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RACING NEWS
La Pacifica Handicap
SHE GOES UP
Wby Tracy Gantz
hile trainer Scott Willoughby says that She
Goes Up can run well from any post position, the filly has definitely done well from the rail.
Both of her stakes victories have come from there, including in the $35,000 La Pacifica Handicap at Los Alamitos on May 7.
When the gate opened, She Goes Up flew to the lead for jockey Jonathan Roman and went wire-to-wire in the event. Nobody had a chance to close ground, and She Goes Up sped to the wire 1 1/4-lengths in front, stopping the timer in :17.544.
Dr. Ed Allred bred She Goes Up in California, and she races for her breeder. She Goes Up won the 2021 Governor’s Cup Futurity-RG1 and finished third in the 2021 Fred Scane Memorial Handicap.
Up For It, who also won the Governor’s Cup Futurity for Allred, is the dam of She Goes Up. The mare has produced six winners in nine starters, including Graded stakes-placed Up For Speed. She Goes Up’s third dam, Flare For Toby, is a multiple Grade 1 winner.
Theresa and Edward DeNike’s homebred Sweet Tess (Apollitical Jess-Separate Thoughts) finished second under jockey Jose Nicasio for trainer Patricia Visscher. The filly was coming off a victory in the Los Alamitos Oaks-G3. S-Quarter K LLC’s homebred Sweet Dasha Fire (Walk Thru Fire-Dasha Freda)
and Bradbury Racing, Robyn Gordon, Jimmy Dean Harrel, and Thompson Racing’s Majority Interest (Seperate Interest-Remember Me Rose) dead-heated for third. Jesus Ayala rode Sweet Dasha Fire for trainer Jose Flores, and Victor Salazar rode Majority Interest for trainer Paul Jones. Followed by La Beverly Hills (Corona Czech-Jess Ravin), Hitters Count (Kiddy Up-What A Hit), Up To Good (Kiddy Up-Better Be Good), Call It Close (Kiddy Up-Escape The Fire), and Run By Your Cartel (Corona Cartel-Run By You). Apolitical Premier was scratched.
Dillingham Handicap
WATCH OUT
Dby Tracy Gantz
r. Ed Allred’s outstanding broodmare Look
Her Over had two of her foals in the $35,000 Dillingham Handicap for 3-year-olds at Los Alamitos on May 14, and they finished first and last. Watch Out came away the winner, while a slow start compromised the chances of Look Up.
Favorite Honey, the 6-5 favorite, led early in the 400-yard Dillingham. But Watch Out came on strongly in the last half of the race to score by a 1/2-length in :19.854.
James Glenn Jr. trains Watch Out for Allred. Watch Out was winning his first stakes, though he finished second in the 2021 Governor’s Cup Futurity-RG1.
Allred has bred Watch Out’s family back through stakes winner Oh La Proud, the gelding’s second dam. Oh La Proud, an AQHA Dam of Distinction, has produced Champions Flame N Flash, Hawkish, and Hawkinson. Look Her Over, also a stakes winner, is the dam of 19 winners in 22 starters, including World Champion He Looks Hot; and stakes winners Once Over, Take A Look, and Could Be Hotter; as well as five stakes-placed runners.
Jesus Ayala rode Favorite Honey (Favorite Cartel-Coronas Fast Honey) to second for owners Five Livestock Company LLC and Steve Wright and trainer Monty Arrossa. Favorite Honey won the 2021 PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity-G2.
Allred also bred third-place finisher All Ways (Fly Thru The Fire-Million Ways), owned by Boardshorts Stables LLC, trained by Juan Aleman, and ridden by Ramon Sanchez. All Ways won two allowance races earlier this year.
Completing the field were Cactus Jack (Kiddy Up-Bouquet), Vamoosing (Seperate Interest-
Escape The Fire), Extreme Reasons (Good Reason SA-Extremely Racy), Insider Information (Favorite Cartel-Katie Katella), and Look Up (Kiddy Up-Look Her Over).
Adequan LA Derby Challenge
SCOOPS DYNASTY
Sby Tracy Gantz
coops Dynasty ran his 2022 record to a perfect
three-for-three in the $41,514 Adequan Los Alamitos Derby Challenge on May 22. He also escaped most of the bumping action that resulted in two disqualifications.
When the gate opened, Scoops Dynasty and jockey Armando Cervantes broke well from post
4. My Game Plan veered inward from post 8, and Mason Jar veered outward from post 2. Bumped slightly, Scoops Dynasty went right to the front and scored by 1-length in :19.861 for 400 yards.
Monty Arrossa trains Scoops Dynasty for owners/breeders Edward and Von Zae McNelis of Nampa, Idaho. Scoops Dynasty won the 2022 Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1 and 2021 John Deere Los Alamitos Juvenile Challenge, and he finished third in the AQHA Juvenile Challenge Stakes-G2.
The McNelises bred Scoops Dynasty out of Bye Sweet Girl, who has produced four winners from five starters, including stakes winner Mommas Dynasty and stakes-placed Rumpled Britches and Reason To Stay In.
My Game Plan (One Sweet Jess-Rumpled Britches) finished second, but was disqualified to seventh. That moved third-place finisher winner CM Blue By You (Duponte-Cool Blue Corona) into second. Ruben Lozano was aboard for owner/breeder Randy Dickerson and trainer Luke Lindsey.
Unavailable (Jess Good Candy-Shades Of Blues Girl) finished fourth and was elevated to third. David Hinkins owns Unavailable, who is trained by Adan Farias and was ridden by Rodrigo Aceves.
Oughta See Her Fly (Corona Cartel-Budderfly Effect), Wave Runner (First Down Dash-Smile
N Wave), and Thryve (Duponte-All About Ease) were elevated to fourth, fifth, and sixth. Mason Jar (Favorite Cartel-Ruths Chris) finished eighth, but was disqualified and placed behind Wave Burner (Wave Carver-First Prize Sass). Lethal Blood was scratched.
Los Alamitos • $35,000
400 yards • :19.854 • si 89
Walk Thru Fire
Fly Thru The Fire
WATCH OUT, ‘19-g.
Look Her Over
Babe On The Fly Check Him Over
Oh La Proud
Los Alamitos • $41,514
400 yards • :19.861 • si 89
FDD Dynasty SCOOPS DYNASTY, ‘19-g. Bye Sweet Girl
First Down Dash
Dinastia Toll BRZ
Dashin Bye
Beat Your Pants Off
Los Alamitos • $35,000
350 yards • :17.544 • si 95
Separatist
Seperate Interest
SHE GOES UP, ‘19-f. Up For It
A Delightful Legacy Kiddy Up
Fire For Toby
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