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AQHA Challenge Championships
Adequan Derby Challenge Championship-G3
FOX NEWS
by Michael Compton
Fox News generated her own brand of headlines on Oct. 21, recording a stylish victory in the $154,750 Adequan Derby
Challenge Championship-G3 at Lone Star Park. Ridden by jockey Edwin Escobedo, Fox
News bumped after the start of the 400-yard affair but assumed command within in a matter of strides.
She dueled the length of the lane with
O Seeyalater and then Leading Flare but shrugged off all challengers to go on to a determined score as the 3-1 race favorite. She defeated Leading Flare by three-quarters of a length at the finish, covering the distance in :19.947, which earned a speed index of 89 for trainer Jason Olmstead.
Purchased by owner Tom Maher for $42,000 at the 2021 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, Fox News is now a winner in eight of 17 career starts. The $71,185 winner’s share of the purse increased her lifetime bankroll to $182,365. Fox News earned her place in the
Lone Star Park
$154,750 • 400 yards :19.947 • SI 89
FOX NEWS, ‘20-f.
Bred by: Jim Streelman & Bill Dale
Raced to 3 $182,365 17-8(1)-2(1)-3(1)
FDD DYNASTY
SI 102
Bred by: Vessels SF/Fakri FM L Partner
Raced to 3 • $1,173,001 11-8(3)-1(1)-2(2)
1,385 f., 97 SW • $33,580,178
FIRST DOWN DASH SI 105 Bred by: A F Stanley Jr./B. F. Phillips Jr.
Raced to 3 • $857,256 15-13(8)-1(1)-0
2,546 f., 259 SW • $90,266,894
DINASTIA TOLL BRZ SI 97 Bred by: Haras Rancho Das Americas
Raced to 6 • $191,896 17-7(4)-2(1)-1(1)
53 f., 6 SW • $2,232,116
SUMMER LOVE SONG
Bred by: Julianna Hawn Holt Unraced
14 f., 3 SW • $792,815
MR JESS PERRY SI 113 Bred by: Jesse Perry Raced to 4 • $687,184 21-12(5)-2(1)-0
2,012 f., 166 SW • $61,800,039
TINY FIRST DOWN SI 105 Bred by: Henry E. Brown Raced to 3 • $317,881 13-4(1)-5(2)-1(1)
32 f., 2 SW • $353,934
Susan Bachelor, Speedhorse
162 SPEEDHORSE November 2023
Fox News and Edwin Escobedo win the $154,750 Adequan Derby Challenge Championship-G3 by 3/4-length.