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AQHA ALB Distance Chal.-G2
MADEWELL
by Michael Cusortelli
Madewell earned the first stakes win of his 6-year-old campaign in the $54,511 AQHA Albuquerque Distance Challenge-G3 at Albuquerque
Downs on Aug. 23.
Prepped by Bernard Baca for owners Ray and
Davy Madewell, Madewell went 870 yards in :44.008 while recording a 119 speed index and earning a berth in the $100,000 AQHA Distance Challenge Championship-G1 at Albuquerque Downs on Oct. 24. J. Martin Bourdieu rode the homebred gelding.
The fastest qualifier, he was coming off
of a 1 1/2-length victory in the second of two Albuquerque Distance Challenge trials on Aug. 8.
Madewell has won six of 27 starts while racing in Oklahoma and New Mexico, and all of his wins have come at the 870-yard distance. The $26,165 winner’s share of the purse from his second career stakes score increased his bankroll to $176,304, of which $176,214 has been earned from 26 outs at the 870 trip.
Madewell’s career resume includes a 1/2-length win in last year’s 870-yard $50,000 Remington Distance Championship-G2 at Remington Park.
The Madewells bred Madewell out of lightly raced Streakin Peacock. She has produced 100% money earners from four starters. Madewell is her first stakes winner.
Nicos First Cartel (First Prize Perry-Cartel Moon) finished second for owner Erica Carreon. Miguel Perez rode the 4-year-old gelding for trainer Alvaro Hinojos. Debra M. Gotovac’s Eyesa Superstitious (Agouti-Eyesa Precious) ran third under Alejandro Medellin for trainer Brad Bolen.
Mahoney N Tacklebery (Favorite Cartel- Fountain Bleu), Illtakeyouforaride (Fdd Dynasty- Dashingfordestiny), Loan Sharky (Parsons Rock-Lil Sharky), A Seperate Secret (Separatist-Keeper Secret) and Bushwacker Dash (First Down Dash-St Pats Tea) completed the order of finish.
Balloon City Stakes
DIAMOND AND A HALF
by Michael Cusortelli
Antonio Gomez’s Diamond And A Half rallied to win the $50,000 Balloon City Stakes for fillies and mares at Albuquerque Downs on Aug. 15.
Ridden by Tanner Thedford for trainer Jorge Hernandez, Diamond And A Half went 400 yards in :19.566, and her margin of victory was a nose from Jess To Reel and Eyes on Mollie, who finished in a dead heat for second. Diamond And A Half,
a 4-year-old daughter of 2009 Champion Aged Stallion First Moonflash, earned $30,000 from her first career stakes win.
Diamond And A Half was facing open stakes company after her troubled ninth-place finish in the 400-yard Zia Handicap-RG2 for New Mexico-breds at Ruidoso Downs on July 25.
Raced in New Mexico and Oklahoma, Diamond And A Half has won five of 14 outs and has banked $115,408, of which $70,845 has been pocketed from five starts this year. Her season resume includes a second place run in the Junos Request Stakes-G1.
Mark and Annette McCloy bred Diamond
And A Half out of winner Cuz Shez Famous. The mare has produced 100% money earners from three starters. Diamond And A Half is her second stakes winner and top earner.
Benjamin Calderon’s Jess To Reel (Jesse James Jr-Hot For Reel) and Jose G. Orqiz’s Eyes On Mollie (Eye On Corona-Mollie Jo Perry) each earned $7,000 for their runner-up effort. Jess To Reel was ridden by Paul Nieto for trainer Umberto Belloc, while Hector Aldrete rode Eyes On Mollie for trainer Daniel Cano.
Mystic Blues (Walk Thru Fire-Queens R Blue), Taking The Stage (Louisiana Senator-Thirty Fourth Street), Dashin Special Cuz (Dashair-Showum Some Kisses), Black Shadow (One Sweet Jess-Only Sister) and Apolliperfection (Apollitical Jess-Julias Perfection) completed the order of finish.
Bitterroot Futurity-RG3
PROUD MOVIN RENEGADE
by Tracy Gantz
If not for gate antics in his first start, Proud Movin Renegade would be undefeated. He took a three- race winning streak into the $95,604 Bitterroot
Futurity-RG3 at Pocatello Downs on July 31 and extended it to four with a sparkling victory.
Jesus Valenzuela has piloted Proud Movin Renegade in each of the gelding’s starts. They won their July 17 trial as the 2nd-fastest qualifier and went off as the 3-1 second choice in the final. Breaking second-to-last, Proud Movin Renegade made up ground quickly in the 350-yard event to win by 1-length in :17.440, for a 102 speed index.
Riley Moosman trains Proud Movin Renegade for owner-breeder XG Bar Racing LLC. In addition to the Futurity trial and final, Proud Movin Renegade won a futurity trial and consolation at Laurel Brown.
XG Bar Racing bred Proud Movin Renegade out of unraced Proud Moon Bug. The mare has produced four winners in five starters, including stakes winner Makinproudmoves and stakes-placed Pappas Lil Bug.
The Prize Ferarri (The Louisiana Cartel-Ferarri Fast Prize) ran second under jockey Jesus Canales
for owners RTM Stables, Robin Dunn, and Larry Chapple, and trainer Mark Hanson. The gelding also finished second in the Crush The Curve Futurity.
Mark Jasso rode Coronado Kiss (Coronado Cartel-Sixteen Kisses) to third for owners Andrea and Eddy Jensen and trainer Monty Arrossa. Coronado Kiss earlier this year ran second in the South Valley Futurity.
Sole Man (Carters Cartel-Southard Style Lady), Fortunes Wild Blood (Apollitical Blood-Cartels Fortune), Babes Fabulous Eagle (One Fabulous Eagle-Gone Babie Gone), Jr Hiway 93 (One Fabulous Eagle-Prissy B Panther), Play Ur Cards (Docs Best Card-Feature Miss Fame) and Winning Blood MV (Apollitical Blood-Take A Look) completed the order of finish. Compendium was scratched.
RACING NEWS
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Raise A Pass
The Downs at Albuquerque • $50,000 400 yards • :19.566 • si 92
First To Flash
First Moonflash
Nagano Moon
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One Famous Eagle
Cuz Shez Famous
Cuz Shez Crazy
Pocatello Downs • $95,604 350 yards • :17.440 • si 102
First Down Dash
Maknmoves
Militia
PROUD MOVIN RENEGADE, ‘18-g.
Proudest Effort
Proud Moon Bug
Barnstorming Bug
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