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Jens L List Mem. Calif. Brdrs’. S.
STEL EASY
by Michael Cusortelli
Stel Easy earned his fourth win in his last five starts in 400-yard Jens L. List Jr. California Breeders’ Stakes for sophomores at Los Alamitos on the July 30.
Racing for Ed Allred and Tom Seibly and sent to post as the 7-10 choice, Stel Easy stopped the timer
in :19.984 while defeating Romantic Fire by a neck. Carlos Huerta rode the sorrel gelding for trainer Scott Willoughby. Raced exclusively in California, the geld- ing has won four of six outs and has banked $33,000.
Stel Easy was stretching out in distance off of a head victory in a 350-yard $11,325 non-winners-of- three allowance at Los Alamitos on June 26.
The gelding was bred by Dr. Steve Burns of Menifee, California, and he is one of 15 winners from 19 starters produced by the winner Fames Easy. The mare has foaled five graded stakes placed runners, all of whom are half siblings to Stel Easy, including 2001 Kindergarten Futurity-G1 runner-up Dont Dink With Me, ’05 Governor’s Cup Futurity-RG1 runner- up Ynot Bar, and 2009 Charger Bar Handicap-G1 runner-up Miss Kittys Bar Bet.
Stel Easy’s second dam, Mighty Easy Pass, won the ’89 Denim N Diamonds Futurity-G1.
Romantic Fire (Walk Thru Fire-Romanticist) races for the partnership of Breitbarth, Cannon, Davidson, Hart, Hart, and Serven. Gary Boag rode the gelding for trainer Chuck Treece. Oscar Parra’s Boylike (Walk Thru Fire-Feminista) finished third under jockey Cruz Mendez. Dennis Givens trains the gelding.
A Mere Performance (A Mere Chocolate-What A Performance) ran fourth and was followed by Royaltys Authority (Royaltys Choice-Trick And Fun), Cucuro (Favorite Cartel-Bewitched Again), Cartel Secrets
(No Secrets Here-Lady In High Heels), Pay The Price (Walk Thru Fire-Oh La Hawk), Getit Quick (Favorite Cartel-Getit Together), and Dynasty Energy (FDD Dynasty-Terrific Energy).
Truly A Pleasure Handicap
JUSTAMITCH TB
by Tracy Gantz
The 6-year-old Thoroughbred gelding Justamitch has spent his entire racing career at California tracks. Though he usually competes at about
the same distances, whether he is considered a sprinter or a router depends on where he races. At Thoroughbred tracks he is considered a sprinter, but at Los Alamitos he competes in 870-yard races with distance horses.
Usually racing in claiming events, Justamitch became a stakes winner in the Aug. 12 Truly A Pleasure Handicap. Breaking from the rail under jockey Christian Aragon, Justamitch rushed up in the first few strides and took the lead. He had a good margin going into the turn and extended it in the stretch, winning by 5 3/4-lengths in :44.640.
Salvador Naranjo trains Justamitch for owner Raul Mariscal. E-Racingcom bred Justamitch in California, crossing the mare Justawitch with the multiple stakes-winning stallion Onebadshark. E-Racingcom raced the sire and dam in partner- ship. Justawitch has produced two winners from three starters. The second dam, G. U. Senorita, was stakes-placed.
Well Maybe TB (Yes It’s True-Lets Dance Charlie), owned by Dr. Ed Allred and trained by
Art Sherman, who also conditions 2014 Kentucky Derby-G1 winner California Chrome, finished second. Eulices Gomez rode the 4-year-old gelding,
a two-time winner at Los Alamitos in 2015. Elena Adrade owns and trains third-place finisher Look Of A Dasher (TR Dasher-Look Her Over), ridden by Carlos Marquez. One of only two Quarter Horses in the field, the 5-year-old gelding also won two races
at Los Alamitos last year. Followed by May B TB (Werblin-I’m Exclusive), Sir Kip TB (Kelly Kip-Lady Bean), Oh Daddy Oh TB (Scat Daddy-Impeachable), Lil Dip A Nitro (Royal Miracle Dip-Attract) & Templar TB (Into Mischief-Ivory Trick).
Wild Honey Handicap
APOLITICAL ZOOM
by Dillon Hamilton
Aclear day and fast track in Southern California saw the odds-on favorite, Apolitical Zoom, become a multiple stakes winner in the Los Alamitos $15,000 Wild Honey Handicap for 3-year-old and older fillies and mares on August 5.
The 4-year-old sorrel filly started on the front foot and never slowed, recording her first win since November 2015, in the Las Damas Handicap, also at Los Alamitos. Jockey Cesar DeAlba and Apolitical Zoom drifted in after breaking in the lead from the eighth post position and maintained the advantage late, winning by a 1/2-length.
After a series of third place finishes for Apolitical Zoom and DeAlba, the 330-yard wire-to-wire victory, covered in :16.762, earned the filly a speed index of 94. The win bumps Apolitical Zoom’s total lifetime earnings to $93,617.
The filly is owned by Dennie and Kris Hill
and trained by Bret Vickery. The win is Apolitical Zoom’s fifth in 18 career starts. She has also finished 2nd or 3rd in four additional stakes at Los Alamitos.
Apolitical Zoom was bred in Idaho by Dennie and Kris Hill our of multiple winner K D Zoom and is the sorrel mare’s only registered foal.
Summer Dynasty (FDD Dynasty-Summer Love Song) broke in and drifted out, but found a late surge to finish second. Rodrigo Aceves rode the 3 year old for owner Dutch Masters III and trainer Jaime Gomez. Bemused (Separatist-Just Think) ran a solid race to finish third after drifting out under Eulices Gomez. Connections for the the 5 year old include owner Edward C. Allred and trainer James Glenn, Jr. Tough Broad (TR Dasher-Feminista), Flying Porsche Girl (Walk Thru Fire-Departing), Famous Cartel Lady (Corona Cartel-One Famous Lady), Tres Magicals (Tres Seis-Fishers Proud) and Marko Czech (Corona Czech-Clydette TB) com- pleted the order of finish.
Los Alamitos $25,000 400 yards :19.984 si 86
Stel Corona STEL EASY, ’13-g.
Fames Easy
Corona Cartel
Our Lips Are Sealed Dash Ta Fame Mighty Easy Pass
Los Alamitos $20,000 870 yards :44.640 si 109
Diligence
Color Unlimited Chief Seattle G. U. Senorita
Onebadshark JUSTAMITCH TB, ’10-g.
Justawitch
Los Alamitos $15,000 330 yards :16.762 si 94
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Apollitical Time Shazoom
Apollitical Jess
APOLITICAL ZOOM, ’12-f. K D Zoom
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