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Born Runner Classic
BEACH CARTEL
by Michael Compton
Beach Cartel is fond of the surface at Indiana Grand Racecourse, and that fact wasn’t lost on the wagering public in the $75,000 Born Runner
Classic on May 28. Last year’s Indiana Horse of the Year, Beach Cartel, owned seven wins from 10 life- time starts going into the race, all at Indiana Grand, and the 4-year-old gelding promptly justified his odds-on favoritism with a commanding performance in the 8th running of the 400-yard fixture.
Ridden by Rodney Prescott, Beach Cartel started cleanly and on top from his inside post and simply dominated his 9 rivals from start to finish. The gray Indiana-bred received every call and crossed the finish a 1/2-length winner over a fast-closing WH Design by Dash and jockey Cristian Esqueda. Beach Cartel stopped the timer in the new stakes-record time of :19.969 for a 92 speed index. A homebred for Sheri Miller of Shipshewana, Indiana, and saddled by Randy Smith, the winner is out of a 100% money/ ROM producer and is a full brother to stakes winner Beach Runner. The $41,250 winner’s share of the Born Runner Classic boosted Beach Cartel’s career earnings above the $200,000 mark to $219,483.
Runner-up WH Design by Dash (Brimmstone-Fast Mans Dash) races for Julia Rae Martin & is trained by Paul Martin. Harold Collins piloted 3rd-place finisher Chilled Six Pack (Chilled Corona-Six Packin Robin) for Pattie Marshall & Craig Zeneberg and trainer Anthony Cunningham. Followed by Head Of Doom (To Be A Corona-Jess A Lil Bit), LDZ Special Jess (Jess Special- Ladonna LDW), The Cartel Concept (Escondido Beach-One Grand Concept), Paytons Gone (Escondido Beach-Easy Spear It), Beach Birdie (Escondido Beach- Jess Alive Bully), Beach Runner (Escondido Beach- Flashin Dee Dee), Dna Dales Quick Cat (Quick Action TB-Chrystal Dale) & DQd from 7th to last Paytons Gone (Escondido Beach-Easy Spear It). Ms Back In Action & Swooners Only Eye scratched.
New Mexico Breeders’ S.-RG2
CARSON CITY GIRL
by Michael Cusortelli
Carson City Girl rallied from the center of
the track to win the 400-yard New Mexico Breeders’ Stakes-RG2 for state-bred sophomores at
SunRay Park on May 13.
Campaigned by David and Sandra Barrett
of Alto, New Mexico, Carson City Girl defeated Princess Jesse by a neck in :19.593. Jaime Leos rode the sorrel filly for trainer Emilio Cadena, III.
Carson City Girl was bred by Mac and Janis Murray’s MJ Farms at Veguita, New Mexico. The filly is the first Quarter Horse starter produced by the Thoroughbred Racetrack Barbie.
The mare is a half-sister to Lil Easy, a three- time Turf Paradise stakes winner from 2005-06. Carson City Girl traces back to her fourth dam, Gumon TB, who foaled the two-time Grade 3-win- ning gelding Gum.
Raced exclusively in New Mexico, Carson City Girl has banked $168,697 from nine starts, and her four wins include a 1/2-length victory at odds of 18-1 in the Shue Fly Stakes-RG2 at Sunland Park on January 17. The filly also ran fourth in both this year’s NMHBA Stakes-RG2 and in last year’s Zia Futurity-RG1, and was a finalist in the 2016 Sunburst Stakes-RG3.
Princess Jesse (Jesse James Jr-Total Miracle) races
for Vance Mikkelson. Alejandro Medellin rode the homebred graded stakes winning filly for trainer
Eric Mikkelson. Yaneth Cabrera’s Super Star Smith (Woodbridge-Starsmith) outran his 33-1 odds to finish third. The gelding was ridden by Felipe Garcia-Luna
for trainer Ken Grisham. Followed by A Blazin Flash (Chicks A Blazin-Flash Me First), Major Bites (Jesse James Jr-Dyna Mo Rime), Frank N Jesse (Jesse James Jr-Famous Post), Jesses Leader (Jesse James Jr-Leading Diva), RG Miracle (Hearts Miracle-Purple Ice TB), Miss Ravens Wood (Woodbridge-Three Dee Dreams) & Sweet Splenda (Send Me Cartel-Apollo’s Lady TB).
Jimmy Drake Stakes-RG3
KLASSIC STRAWFLY
by Michael Cusortelli
Klassic Strawfly outran his 21-1 odds to win the 400-yard Jimmy Drake Stakes-RG3 for New Mexico-breds at SunRay Park on May 27. Prepped by Ron Stephens for owner Yaneth
Cabrera of Albuquerque, Klassic Strawfly defeated JJs Fast Cash RF by 1 1/2-length in :19.180 under jockey Alejandro Medellin. The 10-year-old gelding earned a 105 speed index while aided by an 18-mph tail wind, and the $20,280 winner’s share of the $33,800 purse pushed his bankroll to $398,728 from an incredible 89 outs, all in New Mexico.
Klassic Strawfly was coming off of a third-place finish in a 350-yard $32,704 allowance dash at Sunland Park on April 29. A $12,500 claimer dur- ing his sophomore campaign, Klassic Strawfly has won 12 races, and his two career stakes victories include a1/2-length score in the 2012 Jimmy Drake Stakes. Klassic Strawfly was the New Mexico Hi-Point Aged Gelding of 2012. He finished sec- ond in the Jess Burner Memorial Handicap-RG1, was third in three additional graded stakes events, and is a 13-time stakes finalist.
Klassic Strawfly, who was bred by Stephens, is one of four winners from six starters foaled by win- ner/multiple stakes placed A Classic Song.
JJs Fast Cash RF (Jesse James Jr-JJs Fast Gal)
is a 7-year-old gelding campaigned by Cuadra San Juditas LLC. Jose Daniel Ruiz rode JJs Fast Cash RF for trainer Javier Roman Jr.
A multiple graded stakes winning homebred 5-year-old owned and trained by Terry G. Smith of Santaquin, Utah, Downwiththequickness finished third, 2 1/4 lengths behind Klassic Strawfly. Alonso Rivera rode the gelding.
Justified By Chicks (Chicks A Blazin-Jesstifiable Debt) ran 4th and was followed by odds-on favorite Major Moonflash (First Moonflash-Prima LD) and A Blazin Flash (Chicks A Blazin-Flash Me First).
Indiana Grand Racecourse • $75,000 400 yards • :19.969 • si 92
Corona Cartel
Escondido Beach
BEACH CARTEL, ‘12-g. Flashin Dee Dee
Six On The Beach First To Flash
Runaway Dee Dee
SunRay Park • $46,200 400 yards • :19.593 • si 93
Dash Ta Fame
Champagne Lane
Hidden City
Racetrack Barbie TB
Woodbridge CARSON CITY GIRL, ’13-f.
Ms. Interpret
SunRay Park • $33,800 400 yards • :19.180 • si 105
Strawfly Special
Genuine Strawfly
KLASSIC STRAWFLY, ‘06-g. A Classic Song
High Fashion Dash A Classic Dash
Miss Victory Song
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