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By Michael Cusortelli
LA CONEJA STAKES (R)
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Minister Eric
Prospective Girl
Old Trieste
Musical Minister
Langfuhr
Woodman’s Prospect
Making her first start in more than a
year, Woodacouldadid outran her 34-1
odds to win the March 26, $100,000 La
Coneja Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred
distaffers at Sunland Park.
Woodacouldadid covered 5 1/2
furlongs in 1:03.65 under jockey Elvin
Gonzalez, and the homebred 6-year-old
mare’s winning margin was a half of a
length from 8-5 favorite Diabolical Dame.
Jose Gonzalez Jr. saddled Woodacouldadid
for owner Terrine G. Ransier of Deming,
New Mexico.
Woodacouldadid’s last start, in fact,
was in the 2016 La Coneja Stakes, where
the chestnut mare ran fifth, 1 1/2 lengths
behind winner Tea Light.
“She had been training well, and this
was a race we were pointing to,” said
Gonzalez after the race. “She beat some
great horses.”
Woodacouldadid is one of 40 winners
from 71 starters sired by Minister Eric, a
Kentucky-bred son of the A.P. Indy stallion
Old Trieste. Racing in California and
Kentucky from 2003-06, Minister Eric earned
$562,771 from 13 outs, and his three wins
included a half-length victory in the 1 1/16-
mile, $200,000 San Fernando Breeders’ Cup
Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park in ’05.
Minister Eric has sired four official blacktype
stakes winners and the earners of more
than $2.3 million. The stallion stood the
2015 season at Lake Star Stud in Kentucky.
Woodacouldadid is one of two winners
from as many starters produced by
Prospective Girl, an unraced 13-year-old
unraced Kentucky-bred daughter of 1996
Canadian champion sprinter Langfuhr.
Her second dam, Woodman’s Prospect,
is a winning daughter of Woodman and
a half sister to Windrush, the winner of
the $109,800 Stymie Handicap (G3) at
Aqueduct in ’01.
Woodacouldadid traces back to her third
dam, the stakes-winning Storm Cat mare
Tempest Dancer. A Kentucky-bred 1990 foal,
Tempest Dancer was a full sister to Sardula,
a daughter of Storm Cat who won four
graded stakes from 1993-94, including the
1993 Hollywood Starlet Stakes (G1) and ’94
Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs, and
a half sister to Imperial Gesture, the winner of
the 2002 Beldame Stakes (G1) and Gazelle
Handicap (G1), both at Belmont Park.
Campaigned exclusively in New Mexico,
Woodacouldadid has won seven of 22
outs, and the $60,000 winner’s share of
the purse from her first career stakes score
bumped her earnings to $179,218.
Woodacouldadid returned a $70.80 win
mutuel and teamed with Diabolical Dame
for a $2 exacta payoff of $486.60. Bryn’s
Fancy Pants, the 17-10 second choice in
the field of nine, finished third, 1 3/4
lengths behind the winner, to complete an
$878.10 ($1) trifecta.
My Bikini Fell Off, Indian Tiva, Tijuana,
She Devil, Bloss, and Tilla Cat completed
the order of finish.
Diabolical Dame races for Joe Dee
Brooks, Scott Bryant, and Derrol Hubbard,
who acquired the 5-year-old daughter of
the Artax stallion Diabolical as a yearling
for $25,000 at the 2013 New Mexico-Bred
Sale at Ruidoso Downs. Diabolical Dame
has won 12 of 21 starts, and her seven stakes
victories include two wins against open
company. The $22,000 runner-up share of
the La Coneja purse increased her bankroll
to $518,980, of which $234,200 was earned
during her sophomore season in 2015.
Bryn’s Fancy Pants is a homebred
4-year-old chestnut daughter of the
Gone West stallion Southwestern Heat.
Campaigned by Dale Taylor, Carey
Taylor, and Jon Hogg, the filly has banked
$259,916 from 11 races, and her four
stakes wins include last year’s open 5
1/2-furlong, $50,000 Petticoat Stakes at
Albuquerque Downs.
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