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<strong>New</strong><br />
Breeder<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong><br />
<strong>Horse</strong><br />
November 2010<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong><br />
November 2010<br />
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Congratulations<br />
to Lincoln County<br />
Voters and Lincoln<br />
County Property<br />
Owners for passing<br />
the Retention Tax for<br />
Ruidoso Downs and<br />
Thanks to<br />
R.D. Hubbard<br />
for all his efforts<br />
keeping Ruidoso<br />
alive!<br />
Genuine Strawfly<br />
SI-107, $181,091 (Strawfly Special - High Fashion Dash,<br />
by Dash for Cash)<br />
FEE $2,500 • Cooled Semen Available<br />
Southern Corona<br />
SI-101,$37,274 (Corona Cartel - Southern Policy,<br />
by Reb’s Policy TB)<br />
FEE; $1,500 • Cooled Semen Available<br />
Metallic Lion<br />
SI-102, $262,082 (Apollo TB - Diva Reba,<br />
by Tolltac)<br />
FEE; $2,000 • Cooled Semen Available<br />
Deefirst<br />
SI-99, $318,797 (First Down Dash - Deeacheck,<br />
by Chicks Beduino)<br />
Fee $2,000 • Cooled Semen Available<br />
Bay Head King tb<br />
(Saint Ballado – Meadow Silk, by Meadowlake)<br />
Fee $2,000 LIVE FOAL (due September 1)<br />
Owners: Leonard & Kevin Blach<br />
So Long Birdie tb<br />
(Pioneering – Dear Birdie, by Storm Bird)<br />
Fee $2,000 live foal (due September 1)<br />
Owner: Double Eagle Ranch<br />
Golden Ransom tb<br />
(Hennessy - Ransom Queen by Red Ransom)<br />
Fee $2,500 live foal (due September 1)<br />
Owner: R Legacy Racing (Gaylen and Denise Rust)<br />
Bu e n a Su e rt e Eq u i n e<br />
1907 White Mill Road • Roswell, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, 88203 • Leonard P. Blach, DVM (575) 623-9119<br />
Fax (575) 623.5728 • Raul Solorio (575) 317.6060 • buenasuerteequine.com • email info@buenasuerteequine<br />
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Premier Mare Care Facility<br />
The only farm in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> concentrating solely on mare care & foaling!<br />
A photo of every foal<br />
born at HunterCreek<br />
Farm will be posted<br />
on our website and as<br />
soon as they arrive,<br />
we e-mail photos<br />
and short videos of<br />
the babies to their<br />
owners.<br />
ALL 9 paddocks<br />
have a healthy stand of<br />
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Come See Us<br />
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• Year Round Mare Care & Lay Ups<br />
• Full Foaling Facility with 24-hour monitoring<br />
• Video surveillance in all stalls and outside pens<br />
• Extensive Pre-and Post-Partum care for mare and foal<br />
• 9 large turn-out paddocks 300’ to 600’ wide by 3/10 of a<br />
mile long with pipe fencing and permanent pasture<br />
• Veterinarian on call and only minutes away at all times<br />
• Sales Prep<br />
Contact:<br />
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3724 East 2nd • Roswell, NM 88201<br />
888-626-7911 or 505-624-8500<br />
E-mail: huntercreekfarm@usa.net<br />
Visit our web site at www.huntercreekfarms.com<br />
November 2010<br />
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<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
Breeder <strong>Horse</strong><br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Officers<br />
President Q. Mike Cadotte Peralta<br />
1st Vice President Jay L. Taylor Albuquerque<br />
2nd Vice President Denton Crozier Hobbs<br />
Norma Alvarez<br />
La Union<br />
Rita J. Danley<br />
Anthony<br />
Dan S. Delaney<br />
Las Cruces<br />
Tom Goncharoff<br />
Tularosa<br />
Thomas W. Pierce, Jr.<br />
Albuquerque<br />
Kay M. Thurman<br />
Belen<br />
Johnny Trujillo<br />
Tularosa<br />
Chuck Webb<br />
Farmington<br />
Mark Wise<br />
Las Cruces<br />
On The Cover: Paddock shot at the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong>.<br />
Photo by Robert Edwards<br />
INSIDE<br />
<strong>New</strong>s... 6<br />
Letter From the Executive Director 9<br />
ALBUQUERQUE<br />
Lineage Day - W.L. Mooring 14<br />
Lineage Races 14-23<br />
Anna Fay Davis<br />
Mary M. Barber<br />
Amber Martin<br />
Executive Director<br />
Registrar<br />
Administrative Assistant<br />
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<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong><br />
E.t. Springer Stakes 26<br />
NM <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Stakes 27<br />
Senor Futurity 28<br />
Senorita Futurity 29<br />
Dessie & Fern Sawyer Futurity 30<br />
NM <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Derby 31<br />
George Maloof Futurity 33<br />
Trainer Juan Gonzalez<br />
by Pete Herrera 34<br />
NM-bred Races 36<br />
Important Reminders 37<br />
<strong>New</strong> Members 37<br />
Upcoming Events and Deadlines 38<br />
Schalla Racing<br />
by Glenda Price 42<br />
Classified Corner 46<br />
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By Heather Smith Thomas 52<br />
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by Robert Edwards<br />
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<strong>New</strong>s.........<br />
Fund Established For Family Of<br />
Deceased Jockey Mark Villa<br />
A fund has been established to aid the family of jockey Mark<br />
Villa, who was killed in an accident at Zia Park on Saturday, September<br />
25.<br />
Villa is survived by his wife Krystal, 33, and twins Olivia and<br />
Garrett, 6.<br />
The fund is being coordinated through the Ruidoso Downs<br />
Race Track chaplaincy. Checks should be made out to "Race<br />
Track Chapel" and sent to the Ruidoso Downs Race Track Chapel,<br />
P.O. Box 449, Ruidoso Downs, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> 88346. Please<br />
specify "Mark Villa family" in the memo line on the check.<br />
Villa was a veteran on the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> circuit. His most<br />
important win came in 2009 when he won the Grade 1 Ruidoso<br />
Derby for quarter horses aboard champion Time For A Cigar. He<br />
was also an important thoroughbred and had 42 career stakes<br />
wins.<br />
Villa won a total of 1,726 races during a career that began in<br />
1983. He was the second leading thoroughbred jockey at Ruidoso<br />
Downs in 2010 and was the fifth leading all-breed jockey at Zia<br />
Park in 2009.<br />
Voters Approve Slight Tax Increase To Support<br />
Ruidoso Downs<br />
On September 22 Lincoln County voters passed the business<br />
retention grow receipts tax on Tuesday that ensures Ruidoso<br />
Downs future in Lincoln County over the next five years.<br />
The tax received 3,719 votes (53 percent) while 3,299 voters<br />
opposed passage of the tax. County Clerk Rhonda Burrows said<br />
110 ballots were rejected. About 54.7 percent of voters returned<br />
their ballots in the mail-in election.<br />
The 3/16th of one percent tax, which equals $19 on every<br />
$10,000 purchase, sunsets in five years. It will generate up to<br />
$750,000 annually to offset Ruidoso Downs’ taxes.<br />
During the tax’s 5-year period, Ruidoso Downs will work to<br />
create equitable tax rates between non-Indian gaming and Indian<br />
gaming casinos. Currently, the Billy The Kid Casino at Ruidoso<br />
Downs pays a 26-percent tax rate while nearby Indian casinos<br />
pay a 9-percent tax rate.<br />
“I want to thank the Lincoln County voters for providing Ruidoso<br />
Downs, and other Lincoln County businesses, the opportunity<br />
to move forward and secure our long-term future,” said Ruidoso<br />
Downs’ majority owner R.D. Hubbard. “We will now work together<br />
for a permanent equitable solution to ensure Ruidoso Downs<br />
future as the cornerstone of Lincoln County’s economy.”<br />
Published estimates indicate that Ruidoso Downs brings up<br />
to $45 million into the local economy annually.<br />
The 2011 Ruidoso Downs racing season starts on Memorial<br />
Day weekend with trials to the Ruidoso Futurity and Ruidoso<br />
Derby. The 2011 season is highlighted by the Grade 1, $2,400,000<br />
(est.) All American Futurity, the world’s richest quarter horse race,<br />
offering a record winner’s share of $1,200,000 on Labor Day.<br />
Race Track Industry Program Students<br />
Awarded Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino<br />
Responsible Gaming Scholarship<br />
Jim McVicker and Kenleigh Hobby, Race Track Industry<br />
Program students, were awarded the 2010-2011 Sunland Park<br />
Racetrack & Casino Responsible Gaming Scholarship. The scholarship<br />
was awarded based on their proposal for a study of racinos<br />
in different states to determine the best industry responsible gaming<br />
practices. The study will include budget size, source of budget<br />
funding, types of programs, advertising of programs, number of<br />
program users, differentiation of racing and gaming programs, and<br />
program success measurements.<br />
“Our committee was impressed with their proposal and we’re<br />
pleased that RTIP students continue to focus on responsible gaming<br />
as part of their studies,” said Steve Pedigo, simulcast coordinator<br />
and responsible gaming committee member.<br />
The winning team of McVicker and Hobby will present their<br />
findings at Sunland Racetrack & Casino in the spring.<br />
“Sunland offering a scholarship for a student project benchmarking<br />
the important topic of responsible gaming is a great<br />
opportunity for everyone involved, and the results should be of<br />
interest to the industry,” said Doug Reed, director of the Race<br />
Track Industry Program.<br />
The scholarship amount is $4,000 for the spring 2011 semester<br />
and is to be divided between both students.<br />
The University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program<br />
offers both a Bachelors and Masters degree program with an<br />
emphasis on the pari-mutuel racing industry and hosts the annual<br />
Symposium on Racing & Gaming held every December in Tucson,<br />
Arizona.<br />
For more information, visit the RTIP Web site at www.ua-rtip.<br />
org.<br />
The Jockey Club Releases 2009 Breeding<br />
Statistics<br />
The Jockey Club today reported that 3,130 stallions covered<br />
49,404 mares in North America during 2009, according to statistics<br />
compiled through Sept. 8, 2010. These matings have resulted<br />
in 27,233 live foals of 2010 being reported to The Jockey Club on<br />
Live Foal Reports received as of Sept. 8, 2010.<br />
As in past years, The Jockey Club estimates that the reporting<br />
of live foals, at this point in time, is approximately 90%<br />
complete. The reporting of live foals of 2010 is down 14.2% from<br />
last year at this time when The Jockey Club had received reports<br />
for 31,727 live foals of 2009.<br />
The 2010 registered foal crop projection of 30,000 takes into<br />
account that not all live foals become registered. In addition to the<br />
27,233 live foals of 2010 reported through Sept. 8, The Jockey<br />
Club had also received 5,138 No Foal Reports for the 2010 foaling<br />
season.<br />
The number of stallions declined 9.0% from the 3,439 reported<br />
for 2008 at this time last year, while the number of mares<br />
bred decreased 13.2% from the 56,901 reported for 2008.<br />
The 2009 breeding statistics are available alphabetically by<br />
stallion name through the Publications and Resources link on The<br />
Jockey Club homepage at jockeyclub.com.<br />
Breeding statistics released by The Jockey Club are not a<br />
measurement of the live foals born in each state or province, but<br />
rather a count of live foals reported to date by conception area,<br />
regardless of where the foals were born. In addition, the statistics<br />
should not be taken to represent the fertility record of any one<br />
stallion.<br />
Kentucky annually leads all states and provinces in terms of<br />
Thoroughbred breeding activity. Kentucky-based stallions accounted<br />
for 39.0% of the mares reported bred in North America in<br />
2009 and 47.5% of the live foals reported for 2010.<br />
The 19,252 mares reported bred to 330 Kentucky stallions in<br />
2009 have produced 12,931 live foals, a 9.3% decrease on the<br />
14,257 Kentucky-sired live foals of 2009 reported at this time last<br />
year. The number of mares reported bred to Kentucky stallions in<br />
2009 declined 11.0% against the 21,620 reported for 2008 at this<br />
time last year.<br />
Among the top 10 conception areas for live foals of 2010,<br />
only Pennsylvania stallions produced more live foals in 2010 than<br />
in 2009 as reported at this time last year.<br />
The statistics include 458 progeny of stallions standing in<br />
North America but foaled abroad, as reported by foreign stud book<br />
6 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
authorities at the time of publication. In this category, 101 live<br />
foals by North American stallions were reported from Korea and<br />
68 were reported from Ireland.<br />
Remaining countries on the list are Great Britain, 59; Japan,<br />
42; Uruguay, 26; France, 24; India, 17; Brazil, 16; Peru,<br />
16; Venezuela, 16; Chile, 14; Argentina, 12; <strong>Mexico</strong>, 11; Turkey,<br />
9; Panama, 7; Australia, 4; Italy, 4; Saudi Arabia, 4; Dominican<br />
Republic, 3; Trinidad, 3; and Germany, 2. The report also includes<br />
124 mares bred to 30 stallions in North America on Southern<br />
Hemisphere time. The majority of these mares have not foaled.<br />
The Jockey Club, founded in 1894 and dedicated to the<br />
improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing, is the breed<br />
registry for North American Thoroughbreds. In fulfillment of its<br />
mission, The Jockey Club provides support and leadership on<br />
a wide range of important industry initiatives and it serves the<br />
information and technology needs of owners, breeders, media,<br />
fans and farms, among others. Additional information is available<br />
at jockeyclub.com.<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> bred 1,431 thoroughbred mares producing<br />
687 live foals. in 2010. There were 783 live foals in 2009.<br />
There was an -11.0 percent decrease from 2009.<br />
Lloyd Shelhamer, Jr.<br />
Lloyd Shelhamer, Jr., rancher and entrepreneur died October<br />
20, 2010, in Billings, MT at age 87. Lloyd was born October 19,<br />
1923 in Livingston, MT. He spent his early years on his familyranches<br />
near Wilsall, MT. At a young age he joined in his family’s<br />
business of breaking horses tosell to the cavalry.<br />
Lloyd enlisted in the Army during WWII. He advanced to Officer<br />
Candidate School and became a pilot. He flew B17 bombers<br />
in Europe during WWII as part of the 8th Air Force.<br />
An excellent horseman, he rode saddle broncs and wrestled<br />
steers in the rodeo, but gave this up once he had six children.<br />
Along with his dad, he raised race horses. In 1954, Lloyd built<br />
the Beaumont Racetrack and Night Club in Belgrade which ran<br />
through 1964. He introduced horseracing to many family and<br />
friends who went on to make racing a career.<br />
In 1957, he founded United Tote Company which provided<br />
betting equipment to other racetracks in Montana and nearby<br />
states. After developing a computerized system in 1979, United<br />
Tote grew rapidly to a major international supplier with more than<br />
130 customers. Feature articles were written in Forbes, Inc.,<br />
Bloodhorse and other magazines. In 1994 United Tote began servicing<br />
Churchhill Downs in Kentucky. The Shelhamers sold United<br />
Tote in 1994 and retired from the company in 1995.<br />
Lloyd also managed racetracks throughout these years and<br />
particularly enjoyed operating Sunland Park near El Paso, TX.<br />
Lloyd was a director of the Thoroughbred Racing <strong>Association</strong> and<br />
received a lifetime achievement award from the Quarter <strong>Horse</strong><br />
Racing <strong>Association</strong> in 1995.<br />
In 1961, Lloyd purchased Cabin Creek Ranch northeast of<br />
Shepherd, MT, and continued to add to it over the years. Until two<br />
weeks ago, he still came to the ranch to appreciate the crops and<br />
the angus cattle.<br />
Lloyd is survived by his wife, Claudia Shelhamer and his<br />
sister, Elinor Amundson. He is also survived by his 6 children, 18<br />
grandchildren, and 33 great grandchildren.<br />
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to<br />
American Legion Post 4, 1540 Broadwater Avenue, Billings, MT<br />
59102 or Riverstone Health Hospice at PO Box 1562, Billings,<br />
MT 59102 or the charity of your choice. Internment with military<br />
honors where at Yellowstone Valley Memorial Park.<br />
November 2010<br />
Top 2010 Ruidoso Select Sale <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
Bred Broodmares<br />
September 3-5, 2010<br />
$25,000 Hip #6 - Dashing Ta Fame (Dash Ta Fame - Daisy If I<br />
Do)<br />
Consigned by: Chaparral Racing Stables – Joe<br />
Roybal<br />
Purchased by: Victory Farms<br />
$13,000 Hip #44 - Miss Corona Deverano (Corona Cartel - Summer<br />
Victory)<br />
Consigned by: JEH Stallion Station NM, Agent<br />
Purchased by: David and/or Ross Hinkins<br />
$10,000 Hip #31 - Daisy If I Do (Chicks Beduino - Rita Darlin)<br />
Consigned by: Chaparral Racing Stables – Joe<br />
Roybal<br />
Purchased by: VSS Ranch<br />
$5,000 Hip #45 - Miss Avery Kay (Southern Cartel -<br />
Stardust Dash)<br />
Consigned by: Crystal Springs Farm, Agent<br />
Purchased by: J Bar 7 Ranch, LLC<br />
$2,200 Hip #18A - Streakin Hips (Streakin Six - Hip<br />
Harmony)<br />
Consigned by: Rafter W Stables<br />
Purchased by: Rodrigo Norzagara Espinoza<br />
$2,200 Hip # 35 - We Have A Winner (Rare Form - First<br />
Taste)<br />
Consigned by: The Zand Ltd. Partnership<br />
Purchased by: Naivador Bon Pineda<br />
Top Ten 2010 Ruidoso Select Sale <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
Bred Yearlings<br />
September 3-5, 2010<br />
$35,000 Hip #282 - Charlie Waffles Jr (Jesse James Jr - Wild<br />
Vines)<br />
Consigned by: MJ Farms<br />
Purchased by: Marty Cope<br />
$32,000 Hip #153 - Mark West (Dash Ta Fame - Champagne<br />
Lane)<br />
Consigned by: MJ Farms<br />
Purchased by: Paul Blanchard<br />
$29,000 Hip #472 - Dash Dee Fame (Dash Ta Fame – Deeheiress)<br />
Consigned by: MJ Farms<br />
Purchased by: Jose Roberto Trevino<br />
$20,000 Hip #466 – Musicsdancinglady (Dash Ta Fame - Dash To<br />
Music)<br />
Consigned by: MJ Farms, Agent<br />
Purchased by: Theo Pioli Trevisani<br />
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$17,000 Hip #348 - Three Dee Fame (Dash Ta Fame - Three Dee<br />
Dreams)<br />
Consigned by: MJ Farms<br />
Purchased by: Victory Farms<br />
$15,000 Hip # 172 - Untangled Vines (Jesse James Jr - Tangled<br />
Vines)<br />
Consigned by: MJ Farms<br />
Purchased by: John & Doug May<br />
$12,500 Hip #489 - Carmen James (Jesse James Jr - Arbor Mist)<br />
Consigned by: MJ Farms<br />
Purchased by: Alonzo Juarez<br />
$6,000 Hip #385 - The Brookstar (Brookstone Bay -<br />
<strong>New</strong> Streaker)<br />
Consigned by: JEH Stallion Station NM, Agent for Dave<br />
& Jacque Taylor<br />
Purchased by: Damian Onsurez<br />
Day at the Races, and the group posed for a winner’s circle photo<br />
after the 350-yard dash for 3-year-old Quarter <strong>Horse</strong>s. A trip to the<br />
starting gate prior to the second race followed, then participants<br />
visited the press box where they met with track announcer Eric<br />
Alwan and the track’s board of stewards, Robert Allison, Linda<br />
Salinas, and Randy Blaseg.<br />
The NMHBA presented all participants with a gift bag that<br />
included the latest copy of the association’s bi-monthly magazine<br />
and a logoed scarf and wristwatch.<br />
“Everyone was so gracious and helpful to us,” said NMHBA<br />
executive director Anna Fay Davis. “Everybody we talked to was<br />
so willing to share information about their jobs, and about all the<br />
work that goes into getting their horses ready for the races. Also,<br />
the weather was beautiful and couldn’t have been better. All in all,<br />
it was just a great day.”<br />
Davis said that most of the youth who participated had experience<br />
with horses, primarily in the showing arena.<br />
$4,700 Hip #361 - Brooks Lady Love (Brookstone Bay -<br />
Houston Duchess)<br />
Consigned by: JEH Stallion Station NM, Agent for Dave<br />
& Jacque Taylor<br />
Purchased by: Javier F. Garza<br />
$3,500 Hip #213 – Attillitis (Attila's Storm - Pippips<br />
Royal Chick)<br />
Consigned by: JEH Stallion Station TX, Agent for James<br />
& Marilyn Helzer<br />
Purchased by: Dwain Grissom<br />
NMHBA YOUTH DAY AT THE RACES<br />
On October 9, the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ <strong>Association</strong><br />
held a Youth Day at the Races at The Downs at Albuquerque.<br />
Several youth from around the region participated and –<br />
along with several of their parents – they learned about careers<br />
in the racing industry and got a behind-the-scenes look at what’s<br />
involved with running a racetrack.<br />
The activities began with a morning visit to the barns of trainers<br />
Eric Mikkelson, Fred Danley, and Wes Giles. At Albuquerque,<br />
Giles’ operation is managed by his wife, Jill, who had refreshments<br />
for the group at her barn.<br />
At Mikkelson’s barn, the group received a tattooing demonstration<br />
from Wayne Epsteen. The official American Quarter<br />
<strong>Horse</strong> <strong>Association</strong>’s tattooer for the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> region, Epsteen<br />
tattooed a Quarter <strong>Horse</strong> and explained tattooing procedures,<br />
including the measures for properly disinfecting tattooing tools. He<br />
also presented the group with gift bags from the AQHA.<br />
From the stable area, the group moved to the test barn,<br />
where <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Racing Commission veterinarian Dr. Steve<br />
England discussed test barn procedures and explained his duties<br />
as The Downs at Albuquerque’s official state vet. A visit to the<br />
paddock followed, where racing secretary Jim Collins explained<br />
his job duties, including the elements involved in putting together<br />
competitive race cards. Also in the paddock, veteran jockey and<br />
Albuquerque native Quyet Bui discussed his 25-year career and<br />
showed the group the different saddles used by race riders.<br />
Following a presentation by track veterinarian Dr. Robert<br />
Schwyzer, the group enjoyed lunch in The Downs at Albuquerque’s<br />
Jockey Club. During lunch, NMHBA Magazine racing correspondent<br />
and website coordinator Michael Cusortelli discussed<br />
careers in the racing industry and distributed a booklet on the<br />
subject produced by the University of Arizona Race Track Industry<br />
Program. Also, a cap with the RTIP logo was raffled off.<br />
The first race was named in honor of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Youth<br />
8 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<br />
Ruidoso Downs concluded its race meet on Monday, September 6, 2010. They ran 239 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Bred races in 60 days.<br />
2010 – 60 DAYS 2009 COMPARISON – 63 DAYS<br />
130 TB OVERNIGHT 129 TB OVERNIGHT<br />
65 QH OVERNIGHT 69 QH OVERNIGHT<br />
11 TB TRIALS 10 TB TRIALS<br />
19 QH TRIALS 21 QH TRIALS<br />
8 TB STAKES 8 TB STAKES<br />
6 QH STAKES 5 QH STAKES<br />
239 TOTAL 242 TOTAL<br />
3.99 AVERAGE PER DAY 3.85 AVERAGE PER DAY<br />
149 TB + 90 QH = 239 147 TB + 95 QH = 242<br />
+119 FOR TWO A DAY + 116 FOR TWO A DAY<br />
NM Breds in Open Races<br />
# of <strong>Horse</strong>s Came in 1st % QH TB Amount Paid<br />
2nd or 3rd<br />
2010 493 147 30 80 67 $61,313.00<br />
2009 440 111 26 66 45 $53,143.00<br />
I would like to thank the staff at the Downs At Albuquerque for their hospitality during the Youth Day At The Races on<br />
October 9, 2010. Assistant General Manager Beth McKinney was very helpful with the pre-planning for the event. We had<br />
18 participants, including children and adults, and it was so nice to see the parents and children interacting with each other.<br />
At the end of the day, we all realized it comes back to the horses and what a joy it is to be their caretakers.<br />
In closing, the 2011 calendar will be printed as soon as the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Racing Commission approves the race dates for 2011.<br />
Anna Fay Davis<br />
November 2010<br />
9
National Threat<br />
outstanding female family!<br />
Robert Edwards Photo<br />
Special Effort - Dashing Phoebe by Dash For Cash<br />
Half Brother To: Heartswideopen si 104 11 wins $1,885,283, AQHA Racing Champion Two-year-old,<br />
AQHA Racing Champion Three-year-old, AQHA Racing Champion Two-year-old Filly, AQHA Racing Champion<br />
Three-year-old Filly, High Money Earning <strong>Horse</strong>, Register of Merit, All American Futurity-G1, Ruidoso<br />
Futurity-G1, Rainbow Derby-G1, Ruidoso Derby-G1, 2nd All American Derby-G1.<br />
Full Brother To: SPECIAL PHOEBE si 104 12 wins $139,963, AQHA Racing Champion Aged Mare, Superior Race <strong>Horse</strong>, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> Hi-Pt Three-Year-Old Filly, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Hi-Point Aged Mare, Register of Merit, World’s Championship Classic-G2, Rainbow<br />
Silver Cup-G2, Ruidoso <strong>Horse</strong> Sale Futurity At Sunland [R]-G3, O B Cockerell<br />
H.-G3, Jet Deck H.-G3, Real Wind H., 2nd All American Gold Cup-G2, 3rd Rainbow Derby-G1, etc.<br />
Also Half Brother To: FURYOFTHEWIND si 96, $70,554 and A<br />
SPECIAL SNO FLO si 96 $171,171.<br />
Out Of DASHING PHOEBE si 104, $609,553. Champion<br />
2-Year-Old Filly, Champion 3-Year-Old Filly. Winner of Kansas<br />
Futurity-G1, Kansas Derby-G1, Sun Country Futurity-G1 and<br />
Rainbow Silver Cup-G1. AA Futurity Finalist.<br />
2011 Introductory Fee: $900<br />
($750 if paid in full by 12/31/10)<br />
Lightly Raced<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred Program<br />
Sales Prep • Lay Ups • Year Round Boarding • Mare and Foal Care<br />
Website www.famouslanefarm.com • email: info@famouslanefarm.com<br />
654 Riata Road<br />
Tularosa, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> 88352<br />
801-641-4747 • John Trujillo fax 505-585-3696<br />
10 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
famous lane si 106<br />
First Foals Will Race In 2011<br />
Don Shugart Photo<br />
FLASH!!!<br />
Full-brother High Five Lane<br />
qualifies for the $140,000 added<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Classic Futurity<br />
dash ta fame - jm taylor lane by lanes leinster<br />
• World Record Setter<br />
• Earner of $216,887<br />
• Winner of the <strong>New</strong> Mexican Spring Futurity<br />
By Champion Sire DASH TA FAME<br />
Half-brother to Taylor Can Move si 102, $20,166<br />
2011 Fee: $1,500<br />
($1,000 if paid in full by 12/31/10)<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred Program<br />
Family Includes: Rebel Cause, Easy Jet, Noble<br />
Pride and Experteeser TB.<br />
Sales Prep • Lay Ups • Year Round Boarding • Mare and Foal Care<br />
Website www.famouslanefarm.com • email: info@famouslanefarm.com<br />
654 Riata Road<br />
Tularosa, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> 88352<br />
801-641-4747 • John Trujillo fax 505-585-3696<br />
November 2010<br />
11
stormin’ lyon tb<br />
Don Shugart Photo<br />
FLASH!!!<br />
RGR Lyon A Tac qualifies<br />
for the $140,000 added <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> Classic Futurity<br />
storm boot - motel lass by bates motel<br />
• Multiple Stakes Winner of $176,828<br />
• Set <strong>New</strong> Course Record At Hollywood Park<br />
Sire of Stakes Placed Winner In First Crop - RGR Lyon si 97,<br />
$42,023 2nd <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong> Futurity finalist in Senor Futurity<br />
By STORM BOOT Stakes-placed winner of $70,510 - Sire of 52 Stakes Winners!<br />
Dam is 85% Producer of Winners.<br />
Family Includes: Bates Motel, Devil’s<br />
Bag, Mr. Prospector and Storm Bird.<br />
2011 Fee: $1,500<br />
($1,000 if paid in full by 12/31/10)<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred Program<br />
Sales Prep • Lay Ups • Year Round Boarding • Mare and Foal Care<br />
Website www.famouslanefarm.com • email: info@famouslanefarm.com<br />
654 Riata Road<br />
Tularosa, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> 88352<br />
801-641-4747 • John Trujillo fax 505-585-3696<br />
12 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
chickie Cherry cola si 107<br />
Sire of 19 winners from 38 starters<br />
IMPRESSIVE FEMALE LINE<br />
Sire of Extremely Fast Foals!<br />
Streakin Cherry Cola si 106 $30,215<br />
Chicks Bac Now si 103 $43,201<br />
Southern Cola si 92, $32,077<br />
Daddies Little Girl si 117, $31,704<br />
Ap Chicks Dig Me si 99, $22,355<br />
RTM Say Your Prayers si 108<br />
Ldscherry Cola si 108<br />
Rm Imressive Chick si 101<br />
By Champion and Champion Sire CHICKS BEDUINO<br />
si 104, $412,099<br />
Out of Multiple Stakes Winning NO POLICY LIMIT si<br />
106, $203,443.<br />
Half-brother to POLICY TACS si 101, $299,102<br />
Robert Edwards Photo<br />
2011 Fee: $1,200<br />
($900 if paid in full by 12/31/10)<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred Program<br />
chicks beduino - no policy limit by reb’s policy<br />
fast debonair si 103 $455,658<br />
Winner of the G1 Texas Classic Futurity<br />
2nd G1 Remington Park Derby<br />
A Proven Sire Of Stakes <strong>Horse</strong>s!<br />
whata lucky man si 114 $236,577<br />
MR FAST PIE si 104 $121,238<br />
Red and Reckless si 96 $46,156<br />
ACES OF THE SOUTHWEST si 98 $95,555<br />
DEBONAIR SIX si 108 $86,133<br />
FAST AND JITTERY si 105 $122,335<br />
and numerous other winners.<br />
Average Earnings Per Starter $19,432<br />
By Champion and Champion Sire HEZA FAST<br />
MAN<br />
Robert Edwards Photo<br />
Out Debonairess an All Time Leading Dam<br />
of ROM!<br />
2011 Fee: $1,000<br />
($800 if paid in full by 12/31/10)<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred Program<br />
heza fast man - Debonairess by mr. dark jet<br />
Sales Prep • Lay Ups • Year Round Boarding • Mare and Foal Care<br />
Website www.famouslanefarm.com • email: info@famouslanefarm.com<br />
654 Riata Road<br />
Tularosa, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> 88352<br />
801-641-4747 • John Trujillo fax 505-585-3696<br />
November 2010<br />
13
W.L. MOORING<br />
HONORED ON<br />
LINEAGE DAY<br />
Longtime breeder W.L. Mooring of<br />
Bosque Farms, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, was honored<br />
as the 2010 Lineage Legend during a<br />
winner’s circle ceremony at The Downs at<br />
Albuquerque on August 22.<br />
Mooring was born in Brady, Texas, in<br />
1944, and he knew what his calling would<br />
be at an early age when he started galloping<br />
horses for the president of Texas A&M<br />
University. Against his father’s wishes, he<br />
began riding the bush-track circuit in west<br />
Texas at the age of 15.<br />
Mooring’s father eventually recognized<br />
his son’s talent with a racehorse, so he<br />
bought the young lad a couple of horses.<br />
While a student at Brady High School,<br />
Mooring trained and rode horses in the<br />
mornings and played football and ran<br />
track for the Brady High Bulldogs. He<br />
earned all-district honors as a running<br />
back, and he qualified for the Texas state<br />
track meet all four years in the 100- and<br />
200-yard dashes.<br />
Mooring began training racehorses<br />
at Ruidoso Downs in 1971, and he followed<br />
the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> circuit for 18 years.<br />
In 1988, he opened Double L Farms in<br />
Bosque, and after attending business and<br />
horse breeding courses at Colorado <strong>State</strong><br />
University in Fort Collins, his new venture<br />
was in full swing.<br />
During the last 22 years, Mooring has<br />
bred approximately 12,000 mares and has<br />
sale-prepped more than 5,000 horses.<br />
The number one sale consignor in <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>, Double L has employed up to 60<br />
ranch hands.<br />
Double L has produced many of <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>’s top Quarter <strong>Horse</strong>s and Thoroughbreds,<br />
including Quarter <strong>Horse</strong>s<br />
Chicks Go Steppin and Jess A Chicks,<br />
and Thoroughbreds Excessive Victory<br />
and ZZ Dome. The Cambridge Book of<br />
Who’s Who chose Mooring as a number<br />
one businessman in his profession. He<br />
was also the top seller at the Hondo <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> Open Sale for four years.<br />
In 2009, Mooring married his best<br />
friend of 32 years, Dee Mooring. They<br />
have four children and nine granddaughters.<br />
He credits his longtime partners,<br />
Mike Abraham and Jim McClintic, for his<br />
long-time success in the racing business.<br />
LINEAGE DAY 2010<br />
Fred Danley saddles three winners, including<br />
12-year-old veteran Romeos<br />
Wilson, on The Downs at Albuquerque’s<br />
richest day of racing.<br />
By Michael Cusortelli<br />
Trainer Fred Danley had a big day on the biggest day of<br />
The Downs at Albuquerque’s meet, as the veteran conditioner<br />
sent out three winners on Lineage Day, August 22.<br />
A winner of more than 1,200 Thoroughbred races during<br />
his 35-year career, Danley on Lineage Day won the<br />
400-yard, $40,000 Hard Twist Stakes (RG3) for 3-year-old<br />
Quarter <strong>Horse</strong>s with Captian Jacksboro. He followed that<br />
with victories with the ageless 12-year-old campaigner<br />
Romeos Wilson in the 5 ½-furlong, $40,000 Casey Darnell<br />
14 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
PELICAN STAKES (RG3)<br />
Woody Dungarees<br />
Tommie Morelos/Coady Photo<br />
Tommie Morelos/Coady Photo<br />
Heza Ramaruri Man in the $10,000 Lineage QH<br />
Claiming Stakes.<br />
Pony Express Stakes (R), and the 6-furlong, $40,000 Chief<br />
Narbona Stakes (R) with I Am Lesters Gal.<br />
Jockeys Alonso Rivera and Enrique Garcia won two<br />
races each on the 11-race card.<br />
Two new races, both for horses running for a $5,000<br />
claiming tag, were offered on this year’s Lineage program.<br />
Heza Ramaruri Man, a 5-year-old Heza Bold Man gelding<br />
owned and trained by Alfonso Borrego, won the $10,000<br />
Lineage Quarter <strong>Horse</strong> Claiming Stakes (R). Ridden by<br />
Rivera, Heza Ramaruri Man covered 350 yards in :17.389<br />
and defeated Famous Lord Shezadi by one length while<br />
earning a 96 speed index.<br />
Cow Punchin Casey won the other added race, the 5<br />
½-furlong, $10,000 Lineage Thoroughbred Claiming Stakes<br />
(R), for owners Felipe Gomez and Steve Gomez, who also<br />
trains the 7-year-old gelding by Chimes Band. Under Garcia,<br />
Cow Punchin Casey went the distance in 1:04.55 while<br />
beating 17-10 favorite Echo Of Hope by 1 ¼ lengths for his<br />
eighth victory in 65 outs.<br />
Lineage Day 2010 purses totaled $382,350, including<br />
the two claiming races. Purses for the 2009 Lineage Day<br />
reached $374,000 for nine races.<br />
Last year’s Lineage Day was run on August 16, 2009,<br />
one week earlier than this year’s.<br />
Cow Punchin Casey in the $10,000 Lineage TB<br />
Claiming Stakes.<br />
November 2010<br />
Alonso Rivera hand rode odds-on favorite Woody Dungarees<br />
to a wire-to-wire, 2 ¼-length victory in the $40,000<br />
Pelican Stakes (RG3) for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred 3-year-old<br />
fillies.<br />
Saddled by Michael Barber for Ron and Kay Jenkins’<br />
Holy Bucket LLC Partnership, Woody Dungarees covered<br />
400 yards in :19.508 and earned a 99 speed index. The<br />
homebred filly by Woodbridge returned a $3 win mutuel as<br />
the 1-2 choice.<br />
Rivera said he hadn’t planned to hand ride Woody Dungarees,<br />
but an incident in the starting gate necessitated it.<br />
“She broke my whip in the gates,” said Rivera. “She<br />
was hesitating in the gates a bit, and she came up and<br />
landed on the side (of the stall). That was when the whip<br />
snapped.<br />
“Mike’s been doing a really good job with this horse,<br />
and she’s just been getting better and better with every<br />
race,” added the rider. “I hope she keeps up with it.”<br />
Woody Dungarees’ sire, Woodbridge, is an unraced<br />
11-year-old son of Dash Ta Fame and a full brother to<br />
Grade 1-winner and one-time 440-yard world-record holder<br />
Kendall Jackson. Woodbridge’s half sister, Alice K White,<br />
was last year’s AQHA champion 3-year-old filly. The stallion<br />
stands for a $1,000 fee at Mac Murray and Janis Spencer<br />
Murray’s MJ Farms at Veguita, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>.<br />
Woody Dungarees’ dam, the Now I Know mare Gingham<br />
Dungarees, earned $153,196 from 2003-08, and she<br />
ran third in two stakes in ’04, including the $45,000 Pelican<br />
Stakes (R) at The Downs at Albuquerque. Now 9, Gingham<br />
Dungarees has foaled two winners from three starters,<br />
including Famous Dungarees, a gelding by Dash Ta Fame<br />
who ran third in this year’s $172,100 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’<br />
Futurity (RG2) at SunRay Park.<br />
Ron Jenkins said that it was Woodbridge’s successful<br />
family lineage that inspired him to breed Gingham Dungarees<br />
to the stallion.<br />
“He had some problems, so he didn’t get to race,” said<br />
Jenkins of Woodbridge. “But with a world-record holder in<br />
Kendall Jackson and a champion in Alice K White, I really<br />
like that family.”<br />
Woody Dungarees’ second dam, Gingham N Diamonds,<br />
is a winning 18-year-old daughter of the Dash For<br />
Cash stallion The Adamas who ran second in the 1994<br />
Clovis Classic Futurity (R) at Albuquerque.<br />
Woody Dungarees’ full sister, the chestnut 2-year-old<br />
filly Forty One Special, was winless in two starts at press<br />
time. Jenkins added that Gingham Dungarees is currently<br />
carrying a foal by the graded stakes winning TR Dasher<br />
stallion Hard Hitting, and she also has two embryos by<br />
reigning champion aged stallion First Moonflash due to be<br />
foaled next year.<br />
Woody Dungarees followed her Pelican Stakes win with<br />
a stakes-record victory in the $55,188 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Derby (R) on September 26. Covering 400<br />
yards in :19.299, the filly broke by 4/100ths of a second<br />
the previous stakes mark set by Perfect Call in 2003. (See<br />
15
Robert Edwards Photo<br />
Woody Dungarees cruising to a win in the Pelican on Lineage Day at The Downs.<br />
page 31 for the complete story on the <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’<br />
Derby).<br />
Six Royal Alibis ran second to complete a $4.60 ($2)<br />
exacta. Pay It Back finished third, 3 ¼ lengths behind<br />
Woody Dungarees, to round out an $8.60 ($2) trifecta. Ms<br />
Posh and A Wild Runaway completed the order of finish.<br />
Six Royal Alibis earned $8,400 for her owner, Deanna<br />
Cavender. The winner of a September 14, 350-yard allowance<br />
sprint at Zia Park in her next start, the sorrel daughter<br />
of Sixes Royal has banked $78,323 from 15 races. Six<br />
Royal Alibis was claimed by her current connections for<br />
$12,500 at Sunland Park on January 16, and her stakes<br />
resume includes a second-place finish to Sixy Chamisa in<br />
the April 17, $75,000 Sunburst Stakes (R) for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>bred<br />
3-year-old fillies at Sunland Park.<br />
Pay It Back is a filly by Sixes Royal racing for the partnership<br />
of Olivas and Dominguez. A finalist in last year’s<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senorita Futurity (RG3) for statebred<br />
2-year-old fillies, Pay It Back has won two of 15 races<br />
and has earned $22,555.<br />
HARD TWIST STAKES (RG3)<br />
Captian Jacksboro<br />
Captian Jacksboro gave trainer Fred Danley the first of<br />
his three Lineage Day victories, as the gelding sprinted to a<br />
1 ½-length win in the $40,000 Hard Twist Stakes (RG3) for<br />
state-bred 3-year-old colts and geldings.<br />
Ridden by Cody Jensen for David Barrett of Alto, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>, Captian Jacksboro covered 400 yards in :19.406,<br />
earning a 102 speed index and posting the second-fastest<br />
winning time in the stakes’ 16-year history. The homebred<br />
gelding’s clocking was just 4/100ths off of the stakes record<br />
set three years ago by Miracle Snow.<br />
Captian Jacksboro is one of four stakes winners from<br />
55 starters sired by Jacksboro, a winning 14-year-old son<br />
of the Mr. Prospector (TB) stallion Naevus (TB). Bred in<br />
Texas by Mike G. Rutherford, Jacksboro has sired the<br />
earners of more than $1.4 million from eight crops, including<br />
three-time 870-yard stakes winner Mr Frenchman. He<br />
stood the 2009 season at Weatherly <strong>Horse</strong> Farm at Anthony,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>.<br />
Barrett also bred Captian Jacksboro’s dam, the winning<br />
8-year-old Dash Ta Fame mare Fame Us Katie. A finalist in<br />
the 2004 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senorita Futurity (RG3) at<br />
Albuquerque, Fame Us Katie has produced three winners<br />
from three starters, including Fast Movin Vic, a gelding by<br />
Mighty Invictus who won this year’s AQHA <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
Juvenile Challenge (G3) at Ruidoso Downs and ran third<br />
in the Grade 1, $302,339 West Texas Futurity at Sunland<br />
Park.<br />
Barrett acquired Fame Us Katie’s dam, Katies Littlefoot,<br />
after the winning and stakes-placed Sixarun mare foaled<br />
Special Task Force. A sorrel gelding by Special Task, Special<br />
Task Force earned $437,059 for Barrett from 2001-06,<br />
and he won five stakes, including the 2003 Refrigerator<br />
Handicap (G1) at Lone Star Park and the following season’s<br />
AQHA Oklahoma Challenge Championship (G1) at<br />
Remington Park.<br />
“Special Task Force was about 11 days old when I<br />
bought him and his dam,” Barrett recalled. “Fame Us Katie<br />
slab fractured in her <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senorita trial, and she didn’t<br />
race again after that. But she’s been a very productive<br />
broodmare so far.”<br />
In addition to Special Task Force, Katies Littlefoot produced<br />
Bills Miracle, a gelding by champion Dean Miracle<br />
who ran third in the ’05 <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senorita Futurity (RG3).<br />
Captian Jacksboro’s third dam, Air Mail Express, is<br />
a 25-year-old daughter of Dash For Cash who foaled<br />
2008 North Dakota <strong>Horse</strong> Park Futurity runner-up Paddy<br />
Whacked, a filly by world champion Oak Tree Special. The<br />
16 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
Tommie Morelos/Coady Photo<br />
gelding’s third dam, the Ichibon mare Miss Air Mail, won the<br />
’83 TQHA Texas Derby at Trinity Meadows and produced<br />
two stakes-placed runners, including 1998 AQHA Oklahoma<br />
Juvenile Challenge (G3) runner-up Big Cash Roll.<br />
In 2009, Fame Us Katie produced a colt by Mighty<br />
Invictus named Mighty Famous Vic, who is a full brother<br />
to Fast Movin Vic. Earlier this year, the mare foaled a colt<br />
by the Grade 3-winning Forest Wildcat (TB) stallion Atilla’s<br />
Storm (TB). She is currently in foal to 2001 AQHA champion<br />
2-year-old colt Tres Seis.<br />
All told, Captian Jacksboro has earned $143,545 from<br />
15 races, and his four victories include last year’s 400-yard,<br />
$79,864 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senor Futurity (RG3) at<br />
Albuquerque. Following his Hard Twist win, the gelding ran<br />
third in a pair of 400-yard sprints, including the $55,188<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Derby (R) on September<br />
26.<br />
Captian Jacksboro has scored two of his wins at Albuquerque,<br />
and he also has victories at Ruidoso Downs and<br />
SunRay Park.<br />
“He just breaks in front, and they have to come and<br />
catch him,” said Barrett. “He just doesn’t make many mistakes.<br />
Fred has him really well trained.”<br />
The Real Rabbit, a 20-1 longshot, ran second and was<br />
followed by I Know Bedarina, Corona Dream, Cartels Sin,<br />
Rances Reason, Fearless Freddy, MB El Saino, and East<br />
Wing.<br />
A sorrel gelding by Rabbits Rainbow, The Real Rabbit<br />
has banked $56,439 from one win in 15 starts for his owner,<br />
Rita Danley of Anthony, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>. The Real Rabbit<br />
also ran fourth, 1 ½ lengths behind winner Woody Dungarees,<br />
in the September 26 <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Derby, and<br />
he was a finalist in last season’s <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Cup Futurity<br />
(RG1) at Zia Park.<br />
I Know Bedarina earned $4,000 to boost his earnings<br />
to $28,378 for Rogers Farms of Clint, Texas. The homebred<br />
gelding by Now I Know has won one of eight races, and he<br />
was coming off of a seventh-place finish in the August 1,<br />
$126,924 Zia Derby (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs.<br />
Captain Jacksboro in the Hard Twist.<br />
November 2010<br />
LINEAGE CHAMPIONSHIP (RG3)<br />
Miracle Snow<br />
Melvin and Mary Neugebauer’s Miracle Snow parlayed<br />
a sharp break into a half-length victory in the 400-yard,<br />
$40,000 Lineage Championship Stakes (RG3).<br />
Covering the distance in :19.332, Miracle Snow earned<br />
a 104 speed index and posted the second-fastest winning<br />
time in the stakes’ 20-year history. The clocking missed<br />
by just 4/100ths of a second the stakes record set three<br />
years ago by champion Gotta Get. J. Martin Bourdieu rode<br />
Miracle Snow for trainer Wes Giles.<br />
Miracle Snow was bred by the Neugebauers, residents<br />
of Manzanola, Colorado, and the 6-year-old gelding is one<br />
of 21 stakes winners from nine crops sired by Dean Miracle,<br />
a 16-year-old stallion by Streakin Six and the AQHA<br />
champion aged stallion in 1998. A half/full brother to ’01<br />
champion 2-year-old colt Tres Seis, Dean Miracle has sired<br />
493 starters and the earners of more than $9.8 million,<br />
including 2006 Shue Fly Stakes (RG1) winner Mister WW.<br />
Miracle Snow’s dam, Snow Peak, was a winning and<br />
stakes-placed daughter of the Beduino (TB) stallion Chicks<br />
Beduino. Snow Peak was a half sister to two graded stakes<br />
winners – Pip Pip, a filly by Dash For Cash who won the<br />
1992 Miss Kindergarten Futurity (G1) at Los Alamitos, and<br />
Winning Rhythm, a First Down Dash colt who won the ’98<br />
MBNA America West/Southwest Challenge Championship<br />
(G2) at Turf Paradise and ran second in champion Uncas’<br />
1997 Los Alamitos Derby (G1).<br />
The Neugebauers acquired Snow Peak for $60,000 at<br />
the Vessels/Schvaneveldt Sale in California. The mare died<br />
of colic in 2004, about two weeks after she foaled Miracle<br />
Snow.<br />
Miracle Snow’s second dam, the 26-year-old Raise<br />
Your Glass (TB) mare Sompinlikaglass, won four stakes<br />
from 1986-88, including the 1986 Firecracker Futurity (G1)<br />
at Delta Downs and ’88 Las Damas Handicap (G1) at Los<br />
Alamitos. She also ran third in the 1987 All American Derby<br />
(G1), and she was a finalist in the ’86 All American Futurity<br />
(G1).<br />
Miracle Snow’s third dam, Wee Sompin Special, was a<br />
winning daughter of the Old Pueblo (TB) stallion Wee Folk<br />
(TB) who produced stakes winner and 1984 La Primera del<br />
Ano Derby (G1) finalist Lavishing, and the stakes-placed<br />
Raise Your Glass (TB) runner Sompin To Remember.<br />
Miracle Snow has won nine of 32 races, and the<br />
$24,000 winner’s share of the Lineage Championship purse<br />
increased his bankroll to $307,500. The gelding’s stakes<br />
resume includes a victory in the 2007 Hard Twist Stakes<br />
(RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque, and he ran second, 1<br />
¾ lengths behind winner PB And Crackers, in the August 1,<br />
$50,000 Zia Handicap (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs.<br />
Bourdieu has ridden Miracle Snow in all four of the<br />
gelding’s races this year, including a third-place finish in the<br />
July 3, $75,000 Tommy “Duke” Smith Handicap (RG2) at<br />
SunRay Park.<br />
“He pretty much needed that race,” said Bourdieu. “He<br />
came up just a little short at the end of it, and when he ran<br />
second (in the Zia Handicap), he got beat by a very nice<br />
horse in PB And Crackers.<br />
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Lineage Championship winner Miracle Snow .<br />
“This is a nice horse, and he had beaten a lot of the<br />
same horses in his previous races,” added the rider. “He<br />
was due for a win today.”<br />
Shez Mighty Pfind, a 16-1 longshot, ran second, and<br />
was followed by 8-5 favorite In Famous Caper, Take On<br />
Smashing, BP Shes Southern, Caliente Tyger, Gold Zime,<br />
Coronas Rocky, and Lite A Fire.<br />
A 6-year-old Heza Bold Man mare owned and trained<br />
by Raymond Valerio, Shez Mighty Pfind has earned<br />
$156,939 from 40 outs, and her eight wins include last<br />
year’s La Mariposa Handicap (G3) and Buttons and Bows<br />
Stakes (G3) at The Downs at Albuquerque. The one-time<br />
$10,000 claimer also ran third, three-quarters of a length<br />
behind winner Me Chickie, in last year’s Lineage Championship.<br />
In Famous Caper races for Ramon O. Gonzalez Jr. of<br />
Edgewood, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, who claimed the 5-year-old Dash<br />
Ta Fame gelding for $10,000 at Zia Park in October 2009.<br />
In Famous Caper has won eight of 32 starts – including<br />
the 350-yard, $100,000 Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap<br />
(RG2) at Sunland Park on March 14 – and he has earned<br />
$222,227, of which $153,324 has come since the claim.<br />
he was worth a claim.<br />
“After I got him, I had him scoped, and he had a lung<br />
infection,” he added. “I fixed that, and the horse started eating<br />
better and training better. I worked him here about five<br />
days ago, and he looked super. Ken Tohill worked him that<br />
day, and he told me he thought this was a stakes horse.”<br />
Cowboy Got Game was bred by Rita Danley of Anthony,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, and the gelding is one of three stakes<br />
winners from 24 starters sired by Rabbits Rainbow, a Yawls<br />
Rabbit stallion who won six stakes from 1998-99, including<br />
the ’98 West Texas Sun Country Futurity (G1) at Sunland<br />
Park.<br />
Now 14 and a full brother to 2001 Zia Futurity (RG1)<br />
winner Rabbits Jet, Rabbits Rainbow has sired six crops<br />
and the earners of more than $934,000, including his top<br />
earner, 2008 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Cup Futurity (RG1) winner Rabbit<br />
Revival. The stallion stood the 2009 season for a $2,000<br />
fee at Weatherly <strong>Horse</strong> Farm at Anthony, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>.<br />
Cowboy Got Game is also one of five winners from as<br />
many starters foaled by Cowgirl Cadillac, a daughter of the<br />
Dash For Cash stallion Celadon who won three graded<br />
futurities in 1998, including the $135,491 Zia Futurity (RG2)<br />
at Ruidoso Downs. Cowgirl Cadillac has produced three<br />
stakes winners, including On Star Cowboy, a gelding by<br />
champion Now I Know whose five 870 stakes victories<br />
included the 2006 Challenger Six Handicap (RG1) at Sunland<br />
Park, and Cowboy Jackpot, a Jacksboro gelding who<br />
won the 2005 Getaway Handicap (G3) at Sunland.<br />
Cowboy Got Game’s second dam, the winning Six Fortunes<br />
mare Surprising Fortune, was a finalist in the 1991<br />
Santa Fe Downs Derby (RG3). A 1988 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred<br />
foal, Surprising Fortune also foaled five winners from five<br />
starters, including two stakes-winning half sisters to Cowgirl<br />
Cadillac – Grit And Glamour, a filly by Bar Forth who won<br />
the 2000 Shue Fly Stakes (RG3) at Sunland Park, and<br />
Real Fortunate Gal, a Real Runaway filly who won the ’05<br />
Lineage Championship (R) at The Downs at Albuquerque.<br />
Surprising Fortune is a half sister to Real Easy Surprise,<br />
a filly by Realeasy Chick who won the 1989 Prescott<br />
Downs Derby.<br />
Cowboy Got Game has won three of 12 races – includ-<br />
JOHN AUGUSTINE STAKES (R)<br />
Cowboy Got Game<br />
A $10,000 claim on June 24, Cowboy Got Game paid<br />
immediate dividends for his new connections when he<br />
scored a wire-to-wire, three-length victory in the $40,000<br />
John Augustine Stakes (R).<br />
Alejandro Medellin rode the 4-year-old Rabbits Rainbow<br />
gelding for owner Ramon O. Gonzalez Jr. of Edgewood,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, and trainer Andres Gonzalez. Making<br />
his first start since the claim, Cowboy Got Game covered<br />
870 yards in :44.630 and earned a lifetime-best 103 speed<br />
index.<br />
“I watched this horse gallop and train in the mornings<br />
at SunRay Park, and I always liked the way he looked, but<br />
they never ran him in a claiming race,” said Ramon Gonzalez.<br />
“So that day, when I saw him in for a claim, I decided<br />
Cowboy Got Game is an easy winner in the John<br />
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ing one of five at the 870 distance – and he has earned<br />
$64,462. Last year, the gelding ran fourth, 2 ¼ lengths<br />
behind winner Lethal Delight, in the $334,257 Shue Fly<br />
Stakes (RG1) at Sunland Park.<br />
Of his total bankroll, Cowboy Got Game has earned<br />
$24,544 since Gonzalez’s claim.<br />
“When I’m training my horses, I watch everybody else’s<br />
horses,” he said. “When I like one horse, I just follow him<br />
every morning. I’ve been doing that for about 24 years.<br />
“With this horse, it looked like the gallop boy was fighting<br />
him every time,” Gonzalez added. “The horse looked<br />
unhappy. I’ve been patient with him. If you treat a horse the<br />
right way, he’ll give you everything he has.”<br />
Whata Lucky Man, an 18-1 longshot, ran second, a<br />
nose in front of 17-10 favorite Heza Bold Color. GHF Roadrunner,<br />
Mr Frenchman, Should Been A Cowboy, and KC<br />
Royal Flush completed the order of finish.<br />
Whata Lucky Man earned $8,400 for his owner, Rene<br />
Saucedo of El Paso, Texas, who claimed the 8-year-old<br />
Fast Debonair gelding for $12,500 in December 2009. All<br />
told, Whata Lucky Man has banked $232,577 from seven<br />
wins in 59 outs, of which $47,570 has been earned since<br />
the claim, and his stakes record includes a neck victory in<br />
the 2004 Zia Juvenile Invitational (R) at Ruidoso Downs.<br />
Heza Bold Color was coming off of a third-place finish<br />
to BRT Opulence in the August 1, $50,000 Zia 870 Championship<br />
(R) at Ruidoso Downs. The 6-year-old bay gelding<br />
and one-time $10,000 claimer by Heza Bold Man has<br />
earned $149,242 from seven victories in 30 starts. Six of<br />
Heza Bold Color’s wins have come at the 870-yard distance.<br />
DON JUAN DE ONATE STAKES (R)<br />
Smash Dancer<br />
Miguel Hernandez rode Smash Dancer to the gelding’s<br />
richest-ever victory in the 6-furlong, $40,000 Don Juan de<br />
Onate Stakes (R) for state-bred 3-year-olds.<br />
Saddled by Todd Fincher for owner Barbara M. Coleman<br />
of Farmington, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, the homebred bay gelding<br />
by Robyn Dancer stopped the timer in 1:08.59, and<br />
his margin of victory was 5 ½ lengths from 11-10 favorite<br />
Lester’s Echo. The $24,000 winner’s share of the purse<br />
represented the biggest payday of Smash Dancer’s 11-race<br />
career.<br />
Smash Dancer was coming off of a troubled fourth<br />
place finish in the August 1, $50,000 Roadrunner Handicap<br />
(R) at Ruidoso Downs.<br />
“He had a perfect trip today, and at Ruidoso he was<br />
stuck in between horses on a really fast pace, and another<br />
horse came over and bothered him, cut his front right leg<br />
and knocked him off stride,” said Fincher. “But this horse<br />
has run a good race his last five or six races. He’s just<br />
steadily improving.”<br />
“The cut was nothing serious,” added the trainer. “It just<br />
broke the skin.”<br />
Smash Dancer is one of 415 winners from 555 starters<br />
sired by the late Robyn Dancer, a son of the Mr. Prospector<br />
stallion Crafty Prospector who won the Grade 3, $107,700<br />
Triple Bend Handicap (G3) at Hollywood Park in 1991 and<br />
November 2010<br />
ran third in that season’s $1-million <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Cup Sprint<br />
(G1) at Churchill Downs.<br />
A Kentucky-bred, Robyn Dancer has sired 20 stakes<br />
winners and the earners of more than $29.1 million, including<br />
two-time Grade 3 winner Dancing Guy. He was euthanized<br />
last December after he kicked a stall wall and shattered<br />
the sesamoids in his hind leg.<br />
Smash Dancer is also one of seven winners from as<br />
many starters produced by Some Smash, an unraced<br />
15-year-old daughter of the Rare Performer stallion Rare<br />
Brick. The gelding is a half brother to two stakes winners<br />
by Ghostly Moves – Some Ghost, a gelding who has won<br />
eight stakes from 2005-09, including the $100,000 Albert<br />
Dominguez Memorial Handicap (R) at Sunland Park from<br />
2006-09, and Zzzs Ghost, the winner of the 2006 Chief<br />
Narbona Stakes (R) at Albuquerque.<br />
Smash Dancer’s second dam, the Star de Naskra mare<br />
A Smash, won the 1985 Willard C. Kruger Handicap at<br />
The Downs at Albuquerque. A 1982 Kentucky-bred foal, A<br />
Smash foaled the late A Smashing Chance, a colt by Mogambo<br />
who won the ’92 Old Town Derby at Albuquerque,<br />
and Slamming, a gelding by Claim who ran second in the<br />
$100,000 Gold Rush Futurity at Arapahoe Park in 1995.<br />
Smash Dancer traces back to his third dam, the late Binary<br />
mare Half Smash. A winner of two stakes in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
from 1973-74, including the 1973 Rio Grande Futurity at<br />
Ruidoso Downs, Half Smash produced 12 winners from 12<br />
starters, including three stakes winners. One her foals, the<br />
Native Uproar gelding Last Eight Club, won two stakes on<br />
the turf in 1990 in Oklahoma and Louisiana, including the<br />
listed $50,000 Bossier City Handicap at Louisiana Downs.<br />
Half Smash was a half sister to 1976 Ruidoso Thoroughbred<br />
Futurity winner Smash It, a filly by Foggy Road<br />
who died in ’82.<br />
Campaigned exclusively in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, Smash Dancer<br />
has earned $91,500 from four wins in 11 starts. The gelding<br />
followed his Don Juan de Onate win with a 1 ¾-length victory<br />
in a 6-furlong, $39,200 allowance sprint at Zia Park on<br />
September 11.<br />
“This horse is getting better to train all the time – the<br />
Don Juan De Onate winner Smash Dancer.<br />
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mental factor has been the biggest challenge his whole<br />
life,” said Fincher. “Lately, he’s getting more comfortable<br />
with everything. He’s got a ton of confidence now.”<br />
Fast A Nuff ran third, 10 ¼ lengths behind Smash Dancer.<br />
Eightnchangegroom, Hi Hennessy, Sprintrightoption,<br />
and Countrybumpkin Who completed the order of finish.<br />
Runner-up Lesters Echo is a chestnut colt by The<br />
Trader’s Echo, and he has banked $41,206 from two wins<br />
in six outs for his owners, Diana Bringhurst and Jeff and<br />
Chris Meyers. Lesters Echo ran third, 1 ½ lengths behind<br />
winner Train Rider Blues, in the Roadrunner Handicap, and<br />
he was a finalist in last year’s George Maloof Futurity (R)<br />
during the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> portion of The Downs at<br />
Albuquerque meet.<br />
Fast A Nuff is campaigned for D & E Racing of Scottsdale,<br />
Arizona, and the dark bay or brown colt by Your<br />
Eminence has won one of seven races and has earned<br />
$27,981. He broke his maiden on March 23 at Sunland<br />
Park, winning a 6-furlong maiden sprint by a neck in<br />
1:11.56.<br />
LINEAGE STAKES (R)<br />
He’s A Tough Dude<br />
Valle Racing LLC’s He’s A Tough Dude led at every<br />
call en route to a one-length victory in the $40,000 Lineage<br />
Stakes (R).<br />
Trained by Jose Gonzalez and ridden by Jorge Gonzalez,<br />
He’s A Tough Dude set fractions of :24.83, :48.03<br />
and 1:1:12.41 before stopping the timer in 1:44.81 for his<br />
1 1/16-mile trip. The 5-year-old gelding by the Woodman<br />
stallion Tough Men returned a $6.20 win mutuel as the 2-1<br />
second choice in the four-horse field, and he teamed with<br />
runner-up Brother John D. for a $30.20 ($2) exacta payoff.<br />
He’s A Tough Dude was bred by Ronald G. Carlile of<br />
Liberal, Kansas, and he is one of three winners from four<br />
starters sired by Tough Men, a winning 13-year-old son of<br />
the Mr. Prospector stallion Woodman. Tough Men’s four<br />
crops have earned more than $141,800, and He’s A Tough<br />
Dude represents his top earning starter.<br />
He’s A Tough Dude’s dam, the Victorian Line mare Krisi<br />
My Girl, won two stakes in 2000 – the $30,000 Chamisa<br />
Handicap at The Downs at Albuquerque and the $27,500<br />
Columbine Handicap at Arapahoe Park near Denver. Now<br />
15, Krisi My Girl has produced three winners from as many<br />
starters.<br />
He’s A Tough Dude’s third dam, Tudor Luck, was a<br />
winning daughter of the Bold Ruler stallion What Luck who<br />
ran second in the 1977 Southwest Louisiana Futurity (R) at<br />
Evangeline Downs. A 1975 Louisiana-bred foal, Tudor Luck<br />
also ran third in the ’79 Senorita Handicap at Jefferson<br />
Downs in Louisiana.<br />
A half sister to two stakes-placed runners in Louisiana,<br />
Tudor Luck died in 1986.<br />
He’s A Tough Dude followed his Lineage Stakes victory<br />
with a wire-to-wire, one-length victory in the October 9,<br />
$40,000 University of <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Handicap (R) at Albuquerque.<br />
All told, the gelding has won seven of his 44 outs<br />
and has earned $117,773.<br />
At SunRay Park on June 20, He’s A Tough Dude ran<br />
Lineage Stakes winner He’s A Tough Dude.<br />
second going 7 ½ furlongs against $5,000 claimers, but<br />
Gonzalez gave the gelding a series of workouts that gave<br />
the trainer confidence going into the Lineage.<br />
“He came back to the barn really aggressive after that<br />
SunRay race, like he wanted to run against the better<br />
horses,” said Gonzalez. “I gave him three 5-furlong works<br />
after that race, and he worked good in all of them – one of<br />
them was in :59 and another was 1:00. He proved to me<br />
with those works that he was at the top of his game, so I<br />
was pretty confident coming into this race.<br />
“We gave him a shot here, and he responded nicely,”<br />
he added.<br />
Some Ghost, the 3-2 favorite, ran third, 1 ½ lengths<br />
behind He’s A Tough Dude, and was followed by Big John<br />
Bean.<br />
A 4-year-old gelding by the Mia’s Boy stallion Sable’s<br />
Boy, Brother John D. has banked $47,238 from two wins in<br />
12 races for his owner, Peggy B. Rust of Altamont, Utah.<br />
The one-time $6,250 claimer followed his runner-up effort<br />
in the Lineage Stakes by finishing second, 1 ¼ lengths<br />
behind winner Cali Baby, in the September 11 E.T. Springer<br />
Handicap (R) at Albuquerque. Four weeks later, he ran<br />
fourth, 2 ¼ lengths behind He’s A Tough Dude, in the University<br />
of <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Handicap (R).<br />
Some Ghost races for Jess Alley of Sunland Park,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, who also trains the 9-year-old bay gelding by<br />
Ghostly Moves. Some Ghost has earned $887,562 from<br />
48 starts, and his 15 wins include the $100,000 Albert<br />
Dominguez Memorial Handicap (R) at Sunland Park from<br />
2006-09.<br />
CARLOS SALAZAR STAKES (R)<br />
Cali Baby<br />
Ridden by Juan Ochoa for the first time in her career,<br />
Cali Baby scored a 1 ½-length victory in the 6 ½-furlong,<br />
$40,000 Carlos Salazar Stakes (R) for state-bred fillies and<br />
mares.<br />
Cali Baby races for Chris P. Hourigan of Anthony, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>, and UKUSA Stables, and the 4-year-old filly rallied<br />
off of the fractions of :23.34 and :45.63 set by 2-1 favorite<br />
Happy Me and reached the wire in 1:1:16.49 for her fifth<br />
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win in 11 starts. The $22,000 winner’s share of the purse<br />
pushed her earnings to $130,574.<br />
“Today was the first time Juan ever saw her – he’s<br />
never even galloped her,” said trainer Erik Mikkelson.<br />
(Regular rider Alfredo Juarez Jr.) had to go to Denver, and<br />
it just worked out that we got Juan. He did a great job. He’s<br />
probably watched her races, and he’s probably even ridden<br />
against her, so he knew the filly just from that.”<br />
Cali Baby was making her first start since April 30,<br />
when she ran fourth in the Russell and Helen Foutz Distaff<br />
Handicap (R) at SunRay Park. The filly hasn’t hit the board<br />
in two starts at the six-furlong oval. The Carlos Salazar also<br />
marked her first out at The Downs at Albuquerque, but she<br />
did show two 5-furlong works over the track.<br />
“She’s a real easy filly to train – probably the best I’ve<br />
trained,” said Mikkelson. “She’s sound, good in her stall<br />
and good on the track. When it’s go time, she wants the<br />
ball.<br />
“I gave her standard works every week to prepare for<br />
this race,” he added, referring to the four-month layoff. “We<br />
just tried to keep her head in the game and settled down,<br />
because she’s just so intense. She ran a decent race at<br />
SunRay, but that’s just not her best track. The stretch<br />
there is too short, and as she showed today, the longer the<br />
stretch, the better she is.<br />
“I think it’s important to have a work over the track.<br />
Every once in a while, you’ll see a horse that’s never raced<br />
or worked over a track do good, but I think nine times out of<br />
10 they at least need a work over a track – especially here<br />
because there’s so much to look at, with a lot of people (in<br />
the stands) and cars in the infield.”<br />
Cali Baby was bred by Chris and Tina Hourigan, and<br />
the bay filly is one of 36 winners from 54 starters sired by<br />
the late Thatsusintheolbean, a stakes-winning son of the<br />
Sadler’s Wells stallion El Prado (IRE). A Florida-bred 1994<br />
foal and half brother to stakes winner Valid Belfast, Thatsusintheolbean<br />
won 11 stakes during his seven-year career,<br />
including the 1997 Alysheba <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Cup Stakes at<br />
Lone Star Park. The stallion has sired three stakes winners<br />
and the earners of more than $1.9 million from four crops.<br />
He died in 2006.<br />
Carlos Salazar winner Cali Baby.<br />
November 2010<br />
Cali Baby is also one of three winners from three starters<br />
foaled by Aquarellist, a winning daughter of the Danzig<br />
stallion Ole’ who ran second in the 1996 Courtship Stakes<br />
(R) for California-breds at Bay Meadows. Now 16, Aquarellist<br />
was bred to the El Prado stallion Pro Prado for a 2011<br />
foal.<br />
Cali Baby’s second dam, the Painted Wagon mare<br />
Unpainted, won the ’88 California Thoroughbred <strong>Breeders</strong>’<br />
<strong>Association</strong> (R) stakes at Del Mar. A 1984 foal, Unpainted<br />
produced eight winners from 11 starters, including Paint<br />
Scraper, a Snow Chief filly who ran third in the 1993 CTBA<br />
Stakes (R).<br />
Cali Baby traces back to her fourth dam, the Californiabred<br />
Mandate mare Flash Bam. A 1972 foal, Flash Bam ran<br />
third in the 1975 Linda Vista Handicap (G3) at Santa Anita.<br />
In her next out on September 11, Cali Baby won the<br />
7-furlong E.T. Springer Stakes (R) at Albuquerque by 1 ¼<br />
lengths from Brother John D. That victory was her fifth in 12<br />
races, and it increased her earnings to $154,574.<br />
Happy Me ran second in the Carlos Salazar, 3 ¼<br />
lengths in front of 11-1 longshot Dream Kin. Wild Alaska,<br />
Diamonds N Bling, Al’s Double, S L R Lonesomedove, and<br />
Miss Apache completed the order of finish.<br />
A homebred 4-year-old filly racing for Rita J. Danley<br />
of Anthony, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, Happy Me earned $10,000 to<br />
boost her bankroll to $271,816. Happy Me has won six of<br />
11 races, including the April 30, $75,000 Russell and Helen<br />
Foutz Distaff Handicap (R) at SunRay Park, and the March<br />
28, $125,000 La Coneja Stakes (R) at Sunland Park.<br />
Dream Kin is a homebred 4-year-old filly campaigned<br />
by Joe Allen of Abilene, Texas, and Michael Stinson. Racing<br />
exclusively in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, Dream Kin has earned<br />
$119,565 from four victories in 18 outs, and her stakes<br />
resume includes a runner-up finish to Blue Eyed Bella in<br />
the 2008 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Cup Juvenile Fillies Stakes (R) at Zia<br />
Park, and a third-place run in the August 1 Lincoln Handicap<br />
(R) at Ruidoso Downs<br />
CASEY DARNELL PONY EXPRESS (R)<br />
Romeos Wilson<br />
Romeos Wilson scored one for the senior citizens, as<br />
the 12-year-old gelding rallied to win the $40,000 Casey<br />
Darnell Pony Express Stakes (R).<br />
Racing for Rita Danley and trained by the owner’s<br />
husband, Fred Danley, Romeos Wilson went 5 ½ furlongs<br />
in 1:03.64 while scoring his 19th win in 95 races. Alejandro<br />
Medellin rode the dark bay or brown son of Jack Wilson.<br />
“This is a remarkable horse,” said Fred Danley, who<br />
broke Romeos Wilson when the gelding was a yearling in<br />
1999. “There’s never been anything wrong with him – he’s<br />
just one of them old buggers who takes care of himself. He<br />
loves to run.<br />
“You turn him out, and he just goes all to pieces,” he<br />
added. “You’ve got to keep him up and doing something<br />
with him all the time. He’s just happier that way.”<br />
Romeos Wilson was bred by W.T. Stradley of Hobbs,<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, and the gelding is one of 12 stakes winners<br />
from 73 starters sired by Jack Wilson, a 22-year-old son of<br />
the Nijinsky II stallion Encino and half brother to four stakes<br />
21
winners, including Penny’s Reshoot, the winner of the<br />
1994 Prioress Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park. A winning and<br />
stakes-placed stallion who set 5 ½-furlong and 6-furlong<br />
track records at Ruidoso Downs in 1992, Jack Wilson has<br />
sired 15 crops and the earners of more than $5.1 million.<br />
He stood the 2010 season for a $1,000 fee at Caines Stallion<br />
Station at Wynnewood, Oklahoma.<br />
Romeos Wilson’s dam, Mema’s Poison, is an unraced<br />
23-year-old daughter of the Full Pocket stallion Full Choke.<br />
The mare has produced six winners from seven starters, including<br />
two stakes winners, both of whom are half siblings<br />
to Romeos Wilson – Shemoveslikeaghost, a filly by Ghostly<br />
Moves who won nine stakes in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> from 2002-<br />
06, and Colorofun, a Paramour gelding who won the ’06<br />
George Maloof (R) and Albuquerque Spring (R) futurities at<br />
The Downs at Albuquerque.<br />
Romeos Wilson’s third dam, Takealetter, was a daughter<br />
of the Round Table stallion Monitor who won three<br />
stakes at River Downs in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1975. A ’72<br />
Kentucky-bred foal, Takealetter foaled four winners from<br />
five starters, including Addressee, a stakes-winning colt by<br />
George Navonod, and the late Blushing Scribe, a Blushing<br />
Groom (FR) colt who was Grade 3-placed in France and<br />
Belgium in 1983.<br />
Romeos Wilson traces back to his fourth dam, the winning<br />
Jester mare Pink Tinge. Pink Tinge produced a total of<br />
three stakes winners from 11 starters.<br />
A total of 93 of Romeos Wilson’s 95 starts have come<br />
in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> – earlier this year, the gelding ran second<br />
and third in a pair of stakes at Rillito Racetrack in Tucson,<br />
Arizona. Romeos Wilson has collected five stakes victories,<br />
including the 6 ½-furlong, $125,000 Johnie L. Jamison<br />
Handicap (R) at Sunland Park in 2006 and ’07. He also<br />
won the Casey Darnell Pony Express Stakes at the age of<br />
10 two years ago.<br />
A 10-1 longshot, Romeos Wilson returned a $22.40<br />
win mutuel. Bonndaddy’s, an 11-1 longshot, ran second,<br />
one length behind the winner, to complete a $349.60 ($2)<br />
exacta.<br />
Romeos Wilson followed his Casey Darnell Pony Express<br />
victory with a pair of fourth-place finishes in allowance-optional<br />
claiming sprints at Zia Park. The gelding’s<br />
bankroll totals $835,581.<br />
Danley has won the Pony Express four times, more<br />
than any other trainer. In addition to Romeos Wilson’s two<br />
victories, the trainer sent out Proud And Jivey to win the<br />
race in 1997 and Brave Jack to win it the following year.<br />
Ty’s Pache ran third and was followed by 2-1 favorite<br />
Key’s Band, Smarty Ghost, Affluent Boy, Gulchrunssweet,<br />
Granny’s Will, Sonofaseason, and Surprisingly Gone.<br />
Bonndaddy’s has earned $124,573 for his owners,<br />
Double Kee LLC and Grissom Racing Inc. The 4-year-old<br />
homebred gelding and one-time $12,500 claimer has won<br />
six of 19 races, including last year’s 6-furlong Don Juan de<br />
Onate Stakes (R) at Albuquerque.<br />
A 6-year-old gelding by Copelan’s Pache racing for<br />
Alfredo Terrazas, Ty’s Pache has banked $183,564, of<br />
which $11,120 has come since he was claimed for $8,000<br />
at SunRay Park on June 27. Ty’s Pache has won four of 47<br />
races, and his stakes resume includes a distant runner-up<br />
finish to Enchanted Outlaw in last year’s 1-mile, $191,575<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Cup Rocky Gulch Championship Stakes (R) at<br />
Zia Park.<br />
Tommie Morelos/Coady Photo<br />
Romeo’s Wilson taking the Casey Darnell Express.<br />
22 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
Tommie Morelos/Coady Photo<br />
I am Lesters Gal is all alone in the Chief Narbona.<br />
CHIEF NARBONA STAKES (R)<br />
I Am Lesters Gal<br />
I Am Lesters Gal gave trainer Fred Danley his third win<br />
on the Lineage Day program, as the gray or roan daughter<br />
of Lesters Boy captured the $40,000 Chief Narbona Stakes<br />
(R) for 3-year-old fillies.<br />
Ridden by Enrique Garcia for breeder and owner Rita<br />
Danley, I Am Lesters Gal defeated 6-5 favorite Awintersdream<br />
by four lengths while going 6 furlongs in 1:09.26.<br />
The victory marked Fred Danley’s third Chief Narbona victory,<br />
as the trainer won the stakes with Jacks Star Lady in<br />
1997 and Hollywood Gone in ’05.<br />
I Am Lesters Gal is one of 24 winners from 37 starters<br />
sired by Lesters Boy, a 14-year-old stakes-winning stallion<br />
by Cee’s Tizzy who equaled the 1-mile track record at The<br />
Downs at Albuquerque eight years ago. A California-bred<br />
full brother to Grade 3 winner Theresa’s Tizzy, Lesters Boy<br />
has sired three stakes winners and the earners of more<br />
than $1.4 million, including his top earner, two-time stakes<br />
winner Lesters Secret. He is owned by and stands for a<br />
$3,000 fee at Dr. Miguel Gallegos’ Gallegos Del Norte Farm<br />
in Albuquerque.<br />
I Am Lesters Gal’s dam, I’m A Happy Gal, was bred<br />
by Rita Danley. The 12-year-old daughter of the Damascus<br />
stallion Brave Lad has produced four winners from<br />
as many starters, including Happy Me, a full sister to I Am<br />
November 2010<br />
Lesters Gal who has to date won three stakes and earned<br />
$271,816 from 11 races.<br />
An earner of $65,352 from three wins in eight races, I<br />
Am Lesters Gal ran third, 7 ¼ lengths behind winner Glory<br />
Be Mine, in the $125,855 Rio Grande Senorita Futurity (R)<br />
for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred 2-year-old fillies at Ruidoso Downs.<br />
The filly also finished third, 4 ½ lengths behind winner Facil<br />
Catana, in the open 6 ½-furlong, $51,300 Frontier Trophy<br />
Buckles Allowance Stakes at SunRay Park on the Fourth of<br />
July.<br />
Please N Teras, a 36-1 longshot, ran third, seven<br />
lengths behind runner-up Awintersdream, and was followed<br />
by King’s Water Lilly, Desert Tap, Your My Trixie, Maries<br />
Fast Lady, Say Win, Twisted Tight, and Naughty Vixen.<br />
Awintersdream is a bay daughter of Suave Prospect<br />
racing for Joe D. Brooks of Levelland, Texas. Acquired for<br />
$8,000 at the 2008 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-Bred Yearling Sale, the filly<br />
has banked $137,744 from 10 races, and her four victories<br />
include the June 19, $75,000 Aztec Oaks (R) at SunRay<br />
Park, and last year’s 4 ½-furlong, $75,000 C.O. “Ken” Kendrick<br />
Memorial Stakes (R) at SunRay.<br />
Please N Teras is a homebred filly by To Teras who has<br />
won two of 15 races and earned $66,606 for her owner,<br />
Michael Weatherly of Anthony, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>. On March 28,<br />
Please N Teras ran third, three-quarters of a length behind<br />
winner Favorite Flag, in the 1 1/16-mile, $100,000 <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Oaks (R) at Sunland Park.<br />
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Devon lane TB<br />
Sires the winner of the<br />
$77,567 George Maloof<br />
Futurity, RUSSIAN<br />
LANE, $66,384.<br />
Robert Edwards Photo<br />
Three wins in Four starts<br />
Also was second, by a<br />
nose in the $75,000 Totah<br />
Stakes<br />
• Sire of Earners of $8.8 Million QH & TBs<br />
• Average Earnings Per Starter $35,914<br />
• 2-year-olds have earned over $1.7 million<br />
Storm Cat - To The Hunt, by Relaunch<br />
Half-brother to STELLAR JANE ($1,111,244 G1)<br />
Sire of almost 200 winners including<br />
RIVER’S Prayer $921,958, DEVONS EASY<br />
LANE (QH) si 103, $357,026, SCARZANE<br />
$248,265, HESA BAD CAT $231,451 etc..<br />
FEE: $2,500<br />
TNL Farms<br />
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www.tnlfarm.com<br />
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Bred nearly 100 mares in 2010 1st year at stud!<br />
DASHAIR si 100<br />
First Down Dash - Such An Easy Effort, by Special Effort<br />
22% of Starters Won or Placed in These<br />
Races in 2009 -2010:<br />
• <strong>Mexico</strong> Juvenile Challenge<br />
• Rocky Mountain Spring Classic<br />
• Diamond Classic Futurity<br />
• Beehive Futurity<br />
• Silver Dollar Futurity<br />
• Yavapai Futurity<br />
• Four Corners Futurity<br />
• Hawthorne Futurity<br />
• Betterroot Futurity<br />
61% of Starters si-90 to si-111:<br />
From 36 starters, 8 have top Speed Ratings of 108,<br />
111, 104, 111, 105, 105, 100 and 103!<br />
Quality Pedigree:<br />
Grade 1 finalist and brother to Champion DEELISH<br />
si 102, $6004,000 and three-quarter brother to Grade<br />
1 winner FEARLESS FREDA si 113, $262,000 (dam<br />
of Champion and leading sire FREDERICKSBURG si<br />
109, $369,000.)<br />
FEE: $1,500<br />
Special Consideration to Approved Mares<br />
Property of John and Ann Bassett<br />
si 100, $358,923<br />
HARD HITTING<br />
TR Dasher - Chickasis, by Chicks Beduino<br />
LOS ALAMITOS GRADE 1 WINNER IN 2008<br />
AND 2009!<br />
Won Governor’s Cup Futurity RG1 ($495,000);<br />
Governor’s Cup Derby RG1 ($208,000: 2nd Los<br />
Alamitos Two Million Juvenile ($40,000); 4th<br />
PCQHRA <strong>Breeders</strong> Futurity G1 ($500,000) and 5th El<br />
Primero Del Ano Derby G2 ($192,300)<br />
4 wins, 3 seconds, 1 fourth in 8 outs at two while<br />
earning $259,000.<br />
By TR DASHER, sire of 10 Stakes Winners already,<br />
starters have Average Earnings of $27,000!<br />
Half-brother to Graded Stakes Winner and Los Alamitos<br />
Track Record Setter LASSEN COUNTY si 102,<br />
$146,00: 2010 Governor’s Cup RG2 Futurity winner<br />
HOT HITTER si 98, $182,645; etc.<br />
Half-brother to the dam of 2009 multiple World<br />
Champion FREAKY si 107, $763,444 (set 3 new track<br />
records at Los Alamitos. Freaky is also by<br />
TR DASHER<br />
FEE: $1,500<br />
Check out Hard Hitting’s website:<br />
www.hardhittingqh.com (replays of stakes races)<br />
TNL Farms<br />
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November 2010<br />
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Tommie Morelos/Coady Photo<br />
E.T. SPRINGER HANDICAP (R)<br />
Cali Baby<br />
By Michael Cusortelli<br />
Sent to post as the 13-10 choice and the only filly or<br />
mare in the field of eight, Cali Baby responded with a 1<br />
¼-length win in the September 11, $40,000 E.T. Springer<br />
Handicap (R) for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-breds at The Downs at Albuquerque.<br />
Eric Mikkelson saddled and Alfredo Juarez Jr. rode Cali<br />
Baby for owners Chris P. Hourigan and UKUSA Stables,<br />
and the homebred 4-year-old filly covered her 7-furlong trip<br />
in 1:23.03 while earning her sixth victory in 12 races. The<br />
$24,000 winner’s share of the purse increased her earnings<br />
to $154,574.<br />
Cali Baby was bred by Chris and Tina Hourigan, and<br />
she is one of 36 winners from 54 starters sired by Thatsusintheolbean,<br />
a son of the Sadler’s Wells stallion El Prado<br />
(IRE) and a half brother to Valid Belfast, the winner of the<br />
listed $100,000 Crescent Stakes at Lone Star Park in 2000<br />
. A Florida-bred who won 11 stakes from 1997-2000 in<br />
Arizona, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Texas, Thatsusintheolbean<br />
has sired three stakes winners and the earners of<br />
more than $1.8 million from four crops. The stallion died in<br />
2006.<br />
Cali Baby’s dam, Aquarellist, is a winning 16-year-old<br />
daughter of the Danzig stallion Ole’ who ran third in the ’96<br />
Courtship Stakes (R) for California-breds at Bay Meadows.<br />
Aqurellist has produced three winners from three starters,<br />
and she was bred to Pro Prado for a 2011 foal.<br />
Cali Baby’s second dam, the Painted Wagon mare Unpainted,<br />
won the $68,950 California Thoroughbred <strong>Breeders</strong>’<br />
<strong>Association</strong> Stakes (R) at Del Mar in 1988. A 1986 foal,<br />
Unpainted foaled Paint Scraper, a filly by Snow Chief who<br />
ran third in the ’93 CTBA Stakes (R) at Del Mar.<br />
Cali Baby traces back to her fourth dam, the Mandate<br />
mare Flash Bam, who ran third in the ’75 Linda Vista<br />
Handicap (G3) at Santa Anita Park.<br />
Cali Baby’s E.T. Springer victory came in her first<br />
start against males and three weeks after she won the 6<br />
½-furlong, $40,000 Carlos Salazar Stakes (R) during the<br />
August 22 Lineage Day program at The Downs at Albuquerque.<br />
Her stakes record this year includes fourth-place<br />
finishes in both the 6 ½-furlong Russell and Helen Foutz<br />
Distaff Handicap (R) at SunRay Park on April 30, and the<br />
1-mile Sydney Valentini Handicap (R) at Sunland Park in<br />
February.<br />
Brother John D., Ty’s Pache, Brax, H.E.’s Fast, Smarty<br />
Ghost, Max Bean, and Jackpot Who completed the order of<br />
finish.<br />
Brother John D. earned $8,000 to push his bankroll to<br />
$45,238 for owner Peggy B. Rust. A 4-year-old chestnut<br />
gelding by Sable’s Boy, the one-time $6,250 claimer was<br />
coming off of a second-place finish to Hesa Tough Dude in<br />
the 1 1/16-mile, $40,000 Lineage Stakes (R) on August 22.<br />
Ty’s Pache races for Alfredo Terrazas, who claimed the<br />
6-year-old Copelan’s Pache gelding for $8,000 at SunRay<br />
Park on June 27. Ty’s Pache banked $4,000 to boost his<br />
earnings to $180,444 from four wins in 46 outs. He ran second,<br />
8 ½ lengths behind winner Enchanted Outlaw, in last<br />
year’s $191,575 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Cup Rocky Gulch Championship<br />
(R) at Zia Park.<br />
26 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR BREEDERS’ STAKES (R<br />
Spinning Touch<br />
Robert Edwards Photo<br />
November 2010<br />
Ridden by Freddy Fong Jr. for the first time in a race,<br />
Spinning Touch came from off the pace to win the September<br />
25, $40,000 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Stakes<br />
(R) for state-bred sophomores at The Downs at Albuquerque.<br />
Spinning Touch went 1 1/16 miles in 1:46.48 after<br />
closing on the fractions of :25.79, :50.41, and 1:15.27 set<br />
by Chief Laz. Arturo Chavez saddled the homebred colt by<br />
Touchdown Ky for owners Michael and Jeanne Fuhs of Fort<br />
Wingate, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>.<br />
“Arturo told me to keep the horse no more than eight<br />
lengths off the leader, and he said that if I asked him for<br />
all he had at the three-eighths pole, he’d close very hard<br />
for me,” said Fong after recording his richest victory of the<br />
year. “He was right.<br />
“I was able to work this horse once in the morning, and<br />
he worked perfectly great,” he added. “He was ready for<br />
this race. Arturo had him very sharp. I had a lot of horse<br />
under me in the stretch, and I was lucky that I had the room<br />
on the rail to make up the ground I needed to make up at<br />
the end.”<br />
Spinning Touch is one of four winners from 11 starters<br />
sired by Touchdown Ky, an 11-year-old son the Storm Cat<br />
stallion Hennessy and a half brother to five stakes winners,<br />
including Prized, a colt by Kris S. who won the 1989<br />
<strong>Breeders</strong>’ Cup Turf (G1) at Gulfstream Park, and the Grade<br />
2-winning Storm Cat colt Exploit. Touchdown Ky was bred<br />
in Kentucky by John R. Gaines and John G. Sikura, and he<br />
is currently owned by the Fuhses and stands at the Z Lazy<br />
B Ranch at Fort Wingate.<br />
The Fuhses also bred Spinning Touch’s dam, Shimmering<br />
Sand, a winning 13-year-old daughter of the Mr. Prospector<br />
stallion Line In The Sand who ran third in the 2001<br />
Chamisa Handicap at Albuquerque. The colt’s second dam,<br />
the Torsion mare Torrify, won the 1985 B.K. Yousif Handicap<br />
for Alberta-breds at Stampede Park in Calgary, and she<br />
foaled seven winners from eight starters, including Torrid<br />
Sand, a full brother to Shimmering Sand who ran second in<br />
the 1999 Arkansas Derby (G2) at Oaklawn Park.<br />
A 1982 foal, Torrify was a half sister to Dance Bayou,<br />
a colt by Nain Bleu (FR) who won two stakes at Stampede<br />
Park in 1987, including the listed $50,000 Herald Gold<br />
Plate Stakes.<br />
The Fuhses acquired Torrify from Farnsworth Farm in<br />
Florida for $8,500. At the time of the purchase in 1996, Torrify<br />
was in foal to Shimmering Sand.<br />
Spinning Touch has been campaigned exclusively in<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, and he has won two of 11 races and earned<br />
$48,738. The colt broke his maiden at SunRay Park on<br />
May 28, winning a one-mile maiden special weight route by<br />
two lengths. He was coming off of two consecutive secondplace<br />
finishes in 7 furlong races at SunRay and Albuquerque.<br />
“We were confident he’d do better in this race than he<br />
did in his last two,” said Michael Fuhs. “We figured he’d like<br />
the extra distance.”<br />
Train Rider Blues, the 1-5 choice, ran second, a head<br />
behind Spinning Touch. Chief Laz, Go Barney Go, Jaded<br />
Dreams and Get Up Taylor completed the order of finish.<br />
Train Rider Blues races for Freda McSwane and Joe<br />
Walters, who acquired the bay Desert God colt for $5,000<br />
at the 2008 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-Bred Yearling Sale at Ruidoso<br />
Downs. Train Rider Blues earned $8,000 to boost his bankroll<br />
to $299,663, and his five wins in 17 starts include four<br />
stakes.<br />
A maiden chestnut gelding by the Montbrook stallion<br />
Source owned by Richard H. Hall Jr., Chief Laz banked<br />
$4,000 to push his earnings to $9,106. Chief Laz finished 4<br />
½ lengths behind Spinning Touch.<br />
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NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR SENOR FUTURITY (RG3)<br />
Primvvera<br />
Robert Edwards Photo<br />
Second-fastest qualifier Primvvera, a Stel Corona<br />
gelding owned and trained by Dominic Duree, sprinted to<br />
a half-length victory in the September 25, $77,476 <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senor Futurity (RG3) for state-bred colts<br />
and geldings at The Downs at Albuquerque.<br />
Under jockey Casey Lambert, Primvvera went 400<br />
yards in :19.611 and earned a 96 speed index. The victory<br />
was his third in six starts, and the $38,738 winner’s share<br />
of the purse pushed the gelding’s bankroll to $52,558.<br />
Primvvera was bred by Duree’s late grandfather, Orville<br />
Moore, and the gelding became the third stakes winner<br />
from 31 starters sired by Stel Corona. A 10-year-old son<br />
of Corona Cartel, Stel Corona won the 2003 PCQHRA<br />
<strong>Breeders</strong>’ Derby (G2) at Los Alamitos, and his three crops<br />
have earned more than $1.9 million and include ’08 AQHA<br />
champion 2-year-old colt and two-time Grade 1 winner<br />
Foose. Owned by a partnership, he stands at Burns Ranch<br />
at Menifee, California.<br />
“My grandfather died a couple of years ago, and I just<br />
kept this horse going for the family,” said Duree. “This<br />
horse can be lazy, but he shows how powerful he is when<br />
he gets on the track. He’s just a talented horse.”<br />
Primvvera’s dam, the winning Sail On Bunny mare Sail<br />
On Duchess, ran second in the 1997 Pelican Stakes (R) at<br />
Albuquerque. Now 16, Sail On Duchess has produced four<br />
winners from six starters, including Woodbridge Chunk, a<br />
half brother to Primvvera who ran third in the 2008 Hard<br />
Twist Stakes (RG3) at Albuquerque and was a finalist in<br />
the previous year’s <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senor Futurity<br />
(RG3).<br />
Primvvera traces back to his third dam, Race Bug, a<br />
winning daughter of the Lady Bug’s Moon stallion Mr Hay<br />
Bug who ran second in the ’78 Dixie Downs Futurity in<br />
Utah. A 1976 foal, Race Bug produced Do U Wanna Rumbo,<br />
a filly by Easy Rumbo who ran third in the ’91 Beehive<br />
Futurity (R) in Utah.<br />
Primvvera’s fourth dam, the unraced Custus Rain mare<br />
Custus Stormy, foaled RPV Final Bid, the runner-up in the<br />
1986 Hualapai Downs Futurity (R) at the Mohave County<br />
<strong>Fair</strong> in Kingman, Arizona.<br />
Primvvera has won two of his three races at Albuquerque.<br />
The gelding ran seventh after a troubled start in a<br />
350-yard allowance race on August 15, but he followed that<br />
with a head victory over Blazing Pacquiao in the last of five<br />
Senor Futurity trials on September 10.<br />
“He’s a really good horse – the only time he’s lost here<br />
28 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> Breeder
at Albuquerque is when he got run over out of the gate (on<br />
August 15),” said Lambert. “But he broke really well in the<br />
trials, and he broke well today. He’s an easy horse to ride<br />
when he breaks like he did today.<br />
“Dominic is a good friend of mine,” added the rider. “I’ve<br />
known him forever, and I like riding for him. It’s a pleasure<br />
to win a race like this for someone like him.”<br />
According to Duree, Primvvera will likely make his next<br />
start in the trials for the Shue Fly Stakes (RG1) at Sunland<br />
Park in December.<br />
Vicente Y Su Corona, Iseeyoustaring, Blushin Tigre,<br />
Mal Intenciones, Uncle Woody, Blazing Pacquiao, Six Gun<br />
Regard, and fastest qualifier and 17-10 choice RGR Lyon A<br />
Tac completed the order of finish.<br />
A homebred Stel Corona colt racing for Hubaldo Solis,<br />
Vicente Y Su Corona earned $15,495 to increase his<br />
earnings to $25,590. The colt was a finalist in the May 30,<br />
$172,100 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Futurity (RG2) at SunRay<br />
Park, having broken his maiden by a half of a length in his<br />
career debut in his May 13 trial.<br />
Iseeyoustaring is a homebred Sixes Royal gelding<br />
owned and trained by Gerardo Cano of Albuquerque. The<br />
gelding finished a half of a length behind Primvvera, and he<br />
earned $9,297 to push his bankroll to $24,377.<br />
NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR<br />
SENORITA FUTURITY (RG3)<br />
U R A Fury Lady<br />
Ronald Ulibarri’s U R A Fury Lady broke her maiden<br />
in the 400-yard, $71,483 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senorita<br />
Futurity (RG3) at The Downs at Albuquerque on September<br />
25.<br />
Saddled by Jamie Zamora and ridden by for the first<br />
time by Jimmy Coates, U R A Fury Lady covered her<br />
400-yard trip in :19.636, posting a career-best 96 speed<br />
index and the second-fastest winning time in the stakes’<br />
21-year history. The homebred filly’s clocking missed by<br />
just 13/100ths of a second the stakes record set by Thatsa<br />
Blazin Chick eight years ago.<br />
A resident of Alcalde, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, Ulibarri was introduced<br />
to racing by his father, Phil Ulibarri, in the 1970s.<br />
The elder Ulibarri claimed the family’s first horse, the<br />
Thoroughbred Midnight Sheik, at The Downs at Santa Fe in<br />
1977.<br />
“My dad has been my partner in the horse business<br />
since I started,” said Ulibarri. “He used to take me to the<br />
track with him when I was a child, and I’ve been hooked on<br />
racing ever since. He’s been in the business longer than I<br />
have, but I got him interested in racing Quarter <strong>Horse</strong>s.”<br />
U R A Fury Lady became the first stakes winner from<br />
27 starters sired by freshman sire Furyofthewind, a 7-yearold<br />
son of Corona Cartel and winner of the 2006 AQHA California<br />
Derby Challenge (G3) at Los Alamitos. Bred in Texas<br />
by Kirk M. Goodfellow, Furyofthewind is a half brother to<br />
champions Heartswideopen and Special Phoebe. He stood<br />
the 2010 season for a $2,000 fee at Bob Moore Farms in<br />
Norman, Oklahoma.<br />
U R A Fury Lady is also one of three winners from<br />
seven starters foaled by Lady Thetis, a winning 14-year-old<br />
daughter of champion Takin On The Cash who Ulibarri acquired<br />
for $8,000 at the Heritage Place Sale about 10 years<br />
ago. The filly’s second dam, Storm N Lady, is an 18-yearold<br />
winning daughter of Merridoc and half sister to Ihempentobefast,<br />
a gelding by First Down Dash who ran third in<br />
the 2002 Irvine Overnight Handicap at Los Alamitos.<br />
U R A Fury Lady traces back to her fourth dam, the<br />
winning Easy Jet mare Cherished Lady. A ’76 foal, Cherished<br />
Lady produced five starters, including 1988 AQHA<br />
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champion 2-year-old gelding and two-time Grade 1 winner<br />
Liberty Coin.<br />
U R A Fury Lady was coming off of a second-place<br />
finish in her Senorita Futurity trial on September 10. She<br />
ran a half of a length behind second-fastest qualifier Fun N<br />
Luck and recorded the fifth-fastest qualifying time. The filly<br />
has had three outs, and the winner’s share of the Senorita<br />
Futurity purse boosted her earnings to $38,440.<br />
“I wasn’t really surprised that she broke her maiden in<br />
this race,” Ulibarri said. “I felt that if she had enough pressure<br />
from other horses – which she didn’t have in her previous<br />
races – she could make a good run. And the Zamora<br />
racing team has really done a good job of putting this filly<br />
together and taking care of her.”<br />
Snow Regard ran second, a half of a length behind U<br />
R A Fury Lady, and was followed by 3-1 favorite Chickie<br />
Blu, fastest qualifier Spice Girl, Fame And Chicks, Posies<br />
First Thought, Mary For Money, Chiquita Caliente, and<br />
Samia Fame. Fun N Luck was scratched.<br />
Snow Regard banked $14,297 to increase her earnings<br />
to $19,477 for owner and breeder KH Logax Inc. of<br />
Oro Valley, Arizona. The gray filly broke her maiden by 1 ½<br />
lengths in her Senorita Futurity trial on September 10.<br />
A homebred bay daughter of Chicks A Blazin racing for<br />
Mike Abraham and James McClintic, Chickie Blu finished<br />
a half of a length behind U R A Fury Lady. Chickie Blu has<br />
earned $12,578 from one win in four outs.<br />
DESSIE & FERN SAWYER<br />
FUTURITY (R)<br />
Shamrock Girl<br />
David Wolochuk’s Shamrock Girl earned her first<br />
stakes victory in the September 26, $67,412 Dessie & Fern<br />
Sawyer Futurity (R) for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred 2-year-old fillies<br />
at The Downs at Albuquerque.<br />
Prepped by Dominic Duree, Shamrock Girl covered<br />
6 furlongs in 1:10.60, and her margin of victory was 6 ¼<br />
lengths from Squallena, one of six qualifiers trained by<br />
Fred Danley. The filly was coming off of a neck victory in<br />
the second of two Dessie & Fern Sawyer Futurity trials on<br />
September 11.<br />
As she did in her trial score, Shamrock Girl raced just<br />
off the early pace in the final. In fact, she was about a half<br />
of a length behind Missall, as that rival clicked off an opening<br />
quarter mile of :22.47.<br />
“She broke extremely well, and she was very easy to<br />
place,” said jockey Casey Lambert, who also rode Shamrock<br />
Girl in her trial win. “She has a lot of speed. Her main<br />
problem has been getting away from the gate in the races<br />
she’s lost, but today she broke cleanly.<br />
“We laid just off the lead, and I had a handful of horse,”<br />
he added. “When we took over, she was still just idling, but<br />
she got away from them pretty quickly when I let her go at<br />
the top of the stretch.<br />
“She’s very fast, and I don’t think this will be the last<br />
time you’ll hear from her. They’ll have their hands full beating<br />
her in the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred filly races.”<br />
Shamrock Girl was bred by Troy Looper DVM, and the<br />
filly became the first stakes winner sired by King Bull, a<br />
winning son of 1994 <strong>Horse</strong> of the Year Holy Bull and a half<br />
brother to two stakes winners, including 1995 Wood Memorial<br />
Stakes (G2) winner Talkin Man. Bred in Kentucky by<br />
Adena Springs, King Bull stood the 2010 season at Mohns<br />
Hill Farm in Reinholds, Pennsylvania.<br />
Shamrock Girl is also the first starter produced by her<br />
dam, My Girl Aleyna, a winning<br />
7-year-old daughter of the Danzig<br />
stallion Outflanker. The filly’s third<br />
dam, the unraced Val de l’Orne<br />
(FR) mare Val Chere, foaled eight<br />
winners from 11 starters, including<br />
Trick Card, a gelding by Clever<br />
Trick who won the listed $53,975<br />
Lafayette Stakes at Keeneland<br />
Racecourse in 1987, and Stellar<br />
Rival, an Exceller colt who ran<br />
third in the 1990 Early Times Turf<br />
Classic (G3) at Churchill Downs.<br />
Shamrock Girl traces back to<br />
her fourth dam, the winning Conestoga<br />
mare Donna Chere. A 1971<br />
Kentucky-bred foal, Donna Chere<br />
finished second in two stakes<br />
in ’74, including the Santa Ynez<br />
Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.<br />
Shamrock Girl has won four of<br />
six races, and the $33,706 winner’s<br />
share of the Dessie & Fern<br />
Sawyer Futurity purse pushed<br />
her bankroll to $77,648. Earlier<br />
this season, the filly ran third in<br />
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the 4 ½-furlong, $75,000 C.O. “Ken” Kendrick Memorial<br />
Stakes (R) at SunRay Park, and the fillies division of the<br />
4 ½-furlong, $133,436 Copper Top Futurity (R) at Sunland<br />
Park.<br />
“I never really had to ask her to run when she won her<br />
trial,” said Lambert of Shamrock Girl. “She laid second, and<br />
when they came up outside of her she just pulled me to the<br />
front. I just wanted to give her an easy race that day, and<br />
she was comfortable just being a neck in front. But when<br />
they put a little more pressure on her, she just eased back<br />
out.<br />
“I think if I’d really asked her to run that day, I could<br />
have put a little more clearance between myself and the<br />
pack, and she would have won her trial a lot easier than<br />
she did,” added the rider. “Instead, I just sat still. Today, it<br />
was the same kind of trip, but I asked her for a little more<br />
when we came into the stretch, and she responded beautifully.<br />
“She’s just the kind of filly who is very quick – and she<br />
just responds instantly when you ask her.”<br />
Squall Wilbud, the 2-1 favorite and another promising<br />
2-year-old filly from the Danley barn, finished third, 2 ¼<br />
lengths behind runner-up Squallena. Her Sister Will, Hunter<br />
High, Go To Gold, More Fun, Missall, Financial Bailout,<br />
Ghostly Brew, Miss Focus, and All Hail completed the order<br />
of finish.<br />
Squallena is a homebred bay daughter of Squall who<br />
has earned $49,998 from one win in eight starts for her<br />
owners, W.T. Stradley and Tom Williams. Squallena also<br />
ran second, one length behind winner Tin Can Kitty, at odds<br />
of 49-1 in the Ken Kendrick at SunRay.<br />
Squall Wilbud is also a homebred bay filly by Squall<br />
campaigned by Stradley and Williams. Squall Wilbud has<br />
banked $106,108 from seven outs, and she broke her<br />
maiden with a two-length victory in the fillies division of the<br />
Copper Top Futurity (R) at Sunland.<br />
NEW MEXICO STATE<br />
FAIR BREEDERS’<br />
DERBY (RG3)<br />
Woody Dungarees<br />
winner’s share of the purse increased her earnings to<br />
$164,235, of which $116,975 has been banked this season.<br />
Rivera has ridden Woody Dungarees throughout the<br />
filly’s victory streak. In fact, the jockey has been aboard<br />
Woody Dungarees 10 of her races, and the result has been<br />
seven wins, one second, and three third-place finishes.<br />
“Ron and I talked about who we wanted to put on her,<br />
and we made a group decision that Alonso was our guy,”<br />
said Barber. “Just looking at what type of filly she is, we<br />
both felt he would be the jockey who would fit her best.<br />
“She doesn’t like the real aggressive, whip and slash<br />
type of rider,” added the trainer. “Alonso just seems to flow<br />
with this filly better than a lot of other riders would.<br />
“She has her moments – you’ve really got to be on your<br />
toes to train her. Ron has the whole family of these horses,<br />
and he can tell you they’ve all got an attitude about them.”<br />
Woody Dungarees is one of three stakes winners<br />
from 48 starters sired by Woodbridge, an unraced son of<br />
Dash Ta Fame whose five crops have banked more than<br />
$758,000. Now 11, Woodbridge is a full brother to Grade<br />
1-winner and one-time 440-yard world-record holder Kendall<br />
Jackson, and a half to 2009 AQHA champion 3-year-old<br />
filly Alice K White. He stands for a $1,000 fee at Mac Murray<br />
and Janis Spencer Murray’s MJ Farms at Veguita, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>.<br />
Woody Dungarees’ dam, the Now I Know mare Gingham<br />
Dungarees, earned $153,196 from 2003-08, and she<br />
ran third in two stakes in ’04, including the $45,000 Pelican<br />
Stakes (R) at The Downs at Albuquerque. Now 9, Gingham<br />
Dungarees has foaled two winners from three starters,<br />
including Famous Dungarees, a gelding by Dash Ta Fame<br />
who ran third in this year’s $172,100 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’<br />
Futurity (RG2) at SunRay Park.<br />
Woody Dungarees’ second dam, Gingham N Diamonds,<br />
is a winning 18-year-old daughter of the Dash For<br />
Cash stallion the Adamas who ran second in the 1994<br />
Clovis Classic Futurity (R) at Albuquerque.<br />
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Woody Dungarees, a homebred filly<br />
racing for Ron and Kay Jenkins’ Holy Bucket<br />
LLC, ran her winning streak to five with a<br />
head victory in the 400-yard, $55,188 <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Derby (RG3) at<br />
The Downs at Albuquerque on September<br />
26.<br />
Saddled by Mike Barber and ridden by<br />
Alonso Rivera, Woody Dungarees went 400<br />
yards in :19.299, posting a lifetime-best 105<br />
speed index and breaking by 4/100ths of<br />
a second the stakes record set by Richard<br />
Shearer’s Perfect Call in 2003. The victory<br />
was her third stakes win, and the $27,595<br />
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Racing exclusively in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, Woody Dungarees<br />
has won seven of 13 races, including the first of two <strong>State</strong><br />
<strong>Fair</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Derby trials on September 11, in which she<br />
recorded the fourth-fastest qualifying time. Her win streak<br />
includes victories in the 400-yard, $40,000 Pelican Stakes<br />
(RG3) for state-bred fillies at Albuquerque on August 22,<br />
and the 400-yard, $75,000 Firecracker Stakes (R) under<br />
the same conditions at SunRay Park on the Fourth of July.<br />
Woody Dungarees also ran second, three-quarters of a<br />
length behind Auntie G, in last year’s $71,750 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senorita Futurity (RG3) and third, three parts of<br />
a length behind winner Sixy Chamisa, in the $150,000 <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Futurity (RG2) at SunRay.<br />
Barber indicated that Woody Dungarees might make<br />
her next start in one of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Cup stakes at Zia<br />
Park on October 31.<br />
“We’re going to take it one day at a time with her and<br />
take care of her,” he added. “As a team, we’ll decide where<br />
to go next.”<br />
As for Jenkins, he admitted that he was pleasantly surprised<br />
by Woody Dungarees’ most recent wining effort.<br />
“She’d been racing against the girls (in her previous<br />
stakes wins), and today she was running against the boys,”<br />
he said. “I was a little concerned about that, but we had<br />
some good luck here.”<br />
Sent to post as the 9-5 favorite, Woody Dungarees<br />
returned a $5.60 win mutuel and teamed with runner-up<br />
Posies Woodette for a $45.40 ($2) exacta return. Captian<br />
Jacksboro ran third to complete a $109.40 ($2) trifecta.<br />
The Real Rabbit ran fourth and was followed by Zia<br />
Derby (RG2) runner-up Corona Memory Crest, I Know<br />
How Now, Champagne Fame, Rances Reason, Otta Be A<br />
Miracle, and Bridger Bordeaux.<br />
The fastest qualifier, Posies Woodette was coming<br />
off of a neck victory at odds of 10-1 in the second trial. A<br />
homebred chestnut filly by Woodbridge racing for David<br />
Bloomer of Grants, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>, Posies Woodette has<br />
earned $19,823 from two wins in eight outs, and she was<br />
a finalist in last year’s <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senorita<br />
Futurity (RG3).<br />
Captian Jacksboro is a homebred sorrel gelding owned<br />
by David Barrett of Alto, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>. Captian Jacksboro<br />
has won four of 15 races and has banked $143,545, and<br />
his stakes resume includes victories in the August 22,<br />
$40,000 Hard Twist Stakes (RG3) for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred<br />
colts and geldings at Albuquerque, and last year’s 400-<br />
yard, $79,864 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> Senor Futurity (RG3).<br />
Robert Edwards Photo<br />
Cal and Marjorie Martin’s Russian Lane was a convincing winner at the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong>.<br />
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GEORGE MALOOF<br />
FUTURITY (R)<br />
Russian Lane<br />
J. Martin Bourdieu rode Russian Lane to a convincing 6<br />
1/4-length victory in the 6-furlong, $77,567 George Maloof<br />
Futurity (R) for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred colts and geldings at The<br />
Downs at Albuquerque on September 26.<br />
Saddled by Cal Martin for his wife, Marjorie Martin,<br />
Russian Lane covered his trip in 1:10.38 after setting fractions<br />
of :22.01, 44.36, and :57.61. The chestnut colt by Devon<br />
Lane returned a $6.40 win mutuel as the 2-1 favorite.<br />
The Martins acquired Russian Lane for $9,700 from<br />
breeders Vessels Stallion Farm and John K. Goodman<br />
at last year’s <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-Bred Yearling Sale at Ruidoso<br />
Downs. During the early part of this decade, they had a lot<br />
of success with another Devon Lane colt, Hesa Bad Cat.<br />
Racing from 2003-06, Hesa Bad Cat earned $229,365 from<br />
26 starts, and his six wins included the ’03 Dine Stakes (R)<br />
at SunRay Park, and he also broke track records at Sunland<br />
Park and Ruidoso Downs.<br />
“I liked this colt’s conformation and breeding, and I like<br />
Devon Lane as a sire,” Cal Martin said. “We’ve had several<br />
Devon Lane’s that have run really well for us.<br />
“And this colt is really easy to train,” he added. “He’s<br />
the most laid back colt you’ve ever seen. He doesn’t get<br />
excited about anything. He’s well conditioned – he’s not a<br />
very big horse, but he can run on out. He can go 6 furlongs<br />
with ease.”<br />
Russian Lane became the 11th stakes winner from 10<br />
crops sired by Devon Lane, a winning 17-year-old son of<br />
the Storm Bird stallion Storm Cat. Devon Lane is a half<br />
brother to Stellar Jayne, a three-time Grade 1 winner at<br />
Belmont Park from 2004-05, and Grade 1 winner Starrer,<br />
and his 233 starters have banked more than $7.2 million<br />
and include his top earner, Grade 1 winner River’s Prayer.<br />
He stands for a $2,500 fee at Terry and Nan Lane’s TNL<br />
Farm at Bosque, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>.<br />
Russian Lane’s dam, Russian Bonus, is a winning<br />
daughter of the Chief’s Crown stallion Bonus Money (GB).<br />
Now 10, Russian Bonus is a half sister to Russian Elite,<br />
an Apollo gelding who ran second in the $53,100 Sunland<br />
Park Fall Thoroughbred Derby in ’04.<br />
Russian Lane’s fourth dam, Joint Intent, was a winning<br />
1971 foal by Battle Joined who produced nine winners from<br />
as many starters, including two graded stakes winners<br />
– Gundaghia, a gelding by Ole Bob Bowers who won 12<br />
stakes in California from 1991-95, including the ’92 Vernon<br />
O. Underwood Stakes (G3) at Hollywood Park, and First<br />
Intent, a Prima Voce gelding who won the 1997 Potrero<br />
Grande <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Cup Handicap (G2) at Santa Anita and<br />
Bing Crosby <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Cup Handicap (G3) at Del Mar.<br />
Russian Lane has been campaigned exclusively in <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>, and the colt has earned $66,384 from three wins in<br />
four starts. On July 3, he ran second, a nose behind Verny,<br />
in the 4 ½-furlong, $75,000 Totah Stakes (R) at SunRay<br />
Park.<br />
November 2010<br />
Russian Lane combined with runner-up Running<br />
Squall, the 9-2 fourth choice, for a $28 ($2) exacta. Harry<br />
And Lloyd, a 36-1 longshot, ran third to complete a $564.60<br />
($2) trifecta.<br />
Cool Crypto, Precocious Derby, Elijah’s Elite, D J’s<br />
Diamond, Ego And Honor, Numberoneson, Keddy Kaufaye,<br />
Super Devon and Wildwood Lane completed the order of<br />
finish.<br />
Running Squall earned $15,513 to push his bankroll<br />
to $126,130 for owner William T. Stradley of Hobbs, <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>. The homebred gelding by Squall has won three of<br />
nine races, including the 5 ½-furlong, $189,633 Rio Grande<br />
Senor Futurity (R) at Ruidoso Downs on August 1.<br />
Harry And Lloyd races for Derrell Riggan of Merkel,<br />
Texas, who acquired the gray or roan Silver Season gelding<br />
for $1,500 at last year’s <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-Bred Yearling Sale. A<br />
maiden winner in his career debut at Sunland Park back in<br />
April, Harry And Lloyd has earned $26,018 from four outs.<br />
Russian Lane returns after the George Maloof.<br />
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Dedication and<br />
Determination<br />
Trainer Juan Gonzalez<br />
By PETE HERRERA<br />
Juan Gonzalez’ legacy stretches far beyond that Labor<br />
Day afternoon seven years ago when the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred<br />
gelding By By JJ won the All American Futurity.<br />
It has reached deep into Texas, where Gonzalez’ first<br />
born, Juan Carlos, graduated last May from the University<br />
of Texas at Austin with honors and a degree in civil engineering.<br />
It has dropped roots near the Gonzalez’s home in<br />
El Paso, where Juan’s daughter, Patricia Isabella, is a<br />
pre-med student at UTEP with aspirations of becoming a<br />
pediatrician.<br />
And it lives in the hearts of fellow quarter horse trainers<br />
who look at Gonzalez’ odds-beating journey from poverty in<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> to prosperity in America as a beacon that anything<br />
is possible.<br />
For if there’s a poster person for how far hard work,<br />
dedication and determination can carry the human spirit,<br />
that individual is Gonzalez.<br />
Since his arrival in El Paso in 1993, Gonzalez has built<br />
a reputation as one of the best quarter horse trainers in<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>. His stable, which produced 2003 All American<br />
Futurity winner By By JJ, this year is home to some of the<br />
fastest <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-bred 2-year-olds. <strong>Horse</strong>s like Streak of<br />
Sixes, Six Gun Regard, A Streak Again and Moro Moon.<br />
Streak of Sixes won the $370,000 Spring Futurity at<br />
Sunland Park and the Mountain Top Futurity ($220,000) at<br />
Ruidoso Downs. A Streak Again scored a longshot win in<br />
the Zia Futurity at Ruidoso, where Gonzalez’ four horses in<br />
the race were the first four across the finish line.<br />
He had five horses—half of the field—qualify for the<br />
finals of the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Classic Futurity at Zia Park. They<br />
included the three fastest of the day—Moro Moon, Streak<br />
of Sixes and One Fast Regard. Also in the finals were<br />
Snow Regard and Six Gun Regard as Gonzalez saddled<br />
the winners of four of the five trials.<br />
Gonzalez’ barn also dominated qualifying trials for the<br />
Senorita and Senor futurities at this year’s <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> meet. He had three fillies—Snow Regard, Chiquita<br />
Caliente and Samia Fame in the Senorita and three of<br />
his colts, Mal Intenciones, Blazing Pacquiao and Six Gun<br />
Regard were in the Senor.<br />
Gonzalez’ victory in the All American Futurity was a<br />
defining moment for the then-39-year-old trainer. In the winner’s<br />
circle that afternoon, Gonzalez proclaimed in Spanish:<br />
``The dream of every trainer is to win the All American,<br />
but I’m also proud to be the first 100 percent Mexican to<br />
win this race.’’<br />
That, in essence, was a take-that response to those<br />
who over the years had scoffed at the idea that a trainer<br />
with Gonzalez’ background and limited resources could win<br />
the most prestigious quarter horse race in the country.<br />
``I was told it was impossible for me to win the All<br />
American. I kept saying I’d win it, but many didn’t believe<br />
me,’’ says Gonzalez.<br />
The All American win brought Gonzalez to a pinnacle in<br />
his career, but he had paved the way there with a decade<br />
of enduring success. He came to the United <strong>State</strong>s to work<br />
for longtime El Paso horse owner Chico Diaz, who turned<br />
over his entire stable of quarter horses to Gonzalez.<br />
Success came quickly. A year later, he won the Shue<br />
Fly and Santa Fe futurities with the 2-year-old Fire Ball. But<br />
it was the All American, where By By JJ outran the favorite,<br />
Planet Holland, that changed Gonzalez’ career and life<br />
forever.<br />
``People saw me in a different light,’’ says Gonzalez.<br />
<strong>New</strong> owners came calling and American trainers who<br />
had been hesitant to communicate with Gonzalez—in part<br />
because he speaks very little English—nonetheless acknowledged<br />
with a nod or a handshake what he had done.<br />
About the only thing that hasn’t changed is Gonzalez’<br />
steadfast loyalty to his native language. He says the long<br />
hours and dedication his training career demands leaves<br />
him with little time or inclination to learn English.<br />
Besides, says his brother Eliseo, who speaks fluent<br />
English, fast horses understand good training in any language.<br />
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``You don’t need to know English to train horses,’’ said<br />
Eliseo, who has worked with Juan for more than 10 years.<br />
Juan and Eliseo are part of a family that included seven<br />
brothers and seven sisters. For the Gonzalez men, becoming<br />
horse trainers was a given since their father, Eliseo Sr.,<br />
spent his life training horses for match races throughout<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>.<br />
``We got our (training) education in <strong>Mexico</strong>,’’ says<br />
Eliseo.<br />
Four of the brothers now live in the United <strong>State</strong>s and<br />
two others live in Guadalajara. Juan’s younger brother Eduardo<br />
also is training in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> and his older brother<br />
Miguel has applied for a license.<br />
Juan says given the state of the economy in <strong>Mexico</strong>,<br />
there’s not much of a future in training horses there.<br />
``You can’t make a decent living in horse racing in<br />
<strong>Mexico</strong>,’’ said Juan. ``The purse money comes from the<br />
owners and if you lose a race, it costs you a lot. People do<br />
not spent money in <strong>Mexico</strong> on horses.’’<br />
Juan says his brothers and sisters have come a long<br />
way from the days when his parents dealt with the enormous<br />
struggles of raising 14 kids. Back then Christmas was<br />
pretty much like every other day.<br />
``We were too many to have gifts,’’ says Juan. ``We<br />
never celebrated birthdays. There was no money. Now, we<br />
celebrate every birthday with Mariachis and music. The<br />
family is the most important thing.’’<br />
His family also includes his wife, Patricia, 14-year-old<br />
daughter Allison Belen and 9-year-old son Manuel.<br />
Juan, now 46, is a man with few regrets.<br />
``Thanks to God, things have gone very well for me.<br />
I’ve won just about every big race in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>. The All<br />
American was the crowning achievement. Sure I would<br />
want to win it again, but it’s not as important as it once was.<br />
I want simply to do my job well and for the owners to be<br />
happy.’’<br />
These days, the emphasis for Gonzalez is <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-breds.<br />
The lucrative purses available for state-breds is<br />
an obvious reason. So too is the fact that many of his best<br />
runners have been foals of the stud Chicks Regard.<br />
Chicks Regard stood in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> for many years,<br />
but two years ago his owner, Killer Humberto Lopez, decided<br />
to move him to the Lazy E Ranch in Oklahoma. Gonzalez<br />
says the move was based on the belief that Chicks<br />
Regard would have better broodmares in Oklahoma.<br />
``I think that was a mistake,’’ says Juan. ``There will<br />
be no more <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong>-breds from Chicks Regard. His<br />
(future) offspring will have to run in open company.’’<br />
Because of his success with that bloodline, Gonzalez<br />
says he expects to continue to train Chicks Regard’s offspring.<br />
Gonzalez says his formula for success is not very complicated.<br />
``You have to devote 24 hours a day to your horses.<br />
You have to figure out what they like to eat and what they<br />
don’t like. You have to keep an eye on their legs and not<br />
overwork them.’’<br />
Gonzalez says a light racing schedule is crucial in<br />
keeping horses sound, particularly 2-year-olds.<br />
``Some trainers have numerous 2-year-olds. I have<br />
maybe 15. When they start running them in the spring, they<br />
have fresh horses and win three, four or five races. But by<br />
the end of the summer, their horses are no longer sound.<br />
They want to give their horses two or three outs before big<br />
races like the Spring Futurity and they end up wearing them<br />
out. I prefer to run a horse that’s a little green than one that<br />
has leg problems from being overworked.’’<br />
Gonzalez also believes in quality over quantity. He has<br />
about 35 horses in his barn each year, though he could<br />
easily have twice that many if he didn’t turn some away.<br />
``If I take more than that, I can’t care for them properly.<br />
I want to know all of my horses and do things right,’’ he<br />
said.<br />
Gonzalez frequently picks out horses for owners. What<br />
he’s looking for, he says, is a horse that’s long from his<br />
chest to the area where the saddle sits.<br />
Streak of Sixes, arguably the top state-bred this summer,<br />
has that kind of look. Gonzalez picked out the colt for<br />
owner Pete Gallegos, who paid was had turned out to be a<br />
bargain investment of $9,500.<br />
That was also the case when he purchased Genuine<br />
Streaker several years ago. Gonzalez bought the horse for<br />
himself and paid $6,000. To date, Genuine Streaker has<br />
earned upwards of $270,000.<br />
``These days, there is a lot parity in bloodlines,’’ says<br />
Gonzalez. ``There’s plenty of horses that can run. So, you<br />
have to look for something else.’’<br />
Former jockey and now trainer James Gonzales rode<br />
By By JJ in the All American. He too is building a reputation<br />
as a respected and successful young trainer. He says he<br />
picked up training tips from every trainer he rode for, including<br />
Gonzalez.<br />
``Juan Gonzalez is a very good horseman,’’ says<br />
James. ``When he leads his horses up (to the starting<br />
gate), they’re going to give you all they’ve got. His preparation<br />
and knowledge of a horse made my job as a jockey a<br />
lot easier.’’<br />
<strong>Horse</strong> racing always has and likely always will run<br />
deep in the Gonzalez family, but 23-year-old Juan Carlos<br />
has heard a different calling.<br />
Yes, he says, there was some expectation that he<br />
would follow in the footsteps of his father and six uncles.<br />
But no there was no parental pressure when he announced<br />
he wanted to help design buildings.<br />
``My father has always been very understanding about<br />
taking a different path,’’ said Juan Carlos.<br />
On the day he graduated seventh in his class from one<br />
of the top three civil engineering schools in the country,<br />
Juan Carlos and his dad hugged and shed tears. Seven<br />
years earlier they and the rest of the family had done the<br />
same in the winner’s circle at Ruidoso Downs.<br />
``My dad has always been my idol,’’ says Juan Carlos.<br />
``He is everything one expects his father to be.’’<br />
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2010-2011 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Bred Races<br />
Zia Park 2010<br />
Quarter <strong>Horse</strong><br />
NM Classic Cup 870 Championship • $140,000 Added<br />
Namehimastreaker NM Classic QH Championship RG1 • $170,000 Added<br />
NM Classic Derby RG2 • $140,000 Added<br />
NM Classic Futurity RG2 • $140,000 Added<br />
NM QH Fillies & Mares Championship RG2• $140,000 Added<br />
Thoroughbred<br />
NM Classic Cup Juvenile Colts & Geldings • $140,000 Added<br />
NM Classic Cup Juvenile Fillies • $140,000 Added<br />
NM Classic Cup Championship Fillies • $140,000 Added<br />
NM Classic Cup Championship Colts & Geldings • $140,000 Added<br />
Peppers Pride NM Classic Championship Fillies & Mares • $170,000 Added<br />
NM Classic Cup Sprint Championship • $170,000 Added<br />
Rocky Gulch NM Classic Championship • $180,000 Added<br />
NM Eddy County Stakes • $120,000 Added<br />
Sunland Park 2010-2011<br />
Quarter <strong>Horse</strong><br />
Jess Burner Memorial Handicap RG2● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
Challenger Six Handicap ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
Lou Wooten Handicap ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
The Shue Fly ● $120,000 Added<br />
NMHBA Quarter <strong>Horse</strong> Stakes RG2● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
Mesilla Valley Speed Handicap RG2● $100,000 Guaranteed<br />
<strong>New</strong> Mexican Spring Fling ● $75,000 Added<br />
<strong>New</strong> Mexican Spring Futurity RG1● $120,000 Added<br />
Sunburst Stakes ● $75,000 Guaranteed<br />
Thoroughbred<br />
Johnie L. Jamison Stakes ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> Racing Commission Handicap ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
The Enchantress Stakes ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
Red Hedeman Mile ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
Albert Dominguez Memorial Handicap ● $100,000 Guaranteed<br />
La Senora Handicap ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
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The Sydney Valentini Handicap ● $100,000 Guaranteed<br />
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<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> University Stakes ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
La Coneja Stakes ● $120,000 Guaranteed<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Oaks ● $100,000 Guaranteed<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ Derby ● $100,000 Guaranteed<br />
Copper Top Futurity ● Colts & Geldings Division ● $75,000 Added<br />
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SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND APPROVAL OF THE NEW MEXICO RACING COMMISSION<br />
If you have any questions please call:<br />
Sunland Park SunRay Park & Casino The Downs At Albuquerque<br />
(575) 874-5200 (505) 566-1200 (505) 266-5555<br />
Ruidoso Downs Zia Park <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Racing Commission<br />
(575) 378-4431 (575) 492-7000 (505) 222-0700<br />
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REMINDER !!!!!!!!<br />
Registration as a <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Bred is not<br />
complete until we have received from you the<br />
original foal certificate papers for final approval<br />
and stamping.<br />
Please have your horses papers stamped before<br />
time of entry.<br />
REMINDER!!!!!!!<br />
Stallions must be registered with the <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong>’ <strong>Association</strong> before<br />
covering any mares in order for the resulting<br />
foals to be registered <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Bred without<br />
penalty.<br />
The penalty for each foal conceived prior to<br />
the registration of the stallion is $1,000.00.<br />
Current membership is required in order to<br />
register any horses.<br />
SO DON’T FORGET!!<br />
REGISTER YOUR STALLION NOW!!<br />
REMINDER!!!!!!<br />
ALL STALLIONS MUST BE EVA TESTED<br />
AND VACCINATED BEFORE THE BREED-<br />
ING SEASON.<br />
STALLIONS WHO HAVE BEEN VAC-<br />
CINATED NEED TO HAVE A BOOSTER<br />
SHOT EVERY YEAR BEFORE THE NEXT<br />
BREEDING SEASON.<br />
FORMS ARE BEING MAILED OUT FOR<br />
THE VETERINARIANS TO FILL OUT AND<br />
SIGN.<br />
Reminder!!!<br />
All horses age on January 1st. Register your<br />
foals no later than December 31st, 2010 in<br />
order to save money!!!<br />
Be sure to have your envelope postmarked no<br />
later than December 31, 2010.<br />
The older the foal, the higher the registration<br />
fee.<br />
WE WILL START ACCEPTING 2011 MEM-<br />
BERSHIPS ON NOVEMBER 1ST, 2010<br />
CALL (505) 262-0224<br />
!!!!! REMINDER !!!!!<br />
IF YOU HAVE A NEW MEXICO BRED<br />
THAT HAS BEEN RENAMED OR<br />
HAS BEEN GIVEN A REISSUED SET OF<br />
REGISTRATION PAPERS, YOU NEED<br />
TO GET THEM RE-STAMPED BY<br />
THE NEW MEXICO HORSE BREEDERS<br />
ASSOCIATION OFFICE.<br />
NEW MEMBERS<br />
Chavira, Alexis<br />
Ellis, Richard G., Jr.<br />
Howard, Wren<br />
Lucero, Mark C.<br />
Navarrete, Arturo & Quintana, Julian<br />
Ruiz, Ramon<br />
Sanchez, Robert D.<br />
Thompson, Adam D.<br />
For further information, call (505) 262-0224<br />
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UPCOMING EVENTS & DEADLINES<br />
November 1, 2010<br />
2011 <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> & QH Derby Nominations<br />
are due. $50.00 nomination fee per race.<br />
Downs At Albuquerque (505) 266-5555<br />
November 1, 2010<br />
Office accepting 2011 membership dues<br />
November 3, 2010<br />
Ad deadline for SPACE in the 2011 Stallion Issue<br />
Contact (505) 864-3405<br />
November 15, 2010<br />
Sunland Park stable area opens<br />
November 18, 2010<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Racing Commission meeting at 10:30 a.m. at<br />
The Gaming Control Board Conference Room (505) 222-0700<br />
November 19, 2010<br />
Sunland Park opens for training<br />
November 23, 2010<br />
Award Distribution checks mailed<br />
December 1, 2010<br />
2011 Ruidoso nominations are due. Mountain Top NM Bred<br />
QH & TB Futurity. $300.00 nomination fee. Ruidoso Downs<br />
(575) 378-4431<br />
December 10, 2010<br />
Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino racing through April 19, 2011<br />
Tuesdays & Friday through Sunday. Post Time 12:25 p.m.<br />
(575) 874-5200<br />
Submit applications for <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Breds form 100 with post mark no later than December 31, 2010. All horses age on January 1st<br />
and the fees go up as they age.<br />
Dates & Locations are subject to change.<br />
For more information, contact NMHBA at (505) 262-0224 or www.nmhorsebreeders.com<br />
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NEW MEXICO’S LICENSED HORSE RESCUES<br />
Bomar Equine Rescue & Rehabilitation Center<br />
Belen<br />
(505) 861-0659, Marguerite Bowers<br />
info@bomarequine.org<br />
Four Corners Equine Rescue<br />
Aztec<br />
(505) 334-7220, Debbie Coburn<br />
fcequinerescue@qwest.org<br />
Perfect Harmony Animal Rescue & Sanctuary<br />
Chapparal<br />
(575) 824-2130, Marianne Bailey<br />
Perfectharmony1@aol.com<br />
The <strong>Horse</strong> Shelter<br />
Cerrillos<br />
(505) 471-6179, Jennifer Rios<br />
info@thehorseshelter.org<br />
Walkin N Circles Ranch<br />
Edgewood<br />
(505) 286-0779, Colleen Novotny<br />
saveahorse@wncr.org<br />
Updated<br />
Daily!<br />
www.nmhorsebreeders.com<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> <strong>Horse</strong> <strong>Breeders</strong><br />
Official Website<br />
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Schalla Racing<br />
Story and Photos by Glenda Price<br />
Schalla Racing is a family affair that includes Randy<br />
and Linda Schalla, their daughter Rebbie (Rebecca) and<br />
her husband Jeb Loney.<br />
They recently moved their base of operations from<br />
Montana to Tularosa, N.M., and can be found at one of two<br />
barns on the north end of <strong>Horse</strong>man’s Park.<br />
They are not new to <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> racing, though. For<br />
many years they have come here now and then, always<br />
with top bred, speedy Quarter <strong>Horse</strong>s. In addition to <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> they have been in winner’s circles in Colorado,<br />
Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Montana (where they grew up)<br />
and even Canada. Randy’s understatement is, “We’ve won<br />
quite a bit.”<br />
Actually, they are among the few who truly make their<br />
living with running horses.<br />
Their first <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> race was at Sunland Park in the<br />
fall of 1989. The local horsemen didn’t know the Schallas,<br />
of course, but they met jockey Leroy Combs. He rode their<br />
horse, Rr Le Mistral, to a win in the QHBC Grade 3 Freshman<br />
Classic. That horse also won the West Texas Derby in<br />
1990. By then, everyone knew who the Schallas were, and<br />
made them feel welcome.<br />
When they came to <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> that time they already<br />
had been in the race horse business a long time. “We started<br />
in the late 1970s,” Randy explains. Linda and Randy<br />
both attended the same high school in Belfry, Montana, just<br />
south of Billings. “Our sports teams were the Belfry Bats,”<br />
Linda says with a smile.<br />
Randy and Linda married and raised two daughters<br />
while beginning their race horse adventure. One daughter,<br />
after her 18th birthday, left. “She said she didn’t want any<br />
more chores,” Linda says with a smile. “Rebbie, however,<br />
loves it.”<br />
<strong>Horse</strong> racing in that area is mostly a fair circuit, with<br />
short-duration meets. “People up north,” says Linda, “start<br />
about April and end in September or October, and the<br />
horses have all winter to heal up.”<br />
Also, in the north country horse people pretty much do<br />
it all themselves. Every meet is short, and they move to the<br />
next one soon, so Randy says they got used to doing their<br />
own breaking, training, stall mucking, grooming. “One year<br />
you might have success running, one year training, one<br />
year selling.”<br />
The Schallas still operate that way. Everyone has a<br />
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special talent, but everybody pitches in on the work – and<br />
there’s plenty of it around running horses. Randy and Rebbie<br />
break the colts. “We do the ground work first, then the<br />
round pen, then the track or outside,” says Rebbie. She<br />
points out a nice pasture behind the barn that’s great for<br />
the young ones being broke. “We want them to get started<br />
right.” They break a few youngsters for outside owners,<br />
even some Thoroughbreds.<br />
When sales prep time comes around they do that<br />
themselves as well. Evidently, they did a great job this<br />
year. Their yearling, Comanche Moon (Get Down Perry-<br />
Dashing Fabulous), was among the high sellers at the <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>Mexico</strong> Bred Quarter <strong>Horse</strong> & Thoroughbred Yearling Sale.<br />
Canadian resident Jack Dacyk was the buyer, and he has<br />
entrusted the training to Schalla Racing.<br />
Rebbie worked for Equine Sports Medicine for five<br />
years, so we can assume the knowledge she gained there<br />
comes in handy.<br />
They do get help from their friend and fellow trainer,<br />
also from Montana, Jeff Hudson. During our visit he was<br />
trimming hooves and re-shoeing.<br />
Randy and Linda admire Quarter <strong>Horse</strong>s for their versatility.<br />
For example, they excel in barrel racing and other<br />
rodeo events. They raised one horse, Gunner, who is a top<br />
rodeo dogging horse (steer wrestling for purists).<br />
Jeb gallops the horses, usually. He also is a professional<br />
saddle bronc rider. Currently, he’s recuperating from<br />
a broken leg, but it won’t be long before he’s back in the<br />
saddle. Jeb and Rebbie have a separate business called<br />
“Teeth Floated by Jeb and Reb,” and they’re good at it.<br />
The Schalla’s first big success story came at Centennial<br />
Park in Denver. They had a 2-year-old that ran well, and<br />
ended up selling him for what they considered “big bucks”<br />
at the time.<br />
That was one of many to follow. In all these years they<br />
have bred and raised many outstanding horses. Randy<br />
says he loves seeing one he bred and raised do well “no<br />
matter who is running him.”<br />
Their current stallion is named Partnership (Sparkling<br />
Native-Miss Olene by Leo). He was born in 1977, and his<br />
racing career included seven starts with four wins and one<br />
third place, SI 89. They are pleased with his performance<br />
as a sire. When they breed their own mares to him they use<br />
live cover, but all the rest is AI. They ship cooled semen, of<br />
course.<br />
They have another good one -- Hez Choice Property, a<br />
full brother to Royal Quick Dash (First Down Dash-Harems<br />
Choice).<br />
The barns they work out of at <strong>Horse</strong>man’s Park belong<br />
to Gary and Dee Hoovestal of Helena, Montana. “We train<br />
out of their barns,” Linda says. “We take care of their barns<br />
and raise and train colts out of there – some of them for the<br />
Hoovestals.”<br />
The barns are exceptionally well-built and efficient to<br />
use. Amenities include apartments and pleasant landscaping.<br />
Many stalls are the new see-through between stalls<br />
construction so the horses can see their neighbors (horses<br />
being herd animals).<br />
Linda points out, however, that sometimes there are<br />
a couple of drawbacks in that arrangement. “If two horses<br />
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buddy up too much, one is upset if the neighbor is removed.”<br />
Also, that arrangement is not for stallions.<br />
Cleanliness is vital for the horses’ well-being, Linda<br />
believes. With that in mind, the wash racks have hot water<br />
piped to them along with the cold. Also, stalls are exceptionally<br />
clean. Even the walker has clean bedding material<br />
under it.<br />
Foaling stall cameras have been installed, and everybody<br />
has a laptop. “All of us can see what’s going on all the<br />
time,” Linda notes proudly.<br />
The Schalla family is happy to be in <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> on a<br />
more permanent basis. “We like the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Mexico</strong> Bred program,”<br />
Randy says. “Racing is fading in the northwest. The<br />
fair circuits are either closing or shortening their meets.”<br />
“Also,” adds Linda, “it’s a seven-day a week job, and<br />
it’s hard work. Not many young people are choosing it for a<br />
career.”<br />
The rewards, however, are exciting – especially when<br />
it’s a family affair.<br />
Randy Schalla putting one away.<br />
Rebbie with 2011 hopeful Comanche Moon.<br />
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Throughout The Southwest<br />
PH 505-877-3720 • Cell 505-249-8979<br />
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PO Box 7534<br />
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Janis Spencer Murray, DVM<br />
PO Box 499 • Veguita, NM 87062<br />
ph 505-864-1152 / fax 505-864-5907<br />
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2604 Pinson Road<br />
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PHONE (575) 392-7488<br />
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Breeding Training, Breaking, Layups,<br />
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Shawn C. Edwards, DVM<br />
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285 Highway 116<br />
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Miscellaneous<br />
Regular Trips to California,<br />
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Attending All Major Sales<br />
Ph. 505-864-6680<br />
Cell 505-859-1165<br />
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Whole Body<br />
Vibration Therapy<br />
By Heather SmithThomas<br />
A new way to help promote bone strength and density<br />
She felt that if she could stand a horse on this<br />
in athletic horses utilizes whole body vibration—a biomechanical<br />
stimulation of body tissues. The horse stands myself, after I got one for my husband. I galloped horses<br />
vibration plate, it might be helpful in many ways. “I tried it<br />
with all four feet on a special platform that produces the for 30 years, had a dislocated hip, a reconstructed knee,<br />
frequency-controlled vibrations.<br />
a double compound fracture of an ankle—all those old<br />
This type of therapy has been in use for humans for injuries that made it hard for me to sleep. After getting on<br />
several decades and is widely used today for human the plate I found that a lot of those aches and pains were<br />
athletes, the elderly (to help prevent osteoporosis), stroke relieved,” she says. “People who use them during a workout<br />
at a gym while doing weight-lifting say it enhances their<br />
victims, and patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, arthritis,<br />
rheumatism, cerebral palsy, Parkinson’s disease and workout by about 25 percent.”<br />
numerous other problems. Some professional golfers are<br />
She looked on line to see who made these vibration<br />
plates. “I found a company and talked them into mak-<br />
now using it to help warm up their muscles before they go<br />
out to hit balls—before they stress their muscles. It seems ing me a plate that was 40 inches by 80 inches. I work with<br />
to reduce pain, improve flexibility, and increase range of Winner Circle ranch in Bradbury, California. Don Shields,<br />
motion, muscle coordination, balance and stability.<br />
the veterinarian who owns that ranch, is very progressive.<br />
Mary Knight was the first person to have a vibration<br />
plate built for horses. “My husband has Parkinson’s Also I am on the board of directors of the Thoroughbred<br />
He was very supportive of my putting a plate up there.<br />
disease and was basically immobile, having a lot of problems<br />
with muscle cramps, poor circulation, etc. I went on and try to rehab them so they can go into another career.<br />
Rehab Foundation. We take horses retiring off the track<br />
line to see what I could find that might help resolve these Many of the veterinarians in our area will donate castration<br />
problems. The VibePlate looked like something that could surgeries--or remove a chip or repair a slab fracture, so we<br />
work, and as I looked at the literature on it I thought it might can get these horses recovered enough to place in a new<br />
also work for horses. Many horses are standing in stalls home,” says Knight. She decided to try the vibration plate<br />
much of the day, and some are injured and can’t exercise— on some of these horses.<br />
and their circulation is seriously compromised. I don’t think “We couldn’t just take somebody’s racehorse and start<br />
there is any physiologist in the equine industry who doesn’t putting them on this machine to try it out, so we used Foundation<br />
horses. The first horse I put on it was Super Strut.<br />
consider the foot as part of the cardio-vascular system.<br />
When horses are idle, they are compromised,” says Knight. He was very kind and nice, and really took to it and enjoyed<br />
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the time we started him on the plate, and his feet grew 1.34<br />
centimeters in 30 days, in the dead of winter. I was very<br />
impressed with this. For foot problems, we thought this<br />
therapy could be really good, because it stimulates circulation<br />
to the foot.”<br />
At first she wasn’t sure she should put horses on the<br />
plate that had shin buck or fractures, but recent studies in<br />
humans have shown that this therapy is very effective in<br />
promoting bone development and healing. “I’ve only been<br />
using it in horses for a little more than a year and we are<br />
currently developing protocols for use in horses. Everyone<br />
that uses it likes it. Carl O’Calahan, who trains for one of<br />
my clients, bought the prototype plate from me because<br />
they wanted to try it. I was reluctant to sell it because I<br />
wanted to use it, but at the same time I wanted someone<br />
using it who was actually racing,” says Knight.<br />
“They took it to Santa Anita, where Carl gallops his<br />
own horses. He has some old claiming horses that took<br />
forever to warm up, and he put them on this machine for 15<br />
minutes before taking them to the track. He says the difference<br />
in these horses was like night and day. They were<br />
already warmed up after standing on the plate,” she says.<br />
One of the immediate effects of vibration therapy is<br />
improved blood circulation, due to the rapid, involuntary<br />
contraction/relaxation of muscles (30 to 50 contractions per<br />
second). The improved blood flow enhances oxygenation<br />
of tissues, removal of toxins and metabolic waste, and<br />
enhances the body’s ability to heal itself. As Knight points<br />
out, 5 to 10 minutes of vibration can help prepare a horse<br />
for athletic activity without using up energy through the<br />
activity and excitement of a conventional warm-up exercise.<br />
She feels it will have a lot of positive applications. “Bill<br />
Casner (co-owner of WinStar Farm) has been very helpful<br />
and supportive; he strongly believes in its benefits. He<br />
has studied the history, the research trials and efficacy of<br />
it. This is actually an old technology, developed initially by<br />
the Russian space program (to help the people in space to<br />
keep from losing bone and muscle mass),” explains Knight.<br />
Young horses starting in training always lose bone<br />
density before the bones begin to remodel and build back.<br />
<strong>Horse</strong>s standing in stalls recovering from injuries also lose<br />
bone strength and density. “Even horses that are able<br />
to be hand walked 15 to 20 minutes per day are likely to<br />
experience some loss of mineral from their bones as this<br />
amount of exercise doesn’t provide enough stimulation to<br />
the bones to signal a need to retain these minerals. Whole<br />
body vibration provides significant stimulus to the bones<br />
and helps prevent this loss of bone density during prolonged<br />
periods of inactivity,” says Knight.<br />
“It’s really simple and very easy to use. Once the horses<br />
get used to standing on it, they like it. Very few horses<br />
have resisted. I start them out with a very low vibration<br />
frequency and gradually move it up. Once they get used<br />
to it they really enjoy it because it seems to relax them,”<br />
she says. Research in humans has indicated an increase<br />
in levels of certain hormones including Human Growth<br />
Hormone, testosterone and Intrinsic Growth Factor 1 after<br />
the vibration therapy. People who use the vibration plates<br />
experience a feeling of general well-being. <strong>Horse</strong>s adapt to<br />
it quickly and after 3 or 4 days of use they look forward to<br />
standing on the platform and stand quietly for the 10 to 20<br />
minute vibration session.<br />
“The machine is safe and simple to use, with separate<br />
controls for the vibrators for front and back feet. A stall is<br />
probably the safest and most practical location for the Vibe-<br />
Plate, but it can be placed on any flat surface that allows<br />
enough room for the horse and handler to stand comfortably,<br />
away from horse traffic or other activity that might<br />
scare or distract the horse,” says Knight.<br />
“Whole Body Vibration is a non-pharmacological intervention<br />
for loss of bone density and for enhancement of<br />
blood circulation. This treatment modality is ideally suited<br />
for horses confined to stalls most of the day, and its potential<br />
for enhancing the performance of the Thoroughbred<br />
athlete is immeasurable,” she says.<br />
Her hope is to interest other horsemen in other disciplines—not<br />
just racing. “I have friends in dressage and<br />
eventing who might be interested,” she says. It could also<br />
be very useful for horses in strenuous western activities<br />
such as cutting, reining, barrel racing, etc. A growing number<br />
of horse people are now using the plates, including Bill<br />
Casner, Dr. Doug Herthel (veterinarian at Alamo Pintado<br />
equine hospital), and Todd Pletcher.<br />
She has another plate now at Winners Circle Ranch.<br />
The company who made her prototype is now making them<br />
for horses and she has become their exclusive distributor<br />
for the equine model. Anyone interested in this technology<br />
can contact Mary Knight at 626-914-9960 or 626-847-9960<br />
(cell) or by e-mail at mkbloodstock84@hotmail.com<br />
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Nobody Asked...But<br />
There You Have It.<br />
by Robert Edwards<br />
I was at the <strong>State</strong> <strong>Fair</strong> the afternoon Mark Villa was killed<br />
at Zia Park. The news literally spread like a shot through the<br />
grandstands that day. It was, by far, the saddest afternoon I can<br />
remember.<br />
I rode with Mark at Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Arapahoe and<br />
in Arizona in the early days of his career. I sat in the hot box with<br />
Mark on many a day, so I got to know him very well. Mark was a<br />
helluva guy. And the ‘was’ part is the part I am having a hard time<br />
dealing with.<br />
The drive home from Albuquerque was an overwhelming<br />
drive for me. I talked to a lot of people on the phone about what<br />
had happened after I got home. Everyone was talking about the<br />
amount of horses that were breaking down at Hobbs. Two horses<br />
also died at Albuquerque on that same day. So yeah, I guess, you<br />
can chalk it up as a bad week.<br />
His death didn’t really hit me until I was eating supper with<br />
my family that same evening. When I realized Mark’s wife, Krystal<br />
and his 6-year-old twins Olivia and Garret, would be looking at<br />
Mark’s empty chair the next time they sat down to supper, it really<br />
got to me. I know what kind of family man Mark was. He loved<br />
his family more than life itself. Krystal and those kids have a long<br />
lonely road ahead of them.<br />
I attended Mark’s funeral in Phoenix a few days later. Since<br />
then, a lot of nice things have been done for Mark’s family. There<br />
have been several fund raisers. Albuquerque put on a good one<br />
and raised quite a bit of money. Zia Park held a golf tournament<br />
in Mark’s name and I hear it did real well. There were a couple of<br />
fund-raisers in Ruidoso and lots of private donations.<br />
What really concerns me is where we go from here. Are we<br />
willing to take a look at what happened and make good decisions<br />
from here on out Or, are we going to turn a blind eye to a lot of<br />
what is going on in racing like we have been doing lately Let’s<br />
face it. There are a lot of things we could do better. We can do so<br />
much as individuals to make the changes needed. There are all<br />
kinds of committees and task forces which are already in place<br />
to help prevent these types of tragedies, but I think it takes more<br />
than just them. They have good intentions and discuss plenty of<br />
important issues in the industry. But we, as individuals, have to let<br />
these guys know our concerns. We can’t just leave it up to them.<br />
A wise man once said, “We must become the change we want to<br />
see.”<br />
When Juan Campos was killed at Albuquerque a couple of<br />
years ago I got really mad at myself. Here was a guy who fell<br />
through the cracks. He got a jockeys license before he was ready<br />
to ride. I realized that the first time I saw him ride at SunRay<br />
earlier that summer. I said something to a few people, but I guess<br />
it fell on deaf ears. I feel I am part to blame because I didn’t go<br />
any further with it. He could have been helped had someone really<br />
stepped in and taken the time to talk to the guy.<br />
On the other hand Mark Villa was a very experienced jockey.<br />
He started riding in 1984 at Prescott Downs in Arizona. He had<br />
come a long way since then. He had good teachers and a lot<br />
of mentors. And still, even as experienced as he was, he too,<br />
lost his life riding. His horse broke down and he was struck by a<br />
horse coming from behind. It was one of those extremely freak<br />
accidents. But, in my own mind, I have to wonder, was there<br />
enough done to help prevent it<br />
We all know riding races is an extremely dangerous job. I<br />
know that nobody is holding a gun to these guy’s heads to make<br />
them do it. They do it because they love it. But let’s face a fact.<br />
Only about ten percent of the riders in the country make a bunch<br />
of money for doing what they do. The rest live from pay check to<br />
pay check. Fortunately Mark was one of the guys on top. But he<br />
isn’t there anymore to take care of his family.<br />
Let’s also not forget, Mark Villa wasn’t just another rider. He<br />
was a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a grandson, a nephew,<br />
an uncle and a friend. Let’s keep an open mind when it comes to<br />
safety issues and keep our eyes open when we see things we see<br />
that we shouldn’t be seeing. And, the next time these guys ask for<br />
a $10.00 a mount pay raise, lets think of Mark Villa, and the ones<br />
he left behind, before these brave men and women have to settle<br />
for $5.00.<br />
Mark Villa<br />
1966-2010<br />
He was a prince in the sport of kings<br />
But the thrill of racing and the danger it brings<br />
And he would ride them all the worst or the best<br />
To his courage each horseman here could attest<br />
Many the winners he’d helped to the wire<br />
And many losers he’d tried to inspire<br />
It was so fitting as we stood there and tears did fall<br />
That we heard a familiar trumpet’s call<br />
His call to post and though we know not where<br />
Each one of us prayed to someday be there<br />
To once again see this man that we loved so<br />
Pick up the reins and postward go<br />
Nancy Brookfield<br />
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