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Vals Fortune Stakes-RG2
SAN LORENZO CORONA
by Michael Compton
San Lorenzo Corona, a two-time graded stakes winner last year, returned this year in styling fashion at age five to annex first the Open Me A Coronoa Stakes-G2 and then the $60,000 Vals Fortune Stakes at Delta Downs on June 7.
Ridden by jockey Victor Urieta Jr., San Lorenzo Corona broke alertly in the 400-yard Vals Fortune Stakes and dueled through the lane. Prominent throughout, San Lorenzo Corona turned back all challengers to win by 1/2-length at the wire. He stopped the timer in :19.592 for a 95 speed index. Trained by Josue Ponce and owned by Rogelio Marquez Jr., San Lorenzo Corona is now a winner in seven of 15 starts. The $36,000 winner’s share of the purse increased his career bankroll to $194,889. Jim and Natalie Montgomery bred San Lorenzo Corona out of lightly raced In the Open. She has produced 100% money earners from 12 starters, including top money earner and Champion Open Me A Corona, who won an impressive 13 stakes races and set a New Track Record in 2014. San Lorenzo Corona is her second stakes winner. Runner-up Featuring Fast Jess (Heza Fast Dash- Featuringmissjess) finished a game second with Noe Castaneda riding for owner Fernando Ramos and trainer Jorge Gonzalez.
Jockey Luis Vivanco piloted DLJ Imma Be Famous (Coronas Leaving You-Yugo Buds) to a third place finish for owner Myron McKinnon and trainer Alberto Solis.
Lightemupwithcharm (Sizzlin Cartel-Grace Filled Charm), Ho Lotta Game (Game Patriot-Ho Lotta Speed), Eye Am Sizzlin (Sizzlin Cartel-
Eye Opening Jess), Fast Dashin Perry (AJS Fast Dash-Senorita Perry), WW Showtime (First Prize Perry-WW Family Tradition) and JLS Dash N Fire (Heza Fast Dash-Psalmist) completed the order of finish. Tan Jet was scratched.
Par-A-Dice Stakes
RIP TIDE
by Michael Compton
Rip Tide made it back-to-back victories at Delta Downs after shipping in from Los Alamitos in California, and registered his initial stakes win with
a clear score in the $20,450 Par-A-Dice Stakes at Delta Downs on June 22.
Trained by Lanny Keith and with Everardo Rodriguez aboard for the second straight race, Rip Tide broke from the 8-gate and raced in third posi- tion early in the 330-yard fixture. The six-year-old gray horse collared early leader Jets Fast Dash in the lane and rallied impressively to score by 1/2-length.
Rip Tide stopped the timer in a fast :16.455, post- ing a 105 speed index. With the win, Rip Tide remains undefeated at the 330-yard distance as he is perfect
in all four outings at that length. All told, he is now a winner in six of 19 starts and has placed in nine others.
The $12,000 winner’s share of the purse increased Rip Tide’s bankroll to $118,283.
Bred in Utah by McColee Land and Livestock, Rip Tide is out of 5-time winner Little Surfer, who won the Hialeah Derby as well as the Lone Star Distaff Challenge. She has produced 100% money earners from 19 starters. Rip Tide is her first stakes winner.
Financial Top (Heza Fast Dash-Financial Leverage) closed strongly under Luis Vivanco to fin- ish second for owners Gerardo Prado & Karla Diaz and trainer Josue Huitron. Jose Carrizales trainee SS Classyjess (Rock Solid Jess-High Class Broad) and jockey Ricardo Hernandez Jr. finished third after dueling early in the colors of owner Edgar Rosales. Mighty Corona Jr (Mighty Corona-Jarens Jet), Jets Fast Dash (Jet Black Patriot-Skippie Fast Dash), Cant Catchacorona (Coronas Leaving You-In the Open), Perrys Jumpn Beduino (Jumpn-Perry Five), Sweet Annie GL (One Sweet Jess-Grande Annee) and Audacious Fire (Red Oak Special-In Memory of Touch) completed the order of finish. Cannonball Run was scratched.
Higheasterjet Handicap-G2
RARIN
by Tracy Gantz
Rarin didn’t exactly run straight in the $50,000 Higheasterjet Handicap-G2 at Ruidoso Downs on June 29, but he managed to get the job done anyway. Drawn outside in the nine-horse field and ridden
by Martin Feliz, Rarin broke on top. He was clear of his rivals when he started lugging in. Felix straightened out the 7-year-old gelding, who continued to pull away and win by 1 1/4-lengths in :17.326 for 350 yards.
Olaya Munoz Duarte owns Rarin, and Rodolfo Valles trains him. Rarin was coming off consecutive wins in the James Isaac Hobbs Stakes-G3 at Zia Park and the La Plata Stakes at SunRay Park. He also won the 2018 Mighty Deck Three Stakes-G3.
Kathleen O. Matey bred Rarin in Oklahoma from her homebred Rare Kayoh, winner of the 2007 Colors of the Wind Handicap. She has produced 100% money earners from five starters, including 3-time stakes win- ner Pyro. Rarin is the third stakes winner in the brood.
Jorge Luis Hernandez owns and trains second- place Medessy (Mr Jess Perry-Medea). Alan Hernandez rode the 4-year-old colt, who was com- ing off a win in an allowance-optional claimer at Remington Park.
Edgar Martinez piloted Putinical (Apollitical Jess-KGB Agent Anna) to third for owner Blas Duran Castillo. Beatriz Sanchez-Carrillo trains the 5-year-old gelding, who ran second in the 2019 La Plata Stakes and third in the 2018 Downs at Albuquerque Fall Championship-G1.
Uptown Dynasty (Mr Jess Perry-Ms Southern Dynasty) finished fourth. Heza Streakin Legacy (Heza Fast Dash-Legacys A Streakin) finished fifth, but was disqualified to seventh, moving Tough To Bee (Apollitical Jess-Peppermint Seis) up to fifth and In Class (Jesse James Jr-Shez Classy Now) up to sixth. Cartel Cupid (Corona Cartel-Lake View Dreams) was eighth, with Jacky Martin 21 (FDD Dynasty-Fleeting Touch) ninth. Sixmoons scratched.
Delta Downs • $60,000 400 yards • :19.592 • si 95
Corona Cartel
Coronas Leaving You
Lil Bit Rusty
SAN LORENZO CORONA, ‘14-h.
Mr Eye Opener
In The Open
Ocean Memories
Delta Downs • $20,450 330 yards • :16.455 • si 105
Holland Ease
Corona Chick First Down Dash Runaway Wave
Corona Cartel
RIP TIDE, ‘13-h.
Little Surfer
Ruidoso Downs • $50,000 350 yards • :17.326 • si 103
Inseperable RARIN, ‘12-g.
Rare Kayoh
Separatist
A Delightful Legacy Rare Form
Four Oh Won Kay
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