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ZIA PARK
New Mexico Cup Oaks Championship (R)
Story by Michael Cusortelli • Photos by Coady Photography
Attila’s Storm
Forest Wildcat
Sweet Symmetry
Gift’s In Excess
In Excess
Gift To The World
SOFIAS GIFT & FLIGHT SONG
Sofia’s Gift has won three of 11 races and has earned $114,251, of which $88,875 has been banked this season. The filly’s season record includes a third-place finish in the May 5, 6 1/2-furlong Russell and Helen Foutz Distaff Stakes (R) at SunRay Park.
Flight Song has won five of 10 races, includ- ing three of seven this year, and she has earned $181,580. The filly has won three stakes, includ- ing the 6 1/2-furlong, $80,000 Petticoat Stakes (R) at Albuquerque Downs in July.
Sexy Bikini Model ran fourth and was fol- lowed by Time Is Precious, Beautiful Bounty, Attilas Gal, African Heat, Lesstalkmoreaction, and Precious Looker.
Shug’s Best is a dark bay or brown daugh- ter of the Indian Charlie stallion Shame On Charlie owned by Jerry Cannon. A full sister to multiple stakes winner Shame On Powers, the filly has won three of 16 races, and
the $14,500 third-place share of the New Mexico Cup Oaks purse pushed her bankroll to $111,863.
Attila’s Storm
Forest Wildcat
Sweet Symmetry
Hang Glide
Dome
Shes Flying
The photo finish camera at Zia Park couldn’t separate Sofia’s Gift and Flight Song at the wire, as the two rivals reached the wire simultaneously in the October 27, $145,000 New Mexico Cup Oaks (R) for state-bred 3-year-old fillies.
Sofia’s Gift and Flight Song both covered their 6-furlong trips in 1:12.07, and they hit the finish line 3 3/4 lengths in front of third- place Shug’s Best. Luis Fuentes rode Sofia’s Gift for owner and trainer Robyne Draper, while Alfredo Juarez Jr. piloted Flight Song for owners R.D. Hubbard and Shaun Hubbard and trainer Todd Fincher.
Sofia’s Gift was bred by Fred Alexander, Todd Fincher, and Brad King, while Flight Song was bred by R.D. Hubbard. Both fillies are daughter of Attila’s Storm, a 17-year-old Grade 3-winning son of Forest Wildcat who has foaled 20 black-type stakes winners from nine crops.
Attila’s Storm has sired the earners of more than $11.5 million from 202 starters, includ- ing multiple stakes winners Thermal, Stormin
The Jewels, Tilla Cat, and Little Vidalia. 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.
Sofia’s Gift is one of three starters foaled by Gift’s In Excess, a winning 16-year-old daugh- ter of the Siberian Express stallion In Excess (IRE). The filly’s second dam, the winning His Majesty mare Gift To The World, produced eight winners, including Uncle Denny, a full brother to Gift’s In Excess who won the 2005 El Camino Real Derby (G3) at Bay Meadows.
Sofia’s Gift’s third dam, the winning
Hail To Reason mare Lotareason, foaled
two stakes winners, both of whom were half siblings to Gift To The World, including 1986 Cornhusker Handicap (G2) winner Gourami.
Flight Song is out of Hang Glide, a multiple stake placed Dome mare. The filly is a full sis- ter to multiple stakes winners Thermal, Reaper, and stakes winner Another Brother.
A $12,000 yearling purchase at the 2017 New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs,
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