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NEW MEXICO BREEDERS’ DERBY (R)
By Michael Cusortelli
gOfORa StROll
Attila’s Storm
Forest Wildcat
Sweet Symmetry
Garter
Bernardini
Fire The Groom
R.D. Hubbard’s Go For A Stroll, a homebred dark bay or brown son of Attila’s Storm, unleashed a furious stretch rally
to win the March 26, 1 1/16-mile New Mexico Breeders’ Derby (R) for state-bred 3-year-olds at Sunland Park.
Ridden by Tracy Hebert for trainer Todd Fincher, Go For A Stroll stayed far behind the fractions of :22.54, :46.56, and 1:12.74 established by pacesetter Tiz A Roll. The gelding reached the wire in 1:44.78, a neck in front of Storming Back, and the $60,000 winner’s share of the $100,000 purse pushed his earnings to $104,418.
Go For A Stroll is one of 84 winners from 120 starters sired by Attila’s Storm,
a 15-year-old Kentucky-bred son of the Storm Cat stallion Forest Wildcat. Racing in five different states from 2004-07, including New York and California, Attila’s Storm won five of 18 starts and earned $534,983, and his resume included a
1 1/4-length victory in the 6-furlong, $105,100 Toboggan Handicap (G3) at Aqueduct in ’07, and a second-place finish in Proud Tower Too’s 2005 Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park.
Attila’s Storm has sired 16 black- type stakes winners and the earners
of more than $6.8 million from seven crops, including multiple stakes winners Thermal, Dashkova, and Reaper. The stallion is owned by R.D. Hubbard and stands for a $4,000 fee at Fred and Linda Alexander’s A & A Ranch at Anthony, New Mexico.
Go For A Stroll’s dam, Garter, is a 9-year-old unraced daughter of the A.P. Indy stallion Bernardini. Garter has produced three winners from as many starters, including Stormy Day, a full sister to Go For A Stroll who won last year’s 6-furlong, $50,000 Lincoln Handicap (R) at Ruidoso Downs.
A winner of two of five starts, all in New Mexico, Go For A Stroll began his sophomore season with a second-place finish, 1 1/4 lengths behind winner He’s Another Who, in the 6-furlong, $85,000 Four Rivers John Deere Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred sophomores on New Year’s Day. The gelding broke his maiden at first asking, as he won a 5 1/2-furlong, $25,500 maiden-special-weight dash at Zia Park on November 7.
He’s Another Who, the 17-10 favorite in the full field of 12, finished third, 4 1/2 lengths behind Go For A Stroll. Hute,
Dom Strait, Go Gotta Go, El Tule, Waki’s Pride, Ize On Tickle, Muster, Reining Pesos, and Tiza Roll completed the order of finish.
Runner-up Storming Back races for Dale Taylor, who also bred the bay son
of Attila’s Storm. Storming Back has won two of 11 starts and has banked $95,524, of which $57,540 has been earned this season, and the gelding’s resume includes a third-place finish, 2 3/4 lengths behind winner Ignored, in last year’s 5-furlong, $176,298 Mountain Top Futurity (R) at Ruidoso Downs.
A chestnut gelding by Quinton’s Gold, He’s Another Who was coming off of
a third-place finish in the February 4, $85,000 Red Hedeman Mile Stakes (R)
for his owner Champion Racing Stable. He’s Another Who has won two of eight outs, including one stakes, and the $10,000 third-place share of the New Mexico Breeders’ Derby purse bumped his bankroll to $94,720.
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