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   “Just as happened with Ryansmanonthemoon, it turned out to be another straight shot to the bank.”
  Three-Year-Old Filly
Cat Daddys Lil Girl
(Big Daddy Cartel-Girlonthego, Man On The Move) Breeders/Owners: Jimmy Negrete & Jimmy Vasquez
14-6(2)-3(3)-1, SI 98, $308,062
Negrete and Vazquez aren’t finished with the spotlight. They actually made two decisions in 2019. Ryansmanonthemoon was foaled March 8. Less than two months earlier, Cat Daddys Lil Girl hit the ground on January 31. They decided to keep her and, just as happened with Ryans- manonthemoon, it turned out to be another straight shot to the bank.
The bottom sides of the colt’s and filly’s pedi- grees are a perfect match through Girlonthego. This time, though, the mare reached out to MJ Farms for Big Daddy Cartel. That brings us back to Corona Chick and Corona Cartel.
Cat Daddys Lil Girl was just slightly more than 24-months old when she attempted her first stakes race, the RG2 New Mexican Spring Futu- rity at Sunland Park. She pulled up fourth. She went for the RG3 Mountain top Futurity two months later and finished a disappointing tenth.
The filly was given a rest, taking a year to rest up and to grow up. Her first stakes bid in 2019 came July 28 in the RG2 Zia Derby at Ruidoso. She was second. Two months later, she loaded for the New Mexico Bred Derby. Another second. She broke through the ceiling December 1, her final start for 2019, when she won the RG1 Fillies and Mares Championship at Zia Park. She was back in action January 11, winning the RG2 Lou Wooten/Sydney Valentini Handicap. She’s had two starts in 2020, and she’s already proven this was another good decision.
Four-Year-Old/Up Colt/Gelding
Marcus Medallion
(Jesse James Jr-Houstons Medallion, Mr Houston)
Breeder: Carson Jason Bailey
Owner: Jaime Aldavaz 22-6(3)-5(2)-5(2), SI 104, $282,717
The six-year-old Marcus Medallion’s records exhibit a number of owners but, since some of the names are repetitive, some of it may have just been “rearranging” due to circumstances.
As just mentioned, the gelding is only six, but his pedigree reaches back quite a way in a few spots. The most obvious place is the fourth generation, where all the names pop out of the 1970s and 1980s. (It’s somewhat difficult to accept that Dash For Cash was a 1973 model!) Interestingly, Marcus Medal- lion is a double-bred Dash For Cash in the fourth generation.
Marcus Medallion had his first shot at stakes competition in November of his two-old-year. He finished off the board, then waiting until January of the following season to try again. That time, he turned the table 180 degrees and he won. He had five more takes competitions in 2019, with his worst performance from the five settling in as one fourth.
Current connections may intend to ask a bit more of Marcus Medallion in 2020 since he’s already had three starts in the first six weeks of the season.
Four-Year-Old/Up Filly/Mare
Hollywoodcrown
(Heza Motor Scooter-Hollywood Gone, Gone Hollywood)
Breeder: Rita J. Danley Estate
Owner: Fred I. Danley
31-6-5(3)-9(4), SI 101, $240,487
Some people (and some horses) just seem to naturally rise to the level of icon in their chosen profession. Fred Danley is one of those.
Danley has never been a grandstander. He works hard. Steadily. Quietly. Successful- ly. As a result, he’s enjoyed years of recogni- tion and respect.
Hollywoodcrown was a five-year-old when she was awarded her championship medal. Since then, she’s returned to the track twice as a six year old. This places her in a some- what unique position since it’s unusual for a mare to still be racing at this age.
There are 31 starts recorded for Holly- woodcrown. She’s finished second and third in several stakes, but she’s never grabbed a winning brass ring. Instead, she accumulated her $240,487 career earnings the hard way – a little bit here, a little bit more over there. Her biggest single paycheck was $32,408 from a second in the New Mexico Classic Derby at Zia Park in 2018.
There is no legitimate questioning Hollywoodcrown as to whether or not she has game. She does. Definitely. Steadily. Quietly. Successfully.
 “There is no legitimate questioning Hollywoodcrown as to whether or not she has game. She does. Definitely. Steadily.
Quietly. Successfully.”
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