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RACING NEWS
Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1
POLITICAL RIVALRY
by Tracy Gantz
Political Rivalry thus far has followed the path his sire KVN Corona took as a racehorse. Considering that KVN Corona was a two-time
Champion, it is a good way to go. Both horses began their racing careers at Los Alamitos, and both won the Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1.
Keith Nellesen owns KVN Corona and Political Rivalry, and Nellesen and Lance Robinson’s McColee Land & Livestock LLC bred each of the horses in Utah. KVN Corona’s victory in the 2017 Ed Burke was Nellesen’s first million-dollar futurity. At the time, Nellesen had been primarily running fillies, with KVN Corona his first colt. Now it looks like Nellesen has a potential top-notch sire.
Political Rivalry, in winning the June 18 Ed Burke Futurity, became KVN Corona’s first Grade 1 winner, though just two weeks previously the stallion’s daughter Mrs KVN captured the Heritage Place Oaks. Heath Taylor trains Political Rivalry, who had won all three of his races going into the Ed Burke final: a maiden race, a trial
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Political Rivalry wins the $842,800 Ed Burke MIllion Futurity-G1 by a neck under Rodrigo Vallejo.
Los Alamitos
$842,800 • 350 yards :17.633 • SI 93
POLITICAL RIVALRY, ‘21-g.
Bred by: McColee Land & Livestock LLC
Raced to 2 $378,178 4-4(1)-0-0
KVN CORONA
SI 95
Bred by: McColee Land & Livestock LLC
Raced to 3 • $868,077 13-10(3)-1(1)-0
321 f., 2 SW • $1,959,059
CORONA CARTEL SI 97
Bred by: Robert D. Etchandy Raced to 3 • $557,142 14-6(3)-3-0
2,155 f., 191 SW • $68,745,175
EXECUTIVE LOOKS SI 113
Bred by: Scarlett Hill Farm Inc. Raced to 4 • $277,891 33-8(3)-8(6)-5(3)
24 f., 4 SW • $1,792,069
APOLITICAL ZOOM
SI 96
Bred by: Dennie & Kris Hill Raced to 4 • $107,342 21-5(2)-2(1)-8(4)
10 f., 2 SW • $396,826
APOLLITICAL JESS SI 107 Bred by: Juan Alberto Tirado Lizarraga
Raced to 3 • $1,399,831 14-8(2)-4(2)-0
1,247 f., 124 SW • $60,938,878
K D ZOOM SI 105
Bred by: Dennie & Kris Hill Raced to 4 • $11,419 14-2-4-1
2 f., 1 SW • $115,352
Los Alamitos - Amber Mendez