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Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1
UBUYILLFLY
by Stacy Pigott
Charles Hainline has owned racehorses for the better part of three decades, but his wife Mary had never owned a horse of her
own until last year, when she took ownership of a bay Paint colt named Ubuyillfly. A few short months later, she watched as her charge won the $240,760 Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-RG1 on May 26 at Remington Park. The win makes Ubuyillfly eligible for the Speedhorse Triple Crown, a bonus program that pays great dividends to any horse that wins the Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity, the Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity at Fair Meadows, and the Lone Star Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Futurity at Lone Star Park.
“He’s going for the Triple Crown,” said Charles Hainline after the race. “Those are the only races he’ll be pointed at now.”
Given the success of Ubuyillfly’s career thus far, it seems a wise decision. Trained by Eddie Willis, Ubuyillfly started his career with a win in a trial to the Oklahoma Paint Futurity-G1. He finished second in the $100,500 finals. With a stakes-placing under his belt, Ubuyillfly entered the Speedhorse trials, where he posted a half-length victory to set the top qualifying time of :17.484. Jimmy
Brooks was aboard for all three of those races, and again in the Speedhorse finals.
Loading into post position six, Ubuyillfly broke cleanly but slowly, spotting the field ground at the start. By the time they reached the eighth pole, however, Ubuyillfly had found his best stride and was rolling. He opened a half-length advantage and held off the late charge of Judys Miss Banks
to cross the finish line in front by a neck. Sent off as the 7-5 favorite, Ubuyillfly stopped the clock in :17.873 for the 350 yards.
“He didn’t really get away from there, running,” Brooks said. “About halfway down he got going.”
Ubyuillfly has now won
three of four starts, with the
only blemish on his record a
stakes-placed second in the
aforementioned Oklahoma
Paint Futurity. Including the $91,493 winner’s share of the Speedhorse purse, Ubuyillfly has earned $114,805. It’s not bad for a horse that was purchased for $3,700 as a yearling.
“Eddie Willis picked him out of the
Heritage Place Yearling Sale,” said Charles Hainline, of Noble, Oklahoma. “The first
time we went down to Eddie’s barn and Jimmy worked him, they knew he was something spe- cial. Eddie has done remarkably well with him.”
Willis said he was first drawn to Ubuyillfly because the colt, who was consigned by Broken Br S Quarter Horses and bred by Nikki Low
Schwerdfeger, is double registered with the American Quarter Horse Association and the American Paint Horse Association. While that was an added benefit, plans from the beginning called for the colt to race in Paint company.
Ubuyillfly’s sire, Country Quick Dash, is also double registered and is currently the second leading sire of Paint money earners in the nation. Ubuyillfly’s dam, Strafing Run, has one other foal of
racing age, a 3-year-old who began his career this year is still a maiden after two starts at Fairmount Park. Strafing Run herself was unstarted, although she is a sister to multiple winner Legacy Anyway. Ubuyillfly’s second
Remington Park

Royal Quick Dash
Country Quick Dash
Country Zevi
UBUYILLFLY, ’10-c.
Cash Legacy
Strafing Run
Vell Anyway
Fastest qualifier Ubuyillfly won the Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1, the first leg of the Speedhorse Paint & Appaloosa Triple Crown.
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