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The Lizzard King

sets new stakes record at Delta Downs

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Career Earnings $ 234,202 Progeny Earnings over $2.7 million

Earned $198,410 Career Earnings $ 198,410

QUINTON’S GOLD - TB: Carson City - Releasure by Relaunch: $234,202

9 crops of racing age; 3 blacktype winners, 4 blacktype placers, Starters 60 (75%); Winners 38 (48%) Earnings of over $1.8M with an average of $31,041 per starter

LE GRANDE DANSEUR - TB:

Top Leading Sire in both the 2012 NM Leading Sires by North American Earnings & 2012 NM Leading Two-Year-Old Sires rankings SIRE OF: ★ LEFTY WHO: $635,994 ★ THAT’S WHO: NMHBA 2011 champion 3-year-old Thoroughbred of the Year 2012 - $392,252 ★ FOURTEEN KT. GOLD: $213,991 ★ GOLD ASURE: $181,808 ★ TIZ FIT: $173,509 ★ D J’S DIAMOND: $133,352 ★ EASY LOVING WHO: $99,917 ★ T.V. STEVIE: $92,476 ★ PURE D GOLD: $91,408 ★ S D S GOLDEN BOY: $85,404

Half Brother to Blktype Winner: GRAND APPEAL by VALID APPEAL 2008 NEW MEXICO 2-YEAR-OLD SIRE OF THE YEAR SIRE OF: ★ BLUE EYED BELLA: $263,409 ★ THEREGOESDANCER: $183,288 ★ PRETTY DANSEUR: $181,202 ★ LE GRANDE’S SPIRIT: $153,162 ★ DOUBLETREE EXPRESS: $106,499

2013 FEE: $3,500

2013 FEE: $2,500

Citidancer – Grand Marais by Mr. Justice

Eligible for New Mexico Bred Program

NEW MEXICO’S TOP THOROUGHBREDS ARE FROM DOUBLETREE FARM, LLC “Indian Firewater showed brilliant speed and could carry it two turns.” — Trainer Bob Baffert

Avg. Earnings per starter $36,007

G2 Stakes Winner

2 blacktype winners 3 blacktype placers

THE WAY HOME - TB: Giant’s Causeway – Homewrecker by Buckaroo 2011 NMHBA Top Freshman Thoroughbred Stallion SIRE OF:

★ MY HOMEY: 141,491 [1st-Mountain Top New Mexico Bred Thorough$

bred Futurity, 1st-Totah S., 3rd-Copper Top Thoroughbred Futurity]

★ E BAR WAY: $125,943 [1st-New Mexico Eddy County S., 3rd-Red Hedeman Mile S.]

★ WESTERN WAY: $84,345 ★ WAY TO GO GERDA: $78,349

[2nd-New Mexico Classic Cup Juvenile Fillies S.]

2013 FEE: $3,500

Eligible for New Mexico Bred Program

INDIAN FIREWATER, a $400,000 yearling purchase by Bob Baffert, earned $339,242 during his career, winning the [G2] San Fernando Stakes at Santa Anita, Nashville Stakes at Hollywood Park, 2nd in the [G3] Sir Beaufort Stakes at Santa Anita, etc. Sired by Santa Anita Derby G1 winner INDIAN CHARLIE with progeny earnings of over $48M, including INDIAN BLESSING (Champion twice, $ 2,995,420 USA, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies [G1] (MTH, $1,080,000), etc.), FLEET INDIAN (Champion in U.S., $1,704,513, Beldame S. [G1] (BEL, $ 360,000), etc.), UNCLE MO (Champion in U.S., $1,606,000, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile [G1] (CD, $1,080,000), etc.)

2013 Introductory FEE: $3,000 Call for Considerations

DOUBLETREE FARM, LLC

Owners: Steve & Susie Prather 5238 So. Running Horse Lane, Hobbs, NM 88240 [Located near Hobbs/Zia Park, NM] Alfredo Gutierrez, Farm Manager: 575-441-4418 ★ Cell 575-390-1435 E-mail: doubletreefarm@hotmail.com ★ Website: www.doubletreefarmnm.com

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CONTENTS JUNE 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 Cover photo courtesy of Coady Photography Cover Story: Bradys March Madness scorches the track in Louisiana Laddie Futurity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Top Racing Stories: One Quick Eagle, Blane Wood Stable shine in Ruidoso Futurity trials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Charvet sets track record to top Ruidoso Derby trials . . . . . . . . . 9 Feature Story: Mike is more than managing by Robert Geller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Trainer Justin R. Evans hits 1,000th win at Lone Star Park; Sam Houston Futurity champion Especially Tres voted Horse of the Meet at Sam Houston Race Park; Into Mischief colt tops Barretts’ May 2-Year-Old Sale; Successful Chaplain School hosted by RTCA Remington Park; Ondine provides Bejarano3,000th career victory; Betfair Hollywood Park won’t seek 2014 race dates; racing, training and stabling will cease by end of 2013; Ruidoso Downs affirms position to ensure integrity in racing; Applications being taken for 100-Day Challenge; Western Rocker sets new Paint track record at Remington Park Race Recaps: Quarter Horse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Results from Ruidoso Downs, SunRay Park, Remington Park, Arapahoe Park, Sam Houston Race Park, Los Alamitos Race Course, Delta Downs, Le Bois Park, Turf Paradise Thoroughbred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Results from Betfair Hollywood Park, Lone Star Park, Prairie Meadows, Lone Star Park, SunRay Park, Evangeline Downs, Emerald Downs, Will Rogers Downs, Golden Gate Fields, Arapahoe Park, Ruidoso Downs, Canterbury Park RCI Rulings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Stakes Results: Quarter Horse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Thoroughbred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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COVER STORY

Bradys March Madness scorches the track in Louisiana Laddie Futurity May 25, 2013 • Delta Downs, Vinton, LA

esse Rodriguez Jr.’s Bradys March Madness established a new track and stakes record in the $271,460 Louisiana Laddie Futurity (RG2) at Delta Downs. Under jockey Raul Ramirez Jr., Bradys March Madness broke alertly and ran near the lead in the 330-yard event before pulling clear in the final 100 yards of the race to defeat Bonnies Jet by two lengths. Tf Toast to Beduino finished another halflength behind in third. Bradys March Madness, who is conditioned by Miguel Rodriguez, covered the distance over a fast track in 16.337, which earned him a speed index of 103. The clocking broke the track record of 16.354, which was set by Jessalittlecourage in the 2011 edition of the Louisiana Lassie Futurity. The previous Laddie stakes record time of 16.481 was set by Coltins Fast Dash in 2012. The win by Bradys March Madness also broke his maiden, as he had finished $135,730 into his bankroll, which now stands at $186,275. third twice and second once in three Bradys March Madness is a 2-year-old previous outs. Saturday’s effort placed

by Jess Louisiana Blue, out of the Jj Shot Glass mare Kokopelli Hills. He was bred in Louisiana by Triple Lynn Farms, LLC.

The Lizzard King lays out to win Develop A Plan Stakes by a nose In other stakes activity on the program it was Brett Mennen’s The Lizzard King who won the $25,000 Develop a Plan Stakes (Grade 3) with jockey John Hamilton in the saddle. The Lizzard King rallied for the victory and just beat Charal Kid by a nose on the finish line. Flirtingwithamiracle finished another neck behind in third. The Lizzard King established a new stakes record with his victory for trainer Heath Taylor. The Texas-bred by Valiant Hero, out of the Feature Mr Jess mare Jess A Lil Bit, covered 350 yards in 17.200, which earned him a speed index of 101. The previous mark was established by Charal Kid in 2011 when he won the race with a time of 17.341. Bradys March Madness, Raul Ramirez Jr. up Photos by Coady Photography 4 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

TOP RACING STORIES

Charvet sets track record to top Ruidoso Derby trials May 25, 2013 Ruidoso Downs, NM

rowson Racing’s Charvet raced to a new track record of :19.151 for 400 yards and set the fastest-qualifying to the record-setting Grade 1, $822,000 Ruidoso Derby on Saturday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs. The $822,000 purse for the June 8 derby surpasses the previous record of $702,896 set two years ago. The previous track record of :19.186 was set in 2007 by Separate Bet. The qualifying times were impacted by a wind change from a head wind to a tail wind between the fifth and sixth of eight trials. The top-nine qualifiers came out of the last three trials with Charvet, aided by a 15 miles per hour tail wind, winning the final trial.

The only qualifier who was not in the final three trials was Wicked Courage, who raced to the 10th-fastest time of :19.553 while winning the first trial and facing a 25 mph head wind. A $25,000 supplemental nominee, Charvet ran a mistake-free race under Esgar Ramirez, who was also aboard Grade 1, $750,000 Ruidoso Futurity fastest-qualifier

Charvet, Esgar Ramirez up Photo courtesy of Ruidoso Downs, Roberta Harris

One Quick Eagle on Friday afternoon. “This is the first time,” Ramirez said of having the fastest qualifiers to a Grade 1 futurity and an accompanying Grade 1 derby at Ruidoso Downs. “It’s great to be on top and I’m very blessed to be in this position.

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TOP RACING STORIES 2013 Ruidoso Derby Trials Fastest Qualifiers, after 8 Horse/Trial # Charvet/8 A Dream to Remember/6 Tayte Me Down/8 Pyro/6 Kat Quick/8 First Alibi Snow/6 Ill Stop the World/7 Sugar Daddy B/6 Mr Perry Cartel/8 Wicked Courage/1

Trainer V Rodrigues-Flores Paul Jones Mike Robbins Judd Kearl Cody Joiner Kris Cordova Chris Zamora Blane Wood Kris Cordova L Villafranco

I’m thankful to everyone who has helped me get here. “I expected a good race (from Charvet), but not a track record. We had help with the wind.” It was also a futurity/derby fastestqualifying double for second-year sire One Famous Eagle, the sire of One Quick Eagle and Charvet. He was the 2012 leading freshman sire and sired 2012 world champion and All American Futurity winner One Dashing Eagle. The track record is – so far – a career-

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Jockey Esgar Ramirez GR Carter Jose Alvarez Roberto Valero Ramon Sanchez Esgar Ramirez Larry Gamez Ricky Ramirez Sal Martinez GR Carter

Wind 15t 15t 15t 15t 15t 15t 15t 15t 15t 25h

Time 19.151 19.205 19.220 19.248 19.319 19.322 19.347 19.364 19.505 19.553

defining race for Charvet. The gelding has been in improving form for trainer Victor Rodriguez-Flores. He made his stakes debut in his previous start and finished third in the $136,000 Oklahoma Derby at Remington Park. He has three wins from seven starts and will be lining up best field he has ever faced in the Ruidoso Derby. Also qualifying out of Charvet’s record-setting trial were thirdfastest qualifier Tayte Me Down (:19.220), Kat Quick (:19.319) and Mr Perry Cartel From top, A Dream to Remember, GR Carter up; Ill (:19.505). Owned Stop the World, Larry Gamez up; Wicked Courage, GR Carter up by the Photos courtesy of Ruidoso Downs, Roberta Harris partnership of R.D. Sugardaddy B (:19.364). Hubbard, Johnny A daughter of Corona Cartel and the Cope and Butch Southway, A Dream legendary Louisiana sprinter Hallowed Dreams (TB), A Dream To Remember was To Remember has third in the All American Juvenile and then the second-fastest went on to win the $300,000 Hobbs Amerqualifying time ica Futurity at Zia Park. She was making and nearly broke her first start since a second in the Grade 1, the track record in $250,000 Southwest Juvenile Championthe sixth trial. She raced the 400 yards ship back in November when she started in :19.205 with G.R. in the Ruidoso Derby trials. “The wind was in our favor, but it still Carter aboard. takes a good horse and she’s a great filly,” A Dream To Remember won her said trainer Paul Jones. “Lisa (Saumell) had her in tip-top shape.” Saumell runs trial by a neck over fourth-fastest quali- the Jones operation in New Mexico while fier Pyro, who raced Jones is based in Southern California. The 2014 Ruidoso Derby could set anto a time of :19.248. other purse record. A year ago, there were Also qualifying 319 horses eligible to this year’s Ruidoso out of the sixth trial were First Alibi Derby and now there are 326 horses with Snow (:19.322) and eligibility to the 2014 Ruidoso Derby.

Mike

is more than managing

By Robert Geller

t is no coincidence that trainer Mike Puhich captured the opening race of the 2013 Emerald Downs meet with his debut runner Southern Solution for owners Mark Dedomenico and Mike Pegram, setting the tone for things to come. In his fifth year as farm manager for Pegasus Training and Equine Rehabilitation Center, a 100-acre state-of-the-art facility in Redmond, Wash., Mike has made a concerted push to bring better quality horses to the northwest scene and the results speak for themselves. Merely six weeks into the season, Mike is winning at a 30 percent clip and maintaining a 60 percent in the money percentage, with seven wins, five seconds and two thirds from his first 23 starters, off to his best-ever Emerald start. Talented horses appear to be popping up in all directions. Pegasus Training Center provides the perfect link for owner Glen Todd of North American Thoroughbred Horse Company, enabling him to shuttle his arsenal of stakesquality runners between trainer Troy Taylor at Hastings in British Columbia, Canada, and Mike in Washington. There was no finer example of their collaborative success than the win of Taylor Said in last year’s $200,000 Grade 3 Longacres Mile, the Pacific Northwest’s signature race. The team has begun the current season where it left off. Highly promising colt Hoist, having raced as a 3-year-old at Hastings, began his 4-year-old campaign with Mike at Emerald Downs. After an eye-catching firstup third in an allowance, Hoist ran the older division horses off their legs in a gate-towire win in the Governors’ Handicap, the first stakes race on the road to the Mile. Two weeks earlier, Mike landed the feature race for 3-year-olds with Carving, owned by Pegasus Syndicate #4, who defeated the 2012 Gottstein Futurity winner Music of My Soul. A former double stakes winner in southern California for trainer Bob Baffert, Carving sat on the cusp of the Kentucky Derby field earlier in the week. The decision to cancel the plane reservation to Louisville proved correct as the colt missed out by two spots on getting in. The northwest foes were a far better fit, and syndicate owners can now look forward to seeing Carving on the local Derby trail.

Syndicate ownership is a goal of the Pegasus operation, its founder Dr. Mark Dedomenico, committed to bringing in new owners at a level that remains affordable to them. Mark has savored the heights of horse ownership himself, best known for racing the nation’s 2010 champion 3-year-old filly Blind Luck. Winner of the 2010 Kentucky Oaks, Blind Luck amassed more than $3.2 million in earnings, missing the money only once in her 22-start career that would be her final race. It was a quite a joy ride for Mark and his co-owners, Blind Luck traversing the country in each of her last five races. Mark does opt for well-bred horses but is aware not all can be stars. He is content when a horse finds its right level and wants syndicate members to have an enjoyable ownership experience. It is hard to find a more fun trainer for a new owner to be around than Mike who is a naturally affable personality, a real people’s person. “I’m all about getting new people in the game. That’s what Mark is about too. It’s such a great game. People should get into it and enjoy it. We’re having so much fun together. Syndicate members, they send emails out to do doughnuts and coffee, to come out and watch the works.” With shares of up to 40 per horse offered in one- to five-share increments, it is no surprise that the winner’s circle is brimming when a Pegasus syndicate does strike. Handy 4-year-old filly Eltoninadress, raced by Pegasus Syndicate #1, was the perfect example. Sticking to his underlying philosophy that no two horses are alike, Mike opted

Above, trainer Mike Puhich is off to his best ever start at Emerald Downs with seven winners, five seconds and two thirds from his first 23 starters. Above left, the Emerald Downs paddock statue is painted in the distinctive colors of North American Horse Company, owner of 2012 Longacres Mile winner, Taylor Said. Below, Seattle-based owners, Don and Judi Gardiner have enjoyed good success with trainer Mike Puhich. Photos courtesy of Robert Geller

to run her back merely eight days after her second out second place finish. “Each horse is an individual. One horse might require this, another horse might require that. I don’t really like to whip them right back, but Eltoninadress, she came out of that race and really, she was so sharp.” Things are flowing for the Puhich barn at Emerald Downs this season. Mike has been making good decisions, not the least of which was to silence the naysayers through action rather than words by putting a bug in his boss’s ear at the end of last season to try “to get a little more quality.” No SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 11

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At left, the immaculate grounds of Pegasus Training and Rehabilitation Center in Redmond, Wash. Above, the barn area at Pegasus Training Center Courtesy photos

sooner said than done. Fans in the northwest have already seen a significant rise in class and bloodlines from Pegasus-trained horses. “If you have a nice horse, it’s easier to make money, and Emerald Downs is a great place to have a good one. I mean, if you have a top-level horse, you’re going to win these races. It’s no different than going to southern California and running third or fourth. It’s worth investing in better stock, and people are starting to realize that. Let’s spend $100,000 on a horse as opposed to let’s go find something for $2,500 and try to run it here. Then, if they do develop and rattle off three or four wins, you can head down south and take a swing at the fences, that’s great. Or you can come back. Again, it’s all about developing the horse.” Expect the bar to continue to rise given the aggressive buying of 2-year-olds for the farm. “This year we spent an awful lot of money on 2-year-olds-intraining from Keeneland and all the 2year-olds-in-training sales, and we bought a lot of yearlings. Mark and Glen were very active and bought some with Jerry Hollendorfer. This is the first year we have had this many 2-year-olds. It’s unbelievable. If I talk about everything totaled, adding in the 2-year-olds, I am probably managing 90 horses.” That figure might have seemed daunting when Mike

first started as manager but so many more pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place since then. “This will be my fifth year. It’s changed to where I’m not as overwhelmed with everything. We have a great team now, and it makes it a lot easier for me to focus on things like where Mark’s horses need to be running, how many we have to buy and where they’re going to fit. Our rehabilitation manager is a guy named Jason Orman. He’s been all over the world training horses. Originally from Edmonton, Canada, he does a great job. Jason is on his third year now and he’s not feeling as overwhelmed either. I tell everybody from Jerry Hollendorfer to Bob Baffert, I just say, your horse is down in rehab, just talk to him and they’re really impressed with what’s going on. So that pressure’s off me now, whereas before, I was always having to check what was going on there.” Mike and Jason took their time to nurse the lightly raced 5-year-old, Theresmyeverything, back to the racetrack. Despite an 18-month hiatus since the Oak Tree Derby due to injury, his second-place allowance finish on opening weekend at Emerald Downs was one of the most eyecatching performances of the meet to date. “I thought Theresmyeverything ran a monster race. He never saw Emerald until two days before, was off well over a year, he’s a turf horse and ran

second in 1.08:2. I thought he ran his heart out. Theresmyeverything is a NY bred. I’ll give him a couple of starts before deciding whether to send him to New York. He’s had three surgeries, so I figured if he’s at risk of getting injured here, he’s at risk of getting injured there. Why ship him that far? I think the northwest is a great place where you can develop horses and

then let them prove themselves before we ship them off. We are taking advantage of trying to develop horses up here a little bit more.” One is hard pressed to find a better place for a horse to recover than Pegasus Training and Equine Rehabilitation Center. Renowned heart and cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Mark Dedomenico, certainly has his

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At right, the swimming pool at Pegasus Training Center and (far right) the Aqua-Tred Courtesy photos

heart in the right place. He has brought his two worlds together, merging his medical expertise with his passion for horseracing, backing his judgment financially. “Mark went all over the world to check places out, incorporating the very best that he saw. Since I’ve been here, we’ve had everything we’ve ever needed. We just put in an equine spa, an ice-cold salt-water spa. It’s unbelievable. After the Governors’ Handicap win, Hoist, was in there at 6 o’clock the next morning. It just tightens their legs down.” With hyperbaric chamber treatments, an Aqua-Tred, swimming pool and underwater treadmill, the inviting set-up sounds like a day spa and resort. “We keep all the horses on the farm in the winter-time and get them ready in the spring. We then work it out as a team as to

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who goes where. We will send one group up north, another down here at Emerald or we’ll switch back and forth. We’re going to do a lot of that with our 2-year-olds this year. We get them as far along as we can so they move in by the spring and they are way ahead of everybody by the time they get over there. We had them going at the farm, swimming in January, galloping in February. “Honestly I wake up every day and I walk out my front door and love it all. I’m not being partial, but if you want to go anywhere comparable to it, Mike Pegram told me that you have to go to Dubai.” The two Mikes go back a long way and are like brothers. They were a formidable ownertrainer team the first year that Emerald Downs opened in 1996, supporting the racing program with what they term the “Coors Light crop.” “We bought a case of beer and went down to see the Emerald Downs site. It hadn’t been completed yet, so we went back to the WTBA yearling sale we had left earlier and bought nine of the last 12 that sold. Actually, they all ran well up here.” The 1996 inaugural season at Emerald Downs proved memorable for Mike Pegram, winning the first Longacres Mile ever to be run on the Auburn oval with Isitingood trained by Bob Baffert. It turned out to be a sign of things to come. Fame and fortune has not altered the close friendships between the three men. Between his northwest and Californian sojourns, Mike has remained well connected and learned from the very best. “I’ve been around some great, great people. The guy that probably gave me the best ad-

vice all the time when I worked for him was Charlie Whittingham. But there have been a lot of people. My father, Nick, did everything including training but was mainly a jockey agent. He was the greatest adviser ever. When I decided not to go to college, he was the one that set me up with Charlie Whittingham. That was my college. I’d go down and work with him.” Mike’s father passed away six years ago. The losses kept coming. “At my father’s funeral, my sister Nikki first got diagnosed with cancer and passed away. Then at my sister’s funeral, my mother Merna got diagnosed with cancer, she passed away. Then my cousin Steve, who my parents virtually raised so that we were like brothers – Steve was a jock’s agent here at Emerald -- he passed away of a heart attack two years ago. When things like Mario and Gary and stuff like that happens, it’s amazing.” The fairytale story of rider Mario Gutierrez winning the first two legs of the 2012 Triple Crown and the 2013 Preakness Stakes win of veteran jockey Gary Stevens hold special significance for Mike who played an instrumental role in both instances. Mike secured jockey agent representation for Mario through his uncle Ivan Puhich when Glen Todd decided to send a small team to southern California. Owner Paul Reddam agreed to ride him on I’ll Have Another and the rest is history. In the late fall of 2012, Gary

Stevens came up to take part in Dr. Mark Dedomenico’s PRO Sports Club’s 20/20 Lifestyles program, and stayed with his long-time friend, Mike, on the farm. It was to be a major litmus test for his attempted riding comeback from a seven-year retirement. “Gary really had a lot of issues with his knees. He came up here and worked really, really hard at it. He stayed with me here and we went to the gym every day together. The 20/20

program was a crash course, and Dr. Mark got him one of the top personal trainers in the country. Mark told him how this guy wants to try to make a comeback but has got really, really bad knees and he said, I want you to push him to the limit. “About the third week in, I asked how Gary was doing. He said that he came in with a chip on his shoulder, but that he’s getting awful humble. He named a bunch of top athletes he’d trained and said that I’ve pushed this guy harder than I’ve pushed anybody else. He’s puked on me about nine times but pound for pound is one of the greatest athletes I’ve been around. “Gary is one of those people like, ‘Hey, I’m going to do this thing. I’ll show you I can do it.’ I

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know he did it for himself but once he saw how much support he had from that team of people, he wasn’t going to let those guys down. “At 50 years of age, I just learned how to ski, and I had told Gary, ‘If I can do that, you can get back in the saddle.’ We were texting each other about that after the Preakness. Seeing him win on Oxbow, the only feeling I can compare it to would be when I was a young lad watching Secretariat. “That’s the horseracing game. I don’t think I did anything special with either Mario or Gary. I feel fortunate enough that they were in my life. I never look at it like, ‘I did this or I did that.’ I was glad to be a part of it.” Now Mike is set on bringing another dream to life. “My goal is to have Mark in the top three owners in the country every year within the next two years. We want to have fun with this thing. Like Blind Luck, flying around the country. I want him to experience that

with his other horses. He should be like the Ogden Phipps of the northwest. He’s got the money and he’s got the love of the sport. He’s 75, but, you know what, the next 20 years, he’s going to have a blast if I achieve my goal.” With the way things are shaping up for the barn, it seems that he is well on his way. Robert Geller has been the one and only voice of Emerald Downs since the track’s inception in 1996 and has also been track announcer at the highly successful Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino for over a decade. Prior to moving to the US, he served 6-1/2 years as the English commentator for the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club and learned his craft in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia. His articles have appeared internationally in magazines such as Racetrack and Racing World.

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filly won her trial on March 30, recording the third-fastest Grand Prairie, TX qualifying time. She drew the Trainer Justin R. Evans far outside post for the Sam Houston Futurity final, and hits 1,000th win at won in commanding fashion. Lone Star Park Trainer Justin R. Evans won Especially Tres was two-for-two at Sam Houston Race Park, and his 1,000th career race in the topped all horses this meet with North American Standings, earnings of $181,120. according Equibase Company, “We knew very early that May 26 at Lone Star Park. Justin this filly was special,” said Wood, was sitting on 998 wins prior to who is in Ruidoso, New Mexico Sunday. He had horses enpreparing for their opening tered in five races at Lone Star weekend. “She’s different than Park (races 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7) and any horse I have ever been another five entered at Ruidoso around. ” Downs, N.M. He won the first Both Wood and Pitts knew race at Ruidoso Downs, givthat their filly had the potential ing him victory 999. It wasn’t to be one of the country’s best until the fifth race at Lone Star 2-year-olds. Following a monthwhen Celestic Night, ridden by long break at Wood’s base in Gerardo Mora, rallied on the rail Brock, Texas, Especially Tres was to prevail by a neck over the shipped to Ruidoso Downs. She favorites (a coupled entry of Anis training for her next start, trials thony and Bold Wolf). Celestic for the $2.6 million All AmeriNight paid $14.20, $5 and $5.20. can Futurity (Grade 1) on Aug. Congratulations on the mile15. The 10 fastest qualifiers will stone win, Justin. advance to the premier Quarter Horse stakes for 2-year-olds, which takes place on Labor Day. Houston, TX Woods acknowledged that Sam Houston Futurity she would have been ready to run in trials for the Ruidoso Fuchampion Especially this weekend, but the plan Tres voted Horse of the turity all along was the All American. Meet at Sam Houston “She’s that good,” said Race Park Wood. “Our goal is to just keep Sam Houston Race Park her happy until the trials for the announced that Especially Tres All American in August.” a 2-year-old filly owned by Jim In addition to being honored by Sam Houston Race D. Pitts was named 2013 Horse of the Meet. The precocious run- Park, Especially Tres has earned national recognition as one of ner was undefeated in her two the top ranked 2-year-old in the starts and won the richest race AQHA Racing-Horseplayernow. of the 2013 American Quarter com National Poll. Horse meeting, the $452,800 Sam Houston Futurity (Grade 2). Judd Kearl and Manny Vega Bred in Texas by Michael S. Partin, Especially Tres, a daugh- Jr. tie for the training title The battle for Trainer of the ter of Dashair out of the Tres Seis mare, Delightfully Tres, was Meet went down to the wire with perennial leader Judd Kearl purchased by Pitts for $6,700 at the 2012 Heritage Place Sale. sharing the honors with Manny Vega, Jr. Both horsemen won 13 Trained by Trey Wood and ridden by Ricky Ramirez, the sorrel races.

Kearl had success in trial races, claiming and allowance races. He supported the meet with 95 starters, the most of any trainer this season. “I want to thank my owners and my great team for their hard work,” said Kearl. “This time of year is challenging with horses running in Houston, Remington Park and this weekend in Ruidoso. My assistants, Brad and Arturo deserve a lot of credit.” This is the sixth Sam Houston Race Park leading trainer title for the 38-year-old conditioner, who was born in Utah, and now calls Madisonville, Texas home. He won his first Sam Houston training title in 2006, and topped all conditioners in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Vega had a great season

and had a major standout in his barn, Tejas Energy B, who was undefeated this season at Sam Houston Race Park. The 3-yearold Tres Seis colt, owned by Antonio Delgado, Jr., won each of his three starts and capped off the meet with a victory in the $59,850 Adequan Texas Derby Challenge. “This has been a dream come true,” said Vega, who is devoting his energies to training after retiring as a college administrator, a job that he held for 38-years. Jose S. Espinosa enjoyed a successful debut at Sam Houston Race Park, finishing second with 12 wins. Trey Wood and Angel Sanchez tied for third in the standings with 10 wins each.

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Luis Vivanco earns his second leading riding title

Jockey Luis Vivanco picked up his second leading rider title at Sam Houston Race Park. He won previously in 2011 and was dominant throughout the 2013 meet, finishing with 29 wins, 22 seconds and 26 third-place finishes. The 30-year-old jockey was born in Vera Cruz, Mexico and has been one of the top riders in Texas, winning the title at Retama Park and finishing second to Ricky Ramirez last year at Lone Star Park. His stakes wins this meet included the $59,850 Adequan Texas Derby Challenge aboard Tejas Energy B for Vega and a nice victory with Kool Country Man for trainer Jonathan Castaneda in the $101,970 Bank of America Texas Challenge Championship (Grade 1). “I want to thank God and so many trainers for their faith in me,” said Vivanco. “Manny Vega, Cindi Keeton, Abel Morin, Jonathan Castaneda and Tommy Zarate put me on very good horses.” Vivanco and his wife, Elizabeth, have a 13-month-old daughter, Lorena. He will return to Retama Park for their 2013 Quarter Horse season, which begins on June 7. Santos Carrizales had an excellent meet, finishing second with 20 wins. Luis Ramirez was third with 17 victories and Ricardo Aguirre rode 16 winners.

Martinez Sr. tied with four wins each.

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Pomona, CA Into Mischief colt tops Barretts’ May 2-Year-Old Sale By Michael Cusortelli

An unnamed colt by the Harlan’s Holiday stallion Into Mischief sold for $320,000 to top Monday’s Barretts May Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Pomona, California. Three-time Eclipse Award winning trainer Bob Baffert signed the ticket for the colt (hip no. 92), who was consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables Inc. for Richard and Connie Snyder of Grenville, N.M. The colt’s dam, Smolensk, is a Group 2-winner by Danzig who has produced six winners, including Martha’s Moon, a multiple stakes winning daughter of Malibu Moon. Earlier in the sale, an unnamed colt by the Storm Cat stallion Tale Of The Cat out of the winning Danehill mare La Danielle sold for $300,000. Agent Gayle Van Leer bought the colt (hip no. 41) for Rustin and Juliana Kretz from the consignment of agent Hartley/DeRenzo Thoroughbreds. Also, David Bienstock and Charles N. Winner paid $260,000 for hip no. 32, an unnamed colt by the A.P. Indy stallion Malibu Moon. The colt, who was consigned by Jose S. Espinosa wins first leading Becky Thomas’ Sequel Bloodstock, is out of owner title In the race for Owner of the Meet, Texas Jill Robin L, an 11-year-old mare by Precocity who won the 2005 Bonnie Miss Stakes horseman Jose S. Espinosa completed the meet on a high note with an impressive vic- (Grade 2) at Gulfstream Park, and he is a half brother to Capitol Appeal, a Successful Aptory by his 2-year-old The Kat in the Hat in the $75,690 John Deere Texas Juvenile Challenge (Grade 3). The Mission, Texas resident started 31 horses, winning 8 races to secure his first leading owner title. Espinosa owns and trains The Kat in the Hat, as well as Trace Seis, the fastest qualifier for the $452,800 Sam Houston Futurity (Grade 2). “It’s been a family tradition,” explained Espinosa. “I learned everything from my grandfather. It’s hard work, but I have really good help. They are dedicated and you can see the results.” He will send horses to Retama Park and has several 2-year-olds heading to Ruidoso Downs as well. “We love Texas and hope that one day we can get the same purses in states like Oklahoma and New Mexico,” adds Espinosa. Into Mischief colt sells for $320,000 at Barretts’ Antonio Delgado, Jr. was second in May 2-Year-Old Sale the owner standings with six wins and A. Courtesy photo D. Maddox, Michael Amburn and Eleazar SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 19

peal gelding who ran third in the 2010 Ohio Derby (Grade 3) at Thistledown. A total of 88 2-year-olds sold for an aggregate $4,869,200, compared to last year’s May sale, during which 69 head sold for $2,986,500. This year’s sale average of $55,332 was 28 percent higher than last year’s average of $43,284. Rockingham Ranch purchased four head for $335,000 to top all buyers at the sale. Sequel Bloodstock was the top consignor with four head selling for a total of $602,000. For complete sale results, visit Barretts’ website at www.barretts.com.

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Oklahoma City, OK Successful Chaplain School hosted by RTCA Remington Park

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committees. Fully funded Council Accounts supporting all Affiliated Councils New Benevolence Policy and funded Benevolence Account. New Tithe Policy and funded Tithe Account. Adequate donations that allows for the funding of the ministry to support the work of our Chaplains. Redefinition of Region Director Responsibilities and Regions to improve communication between Councils, Chaplains and the National Office. God Honoring White Horse Award Banquet. Outstanding job of the Remington Park Council in hosting the Chaplain School and Business Meeting.

The following Board Members were elected to serve in 2013-2014: • Gary Cartwright, President • John Shumaker, Vice-President • David Foley, Treasurer • Michael Bingaman- Secretary • Bryan Kahue- Chaplain Representative • Terry Price- Council President Representative • Amy Shumaker- Region Director Representative • Karen Chavez- Women Representative • Elliott Walden- Industry Representative

More than 70 chaplains, volunteers, and guests participated in the annual Race Track Chaplaincy of America’s Chaplain School held on April 4-6 in Oklahoma City, Okla. The school featured guest speakers Ben Fike, and for the women’s ministry, Carol Sallee. The 2013 Chaplain School was a marvelous event for every participant, and the impact was both immediate and long-lasting, propelling RTCA into a much brighter and committed future. This event and Saturday night’s banquet would not have been possible Inglewood, CA without our generous sponsors: Dennis & Karen Wing of Oklahoma, Janet VanbebOndine provides Bejarano ber James of Oklahoma, Linder Oil & Gas 3,000th career victory of Texas, Millennium Farms of Kentucky, Jockey Rafael Bejarano earned the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Assoc., 3,000th victory of his career when 1-2 RTCA Arizona Council, Remington Park of favorite Ondine won the first race Saturday Oklahoma, RTCA Penn National Council of at Betfair Hollywood Park. Pennsylvania, RTCA Remington Park Council The milestone in the $54,000 allowof Oklahoma, Thoroughbred Racing Association, Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma, and Ben Hudson with Track Magazine of Texas. RTCA would like to thank all those who participated in this year’s event, as well as our guest speakers and special guests. Race Track Chaplaincy of America’s annual business meeting discussed significant topics: • The hiring and accomplishments of a new Executive Director, Chaplain Craig Wiley. Jockey Rafael Bejarano celebrates 3,000 career victories at Betfair Hollywood Park • Involvement and commitment of several Chaplains and Council Members in Photo courtesy of © Benoit Photo 20 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

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ing Board for 2014 race dates at Hollywood Park. This means the 75th anniversary season will be the final year of live racing, training and stabling at the legendary facility. The current Spring/Summer meet continues through Sunday, July 14. Racing will cease with the conclusion of the Autumn meet, which is scheduled to begin Thursday, Nov. 7 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 22. The stable area is expected to close by the end of the year. The development of the property has been considered inevitable – barring meaningful changes in racing’s business model - since Hollywood Park Land Company purchased Hollywood Park from Churchill Downs in 2005. At that time, the Land Company advised racing would continue at Hollywood Park for a minimum of three years and a concerted effort would be made during that period to try and revitalize the sport’s underlying business model. “Ownership has been upfront from the beginning that the property would eventually be developed unless there were significant changes in the horse racing business,’’ said Betfair Hollywood Park president Jack Liebau. “Despite the Hollywood Park Land Company financially supporting two statewide initiatives with varying degrees of support from other segments of the racing industry, the attempts to upgrade the business model were not successful. Inglewood, CA “From an economic point Betfair Hollywood Park of view, the land now simply won’t seek 2014 race has a higher and better use, so, dates; racing, training unfortunately, racing will not and stabling will cease continue here once the 2013 Autumn meet is completed.’’ by end of 2013 Liebau added further The anticipated developlogistics regarding the pending ment of the Hollywood Park closure will be worked out in the property by owner Hollywood Park Land Company has become coming months. a reality, so the Hollywood Park From its opening in June, Racing Association will not ap1938 under the direction of ply to the California Horse Racmotion picture moguls Jack ance came less than 12 years after the 30-year-old native of Arequipa, Peru began his career. He won his first race – aboard his initial mount – Dec. 8, 2001 at Hipodromo de Monterrico in Lima. A winner of four riding titles at Betfair Hollywood Park, Bejarano is the leading jockey at the current Spring/Summer meet. The 3 ¾ length length win by Ondine, a 3-year-old Medaglia d’Oro filly trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert for Peachtree Stable, was Bejarano’s 16th as he attempts to defend his crown. He ran away with the 2012 Spring/Summer championship, finishing with 74 victories, 25 more than runner-up Edwin Maldonado. “I’m so happy to do this in front of my friends and people who have always supported me, especially my agent (Joe Ferrer) and valet (Armando Sanchez),’’ said Bejarano. “I’ve had a lot of opportunities since I’ve come to California. “I’m really happy for this moment. A week ago somebody told me I only needed seven or eight to get to 3,000, so I was starting to get excited and preparing for it. Nobody can get to 3,000 that easy and I’m really honored to be here.’’ The win was the 571st for Bejarano at Hollywood Park. He’s been a regular at the historic track since the 2007 Autumn meet.

and Harry Warner, Hollywood Park has been the home of unforgettable achievements from legendary performers – both human and equine – and innovations that continue to be important parts of the racing experience. The fabled Seabiscuit captured the inaugural Hollywood Gold Cup 75 years ago, the first thoroughbred on a superstarstudded roster of winners that also includes Noor, Citation, Swaps, Round Table, Ack Ack, Affirmed, Ferdinand, Cigar, Skip Away, females Happy Issue, Two Lea and Princessnesian and three-time winners Native Diver and Lava Man. There is also the memory of what is arguably Hollywood Park’s most famous race – the conquering of undefeated Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew by J.O. Tobin in the 1977 Swaps Stakes.

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Before a crowd of more than 68,000, Seattle Slew, three weeks removed from completing his Triple Crown sweep in the Belmont Stakes, finished – echoing the words of iconic track announcer Harry Henson a well-beaten fourth. The Grade I Swaps Stakes was created three years earlier to honor the greatest California bred in history. Owned by breeder Rex C. Ellsworth and

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trained by Mesh Tenney, Swaps was memorialized 55 years ago with a bronze statue that remains near the clubhouse entrance. One of the most popular horses ever to race in the United States, John Henry did some of his best work in Inglewood. The Ole Bob Bowers gelding, who was trained by Ron McAnally for owners Dorothy and Sam Rubin, won six stakes at Hollywood Park, becoming the first horse to surpass $4 million in career earnings when he captured the 1983 Hollywood Turf Cup. Another more recent fan favorite was Zenyatta. Stabled throughout her brilliant career at Hollywood Park, the 2010 Horse of the Year, who was adored by the racing public due to her come-from-behind running style and her personality, earned eight of her 19 victories at her home track, including an unprecedented three consecutive wins in the Grade I Vanity Handicap (2008-2010). Many of the game’s greatest jockeys and trainers have added to their glowing resumes at Hollywood Park, including numerous Hall of Famers. Laffit Pincay Jr. and Bill Shoemaker are the runaway leaders in terms of wins among riders at Hollywood Park, having combined for 5,465 victories – 568 coming in stakes. Other Hall of Famers who were once local regulars include Sandy Hawley, Chris McCarron, Eddie Delahoussaye, Gary Stevens, John Longden, Kent Desormeaux, Don Pierce and Milo Valenzuela. Hall of Fame trainers Charlie Whittingham and Bobby Frankel combined to win over 1,800 races – 371 of them in stakes – at Hollywood Park. The top 40 trainers – in terms of victories - in Hollywood Park history include a dozen others - McAnally, Tenney, Richard Mandella, Bob Baffert, Buster Millerick, Neil Drysdale, Bill Molter, D. Wayne Lukas, Jack Van Berg, Lazaro Barrera and Bob Wheeler – who are residents of the Hall of Fame. The Breeders’ Cup became a reality at Hollywood Park in 1984 and returned twice more – in 1987 and 1997 - to the Track of the Lakes and Flowers. Highlights include Wild Again’s shocking upset in the inaugural Classic after a very eventful stretch run, Ferdinand’s narrow win over Alysheba in the 1987 Classic and Skip Away’s dominance in the 1997 Classic. The inventiveness fostered at Hollywood Park – under leadership provided by 24 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

‘Aren’t I pretty?’

Unnamed filly out of Fine Celebration by Executive menace. Owner, Charles Cobb, Hereford, Texas. Courtesy photo

forward thinking executives such as James Stewart, Vernon O. Underwood, Mervyn LeRoy, Marjorie Everett and R.D. Hubbard – remains evident to this day. Some of the game’s fixtures that began at Hollywood Park include: • Sunday racing, which debuted in April, 1973 • Giveaways to fans – topped by a tote bag promotion which drew a record 80,348 on May 4, 1980 • The Pick Six – Underwood’s brainchild – and the $1 million guaranteed Pick Six pool, which became a reality in 1998 during Hubbard’s tenure.

backbone of this historic venue.’’

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Ruidoso Downs, NM Ruidoso Downs aﬃrms position to ensure integrity in racing

Ruidoso Downs affirms its position to maintain the strongest standards for integrity in racing with the summer season set to begin on May 24. No trainers who have been suspended by the American Quarter Horse Association (AQHA), The Jockey Club or any racing jurisdiction will be allowed to compete at Ruidoso Downs. The list of trainers suspended by AQHA Several other exotic wagers came to include Anthony Aquilar, John Henry Baslife at Hollywood Park, including Rolling sett, Lawrence D. Boyd, Charles Lamont, Pick 3s, the Superfecta, the Place Pick All, the Pick 4 and the Players’ Pick 5, a reduced Gonzalo Gonzales, Kyi Lormand, Alonzo takeout wager which debuted at the begin- Loya, Jorge Miranda, Jeffrey Heath Reed, Carlos Sedillo, Alvin Smith Jr., John Darning of the 2011 Spring/Summer meet. rell Soileau, Michael Heath Taylor, Joseph The Hollywood Land Company also spent more than $8 million to install Cush- Randy Herbert, Alejandro Alex Sanchez, Alfredo Sanchez and Roberto Sanchez. ion Track nearly seven years ago. CaliforThese trainers have certain appeal rights nia’s first synthetic surface, which opened within their racing jurisdictions and Ruidoso for training Sept. 13, 2006, is widely conDowns will continue to monitor their AQHA sidered to be the state’s safest and fairest status. main track. “We are absolutely committed to pres“Our fans and all of the employees who ent the public the finest racing product have worked at Hollywood Park – both past and present – deserve our thanks and and to protect the jockeys and horses,” said gratitude,’’ said Liebau. “They have been the Ruidoso Downs general manager Shaun

Hubbard. “There will be no tolerance for anyone who shows disdain for racing’s integrity. They will not be allowed at Ruidoso Downs.” Ruidoso Downs completed three days of training races on Wednesday for two-year-olds pointing for the three Grade 1 futurities at Ruidoso Downs: the $750,000 Ruidoso Futurity, the $1-million Rainbow Futurity and the $2.6-million All American Futurity. The largest purse for the season and in the history of Quarter Horse racing will be the $2.8-million All American Derby. The All American Derby is held on September 1 and the All American Futurity will be contested on September 2, Labor Day and closing day of the summer season. “The New Mexico Racing Commission and AQHA are also working to maintain the highest standards for horse racing and we certainly are appreciative of their efforts. We firmly stand by them and their commitment to racing’s integrity,” said Hubbard. “Ruidoso Downs has been and will continue to be proactive.”

Auburn, WA Applications being taken for 100-Day Challenge

If you’ve ever dreamed about training a Thoroughbred, The Prodigious Fund might make that dream come true. Applications are now being taken for the 100-Day Trainer Challenge, in which five off the track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) will be prepared for second careers. The horses used in the program are ex-racehorses chosen by The Prodigious Fund

selection committee. Trainers must identify the equestrian disciplines in which they have achieved recognition, list experience working with racehorses and ex-racehorses, list references, describe the facilities where the training will take place and share additional resources demonstrating their background and experience. Professionals, amateur adults and juniors are all welcome to apply. To request a trainer application, email Sophia Mckee at sophiam@emeralddowns.com. McKee, Director of Marketing at Emerald Downs and developer of the 100-Day Trainer Challenge, says the event is a showcase for the diversity of Thoroughbreds. “The racing industry is making great strides in the transition of Thoroughbreds into second careers,” McKee said. “In addition to racing, it’s extremely important that people understand the many wonderful things Thoroughbreds are capable of doing.” The 100-Day Trainer Challenge culminates at the Thoroughbred Only Horse Show on Oct. 5 at Emerald Downs, with the winner decided by a combination of public voting on social media and the judges’ score in three categories: In-Hand, Flat Class, Freestyle Class. The end goal is placement of the five horses into permanent homes through a private sale. In the process of following their journey through the 100 days, The Prodigious Fund hopes to educate the public on the athleticism and intelligence of the Thoroughbred and their suitability as a sport horse and

Bred in Arkansas by owner Ron Yates of Fort Smith, Ark., Western Rocker is trained by Durk Peery and was ridden to his 300-yard win by Jesus Salazar. Rolling from his outside post, number eight, Western Rocker got up to win by a nose over Judys Miss Banks, crossing the finish in :15.272 seconds over a fast track to set the new local Paint record for the distance. Western Rocker topped the :15.302 mark set on May 2, 2010 by San Mateo Chick. A 16-1 longshot in the wagering, Western Rocker paid $35.80 to win, $13 to place and $7 to show. Judys Miss Banks returned $4.80 to place and $3.80 to show. Spotless Redneck paid $3.20 to show. Ubuyillfly was the beaten even-money favorite, Oklahoma City, OK finishing fourth. Western Rocker sets The win was the third from new Paint track record eight career attempts for Westat Remington Park ern Rocker, a 3-year-old gelding The Remington Park 300by Country Quick Dash from the yard track record for Paints fell Judys Lineage mare Western as Western Rocker set a new Lineage. The winner’s purse standard in a $16,050 allowance share of $9,018 moves his total event for Paints and Appaloosas. earnings to $41,362.

useful riding horse. In it’s first year, the goal is to showcase OTTBs from a variety of backgrounds, i.e. straight off the track, turned out for a year, broodmare, etc. All horses will be evaluated by the Prodigious Fund for soundness and athleticism prior to being placed in the program. Trainers will draw straws from a pool of five horses. One horse will be kept as a backup in case of injury. The Prodigious Fund is an organization dedicated to recognizing and supporting positive eﬀorts made within the Thoroughbred aftercare community for the re-homing, promotion and care of retired racehorses.

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Im Royal Quick

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SunRay Park, Farmington, NM King of Pop snaps up a victory in New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity

Ruidoso Downs, NM Im Royal Quick gate-to-wire winner of Fine Loom at Ruidoso Verona Vaughn’s King of Pop snapped up a lucrative victory in the $133,000 New Downs

Anna Garcia and Jose Orquiz’s Im Royal Quick sprinted to the front out of the gate and never relinquished his lead to retain his place among the elite New Mexico 870-yard specialists with a win in the $30,000 Fine Loom Handicap on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs. Ricky Ramirez was aboard for the victory in :45.421 in the first 870-yard race of the Ruidoso Downs summer season. Flyin Fish was one-and-three-quarters of a length behind Im Royal Quick, who was under a firm hold in the final 200 yards. Valentino De Lao was another four lengths behind for third in the eighthorse field. A six-year-old gelding by Royal Quick Dash, Im Royal Quick won two stakes races at Zia Park last fall and then was given a breather before coming back to win a $35,000 allowance race at Sunland Park in mid-April. He then had a very eventful SunRay Park Marathon experience. The Jaime Aldavaz-trained gelding experienced a flipping halter malfunction at the start of the race and he was basically tied to the gate when the gate opened. He was declared a non-starter by the stewards. That was his previous start and he had no trepidation leaving the gate in the Fine Loom when he burst to the lead. Im Royal Quick could make his next start in the 870-yard Tricky Dust stakes on June 22.

Mexico Breeders’ Futurity at SunRay Park and Casino on Sunday. Let go at nearly 14-1 odds, the well bred son of Chickie Cherry Cola ran a mistake free race and outlasted First Place Moonfast by a head at the wire. The New Mexico bred freshman broke well from the #2 post position under hot riding Macario Rodriguez and would not be denied. He fought furiously down the stretch to win the driving finish for trainer Lonnie Vaughn. The 2-time winner was dimissed at the betting windows despite winning his trial heat by almost a length on May 10. The 2013 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity champion is out of the Dean Miracle mare Queen Lavita. Lonnie Vaughn admitted that his new star is “getting good at the right time.” The victory was worth a cool $62,510 to owner and breeder Verona Vaughn. King of Pop paid a handsome $29.80 on a $2 win ticket. The gelding clocked the 350 yards in 17.422 seconds, good for an 89 speed index. Rodriguez enjoyed a huge afternoon winning 4 races on the 9 race card. He is the defending SunRay Park jockey champion. First Place Moonfast, one of three finalists by the outstanding stallion First Moonflash, closed with interest in the last 150 yards. He and jockey Daniel Amaya simply ran out of real estate. The 3-1 shot was seeking his third straight win. The runner-up earned $23,940 for owner Alberto Montoya. The quality filly Miss Tessmocker wound

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up third, beaten just over a length. Sassy Moonflash was squeezed hard at the break and lost considerable momentum. The courageous First Moonflash gelding tried his best to overcome the tardy start but had to settle for a fifth place finish under jockey Esgar Ramirez. He is definitely a horse to watch this summer for trainer Kristopher Cordova. The 4-1 shot was coming off an impressive daylight win in the trials.

Llano Cartel

Corona was another three-quarters of a length back for third. Owned by Wade Helton of Pampa, Texas and trained by Alfredo Gomez, Llano Cartel was 4-1 in the wagering and paid $10.60 to win, $4.20 to place and $3.20 to show. Novas Gold returned $13.20 to place and $6.80 to show. Louisana Corona paid $3.20 to show. Feature Hero was the beaten wagering favorite at 5-2 odds, finishing sixth. Now a winner of four races this season at Remington Park, Llano Cartel has won at Remington Park, Oklahoma distances of 110 yards, 250 yards and twice City, OK at 350 yards. A gelding by Teller Cartel from Llano Cartel wins 4th race of the Lil Bit Cuervo mare Eyesa Lil Cuervo, season, scoring Jack Brook Llano Cartel has five career victories from 15 Stakes on OK Speedfest Day career starts. The winner’s check Sunday was Remington Park had Oklahoma-breds in worth $28,884 to boost his overall money the sunlight and limelight on Sunday afterto $119,238. He was bred in Oklahoma by noon with three stakes races comprising the Wootan Racing. Oklahoma Speedfest program. Llano Cartel, The Jack Brooks is named after the a versatile runner who captured a 110-yard legendary trainer from Blanchard, Okla. who super-sprint in his last start, stretched out to won eight All American Futurities in addiwin the 350-yard Jack Brooks Stakes in the tion to three season titles at Remington Park main Speedfest event. along with 25 stakes races here. Brooks and A restricted Grade 3 race, worth $54,750 his wife Wynona, were on hand to present for 3-year-old Oklahoma-breds, Llano Cartel the trophy to the connections of Llano Carshot from the starting gate to get an early tel in the winner’s circle. advantage but was forced to dig in for battle. Novas Gold was just to his inside and FL Lady Bug Stakes the pair of horses closest to the rail engaged BP Southern Dynasty surged late to win for nose-to-nose affair the rest of the way. the $54,750 FL Lady Bugs Stakes by a nose “He (#2 Novas Gold) was making a run decision in covering the 330-yard stakes race and was coming close to me but I just never restricted to Oklahoma-bred two-year-olds got desperate and let him run,” jockey Omar in a time of 16.794 seconds. The gelded son Reyes said of his ride on Llano Cartel. “I tried of FDD Dynasty from the Southern Cartel to go to the whip, instead I got into the reins mare Southern Fling was bred by Bill Price of and let him run.” Thackerville, Okla. and is owned by Steven Llano Cartel won the duel, prevailing Gore of Lexington, Tenn. by a nose at the finish over Novas Gold in Eddie Willis trains the gelding, which :17.485 seconds over a fast track. Louisana rebounded off a fourth-place finish in the

Laico Bird Stakes at the same distance in late April. BP Southern Dynasty went off at 6-1 and paid $14.80 to win, $6.40 to place and $3.20 to show under jockey Jimmy Brooks. Regard Watah gamely finished second to pay $4.60 and $3.20. Cartel Chica broke alertly but gave way to run third and pay $3 to show. The 2-1 favorite Rdustys Fury never got involved and ran fifth. The FL Lady Bug Stakes is just the second career win from four attempts for BP Southern Dynasty. The winner’s check of $32,134 moves his career earnings to $49,607. The race is named in honor of FL Lady Bug, a foundation broodmare in American Quarter Horse Racing who was owned by Marvin & Lela Barnes of Ada, Okla.

Easy Date Handicap

The $54,000 Easy Date Stakes, named after the 1974 All American Futurity winning filly, bred by AQHA hall of famer Walter Merrick, was won by 11-1 longshot Chics Delight under jockey Mike Frederick. A three-time stakes-placed mare in 2012 at Remington Park, the seven-year-old daughter of Chics Doit from the Easy Jets Image mare Easy Hempen Chic clung to a nose victory in winning her lone stakes start

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this year, covering the 350 yards in :17.458 for the race restricted to fillies and mares, three and older. Trainer Dale Kolb has just three starts at the meet and they all are due to Chics Delight. Bred by Pompy Farm West LLC, she is owned by Tina and Dale Kolb of Sallisaw, Okla. and has increased her lifetime earnings to $186,668 with a race record of five wins from 28 attempts. The Easy Date was her second career win at Remington Park. Chics Delight paid $25.40 to win, $11 to place and $6.60 to show. Kuhl Wave finished second and paid $4.40 to win and $3.60 to show. Daltsguninforsuccess challenged throughout to finish third and pay $3.80.

Fabulous Ocean

said. “We talked about it for a while and we decided to give it a look. Dan has never had a Quarter Horse before. We had a horse picked out for every race that we were going to try to claim. We stopped after the first trial because we got lucky with Alota Cartel.” Bred by Balgo Racing Team, Inc., Alota Cartel entered the trials after a solid 1 ¼ length win against $16,000 maiden claimers on May 12. She was third against similar foes when making her career debut on April 27. In the trials, Alota Cartel crossed the wire 1 ½ lengths ahead of Top Fuel Cha Cha, who also advanced to the final as the eighth fastest qualifier. “She’s a mellow filly and very easy to train,” Morales said. “She’s sound, smart and I hope she does well in the final.” Los Alamitos Race Course, Lisa Anderson’s Chick On Wings and EG Cypress, CA High Desert Farms’ Mozilla won the other Alota Cartel tops trials to the two trials. Chicks On Wings, a filly by OnLos Alamitos Claiming Futurity thewingsofglory, will race again for AnderBalgo Racing Team, Inc’s Alota Cartel son in the final, but second fastest qualifier scored her second victory in a row while Mozilla was claimed by trainer Jimmy Glenn posting the fastest qualifying time to the Jr. for owner Steve Mickaelian. The Hawkinson gelding covered the distance in :18.044. $61,600 Los Alamitos Claiming Futurity. “Mozilla is out of Shawnee Slade, Ridden by Santiago Mendez for trainer who was a nice runner that made good Guillermo Morales, Alota Cartel led from start to finish in the first of three trials on the money,”said breeder Enrique Gonzalez of EG way to covering the 350 yards in :17.956. The High Desert Farms. “I like Mozilla and I was hoping that he wouldn’t get claimed, but trials are contested as claiming events and horses can be claimed for a price of $12,500 that’s the way it goes.” In addition to Alota Cartel and Mozilla, each. Trainer Charles Treece claimed the Carters Cartel filly in the first trial for Dan Ray two other Claiming Futurity qualifiers were claimed. Third fastest qualifier She Pays Diviand John Orlandini. Her new owners have dends, who finished second against Mozilla, race Thoroughbreds in Southern California for many years and the opportunity to be an went to Vince Smith for owner Gerald Kaul, while seventh fastest qualifier Think About immediate part of a $61,600 Quarter Horse It was claimed by trainer Jose De La Torre for race grabbed their attention. owner Gustavo De La Torre. “A few months ago Dan called me to The complete order of qualifiers is as foltalk about the Claiming Futurity,” Treece

lows: Alota Cartel (:17.956), Mozilla (:18.044), She Pays Dividends (:18.136), Chicks On Wings (:18.166), Rp Jets Azoomen (:18.174), Candelaria Sport (:18.176), Think About It (:18.203), Top Fuel Cha Cha (:18.227), George The Curious (:18.230) and Separate Gift Jh3 (:18.292).

MAY 25, 2013 Arapahoe Park, Aurora, CO Fabulous Ocean top qualifier for Adequan Arapahoe Derby Challenge

Fabulous Ocean picked up right where he left off at Arapahoe Park. After winning the final and richest Quarter Horse race on closing day last year in the 400-yard, Grade 3 $130,000 Mile High Futurity, he won the first Quarter Horse race on opening day this

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year and was the fastest qualifier for the 400yard, $30,000 estimated Adequan Arapahoe Derby Challenge. The Hipolito Michel-Valverde-trained 3-year-old colt ridden by Russell Vicchrilli won the first of Saturday’s two derby trials in 19.730 seconds. The Adequan Arapahoe Derby Challenge finals will take place on June 8. The winner of that race will earn a berth to the 400-yard, $200,000 Grade 1 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship at Los Alamitos Race Course on November 9. Carters Playmate, who finished a neck behind Fabulous Ocean in the first trial, was the second-fastest qualifier in 19.766 seconds. Carters Playmate, ridden by Alfredo Luevano and trained by Shae Cox, was making his first start since finishing second in the 350-yard, $90,000 Rocky Mountain Futurity at Arapahoe Park last July. Built Tuff Enough, the Rocky Mountain Futurity winner, won the second trial in 19.772 seconds for jockey Zacharie Kelsey and trainer Rudy Ramirez and was the thirdfastest qualifier. Arapahoe Park-based horses defended home field with the top three qualifying spots. Slump Buster, a maiden whose previous six races were at Los Alamitos Race Course in Southern California, finished second to Built

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Tuff Enough and posted the fourth-fastest qualifying time of 19.772 seconds.

MAY 24, 2013 Delta Downs, Vinton, LA Fast Talkin Henry sets new stakes record in Louisiana Purchase

Douglas O. Traylor’s filly Dashing Jet Rio used a determined effort to win the $246,142 Louisiana Lassie Futurity (RG2) for 2-year-old Louisiana-breds competing at 330 yards Friday night. Under jockey Jesse Chavis, Dashing Jet Rio defeated Sandra Sue Blue by a neck while Scooter Prize finished another half-length back in third. Dashing Jet Rio, who is conditioned by Kenneth L. Roberts, Sr., covered the distance over a fast track in a time of 16.547. The clocking represented a speed index of 96. The win by Dashing Jet Rio was the second of her undefeated career. She also won her trial for the Louisiana Lassie Futurity on May 3. Friday night’s effort was worth $123,071 and raised her fledgling bankroll to $132,671. Sent to the gate at odds of 5-2, Dashing Jet Rio returned $7.80 to win, $4.60 to place and $2.80 to show. Sandra Sue Blue paid $4.40 to place and $3.20 to show. Scooter Prize was worth $3.80 to show. Dashing Jet Rio is a 2-year-old filly by Jet Black Patriot out of the Mr Jess Perry mare Dashing Obsession. She was bred in Louisiana by Wa Bruce Susan Karen Darling. In other stakes activity on the program it was Eric P. Johnson’s Fast Talkin Henry who set a new stakes record while winning the $40,000 Louisiana Purchase Stakes under

jockey John Hamilton. Fast Talkin Henry defeated Fance Oak Tree by a length and covered 350 yards in 17.203, which equaled a speed index of 102. Champions Passage finished another head back in third. Fast Talkin Henry is trained by Heath Taylor. The 3-year-old brown gelding is by Heza Fast Dash, out of the Streakin La Jolla mare Streakin Cindy. He was bred in Louisiana by Russell P. Mowad.

Le Bois Park, Garden City, ID SS Paydirt solid choice in Bitterroot

Richard Frandsen’s SS Paydirt stands out as the horse to beat in the $116,000 Bitterroot Futurity at Les Bois Park on Memorial Derby after demolishing his rivals in the trials by easily racing to the fastest qualifying time. Making his career debut, SS Paydirt (Carters Cartel-Mia Ta Fame by Dash Ta Fame) won the first of nine trials by 1 3/4 lengths and the second-place finisher, Bvlgari B (Tac It Like A Man-Mr Perrys Effort by Mr Jess Perry), was the second-fastest qualifier. The Blaine Hadley-trained SS Paydirt covered the 350 yards in :17.352 while Bvlgari B was clocked in :17.640. Jim Nebeker’s Bvlgari B was the 1710 favorite in the trial after breaking her maiden in her Dixie Downs Futurity trial when she won by 2 lengths. Denny and Sandy Weight’s Well Worth It (Carters Cartel-Worth A Look by First Down Dash) is two-for-two with wins as an oddson favorite in each of her starts. The Monty Arrossa-trained filly won at first asking over 220 yards and then won her trial by 1 length with the third-fastest time of :17.740.

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Glitter In My Face

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Jess Reuben James

noteworthy start in her career debut when she won her maiden race in :15.816 for 300 yards. She then made a big step forward in Los Alamitos Race Course, her Kindergarten trial when she scored by Cypress, CA three quarters of a length and her 300-yard Glitter In My Face spotless time improved to :15.429, good for the in Kindergarten second-fastest qualifying time behind She Antonio Flores’ Glitter In My Face Forgives. pushed her very promising record to threeThe :15.278 winning time in the Kinderfor-three with a convincing three-quartergarten indicates that Glitter Cartel continues length victory in the Grade 2, $281,000 to move forward for Flores. Kindergarten Futurity at Los Alamitos on The Jaime Gomez-trained She Forgives Sunday night. suffered her first defeat in the Kindergarten. The Kindergarten is the first major test The Foose filly was a one-half length maiden for juveniles at Los Alamitos and foreshadwinner in :15.512 in April and then topped ows the three Grade 1, $1 million futurities the eight Kindergarten trials with her oneat the Southern California track: Ed Burke length trial score in:15.375 and setting her Million, Golden State Million and the Los up as the 13-10 favorite in the Kindergarten. Alamitos Two Million. Balgo Racing Team and Marilyn GonzaGlitter In My Face was the horse to beat lez’s Hot Capuccino, sent off at 23-1, remains from the moment the gates opened. The a maiden after three starts. The Walk Thru filly sprinted to a one-length lead and then Fire filly from the Guillermo Morales’ barn rolled to the win in :15.278. was second in a maiden race and barely Dutch Masters III’s favored fastest-qual- made the Kindergarten finals as the 10thifier She Forgives finished second and long- fastest qualifier after a fourth-place trial shot Hot Cappuccino was three quarters of a finish behind Glitter In My Face. length behind She Forgives for third. “She had a perfect start,” Flores said. SunRay Park, Farmington, NM “She drifted out, but never lost her concentration. She beat a great filly in She Forgives. Jess Reuben James breaks maiden in New Mexico I hope my filly continues this way for the Governor’s Cup Futurity. It gets harder from Breeders’ Stakes here, but with her talent hopefully she can Jess Reuben James picked a lucrative avoid mistakes.” day to acquaint himself with the winner’s Glitter In My Face, who went off at 7/2 circle by breaking his maiden in the $65,000 odds as the co-second choice, gave trainer New Mexico Breeders’ Stakes at SunRay Park Jose Flores his third win in the Kindergarten and Casino on Sunday. after taking the 1997 running with Sneaky Going up against stellar competition, Fast and the 2010 edition with West Coast the former maiden defeated a powerful Hawk. group of stakes winners including 2013 The Special Cartel filly got off to a Sunburst and NMHBA Quarter Horse Stakes

winner Sandys Jesse and 2012 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity winner Rex Hill. In his previous 10 starts, Jess Reuben James had earned nearly $48,000 without winning a race. He had however run third in the 2012 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity and second in last month’s Animas Quarter Horse Stakes over local soil. The son of Jesse James Jr was also a finalist in the rich Shue Fly Stakes last winter at Sunland Park, so he was no stranger to stakes company. That first win was elusive until Sunday, that is. Racing at over 8-1 odds with the talented Larry Gamez in the saddle, Jess Reuben James tried to avenge some previous defeats in the 400 yard SunRay Park feature. The hard charging New Mexico-bred three-year-old gelding emerged from a tight battle in mid-stretch and was strong in the

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final 100 yards. Gamez, said, “He broke good, and we were right next to the #4 horse (Sandys Jesse). I switched sticks halfway down the lane, and he really did his thing at the end.” Jess Reuben James responded with an energetic surge and won by a neck in a driving finish with Sandys Jesse. The horse for course was timed in a good 19.508 seconds, earning a 92 speed index. The maiden breaking win was worth $39,000 for owner Maban Currie. Jaime Aldavaz, Jr. was the winning trainer. Gamez won three races on the day and is the leading Quarter Horse rider so far this season. Jess Reuben James improved his overall record to 1 win, 4 seconds and 3 thirds from 11 career starts. The New Mexico Breeders’ Stakes champ looks poised for a strong three-year-old campaign. Trying for her third stakes win of the year, Sandys Jesse broke alertly and fought valiantly throughout the feature. The classy New Mexico-bred filly finished a close second under jockey Tanner Thedford. She has earned over $170,000. You Sexy Fame finished a solid third, a nose in front of Rex Hill.

MAY 18, 2013 Delta Downs, Vinton, LA Secrets Fly rallies for victory in Old South Futurity; Fdd Going Grand proves best in Old South Derby

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launching a furious late rally in the 330-yard event. Ms Kalies Fortune finished another neck behind the top two in third. Secrets Fly covered the distance of the Old South Futurity in 16.618 second, which earned him a speed index of 94. Secrets Fly came into the race as the fastest qualifier from trials held at Delta Downs on April 27. The win by Secrets Fly was the third of his four-race career. He earned $38,672 for his effort and his lifetime bankroll now stands at $54,550. Secrets Fly, who is trained by Vann Haywood, is a 2-year-old gelding by No Secrets Here, out of the Strawfly Special mare Once Upon a Fly. He was bred in Oklahoma by Jovetta Meredith. In other action on Saturday it was Fdd Going Grand who won the $44,807 Old South Derby at 400 yards under jockey Jesse Chavis. The Kenneth L. Roberts, Sr. trainee defeated Hot Hitting by 1-1/4 lengths while Jessflybayou wound up another half-length behind in third. Fdd Going Grand is owned by Mercy Hinklin’s Horse Farm, LLC.

Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, TX The Kat in the Hat sizzles in John Deere Texas Juvenile Challenge

In Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s book, The Cat in the Hat, a big cat wearing a candystriped hat, stirs up total chaos. This afternoon at Sam Houston Race Park, The Kat in the Hat was calm, cool and collected as he captured the $75,690 John Deere Texas Juvenile Challenge (Grade 3). The trials on May 2 took place on one of the coldest nights in the meet, with tem-

peratures dipping into the high 40’s and winds clocked at 25 mph. The finalists were rewarded today with sunny skies and a fast track. Owner and trainer Jose R. Espinosa of Mission, Texas was delighted with the performance of The Kat in the Hat who did not disappoint as the fastest qualifier in today’s final. Espinosa purchased the son of Red Oak Special at the TQHA Yearling Sale for $4,000. He has now won two of his three starts and earned $34,818 for John Deere Juvenile Challenge victory. “We had a brother to him and saw him in the sale book and knew we had to have him,” said Espinosa. “The horse came out of his trial perfectly. He did everything we asked, and we could not have asked for him to run a better race in the final.” The Kat in the Hat was bred by Sherrie Morace and was ridden to victory in the 350yard final by Cipriano Vidana, closing gamely in a time of :17.989. “His dam is just awesome, and Red Oak is the most calm, wonderful stud,” said Morace. “It’s so exciting.” Sent off as the second betting choice, The Kat in the Hat paid $7.60 for the win. Ninth-fastest qualifier, Isit Red ran second under Jose Sandoval and Cristata who recorded the second-fastest qualifying time, was third. Jodys Pop A Top completed the superfecta. Espinosa, who resides in Mission Texas, reported that The Kat in the Hat will run in the TQHA Sale Futurity at Retama Park and the Gillespie County Futurity before representing Texas in the $150,000 John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship (Grade 2) at Los Alamitos Race Course on Nov. 9.

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Tejas Energy B

Tejas Energy B remains undefeated this meet with a victory in Adequan Texas Derby Challenge Tejas Energy B is making the most of his 3-year-old campaign. He made his 2013 debut at Sam Houston Race Park on April 4 by setting a new track record (:15.006) in a 300-yard maiden. One month later, he returned to action, and was the fastest qualifier in four trials contested for the $59,850 Adequan Texas Derby Challenge. High School Secrets The 3-year-old Tres Seis colt, owned by Antonio Delgado, Jr., Sent off as the heavy favorite, Tejas kept his winning streak intact this afternoon, Energy B returned $3.20 for the win. Dash breaking cleanly and winning the 400-yard Master Jess won his trial in :19.992 to record final easily in :20.145 seconds. the second-fastest qualifying time, and finSam Houston Race Park leading rider, ished second today under Manuel Gutierrez. Luis Vivanco guided the sorrel colt for trainer First Royal Classic rallied for third and Ivory Manuel Vega, Jr. Bred in Texas by Bielau Owl ran fourth. Oaks, Tejas Energy B earned $27,531 for the Tejas Energy B earned a berth into the victory. $200,000 Adequan Derby Challenge Cham“This has been a dream come true,” said pionship (Grade 1) at Los Alamitos Race Vega. “We had a little scare as he stood in Course on Nov. 9. the gates, but once he got out, he did his job. He’s been an excellent horse to train.” Los Alamitos Race Course, Vega gelded Tejas Energy B and notes Cypress, CA that he has been a much more focused High School Secrets takes 3-year-old. His nickname in the barn is “the Dillingham rock”. James Azevedo and Boyles Family Vega’s grandfather was a trainer and Trust’s High School Secrets has found a abided by the theory that “you make the winning level and may be ready for a class horse from the inside out”. His grandson is jump after racing to his second minor stakes now devoting himself to training Quarter win of the year with a brave victory in the Horses after a 38-year career as a college $25,000 Lowell Dillingham Handicap on administrator.

Saturday night at Los Alamitos. High School Secrets fought every step of the 400 yards to secure the head win over Mane Event. Ric O Shay was just a nose back in third. The next four horses were separated by a head, a nose and a neck in the full field of three-year-olds. The Cesar DeAlba-piloted High School Secrets was timed in :19.787. From the immediate family of champion and important freshman sire Foose, High School Secrets showed promise at two when he qualified for the Ed Burke Million (G1) and then raced in the Golden State Juvenile and the Los Alamitos Two Million Juvenile. His best finish from those three races was a fourthplace effort in the Golden State Juvenile as the 3-2 favorite. High School Secrets, a son of No Secrets Here, has three wins from four 2013 starts with his sole setback a seventh-place finish in the Los Alamitos Winter Derby (G1). From 13 career starts, he has collected five wins while racing in trials and stakes, except for a maiden race in his first start.

MAY 17, 2013 Delta Downs, Vinton, LA Political Option elects to break track and stakes record in the Delta 550 Championship

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$55,000 Delta 550 Championship at Delta Downs. Under jockey Jesse Chavis Political Option covered the 550 yards in a track and stakes record time of 26.266, which earned him a whopping speed index of 109. The race was contested on track listed fast. Trainer Kenneth Roberts, Sr. trains Political Option, who hit the finish line 1-3/4 lengths in front of Blue Louisiana Jolla who was second. Another Roberts trainee, Rocky Mountain Fly, wound up third another neck behind the runner-up. The win by Political Option was the fifth of his 20-race career. The effort placed another $33,000 into his career bankroll which now stands at $244,880. Political Option is a 4-year-old sorrel gelding by Jess Louisiana Blue, out of the Apollo mare In His Dreams. He was bred in Louisiana by J. E. Jumonville, Jr.

MAY 12, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Champion Cold Cash 123 returns victorious to Remington Park

Cold Cash 123, American Quarter Horse Racing’s World Champion in 2011 and the Horse of the Meeting at Remington Park in 2012, made a triumphant return here Sunday. The millionaire overcame a slow start to win the Grade 2, $101,340 Bank of America Oklahoma Challenge Championship. Owned and bred by T. Bill Stables, Inc. of Clare, Mich. And trained by Dwayne “Sleepy” Gilbreath, Cold Cash 123 was ridden by Roy Baldillez. The 5-year-old left the gate in slow 34 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

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order as he is prone to less-than-perfect beginnings. However, he usually has the time and the talent to overcome most of his starts and he did today as well, rolling to the front of the 440-yard race at the halfway point. Resilient once to the lead, Cold Cash 123 held on to win by a neck over The Sunday Assassin. BF Farm Boy was another head back in third. Cold Cash 123 crossed the finish in :21.523 seconds over a fast track as the heavy wagering favorite at 4-5 odds. He paid $3.80 to win, $3.20 to place and $2.40 to show. The Sunday Assassin returned $7.60 to place and $4 to show. BF Farm Boy paid $5.40 to show. The win was the 13th from 22 career starts for Cold Cash 123, a 5-year-old Michigan-bred by Oak Tree Special from the Takin On The Cash mare Hot Cash 123. He won his third career race at Remington Park, adding to his triumphs in the 2012 Leo Stakes and Remington Park Championship, both Grade 1 events. Cold Cash 123 picked up $46,620 for his win in the Oklahoma Challenge Championship, upping his lifetime money to $1,326,216. His next start is expected to be a defense of his win in the Grade 1, $250,000 Remington Park Championship on June 1.

Stray Cat wins three-way photo for Distance victory

Owned by the Bonsall, Calif. partnership of Vessels Stallion Farm and entertainer Lyle Lovett, Stray Cat moved inside of his finishing rivals with 200 yards remaining to put himself in position. Emperor Valerian had the advantage up to that point, then dug down to battle back. Running in the middle of the stretch was DM Streakin Thru Fire with a rally. The trio finished just centimeters apart in the margins. Stray Cat crossed the line in :46.124 seconds. Trained by Raymond Vargas and ridden by Cody Jensen, Stray Cat was 7-1 in the betting and paid $16.60 to win, $7.20 to place and $4.40 to show. Emperor Valerian returned $8 to place and $4.80 to show. DM Streakin Thru Fire paid $3 to show as the beaten 8-5 wagering favorite. De Passem Okey, a two-time American Quarter Horse Association Champion Distance Runner was fourth. It was the first race in his 11 career starts around the Remington Park turn where he did not finish in the topthree positions. Stray Cat is a horse by Storm Cat (tb) from the First Down Dash mare Your First Moon. Bred in California by his owners, Stray Cat won his second career race and his first at the 870-yard distance. The winner’s check of $21,280 moves his total earnings to $42,398.

Distaff Challenge to Shez Jess Making his Remington Park debut, Stray Toxic

Cat battled to win by a nose in the Grade 3, $45,270 Red Cell Remington Park Distance Challenge. The 4-year-old horse prevailed when the photo-finish image proved his nose-bob at the line had him there first over Emperor Valerian and DM Streakin Thru Fire in a great ending to the 870-yard race.

The $40,860 Merial Remington Park Distaff Challenge was won in another close photo-finish by Shez Jess Toxic who exchanged the lead with Southside Of Heaven for the better part of the 400-yard race before winning by a nose in :20.115 seconds. Owned, trained and bred in California

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by Dean Frey of Stanton, Calif., Shez Jess Toxic was ridden byG.R. Carter. The 4-yearold mare won her Remington Park debut and her fifth race overall from 12 attempts. She has only finished out of the money twice in her career. Shez Jess Toxic was 7-2 in the wagering and paid $9.60 to win, $5.20 to place and $6.40 to show. Southside Of Heaven paid $25 to place and $15.40 to show. Shanachee was a half-length behind the top pair for third and paid $13.80 to show. Cruzin The Wagon was the even-money betting favorite, finishing seventh. Shez Jess Toxic is by Take Off Jess from the Victory Dash mare Dashing Fly Lady. The first-place check of $18,799 pushes her overall money to $158,634.

Zoetis Starter Allowance Challenge

Those that compete normally in the claiming ranks of racing had their challenge

Knockout The Fire

Shez Jess Toxic

race Sunday as well in the$34,650 Zoetis Remington Park Starter Allowance Challenge. Knockout The Fire won the race by a length, covering 350-yards in :17.494. Owned by Wade Helton of Pampa, Texas and trained by Alfredo Gomez, Knockout The Fire was ridden byOmar Reyes. Bred in Texas by James & Marilyn Helzer, Knockout The Fire is by Walk Thru Fire from the Feature Mr Jess mare Feature Knockout. She earned $15,941 for the starter allowance score to roll her overall money to $28,776. The Challenge winners from Remington Park are now qualified for the Bank of America Challenge Championships to be held at Los Alamitos in southern California in November.

Brace For Bernal aims for second derby of season

In Six trials for the Grade 2, $285,780 Heritage Place Derby at 400-yards, Brace For Bernal, winner of the Remington Park Derby

in April, emerged with another decisive trial win and the top qualifying time. Owned by Noel Lopez-Prieto of Canadian, Texas and trained by Luis Villafranco, Brace For Bernal won his fifth consecutive race dating to November 2012. JockeyPaul Nieto has been up for all of the streaking wins and piloted the 3-year-old colt to a 1-3/4 lengths triumph in the final trial of the day. A son of Furyofthewind from the Shazoom mare Zoom Bracer, Brace For Bernal ran 400 yards in :19.577 seconds. Second in the qualifying was Buster 123, a half-brother to Cold Cash 123, with a time of :19.654. The remaining eight in the June 1 Heritage Place Derby, with their times: Dashin Brown Streak, :19.657; Hiclass Vodka, :19.809; Big Boi (Oklahoma Derby winner), :19.821; Glory Rider, :19.845; Send A Candy Guy, :19.892; A Will And Away, :19.899; Teller Ima Rockstar, :19.904 and BB Milliondollarbaby, :19.907.

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MAY 11, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Wagon Tales is tops for 2nd night of Heritage Place Futurity qualifying

Brimming with confidence off his win in the $100,000 Remington Park Juvenile in late April, Wagon Tales won his trial for the $1,000,000 Heritage Place Futurity on Saturday night. The effort was good enough to post the top 350-yard clocking from the nine heats on the second evening of trials activity. Owned by JNB Enterprises of Mission, Texas and trained by Judd Kearl, Wagon Tales was ridden by Rodrigo Vallejo. The colt had no issues in cruising to his second straight win, crossing the finish in :17.242 seconds over the fast track. A 2-year-old colt by PYC Paint Your Wagon from the Shazoom mare Signs Zoomer, Wagon Tales was bred in Oklahoma by The Mixer Ranch. Joining Wagon Tales from the second night of qualifying for the Grade 1, Heritage Place Futurity on June 1 are: This Candy Says Bye, :17.352; BV Pepper Shaker, :17.493;

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The Ultimate Eagle, :17.542 and Sheza Lady James, :17.570. Already qualified to the Heritage Place Futurity from qualifying on May 10 are Hes Relentless, : 17.233; BP Wagon Train, :17.343; Pronto Alex, :17.409; Big Biz Perry, :17.436 and Beattie Feathers, :17.570.

Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress, CA Feature Malinche maintains consistency in La Pacifica

Consistency is Feature Malinche’s hallmark and Javier Molina’s sophomore filly maintained that form with a neck win over favored Sfr Stuck On You in the $25,000 La Pacifica Stakes for three-year-old females at Los Alamitos on Saturday night. Feature Malinche raced the 350 yards in :17.480 under Santiago Mendez. Sent off as the strongly supported 9-5 second choice, Feature Malinche got the jump out of the gate from the outside post position in the seven-horse field and opened up a one-half length lead before holding safe 8-5 favorite Sfr Stuck On You, owned by Dennie and Kris Hill, by a neck. Robert Williams’ Watch Linda Ballet was one length behind the top-two runners in third. The Guillermo Morales-trained Feature Malinche nearly won the $200,000 La Primera Del Ano Derby in her previous start when she was defeated by just a nose by Revv Me Up. The La Pacifica was the fifthstraight race in which the Feature Mr Jess daughter finished in the top-three runners. She has been on the board in 10 of 13 starts, all at Los Alamitos. The Bret Vickery-trained Sfr Stuck On

You earned favoritism after finishing fifth in the $125,000 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes and then easily winning an allowance race in her previous two starts. The Stel Corona filly has two wins and two seconds from five 2013 starts.

Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, TX Wahoo wins stakes debut in Governors’ Cup Marathon

The 870-yard Governors’ Cup Marathon brought a competitive battle of several proven distance specialists and a rising star, who won his stakes debut in fine fashion. The winner was Wahoo is a son of Feature Mr Jess owned and bred by Bobby D. Cox. As a 2-year-old, the sorrel gelding ran in futurity trials at Ruidoso Downs, and finished eighth in trials for the Texas Classic Derby at Lone Star Park last October. Last month, trainer John Buchanan decided to try him around the “hook” and Wahoo responded with an eight-length romp. Buchanan made the decision to ship him to Sam Houston Race Park for the 870yard Governors’ Cup Marathon. On April 20, jockey Russel Hadley had the riding assignment, but he had mounts in Oklahoma City, so the Buchanans secured the services of Jerry Lee Yoakum. The two men are friends and talked about Wahoo’s running style. “I talked to Russel today and he told me the horse does everything perfectly,” said Yoakum. “He didn’t tell me he would jump the shadows on the racetrack, but other than that, he did everything like Russel said he would.” Wahoo, who broke from the rail, crossed the wire in :46.448, over three-lengths ahead

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of Dashers Midnight. Amanda Buchanan saddled the sorrel gelding for her father and shared that her dad always suspected Wahoo had the potential to be a stellar distance runner. “When he was just a 2-year-old my dad said ‘this is going to be my 870 horse; I haven’t had one in a long time, but this one will be it,” said Amanda Buchanan. “He’s quick; he ran third to Ochoa as 2-year-old. We’re just really proud of him.” The entire family felt Wahoo would give a good account of himself in his distance debut, but had no idea he would do it in such a commanding fashion. “We expected him to run well, but were a little dumbstruck when he drew off the way he did,” she added. Wahoo paid $3.20 for the win. Dashers Midnight, runner-up in the Red Cell Texas Distance Challenge on April 13, rallied for second under Damien Martinez and Bok Man ran third. Kite Flyer, winner of the Red Cell Texas Distance Challenge was fourth, followed by Corona La Jolla.

Delta Downs, Vinton, LA Maxed Out Game proves best in Mother’s Day Stakes

Hes Relentless

who charged at the leader from the outside in the 350-yard showdown. At the finish line Maxed Out Game was a neck in front of Shekeemdontbreakem while Lets Play Yacht Sea wound up another length behind the top pair in third. Maxed Out Game covered the distance over a track listed as good in 17.290, just narrowly missing a stakes record. Her clocking equaled a speed index of 98. The win by Maxed Out Game was the third of her career from nine overall starts. She earned $24,000 for her effort, which raised her lifetime bankroll to $76,058. Maxed Out Game is a 4-year-old chestnut mare by Game Patriot, out of the Streakin La Jolla mare Streakin Amber. Maxed Out Game was bred in Louisiana by Arnold Trahan.

MAY 10, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Hes Relentless roars to win, top time in first night of $1 million Heritage Place Futurity trials

The first five have qualified for the $1 million Heritage Place Futurity from Friday Arnold Trahan and Narcisco Flores’ trials at Remington Park.Hes Relentless Maxed Out Game won Saturday night’s rolled to a 4-1/4 length win in his trial while $36,550 Mother’s Day Stakes at Delta easily posting the top 350-yard time to Downs. The winner was ridden by John move on to the Grade 1 final on June 1. Hamilton, who is leading the jockey standUndefeated thru two career races, Hes ings early in the meet and is attempting to win his second consecutive rider title at the Relentless left the gate in good order and rocketed down the stretch, drawing away Vinton, Louisiana racetrack. Maxed Out Game broke alertly and took from his foes with every step.Owned by Tom Maher of Pierre, S.D. and trained by Amber the lead from the inside post position in a Blair, Cody Smith had the riding assignment. field of seven. She then had to fight off a strong challenge by Shakeemdontbreakem The 2-year-old Missouri-bred colt crossed the

finish in :17.233 seconds over a fast track. Hes Relentless adds his superb trial run to his maiden victory on April 5. A colt by One Famous Eagle from the Strawfly Special mare This Dreams Special, Hes Relentless was bred in Missouri by Sunflower Supply Co. Joining Hes Relentless in the Heritage Place Futurity, with their trial times, will be: BP Wagon Train, :17.343; Pronto Alex, :17.409; Big Biz Perry, :17.436 and Beattie Feathers, :17.570. BP Wagon Train and Big Biz Perry are both trained by Trey Wood who was the only conditioner to place more than one into the Heritage Place Futurity from the first night of trials.Jockey Ricky Ramirez rode both of the Wood qualifiers, in addition to two more trial wins on Gerneral Lee and Lethal Corona. The four-win night by Ramirez launched him into sole possession of third-place in the jockey standings with 22 wins. G.R. Carter leads the way with 41 wins while Jimmy Brooks has 35.

Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, TX Runaway Wagon undaunted by downpour in Sam Houston Classic

There was no denying Runaway Wagon in Friday night’s feature at Sam Houston Race Park, the $50,000 Sam Houston Classic (Grade 2), at the “classic” distance of 440 yards. Despite driving rain, the 4-year-old son of Pyc Paint Your Wagon broke sharply and drew off to a two-length victory under rider David Alvarez. Owned by Dr. Tommy Hays and Bobby J. Barnett, the Kansas-bred geldSureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 37

ing is no stranger to overcoming adversity. As a 2-year-old, he won his trial for the Sam Houston Futurity (Grade 2) and finished third in an All American Futurity (G1) trial but did not qualify for either. He “tied up” following his trial at Ruidoso Downs and was in serious distress. Hays, a noted equine surgeon, tended to his runner and he was able to make a full recovery. This was the second win in three starts this year by Runaway Wagon at Sam Houston Race Park. He stumbled out of the Runaway Wagon gate in the final of the $106,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1) and finished third on April 20. Tonight, everything went his way and he crossed the Los Alamitos Race Course, wire in :21.526, earning a Speed Index of 106. Cypress, CA “He was perfect tonight,” said Alvarez. Records could fall “The rain did not bother him a bit; he is a in Kindergarten wonderful horse.” Records in the legendary Kindergarten Trainer Bobby Martinez watched the Futurity for wins by an owner and wins by race from Delta Downs, where he qualified a trainer could fall after Dutch Masters III’s Jazz Under the Oaks for the $72,655 LouisiShe Forgives set the fastest-qualifying time ana-Bred Graduation Stakes. to the Grade 2, $281,000 Kindergarten for “He ran a heck of a race,” said Martinez trainer Jaime Gomez on Sunday night at Los of Runaway Wagons game victory. “We Alamitos. have so much faith in this horse. If he hadn’t Dr. James Streelman’s Dutch Masters III stumbled in his Challenge race, he would chases a record fifth Kindergarten victory have won. I was real happy the way he ran after taking the 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2009 tonight.” editions. He is now tied with hall of famer Lethal Volt under Sam Houston race Ivan Ashment for the most Kindergarten Park’s leading rider, Luis Vivanco, was a wins. Docs First Fire, co-owned by Dutch game second at odds of 13-1. Bar Struck ran Masters III and Gomez, also qualified Docs third, followed by The Field Cricket. PostFirst Fire for the former longtime Grade 1 time favorite, Mr Truly Uno ran fifth. futurity. Sent off as the second betting choice, Gomez has equaled hall of famer Blane Runaway Wagon paid $11.40 for the win and Schvaneveldt for seven Kindergarten wins. improved his career record to five wins from Five of those wins came with Ashment14 starts. He earned $30,000 for the Sam owned horses. In addition to She Forgives Houston Classic victory. and Docs First Fire, he qualified Bobby Cox’s The remaining two races of Friday’s 11Shake Djibouti for the 300-yard futurity held race card were canceled due to heavy rain, on May 19. The co-breeder of Shake Djbouti thunder and lightning. is Streelman. She Forgives impressed in the third of eight trials with a sharp start and then drawing away from her rivals to win by one length over 2-5 favorite Bad Fast. One of three offspring of freshman sire Foose to reach the finals, She Forgives was timed in :15.375 while Bad Fast was clocked in:15.526. The first foal of multiple graded stakes winner Forgive Him, She Forgives is now two-for-two with million-dollar futurities

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coming up for the remainder of the year. She won her maiden by one-half length on April 12 at Los Alamitos. Second-fastest qualifier Glitter In My Face blew away from the gate in the second trial and then finished well to set the second-fastest time :15.429 while winning by three quarters of a length. The Jose Antonio Floresowned and -trained daughter of Special Cartel is also unbeaten from two starts with a one-half length maiden win on April 14. The complete list of qualifiers is She Forgives (:15.375), Glitter In My Face (:15.429), Shake Djibouti (:15.487), Bad Fast (:15.526), Duke Of Carter (:15.539), Shaded Secrets (:15.553), Foose Is Loose (:15.575), Docs First Fire (:15.615), Last Chancer (:15.615) and Hot Capuccino (:15.623).

MAY 4, 2013 Remington Park, Oklahoma City, OK Priceless Feature powers to Sooner State win

Top older Oklahoma-breds contested 400 yards in Remington Park’s $100,000 Sooner State Stakes on Saturday night. Priceless Feature found the form that has made him very successful locally to pull away to win by three-quarters of a length. Owned by Ed Melzer of Edmond, Okla. and trained by Eddie Willis, Priceless Feature flew to a stakes-record time of :19.356 over the fast track. The gelding found more run than his rivals after battling with A Toss Up and Fast Prize Jordan for the first 250 yards. A Toss Up was the defending Sooner State champ while Fast Prize Jordan is already a two-time stakes winner this season. “He left there and I just sat on him for about half the race,”jockey Jimmy Brooks said. “I hit him left-handed about four times and he just opened up. When he left I saw something on the inside (A Toss Up) and I saw G.R. (Carter, riding Fast Prize Jordan) on the outside but we just cruised on.” Priceless Feature put forth the type of race most expect from him, especially after his solid year in 2012 when he won the Heritage Place Derby and nearly defeated Ochoa in the Rainbow Derby at Ruidoso Downs. Ochoa, currently training at Remington Park

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for upcoming stakes events, became American Quarter Horse Racing’s all-time leading money-earner later in the year. The 9-5 wagering favorite, Priceless Feature paid $5.80 to win, $2.60 to place and $2.20 to show. Fast Prize Jordan won the photo for second and paid $4.80 to place and $3 to show. A Toss Up finished third to pay $5.40 to show. The Sooner State win is the ninth from 19 career starts for Priceless Feature, a 4-year-old gelding by Feature Mr Jess from the Corona Cartel mare Southern Price. The win was worth $52,284 to move his total bankroll to $433,921. Bred in Oklahoma by Sam Green, Priceless Feature won his seventh Remington Park race in the Sooner State Stakes. Melzer won the race for the first time while Willis enjoyed his third Sooner State Stakes, having won in 2003 (A Real Man) and in 2012 with A Toss Up. Brooks has now ridden the winner of the Sooner State Stakes in consecutive years.

Pk Fire made his first start since a thirdplace run in last year’s Grade 1, $200,000 Vessels Maturity. Trainer Jaime Gomez indicated he could make his next start in the trials for this year’s Vessel’s Maturity on June 16. He won his 2012 Vessels Maturity trial by three quarters of a length for his sole victory from four 2012 starts. A 5-year-old son of Walk Thru Fire, Pk Fire has been a top-shelf competitor since his juvenile season when he qualified for the Grade 1, $1,230,000 Golden State Million Futurity. He was also third in the 2011 Grade 1, $200,000 Go Man Go Handicap. Tom Atwood’s Consider, a four-year-old gelding by Corona Cartel, came into the Kaweah Bar off a one-half length win in a Los Alamitos allowance race for trainer Jose Hernandez. Paul Blanchard’s third-place finisher Bills Last, the 19-10 second choice, has an impressive Grade 1 resume. He was second in the Grade 1, $171,000 Los Alamitos Winter Championship for trainer Paul Jones after arriving from New Mexico. The Shazoom geldLos Alamitos Race Course, ing raced to Grade 1 qualifications to the Cypress, CA $2.4-million All American Futurity, $679,000 Pk Fire back in Kaweah Bar Ruidoso Derby, $904,000 Rainbow Derby Jerardo Pasquel’s Pk Fire made a sucand the $2,236,000 All American Derby at cessful return to racing after an eight-month Ruidoso Downs. layoff with a gate-to-wire win in the Grade 2, $25,000 Kaweah Bar Handicap on Saturday night at Los Alamitos. Pk Fire started sharply from the inside Sam Houston Race Park, position and went to the lead. He mainHouston, TX tained his narrow lead throughout the 350-yard dash and finished a head in front of The Kat in the Hat is fastest Consider. It was another head back to third- qualifier in trials for John Deere place finisher Bills Last. Texas Juvenile Challenge The 8-5 favorite, Pk Fire was timed in Owner and trainer Jose R. Espinosa of :17.482 with Rodrigo Aceves aboard. Mission, Texas was hoping for a good effort

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from Trace Seis in Thursday night’s trials for the $25,000-added John Deere Texas Juvenile Challenge. The Tres Seis filly was the fastest qualifier in trials run for the richest race of the 2013 Quarter Horse meet, the $452,800 Sam Houston Futurity (Grade 2). However, the Texas horseman had a nice surprise with another one of his 2-yearolds as The Kat In The Hat won his trial in :17.747 seconds to set the fastest qualifying time. Ten trials were contested on a cold, windy night at Sam Houston Race Park, with temperatures dipping into the high 40’s and winds clocked at 25 mph. Thursday’s low of 47 degrees tied a record low temperature for the greater Houston area. “The weather conditions were tough for everyone,” said Espinosa. “This horse is a late (April) baby and was kind of green in his last race. But, he showed good speed and really surprised us last night.” The Kat in the Hat was bred by Sherrie Morace and ridden to victory by Cipriano Vidana. Espinosa purchased the son of Red Oak Special at the TQHA Yearling Sale for $4,000. Cristata recorded the second-fastest qualifying time of :17.828 for owner Filimon Saucedo and his son, Juan, who trains the Texas-bred filly. The final will take place on Saturday, May 18 and the winner will have an opportunity to represent Texas in the $150,000 John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship (Grade 2) at Los Alamitos Race Course on Nov. 9.

Sweet Oblivion outfinishes Bertha Venation in Merial Texas Distaff Challenge at SHRP

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Race Park, the $27,540 Merial Distaff Texas Challenge. Sweet Oblivion, a well-bred daughter of Mr Jess Perry continues to show her versatility and commanding running style. Owned and bred by Joe Kirk Fulton, the speedy gray filly set a new 300-yard track record of :15.101 last year at Sam Houston Race Park. She ran second in the Silestone Stakes here on April 8, which set her up nicely for tonight’s stakes victory. With regular rider, Jose Alvarez aboard, the 4-year-old mare, bobbled coming out of the gate, but rallied gamely for the win, covering 400 yards in :20.204 seconds. “She kind of scared me, stumbling at the start,” said her trainer, Mike Robbins. “This mare always gives 100% and does not have any quit to her. She does her best running at 350 and 400 yards, and loves this racetrack.” Bertha Venation, who was last year’s Merial Distaff runner-up, had to settle for second again. The 6-year-old daughter of Corona Caliente is owned by Jose Luis Salazar and trained by Erika Huitron. She has won nine of her 24 starts, including the $42,000 Merial Texas Distaff Challenge last September at Lone Star Park. “Unfortunately, she didn’t break the way she usually does,” said jockey Santos Carrizales. “But she was running at the end.” Sweet Oblivion was sent off at even odds and returned $4.20 for the win. She improved her career record to five wins from 11 starts; three of those at Sam Houston Race Park. Bertha Venation was second by a neck, followed by Baby Wave from the barn of Judd Kearl and Sarah Must, who holds the 350-yard track record here. 40 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

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Sweet Oblivion will represent Texas in Guzman indicated that the winner will the $125,000 Merial Distaff Challenge Cham- ship to California to compete the $75,000 pionship (Grade 1) at Los Alamitos on Nov. 9. Zoetis Starter Allowance Challenge Championship at Los Alamitos on Nov. 9.

DW Runaway B wins Zoetis Texas Starter Allowance Challenge

Trials were run on April 13 for the 350yard Zoetis Texas Starter Allowance Challenge and DW Runaway B won the second trial by a neck, recording the fastest qualifying time of :17.935 seconds. The final was to have been contested last Saturday, but Sam Houston Race Park was forced to cancel its entire card due to heavy storms in the Greater Houston area. The extra six days had no effect on the 4-year-old Ocean Runaway gelding, who powered from his far outside under jockey Luis Vivanco. He passed early leader Freddies Crash, crossing the wire in :17.887 seconds as the post-time favorite. This was the fourth win from 15 starts for Dw Runaway B, who is owned by Robert Guzman and trained by Manuel Vega Jr. His connections drew post position ten for the final, but the race was redrawn after last Saturday’s cancelation. Fortunately, they drew the far outside post once again. “We always knew he was better on the outside and liked his post position,” said Guzman. “We were worried he wouldn’t make it back as strong as he ran in trials, but he ran great. Our plan is to go to Los Alamitos.” Dw Runaway B paid $4.40 for the win, earning a speed index of 87. Longshot Reinin Fire edged Freddie Crash for second and Ocean Bank completed the superfecta.

Turf Paradise, Phoenix, AZ Fales winning streak continues in Desert Classic

The Fales family probably wishes that the Turf Paradise season that concludes on Tuesday never ends. Trainer Matthew Fales won the $64,363 Desert Classic Futurity with Ralph and Carolyn Fales’ homebred Heat Warning on Friday afternoon after the trainer swept the $44,275 AQRA Open Spring Futurity and the $34,960 AQRA Open Spring Derby a week ago. Heat Warning barely got the job done. The A Regal Choice gelding battled with Jess Feelin Blue to win by a nose with a $15.908 time for the 300 yards. Esgar Ramirez traveled from New Mexico to pick up the mount. Tac A Hike was a neck behind the toptwo finishers for third. Heat Warning showed potential when he made his career debut in the Desert Classic trials. He took the trial by one-and-onehalf lengths and his time of :16.137 was the fifth-fastest time on the qualifiers’ list. Y/N Horse Stables’ runner-up Jess Feelin Blue remains a maiden after two starts. The Jess Louisiana Blue filly from the Omar Lorta barn was second behind fastest-qualifier Capital Eye in their trial. Third-place runner Tac A Hike, owned by Cesar Martinez and trained by Gina Stratton, made his first start in the trials and was third behind Capital Eye and Jess Feelin Blue in that productive trial.

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Marketing Mix

MAY 27, 2013 Betfair Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Favored Marketing Mix wins thrilling Gamely; Comma To The Top rolls in Los Angeles ’Cap Making her first start of 2013, Marketing Mix gave Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens his first win at Betfair Hollywood Park in nearly eight years with a thrilling victory in the $250,500 Gamely Stakes Monday. Idle since finishing second behind Zagora in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf last Nov. 2, Marketing Mix defeated Tiz Flirtatious by a head after a stretch long duel to win the first Grade 1 race of the Spring/ Summer meet. Trained by Tom Proctor for Glen Hill Farm, Marketing Mix, a 5-year-old, Canadianbred daughter of Medaglia d’Oro and the Kris S. mare Instant Thought, won for the ninth time in 17 starts. Her second Grade 1 success – she won the Rodeo Drive last Sept. 29 at Santa Anita - increased her earnings to $1,809,518. The 3-2 favorite returned $5, $3.20 and $2.20 while completing the 1 1/8 miles on turf in 1:47.24. Positioned off the pace set by longshot Miss Ellany, Marketing Mix was kept in the clear after breaking from the outside in the field of seven, began to rally while inside Tiz Flirtatious around the turn and those two were a virtual team to the wire. Nine days removed from his 15-1 surprise aboard Oxbow in the Preakness Stakes, Stevens collected his first victory at Hollywood Park since he teamed with the California bred Alphabet Kisses to win the

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Grade 2 A Gleam Invitational Handicap July 9, 2005. It was the first Grade 1 victory locally for Stevens, 50, since he captured the Hollywood Turf Cup with 10-1 shot Pellegrino Dec. 4, 2004. “I was fortunate to work her three-quarters of a mile at Keeneland (April 18) and she was super strong,’’ said Stevens. “Both (Julien Leparoux aboard Tiz Flirtatious) and I were both trying to make the winning move coming into the stretch. “About the sixteenth pole we were getting them cranked up and his mare actually had a little better turn of foot than mine did, but we managed to get up in time. Two good performances by two very good mares.’’ The win was the fourth in the Gamely for Stevens, but his first since Donna Viola in 1997. Tiz Flirtatious, who had the lead briefly with about a furlong to run, paid $3.20 and $2.20 as the 2-1 second choice. She finished 4 ¼ lengths clear of 2-1 third choice Lady of Shamrock. The show price on Lady of Shamrock, the 2012 American Oaks winner, was $2.40. Halo Dolly finished a nose back in fourth. My Gi Gi, Miss Ellany and Private Affair completed the order of finish. Corey Nakatani replaced Garrett Gomez on Halo Dolly. Gomez was off his mounts again Monday still feeling some soreness after being involved in a spill in the first race May 24. “She had a chance to get by that mare and (Marketing Mix) just wouldn’t let her by,’’ said Marty Jones, trainer of the runner-up. “She ran her heart out. Those are two super nice mares. Just another jump and we would have gotten to her, but that’s horse racing.’’

Earlier in the day, Comma to the Top led throughout to defeat five opponents in the $100,250 Los Angeles Handicap. The task for the 5-year-old Bwana Charlie gelding became considerably easier with the scratch of 2-1 morning line favorite Fast Bullet – reportedly due to illness – and the Florida bred did not disappoint as the 7-10 favorite. With the 1 ¼ length victory, Comma to the Top became the 36th horse to win at least five stakes at Hollywood Park. The leader is Native Diver with 10. Trained by Peter Miller for owners Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Kevin Tsujihara, Comma to the Top cleared easily under jockey Edwin Maldonado through a 22.37 opening quarter mile and held off Centralinteligence in the final sixteenth. He completed the six furlongs over Cushion Track in 1:09.11. Comma to the Top, who won the Cool Frenchy Stakes May 4 in his first start of the Spring/Summer meet, has won 14 of 31 and earned $1,293,406. Now 5-for-9 over Cushion Track, the Florida-bred, who is out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Maggies Storm, paid $3.40, $2.40 and $2.10. Miller said Comma to the Top will stick to sprinting through the rest of 2013 with the Breeders’ Cup Sprint Nov. 2 at Santa Anita the ultimate goal. The runner-up finish by Centralinteligence was his second in a row in the Grade 3 after he chased Roman Threat in 2012. The 6-1 shot, who finished 2 ¼ lengths in front of Camp Victory, paid $4.60 and $3.20. The show price on 7-2 second choice Camp Victory was $2.60. It was the third consecutive appearance in the L.A. HandiSureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 41

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cap for the 6-year-old gelding. He won – via disqualification – in 2011 and was also third last year. Camp Victory was ridden by Joe Talamo, so the jockey’s streak of five consecutive stakes wins at Betfair Hollywood Park ended. Majestic City, winner of the Hollywood Juvenile Championship and Willard L. Proctor Memorial in 2011 who was making his first start as a 4-year-old, Tiz Tee Time and Apriority completed the order of finish. Jockey Tyler Baze moved into a tie for third in the rider standings with four wins Monday. Baze, who won the first with Me Likey Mikey, the third with Pointsoffthebench, the seventh with Pulpit’s Express and the 10th with Ralphy Girl, and Edwin Maldonado both have 22 victories. Rafael Bejarano leads with 27, two more than Joe Talamo, who doubled Monday. Victor Espinoza’s 9-1 upset with Doyouseemecoming in the eighth race left him one victory shy of a significant milestone. The veteran jockey has 2,999 career victories. He could reach 3,000 when racing resumes Thursday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Espinoza is scheduled to ride Rosies Ready in the sixth and Fighting Hussar in the seventh.

Lone Star Park, Grand Prairie, TX Back-to-back graded stakes wins for Master Rick as he takes the prize in Lone Star Park Handicap Master Rick has done it again! The winner of the Grade 3 Texas Mile on April 27 made it back-to-back graded stakes wins with his victory today in the $300,000 Grade 42 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

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3 Lone Star Park Handicap for three-yearolds and upward going a mile and a sixteenth on the dirt. Under regular rider, Ricardo Santana, Jr., the four-year-old colt (Master Command – Whata Gem by Maria’s Mon) made a bid at the top of the stretch, pulled clear in the final furlong and held off stablemate Prayer for Relief, by a length at the wire. Trained by Lone Star Park’s all-time leading trainer, Steve Asmussen and owned by Richard L. Davis, Master Rick’s win today improved his record to 16-4-1-2 lifetime. With the $195,750 winner’s share of the purse, he increased his lifetime earnings to $351,363. Master Rick paid $4.20 and $2.20. Runner-up Prayer for Relief paid $2.20 to place. Formaggio and Isn’t He Clever completed the order of finish. There was no show wagering with of the late scratch of Battle Hardened. Final time was 1:42.09.

Golden Gate Fields, Berkeley, CA Summer Hit wins All American Stakes to complete coastto-coast stakes double for Hollendorfer

Summer Hit completed a East CoastWest Coast graded stakes double for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer when he led from start to finish in the Grade 3 $100,000 All American Stakes at Golden Gate Fields Monday. Sixty-five minutes before the All American, Hollendorfer earned one of the biggest wins in his Hall of Fame career when Sahara Sky captured the Grade 1 $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park in New York. Sahara Sky, ridden by Joel Rosario,

rallied from last in a field of nine to win the Metropolitan by the slimmest of noses over pacesetter Cross Traffic. The third choice in the wagering, Sahara Sky paid $11.60. “I thought at the eighth pole that he was going to run that horse down,” said Hollendorfer in a cell phone interview from Belmont Park. “He didn’t do it as quick as I thought he would, but he got there and I’m very grateful for that.” Hollendorfer owns Sahara Sky, who earned $450,000 for the victory, in partnership with Kim Lloyd. A 5-year-old horse by Pleasant Tap, Sahara Sky opened the year with victories in the Grade 2 Palos Verdes and Grade 2 San Carlos Stakes at Santa Anita. Sahara Sky has seven wins in 16 starts and $886,680 in career earnings. Hollendorfer didn’t have to sweat out a photo finish in the All American as his frontrunning gelding Summer Hit controlled things from start to finish in the 1 1/16-mile test for 3-year-olds and up. Ridden by Russell Baze, Summer Hit maintained a clear lead through honest fractions – 24.46, 48.70, and 1:12.87 – on the synthetic Tapeta racing surface. Summer Hit held off Hudson Landing down the stretch to score by three-quarters of a length in 1:44.09. Administer finished third. Summer Hit, a very consistent son of Bertrando, was the 6-5 favorite in the All American and paid $4.60. Summer Hit has seven wins, two seconds and two thirds in 11 career starts and $281,835 in earnings. Owned in partnership by Hollendorfer and John Carver, Summer Hit earned $60,000 for his first graded stakes victory and the second stakes win of his career. Summer Hit won the Silky Sullivan Stakes on the Golden Gate Fields turf last year.

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Tres Borrachos, a multiple stakes-winning millionaire and the 2-1 second choice in the All American, finished last under veteran jockey Joey Steiner.

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Goin to the Window $10,000 and Blueberry Smoothie $7,500, meaning Northwest Farms took home $45,000*or 90 percent*of the $50,000 purse. Northwest Farms – nom de course for Jerre Paxton of Seattle – became the first owner to finish first, second and third in a stakes at Emerald Downs, while Wenzel beEmerald Downs, Auburn, WA came the first trainer to saddle the top three Stopshoppingdebbie gets the win as Northwest Farms sweeps finishers in a stakes worth over $25,000 at Emerald Downs Seattle ’Cap A Kentucky-bred by Curlin-Taste the A sea of black and red silks stormed Passion, Stopshoppingdebbie is unbeaten through the lane Sunday at Emerald Downs, in two starts with earnings of $37,318. Her as trainer Tom Wenzel and Northwest Farms previous race was a seven-length victory last dominated the $50,000 Seattle Handicap for August in a maiden special weight at 5 ½ 3-year-old fillies. furlongs. Stopshoppingdebbie, Goin to the WinWenzel, a bit relieved after saddling the dow and Blueberry Smoothie – all trained by top three favorites, was pleased with the Wenzel and bred and co-owned by Northoutcome and looks forward to the distance west Farms – finished first, second and third races ahead. in the season’s first stakes event for sopho“I take some humility with the results more fillies. today because of whom each horse is bred Stopshoppingdebbie, ridden by Rocco by, but you do have to get them ready for Bowen at 116 lbs, re-rallied for a 1 ½-length the race, “ he said. “I am pretty happy with victory in a stakes record-tying 1:14.41 for today’s result.” 6 ½ furlongs. The winner paid $5, $3.40 and As for which horse is best, Wenzel said $2.80. only time will tell, but added Sunday’s winGoin to the Window, ridden by Juan ner might have the most natural speed of Gutierrez at 120 lbs, rallied to the lead inside the three fillies. into the turn, but was overtaken late, and Bowen has had good success riding for paid $3.60 and $3.20. It was the first career Wenzel, most notably aboard 2012 WTBOA defeat for the track’s Top 2-Year-Old Filly of Horse of the Year Makors Finale. So naturally 2012. the jockey was thrilled when Wenzel named Blueberry Smoothie, with Javier Matias him to ride Stopshoppingdebbie. aboard at 119 lbs, rallied from sixth to finish “I was pretty pumped about a week ago when Tom (Wenzel) gave me the call on the third and returned $3.40 for show. Sunset horse,” Bowen said. “The plan was to play it Time, Locket, Innocent Love, Lasting Rose by the break. With the break, you can win or and Song of Seattle rounded out the order lose a race.” of finish. Stopshoppingdebbie broke alertly and Stopshoppingdebbie earned $27,500,

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rocketed through an opening quarter-mile in :21.92. Going into the turn, however, the complexion of the race changed as Goin to the Window rushed to the lead inside of Stopshoppingdebbie, running the half in a sizzling :44.29. “When I saw my stable mate come inside of me, I just tried to ride a smart race,” Bowen said. “I really didn’t want to put pressure on my stable mate and set it up for someone else. I just tried to get my filly to relax and hope that she had the kick at the end, and she sure did.” Stopshoppingdebbie regained the lead past mid-stretch and kicked clear late, chased home by Goin to the Window and Blueberry Smoothie. Gutierrez said Goin to the Window was off a step slow, and then reluctant to rate off the pace.

SunRay Park, Farmington, NM Attila’s Hurricane speeds away in Dine Stakes The very fast Attila’s Hurricane made every pole a winning one and galloped to a near 3-length win in the $65,000 Dine Stakes at SunRay Park and Casino on Sunday. Trainer Bart Hone gave his sprinter a 7 week freshening from a tough Sunland Park campaign, and Attila’s Hurricane delivered a commanding performance in the 6 and 1/2 furlong test. The Red Hedeman Mile runnerup jumped out to an early lead blasting into the first turn, and he took to the sharp SunRay Park turns like a duck to water. He carved out a strong pace under jockey Isaias Cardenas while moving smoothly down the backstretch. The Attila’s Storm gelding powered into SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 43

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the stretch run with a 3-length advantage and still had some speed in reserve. Attila’s Hurricane collected his first career stakes win for owner and breeder Gary Thompson. The victory was worth $39,000. Attila’s Hurricane served notice last fall at Zia Park romping to a debut maiden victory and a nice allowance score. With an abundance of speed, Attila’s Hurricane should be a worthy adversary in upcoming sprint stakes for New Mexicobreds. The 5-1 overlay paid $13.60 to win. The wire to wire winner was timed in 1:19.75. He has earned nearly $96,000 from 3 career wins. 2013 New Mexico Breeders’ Derby winner Hush’s Storm ran a solid second making his first start since March 24. The 4-5 favorite found his best strides in the final furlong but could not catch the winner. He and jockey Alfredo Juarez, Jr. finished 1 and 3/4 lengths in front of Carmen’s Rocket. Hush’s Storm won 3 races in total last season at Sunland Park and is poised for a big summer campaign. The six figure earner trained by Todd Fincher is also a son of Attila’s Storm.

Oneotwo

Iotapa took the Railbird and May 25 with Obviously’s victory in the Grade 2 American Handicap. Second behind stablemate – and 2012 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint heroine – Mizdirection in the Grade 3 Las Cienegas April 13 at Santa Anita, Schiaparelli made the lead shortly after the start Sunday and wasn’t seriously menaced the remainder of the six furlongs. Owned by breeder Ran Jan Racing, Inc. and trained by Mike Puype, Schiaparelli, a 5-year-old gray daughter of Ghostzapper and the Avenue of Flags mare Cambiocorsa, covered the distance in 1:08.66. The 2 ½ length victory was her fourth in eight starts and pushed her earnings to $184,184. She paid $3.20, $2.20 and $2.10. “She ran real well today,’’ said Puype. “I imagine the (Grade 2, $150,000) Royal Heroine (Mile July 6) will be next for her. The race was just what we wanted, hopefully not have her be asked too hard. She still has some habits she has to shake to be a distance horse, but if she can settle down a little more there’s no reason she won’t run a flat mile.’’ Betfair Hollywood Park, Purim’s Dancer, who broke quickly from Inglewood, CA her inside post, was able to hold second by Schiaparelli gives Talamo a nose over stablemate Customer Base, who another stakes win was making her first start in seven months The stakes wins keep coming for jockey for trainer Tom Proctor. Joe Talamo at Betfair Hollywood Park. Ridden by Hall of Famer Gary Stevens, Schiaparelli, the 3-5 favorite, gave who was seeking his first stakes victory at Talamo his fifth consecutive stakes success Hollywood Park since he won the 2005 A Sunday when she easily dispatched of five Gleam Invitational Handicap with Alphaopponents in the $73,710 Great Lady M. bet Kisses, Purim’s Dancer, the 5-2 second Talamo’s streak began May 18 when he choice, returned $3 and $2.20. The show won the Fran’s Valentine with Unusual Hottie price on Customer Base was $3.20. and the Grade 2 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith replaced with Open Water, continued May 19 when Garrett Gomez aboard Customer Base. Both44 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

ered by lingering body soreness after being involved in a first race spill May 24, Gomez took off his two scheduled mounts Sunday, but is expected back Monday, according to agent Tony Matos. Racing resumes Monday. Post time for the Memorial Day program is 1 p.m. Track gates will open at 9:55 a.m. for simulcasts. In honor of the holiday, veterans and active duty personnel – with military identification – will receive free general admission. The 10-race card includes the first Grade 1 – the $250,000 Gamely Stakes – of the Spring/Summer meet. The 1 1/8 mile turf event is headlined by 2012 American Oaks winner Lady of Shamrock and the comebacking Marketing Mix, a multiple graded stakes winner for Glen Hill Farm and trainer Tom Proctor. The Gamely is the ninth. Talamo will have a chance to extend his stakes streak to six in the day’s initial graded event, the $100,000 Los Angeles Handicap. Talamo will ride 2011 L.A. winner Camp Victory in the race at six furlongs over Cushion Track. The Grade 3 will go as the fourth race. Talamo does not have a mount in the Gamely.

Arapahoe Park, Aurora, CO It was Ladies Day in the Inaugural Stakes It was Ladies Day in the winner’s circle as a female horse and a female jockey beat the boys in the Inaugural Stakes at Arapahoe Park in Aurora, Colorado, on Sunday. The filly Oneotwo with jockey Kelsi Purcell aboard scored a 20-1 upset in the 6-furlong, $40,000 stakes race for 3-year-olds. “She just jumped up in a whole different world right there,” Purcell said. “That’s

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awesome. I’m really proud of her. This filly is starting to come around because she was just sort of a big baby and didn’t really know what she was doing.” Purcell said the victory was particularly significant for her and one of her top personal successes because she has been around Oneotwo since her boyfriend, B.J. Stivers, bought and began training the filly as a weanling. “I pony broke her when she was a just yearling and saddled her up and everything,” Purcell said about the filly she has nicknamed “Pistol.” “We’ve had her this whole time. B.J. has taken such great care of her. It makes it so much more significant when you’re so attached to her.” Originally from Vancouver Island, Canada, Purcell has been based as a jockey in Texas for the past 12 years and has ridden at Arapahoe Park for four seasons. She is the only female jockey currently riding at Arapahoe Park. “It makes me look better in particular as a female rider,” Purcell said. “To ride a horse that’s decent and then it’s a filly and then your girl and then beat the boys, everybody always gives you a little more recognition for it for sure.” Another filly, A Drop Dead Diva, was the 9-5 favorite in the field of 11 and made the early lead for jockey Russell Vicchrilli. Oneotwo sat just behind the quick early pace. She and 2-1 second choice Clone made moves together at the top of the stretch. Oneotwo and Purcell ran down Clone and jockey Kelly Bridges close to the finish line for a halflength victory in a final time of 1:10.40. Silk Indian and jockey Don Frazier were third. A Drop Dead Diva faded to eighth. Purcell credited Oneotwo’s changed

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temperament and maturity for the dramatic improvement that saw the filly win her third race in 11 lifetime starts and more than double her career earnings to $44,430. “If you’ve ever seen wild horses there’s always a female in front. They lead the pack,” Purcell said. When you can get one to turn that way where they think they should be the leader, I think that’s the best thing. They’re almost unbeatable because they don’t want anything to pass them. They will dig in.”

Ruidoso Downs, NM Wizardry pulls out to take First Lady Handicap Foxpointe Thoroughbreds and Greg Green’s 20-1 Wizardry swung to the outside in the stretch and pulled away to defeat 11 other fillies and mares in the $50,000 First Lady Stakes on Sunday afternoon at Ruidoso Downs. Wizardry raced the six furlongs in 1:11.54 to get the expanding two-length win over Little Vidalia while Way To Go Gerda finished third, just a neck back. The Jorge Ochoa-ridden Wizardry raced in a stalking position behind the pacesetting Ize In Trouble and then Ochoa moved him to the outside around a wall of horses entering the stretch. The four-year-old daughter of Teuflesberg quickened when asked by Ochoa and she rallied to her first win since taking a $35,000 allowance race at one-mile back in November at Zia Park for co-owner and trainer Green. Wizardry does some of her best work at Ruidoso Downs. In her only stakes appearance at the track last year, she won the $50,000 Aspen Cup at six furlongs and she could defend her win in this year’s running

on August 10. J Bar 7 Ranch’s runner-up Little Vidalia, a New Mexico-bred daughter of Attila’s Storm, came off a second-place finish in a Sunland Park allowance race for trainer Justin Evans. Evans scored his 999th career win when he won the first race at Ruidoso Downs with Patriot Joe and then reached the 1,000-win mark when Celestic Night won the fifth race at Lone Star Park near Dallas.

MAY 25, 2013 Betfair Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Obviously is the answer in American Handicap Heavily-favored Obviously won for the fourth time in five starts at one mile on turf, easily dispatching of five opponents in the $150,250 American Handicap Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. The victory by the Irish-bred gelding continued a local stakes roll for jockey Joe Talamo. The 23-year-old of Marrero, La. has won the last four stakes offered at Betfair Hollywood Park. He went 3-for-3 last weekend, taking the Fran’s Valentine with Unusual Hottie, the Grade 2 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap with Open Water and the Railbird with Iotapa. A 5-year-old son of Choisir out of the Montjeu mare Leala trained by Mike Mitchell for owners Anthony Fanticola and Joseph Scardino, Obviously, who was 2-5, won for the seventh time in 14 starts. The $90,000 payday boosted his earnings to $668,361. Defeated by a half-length by Chips All In in the Grade 2 San Simeon Stakes April 20 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 45

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in his first start of 2013, Obviously basically won the American in the opening quarter of a mile. Unchallenged early by Chosen Miracle, who was stretching out again after two sprints, Obviously was clear through 23.26 and 46.09 fractions, received a mild challenge from Barocci with about two furlongs remaining, but kicked clear in the stretch while taken in hand late by Talamo. In winning by 2 ½ lengths, Obviously completed the distance in 1:32.95, not far off the course record of 1:32.59 set by Monterey Jazz May 24, 2009. Favored for the seventh time in 11 starts in the United States – he’s won four times as the public choice – Obviously returned $2.80, $2.40 and $2.10. “My son-in-law (Craig Rounsefell) picked him out and bought him. We were going to buy a different horse, but he kept saying there’s this horse tomorrow. So I said, ‘Let’s go for that horse tomorrow.’ When they picked him out, he was totally a sprinter and we thought we had a sprinter on our hands. “But, when we routed him, now all of a sudden, ‘Wow!’ We’re going to keep him at a mile, take our time with him and go for the (Breeders’ Cup Mile Nov. 2 at Santa Anita) again.’’ Mitchell added Obviously, who won a pair of Grade 2 races in 2012 before finishing third behind eventual Horse of the Year Wise Dan and 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, will return in the $300,000, Grade 1 Shoemaker Mile June 29. The win was the second in three years for Talamo – he upset Sidney’s Candy with Ryehill Dreamer in 2011 – and he was certainly impressed with Obviously. 46 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

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He does Winner of the Group I French 2000 Guineas last year at Longchamp, Lucayan rallied from last to outfinish Barocci by a neck for second. Lucayan paid $4.80 and $3.60 while the show price on Barocci was $3.40. Drill, the 4-1 second choice, finished fourth, 3 ½ lengths behind Barocci. Racing Aptitude and Chosen Miracle completed the order of finish.

House Fun going 5 and 1/2 furlongs in a tough Sunland allowance on April 12. In the Aztec Oaks, all of her talents were on display. The 7-5 favorite showed a terrific ability to pass between horses and a fierce winning attitude. She absolutely loved the SunRay Park surface. It will be interesting to see her match up once again with Back Seat Roll later this summer. Tyger Teras earned $39,000 from her fifth career win in 10 starts. The multiple SunRay Park, Farmington, NM stakes winning star is owned by Jim Nation and trained by Greg Green. The winTyger Teras is just too much ning time was 1:18.38. She is closing in on in Aztec Oaks $150,000 in earnings. The dynamic New Mexico-bred filly Lake House Fun finished up in second Tyger Teras was just too much race horse for trainer Henry Dominguez. The good and roared to an expansive 4-length victory looking daughter of Roll Hennessy Roll proin the $65,000 Aztec Oaks at SunRay Park duced a solid late run but was no threat to and Casino on Saturday. the winner. She earned $13,000 for owners Tyger Teras humbled a very strong Kirk and Judy Robison. group of multiple winners in the six and oneTodd Fincher’s Swedish Goddess made half furlong feature for New Mexico-bred a positive impression in her first stakes three-year-old fillies. The daughter of To Teras appearance. The Desert God filly found charged from well off the pace and was in momentum in the stretch and finished third, complete control with nearly a quarter mile nearly 5 lengths in front of Dance With Trixie. left in the contest. The two-time stakes winner was ridden out by jockey Alfredo Juarez, Evangeline Downs, Jr. and the duo was all alone at the wire. Opelousas, LA Juarez, Jr. said, “It was a little rough early Silent Legacy scores down the backstretch. Once we found an in Opelousas Stakes opening, she took off, and then it was easy. That’s all she needs.” Silent Legacy ($15.00) outfinished the Since winning a $12,500 claimer at Sun- favored Little Polka Dot after a length of land Park last winter, Tyger Teras has blosthe stretch duel to record her first stakes somed into a first class race horse at almost win Saturday evening at Evangeline Downs any distance. She upset the classy Back Seat Racetrack & Casino in the $50,000 OpelouRoll in the $85,000 La Senora Stakes going sas Stakes for fillies & mares 3-year-olds 6 furlongs. The grey roan finished second to and up. The four-year-old Louisiana bred that same rival going 1 and 1/16 miles in the daughter of Silent Name was able to work New Mexico Breeders’ Oaks and beat Lake out a perfect stalking trip under jockey Kirk

RACE RECAPS - THOROUGHBRED Leblanc outside of Little Polka Dot through moderate fractions of 24.59, 48.89, & 1:12.82 before poking her head in front in the upper stretch and maintaining that slim lead to the wire winning by a head in a time of 1:38.39 for the about distance of one mile on a turf course that was labeled firm. Winning jockey Kirk Leblanc stated “We had a perfect trip. I asked her to run at the quarter-pole and she was able to quicken up and grab the lead. The favorite was certainly a tough opponent, but my filly kept on giving me her all and in the end it was enough for the win.” Little Polka Dot, a multiple-stakes winner of more than $460,000 finished one length in front of Queenie Vic. Paoli was next across the finish line in 4th, followed by Beverly Belle and Cho Cho Cat. Patty’s Pride, Miss Addison, and Osi Posse were scratched. Owned and bred locally by I. Lee Lange and Eugene Patin, Silent Legacy earned $30,000 for the win, her sixth overall and pushed her lifetime earnings past the $145,000 mark. She is trained by Bunky Richards.

MAY 24, 2013 Prairie Meadows, Altoona, IA Conchacer, Lulu Wong win in Sprint Stakes doubleheader

Robson Thoroughbreds’ Conchacer upset the $60,000 Prairie Express Stakes for males and Maggi Moss’ Lulu Wong went from gate-to-wire on the lead to take the $60,000 Prairie Rose Stakes for distaffers during a six-furlong stakes doubleheader on Friday night at Prairie Meadows. Conchacer got a heady ride from Terry Thompson. They stalked pacesetter City Sage and then found a lane along the rail entering the stretch. Conchacer rallied through the rail and City Sage continued the fight. Conchacer showed the gameness to put away the Ken Tohill-ridden City Sage in the final 100 yards to win by one-half length. Conchacer was timed in a sharp 1:08.74 for the win at 10-1 odds. Flashpoint, the 3-2 favorite, was never a threat and finished nearly six lengths behind City Sage in third. Conchacer was overlooked despite finishing in the top-three runners in his previPrairie Meadows, Altoona, IA ous six starts with three wins. The seven-yearFavored Maude S takes Wild old son of Congaree came of a front-running four-length win in a six-furlong allowance Rose for distaffers race at Hawthorne. He now has a win and a James Miller’s Maude S was not deterred by a slow early pace with the first half second from three Prairie Meadows starts. Lulu Wong never left any doubt who mile going in :50.53 and rallied from last to was the best filly or mare in the Prairie Rose win the $60,000 Wild Rose Stakes at Prairie Stakes. Jockey Terry Thompson gunned her Meadows on Saturday night. to the lead and she quickly opened up a dayWhile early leader Lava Girl tried to turn light advantage. The filly kept accelerating the first half of the one-and-one-sixteentharound the turn and opened up a three-andmile test into a stroll, jockey Israel Campo one-half length advantage at the finish. kept Maude S at the rear of the field of five The Storm And A Half mare covered the fillies and mares. Jockey Jeffrey Sanchez kept six furlongs in 1:09.13. the mare along the rail for the entire race Trained by Chris Richard, Lulu Wong and found a hole and the lead at the top of raced to her first win from five 2013 starts. the stretch. She held the lead and then settled for secMaude S, the even-money choice, ond in the Spring Fever Stakes at Oaklawn pulled away through the stretch to win by Park. She then also gave up the lead in the two-and-three-quarter lengths over Lava final strides in a six-furlong allowance Prairie Girl. It was another two-and-three-quarter Meadows allowance race, her start before lengths back to third-place finisher Miss Hockaday. The Jump It daughter was timed in 1:44.93. Trained by James DeVito, Maude S was making her Prairie Meadows debut and raced to her first win since taking an allowance race back in December at Hawthorne Park. Two starts before the Wild Rose, she was third in an optional-claiming race at Keeneland.

the Prairie Rose Stakes. Missjeanlouise, the 6-5 favorite, was second and All About Allie was third in the five-horse field.

MAY 19, 2013 Betfair Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Iotapa provides Talamo another stakes win in Railbird Jockey Joe Talamo completed a weekend stakes sweep Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park with a victory aboard favored Iotapa in the $74,920 Railbird. Shortening up after finishing second behind Beholder – the 2-year-old filly champion of 2012 – in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Oaks April 6, Iotapa was reserved off the pace, rallied outside Tres Belle and pacesetter Hail Mary around the turn and went on to win by 1 ¼ lengths over Ciao Bella Luna. Iotapa’s third win in four starts came a day after Talamo captured the $150,250, Grade 2 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap with 9-1 outsider Open Water and the $100,500 Fran’s Valentine Stakes with 9-2 shot Unusual Hottie. Trained by John Sadler for owner Hronis Racing LLC, Iotapa, a 3-year-old daughter of Afleet Alex and the El Corredor mare Concinnous, covered the seven furlongs over

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Cushion Track in 1:23.40. She pushed her earnings to $155,490 while returning $4.80, $3.40 and $2.10. The win was her second in as many appearances at Betfair Hollywood Park. Iotapa broke her maiden in her debut last June 21 and was claimed for $50,000 by her current connections. The victory was Sadler’s third in the Railbird. Hall of Famer Richard Mandella leads with four wins. Sadler’s earlier victories came with Melair (1986) and Sportfull Snob (1994). Five weeks removed from a 7-1 upset in the Grade 2 Beaumont at Keeneland, Ciao Bella Luna, who broke last, finished well after saving ground throughout under jockey Rafael Bejarano and wound up two lengths in front of Hail Mary, the 3-2 second choice. Never worse than second in five races around one turn, Ciao Bella Luna paid $4.40 and $2.40. The show price on the California-

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clear in the opening strides, Hoist opened a long early lead, setting fractions of :21.93 for the quarter-mile and :43.83 for the half. Hoist then extended the lead to four lengths past mid-stretch, and was never seriously threatened although Stryker Phd closed the gap late. “With the post he had today, I was Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA happy that the horses we had to beat were Hoist takes early lead and on the outside of us,” said Gryder, the leadprevails in Governor’s Handicap ing rider this year at Hastings Racecourse. Apparently North American Thorough- “I just wanted to break as I clean as I could. bred Racing Company has another LonI knew that my horse was extremely quick, gacres Mile candidate in 2013. so they were going to have to really push to The nom de course for Glen Todd of Sur- outrun him early. rey, British Columbia, North American Thor“They didn’t want to push, so I kept my oughbred Racing Company campaigned horse out in the middle of the track and Taylor Said to a victory in the 2012 Mile. forced the other jockeys to make decisions. This year’s candidate is Hoist, a powerful By the time we got to the turn, he was going 4-year-old son of Mineshaft who simply ran quickly enough that we could just open it the opposition into defeat Sunday, scoring up. I didn’t hear any other horses coming, I a one-length victory over 40-to-1 Stryker just heard (trainer) Mike Puhich yelling.” Phd in the $50,000 Governor’s Handicap for Hoist earned $27,500 for the win and 3-year-olds and up at Emerald Downs. pushed his career bankroll to $201,901. The Why Not Be Perfect finished third while 4-year-old Kentucky-bred has a 4-1-5 mark defending champion and 3-to-2 betting in 11 starts including stops at Fair Grounds, favorite Winning Machine finished last. Belmont Park, Saratoga, Santa Anita and Ridden by Aaron Gryder at 118 lbs, Hastings, where his lone start was a third Hoist zipped 6 ½ furlongs in 1:14.78 and in the 2012 B.C. Derby. Most recently, Hoist paid $8.40, $5.40 and $4.80. Mike Puhichfinished a troubled third in the April 28 alsaddling his third winner on the card-is the lowance race won by Makors Finale. winning trainer. Stryker Phd, ridden by Debbie Hoonan The Governor’s is the first step for older at 114 lbs, rallied from last to finish second horses en route to the 78th edition of the and paid $31.40 and $8.60. $200,000 Longacres Mile on Sunday, August Trained by Margo Lloyd, the 4-year-old 18, and a harbinger for the division. Washington-bred gelding has finished in the With probable favorite Makors Finale top three in six of his seven career starts insidelined, some wondered where the early cluding a victory vs. maiden special weights pace would come from in the Governor’s, but on the turf at Golden Gate Fields. Hoist, handled perfectly by Gryder, and an“I can’t wait to go a route,” Hoonan said. swered that question immediately. Sprinting I started to ask him at the three-eighths pole bred Hail Mary, who had won the Warren’s Thoroughbred Stakes at the Railbird distance April 27, was $2.10. Tres Belle finished three lengths behind Hail Mary in fourth. Irish Presence and Think Sunshine completed the order of finish.

RACE RECAPS - THOROUGHBRED and he just started flying. I thought we were going to win it, I really did.” Why Not Be Perfect, the starting highweight ridden by Anne Sanguinetti at 121 lbs., also closed well to finish third and paid $4.80. Assessment finished fourth, followed by Kooky Saluki, D’honorable One, Edge Forward and Winning Machine. Winning Machine, runner-up in last year’s Longacres Mile and first, second or third in 20 of 30 starts at Emerald Downs, turned in an uncharacteristic performance. Regular rider Javier Matias was puzzled by the effort. “I moved him into a good position, but when I asked him, he gave me nothing today,” Matias said. “I don’t know what happened out there. It seemed like everything was OK, but then he was just out of it. I don’t think he was tired. He just had a bad day.”

a five-wide move, however never got within striking distance of the front-running Jumped The Harbor. It was then seven lengths back to Tra Kela, who was in contention and faded. Jumped The Harbor raced to her third win and most notable performance from four career starts for trainer Larry Dunbar. The Jump Start-sired filly easily won her maiden at first asking last summer by more than six lengths and scored her second win when she came back from a seven-month layoff on May 2 to take conditioned allowance race by nearly five lengths.

and Casino. The three-year-old daughter of Old Topper roared to a 1 and 1/4 length victory in the six and one-half furlong test. With regular pilot Enrique Portillo Gomez in the saddle, Shesatopattraction raced patiently in the first quarter mile before unleashing a wicked 4-wide move on the second turn. She engulfed the pace setting favorite Jossy Do It and had plenty left in the tank for any challenger. The hard knocking performer surged clear in the stretch to take a daylight win over Key to My Warrior. Henry Dominguez trained the 9-5 second favorite who returned $5.60 to win. Dominguez also saddled the filly to a win in the Truth or Consequences Stakes at Zia Canterbury Park, Park last fall before heading to Sunland Park Shakopee, MN where she finished second in the Island Still undefeated, Heliskier wins Fashion Stakes behind Countess Curlin. 10,000 Lakes Stakes The Tommy Town Thoroughbreds own the They tried to beat Heliskier today but it 2-time stakes winner. Shesatopattraction was not meant to be. The 4-year-old Minne- picked up $18,000, increasing her lifetime bankroll to nearly $80,000. sota bred defeated seven challengers with Todd Fincher’s Key to My Warrior made relative ease, covering the six furlongs of the Prairie Meadows, Altoona, IA an eye catching move along the rail to gain $50,000 10,000 Lakes Stakes in 1:09.99 and Iowa sophomores in Prairie second place. She was four lengths in front winning by 5 ½ lengths Saturday at Canterof long shot Moneyatlast. bury Park. Derek Bell has ridden the undeMeadows spotlight Jossy Do It raced as the 4-5 favorite feated Heliskier in all seven career races for Black Oak Farms’ Wolf Pack Jack held coming off a sparkling win in the Hallowed safe favored Rushin’ Rubietta in the $68,650 trainer Mac Robertson and owner Marlene Dreams Stakes at Evangeline Downs on April Colvin of Ethan, South Dakota. Gray’s Lake Stakes while Robert Forest 20. The speedy filly led for two calls before “All I did was steer,” Bell said. Willow Barnett’s Jumped The Harbor pulled away tiring on the second turn. David Wolochuk’s Parish challenged Heliskier for a quarter to win the $68,366 Bob Bryant Stakes on charge wound up fourth, beaten nearly 6 mile but quickly faded. At the quarter pole, Saturday night at Prairie Meadows. lengths. Speakfromyourheart moved up to within a Each of the six-furlong stakes were for head. “Heliskier heard him coming and just Iowa registered and foaled three-year-olds Will Rogers Downs, took off,” Bell said. with the Gray’s Lake for males and the Bob Heliskier paid $2.40 to win. Freedom First Claremore, OK Bryant for females. Wolf Pack Jack, under David Mello, lead was second and Bobble Doit third. The day Polka Joe, Foreign Sultress take the Gray’s Lake every step of the way. The began with a sloppy track but by the day’s doubleheader gelding was challenged by Rushin Ruietta in feature race it had been upgraded to fast. V. Joan Charlton’s home Polka Joe the final jumps and held on to win by a neck. “I took him home last year to allow him upset the$55,000 Cherokee Nation Classic Rushin’ Rubietta finished three-and-one-half to rest and mature,” Colvin said. Heliskier Cup Stakes while Scattered Acres’ Foreign lengths ahead of Patty’s Key. won four races in 2012 but Colvin opted Sultress won the RPDC Classic Distaff Stakes From the Ray Tracy Jr. barn, Wolf Pack not to race him in the Minnesota Festival during a stakes doubleheader for OklahoJack does well at this level of competition. of Champions at the end of the Canterbury ma-breds on Saturday afternoon at Will He was second in the $75,000 Iowa Cradle season. “I took some criticism,” Colvin said Rogers Downs. Stakes and won his other start at Prairie “but I wanted to let him grow up and get Polka Joe, racing at 11-1 odds, raced Meadows this year when he went gate-tobig. He came back bigger and better.” in a striking position in the one-mile andwire in a $36,000 allowance race to win by Heliskier has now earned $177,192 and four lengths. has won five stakes races. Jumped The Harbor won the Bob Bryant in similar fashion when he took the lead SunRay Park, Farmington, NM early in the dash and then drew clear on the turn and won by three-and-one-quarter Shesatopattraction proves best in Budweiser Allowance Stakes lengths. Coming off a hearty campaign at Sunland The Glenn Corbett-ridden Jumped The Park, Shesatopattraction was well prepared Harbor covered the six furlongs in 1:11.04. and proved best in the $30,000 Budweiser The 7-10 favorite Cat Five’ O settled Allowance Stakes on Saturday at SunRay Park at the rear of the six-horse field and made

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seventy-yard stakes and had the lead by six furlongs and pulled away through the lane to win by two-and-three-quarter lengths with a 1:43.38 time under Erik McNeil. The 13-10 favorite Johnny Whip was second by one-and-one-quarter lengths over Evansville Storm. Polka Joe was an outsider after not winning in hi six previous starts. He did show improving form for trainer Brent Charlton after finishing second in a $25,000 allowance race at Lone Star Park in his previous start. Last summer the four-year-old gelding by Sasha’s Prospect won back-to-back allowance races. Foreign Sultress was far from a surprise in the RPDC Classic Distaff for fillies and mares. She took the lead from the inside post position and then showed her class through the stretch of the one-mile and seventy yards. Sooner Superstar gained the lead in the stretch, but Foreign Sultress battled back to get the neck win. She was timed in 1:43.79 with Benny Landros up. Diamond Disco was one-and-one-quarter lengths behind for third in the sevenhorse field. Foreign Sultress earned her favoritism for trainer Andy Gladd after impressing in the Classic Distaff Sprint on April 13. She rated off the pace and then rallied to win the six-furlong dash in 1:11.43.

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Open Water earned her first victory outside Kentucky, upsetting favored Lady of Fifty in the $150,250 Marjorie L. Everett Handicap Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. The victory by the 9-1 shot gave jockey Joe Talamo a sweep of the afternoon’s stakes. More than three hours earlier, Talamo teamed with Unusual Hottie to capture the $100,500 Fran’s Valentine. Trained by Eric Guillot for a partnership that includes Southern Equine Stable LLC, Mike Smith and Whispering Oaks Farm LLC, Open Water sat well off a spirited duel between Maker Or Breaker and Sister Kate, rallied in tandem with Lady of Fifty while outside the 7-10 choice and ultimately prevailed by one length. A 4-year-old Include filly out of the A.P. Indy mare Biscayne Bay, Open Water completed the 1 1/16 miles over Cushion Track in 1:44.01. She paid $21.40, $6.20 and $3.20. The Grade 2 win was Open Water’s third in 14 starts and boosted her bankroll to $270,750. Her two previous victories came over the Polytrack at Turfway Park – by a combined 15 ½ lengths - early last year. She was 0-for-8 in California and New York before her Everett success. “She loves this track, that’s why I gave her a little freshening after Santa Anita,’’ said Guillot. “She danced every dance last year and she was always the bridesmaid, never the bride. “I think she can go a mile and an eighth and I’ll probably run her back in the (Grade 1, $250,000) Vanity (Handicap June 15).’’ Talamo, who had not ridden Open Water before Saturday, was impressed by her two works leading to the Everett. She was clocked in a bullet 1:12 3/5 for six furlongs May 5, then followed with a 1:15 move at

the same distance a week later. “It really worked out great,’’ said Talamo, who also won the 2012 Everett with Include Me Out. “You could tell they were rolling up front. On this track you just can’t go that fast (23.34, 46.54 and 1:10.84 for six furlongs). “She was in between horses at about the 4 ½ (furlong pole) and (Lady of Fifty) was kind of pressing me a little, so I took back and went outside of her. At that time, she took a couple of breathers and I think that really helped down the lane. She was really game.’’ An impressive winner of the Bayakoa Handicap in her lone try over Cushion Track last Dec. 8 – a Grade 2 in which Open Water was second at 10-1 - Lady of Fifty wound up 4 ½ lengths clear of I Dazzle. Lady of Fifty returned $3 and $2.20 while I Dazzle paid $3.40 to show. Maker Or Breaker, Sister Kate and Lady Aspen completed the order of finish. More Chocolate, the 2-1 morning line favorite who had finished fifth 15 days earlier in the Grade 2 La Troienne at Churchill Downs, was scratched. In the Fran’s Valentine, Unusual Hottie, the 9-2 second choice, took advantage of a dream trip to win by three-quarters of a length over Sugarinthemorning with 4-5 favorite Top Kisser a nose back in third after setting the pace. Victorious for the second time in as many starts since joining the barn of trainer Jeff Mullins, the 4-year-old daughter of Unusual Heat and the Ski Champ mare Branca Como Neve won for the sixth time in 13 starts while running the mile on turf in 1:34.28. The $60,000 payday in a race restricted to fillies or mares bred or sired in California

RACE RECAPS - THOROUGHBRED pushed Unusual Hottie’s earnings to $289,498 for owner Seyyed Nilforushan. She paid $11, $5.80 and $2.80. Talamo, who won last year’s renewal with Halo Dolly, became the third jockey to go back-toback in the Fran’s Valentine, named in honor of the lone filly to win the Kentucky Oaks and Hollywood Oaks. The daughter of Saros completed the double in 1985 for trainer Joe Manzi and owner-breeder Earl Scheib’s Green Thumb Farm Stable. The other riders to win the Fran’s Valentine in consecuE Z Kitty tive years are Garrett Gomez – Nashoba’s Key (2007) and Tutta Bella (2008) – and Rafael Bejarano – Bootleg Annie (2009) and U R All That I Am (2010). Saving ground while reserved just off the pace set by the 4-5 favorite with Sugarinthemorning in close attendance, Unusual Hottie angled outside for the stretch run and was able to get the best of that pair in the closing yards. “Man, she sure is sweet to ride,’’ said Talamo. “Everything went perfect. I saved all the ground, swung out and she just took off.’’ Sugarinthemorning, who was trying to end a 12-race losing streak, paid $7 and $3.20 while the show price on Top Kisser, who entered having won three in a row on the turf at Santa Anita, was $2.20.

paid $3.20 to show. Gosailgo, Royal Moses, Maggie’s Special and Smokin’ Grey completed the order of finish. Champagneandcaviar was scratched earlier in the day. Now a triple stakes winner at both Emerald Downs and Turf Paradise, E Z Kitty has an overall record of 10-2-2 in 18 starts with earnings of $182,873. A 5-yearold Washington-bred mare by He’s Tops-Envision the Cat, E Z Kitty was purchased privately in March and has paid a quick dividend for her new connections, compiling a first and a second in two starts with earnings of

$31,700. Breaking from the No. 7 post, E Z Kitty pressed the pace as Plus One led through a quarter-mile in :22.12, then moved to the lead on the turn after a half in :44.55. E Z Kitty straightened into the lane with a narrow lead over Plus One, and from there it was a matter of whether Exclusive Diva could sweep past for the victory. Exclusive Diva edged E Z Kitty by a neck in a 5 ½-furlong allowance race last month, but E Z Kitty wouldn’t be denied this time. “I really thought the extra distance would be in her favor,” Sanguinetti said. “I Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA E Z Kitty prevails over Exclusive knew from the quarter-pole they weren’t going to run her down today, she’s not going Diva in hotly-contested to let them by her. Hastings Handicap “The game plan was to play it from the E Z Kitty held off Exclusive Diva in a furi- break, and just see what she wanted to do. ous stretch battle and scored a two-length She’s multi-dimensional and can do anyvictory Sunday in the $50,000 Hastings thing you ask her. She broke loaded with run Canterbury Park, Handicap for older fillies and mares at Emer- so I went on with it. I wanted to sit as long as Shakopee, MN ald Downs. I could because I knew what kind of horse Polar Plunge wins Lady Slipper Ridden by Anne Sanguinetti at highwas trying to run her down, and then she Stakes on opening night weight of 121 lbs., E Z Kitty ran six furlongs did the rest. She’s like a Ferrari.” Despite a chilly temperature and cloudy in 1:08.26 and paid $5.60, $2.60 and $2.10. Gutierrez said Exclusive Diva, who had sky, 6,478 fans turned out for the first night Jeff Metz is the trainer for owner Bruce led at the stretch call in eight of her nine Maller of Incline Village NV. of a 69-day race meet at Canterbury Park. previous races including four stakes wins, The winning time tied the stakes record said the break might have been costly. Polar Plunge won the $50,000 Lady Slipper Stakes under jockey Juan Rivera. Owned by set by No Flies On Doodle in 2010, and it was Accustomed to being on or near the lead, Camelia Casby of Shakopee, MN and trained the first Emerald Downs stakes win for the Exclusive Diva was in fourth place on the trainer, jockey and owner. by Gary Scherer, Polar Plunge covered six backstretch. Exclusive Diva, undefeated in five previfurlongs in 1:11.58 over a sloppy track. ous sprints at Emerald Downs, challenged Rivera waited behind the pace setters Betfair Hollywood Park, the winner in mid-stretch but E Z Kitty was Happy Hour Honey and Sputey’s Cabin Inglewood, CA too tough and drew clear in the final yards. before asking the 5-year-old Minnesota Favored Dhaamer repeates bred mare for run in the stretch. She caught Ridden by Juan Gutierrez at 120 lbs, Excluin Round Table Handicap Happy Hour Honey just before the wire, win- sive Diva, the 4-to-5 betting favorite, paid ning by three-quarters of a length. Hidden $2.20 and $2.10. Heavily-favored Dhaamer remained Gold finished third. Plus One, the early leader ridden by undefeated over the Betfair Hollywood Park “The track was playing for speed and David G. Lopez at 118 lbs., held third and turf course Sunday with another decisive vicshe came and got them,” Scherer said. “This is the one.” Polar Plunge has now earned $155,932 in her nine-race career. Due to a cooperative marketing and purse enhancement agreement reached last year with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community which owns and operates Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, purses have doubled compared to 2011. The Lady Slipper purse increased from $35,000 to $50,000.

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tory in the $73,850 Round Table Handicap. Winner of the 2012 Round Table by 4 ¼ lengths, Dhaamer, a 6-year-old gelded son of Dubai Destination, repeated by 2 ¼ lengths for his third victory over the local grass. Trained by Mike Mitchell for Edward J. Brown, Jr. and Jay Manoogian, the Irish bred, who is out of the mare Arjuzah, covered the 1 ½ miles in 2:26.96 under jockey Garrett Gomez. The win was the sixth in 17 starts for Dhaamer, who paid $3.20, $2.20 and $2.10 as the 3-5 choice, and pushed his bankroll to $258,682. He’s earned three of his victories in seven races in this country after going 3-for-10 in England. Returning to turf after finishing sixth in his conventional dirt debut in the Tokyo City Stakes March 23 at Santa Anita – which was also his first race of 2013 – Dhaamer was pacesetter Diamondsdiplomat’s closest pursuer for most of the 12 furlongs. The chestnut responded willingly to take over with a little less than a quarter of a mile to run, burst away under some encouragement from Gomez and wasn’t seriously menaced in the closing yards. Lime Rickey, who trailed early, ran on for the runner-up spot as the 5-2 second choice. The 7-year-old gelding returned $2.80 and $2.20 while finishing 1 ¾ lengths clear of Niagara Falls. The show price on Niagara Falls, back seven days after earning his maiden victory, was $2.80. Completing the order of finish were 5-year-old mare Little Emily, Diamondsdiplomat and Madera Castana, a 6-year-old mare and longest shot in the field at 61-1. “One of my owners said I was training him too fast and one said I was training him too slow,’’ said Mitchell. “I guess it worked 52 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

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out just right. I was a little worried because I thought he was laying too close. “But I think (Gomez) knew what he had. He’s just been training so well. I skipped the (Grade 2) San Juan Capistrano (April 21 at Santa Anita) just to keep him fresh.’’ Mitchell added the plan is to return in the $100,000, Grade 3 Sunset Handicap, the closing day feature of the Spring/Summer meet Sunday, July 14. Dhaamer is the defending Sunset champion, winning by 3 ¼ lengths in 2012. Jockey Edwin Maldonado regained second in the rider standings with three wins Sunday. Maldonado, who won the second with Swimmin Insunshine, the fourth with Chico Suerte and the fifth with 20-1 shot Smart Striking, has 15 victories through 12 days of the Spring/Summer meet. Defending champion Rafael Bejarano leads with 18. Joe Talamo is third with 14.

MAY 11, 2013 Betfair Hollywood Park, Inglewood, CA Charlie Em surprises Scarlet Strike in Senorita; Let Em Shine romps again in Came Home Stakes Charlie Em was successful in her United States debut, upsetting 3-5 favorite Scarlet Strike to win the $100,500 Senorita Stakes Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Making her first start for trainer Paddy Gallagher after being purchased by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, the 3-year-old daughter of Kheleyf out of the Pivotal mare Miss Meggy held on by a head over Scarlet

Strike in the Grade 3. Idle since finishing third in a $25,700 stakes at Hanover in Germany last Nov. 4, Charlie Em, the 9-1 fourth choice in the field of seven, was closest to pacesetter Disko Dasko for most of the trip, gained a slight advantage early in the stretch and went on to the narrow victory under strong handling by jockey Garrett Gomez. It was the third Senorita win for Gomez, whose earlier victories came back-to-back – Fantastic Filly (2001) and Adoration (2002). The win was the fourth in nine starts for Charlie Em, who was bred in Great Britain by Highfield Farm LLP. The $60,000 payday almost quadrupled what she had earned last year in Europe. She’s now banked $76,678. Completing the mile on turf in 1:35.18, Charlie Em, who was racing on Lasix for the first time, paid $21.40, $6.20 and $4.60. “I’ve had her since November or December,’’ said Gallagher, who also won the 2007 Senorita with Valbenny. “It took her a little while, but she came around in the last five weeks. She got rid of her winter coat and started acting and training nice. She breezed a couple of times on the grass here and seemed to go nice.’’ Aron Wellman, the president of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, said Charlie Em could return in the $150,000 Honeymoon Handicap, a Grade 2 at 1 1/8 miles on turf that will be run for the 62nd time June 8. The 1-2 choice on the strength of her consistency and a victory in the Grade 3 Providencia Stakes April 6 at Santa Anita, Scarlet Strike was wide throughout and just missed under top weight of 121 pounds. She returned $2.20 and $2.10 while finishing 1 ¼ lengths in front of 11-1 shot Kyriaki. The show price on Kyriaki, who edged Need You

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Now by a nose, was $4.20. Lilbourne Eliza, the 4-1 second choice, was fifth in front of Disko Dasko and Showgirl Form. Sweet Red Cat was scratched. In Saturday’s supporting feature, the $71,850 Came Home Stakes, Let Em Shine rolled to another easy victory – his third in succession – for owner William Peeples and trainer Adam Kitchingman. Making his second start at Betfair Hollywood Park – he finished third in his career debut behind Hear the Ghost and Battled last Dec. 15 – the speedy son of Songandaprayer dominated four other 3-year-olds under jockey Edwin Maldonado. Away alertly from the inside post, Let Em Shine, the 11-10 favorite, esatablished a sizable lead early, got a breather midway through the seven furlongs, then drew off again to win by 4 ¾ lengths. Out of the Johannesburg mare Justaspell, Let Em Shine, who paid $4.20, $2.80 nd $2.20, has earned his three victories – in four starts – by a combined 16 ½ lengths. He’s banked $116,910. The win was the fourth for the Maldonado-Kitchingman combination this week at Betfair Hollywood Park. The pair won the first three races Thursday. Kitchingman indicated the primary goal for Let Em Shine at this point is the $500,000 Foxwoods King’s Bishop, a Grade 1 for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs Aug. 24 at Saratoga. Broadway Empire, making his California debut after breaking into the game with a 16 ½ length victory against maidens March 18 at Turf Paradise, finished second, one length in front of 5-2 second choice Treasury Bill. Broadway Empire returned $4.40 and $2.60 while the show price on Treasury Bill was $2.20.

He Has Bling

Completing the order of finish were Bel- Tastefullyexcessive takes Got vin and 2012 Hollywood Juvenile ChampiKoko Division for fillies onship winner Scherer Magic, who was makTastefullyexcessive, bred and owned by ing his first start of the year for owners Gary Clarence Scharbauer, Jr., took the honors in and Cecil Barber and trainer John Sadler. the 10th running of the $75,000 Texas Stallion Stakes, Got Koko Division for 3-year-old Lone Star Park, fillies. Grand Prairie, TX Trained by W. Bret Calhoun and ridden by Lone Star Park’s all-time leading rider Cliff He Has Bling shines in Texas Stallion Stakes Stymie Division Berry, Tastefullyexcessive (Early Flyer – Hadif Cat by Hadif) tracked the pace on the outBred and owned by Hall’s Family Trust, side through fractions of :24.05, :48.99 and He Has Bling proved best today in the 10th running of the $75,000 Texas Stallion Stakes, 1:14.38. She then made her bid with three Stymie Division for three-year-old colts and furlongs to go, took the lead at the quarterpole and held on for the win. A determined geldings, at one mile over a fast main track Joyful Hannah held on for second with Saturday at Lone Star Park. Makeshift securing third. Final time for the Under jockey Miguel Hernandez, He one mile race was 1:39.47. Has Bling (Too Much Bling –Deeya Maria by “It was a perfect trip,” said jockey Cliff Stravinsky) was content to race off pacesetBerry. “We got to sit off the speed and she ters, Meme Jo and Worldventurer behind was very relaxed down the backside and comfortable fractions of :23.94, :47.91 and when I asked her to run, she came.” 1:13.64. He caught up to the leaders on Tastefullyexcessive paid $5.40, $3.20 the outside in the far turn, made his bid at and $2.20. Joyful Hannah returned $4.40 the top of the stretch, battling briefly with and $2.60. Makeshift paid $2.40. CompletMeme Jo, then edging clear for the win. ing the order of finish was Final Song, Open Final time for the mile was 1:39.83. Summary and Lady Sayla. John Louis’ Penny “He ran his heart out,” said trainer was a late scratch. Danele Durham. “I told Miguel, when you With the win today, Tastefullyexcessive start coming down the lane, this horse has improved her win record to three from nine a lot of heart, ask him and keep asking him lifetime starts and bankrolled $45,000, upand he will give it.” ping her lifetime earnings to $112,615. With the win, He Has Bling improved his race record to three wins from 13 starts. Former Claimer Lillie Abbie wins And the $45,000 winner’s share of the purse Lane’s End Stallion Scholarship increased his earnings to $94,660. Stakes He Has Bling paid $15.00, $5.00 and $8.00. Runner-up Meme Jo returned $3.80 Lillie Abbie, who was claimed just one and $5.80 with Breathethefire returning race back, made herself a stakes winner $13.00 for show. Worldventurer and Tarmac today by taking first prize in the 2nd running completed the order of finish. of the Lane’s End Stallion Scholarship Stakes SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 53

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for Accredited Texas-Bred, fillies and mares, three-year-olds and upward, at seven and one half furlongs, over a firm turf course. Owned by End Zone Athletics Inc. and trained by Karl Broberg, the five-year-old mare (Uncle Abbie – I’m a Pine by Robin des Pins) was just up in a four-horse blanket finish, denying Lasting Bubbles, Mescaleress and Shannon’ Phavorite at the wire. At 12-1 odds, Lillie Abbie paid $26.00, $14.60 and 6. Place went to Lasting Bubbles who returned $3.80 and $3.80. Mescaleress finished third and paid $6.40 for show. Final time for the race was 1:30.60, with fractions of :24.09, :48.60 and 1:12.91. Fourth place went to Shannon’ Phavorite followed by Smiles Golden Song, Perfect Meadow, Patty’s Pride, Shezararebird and Claudia’s Mingun completing the order of finish.

Prairie Meadows, Altoona, IA Wings Of War gets up for John Wayne win Beverly Lewis’ Wings Of War ran down Maggi Moss’ front-running 1-5 entry of Ice Hockey and Cresco Direct Hit to win the $70,000 John Wayne Stakes for three-yearold Iowa-registered and -foaled males on Saturday night at Prairie Meadows. Wings Of War was allowed to relax hear the rear of the seven horse field by jockey Shane Laviolette and started his run on the turn of the six-furlong stakes. The 6-year-old Kafwain gelding moved up to third position in the stretch and then got past Ice Hockey in the final few strides to get the neck win. James Leech’s Cainam made a move from rear of field to catch entry-mate Cresco Direct Hit for third. Wings Of War won by one-half length 54 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

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in 1:10.67 over Ice Hockey and it was just a head back to Cainam in the competitive finish. Hailing from the Don Von Hemel barn, Wings Of War races primarily at Prairie Meadows and scored his first win since taking the Ralph Hayes Stakes last August at the Altoona track. He made two starts at Oaklawn Park this spring before coming to Prairie Meadows and finished off-the-board in each optional-claiming race. Ice Hockey closed out his 2012 season with a second in the Hayes and prepared for the John Wayne with a second-place run behind Cresco Direct Hit in a Prairie Meadows allowance race.

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one-and-three-quarter-lengths ahead of the late-running Queen Lily Kay. Ginger Added came back from a 10-month layoff on April 19 to take a $50,349 allowance race and that effort put her in top form for the Mamie Eisenhower. A year ago, the daughter of Added Edge was second in the Mamie Eisenhower and then went on to finish third in the Wild Rose Stakes at one-and-one-sixteenth mile. Runner-up Praire Couger, a Smoke Glacken daughter, was third behind Ginger Added in their preparatory allowance race and was third I the Bob Bryant Stakes one year ago.

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Dick Clark and Brandi Jo Felt’s Ginger Added, the 3-2 favorite, showed her speed while batting on the pointed-end of the $70,000 Mamie Eisenhower and then showed her class in the stretch to gain her second-straight victory. The six-furlong Mamie Eisenhower is for Iowa-register and -foaled 3-year-old fillies. Racing from the inside post position in the six-horse field, Ginger Added moved to the front and engaged in the three-horse battle for the lead until the quarter pole. At the top of the stretch Ginger Added asserted herself under Jake Barton and pulled out to the two-and-one-quarter length win in 1:10.67 under a hand ride. Praire Mountain Stables’ Praire Cougar raced with Ginger Added for the first five furlongs and then settled for second place,

Heavily-favored Teddy’s Promise toyed with six rivals Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park en route to a second consecutive victory in the $85,450 Time To Leave Stakes. After sitting behind the pace set by Magical Band and Hidinginplainsight, Teddy’s Promise found room along the inside approaching the stretch, quickly burst to the front and was geared down at the finish by jockey Victor Espinoza. In winning by 4 ¼ lengths, Teddy’s Promise, who carried top weight of 124 pounds, completed the five furlongs over Cushion Track in 56.80 seconds. Scratched from the $125,000 B. Thoughtful Stakes April 27 due to a minor bruise to her left front foot, the California bred mare certainly looked in perfect health Sunday for owner-breeders Ted and Judy Nichols and trainer Ron Ellis.

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Teddy’s Promise

The win was the ninth in 23 starts for the 5-year-old daughter of Salt Lake and the Capote mare Braids and Beads and increased her bankroll to $720,991. Five of Teddy’s Promise’s victories have come in nine races over the Betfair Hollywood Park main track. In her first outing since finishing second behind Rumor in the Grade 3 Las Flores Stakes March 10 at Santa Anita, Teddy’s Promise paid $2.80, $2.20 and $2.10 as the 2-5 choice. “She’s relaxing and getting a lot more consistent than last year,’’ said Ellis, who is five wins away from 1,000 in his career. “She’s really matured. We’re pretty excited about her. “I don’t know about the ($70,000) Desert Stormer (at six furlongs June 16). Her main goal is the ($200,000, Grade 2) A Gleam Handicap (July 13). That’s a ‘Win and You’re In’ race for the Breeders’ Cup (Filly and Mare Sprint Nov. 1 at Santa Anita).’’ The win by Teddy’s Promise was the first of the Spring/Summer meet for Espinoza, who began the 49-day season 0-for-20. Like Rafael Bejarano, Espinoza, who will turn 41 May 23, is closing in on 3,000 career victories. Espinoza has 2,992 wins, four less than Bejarano, who won Sunday’s second with 9-10 favorite Streets of Heaven. Through Sunday, Bejarano, who won the Spring/Summer title a year ago, has a 12-9 lead over Tyler Baze and Joe Talamo in the jockey standings. Returning to California after a sixth place finish in the Grade 1 Madison April 13 at Keeneland, Shumoos rallied along the inside to gain second, a head in front of Magical Band. Shumoos, the 6-1 second choice, returned $4 and $3 while the show price on Magical Band was $2.80. Bob Baffert, the defending champion, took over sole possession of the top spot in

Liaison

the trainer’s race. Baffert has eight victories, two more than fellow Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer. Baffert capped a five win weekend with a Sunday double – in tandem with jockey Martin Garcia – as he captured the sixth with first time starter Everton and the eighth with Patriot’s Voyage. Trainer Steve Knapp also had two wins, going back-to-back with Magic Mama in the fourth and The Whole Deal in the fifth.

olds, captured the $80,740 Cool Frenchy Stakes earlier in the afternoon. After stalking the pace set by 2-1 favorite – and former stablemate - Blueskiesnrainbows – for most of the trip, Liaison took over early in the stretch and kicked away under left and right-handed encouragement. Owned by Arnold Zetcher LLC, Liaison won for the fifth time in 14 starts while completing the 1 1/16 miles in 1:42.79. The $90,000 payday pushed his earnings to $721,794. Three of the Kentucky bred’s victories have come over Cushion Track. He has not been worse than third in five Betfair Hollywood Park starts. Betfair Hollywood Park, Liaison paid $7.80, $4 and $2.80 while Inglewood, CA completing a natural hat trick for Baffert. The Liaison ends stakes drought stable also won the eighth race with impresin Mervyn Leroy sive first time starter Donelle and the ninth Even though he didn’t have a starter in with 3-2 favorite Midnight Crooner. the Kentucky Derby, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Last for the first six furlongs in his initial Baffert did win a graded stakes on the first outing of the year, Kettle Corn rallied for Saturday of May. second, 2 ½ lengths in front of the BaffertPerfectly positioned throughout by trained Guilt Trip. The 5-1 fifth choice in a jockey Martin Garcia, Liaison won for the field reduced to six after the scratch of Tres second time in as many 2013 starts, taking Borrachos, Kettle Corn paid $5.20 and $3.20. the $150,250 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap at The show payoff on Guilt Trip was $2.80. Betfair Hollywood Park. Blueskiesnrainbows wound up fourth, The1 ½ length victory in the Grade 2 a half-length behind Guilt Trip. Midnight was the first in a graded affair for Liasion Transfer and Vagabond Shoes completed the order of finish. since he won the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity In the Cool Frenchy, Comma to the Top Dec. 17, 2011. cruised to a 1 ¾ length victory as the 2-1 The 4-year-old son of Indian Charlie favorite. and the Victory mare Galloping Gal had Trained by Peter Miller for owners Gary subsequently gone 0-for-8 in graded events Barber, Roger Birnbaum and Kevin Tsujihara, – including a sixth place finish in the 2012 Kentucky Derby – prior to his LeRoy success. the 5-year-old Bwana Charlie gelding broke Liaison wasn’t the only CashCall Futurity sharply under jockey Edwin Maldonado, winner to cash in a stakes Saturday at Betfair disposed of challenger L.A. Weekend before a half mile had been run, kicked clear in the Hollywood Park. Comma to the Top, the 2010 champ in the lucrative event for 2-year- stretch and won with something in reserve.

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Comma to the Top

Covering the five furlongs over Cushion Track in 56.90 seconds, Comma to the Top, who is out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Maggies Storm, paid $6.40, $3.60 and $2.60. The win was the 13th in 30 starts for the Florida bred and pushed his earnings to $1,233,406. All four of his victories at Betfair Hollywood Park have come in stakes. Three of those wins occurred during the 2010 Autumn meet. Comma to the Top won the Real Quiet, Grade 3 Generous – on turf – and the Grade 1 CashCall Futurity in a span of six weeks. Miller added Comma to the Top could return in the Los Angeles Handicap, a Grade 3 at six furlongs scheduled for May 27. Italian Rules, the 3-1 third choice, outfinished 10-1 outsider Ain’t No Other by a half-length for second and paid $3.80 and $2.80. The show price on Ain’t No Other was $4.20. Centralinteligence, the 5-2 second choice, finished fourth in his first start since he finished sixth in the Grade 1 Triple Bend Handicap last June 30.

Unfettered

In the process, the high powered threeyear-old gained valuable stakes and route experience during his third career out in the SunRay Park feature. Confidently handled by jockey Enrique Portillo Gomez. Unfettered calmly carved out a conservative pace while cruising through fractions of 23.56 and 49.44 seconds. When headed by a daring run from Clone in the backstretch run, the 3-5 favorite responded in kind and accepted the challenge. The gray roan colt burst back into the lead within a few strides. Heading into the final turn, Unfettered was back in front with a 3 length advantage. Clone produced another run at the front runner heading into the stretch, but once again Unfettered had all the answers. Unfettered found another gear and romped to a convincing 3 and 1/4 length win in a fast time of 1:38. Gomez had plenty of horse underneath him. Coming off two big sprint wins at Sunland Park, Unfettered showed another dimension by handling the 2 turn distance with ease, Johnnie Nall’s star sophomore Will Rogers Downs, paid $3.20 to win. The winner earned Claremore, OK $21,000 for owner Lathrop Hoffman. The Two Oklahoma Stallion Stakes Florida-bred is a son of Rockport Harbor and at WRD should be a handful in stakes races this sumColt and Gelding Division winner Du mer. He is loaded with potential. Da Dandy and Fillies Division winner Hard Clone, a good looking son of Fusaichi Cider topped the three-year-old participants Pegasus, ran a bold race to finish second in the divided stakes for participants in the SunRay Park, Farmington, NM under jockey Dusty Shepherd. He took Oklahoma Stallion Stakes Program on Saturtwo major runs at the favorite and finished Unfettered remains unbeaten day afternoon at Will Rogers Downs. nearly 5 lengths clear of the third place runafter SunRay Park and Casino Each race carried a $50,000 purse and ner - Hardliner. Handicap was held over one mile. In less than 3 weeks of the young The classy Unfettered traded jabs with Diamond G Ranch’s homebred Du Da SunRay Park meet, Enrique Gomez is the Dandy won a male division that did not have Clone and remained unbeaten after winning runaway leading Thoroughbred rider with a competitive field. The Tactical Cat gelding the $35,000 SunRay Park and Casino Handi- 18 wins from 39 mounts. His winning strike won by nearly nine lengths over Chuck and cap at one mile. rate is an amazing 46 percent. 56 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

it was more than another 20 lengths back to third-place finisher Okie Can Do. The Bryan McNeil-trained Du Da Dandy was timed in 1:39.27 over a track that was sloppy and sealed. Du Da Dandy raced to his second win from three starts, all since April 1. He took his maiden at first asking and did not handle the next jump in class when he was beaten by more than 22 lengths in a non-winnersof-two allowance race at Will Rogers. Norma Lee Stockseth’s homebred runner-up was the 3-10 favorite after winning the Oklahoma Stallion Stakes last fall at Remington Park and then racing in optionalclaiming company at Oaklawn Park. It was more competitive in the fillies division when 7 Cedars Farms’ homebred Hard Cider stalked the pacesetters and the rallied to grab a 3 1/2-length win. Garrett Steinberg was aboard for the win in 1:41.40 over the off track. Mari’s Big Rock set the early fractions and held on for second by three-and-onequarter lengths over Rah Rah Rachel, the 11-10 favorite. A daughter of Liquor Cabinet (IRE), Hard Cider is finding her winning form after being winless in her first seven starts for trainer Clinton Stuart. She won her maiden by more than eight lengths in her previous start.

RCI RULINGS Name: LORENCE R LUCERO Ruling Date: 5/18/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 20094 Ruling Type: General/Miscellaneous Rulings Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 50 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Registered over the limit on the alcohol breath test. Fined and relieved of duties on 5/16/2013. Name: WILLIAM HENRY HENSLEY Ruling Date: 5/18/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 20093 Ruling Type: Failure to Conduct Business in Proper Manner Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Removed an entered horse from trainer. Name: MANUEL VEGA Ruling Date: 5/18/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 20099 Ruling Type: Failure to Conduct Business in Proper Manner Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failure to have the required 60 day workout resulting in the late scratch of Purty Thang from race 1, May 18, 2013. Name: ROLAND L BRUNO Ruling Date: 5/18/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: DELTA DOWNS Ruling Number: 20098 Ruling Type: Race Office/Track Rule Violation Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Failed to have foal certificate on file resulting in the late scratch of Streaking Baby Boy from race 5, May 15, 2013. Name: JACOBY A LANDRY

Ruling Date: 5/18/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANSTON Ruling Number: 20095 Ruling Type: Failure to Conduct Business in Proper Manner Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Not present in the paddock to saddle his scheduled starter on 5/17/13. Name: JONATHAN DILLARD Ruling Date: 5/18/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 20097 Ruling Type: Disorderly Conduct Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 200 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Disrespectful behavior to the outrider. Name: EMANUEL NIEVES Ruling Date: 5/17/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 20087 Ruling Type: Careless/Unsafe/Improper Riding or Driving Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 5/23/2013 Suspension End: 5/29/2013 Ruling Text: Suspended 7 calendar days for careless riding aboard Mrs Gertrude. Mount disqualified from1st to second place following the running of race 3, May 11, 2013. Allowed to ride in designated races. Participation in such race/s extends suspension a like number days.

bility- $5,407.00 to von Bluecher, Blea, Hunkin, Inc.), is suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547(Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Gabriel Coscas are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Gabriel Coscas is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction. Name: WILSON HERMENEGILDO SALALA Ruling Date: 5/17/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: HOLLYWOOD PARK Ruling Number: HRTH011 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 5/17/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Exercise rider WILSON SALALA, having failed to respond to a complaint alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1902(Conduct Detrimental to Horse Racingforgery), is suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547(Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Wilson Salala are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Mr. Salala is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction. Name: RAMON GUTIERREZ VILLALOBOS Ruling Date: 5/17/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: HOLLYWOOD PARK Ruling Number: HRTH015 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 5/17/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Vendor Ramon Villalobos, having failed to respond to a complaint alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1489(a) and (h) (Possession of a Controlled Substance) and #1902(b)(Conduct Detrimental to Horse Racing), is suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547(Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Ramon Villalobos are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Mr. Villalobos is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction.

Name: GABRIEL COSCAS Ruling Date: 5/17/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: HOLLYWOOD PARK Ruling Number: HRTH012 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 5/17/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner GABRIEL COSCAS (dba KIF Enterprises), having failed to respond to a Name: MARCO ANTONIO RASCON ORTIZ complaint alleging violation of California Horse Ruling Date: 5/17/2013 Racing Board rule #1876 (Financial ResponsiJurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board

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RCI RULINGS Facility: HOLLYWOOD PARK Ruling Number: HRTH014 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 5/17/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Exercise rider MARCO ORTIZ, having failed to respond to a complaint alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1902(Conduct Detrimental to Horse Racing-domestic violence), is suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547(Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Marco Ortiz are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Mr. Ortiz is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction. Name: HUMBERTO MACIAS Ruling Date: 5/16/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: HOLLYWOOD PARK Ruling Number: HRTH010 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 5/16/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Groom HUMBERTO MACIAS, having failed to respond to a complaint alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1489(h)(Grounds for Denial or Refusal of License-possession of a controlled substance), is suspended for violation of California Horse Racing Board rule #1547(Failure to Appear). During the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Humberto Macias are suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board rule #1528(Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine), Humberto Macias is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction. Name: MANUEL MOLINA Ruling Date: 5/15/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 20083 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 25 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Parking Violation. Name: JUAN G MORALES Ruling Date: 5/15/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission 58 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Suspension End: Ruling Number: 20085 Ruling Text: Exercise rider MIGUEL PEDRAZA Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations is fined FIFTY DOLLARS ($50.00)* pursuant Breed: Thoroughbred to California Horse Racing Board rule #1530 Division: Horse (Cases Not Covered by Rules and Regulations – Fine Amount: $ 25 possession of drug paraphernalia). Mr. Pedraza Fine Paid: Y is further ordered to sign a testing agreement Suspension Start: with the California Horse Racing Board, and Suspension End: abide by the terms of a contract entered into Ruling Text: Parking Violation. with the Winners’ Foundation. Name: OSCAR MORA Ruling Date: 5/15/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 20086 Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 25 Fine Paid: Y Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Parking Violation.

Name: MARLYN DEYANIRA GONZALEZ Ruling Date: 5/11/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL074 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 5/11/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner MARLYN AND BERENISSE GONZALEZ, having failed to appear before Name: Marvin Zarceno the Board of Stewards at Los Alamitos Race Ruling Date: 5/15/2013 Course on May 10, 2013, to answer a comJurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission plaint regarding Case #13LA0109, alleging Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule Ruling Number: 20084 #1876 (A)(Financial Responsibility) are hereby Ruling Type: Failure to Follow Facility Regulations suspended pursuant to California Horse Racing Breed: Thoroughbred Board Rule #1547 (Failure To Appear). During Division: Horse the term of suspension, all licenses and license Fine Amount: $ 25 privileges of Marlyn and Berenisse Gonzalez Fine Paid: Y are suspended and pursuant to California Suspension Start: Horse Racing Board Rule #1528 (Jurisdiction of Suspension End: Stewards to Suspend or Fine) subjects are deRuling Text: Parking Violation. nied access to all premises in this jurisdiction. Name: JASON ROBERT EADS Ruling Date: 5/15/2013 Jurisdiction: Louisiana Racing Commission Facility: EVANGELINE DOWNS Ruling Number: 20088 Ruling Type: License Type Changed Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: Suspension End: Ruling Text: Jockey license withdrawn, without prejudice in lieu of Exercise Rider license. Name: MIGUEL ANGEL PEDRAZA Ruling Date: 5/11/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: HOLLYWOOD PARK Ruling Number: HRTH009 Ruling Type: Possession of Illegal Drugs/Animal or Human Breed: Thoroughbred Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 50 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start:

Name: GASTON ALBERTO VILLALBA Ruling Date: 5/11/2013 Jurisdiction: California Horse Racing Board Facility: LOS ALAMITOS Ruling Number: LAQL073 Ruling Type: Failure to Report or Appear Breed: Quarter Horse Division: Horse Fine Amount: $ 0 Fine Paid: Not Reported Suspension Start: 5/11/2013 Suspension End: Ruling Text: Owner GASTON A. VILLALBA, having failed to appear before the Board of Stewards at Los Alamitos Race Course on May 10, 2013, to answer a complaint regarding Case #13LA0110, alleging violation of California Horse Racing Board Rule #1876 (A)(Financial Responsibility) is hereby suspended pursuant to California Horse Racing Board Rule #1547 (Failure To Appear). During the term of suspension, all licenses and license privileges of Gaston A. Villalba is suspended and pursuant to California Horse Racing Board Rule #1528 (Jurisdiction of Stewards to Suspend or Fine) subject is denied access to all premises in this jurisdiction.

S T A K E S R E S U LT S QUARTER HORSE | 6-1-2013 BITTEROOT JUVENILE S., LES BOIS PARK, Value of Race: $10,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 18.329 – 5/27/2013 1. Tall Hero-QH , br . c. 2, by Valiant Hero-QH, – Shiv Katall-QH, by Shazoom-QH, Bred by: Bob Moore Farms Llc (OK) no $4,050 N/A Cook, Kelly and Kyle A. M. Arrossa J. Conklin 2. Bf Candy Cartel-QH , br . c. 2, by Carters Cartel-QH, – Bf Lollypop-QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Birrell Farms (UT) ¾ $2,050 N/A Birrell Farms R. Moosman J. Canales 3. Fames Version-QH , sor . f. 2, by Winners Version-QH, – Go for Fame-QH, by Floyd de Great-QH, Bred by: Gary And/Or Jeralyn Messenger (ID) no $1,050 N/A Messenger, Gary and Jeralyn B. Vickery J. Crispin

DOWNS, Value of Race: $9,765, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.496 – 5/26/2013 1. Forever Your Fire-QH , gr . g. 3, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, – Eye Am Forever Yours-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Mike Abraham (NM) ½ $3,906 N/A Chapple, Larry and Hanson, James G. M. Hanson J. Conklin 2. Dewey Cox-QH , gr . g. 3, by Wave Carver-QH, – Apollos Winner-QH, by Apollo, Bred by: Jerry Windham (AZ) no $1,953 N/A Talbot, Dawna and Delra T. Hyde N. Black 3. Balata Joe Now-QH , b . g. 3, by Im Alright Now-QH, – Balata-QH, by Red, Bred by: John L Erickson (ID) 1½ $977 N/A Harrigfeld, Mike M. Monson T. Lusk

BITTERROOT FUTURITY F., Gr.3, LES BOIS PARK, Value of Race: $116,996, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.946 – 5/27/2013 1. Lacey J Jr-QH , b . c. 2, by Special Leader-QH, – Lacey Jn MeQH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Sam Allie (CO) hd $46,798 98 Sam, Allie R. Moosman E. Bachicha, Jr. 2. Micato-QH , b . g. 2, by Ivory James-QH, – Special Crys-QH, by Special Effort-QH, Bred by: Bobby D Cox (OK) hd $23,400 97 Hanson, Mark and Ryan M. Hanson J. Conklin 3. Well Worth It-QH , b . f. 2, by Carters Cartel-QH, – Worth a Look-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Double Bar S Ranch Llc (OK) 1½ $11,700 96 Weigt, Denny and Sandy M. Arrossa P. Greene

QUARTER HORSE SPRING CLASSIC MAIDEN FROLIC S., POCATELLO DOWNS, Value of Race: $9,650, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.683 – 5/26/2013 1. Taladro Czeck-QH , sor . g. 3, by Corona Czech-QH, – Royalclassic Secrets-QH, by A Classic Dash-QH, Bred by: Juan Carlos Lopez (CA) ½ $3,860 N/A Hanson, Mark and Ryan M. Hanson J. Conklin 2. T Heart Tabby-QH , gr . f. 3, by Downright Daring-QH, – Twaynas Charge-QH, by Charge for Kirk-QH, Bred by: Jackie M Ore (ID) hd $1,930 N/A Ore, Jackie R. Stewart D. Erickson 3. Jumpin Bail-QH , sor . g. 3, by Jumpn-QH, – Half a Meter Gone-QH, by Meter Me Gone-QH, Bred by: Ken Near (WY)½ $965 N/A Milne, Tracy C. Mitchell P. Greene

LOS ALAMITOS CLAIMING FUTURITY S., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $4,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.956 – 5/26/2013 1. Alota Cartel-QH , gr . f. 2, by Carters Cartel-QH, – Alota Beduino-QH, by Behold a Beduino-QH, Bred by: Balgo Racing Team Inc (CA) 1½ $2,200 75 Balgo Racing Team, Inc. G. Morales S. Mendez 2. Top Fuel Cha Cha-QH , ch . f. 2, by Foose-QH, – Answer the Dream-QH, by Tres Seis-QH, Bred by: Jg Kelly/J L Yother/N Yearsley (OK) ½ $900 61 Pena, Rogelio J. Flores C. Mendez 3. Beat Down Bully-QH , b . g. 2, by Count Corona-QH, – Bullion Babe-QH, by Bully Bullion-QH, Bred by: Ceasar J Lopez (AZ) ½ $500 56 Lopez, Ceasar K. Watanabe L. Gonzalez LOS ALAMITOS CLAIMING FUTURITY S., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $4,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 18.166 – 5/26/2013 1. Chicks On Wings-QH , sor . f. 2, by Onthewingsofglory-QH, – Californias Chick-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Greg Creager (NM) no $2,200 62 Anderson, Lisa L. Melton S. Mendez 2. Rp Jets Azoomen-QH , br . g. 2, by Azoom-QH, – Dazzle Em Darling-QH, by Easy Jet-QH, Bred by: C/C Stock Farm (SD) nk $900 61 Avila, Jesus and Cuevas, Jesus J. De La Torre C. Huerta 3. Think About It-QH , sor . g. 2, by Tr Dasher-QH, – Thinking About Chick-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) nk $500 60 Allred, Edward S. Willoughby G. Arriaga LOS ALAMITOS CLAIMING FUTURITY S., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $4,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 18.044 – 5/26/2013 1. Mozilla-QH , sor . g. 2, by Hawkinson-QH, – Shawnee SladeQH, by Red Hot Rhythm-QH, Bred by: Eg High Desert Farms (CA) ½ $2,200 65 Eg High Desert Farms F. Vallejo R. Aceves 2. She Pays Dividends-QH , sor . f. 2, by Mr Jess Berry-QH, – Diversifly-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Will Woods (TX) nk $900 61 Gomez, Jaime J. Gomez G. Arriaga 3. Candelaria Sport-QH , br . f. 2, by Sports Cartel-QH, – Slewlicious, by Slewvescent, Bred by: Larry R Jernegan (CA) 1¾ $500 59 Aguilar, Francisco A. and Ruth E. Andrade S. Mendez SPRING CLASSIC QUARTER HORSE DERBY, POCATELLO

$15,000, 3 yo’s & up, 330 yards, Time: 16.768 – 5/26/2013 1. Wave Good Bye Baby-QH , gr . g. 4, by Wave Carver-QH, – Baby La Jolla-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Hugo Barron Sierra (CO) ¾ $9,000 N/A Sierra, Hugo J. Barron A. Luna 2. Essohess-QH , b . g. 4, by Ocean Runaway-QH, – Dianetogetcha-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Bielau Oaks (TX) ½ $3,000 N/A Sanchez, Juvenal A. Chavez V. Guerra 3. Furious Styles-QH , b . g. 8, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, – A Personal Touch-QH, by Streakin Six-QH, Bred by: Becklyn Farm (TX) nk $1,500 N/A Chavez, Jose Z. Quezada F. Ramirez, Jr. FINE LOOM H., RUIDOSO DOWNS, Value of Race: $30,000, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 45.421 – 5/26/2013 1. Im Royal Quick-QH , gr . g. 6, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, – Im Brendas Baby-QH, by Merridoc-QH, Bred by: Manuel Carmona Jr (CA) 1¾ $18,000 N/A Garcia, Anna and Orquiz, Jose G. J. Aldavaz R. Ramirez 2. Flyin Fish-QH , gr . g. 5, by Fishers Dash-QH, – Jazzing ChereeQH, by Jazzing Hi-QH, Bred by: Vessels Sf Llc/P K Thomas (CA) 4 $6,600 N/A Sedillo, Richard R. Sedillo R. Baldillez 3. Valentino de Lao-QH , sor . g. 5, by Apollo, – Jjs First FeatureQH, by Jj Shot Glass-QH, Bred by: Don & Allysn Apodaca (TX) ¾ $3,000 N/A Carnes, Tony C. Zamora T. Thedford

NEW MEXICO BREEDERS F., Gr.3, SUNRAY PARK, Value of Race: $133,000, 2 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.422 – JACK BROOKS S., Gr.3, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: 5/26/2013 $54,750, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.485 – 5/26/2013 1. King of Pop-QH , sor . g. 2, by Chickie Cherry Cola-QH, – Queen 1. Llano Cartel-QH , br . g. 3, by Teller Cartel-QH, – Eyesa Lil Lavita-QH, by Dean Miracle-QH, Bred by: Verona G Vaughn (NM) Cuervo-QH, by Lil Bit Cuervo-QH, Bred by: Wootan Racing (OK) hd $62,510 N/A Vaughn, Verona L. Vaughn M. Rodriguez no $28,884 N/A Helton, Wade A. Gomez O. Reyes 2. First Place Moonfast-QH , gr . g. 2, by First Moonflash-QH, – 2. Novas Gold-QH , sor . g. 3, by Gold Medal Jess-QH, – Hot Nova- Go Places Fast-QH, by Fishers Dash-QH, Bred by: Mike Abraham QH, by Hot Colours-QH, Bred by: Gene Cox (OK) ¾ $12,128 N/A (NM) 1 $23,940 N/A Montoya, Alberto A. Chavez D. Amaya Cox, Gene D. Strickland T. Guymon 3. Miss Tessmocker-QH , b . f. 2, by Hard Hitting-QH, – Sm 3. Louisana Corona-QH , b . f. 3, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, – Co- Whistle Britches-QH, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, Bred by: Denny rona Cash-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Henry E Brown & Carla Feerer (NM) hd $14,630 N/A Feerer, Denny and Carla D. (OK) hd $6,982 N/A Richards, Jason and Leblanc, Michael J. L. Duree A. Martinez Villafranco G. Carter, Jr. LADDIE F., Gr.2, DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $271,460, 2 EASY DATE H., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $54,000, yo, 330 yards, Time: 16.337 – 5/25/2013 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.458 – 5/26/2013 1. Bradys March Madness-QH , gr . g. 2, by Jess Louisiana Blue1. Chics Delight-QH , ch . m. 7, by Chicks Doit-QH, – Easy QH, – Kokopelli Hills-QH, by Jj Shot Glass-QH, Bred by: Triple Hempen Chic-QH, by Easy Jets Image-QH, Bred by: Pompy Farm Lynn Farms Llc (LA) 2 $135,730 N/A Rodriguez, Jr., Jesse M. West Llc (OK) no $31,738 N/A Kolb, Dale E. and Tina L. D. Kolb M. Rodriguez R. Ramirez, Jr. Frederick 2. Bonnies Jet-QH , blk . g. 2, by Jet Black Patriot-QH, – Oso 2. Kuhl Wave-QH , sor . f. 3, by Wave Carver-QH, – Shazooms Sweet Look-QH, by Special Effort-QH, Bred by: B & G Group Doll-QH, by Shazoom-QH, Bred by: Tom Bradbury/Marvin WillInvestments Inc (LA) ½ $46,149 N/A Rohne, Oscar K. Roberts, hite (OK) 1 $11,246 N/A Banuelos, Miguel J. Aguilera R. Gutierrez Sr. J. Chavis 3. Tf Toast to Beduino-QH , blk . c. 2, by Struttin to Beduino-QH, – 3. Daltsguninforsuccess-QH , b . f. 3, by Cartel Success-QH, – Dalts Pistol-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Larry Thompson/ Toast to Tolltac-QH, by Toast to Dash-QH, Bred by: J & B Rentals and Tate Farms (LA) no $27,146 N/A Martinez, Ramon F. Cavazos E. Cox Don A Anthony (OK) ½ $6,360 N/A Thompson, Larry and Anthony, Don A. J. Kirby A. Medrano DEVELOP A PLAN S., Gr.3, DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $25,000, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.200 – 5/25/2013 FL LADY BUG S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: 1. The Lizzard King-QH , sor . g. 4, by Valiant Hero-QH, – Jess a $54,750, 2 yo, 330 yards, Time: 16.794 – 5/26/2013 Lil Bit-QH, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, Bred by: Brett Mennen (TX) 1. Bp Southern Dynasty-QH , b . g. 2, by Fdd Dynasty-QH, – no $15,000 N/A Mennen, Brett M. Taylor J. Hamilton2. Charal Southern Fling-QH, by Southern Cartel-QH, Bred by: Bill Price Kid-QH , sor . g. 7, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, – The Special Feature(OK) no $32,134 N/A Gore, Steven E. Willis J. Brooks QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Malinche Cattle Co (TX) nk 2. Regard Watah-QH , br . g. 2, by Chicks Regard-QH, – Lotawatah-QH, by Shazoom-QH, Bred by: Steve A Holt (OK) hd $11,378 $5,000 N/A Malinche Cattle Co, Inc. F. Huitron S. Carrizales 3. Flirtingwithamiracle-QH , br . c. 3, by Dean Miracle-QH, – Cp N/A Lota Luck Racing R. Reed G. Carter, Jr. 3. Cartel Chica-QH , br . f. 2, by Teller Cartel-QH, – Jess Because I the Flirt-QH, by Strawflyin Buds-QH, Bred by: Patricia Potts (TX) Could-QH, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, Bred by: Ellen Kennedy Estate no $2,750 N/A Nino, Marina J. Saucedo E. Hernandez (OK) ¾ $6,432 N/A Ellen Kennedy Living Trust L. Villafranco P. BITTERROOT DERBY, LES BOIS PARK, Value of Race: Nieto $27,510, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.746 – 5/25/2013 1. Pf Flyair-QH , ch . g. 3, by Dashair-QH, – Pretty N Famous-QH, DASH FOR SPEED S., ARAPAHOE PARK, Value of Race: SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 59

by Pretty Boy Perry-QH, Bred by: Tony Greaves or Tim Oliver (UT) nk $11,004 84 Greaves, Tony S. Hadley J. Hadley 2. Easing Thru Traffic-QH , sor . g. 3, by Eyesa Special-QH, – Traffic Dance-QH, by Dash Thru Traffic-QH, Bred by: Dry Creek Quarter Horses Llc (UT) ¾ $5,502 79 Keller, Ronnie and Brooks, Ron R. Smith N. Black 3. Furious Jess-QH , b . g. 3, by Fly Jess Fly-QH, – Shes FuriousQH, by Special Leader-QH, Bred by: The Running A Llc (UT) no $2,751 74 Martineau, Gloria R. Moosman U. Dominguez SONNY TODD REAL ESTATE, MILES CITY, Value of Race: $15,950, 2 yo, 300 yards, Time: 16.049 – 5/25/2013 1. Behold Betty Boop-QH , sor . f. 2, by Okey Dokey Dale-QH, – Behold Im Special-QH, by Behold a Beduino-QH, Bred by: Dee And/Or Betty Raper (SD) ½ $7,975 N/A Ghost Bear, Calvin C. Ghost Bear P. Big Hair 2. Gmj Little Cus-QH , sor . g. 2, by Gold Medal Jess-QH, – Grays Getaway Cash-QH, by Sir Alibi-QH, Bred by: Michael A Gray (SD) ½ $3,669 N/A Pourier, Jr., Thomas C. Ghost Bear B. Beetem 3. Czechs Effort-QH , sor . f. 2, by Corona Czech-QH, – Timed Effort-QH, by Special Effort-QH, Bred by: Jim Quinn (MT) nk $2,073 N/A Quinn, Jim M. Taylor C. Greene LOUISIANA BREEDERS’ LADDIE FUTURITY, Gr.2, DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $246,142, 2 yo, 330 yards, Time: 16.547 – 5/24/2013 1. Dashing Jet Rio-QH , sor . f. 2, by Jet Black Patriot-QH, – Dashing Obsession-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Wa Bruce Susan Karen Darling (LA) nk $123,071 N/A Traylor, Douglas K. Roberts, Sr. J. Chavis 2. Sandra Sue Blue-QH , gr . f. 2, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, – Madame Mayor-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Kathleen and Steve Billings (LA) ½ $41,844 N/A Mendoza, Jose J. Garcia E. Martinez 3. Scooter Prize-QH , sor . f. 2, by First Prize Perry-QH, – Royal Baby Scooter-QH, by A Royale High-QH, Bred by: John K Leger (LA) hd $24,615 N/A Alvidrez, Ana M. Rodriguez R. Ramirez, Jr. LOUISIANA PURCHASE S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $40,000, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.203 – 5/24/2013 1. Fast Talkin Henry-QH , br . g. 3, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, – Streakin Cindy-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Russell P Mowad (LA) 1 $24,000 N/A Johnson, Eric M. Taylor J. Hamilton 2. Fance Oak Tree-QH , sor . g. 3, by Oak Tree Special-QH, – Fance Loretta-QH, by Reckless Dash-QH, Bred by: Carlos Bejarano (LA) hd $8,000 N/A Moya, Alejandro E. Hernandez R. Ramirez, Jr. 3. Champions Passage-QH , br . g. 3, by Storm Passage, – Miss Jessie Bug-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Dennis Miller (LA) ¾ $4,400 N/A Hebert, Kellie R. Hebert A. Alberto KINDERGARTEN FUTURITY, Gr.2, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $275,478, 2 yo, 300 yards, Time: 15.278 – 5/19/2013 1. Glitter in My Face-QH , ch . f. 2, by Special Cartel-QH, – Granny Janny-QH, by Pritzi Dash-QH, Bred by: E/S Stables Inc (CA) ½ $118,062 97 Flores, Antonio J. Flores C. Mendez 2. She Forgives-QH , sor . f. 2, by Foose-QH, – Forgive Him-QH, by Hawkinson-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) ¾ $47,787 93 Dutch Masters, III J. Gomez R. Aceves 3. Hot Capuccino-QH , b . f. 2, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, – Special Copauino-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Jaime H Gomez (CA) nk $33,732 84 Balgo Racing Team, Inc. and Gonzalez, Marlyn G. Morales S. Mendez NEW MEXICO BREEDER S., SUNRAY PARK, Value of Race: $65,000, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.508 – 5/19/2013 1. Jess Rueben James-QH , sor . g. 3, by Jesse James Jr-QH, – Nitros Cash-QH, by Dash for Destiny-QH, Bred by: Currie J Maben (NM) nk $39,000 N/A Maben, Currie J. Aldavaz, Jr. L. Gamez 60 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

2. Sandys Jesse-QH , sor . f. 3, by Jesse James Jr-QH, – Sandys Fame-QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Mj Farms (NM) nk $13,000 N/A Lee, Chin R. Rivera T. Thedford 3. You Sexy Fame-QH , sor . g. 3, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, – SalomaQH, by Bully Bullion-QH, Bred by: Joe Rios (NM) no $6,500 N/A Olivas Racing G. Munoz, Jr. H. Aldrete

3. First Royal Classic-QH , sor . g. 3, by Royal Miracle Dip-QH, – Royal Classic Dash-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Abigail K Kawananakoa (CA) nk $5,985 N/A Horse Special Award, Inc. G. Tristan A. Carrillo

AMUSEMENT SERVICES S., MILES CITY, Value of Race: $11,400, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.768 – 5/18/2013 DILLINGHAM H., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $25,000, 3 1. Sheza Quick Chick-QH , b . f. 4, by Quick Action, – What a Cool Horse-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.787 – 5/18/2013 Llc (CA) nk $5,700 N/A Greene, David D. Greene C. Greene 1. High School Secrets-QH , br . g. 3, by No Secrets Here-QH, 2. Snow Panther-QH , br . g. 8, by Panther Mountain-QH, – Moon – Summertime High-QH, by On a High-QH, Bred by: James Bars Snow-QH, by This Snow Is Royal-QH, Bred by: Joe And/Or Azevedo or Boyles Trust (CA) hd $13,750 N/A Azevedo, J. and Elaine McAnally (TX) ¾ $2,850 N/A Stoker, Jim R. Cook, Jr. B. Boyles Family Trust P. Jones C. DeAlba Beetem 2. Mane Event-QH , br . g. 3, by Carters Cartel-QH, – TyleretteQH, by Blushing Bug-QH, Bred by: Double Bar S Ranch Llc (CA) no 3. Imalrightmick-QH , b . f. 4, by Im Alright Now-QH, – Fleetwood Mick-QH, by Proudest Effort-QH, Bred by: Gracie Johnson $5,625 N/A Gonzalez, Felix J. Moreno S. Mendez (ID) hd $1,140 N/A Black, Brook M. Taylor J. Vanderwoude 3. Ric Oh Shay-QH , br . g. 3, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, – Vandi 3. Gonna Getcha Some-QH , br . g. 7, by No Brakes Now-QH, – ExChick-QH, by Corona Cocktail-QH, Bred by: B & R Livestock Llc travagant Galla-QH, by Dr Kirk-QH, Bred by: Bob or Gary Johnson (UT) hd $3,125 N/A Child, Alvin J. Glenn, Jr. E. Gomez (SD) hd $1,140 N/A Coover, Ron and Dolores R. Cook, Jr. Z. Bacon OLD SOUTH DERBY, DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $44,807, MURDOCH’S RANCH AND HOME S., MILES CITY, Value of 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: 19.478 – 5/18/2013 Race: $7,635, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.991 – 5/18/2013 1. Fdd Going Grand-QH , sor . c. 3, by Fdd Dynasty-QH, – Cash 1. Let Me Czech-QH , b . g. 3, by Corona Czech-QH, – Tuned in Cartel-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Mercy Hinklin (TX) Time-QH, by Kipty Jet-QH, Bred by: Jim Quinn (MT)nk $3,818 1¼ $22,404 94 Mercy Hinklin’s Horse Farm, LLC K. Roberts, Sr. N/A Quinn, Jim M. Taylor J. Vanderwoude J. Chavis 2. Hutchs Royalprincess-QH , ch . f. 3, by Proudest Effort-QH, – 2. Hot Hitting-QH , br . c. 3, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, – ChickasisConquer This Chick-QH, by Its Royal Time-QH, Bred by: Richard A QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Edward C Allred (CA) ½ Hutchison Estate (MT) 1½ $1,757 N/A Smith, Dave and Jody M. $7,617 86 Lopez, Fernando J. Lopez D. Alvarez Taylor C. Greene 3. Jessflybayou-QH , sor . g. 3, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, – Fly 3. Ghost of Apache-QH , b . g. 3, by Dance Master, – Diva in Bonus-QH, by Stoli-QH, Bred by: Margie McMullen (TX) 1¼ Disguise-QH, by Heza Fast Man-QH, Bred by: Barry B Thompson $4,481 82 Molina, Jesus M. Rodriguez R. Ramirez, Jr. (TX) ½ $993 N/A Ghost Bear, Calvin C. Ghost Bear B. Beetem OLD SOUTH F., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $77,345, 2 DELTA 550 CHAMPIONSHIP, DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: yo, 330 yards, Time: 16.618 – 5/18/2013 $55,000, 3 yo’s & up, 550 yards, Time: 26.266 – 5/17/2013 1. Secrets Fly-QH , b . g. 2, by No Secrets Here-QH, – Once Upon a Fly-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Jovetta Meredith (OK) 1. Political Option-QH , sor . g. 4, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, – In His Dreams-QH, by Apollo, Bred by: J E Jumonville Jr (LA) 1¾ hd $38,672 N/A Allen, Cynthia V. Haywood B. Ransom $33,000 N/A Lozano, Carlos K. Roberts, Sr. J. Chavis 2. A Noble Jess Elie-QH , sor . f. 2, by Jess Elie-QH, – Legendary Seis-QH, by Tres Seis-QH, Bred by: Mercy Hinklins Horse Farm Llc 2. Blue Louisiana Jolla-QH , sor . g. 8, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, (TX) nk $13,149 N/A Mercy Hinklin’s Horse Farm, LLC K. Roberts, – Somekinda Rainey-QH, by Somekindadash-QH, Bred by: Elroy Potts Jr (LA) nk $11,000 N/A Potts, Jr., Elroy and Watson Land Sr. J. Chavis 3. Ms Kalies Fortune-QH , b . f. 2, by Jet Black Patriot-QH, – Rock- and Cattle E. Potts, Sr. R. Ramirez, Jr. ets Fortune-QH, by Rocket’s Magic-QH, Bred by: Arnold J Trahan 3. Rocky Mountain Fly-QH , br . g. 4, by Panther Mountain-QH, – Dealafly-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: S K T Farms Inc (LA) ½ $7,734 N/A Trahan, Arnold T. Ellis A. Alberto (LA) no $6,050 N/A Traylor, Douglas K. Roberts, Sr. D. Blake JOHN DEERE TEXAS JUVENILE CHALLENGE S., SAM HOUSMISS PRINCESS H., Gr.3, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: TON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $75,690, 2 yo, 350 yards, $25,000, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.257 – 5/12/2013 Time: 17.989 – 5/18/2013 1. The Kat in the Hat-QH , ch . g. 2, by Red Oak Special-QH, – Lets 1. Check N Fetch-QH , gr . m. 5, by Check Him Out-QH, – Shyann La Jolla-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Mr or Mrs L Judd Roll Cat-QH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: Sherrie Morace Morse (CA) 1½ $13,750 N/A Rodriguez, Lorena P. Jones E. Nicasio (TX) ¾ $34,818 N/A Espinosa, Jose J. Espinosa C. Vidana 2. Queens R Blue-QH , b . m. 5, by Shazoom-QH, – First Place 2. Isit Red-QH , b . c. 2, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, – Isit Class, Queen-QH, by First Place Dash-QH, Bred by: Newcomb Cattle Co/ by Dmitri, Bred by: Rose Mary Chandler (TX) nk $15,138 N/A Micah Leslie (OK) nk $5,625 N/A Villalobos, Angel J. Gomez G. Balderas, Miguel J. Nevarez, Jr. J. Sandoval Arriaga 3. Cristata-QH , sor . f. 2, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, – Shesa Winning 3. Tres of Linda-QH , sor . f. 4, by Tres Seis-QH, – Lindas DasherRose-QH, by Runaway Winner-QH, Bred by: Robert or QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: C & R Singletary and J Hales Karen Nunnally (TX) ¾ $7,569 N/A Saucedo, Filimon S. Cox E. (CA) ½ $3,125 N/A J Hales and C & R Singletary S. Willoughby Hernandez R. Aceves ADEQUAN TEXAS DERBY CHALLENGE S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $59,850, 3 yo, 400 yards, Time: BANK OF AMERICA OKLAHOMA CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP, Gr.2, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $101,340, 3 20.145 - 5/18/2013 yo’s & up, 440 yards, Time: 21.523 – 5/12/2013 1. Tejas Energy B-QH , sor . c. 3, by Tres Seis-QH, – First Down Energy-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Bielau Oaks (TX) ½ 1. Cold Cash 123-QH , b . g. 5, by Oak Tree Special-QH, – Hot Cash 123-QH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: T Bill Stables Inc (MI) $27,531 N/A Delgado, Jr., Antonio M. Vega, Jr. L. Vivanco 2. Dash Master Jess-QH , sor . c. 3, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, – Dash nk $46,620 N/A T. Bill Stables, Inc. C. Gilbreath R. Baldillez Master Miss-QH, by Dash for Destiny-QH, Bred by: Scarlett Hill Farm 2. The Sunday Assassin-QH , b . g. 4, by Fdd Dynasty-QH, – Oh Inc (TX) ½ $11,970 N/A Rosales, Cesar R. Almanza M. Gutierrez Dusty Bunny-QH, by Oh Shiney-QH, Bred by: Corner K Quarter

S T A K E S R E S U LT S Horses Llc (AR) hd $20,268 N/A Pace, Tana T. Pace J. Salazar 3. Bf Farm Boy-QH , sor . g. 5, by Hawkinson-QH, – Shirleys Strawfly-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Donald C And/Or Peggy Boyle (OR) nk $10,134 N/A Siegel, Wade and Boyle, Don W. Harris L. Payne

Elaine McAnally (TX) 1¾ $5,000 61 McAnally, Joe and Elaine J. Gerhards D. Martinez 3. Bok Man-QH , gr . g. 5, by Boknaai-QH, – One Fine Devon, by Devon Lane, Bred by: Patty or Bryan McDonald (TX) 4¾ $2,750 56 Jerman, Cynthia J. Jerman F. Calderon

RED CELL REMINGTON PARK DISTANCE CHALLENGE, Gr.3, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $45,270, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 46.124 – 5/12/2013 1. Stray Cat-QH , sor . c. 4, by Storm Cat, – Your First Moon-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Vessels Sf Llc/Lyle Lovett (CA) no $21,280 N/A Vessels Stallion Farm LLC and Lovett, Lyle R. Vargas C. Jensen 2. Emperor Valerian-QH , br . g. 5, by Heza Fast Dash-QH, – Sheeza Lil Val-QH, by Dashing Val-QH, Bred by: Kelly/Yearsley Equine Llc (OK) no $9,054 N/A Pimienta, Salvador B. Muniz R. Ramirez 3. Dm Streakn Thru Fire-QH , sor . g. 5, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, – Sashay N Six-QH, by Sixarun-QH, Bred by: Don Moler (OK) 3 $4,527 N/A Sturdevant, Richard T., Wootan, Terry and Yates, Joe David T. Keeton G. Carter, Jr.

MOTHERS DAY S., DELTA DOWNS, Value of Race: $36,550, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.290 – 5/11/2013 1. Maxed Out Game-QH , ch . f. 4, by Game Patriot-QH, – Streakin Amber-QH, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, Bred by: Arnold J Trahan (LA) nk $24,000 94 Trahan Arnold and Flores Narcisco T. Ellis J. Hamilton 2. Shakeemdontbreakem-QH , sor . f. 3, by Contend-QH, – The Marquis Queen-QH, by Royal Shake Em-QH, Bred by: J B and Sherrie Morace (TX) 1 $5,000 90 Jakita Investments LLC. B. Martinez D. Alvarez 3. Lets Play Yacht Sea-QH , br . f. 3, by First N Kool-QH, – Yacht Sea-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Russell P Mowad (LA) 1½ $4,400 81 Rodriguez, Miguel M. Rodriguez R. Ramirez, Jr.

MERIAL REMINGTON PARK DISTAFF CHALLENGE, REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $40,860, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 20.115 – 5/12/2013 1. Shez Jess Toxic-QH , sor . f. 4, by Take Off Jess-QH, – Dashing Fly Lady-QH, by Victory Dash-QH, Bred by: Dean Frey (CA) no $18,799 N/A Frey, Dean D. Frey G. Carter, Jr. 2. Southside of Heaven-QH , b . f. 3, by Furyofthewind-QH, – Stoli Oak-QH, by Stoli-QH, Bred by: Steve Kirks (OK) ½ $8,172 N/A Kirks, Steve P. Brown K. Muntz 3. Shanachee-QH , ch . f. 4, by Country Chicks Man-QH, – Court Etiquette-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: E I R E Equine Nursery Llc (OK) nk $4,086 N/A Kelly, J. C. Hunt T. Guymon ZOETIS SUNRAY PARK STARTER ALLOWANCE CHALLENGE S., SUNRAY PARK, Value of Race: $22,680, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.527 – 5/12/2013 1. Carburator-QH , sor . g. 5, by Azoom-QH, – Jess Genuine-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Bobby D Cox (TX) ½ $13,608 N/A Lee, Chin R. Rivera L. Perez 2. Day of Fame-QH , b . m. 6, by Celadon-QH, – Day of Confession-QH, by Special Leader-QH, Bred by: Jerry and Jeanette Rogers (NM) ¾ $4,762 N/A Gonzalez, Johnny G. Munoz, Jr. M. Rodriguez 3. Sacred Stone-QH , br . g. 7, by The Down Side-QH, – Six TacQH, by Tolltac-QH, Bred by: Dan And/Or Patricia Baker (NM) hd $2,268 N/A Rogers Farms G. Richards E. Ramirez LA PACIFICA H., LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $25,000, 3 yo, 350 yards, Time: 17.480 – 5/11/2013 1. Feature Malinche-QH , sor . f. 3, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, – A Reason to Run-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Balgo Racing Team (CA) nk $13,750 105 Molina, Javier G. Morales S. Mendez 2. Sfr Stuck On You-QH , gr . f. 3, by Stel Corona-QH, – Lds Good Goin Gracie-QH, by Proudest Effort-QH, Bred by: Donna King (CA) 1 $5,625 103 Hill, Dennie and Kris B. Vickery G. Arriaga 3. Watch Linda Ballet-QH , br . f. 3, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, – Sky Chicks-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Kelly/Yearsley Equine Llc (OK) ½ $3,125 96 Williams, Robert J. Aleman F. Rubio GOVERNORS’ CUP MARATHON S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $25,000, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 46.448 – 5/11/2013 1. Wahoo-QH , sor . g. 4, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, – First to Celebrate-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Bobby D Cox (TX) 3¼ $15,000 71 Cox, Bobby J. Buchanan J. Yoakum 2. Dashers Midnight-QH , blk . g. 6, by Some Dasher-QH, – Sheza Moon Bar Baby-QH, by Heza Fast Man-QH, Bred by: Joe And/Or

LA PLATA S., SUNRAY PARK, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.466 – 5/11/2013 1. Jump Down Azoom-QH , br . g. 4, by Azoom-QH, – Jump Down First-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Scott and Monica Jones (TX) ½ $21,000 N/A Crowson Racing V. RodriguezFlores L. Martinez 2. Feature Mr Who-QH , sor . g. 4, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, – Whosleaving Corona-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Buddy and Patty Newsome (FL) nk $7,000 N/A Dominguez, Jaime J. Dominguez E. Ramirez 3. Money Hungry Cartel-QH , b . g. 5, by Corona Cartel-QH, – Eyes Hungry-QH, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, Bred by: Mickey Tiner (OK) ½ $3,500 N/A Perez, Martin M. Perez I. Cardenas SAM HOUSTON CLASSIC S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 440 yards, Time: 21.526 – 5/10/2013 1. Runaway Wagon-QH , br . g. 4, by Pyc Paint Your WagonQH, – Dashin Vike-QH, by Dashin Bye-QH, Bred by: Michelle Meiwes (KS) 2 $30,000 88 Hays, Tommy and Barnett, Bobby J. B. Martinez D. Alvarez 2. Lethal Volt-QH , b . g. 4, by Volcom-QH, – Miss Lethal-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: P K Thomas (TX) ½ $10,000 76 Adams, Dan, Thomas, P.K. and White, Gene E. T. Wood L. Vivanco 3. Bar Struck-QH , b . h. 5, by Corona for Me-QH, – Miss ManoloQH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Joe Kirk Fulton (TX) hd $5,500 74 Ramirez, Julio M. Robbins E. Martinez SUNDOWNS / AQHA MERIAL DISTAFF CHALLENGE FINALS, SUN DOWNS, Value of Race: $24,120, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.820 – 5/5/2013 1. Feature Miss Alibi-QH , br . f. 4, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, – Alibi Fame-QH, by Dash Ta Fame-QH, Bred by: Tony Greaves (UT) 1 $11,578 N/A Hadley, Sherman S. Hadley J. Hadley 2. The Streakin Clean-QH , sor . f. 4, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, – Theslatesclean-QH, by Corona Cocktail-QH, Bred by: H & E Ranch Inc (AZ) hd $4,945 N/A Olmos, Leonardo and Javier M. Arrossa J. Crispin 3. L Bar D Snow Princes-QH , ch . m. 7, by This Snow Is Royal-QH, – Dash Home Deb-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: F Darrell and Linda M Sanders (OR) nk $2,412 N/A Sanguino, Gerardo D. Young T. Stillwell POT O’ GOLD FUTURITY, SUN DOWNS, Value of Race: $22,850, 2 yo, 300 yards, Time: 15.780 – 5/5/2013 1. Eagle B Gone-QH , br . g. 2, by One Famous Eagle-QH, – Go Girl Gone-QH, by Shazoom-QH, Bred by: Michael and or Shannon McKay (OR) ¾ $9,140 N/A Madrigal, Pablo H. Magallanes L. Gonzalez

2. La Jackye-QH , sor . f. 2, by Fastnfierce-QH, – Toast to Royalty-QH, by Takin On the Cash-QH, Bred by: Onofre Antonio Rosales Reyes (OR) nk $3,885 N/A Rosales Reyes, Onofre J. Leon J. Samuels 3. Avatarr-QH , br . g. 2, by Brookstone Bay-QH, – Jn Sonoma Rose-QH, by Meter Me Gone-QH, Bred by: Michael and or Shannon McKay (OR) ½ $2,742 N/A Ibarra, Yaqueline H. Magallanes F. Ibarra MARATHON S., SUNRAY PARK, Value of Race: $35,000, 3 yo’s & up, 870 yards, Time: 46.197 – 5/5/2013 1. Jess a Traffic Jam-QH , sor . g. 7, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, – Traffic Ten Too-QH, by Dash Thru Traffic-QH, Bred by: Don R Hill Estate (OK) nk $21,000 N/A Weldon, George T. and Judy B. Rust D. Shepherd 2. Oh Jess Fly-QH , sor . g. 5, by Fly Jess Fly-QH, – Oh What a Perks-QH, by Dash for Perks-QH, Bred by: Weetona Stanley (OK) ¾ $7,700 N/A Sierra, Hugo O. Carrete R. Jaime 3. Docs Apollo-QH , b . g. 5, by Apollo, – Docs First Card-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Dutch Masters III (CA) nk $3,500 N/A Sierra, Hugo J. Barron B. Perez KAWEAH BAR H., Gr.3, LOS ALAMITOS, Value of Race: $25,000, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.482 – 5/4/2013 1. Pk Fire-QH , sor . g. 5, by Walk Thru Fire-QH, – Mystic IdentityQH, by Easy Jet-QH, Bred by: Mike Abraham (NM) hd $13,750 100 Pasquel, Jerardo J. Gomez R. Aceves 2. Consider-QH , sor . g. 4, by Corona Cartel-QH, – First RegardsQH, by First Place Dash-QH, Bred by: Hal J Earnhardt III (OK) hd $5,625 99 Atwood Ranches, Inc. J. Hernandez, Jr. C. Mendez 3. Bills Last-QH , sor . g. 4, by Shazoom-QH, – Crystalinas-QH, by *Beduino, Bred by: Jerry Windham (TX) ½ $3,125 98 Blanchard, Paul P. Jones R. Sanchez SOONER STATE S., REMINGTON PARK, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, Time: 19.356 – 5/4/2013 1. Priceless Feature-QH , br . g. 4, by Feature Mr Jess-QH, – Southern Price-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: Sam W Green (OK) ¾ $52,284 105 Melzer, Ed E. Willis J. Brooks 2. Fast Prize Jordan-QH , b . c. 4, by Pyc Paint Your Wagon-QH, – Fast Prize Doll-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: Weetona Stanley (OK) hd $22,428 99 Stanley, Weetona and Smith, William E. B. Muse G. Carter, Jr. 3. A Toss Up-QH , sor . g. 4, by Sweet First Down-QH, – Shake Cartel-QH, by Corona Cartel-QH, Bred by: James Sills (OK) hd $12,960 99 Sills, James and Flores, Jr., Abelardo H. E. Willis D. Pinon SUNDOWNS / ZOETIS STARTER ALLOWANCE CHALLENGE FINALS, SUN DOWNS, Value of Race: $21,510, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.350 – 5/4/2013 1. Ought to Azoom-QH , br . g. 6, by Azoom-QH, – Ought to Be Famous-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Henry E Brown (OK) ½ $9,895 N/A San Gregorio Racing Stable, Inc. D. Montes R. Lozano 2. Eyes Movin-QH , gr . g. 6, by Mr Eye Opener-QH, – Movin Meter-QH, by Meter Me Gone-QH, Bred by: Brenda L Hoover (WA) no $4,302 N/A Magallanes, Ruben H. Magallanes T. Stillwell 3. Snowbound Superchick-QH , gr . g. 4, by Snowbound, – Chicks Starlite-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Robert F Pulse (WA) ½ $2,151 N/A Madrigal, Pablo H. Magallanes L. Gonzalez AQHA DICK MONAHAN MAIDEN CHALLENGE FINALS, SUN DOWNS, Value of Race: $21,204, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.420 – 5/4/2013 1. First Specialist-QH , sor . c. 4, by First Down Dash-QH, – Specialista-QH, by Special Effort-QH, Bred by: A Regal Choice Inc (CA) 1¼ $9,754 86 San Gregorio Racing Stable, Inc. D. Montes R. Lozano 2. Gc Streakin Okey-QH , b . g. 3, by Okey Dokey Dale-QH, – SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 61

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S T A K E S R E S U LT S Bedaub Adash-QH, by Beda Cheng-QH, Bred by: Gary Chumbley (OR) ¾ $4,240 76 Chumbley, Gary S. Raley J. Guerrero 3. Royal Down Special-QH , br . c. 3, by First Down Dash-QH, – A Royal Goddess-QH, by Strawfly Special-QH, Bred by: Abigail K Kawananakoa (CA) no $2,121 71 Kawananakoa, Abigail M. Arrossa P. Greene

3. Fool of Nuts-QH , sor . g. 3, by Hadtobenuts-QH, – Renown Lady-QH, by Renown-QH, Bred by: Margie McMullen (TX) ¾ $4,287 N/A McMullen, Margie A. Aparicio A. Carino

TEXAS TWISTER S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $15,000, 3 yo’s & up, 110 yards, Time: 6.936 – 5/4/2013 QUARTER HORSE SOUTH DAKOTA-BRED FUTURITY FINALS 1. Royal Sin Tacha-QH , b . g. 5, by Ocean Runaway-QH, – Sin F., FORT PIERRE, Value of Race: $15,000, 2 yo, 250 yards, Tacha Perry-QH, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, Bred by: J Gaston/Janet Time: 13.493 – 5/4/2013 Vanbebber Et Al (TX) hd $9,000 N/A Montes, Erick J. Lopez C. 1. Madam Doubtfire-QH , gr . f. 2, by Its Royal Time-QH, – This Vidana Discos Bootin-QH, by Spanish Boot-QH, Bred by: M & M Short2. Ss Poker Face Dream-QH , gr . c. 3, by Primetime Dream-QH, horns (SD) ½ $7,200 55 Estrada, Juan T. Moody J. Vanderwoude – Precious Serendipity-QH, by Behold a Beduino-QH, Bred by: 2. Gmj Little Cus-QH , sor . g. 2, by Gold Medal Jess-QH, – Grays Ronnie Stewart/Double S Farm (TX) nk $3,000 N/A Walker, Ace, Getaway Cash-QH, by Sir Alibi-QH, Bred by: Michael A Gray (SD) Walker, Buddy and J K Running Horses LLC C. Keeton L. Vivanco nk $3,075 52 Pourier, Jr., Thomas C. Ghost Bear B. Beetem 3. The Hot List-QH , sor . g. 5, by Streakin La Jolla-QH, – Short 3. Bhr Light My Fire-QH , blk . c. 2, by Cs Flashlight-QH, – Bhr List-QH, by First Down Dash-QH, Bred by: Robert or Karen Missy Special-QH, by Shake It Special-QH, Bred by: Broken Heart Nunnally (TX) nk $1,650 N/A Martinez, Sr., Eleazar Y. Fierro S. Ranch (SD) hd $1,500 51 Broken Heart Ranch R. Johnson A. Padilla Carrizales BANK OF AMERICA TEXAS MAIDEN CHALLENGE S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $42,873, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.963 – 5/4/2013 1. Down for a Fortune-QH , sor . f. 3, by Down N Dash-QH, – Separatist Fortune-QH, by Separatist-QH, Bred by: Pete A Scarmardo (TX) ¾ $19,722 N/A Scarmardo, Pete G. Hopkins L. Ramirez 2. Lets Get Silk-QH , sor . f. 3, by Mr Jess Berry-QH, – Lets Get Fiscal-QH, by Stoli-QH, Bred by: Sergio R Robles (TX) hd $8,575 N/A Robles, Silvia A. Morin R. Aguirre

ALL AMERICAN S., Gr.3, GOLDEN GATE FIELDS, Value of Race: $100,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.09 – 5/27/2013 1. Summer Hit , dk b/. g. 4, by Bertrando, – Mia F Eighteen, by Tough Knight, Bred by: Kenneth Heidt & Janice Heidt (CA) ¾ $60,000 106 Carver, John and Hollendorfer, Jerry J. Hollendorfer R. Baze 2. Hudson Landing , ch . g. 6, by Maria’s Mon, – Morning Star, by Shotiche, Bred by: Fred M. Allor (KY) 4½ $20,000 105 Chappell Alpine Farms LLC B. Wright J. Hernandez 3. Administer , b . g. 4, by Bernstein, – Nickle a Kiss, by Marlin, Bred by: R & R Thoroughbred Stables (IL) no $12,000 98 Peter Redekop B. C., Ltd. B. Wright A. Gomez

ZOETIS TEXAS STARTER ALLOWANCE CHALLENGE S., SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK, Value of Race: $24,120, 3 yo’s & up, 350 yards, Time: 17.887 – 5/3/2013 1. Dw Runaway B-QH , gr . g. 4, by Ocean Runaway-QH, – Jump Jive an Wail-QH, by Holland Ease-QH, Bred by: Bielau Oaks (TX) 1½ $11,095 83 Guzman, Robert M. Vega, Jr. L. Vivanco 2. Reignin Fire-QH , sor . g. 3, by Shazoom-QH, – I Wana Fly-QH, by Jody O Toole-QH, Bred by: Israel Leal (TX) nk $4,824 72 Leal, Israel J. Garza F. Calderon 3. Freddies Crash-QH , sor . g. 6, by Fredricksburg-QH, – Crash Thru Traffic-QH, by Dash Thru Traffic-QH, Bred by: Andria Armer (OK) nk $2,412 71 Crown Racing J. Kearl R. Vallejo

DESERT CLASSIC F., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $64,363, 2 yo, 300 yards, Time: 15.908 – 5/3/2013 1. Heat Warning-QH , b . g. 2, by A Regal Choice-QH, – Its a Dry MERIAL TEXAS DISTAFF CHALLENGE S., SAM HOUSTON Heat, by Dixieland Heat, Bred by: Ralph or Carolyn Fales (AZ) no RACE PARK, Value of Race: $27,540, 3 yo’s & up, 400 yards, $32,181 N/A Fales, Carolyn and Ralph M. Fales E. Ramirez Time: 20.204 – 5/3/2013 2. Jess Feelin Blue-QH , br . f. 2, by Jess Louisiana Blue-QH, – 1. Sweet Oblivion-QH , gr . f. 4, by Mr Jess Perry-QH, – Daring Polynesia-QH, by Separatist-QH, Bred by: Dean And/Or Melinda Difference-QH, by Victory Dash-QH, Bred by: Joe Kirk Fulton (TX) Boyle (OR) nk $12,873 N/A Y/N Horse Stables LLC O. Lorta D. nk $12,944 73 Fulton, Joe M. Robbins J. Alvarez Reyes-Frisby 2. Bertha Venation-QH , b . m. 6, by Corona Caliente-QH, – Dash 3. Tac a Hike-QH , sor . g. 2, by Tac It Like a Man-QH, – Nothintito Glory-QH, by Texigo Star-QH, Bred by: Corner K Quarter Horses nybouther-QH, by Chicks Beduino-QH, Bred by: Double Bar S Ranch Llc (CA) no $6,436 N/A Martinez, Cesar G. Stratton R. Arvizu Llc (AR) 1¾ $5,508 71 Salazar, Jose E. Huitron S. Carrizales

THOROUGHBRED LONE STAR PARK H., Gr.3, LONE STAR PARK, Value of Race: $300,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:42.09 – 5/27/2013 1. Master Rick , gr/ro. c. 4, by Master Command, – Whata Gem, by Maria’s Mon, Bred by: English Ranch Farm (FL 1 $195,750 119 Davis, Richard S. Asmussen R. Santana, Jr. 2. Prayer for Relief , dk b/. h. 5, by Jump Start, – Sparklin Lil, by Mr. Sparkles, Bred by: G. R. Aschinger (KY) 14½ $57,000 117 Zayat Stables, LLC S. Asmussen B. Hernandez, Jr. 3. Formaggio , dk b/. g. 6, by Dynaformer, – Garden Spot, by Danzig, Bred by: R. S. Evans (KY)3¼ $30,000 95 H and H Ranch D. Pish R. Chapa

3. Baby Wave-QH , gr . m. 5, by Wave Carver-QH, – Royal Baby Sister-QH, by Royal Quick Dash-QH, Bred by: Jackie Sessions (TX) nk $2,754 60 Sessions, Jackie J. Kearl R. Vallejo

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and Finder, Gary et al R. Ellis V. Espinoza 3. Camp Victory , dk b/. g. 6, by Forest Camp, – Victory Trick, by Clever Trick, Bred by: Atkins Homes, Inc. (VA) 4¼ $12,000 N/A Featherston, Roger, Jacobsen, Gordon, Miller, Tom and Frost, Lux M. Mitchell J. Talamo GAMELY S., Gr.1, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $250,500, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/8 miles-T, Time: 1:47.24 – 5/27/2013 1. Marketing Mix , dk b/. m. 5, by Medaglia d’Oro, – Instant Thought, by Kris S., Bred by: Sean Fitzhenry (ON) hd $150,000 96 Glen Hill Farm T. Proctor G. Stevens 2. Tiz Flirtatious , dk b/. m. 5, by Tizbud, – Masquerade Belle, by Victory Gallop, Bred by: Pamela Ziebarth (CA) 4¼ $50,000 95 Ziebarth, Pamela M. Jones J. Leparoux 3. Lady of Shamrock , dk b/. f. 4, by Scat Daddy, – Blushing Issue, by Blushing John, Bred by: Grovendale Sales (KY) no $30,000 89 Hronis Racing LLC J. Sadler R. Bejarano

HONOR THE HERO S., CANTERBURY PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 5 furlongs-T, Time: 58.08 – 5/27/2013 1. Bet Seattle , dk b/. g. 4, by Seattle Fitz (ARG), – Second Bet, by Belong to Me, Bred by: Buck Pond Farm, Inc. (KY)1 $30,000 110 Robertson, Hugh M. Robertson G. Franco 2. El Seventyseven , b . g. 5, by Stormy Atlantic, – La Sprezzatura, by Cozzene, Bred by: Two Sisters’ Farm, Inc. (PA) 1¼ $10,000 107 Novogratz, Joseph M. Robertson D. Bell LOS ANGELES H., Gr.3, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value 3. Canuletmedowneasy , dk b/. c. 4, by With Distinction, – Misof Race: $100,250, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:09.11 – match, by Polish Navy, Bred by: Alan Parker & Janet W. Hoke DVM 5/27/2013 (FL) 1¾ $5,000 104 Carl R. Moore Management LLC W. Calhoun 1. Comma to the Top , b . g. 5, by Bwana Charlie, – Maggies Storm, E. Martin, Jr. by Stormy Atlantic, Bred by: Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson (FL) 1¼ $60,000 N/A Barber, Gary, Birnbaum, Roger and Tsujihara, MEMORIAL DAY SPRINT S., LES BOIS PARK, Value of Kevin P. Miller E. Maldonado Race: $6,050, 3 yo’s & up, 4 1/2 furlongs, Time: 51.75 – 2. Centralinteligence , ch . g. 5, by Smarty Jones, – Shootforth5/27/2013 estars, by Seattle Slew, Bred by: Patricia L. Chapman (KY) 2¼ 1. You Bettor Beware , ch . h. 5, by Expressionist, – Miner’s $20,000 N/A Amerman Racing Stables LLC, Bongo Racing Stable Mistress, by Miner’s Mark, Bred by: Richard E. Sheridan (CA)

3¾ $3,630 104 Hanson, James G. and Wasia, Dick M. Hanson J. Conklin 2. Nordic Wind , dk b/. g. 8, by Cartwright, – Pixies Lass, by Nordic Prince, Bred by: Barney Gallagher & Anne Gallagher (IL) 8½ $1,210 93 M Racing Stable R. Hyde K. De la Cruz 3. Flying Coastal , dk b/. g. 6, by Coastal Voyage, – Luvflite, by Flying Continental, Bred by: Thomas Mansanarez (ID) 2 $726 68 Haylett, Jeff and Jason S. Williams E. Bachicha, Jr. SEATTLE H., EMERALD DOWNS, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:14.41 – 5/26/2013 1. Stopshoppingdebbie , dk b/. f. 3, by Curlin, – Taste the Passion, by Wild Again, Bred by: Northwest Farms LLC (KY) 1½ $27,500 94 Northwest Farms LLC T. Wenzel R. Bowen 2. Goin to the Window , b . f. 3, by Tapit, – Queens Full, by Indian Charlie, Bred by: Northwest Farm, LLC (KY) 2½ $10,000 91 Paxton, Debbie and Northwest Farms LLC T. Wenzel J. Gutierrez 3. Blueberry Smoothie , dk b/. f. 3, by Giant’s Causeway, – Shampoo, by Gulch, Bred by: Northwest Farms LLC (KY) 2¼ $7,500 86 C and M Racing and Northwest Farms LLC T. Wenzel J. Matias GREAT LADY M. S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $73,710, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs-T, Time: 1:08.66 – 5/26/2013 1. Schiaparelli , gr/ro. m. 5, by Ghostzapper, – Cambiocorsa, by Avenue of Flags, Bred by: Ranjan Racing, Inc. (KY) 2½ $43,320 N/A Ran Jan Racing, Inc. M. Puype J. Talamo 2. Purim’s Dancer , dk b/. f. 4, by Purim, – Zip City Dancer, by City Zip, Bred by: Loch Lea Farm, Inc. (KY) no $14,440 N/A Donnelly, Doug, Johnsen, Corey, Kohn, Lenny and McLean, Gene T. Proctor G. Stevens 3. Customer Base , dk b/. f. 4, by Lemon Drop Kid, – Little Cat Feet, by Tale of the Cat, Bred by: Edward Seltzer & Beverly Anderson (KY) 2¾ $8,664 N/A Glen Hill Farm T. Proctor M. Smith FIRST LADY H., RUIDOSO DOWNS, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.54 – 5/26/2013 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 63

1. Wizardry , b . f. 4, by Teuflesberg, – City Hylton (ARG), by =Jack Hylton (IRE), Bred by: Shaker Ridge Farm, Inc. (KY) 2 $30,000 N/A Foxpointe Thoroughbreds and Green, Greg G. Green J. Rocha 2. Little Vidalia , b . f. 4, by Attila’s Storm, – Incarsonate, by Carson City, Bred by: John T. L. Jones Jr. & Quinn Scott Simons Racing, LLC(NM) ½ $11,000 N/A J Bar 7 Ranch LLC J. Evans V. Scantling 3. Way to Go Gerda , ch . f. 3, by The Way Home, – Gerda, by Jade Hunter, Bred by: Larry Strain (NM) nk $5,000 N/A Strain, Larry R. Marcom, Jr. J. Coates

(IRE), by Giant’s Causeway, Bred by: Dayton Investments Ltd. (JPN) 3½ $18,000 N/A Hronis Racing LLC J. Sadler V. Espinoza

1. Hoist , ch . g. 4, by Mineshaft, – Halo Miss America, by Jolie’s Halo, Bred by: John C. Oxley (KY) 1 $27,500 102 North American Thoroughbred Racing Comp., Inc. M. Puhich A. Gryder AZTEC OAKS, SUNRAY PARK, Value of Race: $65,000, 3 yo, 6 2. Stryker Phd , b . g. 4, by Bertrando, – Striking Scholar, by Smart 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:18.38 – 5/25/2013 Strike, Bred by: Char Clark Thoroughbreds & Todd Havens (WA) ¾ 1. Tyger Teras , gr/ro. f. 3, by To Teras, – Bonita Tyger, by Haymarket $10,000 100 Hour, Jim and Mona M. Lloyd D. Hoonan (GB), Bred by: R. Doug Mills & Gertie Mills (NM) 4 $39,000 N/A 3. Why Not Be Perfect , dk b/. h. 6, by Whywhywhy, – Perfect Nation, Jim G. Green A. Juarez, Jr. Time, by Matchlite, Bred by: Gerard Ramos (KY) 2¾ $7,500 99 J. C. 2. Lakehouse Fun , dk b/. f. 3, by Roll Hennessy Roll, – FortheliRacing Stable J. Metz A. Sanguinetti feofme, by Indian Charlie, Bred by: J. Kirk Robison & Judy Robison DINE S., SUNRAY PARK, Value of Race: $65,000, 3 yo, 6 1/2 (NM) 1 $13,000 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy H. Dominguez E. FRAN’S VALENTINE S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value furlongs, Time: 1:19.75 - 5/26/2013 Gomez of Race: $100,500, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:34.28 – 1. Attila’s Hurricane , ch . g. 3, by Attila’s Storm, – Sandia’s Flicka, 3. Swedish Goddess , ch . f. 3, by Desert God, – Delta Dawning, 5/18/2013 by Sandia Slew, Bred by: Gary Thompson (NM) 2¾ $39,000 N/A by Mr. Greeley, Bred by: Joyce D. Erickson (NM) 4½ $6,500 N/A 1. Unusual Hottie , b . f. 4, by Unusual Heat, – Branca Como Neve Thompson, Gary B. Hone I. Cardenas Mcquee, Bobby, Hogg, Jon and Taylor, Dale, Corey T. Fincher A. (BRZ), by Ski Champ, Bred by: Ali Nilforushan Equestrian LLC (CA) 2. Hush’s Storm , ch . g. 3, by Attila’s Storm, – Hush’s Gold, by Arboleda ¾ $60,000 N/A Nilforushan, Seyyed J. Mullins J. Talamo Untold Gold, Bred by: JEH Stallion Station NM (NM) 1¾ $14,300 2. Sugarinthemorning , b . m. 5, by Candy Ride (ARG), – Social N/A Taylor, Dale, Brooks, Joe Dee, Taylor, Carey and Hogg, Jon T. PRAIRIE EXPRESS S., PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Value of Race: Belle, by In Excess (IRE), Bred by: Stephen B. Weissman (CA) no Fincher A. Juarez, Jr. $60,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:08.74 – 5/24/2013 $20,000 N/A Weissman, Stephen R. McAnally T. Baze 3. Carmen’s Rocket , b . g. 3, by Rocket Included, – Carmen’s 1. Conchacer , ch . h. 7, by Congaree, – Eliot Chacer, by Clever 3. Top Kisser , b . f. 4, by Old Topper, – Cherokee Kiss, by Cherokee Delight, by Carmen’s Glory, Bred by: Lucky Six Inc. (NM) nk $6,500 Trick, Bred by: Lantern Hill Farm LLC & Lighthouse Group (KY) ½ Run, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) ½ $12,000 N/A Lucky Six, Inc. J. Nall L. Gamez $36,000 N/A Robson Thoroughbreds C. Hartman D. Cardoso N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC J. Hollendorfer R. Bejarano 2. City Sage , b . g. 5, by City Place, – Mystical Susan, by French INAUGURAL S., ARAPAHOE PARK, Value of Race: $40,000, 3 Deputy, Bred by: Angela Ingenito (FL) 5¾ $12,000 N/A Sims, MARJORIE L. EVERETT H., Gr.2, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.40 - 5/26/2013 William J. Arnett K. Tohill Value of Race: $150,250, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1. Oneotwo , b . f. 3, by Salute the Sarge, – Torrent, by Unbridled, 3. Flashpoint , gr/ro. h. 5, by Pomeroy, – Two Punch Lil, by 1:44.01 – 5/18/2013 Bred by: Southern Equine Stables, LLC (LA) ½ $24,000 N/A Stivers, Two Punch, Bred by: Silverleaf Farms, Inc. (FL) 1½ $6,000 N/A 1. Open Water , dk b/. f. 4, by Include, – Biscayne Bay, by A.P. Indy, Brian B. Stivers K. Purcell Peachtree Stable S. Asmussen T. Thompson Bred by: Overbrook Farm (KY) 1 $90,000 N/A Southern Equine 2. Clone , dk b/. g. 3, by Fusaichi Pegasus, – Skyladysky, by Sky Stable LLC, Smith, M. and Whispering Oaks Farm LLC (Castille) E. Classic, Bred by: Richard Lueck (KY) 2¼ $8,000 N/A Lueck, Richard PRAIRIE ROSE S., PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Value of Race: Guillot J. Talamo G. Cross K. Bridges $58,800, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:09.13 – 5/24/2013 2. Lady of Fifty , gr/ro. f. 4, by After Market, – K. D.’s Shady Lady, 3. Silk Indian , dk b/. g. 3, by Indian Charlie, – French Silk, by 1. Lulu Wong , b . f. 4, by Badge of Silver, – Lovely Cool, by Indian by Maria’s Mon, Bred by: Cloverleaf Farms II, Inc. (KY) 4½ $30,000 French Deputy, Bred by: Mercedes Stables LLC (KY) 7¼ $4,000 N/A Charlie, Bred by: Bret C. Jones (KY) 3¾ $36,000 N/A Moss, Maggi N/A Hollendorfer, Jerry and Todaro, George J. Hollendorfer R. Kernell, Robert T. Garrett D. Frazier C. Richard T. Thompson Bejarano 2. Missjeanlouise , b . m. 5, by Victory Gallop, – Allurable, by 3. I Dazzle , dk b/. m. 5, by Hold That Tiger, – Miss Cheers, by WILD ROSE S., PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Value of Race: $58,800, Regal Classic, Bred by: Charles Galli (IL) 1¼ $12,000 N/A Midwest Carson City, Bred by: Terry Adcock (LA) 3¼ $18,000 N/A Jones, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:44.93 – 5/25/2013 Thoroughbreds, Inc. R. Brueggemann F. Geroux Katie and Peluso, Peter J. Sadler G. Gomez 1. Maude S , b . m. 5, by Jump Start, – Tropical Gardens, by Thun- 3. All About Allie , b . m. 5, by Storm and a Half, – Be Good Molly, der Gulch, Bred by: Reiley McDonald (KY) 2¾ $36,000 N/A Miller, by Proper Reality, Bred by: Roy Gene Sanders (AR) 7½ $6,000 N/A BUDWEISER ALLOWANCE S., SUNRAY PARK, Value of Race: James J. DiVito I. Ocampo Sanders Brothers D. Whited G. Corbett $30,000, 3 yo, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:20.53 – 5/18/2013 2. Lava Girl , b . m. 6, by Purge, – Li’l Ms. Leonard, by Nostalgia’s 1. Shesatopattraction , b . f. 3, by Old Topper, – Royal Attraction, Star, Bred by: Ocala Horses, LLC (KY) 2¾ $12,000 N/A Arindel Farm RAILBIRD S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: by Royal Academy, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) B. Rhone T. Thompson $74,920, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:23.40 – 5/19/2013 1¼ $18,000 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC H. Dominguez 3. Miss Hockaday , b . m. 6, by Greenwood Lake, – Miss Vesuvio, 1. Iotapa , dk b/. f. 3, by Afleet Alex, – Concinnous, by El Corredor, E. Gomez by Thirty Six Red, Bred by: Barbara Hunter (KY) hd $6,000 N/A Bred by: GEM INC., Bajer & O’Hara (KY) 1¼ $43,290 N/A Hronis 2. Key to My Warrior , b . f. 3, by Majestic Warrior, – Key to My Kester, John J. Hare A. Birzer Racing LLC J. Sadler J. Talamo Heart, by Mr. Prospector, Bred by: George Ruggiero Jr. (KY) 4 2. Ciao Bella Luna , b . f. 3, by Tribal Rule, – Shadow of the Moon, $6,600 N/A Taylor, Dale T. Fincher A. Arboleda OPELOUSAS S., EVANGELINE DOWNS, Value of Race: by Conquistador Cielo, Bred by: Dennis Yokum & Carol Yokum 3. Moneyatlast , dk b/. f. 3, by Spring At Last, – Theatre Flight, by $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:38.39 – 5/25/2013 (KY) 2 $14,430 N/A Campbell, Car-Den Racing Stable (Yokum), Theatrical (IRE), Bred by: Ron Blake & Cygnet Farm Inc. (KY) ½ 1. Silent Legacy , b . f. 4, by Silent Name (JPN), – Mrs. Mac, by Greenwood Lodge Farm, Inc. et al. J. Hollendorfer R. Bejarano $3,000 N/A Jensen, Diana J. Harris E. Garcia Derby Wish, Bred by: I. Lee Lange & G. Patin (LA) nk $30,000 96 3. Hail Mary , ch . f. 3, by Old Topper, – Lady Sax, by General Lange, I. L. and Patin, Gene C. Richards K. LeBlanc Meeting, Bred by: Nick Alexander (CA) 3 $11,178 N/A Alexander, 10,000 LAKES S., CANTERBURY PARK, Value of Race: 2. Little Polka Dot , dk b/. m. 7, by Orientate, – Silky Oaks, by Nicholas M. Mitchell J. Leparoux $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:09.99 – 5/18/2013 Regal Intention, Bred by: Southern Equine Stables, LLC (LA) 1 1. Heliskier , b . g. 4, by Appealing Skier, – Plana Dance, by $10,000 96 Coteau Grove Farms LLC P. Devereux, Jr. D. Saenz TELLIKE S., EVANGELINE DOWNS, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 Northern Flagship, Bred by: Robert D. Colvin (MN) 5½ $30,000 3. Queenie Vic , b . m. 5, by Even the Score, – Magical Place, by yo’s & up, 5 furlongs-T, Time: 55.32 – 5/18/2013 N/A Colvin, Marlene M. Robertson D. Bell Out of Place, Bred by: John W. Dunn (LA) 1 $5,500 94 Premier 1. Cho Cho Cat , b . m. 5, by Tale of the Cat, – Cho Cho San, by 2. Freedom First , b . g. 6, by Demidoff, – All Or Nothing, by Ghazi, Pastures LLC S. Savoie C. Gonzalez Deputy Minister, Bred by: Edward P. Evans (VA) 1¼ $30,000 N/A Bred by: Curtis A. Sampson (MN) hd $10,000 N/A Shafer, Jerry L. Almerico II, Michael J. and Horton, Pete R. Long, Jr. C. Hernandez Donlin S. Laviolette AMERICAN H., Gr.2, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value 2. Going to Kukaro , dk b/. m. 5, by Speightstown, – Jeanne’s 3. Bobble Doit , ch . c. 4, by Lucky Lionel, – Treacherous Tide, by of Race: $150,250, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:32.95 – Honor, by Honour and Glory, Bred by: Sienna Farms LLC & Winstar Vigors, Bred by: Barbara Rehbein (MN) 1¾ $5,500 N/A Arbori5/25/2013 Farm (FL) nk $10,000 N/A Coteau Grove Farms LLC P. Devereux, Jr. tanza Racing LLC B. Rhone D. Butler 1. Obviously (IRE) , b . g. 5, by =Choisir (AUS), – =Leala (IRE), by D. Saenz $Montjeu (IRE), Bred by: Miss Deidre Cogan (IRE) 2½ $90,000 N/A 3. Cowgirl N Up , gr/ro. f. 4, by My Golden Song, – Pure Mischief, MIKE WACKER TRUCKING S., MILES CITY, Value of Race: Fanticola, Anthony and Scardino, Joseph M. Mitchell J. Talamo by Wayne’s Crane, Bred by: Diamond D Ranch (TX) 1¼ $5,500 N/A $3,550, 3 yo’s & up, 5 1/4 furlongs, Time: 1:12.80 – 2. Lucayan (FR) , b . c. 4, by =Turtle Bowl (IRE), – =La Vltava (IRE), Dodwell, Caroline C. Dodwell L. Taylor 5/18/2013 by Grand Lodge, Bred by: Jean Pierre Colombu (FR) nk $30,000 1. Valentini Bandini , dk b/. f. 3, by Bandini, – Triple Tiara, by King N/A Pandora Stud N. Drysdale J. Leparoux GOVERNOR’S H., EMERALD DOWNS, Value of Race: $50,000, of Kings (IRE), Bred by: Fab Oak Stable, LLC (KY) 2 $2,130 N/A 3. Barocci (JPN) , dk b/. h. 5, by =Deep Impact (JPN), – =Bastet 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:14.78 – 5/19/2013 Double Down Stable M. Taylor C. Dunbar 64 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

S T A K E S R E S U LT S 2. Brother Joe , ch . g. 8, by Joe Cox, – Breanna, by Mr. Procrastinator, Bred by: Greg C. James & Robyn C. James (CA) 3¼ $710 N/A Greene, David M. Taylor C. Greene 3. Karens Charm , dk b/. m. 5, by Remarkable Charm, – Royal Wake, by Clever Wake, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Alfred C. DuMontier (MT) 2¾ $390 N/A Venable, Don M. Taylor J. Vanderwoude RPDC CLASSIC DISTAFF S., WILL ROGERS DOWNS, Value of Race: $55,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile 70 yards, Time: 1:43.795/18/2013 1. Foreign Sultress , dk b/. f. 4, by Foreign Policy, – Sultress of Swing, by Dixie Brass, Bred by: Bob Pogue & Paulette Pogue (OK) nk $32,500 N/A Scattered Acres LLC A. Gladd B. Landeros 2. Sooner Superstar , b . f. 4, by Ra Ra Superstar, – Skip a Dare, by Skip Away, Bred by: H. Allen Poindexter (OK) 1¼ $11,500 N/A Rodriguez, Marti and Scruggs, Dwayne M. Rodriguez J. Medina 3. Diamond Disco , ch . f. 4, by Diamond, – Alley’s Account, by Alamocitos, Bred by: 7 Cedars Farm (OK) ½ $6,500 N/A 7 Cedars Farm C. Stuart G. Steinberg CHEROKEE NATION CLASSIC CUP S., WILL ROGERS DOWNS, Value of Race: $55,000, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile 70 yards, Time: 1:43.38 - 5/18/2013 1. Polka Joke , dk b/. g. 4, by Sasha’s Prospect, – Tricky Little Slew, by Tricky Creek, Bred by: Joan Charlton (OK)2¾ $32,500 N/A Charlton, V. B. Charlton E. McNeil 2. Johnny Whip , dk b/. g. 4, by Stephen Got Even, – Paradisa, by Seeking the Gold, Bred by: Robert H. Zoellner (OK)1¼ $11,500 N/A Straw, Jr., George J. Pruitt B. Landeros 3. Evansville Storm , b . g. 5, by Evansville Slew, – Sophia Storm, by Stormy Atlantic, Bred by: Sassy S Stables, Inc. (OK) 2¼ $6,500 N/A Sassy S Stables, Inc. M. Teel C. Kimes BOB BRYANT S., PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Value of Race: $68,366, 3 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.04 – 5/18/2013 1. Jumped the Harbor , dk b/. f. 3, by Jump Start, – Above the Harbor, by Petionville, Bred by: Robert Barnett (IA) 3¼ $41,020 N/A Barnett, Robert L. Dunbar G. Corbett 2. Cat Five’ O , dk b/. f. 3, by Pleasantly Perfect, – Triple o’ Five, by Elusive Quality, Bred by: Lane Thoroughbreds LLC (IA) 7 $13,673 N/A Lane Thoroughbreds LLC C. Stuart T. Thompson 3. Tra Kela , b . f. 3, by Kela, – Tricky Truth, by Proudest Romeo, Bred by: River Ridge Ranch (IA) hd $6,837 N/A River Ridge Ranch C. Richard K. Tohill GRAY’S LAKE S., PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Value of Race: $68,650, 3 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.33 – 5/18/2013 1. Wolf Pack Jack , b . g. 3, by Hat Trick (JPN), – Dream Win, by Winthrop, Bred by: Black Oak Farm (IA) nk $41,190 89 Black Oak Farm R. Tracy, Jr. D. Mello 2. Rushin’ Rubietta , b . g. 3, by Rushin’ to Altar, – Rubietta, by Rubiano, Bred by: Vince Sullivan (IA) 3½ $13,730 88 Sullivan, Vince R. Tracy, Jr. A. Birzer 3. Patty’s Key , dk b/. g. 3, by Sir Shackleton, – L L ‘s Key, by Silver Deputy, Bred by: Todd M. Lieber (IA) 6 $6,865 81 Lieber, Todd and Ketcher, Rick T. Keller G. Corbett LADY SLIPPER S., CANTERBURY PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:11.58 – 5/17/2013 1. Polar Plunge , b . m. 5, by Successful Appeal, – Shakopee, by Evansville Slew, Bred by: Camelia J. Casby (MN) ¾ $30,000 N/A Casby, Camelia G. Scherer J. Rivera 2. Happy Hour Honey , b . f. 4, by Leroidesanimaux (BRZ), – A J’s Honey, by Indian Charlie, Bred by: Paul Knapper & Bob Lindgren (MN) 3 $9,000 N/A Knapper, Paul and Lindgren, Bob B. Rhone D. Butler 3. Hidden Gold , b . m. 6, by Seeking Diamonds, – Get Down Girl, by Personal Hope, Bred by: Ted J. Latour (MN) 3¼ $5,000 N/A Sachdev, Ann and Bravo, Lori F. Bravo D. Bell

NEED FOR SPEED S., EVANGELINE DOWNS, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 5 furlongs-T, Time: 57.35 – 5/17/2013 1. Unitas , dk b/. g. 5, by Sunday Break (JPN), – Caught In The Dark (GB), by Night Shift, Bred by: J. Adcock (LA) 1 $30,000 91 Ladner, P. B. Brinkman M. Guidry 2. Sweetsouthernmoon , dk b/. g. 7, by Sweetsouthernsaint, – Amotelgirl, by Bates Motel, Bred by: J. R. Wilson (FL)½ $10,000 88 Robert Asaro Enterprises, Inc. K. Bourgeois J. Patin, Jr. 3. Thunder Harbor , b . g. 4, by Rockport Harbor, – Polar Capp, by Carnivalay, Bred by: Jennifer Contessa & David Cassidy (NY) ½ $5,500 87 Loooch Racing Stable J. Gibson G. Melancon LADY’S SECRET S., LES BOIS PARK, Value of Race: $5,750, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:19.29 – 5/15/2013 1. Paris in April , dk b/. m. 5, by Salt Lake, – Warmest Wishes (GB), by Nashwan, Bred by: Hopewell Investments LLC & Kathy Berkey (KY) 3¾ $3,450 76 Treasure, Paul and Chapple, Larry P. Treasure N. Black 2. Celinderella , b . m. 7, by Home Run Trot, – Moment of Pride, by Face the Moment, Bred by: Gerald R. Wehrli & Katherine A. Wehrli (ID) 7 $1,150 68 Teton West Racing, LLC G. Wehrli J. Crispin 3. Yellow Chumarine , b . f. 4, by Chumaree, – Magical Slew, by Slewvescent, Bred by: Tom Dougherty (ID) 2 $690 54 Dougherty, Thomas T. Elison M. Luark CLAIMING SERIES LEG 1 S., LES BOIS PARK, Value of Race: $3,900, 3 yo’s & up, 4 1/2 furlongs, Time: 51.94 – 5/15/2013 1. Wheels of Fire , b . g. 5, by Western Fame, – Graceful Stepper, by Phone Trick, Bred by: Brian J. Pitnick (CA) 3¾ $2,340 80 Homer Thoroughbreds, Inc. A. Homer J. Crispin 2. Dramatic Marino , gr/ro. g. 6, by Marino Marini, – Theatrical Doll, by Theatrical (IRE), Bred by: Rancho San Miguel (CA) nk $780 69 Kopecky, Kelle J. Schooley J. Remer 3. Check Out the Cat , ch . g. 7, by Iron Cat, – Check Her Out, by Rubiano, Bred by: Lester Hunsucker (CA) ¾ $468 68 Reynolds, Rick C. Doyle J. Chance CLAIMING SERIES LEG 1 S., LES BOIS PARK, Value of Race: $3,750, 3 yo’s & up, 4 1/2 furlongs, Time: 51.94 – 5/15/2013 1. Tw Dashboardlights , dk b/. g. 7, by Pulzarr, – Tetons Kaitlyn Jo, by Home Run Trot, Bred by: Gerald R. Wehrli & K Wayne Wehrli (ID) 2¼ $2,250 80 Teton West Racing, LLC G. Wehrli J. Remer 2. Off to Operate , dk b/. g. 7, by Orientate, – Off to the Opera, by Cahill Road, Bred by: Kim Kuhlmann & Eve Kuhlmann (KY) 2½ $750 73 Meeds, Robert B. Taylor K. De la Cruz 3. The Prince and I , dk b/. g. 9, by Kings Blood (IRE), – The Queen and I, by L. B. Jaklin, Bred by: Ward Stables (ID) ½ $450 66 Ward, Dudley R. Scudder T. Skaggs HASTINGS H., EMERALD DOWNS, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:08.26 – 5/12/2013 1. E Z Kitty , dk b/. m. 5, by He’s Tops, – Envision the Cat, by Lost Code, Bred by: Jerry D. Woods & Peggy F. Woods (WA) 2 $27,500 102 Maller, Bruce J. Metz A. Sanguinetti 2. Exclusive Diva , dk b/. f. 4, by Bernardini, – Puxa Saco, by Dehere, Bred by: Northwest Farms LLC (KY) 4 $10,000 98 Paxton, Debbie and Northwest Farms LLC T. Wenzel J. Gutierrez 3. Plus One , ch . f. 4, by Bluegrass Cat, – License Free, by Miswaki, Bred by: WinStar Farm, LLC (KY) 1¼ $7,500 89 Ten Broeck Farm, Inc. T. McCanna D. Lopez ROUND TABLE S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $73,850, 4 yo’s & up, 1 1/2 miles-T, Time: 2:26.96 – 5/12/2013 1. Dhaamer (IRE) , ch . g. 6, by Dubai Destination, – Arjuzah (IRE), by =Ahonoora (GB), Bred by: Shadwell Estate Company Limited (IRE) 2¼ $44,160 N/A Brown, Jr., Edward J. and Manoogian, Jay

M. Mitchell G. Gomez 2. Lime Rickey , b . g. 7, by Lemon Drop Kid, – Kootenai, by Deputy Minister, Bred by: Dinwiddie Farm (KY) 1¾ $14,720 N/A Beauchamp, Smith and Whitney LLC and Spawr, William W. Spawr R. Bejarano 3. Niagara Falls , dk b/. c. 4, by Giant’s Causeway, – Istikbal, by Kingmambo, Bred by: Kingswood Farm (KY) 6¼ $8,832 N/A Shanahan, Mrs. Paul P. Biancone M. Pedroza WHO DOCTOR WHO H., HORSEMEN’S PARK, Value of Race: $30,500, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:40.20 – 5/12/2013 1. Diamond Joe , ch . g. 4, by Dazzling Falls, – Diamond Road, by Tarsal, Bred by: Edward J. Miller Jr. & Roger Pelster (NE) 3½ $18,300 N/A Koziol, Joseph L. and Miller, Jr., Edward Joseph C. Turco J. Olesiak 2. Bach’s Homebrew , b . g. 6, by Milwaukee Brew, – Lilly Cozzene, by Cozzene, Bred by: Bluestem Farm Inc. (NE) ¾ $6,100 N/A Mallette, Tim L. Staroscik L. Ranilla 3. Buffalo Creek Hawk , dk b/. g. 6, by Shadow Hawk, – Big Creek Candi, by Candi’s Gold, Bred by: Jack Buffington (NE) 8½ $3,660 N/A Floyd, William W. Isburg, Jr. K. Lopez JOHN WAYNE S., PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Value of Race: $70,000, 4 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.67 – 5/11/2013 1. Wings of War , dk b/. g. 6, by Kafwain, – Devil’s Wing, by Devil His Due, Bred by: James R. Lewis & Beverly J. Lewis (IA) ½ $42,000 90 Lewis, Beverly D. Von Hemel S. Laviolette 2. Ice Hockey , ch . g. 6, by Cactus Ridge, – Sheso, by Blumin Affair, Bred by: William L. Hobbs (IA) hd $14,000 89 Moss, Maggi C. Richard A. Birzer 3. Cainam , b . g. 6, by Is It True, – Lady Sundari, by Late Act, Bred by: Linda M. Leech (IA) ¾ $7,000 88 Leech, James J. Arnett G. Corbett SENORITA S., Gr.3, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $100,500, 3 yo, 1 mile-T, Time: 1:35.18 – 5/11/2013 1. Charlie Em (GB) , b . f. 3, by Kheleyf, – =Miss Meggy (GB), by =Pivotal (GB), Bred by: Highfield Farm LLP (GB) hd $60,000 N/A Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners P. Gallagher G. Gomez 2. Scarlet Strike , b . f. 3, by Smart Strike, – Scarlet Tango, by French Deputy, Bred by: Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY) 1¼ $20,000 N/A Carver, John, Hollendorfer, Jerry and Smith, Green J. Hollendorfer R. Bejarano 3. Kyriaki , b . f. 3, by Scat Daddy, – Tally Ho Dixie, by Dixieland Band, Bred by: James T. Scatuorchio (KY) no $12,000 N/A Savides, Dominic P. Eurton M. Smith CAME HOME S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $71,850, 3 yo, 7 furlongs, Time: 1:21.65 – 5/11/2013 1. Let Em Shine , b . c. 3, by Songandaprayer, – Justaspell, by Johannesburg, Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. Stephen McDonald (KY) 4¾ $43,110 N/A Peeples, William A. Kitchingman E. Maldonado 2. Broadway Empire , b . g. 3, by Empire Maker, – Broadway Hoofer, by Belong to Me, Bred by: Mercedes Stables LLC (KY) 1 $14,370 N/A Butz, Bob, Howg, Randy and Running Rabbit, Rick R. Diodoro V. Espinoza 3. Treasury Bill , ch . c. 3, by Lemon Drop Kid, – Wow Me Free, by Menifee, Bred by: Edward A. Seltzer & Beverly Anderson (KY) nk $8,622 N/A West, Gary and Mary R. Ellis J. Talamo LANE’S END STALLION SCHOLARSHIP S., LONE STAR PARK, Value of Race: $50,000, 3 yo’s & up, 7 1/2 furlongs-T, Time: 1:30.60 – 5/11/2013 1. Lillie Abbie , dk b/. m. 5, by Uncle Abbie, – I’m a Pine, by Robin des Pins, Bred by: Joe Carothers (TX) no $30,000 N/A End Zone Athletics, Inc. K. Broberg J. Chacaltana 2. Lasting Bubbles , gr/ro. m. 5, by Pulling Punches, – Slim’s Secret, by Desert Secret (IRE), Bred by: Judy Peek (TX) hd $10,000 N/A Peek, Judy K. Peek L. Wade SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6 65

3. Mescaleress , ch . m. 6, by Marquetry, – Choctaw Lady, by Cherokee Run, Bred by: Lynn Ellen (TX) nk $5,500 N/A Ellen, Lynn J. West R. Chapa TEXAS STALLION S., LONE STAR PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.83 – 5/11/2013 1. He Has Bling , gr/ro. g. 3, by Too Much Bling, – Deeya Maria, by Stravinsky, Bred by: Hall’s Family Trust (TX) 2¼ $45,000 N/A Hall’s Family Trust D. Durham M. Hernandez 2. Meme Jo , b . g. 3, by Too Much Bling, – Honey Gold, by Touch Gold, Bred by: Jeanne Bruce (TX) nk $15,000 N/A End Zone Athletics, Inc. K. Broberg G. Murphy 3. Breathethefire , dk b/. c. 3, by Valid Expectations, – Crimson Socks, by Pentelicus, Bred by: Littlebrother Farm LLC (TX) 1 $8,250 N/A Littlebrother Farm LLC S. Asmussen G. Mora TEXAS STALLION S., LONE STAR PARK, Value of Race: $75,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.47 – 5/11/2013 1. Tastefullyxcessive , b . f. 3, by Early Flyer, – Hadif Cat, by Hadif, Bred by: Clarence Scharbauer Jr. (TX) nk $45,000 N/A Scharbauer, Jr., Clarence W. Calhoun M. Berry 2. Joyful Hannah , dk b/. f. 3, by Uncle Abbie, – Coastalota, by Dixieland Heat, Bred by: H. L. Southard (TX) 6 $15,000 N/A Southard, Hubert K. Broberg J. Chacaltana 3. Makeshift , ch . f. 3, by Too Much Bling, – Red Cell, by Geri, Bred by: W. S. Farish (TX) 3¼ $8,250 N/A Farish, W.S. S. Asmussen R. Chapa SKUNKTAIL S., HORSEMEN’S PARK, Value of Race: $32,100, 3 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:14.20 - 5/11/2013 1. Drinkinandthinkin , ch . g. 3, by Silent Bluff, – Scatzophrenic, by Scatmandu, Bred by: Tracy L Condon (NE) 3¼ $18,540 N/A Chuck Wiley & Tracy Condon & Tim Manning C. Wiley L. Delorme 2. Call Me Bubba , dk b/. c. 3, by Mine for Gold, – Match the Magic, by Match the Hatch, Bred by: LaVerne Ballhagen (NE) 1 $6,180 N/A Ballhagen, La Verne L. Ballhagen J. Ranilla 3. Stick Shift , ch . g. 3, by Silent Bluff, – Five Times a Lady, by Quinton, Bred by: D & L Trucking Inc. (NE) ½ $3,708 N/A D and L Trucking, Inc. and William Lammert, Inc. T. Garry D. Frazier FANTANGO LADY S., HORSEMEN’S PARK, Value of Race: $30,550, 3 yo, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:15.60 – 5/11/2013 1. Shesafrigidcat , dk b/. f. 3, by Mine for Gold, – Shesa Class Cat, by Sir Cat, Bred by: Zach Mader (NE) 2½ $18,330 N/A Mader, Zach and Wetzel, Art C. Turco J. Olesiak 2. Gypsy Jo Rose , b . f. 3, by Pies Prospect, – Cerveza Lite, by Lytrump, Bred by: Edward R. Rotherham (NE) 2½ $6,110 N/A Reinhart, Tondi S. Hall L. Delorme 3. Yearlong Fever , dk b/. f. 3, by Drinkwiththedevil, – Swedes Fever, by Stormin Fever, Bred by: Dennis Smith (NE) 6¾ $3,666 N/A Smith, Dennis S. Hall D. Frazier MAMIE EISENHOWER S., PRAIRIE MEADOWS, Value of Race: $70,000, 4 yo’s & up, 6 furlongs, Time: 1:10.67 – 5/10/2013 1. Ginger Added , b . m. 5, by Added Edge, – G. U. Ginger, by Fred Astaire, Bred by: Special K Stable (IA) 2¼ $42,000 83 Clark, Dick R. and Fett, Brandi Jo D. Clark J. Barton 2. Praire Cougar , dk b/. f. 4, by Smoke Glacken, – Signaprenuptial, by Dixie Union, Bred by: Black Oak Farm & Wade Jacobson (IA) 1¾ $14,000 78 Prairie Mountain Stable R. Tracy, Jr. A. Birzer 3. Queen Lilly Kay , ch . f. 4, by Indy King, – Lilly Cozzene, by Cozzene, Bred by: Bluestem Farm Inc. (IA) ¾ $7,000 74 Five One Five O Stables K. Von Hemel G. Corbett FALLS AMISS H., HORSEMEN’S PARK, Value of Race: $31,750, 3 yo’s & up, 1 mile, Time: 1:42.20 – 5/10/2013 1. Spice Swirl , dk b/. m. 6, by Shadow Hawk, – Shesaidsheknowsya, by Miracle Heights, Bred by: Shady Bend Thoroughbreds 66 SureBet RacingNews.com • June 2013 • Vol. 7 No. 6

(NE) 8¼ $18,510 93 Shady Bend Thoroughbreds B. Roberts J. Olesiak 2. Precious Affair , b . f. 4, by Blumin Affair, – Burning Memories, by Verzy, Bred by: Jim Cranwell (NE) nk $6,170 80 Cranwell, James J. Cranwell M. Luark 3. T Jays Affair , dk b/. m. 6, by Blumin Affair, – Stop the Time, by Stop the Music, Bred by: Roger Anderson (NE) 8¼ $3,702 79 Anderson, Roger D. Anderson L. Ranilla ATBA SPRING SALES S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $70,214, 2 yo, 5 furlongs, Time: 58.01 – 5/7/2013 1. Lazy Daisy May , b . f. 2, by Rocky Bar, – Against the Law, by Officer, Bred by: John Campo III (AZ) no $42,064 65 Stable H. M. A. M. Pearson G. Franco 2. Winning Vision , dk b/. f. 2, by Pollard’s Vision, – Hawa Mahal, by Hennessy, Bred by: John J. Greely IV, Phil Houchens, Dennis Bohannon & Paul Wedge(KY) 1¼ $11,825 65 C J Racing, LLC M. Pearson R. Eikleberry 3. Whiz Hit , b . g. 2, by Top Hit, – Alberta Whiz, by Albert the Great, Bred by: CJ Racing LLC (AZ) ½ $8,413 61 C J Racing, LLC M. Pearson A. Morales

3. Lake Sawyer , b . g. 5, by Include, – Tee Off, by Thunder Gulch, Bred by: Fred M. Allor (KY) 3¾ $770 N/A Brown, Jared J. Brown A. Von Rosen COOL FRENCHY S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of Race: $80,740, 3 yo’s & up, 5 furlongs, Time: 56.9 – 5/4/2013 1. Comma to the Top , b . g. 5, by Bwana Charlie, – Maggies Storm, by Stormy Atlantic, Bred by: Richard Thompson & Linda Thompson (FL) 1¾ $43,710 N/A Barber, Gary, Birnbaum, Roger and Tsujihara, Kevin P. Miller E. Maldonado 2. Italian Rules , ch . h. 8, by Tribal Rule, – Golden Harmony, by Half a Year, Bred by: Nick Cafarchia (CA) ½ $18,770 N/A Sangara, K. J. Sadler V. Espinoza 3. Ain’t No Other , b . g. 5, by Old Topper, – Miami Margie, by Shadeed, Bred by: Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, LLC (CA) 1¾ $11,262 N/A Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC J. Hollendorfer M. Pedroza

INAUGURAL S., LES BOIS PARK, Value of Race: $6,500, 3 yo’s & up, 6 1/2 furlongs, Time: 1:18.05 – 5/4/2013 1. Memo to Mya , dk b/. g. 5, by Cobra King, – Memo Bay, by HASTA LA VISTA H., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $35,000, Memo (CHI), Bred by: Mr. & Mrs. James A. Garrett (ID) 4½ $3,900 3 yo’s & up, 1 7/8 miles-T, Time: 3:14.91 - 5/7/2013 84 Garrett, Nancy and Jim D. Hall D. Crane 1. Flexiplus , b . h. 5, by Harlan’s Holiday, – Dynamia, by Dynafor- 2. Ultimate Question , b . g. 5, by Whywhywhy, – Informative mer, Bred by: Dr. John A Chandler (KY) ¾ $20,181 104 Yeroshack, Style, by Dayjur, Bred by: Michael Rainier & Lynn Rainier (KY) 2 Martin R. Atras A. Morales $1,300 75 Dougherty, Thomas G. Simpson J. Remer 2. Porfido (CHI) , b . h. 11, by Mash One (CHI), – =Piazza Venezia 3. Flying Coastal , dk b/. g. 6, by Coastal Voyage, – Luvflite, by (CHI), by Roy, Bred by: Haras Sumaya (CHI) ½ $6,510 103 Taplin, Flying Continental, Bred by: Thomas Mansanarez (ID) 5½ $780 71 James D. McFarlane K. Bridges Haylett, Jason S. Williams E. Bachicha, Jr. 3. Layover in Seattle , dk b/. g. 4, by Slew City Slew, – Musical Treat, by Stop the Music, Bred by: Clay Ward & Debra Ward (ID) ½ OKLAHOMA STALLION FILLIES DIVISION S., WILL ROGERS $3,255 103 Ward, Clay K. Knudsen G. Franco DOWNS, Value of Race: $55,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:41.40 – 5/4/2013 TIME TO LEAVE S., BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value of 1. Hard Cider , b . f. 3, by Liquor Cabinet (IRE), – Alley’s Account, by Race: $85,450, 3 yo’s & up, 5 furlongs, Time: 56.80 – Alamocitos, Bred by: 7 Cedars Farm (OK) 3½ $32,500 N/A 7 Cedars 5/5/2013 Farm C. Stuart G. Steinberg 1. Teddy’s Promise , dk b/. m. 5, by Salt Lake, – Braids and Beads, 2. Mari’s Big Rock , b . f. 3, by Diamond, – Biscuits With Ham, by by Capote, Bred by: Ted Nichols & Judy Nichols (CA) 4¼ $56,010 Devil His Due, Bred by: Circle S Ranch, Inc (OK) 3¼ $11,500 N/A N/A Nichols, Ted and Judy R. Ellis V. Espinoza Circle S Ranch, Inc. T. Williams C. Worst 2. Shumoos , ch . f. 4, by Distorted Humor, – Wile Cat, by Storm 3. Rah Rah Rachel , dk b/. f. 3, by Air Commander, – Rachel’s ComCat, Bred by: Brushwood Stable (PA) hd $14,470 N/A Nass, Fawzi mander, by Deputy Commander, Bred by: Center Hills Farm (OK) B. Cecil G. Gomez 2¾ $6,500 N/A Iron Oaks LLC G. Jacquot D. Cardoso 3. Magical Band , dk b/. f. 4, by Dixie Union, – Tricky Indy, by A.P. Indy, Bred by: Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY) 1¼ $8,682 N/A B G Stable OKLAHOMA STALLION COLTS AND GELDINGS DIVISION S., and Palma, Hector H. Palma R. Bejarano WILL ROGERS DOWNS, Value of Race: $54,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:39.27 – 5/4/2013 MERVYN LEROY H., Gr.2, BETFAIR HOLLYWOOD PARK, Value 1. Du Da Dandy , ch . g. 3, by Tactical Cat, – Vision Quest, by Seekof Race: $150,250, 3 yo’s & up, 1 1/16 miles, Time: 1:42.79 ing the Gold, Bred by: Diamond G Ranch, Inc. (OK) 8¾ $32,500 – 5/4/2013 N/A Diamond G Ranch, Inc. M. Lozano B. McNeil 1. Liaison , b . c. 4, by Indian Charlie, – Galloping Gal, by Victory 2. Chuck , b . c. 3, by Evansville Slew, – Holdthebaby, by Gallop, Bred by: William A. Carl Estate (KY) 1½ $90,000 N/A Marquetry, Bred by: Norma Lee Stockseth (OK) 20¼ $11,500 N/A Arnold Zetcher LLC B. Baffert M. Garcia Stockseth, Norma D. Von Hemel B. Quinonez 2. Kettle Corn , b . h. 6, by Candy Ride (ARG), – Somethingbeauti- 3. Okie Can Do , ch . g. 3, by Cavvy, – Cancan Okie, by King of Scat, ful, by Lil E. Tee, Bred by: Jim Plemmons (KY) 2½ $30,000 N/A C R Bred by: Richter Family Trust (OK) 2 $5,500 N/A Richter Family K Stable J. Sadler V. Espinoza Trust K. Nolen J. Medina 3. Guilt Trip , b . c. 4, by Pulpit, – Mysterieuse Etoile, by Quiet American, Bred by: Winsong Farm (KY) ½ $18,000 N/A West, Gary SUNRAY PARK AND CASINO H., SUNRAY PARK, Value of and Mary B. Baffert J. Talamo Race: $35,000, 3 yo, 1 mile, Time: 1:38.00 – 5/4/2013 1. Unfettered , gr/ro. c. 3, by Rockport Harbor, – New York Jessica, STARTER S., TURF PARADISE, Value of Race: $7,700, 3 yo’s & by Phone Trick, Bred by: Sally J. Andersen (FL)3¼ $21,000 N/A up, 1 mile, Time: 1:37.29 – 5/5/2013 Hoffman, Lathrop J. Nall E. Gomez 1. Dance Chief , dk b/. g. 8, by Chief Seattle, – Beaming Smile, 2. Clone , dk b/. g. 3, by Fusaichi Pegasus, – Skyladysky, by Sky by Sunny’s Halo, Bred by: Margaux Farm LLC (KY) ½ $4,774 N/A Classic, Bred by: Richard Lueck (KY) 4¾ $7,350 N/A Lueck, Richard Wiest, Ted, David, and Richard and Robertson, Ian K. Knudsen G. G. Cross D. Shepherd Franco 3. Hardliner , b . c. 3, by Rock Hard Ten, – Esther’s Big Band, by 2. Western Strider , dk b/. g. 7, by Newfoundland, – Western Dixieland Band, Bred by: Hilbert Thoroughbreds, Inc. & Menard Punch, by West by West, Bred by: True Breeding & Sales (FL) nk Thoroughbreds, Inc.(KY) 12 $3,850 N/A Robison, J. Kirk and Judy $1,540 N/A Shepherd, Sherri K. McReynolds D. Collins H. Dominguez M. Rodriguez

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