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La Plata Stakes-G3
CLEAR WINN
by Michael Cusortelli
Clear Winn outran his 12-1 odds to win the 300-yard $35,600 La Plata Stakes-G3 at SunRay Park on May 8.
Ridden by Porfirio Cano and aided by a 12-mph tail wind, Clear Winn broke SunRay’s track record for the distance by stopping the timer in :14.886, besting the previous mark of :14.977 set by Call My Hero in an allowance race on June 13, 2014.
Delfino Estrada Jr. prepped the 4-year-old colt for owner Tomas L. Avitia of Vernon, Texas.
Clear Winn was making his first start since Dec. 15, when he ran second to multiple stakes winner This Wagons Okay in an open-condition 300-yard $40,340 allowance dash at Zia Park.
The colt was bred by J Bar 7 Ranch LLC of Quanah, Texas. Clear Winn is one of three winners from four starters foaled by 11-year-old mare Winga. He traces back to his third dam, Bugged Hopes, who won the graded Blue Ribbon Futurity in Oklahoma in 1992.
Clear Winn has won five of 14 outs and he has earned $105,303. His resume includes a second- place finish in last year’s Conquistador Stakes at The Downs at Albuquerque.
Stick Shift SC (Get Down Perry-Boiling) fin- ished second, a nose behind Clear Winn, for owner Roberto Marquez. Jaime Leos rode the 8-year-old gelding for trainer Carolina Gaytan. Estrada also trained Chief Coronas Charm (Chief Corona- Charming Illusions), who ran third for owners Castulo M. Morales and Jorge A. Ruiz. Jose Ruiz rode the 5-year-old gelding.
Alis Jumpn (Jumpn-Gloria In Red), finished fourth and was followed by Unfinished Biz (Captain Courage-Big Bizooms), Mango Chick (Chicks Regard-Aleisha Elaine), Cement Flats (Foose-Ynot Bar), Ugo Igo (You Go Hugo-Mary’s Ten), Pitchin Woo (FDD Dynasty-Southern Fast Lady) and DS Blazen Earl (Real Visions-Blazen Darling).
Marathon Handicap
ALSONO TB
by Michael Cusortelli
Rachel Marzak’s Alsono TB remained undefeated at the 870-yard distance following his 4-length vic- tory in the Marathon Stakes at SunRay Park on May 6. Prepped by Justin Evans, Alsono covered his
trip in :44.744 while earning a 106 speed index and his fourth win in as many outs at the distance. Ry Eikleberry rode the 5-year-old horse.
Alsono was bred in Kentucky by Ann Marie Farm. The horse is one of six winners from seven starters foaled by the winning mare Miss Blue Grass. Alsono is a half-brother to Gig Harbor, who won two stakes at Golden Gate Fields in California from 2011-12, including the 1 1/16-mile $75,000 Alcatraz Stakes on the turf in 2012. Another of Alsono’s half siblings, filly My Lil Shamrock, ran third in the 2012 Golden Gate Debutante Stakes.
Alsono has won 13 of his 26 starts, and the $20,340 winner’s share of the $33,900 Marathon Stakes purse pushed his bankroll to $397,279. In addition to winning last year’s Marathon Stakes, the stallion was coming off of a Sunland Park winter season in which
he scored a wire-to-wire 1/2-length victory in the 5-fur- long $65,000 KLAQ Handicap on Dec.19.
Evans also trained runner-up Caminetto TB (Stormy Atlantic-Vassar). A 7-year-old Kentucky- bred gelding, Caminetto was ridden by Alfredo Juarez Jr. for owners A & A Equine Inc., Ken Tevelde and Paul Miller.
Isaac Balderama’s TTY From Mr Pye (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Miss Eyewear) was best among the Quarter Horses entered, as he ran third. The brown gelding was ridden by Jose Luis Enriquez for trainer Esteban Ramirez.
Fire Thorn (Shazoom-Reba Macintyler), Kingsbury (FDD Dynasty-Corona Lane), Colosso (Corona Czech-Splash N The Moon), and Ocean Smoke (Ocean Runaway-Smokin) completed the order of finish.
West Texas Juvenile
TAKE THE CUP
by Michael Compton
Take The Cup kept his record unblemished through the first two starts of his young career, prevailing in a 4-horse photo finish to take down top prize in the $50,000 West Texas Juvenile at Sunland Park on April 30.
With Jesse Levario aboard, Take The Cup dueled throughout the 300-yard test to edge race favorite De La Eagle by a head at the finish.
The winner, who won his trial heat by a nose on April 15, stopped the timer in :15.355 to earn a speed index of 82 in the main event. Chris Zamora saddled the brown colt for owner LMG Racing, Inc.
A 2-year-old $70,000 Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale graduate, Take The Cup was bred in Oklahoma by Walt and Pat Fletcher out of multiple graded stakes-winner None As Easy. The mare won 11 races, including 7 stakes, earned $265,132, and set
a New Track Record at Prairie Meadows for 350 yards. In addition to Take The Cup, None As Easy has also produced multiple stakes winner Believers Gathering and stakes placers Bringin The Gray and Call As Maybe.
Runner-up De La Eagle (One Famous Eagle-La Reina De La Noche) finished strongly under Adrian Ramos. Juan Gonzalez trains the sorrel gelding
for owner Cream Of The Crop, Inc. Borger Boy (Bigtime Favorite-Streakin Pea) closed ground late to finish third with jockey Manuel Gutierrez wearing the colors of owner David Martinez. Carlos Alvidrez saddled the Texas-bred gelding. Followed by Tarrant (Coronas Leaving You-Modice), James Valiant (Ivory James-Jess Valiant), Shezaliknthemselfies (Heza Fast Dash-Dash For Yonder), Sheza Tempting 10 (Tempting Dash-Silver Tongued Chick), One Famous Dimple (One Famous Eagle-Dimples First Dash), BF Chasing Foose (Foose-BF Lollypop) and JM Tacs Fast Prize (Tac It Like A Man-Fast Prize Corona). JQ Lucy On Top scratched.
SunRay Park • $35,600 300 yards • :14.886 • si 116 • Ntr
Jess Zoomin CLEAR WINN, ’12-c.
Winga
Shazoom
Jess An Illusion Holland Ease Holliewood Hopes
SunRay Park • $33,900 870 yards • :44.744 • si 106
Limehouse ALSONO TB, ’11-h.
Grand Slam
Dixieland Blues
St. Jovite
Miss Blue Grass
Daloma
Sunland Park • $50,000 300 yards • :15.355 • si 82
Holland Ease
Corona Chick Dashin Is Easy Sweet As Cash
Corona Cartel
TAKE THE CUP, ’14-c. None As Easy
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