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Horseshoe Indianapolis Stakes
WRS VALENTINO
Wby John Moorehouse
RS Valentino added yet another stakes
win to his impressive body of work, taking the $36,100 Horseshoe Indianapolis Stakes by 3/4-length on June 6.
WRS Valentino broke well from the 5 hole, was running third at first call, then moved his way up to a close second going into the stretch.
WRS Valentino made his move during the final yards, overtaking Piloted By An Angel to reach the wire first.
Randy Smith trains WRS Valentino, who reached the winner’s circle for the 12th time in 22 starts. Home-bred by Williams Racing Stables Inc., WRS Valentino produced a $19,855 payday that pushed his lifetime earnings $495,095.
Williams Racing Stable also bred Kissandteller, the dam of Wrs Valentino.
Juan Marquez was in the irons for the 350-yard trip completed in :17.692 for a 95 speed index as WRS Valentino won the Horseshoe Indianapolis Stakes for a second straight year. He also triumphed in the 2020 versions of the Indiana Championship Stakes and the Bradford Stakes.
Smith trains the other two horses that hit the board in this stakes. Piloted By An Angel (Paint My Pilot-La Blue Angel) finished second for her owners, SJC, Inc. and Deborah Smith. Antonio Rodriguez had the riding assignment. On A New Note (One Fabulous Eagle-Corona Cerveza) took third by a nose for owner Brian Gunder. German Rodriguez was aboard.
The remaining order of finish was Mr Michel (Kiss My Hocks-Lovemelikethat), Hooked On Jordan (Fast Prize Jordan-Hooked On Laveaux), Alota Lovin (Lota PYC-Ms Victoria), Kenoma (Mr Ease Cartel-Bye Bye First Bird), Nokiddn (Kiddy Up-Dashing Double), Our Louisiana Girl (Duponte-My Louisiana Red), and The Artful Dodger (High Rate of Return-Shanachee).
Ruidoso Invitational
SICARIO V
Sby Michael Compton
icario V, second in last year’s $3,000,000 All
American Futurity-G1, registered the initial stakes win of his career on June 10 with a game front-running victory in the $100,000 Ruidoso Invitational Stakes for horses that competed in the Ruidoso Derby trials and did not qualify for the finals.
Ridden by Francisco Calderon, Sicario V grabbed the lead away from the gate in the 400-yard test. He received pressure throughout from Chasing AJ and Chewalla but kept that pair at bay long enough to score by a neck over the Chasing AJ with Chewalla checking in another neck back in third. Sicario V stopped the timer in :19.850 and earned an 89 speed index.
It was the second career win for Sicario V, who won his Ruidoso Derby trial heat on May 28. The $42,000 winner’s share of the Ruidoso Invitational purse increased his bankroll to $512,485 for owner Valeriano Racing Stables LLC and trainer Santos Carrizales. The 3-year-old gray gelding, who is out of the Foose mare Nymph, was bred in California by Edward Allred and was a $240,000 Los Alamitos Equine Mixed Sale graduate in 2021.
Chasing AJ (Apollitical Jess-Eye On This Candy), who was third in the All American Futurity-G1, finished second under Rodrigo Vallejo for the owning the partnership of Steve Holt, Charles Cox, Jack Powers & Roger Moore, and trainer Heath Taylor. Chewalla (Jess Good Candy-Itea), also sent out by Taylor and piloted by James Flores, finished third for owners William Smith and Ky Luddington. Followed by Sassy Dynasty (FDD Dynasty-Jess Sass Me), Stone Cold Dynasty (FDD Dynasty-Black Dress), One Fearless Eagle (One Famous Eagle-Love Samba), in a deadheat for 7th were Town Peak Senator (Louisiana Senator-Eyes A Shazoom) & BV Higher Power (Apollitical Jess-Ms Tres Seis), then Scorpion Dynasty (FDD Dynasty-Pollitical Scorpion), and Two Seven (A Revenant-La Seven Seven Seven).
Ruidoso Juvenile
YIPPEE KI YEY
Sby Michael Cusortelli
ent to post at odds of 9-1 in a field of nine 2-year-
olds, Stanley Forbes’ Yippee Ki Yey won the $100,000 Ruidoso Juvenile Invitational Stakes on June 11. Yippee Ki Yey covered 350 yards in :17.803 while racing against a reported 7-mph head wind, and his margin of victory was a neck over 5-2 favorite Jones Hero. Raul Valenzuela rode the homebred son of Champion Tres Seis for trainer Cody Noel.
Yippee Ki Yey was bred in Texas, and he made his debut with a neck victory in the seventh of 16 Ruidoso Futurity-G1 trials on May 27, the second
of two days of trials. The brown colt is out of Jess Shantastic, a multiple stakes placed homebred 8-year-old daughter of the Corona Cartel stallion Fantastic Corona Jr. and a finalist in the 2017 Hobbs America Futurity-G2 at Zia Park.
Yippee Ki Yey traces back to his third dam, Send Me The Candy, who won the 1996 Remington Park Futurity-G1 and produced three stakes winners, including Grade 1 winner Send Me A Candy Tree. The $42,967 winner’s share of the purse from his first stakes win increased his earnings to $48,967.
Jones Hero (Valiant Hero-Stella Lou) banked the $18,414 runner-up share of the purse for his owners Tim Tallchief and G.R. Carter Jr. Francisco Calderon rode the homebred sorrel gelding for trainer Mike Joiner. Won The Shake (Seperate Interest-Jess Shakem) finished third, 3/4lengths behind Yippee Ki Yey, while pocketing $10,230 for his owner Dalia F. Aranda. Christian Ramos rode the colt for trainer Jaime Aldavaz Sr.
Mr May (One Famous Eagle-Rustys Miracle), Cuz Lightyear (Corona Cartel-Jess Cuz), AJ Gold Heart (Apollitical Jess-Premier Ethics), Tia Perla (Fdd Dynasty-Starlet Eagle), Famous Cartel Jessy (Mr
Jess Perry-Famous Cartel Lady), and One Requested Eagle (One Fabulous Eagle-Requested Fire) followed. Nims B & Sonny Corona scratched.
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Susan Bachelor, Speedhorse
Susan Bachelor, Speedhorse
Horseshoe Indianapolis • $36,100
350 yards • :17.692 • SI 95
Valiant Hero
Mighty B Valiant
WRS VALENTINO, ‘16-g.
Mighty B Doll
Teller Cartel
WRS Kissandteller
Hava Zevi
Ruidoso Downs • $100,000
400 yards • :19.850 • SI 89
Favorite Trick TB
Favorite Cartel
SICARIO V, ‘20-g. Nymph
Shenoshercorona Foose
Elans Last
Ruidoso Downs • $100,000
350 yards • :17.803 • SI 84
Tres Seis YIPPEE KI YEY, ‘21-c.
Sixarun
Our Third Delight Fantastic Corona Jr
Jess Shantastic
Jesses Candy