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Photo by Todd Korol
JUNE 3, 2018
Ajax Downs • $42,923 300 yards • :15.280 • si 105
Chicks Beduino
Country Chicks Man
COUNTRY BOY 123, ‘13-g. Very Dashin 123
Country Zevi Dash Thru Traffic
Very Striking
Picov Maturity
COUNTRY BOY 123
by Michael Cusortelli
Fastest qualifier from the May 20 trials, Country Boy 123 was a prompt odds-on favorite in the
$42,923 Picov Maturity at Ajax Downs on June 3.
Country Boy 123 and jockey Cory Spataro broke fifth from the 5-post and grabbed third at the first call. The pair really dug in to grab the lead in the stretch, crossing the wire a head in front.
Racing for Ruth F. Barbour
and trained by Bryn Robertson, Country Boy 123 defeated 14-1 longshot One Famous Glass and completed the 300 yards in :15.280, posting a 105 speed index.
Country Boy 123 has won 13 of 21 races, and his six stakes victories
include last year’s Picov Maturity. The $17,169 winner’s share of the purse pushed the gelding’s earnings to $201,265.
Carolyn C. Bay bred Country Boy 123 out of Very Dashin
123, winner of the 2008 Texas Distaff Challenge-G3 and a final- ist in AQHA Distaff Challenge Championship-G1. She has pro- duced 100% winners from four starters. Country Boy 123 is her first stakes winner and top money earner.
Country Boy 123’s second dam, Very Striking, won the ’94 GLQHA Stallion Service Sale Futurity-RG3 at Mt. Pleasant Meadows.
One Famous Glass (One Famous Eagle-Quick Glass) finished second
under Tony Phillips for owners Carol Robertson, Jaime Robertson and Dr. Charles Hall and trainer Bryn Robertson.
Milena Kwiecien’s LS Prince (Louisiana Senator-Princess Sixarun) ran third under Ed Walton for trainer Jason Pascoe.
Fiesty Icon (Sugarman Perry- Fiesty Spirit), Countrys Comin
Bac (Country Chicks Man-Bac To Center), Alakazaam (Mezoomn- Corona Deluxe), Hickerson (Country Chicks Man-Easily Holland), Albertt (Mr Jess Tex- Squincheyes) and Ms First Prize Pearl (Ivory James-First Prize Pearl) completed the order of finsh. Iconic Shift was scratched.
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