change much about it,” Barton noted. “If they’re not going to go that much faster up front, then we’ll be a little closer. If they go fast, we’ll be back a little farther. We just ride the race as it comes up and he got me there.” Smack Smack was last in the field of six, nearly 10 lengths removed from the hot pace set by Dunkin Bend and Guns Loaded, as the field went to the lone turn. The speedy pair up front were making their first starts after competing in graded stakes races on either coast. Dunkin Bend won the Grade 3, $100,000 Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park in New Jersey on Sept. 1 while Guns Loaded ran a very close fifth in the Grade 1, $300,000 Del Mar Futurity in southern California on Sept. 4. Dunkin Bend, pressured by Guns Loaded, moved a quarter-mile in :22.74 and a half-mile in :44.72 before giving way at that point. At the top of the stretch, Guns Loaded had control while Smack Smack was wide and beginning to rally. In the final furlong, Guns Loaded had repelled a brief charge from Time Iz Flyin but still had to try and hold on while Smack Smack continued to consume large quantities of real estate. Guns Loaded could not last the distance as Smack Smack made the lead just three strides from the finish, flying by to win by a half-length in 1:23.31 over the fast track. Trainer Don Von Hemel, the patriarch of the training Von Hemels with sons Donnie and Kelly also in the family business, was humble yet pleased with the outcome. “We had a plan and it came together. We’re pretty lucky when that happens.” Keith, enjoying his first major stakes win at Remington Park, where he has campaigned horses for many years, thanked the Von Hemels Remington Park, Oklahoma City, while looking forward to the next challenge. “Don, Donnie and Kelly, they do a great job for OK us. We send them lots of horses. Some you win, Smack Smack from the back in some you lose and we won tonight. He was ready to run them down. We’re going to send him back Clever Trevor Stakes for the Springboard if Don’s okay with that. A pair of 2-year-olds with graded stakes “My tour schedule’s over. You can count on racing experience drew the bulk of interest in Friday’s $100,000 Clever Trevor Stakes at Remington my race schedule if we’re running in the big race; Park but it was Smack Smack, at 5-1 odds, closing we’re going to be there. If Don’s willing to send him in the Springboard, I’m going to be here to from well back to pull the upset. watch.” The second leg of the Remington Park The $250,000 Springboard Mile concludes 2-year-old Triple Series, the seven-furlong Clever the Remington Park Triple for 2-year-olds on Dec. Trevor appealed to the connections of Smack 15, the closing day of the 2013 season. The race Smack as he’s expected to improve as he goes helped launch the stellar 3-year-old campaign for longer in distance. Owned by Dream Walkin out of the Coronado’s Quest mare Miss Coronado, lagged well off the 23.63 and 47 fractions set by Pleasant Miss and 19-10 second choice Be Proud, began to rally strongly around the turn and easily swept past the weary Be Proud in the final eighth of a mile. Owned and bred by Darley Stable, Arethusa, who covered the 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track in 1:45.41, increased her earnings to $75,610. The chestnut filly had finished 5 ¼ lengths behind Be Proud when runner-up Oct. 27 and was 5 ½ lengths behind winner Georgia, the even-money favorite in the Sharp Cat, when third Sept. 27. Arethusa established a pair of Sharp Cat records in her Betfair Hollywood Park debut. She paid $23 – surpassing the $22.20 Midnight Ballet returned in 2012 – and the 8 ¼ length margin of victory bettered the 4 ¼ lengths May Day Rose won by in 2010. The place and show price for Arethusa was $8 and $4.60. “I knew the distance would be no problem,’’ said Harty. “I had two maidens nominated. I worked them (Nov. 11) and decided I’d run this one and not (Afsana). The other one will run (Nov. 22) against maidens. “Arethusa has just improved every race. She’s a super mover and she’s trained here basically all of her career. I knew she wouldn’t get tired. “I thought they would go fast enough and I hoped she could be third. Black type for a 2-yearold A.P. Indy filly is huge. We’ll definitely look at the (Grade 1, $500,000-guaranteed Hollywood) Starlet (Dec. 7) now.’’ One of two representatives from the stable of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, Be Proud paid $3.40 and $3 while finishing nine lengths clear of 8-1 shot Saintly Joan, who returned $3.80 to show. Georgia, the other Baffert entrant, finished fifth, nearly 33 lengths behind the winner. “She might have bled because at the halfmile I was completely out of horse,’’ said Rafael Bejarano of the favorite.

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Will Take Charge this year, after he ran second at Remington Park in December 2012. He eventually won the Travers Stakes, the Pennsylvania Derby and ran second, beaten just a nose, in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Smack Smack paid $12.60 to win, $4.60 to place and $3.40 to show. Guns Loaded returned $3.80 to place and $3 to show. Time Iz Flyin held on for third and paid $8.60 to show. Dunkin Road was the 3-5 wagering favorite, finishing fourth. A gelding by Closing Argument from the Victory Gallop mare Smack Madam, Smack Smack was bred in Kentucky by his owner. He picks up $60,000 for winning the Clever Trevor, pushing his overall earnings to $165,360. Smack Smack has now won four of five career starts with his only loss, a third-place effort in the Kip Deville Stakes, here on the Oklahoma Derby undercard. The Clever Trevor Stakes is named in honor of the Oklahoma-bred gelding who won the first Oklahoma Derby (then the Remington Park Derby) in 1989. He went on to earn more than million-dollars in his career and is retired at Robin’s Nest Farm in Piedmont, Okla., at age 27.

NOV. 4, 2013 Zia Park, Hobbs, NM ol winedrinker who sets Zia track record in Veterans

1:42.19 set by Watch Me Go on Sept. 25, 2012. “He kind of got in front and got to looking around a little bit, but it worked out perfectly,” Marr said. “We were just trying to instill some confidence in him.” Ol Winedrinker Who was returning to Marr’s barn after five straight starts on turf in Oklahoma and Minnesota. Congenial had shipped from Oklahoma for trainer Cody Autrey. Treacherous, the 2-1 favorite, finished third for jockey Brian Theriot and trainer Owen Bringhurst, snapping a two-race win streak in stakes races in New Mexico. Defending champion Global Stage took fifth. Monday’s races also offered a glimpse into Land of Enchantment Day’s Zia Park Distaff. In the 5 1/2-furlong, $50,000 Distaff Prep, Winter Book returned to her winning ways after her streak of four wins to start her career was snapped last time out. With Enrique Gomez up, the Henry Dominguez-trained 3-year-old filly held off a late charge by Lady Contender to win by a half-length as the heavy 1-5 favorite in 1:02.18. Lady Contender was second for jockey Theriot and trainer Temple Rushton. She has now finished in the top-three in 13 of 14 career races. Pyrite On My Mind, third in last year’s Zia Park Distaff, was third in this year’s Distaff Prep.

increased her earnings to $344,020. She now has three wins and a second from four starts on turf. A 4-year-old Florida-bred filly by Alphabet Soup, her overall mark stands at 11-5-2-2. Off at 7-1, Miss Pippa was well back early and rallied four-wide turning for home. “I thought I had her (Egg Drop),” said Smith. “My hat’s off to her, she never gave up. I needed her to fold, just a little bit, and I would have got to her. My horse ran dynamite, though. I’m very happy with the way she’s running.” Miss Pippa finished 1 ¼ lengths in front of Customer Base and paid $6.60 and $4.20. Customer Base, ridden by Gary Stevens, was in tight quarters turning for home and finished well to be third, 1 ¼ lengths in front of A Time to Love. Off at 9-1, Customer Base paid $5 to show. More Chocolate, the 2-1 second choice with Joel Rosario, never threatened from well off the pace and finished seventh.

NOV. 1, 2013 Delta Downs, Vinton, LA Guadalupe High stays perfect at Delta Downs with a big win in the $100,000 Magnolia Stakes

After winning the Louisiana Premier Night Starlet and the Azalea Stakes at Delta Downs Ol Winedrinker Who returned to Zia Park last year, Guadalupe High returned to the track Racetrack & Casino on Monday for the first time Saturday night and took the $100,000 Magnolia Santa Anita Race Park, Arcadia, since winning the 2012 Zia Park Derby and set Stakes under jockey Gerard Melancon. CA the track record at 1 1/16 miles in the $55,000 Unlike her first two wins at Delta Downs, Veterans Stakes. Ol Winedrinker clocked 1:41.94 Egg Drop takes closing day Guadalupe High did not set the pace in Saturas he and jockey Carlos Madeira fended off Con- Goldikova Stakes day’s one-mile test for Louisiana-bred fillies and genial to win by a half-length. mares. After breaking from the gate behind the In a driving finish, 9-5 favorite Egg Drop, “He’s a neat horse, and it’s good to have speedy Mischievous Mama, Melancon let his with Martin Garcia aboard, held on to win by a him back in New Mexico,” Ol Winedrinker Who’s head over longshot Miss Pippa and Mike Smith in mount settle into second position throughout trainer, Joel Marr, said. the Grade 2, $150,000 Goldikova Stakes at Santa most of race before assuming the lead at the top Marr said Ol Winedrinker Who will now be of the homestretch. In the final furlong the chestAnita, getting one mile on turf in 1:33.52. pointed to the 1 1/8-mile, $150,000 Zia Park Disnut runner pulled clear to win by 1-1/2 lengths Trained by Mike Mitchell and owned by tance Championship on Zia Park’s inaugural Land Little Red Feather Racing, Egg Drop sat a comover the fast-closing favorite Little Ms Protocol. of Enchantment Day on November 24. Mischievous Mama hung on for third, another fortable second behind fast fractions of 22.33, “It’s definitely going to be tougher,” Marr length behind the top pair. 45.09, 1:09.16 and 1:21.36, and was three-wide said about Ol Winedrinker Who’s prospects in Guadalupe High covered the distance over turning for home in what appeared to be a the Zia Park Distance Championship. “There will wide-open affair with three sixteenths of a mile a fast track in 1:39.78. That time represented the probably be some graded-placed, maybe even third fastest clocking in the race’s 11-year history. to run. graded stakes winners, horses that will come in The victory by Guadalupe High marked the “It was the best trip,” said Garcia. “I was for that like they have in the past. It will definitely expecting more horses to show speed, but that sixth of her 12-race career and it earned her a be plenty tough. But he’ll like the extra distance.” didn’t happen. That made it easy for E Z Kitty paycheck of $60,000. Her career bankroll now The Veterans Stakes has produced six of the (who eventually finished last with Corey Nakatani stands at $265,348. eight Zia Park Distance Championship winners. Guadalupe High is a 3-year-old filly by at 33-1) to get the lead. My horse was very calm, Land of Enchantment Day will also feature the which is what I was hoping for. When I asked her Cuvee, out of the Wild Zone mare Fighting Zone. first running of the $300,000 Zia Park Oaks, the She was bred in Louisiana by Janeen Oliver. She to go, she was waiting for company. $200,000 Zia Park Derby, the $140,000 Eddy “When the company came (Miss Pippa), she is trained by Ronny Werner and is owned by Werner, Rick Broth, Helen Burnett and Kenneth Posey. County Stakes, and the $55,000 Zia Park Distaff. pinned her ears back and she took off again.” Sent to the gate as the second choice of the Ol Winedrinker Who, sent off at 5-1 in the Idle since winning the Grade 2 Yellow Ribwagering public, Guadalupe High returned $7.80 field of eight, made a move to the lead around bon Handicap at Del Mar Sept. 2, and favored in to win, $3.80 to place and $2.80 to show. Little Ms the far turn. He battled head-to-head with a field of nine, Egg Drop paid $5.80, $3.60 and Protocol was worth $2.80 to place and $2.40 to Congenial and jockey Ry Eikleberry through $2.80. the stretch to break the previous track record of With the winner’s share of $90,000, Egg Drop show. Mischievous Mama paid $3.40 to show. 70 SureBet RacingNews.com • December 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 12

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