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RACING NEWS
VINTAGE BOURDEAUX
by Michael Cusortelli
The stallion Eye Am King scored a lucrative double-header at The Downs at Albuquerque on Oct. 15. His offspring won both of the big races. In addition, the first four across the wire in the Derby are by Eye Am King.
Ridden by Luis Flores-Garcia, Vintage Bourdeaux drifted in after the start and then went to the front. With horses closing on either side of him, the gelding held on by a nose for the win, stopping the timer in :19.120 for 400 yards.
Marco Flores trains Vintage Bourdeaux for the Tungsten Racing Partnership, an ownership that includes Marcelino Gonzalez. Gonzalez purchased Vintage Bourdeaux for $33,000 from breeder MJ Farms at the 2021 Ruidoso New Mexico-bred Sale.
Vintage Bourdeaux broke his maiden in his second start this year. The Derby is Vintage Bourdeaux’s fifth win in 2023 and his first stakes victory.
The husband-and-wife team of Mac Murray and Dr. Janis Spencer Murray not only bred Vintage Bourdeaux in New Mexico, they bred
Vintage Bourdeaux and jockey Luis Flores-Garcia win the $435,210 New Mexico State Fair Derby-RG3 by a nose.
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New Mexico State Fair Derby-RG3
The Downs at Albuquerque
$435,210 • 400 yards :19.120 • SI 105
VINTAGE BOURDEAUX, ‘20-g.
Bred by: MJ Farms
Raced to 3 $283,073 14-5(1)-2-0
EYE AM KING
Bred by: Julianna Hawn Holt Raced to 3 • $50
1-0-0-0
268 f., 5 SW • $3,702,671
MR JESS PERRY SI 115 Bred by: Jesse Perry Raced to 4 • $687,184 21-12(5)-2(1)-0
2,012 f., 166 SW • $61,800,039
EYE FOR CORONA SI 99 Bred by: MLA International Company
Raced to 3 • $1,100,121 13-4(1)-4(3)-3
26 f., 2 SW • $351,923
BRIDGETTE BORDEAUX
SI 95
Bred by: MJ Farms Raced to 3 • $42,544 9-3-2(1)-2
18 f., 2 SW • $844,906
BLUSHING BUG SI 108 Bred by: Robert W. Moore Raced to 8 • $185,573 60-13(2)-10(5)-8(1) 543 f., 23 SW $5,570,210
SANDYS FAME SI 97 Bred by: Janis Spencer Raced to 2 • $32,012 5-2-2(1)-0
24 f., 1 SW • $984,200
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