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OCTOBER 8, 2018
Ajax Downs • $65,216 440 yards • :21.670 • si 102
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Alex Picov Memorial Champ.
COUNTRY BOY 123
by John Moorehouse
Country Boy 123 notched his seventh straight victory with a 1/2-length triumph over a muddy
track in the $65,216 Alex Picov Memorial Championship Maturity at Ajax Downs on Oct. 8.
Breaking well from the 4-gate under regular rider Cory Spataro,
the gelding was running third at first call, and was fourth as then-leader Maryland Magic entered the stretch a neck ahead of Country Boy 123. The veteran gelding made a huge move during the final yards, reaching the wire first and finishing his 440-yard effort in :21.670 for a 102 speed index.
Country Boy 123 now has won the past 2 runnings of the Picov
Championship, which are among 8 total victories in stakes company. The five-year-old gelding banked a $27,752 payday in this race for owner/trainer Ruth Barbour pushing his total earn- ings to $257,523. His race record is now 26-18(8)-4(2)-0. In his race previous to this win, Country Boy 123 set a 250- yard New Track Record and a career- high 114 speed index at Ajax Downs,
a track that has been good to Country Boy 123. He logged all 18 of his wins there and has not finished worse than 2nd since a 4th-place performance in the 2016 AQHA Derby Challenge Championship-G3 at Los Alamitos.
Carolyn Bay bred Country Boy 123 out of 2008 Texas Distaff
Challenge-G3 winner Very Dashin 123. The mare has produced 100% winners from 4 starters. Country Boy 123 is her first stakes winner.
Albertt (Mr Jess Tex-Squincheyes) finished second under Cassandra Jeschke for owner/trainer Scott Reid. Countrys Comin Bac (Country Chicks Man-Bac To Center) and Ramiro Castillo were third for owner/trainer Ralph Pearson. Followed by Maryland Magic
(PYC Paint Your Wagon-Purley Un Social), Fiesty Icon (Sugarman Perry-Fiesty Spirit), Denali Teller Off (Louisiana Senator-Eye Like Beduino) and One Famous Glass (One Famous Eagle-Quick Glass).
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