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By Michael Cusortelli
NEW MEXICO BREEDERS’ DERBY (R)
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Attila’s Storm
Garter
Forest Wildcat
Sweet Symmetry
Bernardini
Fire The Groom
R.D. Hubbard’s Go For A Stroll, a
homebred dark bay or brown son of Attila’s
Storm, unleashed a furious stretch rally
to win the March 26, 1 1/16-mile New
Mexico Breeders’ Derby (R) for state-bred
3-year-olds at Sunland Park.
Ridden by Tracy Hebert for trainer Todd
Fincher, Go For A Stroll stayed far behind
the fractions of :22.54, :46.56, and 1:12.74
established by pacesetter Tiz A Roll. The
gelding reached the wire in 1:44.78, a neck
in front of Storming Back, and the $60,000
winner’s share of the $100,000 purse
pushed his earnings to $104,418.
Go For A Stroll is one of 84 winners
from 120 starters sired by Attila’s Storm,
a 15-year-old Kentucky-bred son of the
Storm Cat stallion Forest Wildcat. Racing
in five different states from 2004-07,
including New York and California, Attila’s
Storm won five of 18 starts and earned
$534,983, and his resume included a
1 1/4-length victory in the 6-furlong,
$105,100 Toboggan Handicap (G3) at
Aqueduct in ’07, and a second-place finish
in Proud Tower Too’s 2005 Malibu Stakes
(G1) at Santa Anita Park.
Attila’s Storm has sired 16 blacktype
stakes winners and the earners
of more than $6.8 million from seven
crops, including multiple stakes winners
Thermal, Dashkova, and Reaper. The
stallion is owned by R.D. Hubbard and
stands for a $4,000 fee at Fred and Linda
Alexander’s A & A Ranch at Anthony,
New Mexico.
Go For A Stroll’s dam, Garter, is a
9-year-old unraced daughter of the A.P.
Indy stallion Bernardini. Garter has
produced three winners from as many
starters, including Stormy Day, a full sister
to Go For A Stroll who won last year’s
6-furlong, $50,000 Lincoln Handicap (R)
at Ruidoso Downs.
A winner of two of five starts, all in
New Mexico, Go For A Stroll began his
sophomore season with a second-place
finish, 1 1/4 lengths behind winner He’s
Another Who, in the 6-furlong, $85,000
Four Rivers John Deere Stakes (R) for
New Mexico-bred sophomores on New
Year’s Day. The gelding broke his maiden
at first asking, as he won a 5 1/2-furlong,
$25,500 maiden-special-weight dash at Zia
Park on November 7.
He’s Another Who, the 17-10 favorite
in the full field of 12, finished third, 4 1/2
lengths behind Go For A Stroll. Hute,
Dom Strait, Go Gotta Go, El Tule, Waki’s
Pride, Ize On Tickle, Muster, Reining
Pesos, and Tiza Roll completed the order
of finish.
Runner-up Storming Back races for
Dale Taylor, who also bred the bay son
of Attila’s Storm. Storming Back has won
two of 11 starts and has banked $95,524,
of which $57,540 has been earned this
season, and the gelding’s resume includes
a third-place finish, 2 3/4 lengths behind
winner Ignored, in last year’s 5-furlong,
$176,298 Mountain Top Futurity (R) at
Ruidoso Downs.
A chestnut gelding by Quinton’s Gold,
He’s Another Who was coming off of
a third-place finish in the February 4,
$85,000 Red Hedeman Mile Stakes (R)
for his owner Champion Racing Stable.
He’s Another Who has won two of eight
outs, including one stakes, and the $10,000
third-place share of the New Mexico
Breeders’ Derby purse bumped his bankroll
to $94,720.
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