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RACING NEWS
Prairie Dash
DICKEY BOB
Dby Michael Compton
ickey Bob came up a bit short in the 2021
Prairie Dash Stakes—finishing a game third— but the 7-year-old gelding avenged that defeat in style on July 2 at Prairie Meadows.
With Edwin Escobedo in the irons, Dickey Bob broke alertly and took command of the 300-yard test after the start. He maintained a clear advantage through the lane and powered home unchallenged to score by a dominating 1 1/4-lengths. Dickey Bob stopped the timer in a fast hand-timed :15.320 and earned a 99 speed index in the facile victory. The wire-to-wire winner is trained by Jason Olmstead, who also sent out runner-up Kool and Fabulous.
Dickey Bob is a Minnesota homebred for Bruce and Judy Lunderborg. His latest success gives him 22 total wins out of 42 starts, half of which have come in black type races. The $10,000 winner’s share of the purse boosted his lifetime bankroll to $358,300, making him the highest money-earning Quarter Horse bred in Minnesota. Prior to his win in the Prairie Dash, Dickey Bob captured an allowance race at Remington Park and finished third in the Bob Moore Memorial Stakes-G2.
Dickey Bob’s stablemate Kool and Fabulous (One Fabulous Eagle-One Kool Wagon) finished second under jockey Armando Alvidrez. The 4-year- old stakes-winning filly is an Oklahoma homebred for Brenda Reiswig. Damn Strait (Dominyun- Hottesticketintown), piloted by Cristian Esqueda, rallied late to finish third for owner M.C. Stucks and trainer Stacy Charette-Hill. Bred by Bobby Cox, Damn Strait is a multiple graded stakes-placed performer and a 7-time winner.
My Midnight Candy (Jess Good Candy-Midnight Sunlight), Azola Baban (Lil Kool Wagon-Majestic Jet Black), Purty Darn Quick (Jess Louisiana Blue-Now Margaret), and Louisiana Blue Fire (Jess Louisiana Blue- Where Love Began) completed the order of finish.
QHRAI Derby
ROCK CANDY BLUE
Dby Tracy Gantz
avid Campos spent $88,000 for Rock Candy
Blue at the 2022 Heritage Place Winter Mixed Ssale, and the gelding has repaid Campos Family Ventures LLC with two wins in two starts.
In the $115,840 QHRAI Derby on June 28 under jockey Giovani Vazquez-Gomez, Rock Candy Blue broke well from the rail and flew to the front. He just kept extending his margin, winning by 2 1/4-lengths in :20.035 for 400 yards, posting a 91 speed index.
Jessica Vazquez trains Rock Candy Blue for Campos Family Ventures. Last year, Eddie D. Willis trained Rock Candy Blue for owner Melany Shalz. The gelding broke his maiden at Ruidoso Downs, and won his June 4 trial heat for the second fastest qualifying time to the QHRAI Derby finals.
Randy and Stacy Hill bred Rock Candy Blue
in Oklahoma out of winner Rock Candy SA. The mare has produced five winners from eight starters, including 2022 stakes winners A Pollitical Candy V and Rock A Jess V.
One Night Too Long (Capo De Capi-Devoted Love) finished second under jockey German Rodriguez for owner Jeff Wiley and trainer Randy Smith. The filly won three of her nine previous starts.
Screenshot (Tres Seis-Shades Of Blues Girl) and
A Little Louie (Dominyun-Zerena) dead-heated for third. Jose Ruiz rode Screenshot, who is still a maiden, for owner BFD Farms and trainer Erin Thompson. Francisco Ramirez Jr. piloted Laura Dominguez’s homebred A Little Louie for trainer Claudio Barraza. The gelding broke his maiden in May.
Followed by Kiss Me At Midnight (Kiss My Hocks-Midnight Cartel), Jess A Panther V (Jess Lips-Silk Mountain), Incredible (Corona Cartel- Kitty D Ville), Separate Rose (Seperate Interest- Remember The Rose), Skip To My Lew (Big Lew-Gracietime), and Paradyce (Corona Cartel- Splendifferous). Oscar Mike was scratched.
Blue River Derby
HIGH ROLLING SEIZE
Fby Michael Cusortelli
ourth-fastest qualifier High Rolling Seize, a
homebred Seize The Win gelding racing for Glenn L. Graff, earned his second career stakes win in the $131,500 Blue River Derby-R for state-bred sophomores at Horseshoe Indianapolis on July 23.
Ridden by Shanley Jackson for trainer Matt Frazier, High Rolling Seize covered 400 yards in :19.989, and his margin of victory was a nose from Mr Michel.
The bay gelding banked $72,325 from his fifth win in 12 outs.
High Rolling Seize is out of Crossing The Brazos, an unraced daughter of the Mr Jess Perry stallion Feature Mr Jess and a half-sister to three stakes winners. His second dam, the Mr Eye Opener mare Mongoose Jet Eye, was the sport’s Champion Aged Horse in 2004.
Raced exclusively in Indiana, High Rolling Seize has earned $259,927, and his stakes resume includes a three-quarter length win in last year’s 350-yard $191,747 Quarter Horse Racing Association of Indiana Stallion Service Auction Futurity.
Mr Michel (Kiss My Hocks-Lovemelikethat) pocketed the $26,300 runner-up share of the purse for his owner, Alberto Valadez. Erik Esqueda rode the gelding for trainer Claudio Barraza.
Leaving With Fire (Coronas Leaving You- Firebawl) ran third. German Rodriguez rode the gelding for owner Deborah A. Smith and trainer Randy Smith.
Sweet Beach (Escondido Beach-Chicks Sweet Donna) was fourth and was followed by fastest qualifier Good Time Stoli (Duponte-A True Stoli), FE Stone Crusher (Brimmstone-Luella Joy), Chico Beach (Escondido Beach-Tuff Chiclet), Jesses Beach (Escondido Beach-Jess Alive Bully), ER Stone Chargin (Brimmstone-Stel Chargin), and Chicks Zuma (Jess Zoomin-WH Blazen Beach).
Horseshoe Indianapolis • $115,840
400 yards • :20.035 • si 91
Mr Jess Perry
Jess Louisiana Blue
ROCK CANDY BLUE, ‘19-g. Rock Candy SA
The Louisiana Girl Good Reason SA
Send Me The Candy
Prairie Meadows • $20,000
300 yards • :15.320 • si 99 • hand-timed
Mr Jess Perry
Apollitical Jess
DICKEY BOB, ‘15-g. Paint Or More
Apollitical Time
PYC Paint Your Wagon Tell Her More
Horseshoe Indianapolis • $131,500
400 yards • :19.989 • si 92
PYC Paint Your Wagon Jess An Illusion
Feature Mr Jess
Crossing The Brazos
Seize The Win HIGH ROLLING SEIZE, ‘19-g.
Mongoose Jet Eye
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