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SUNLAND PARK
Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap (R)
Photos by Coady Photography
Roll Hennessy Roll
Hennessy
Roll Over Baby
Ringback
Gone Hollywood
After The Beep
HOLLYWOOD HENRY
Making the second start of his 7-year-old campaign, Bennie A. Vanecek’s Hollywood Henry was a prompt 17-10 favorite in the March 19, $100,000 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap (R) for New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds.
Hollywood Henry covered 5 1/2 furlongs
in 1:03.16, and his margin of victory was 1 3/4 lengths from 12-1 longshot On A Warpath. Alfredo Juarez Jr. rode the dark bay or brown Roll Hennessy Roll gelding for trainer Fred Danley.
Hollywood Henry was bred by Fred Alexander, and he was purchased as a yearling by the late Henry Dominguez for $17,500 at the 2016 New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs. The gelding is one of 110 winners from 156 starters sired by Roll Hennessy Roll, a graded stakes winning 22-year-old son of the Storm Cat stallion Hennessy.
Racing in five states from 2002-04, including New Mexico, Roll Hennessy Roll earned $173,869 from 12 starts, and his four wins included a four-length victory in the 2002 Hollywood Prevue Stakes (G3) at Hollywood Park. The stallion has sired 12 official black- type stakes winners and the earners of more than $7.9 million from 15 crops, including multiple stakes winners Hennessy Express, Twixy Roll, and Hennesey Smash.
Roll Hennessy Roll stands at Fred and Linda Alexander’s A & A Ranch at Anthony, New Mexico.
Hollywood Henry’s dam, the winning Gone Hollywood mare Ringback, has foaled four
winners from four starters, including Fill The Bill, a stakes-placed half -sister to Hollywood Henry who ran third in the 2020 Mountain Top Thoroughbred Futurity (R) at Ruidoso Downs. The gelding’s second dam, the Kentucky-bred Phone Trick mare After The Beep, won two stakes in New Mexico in 2002, including the El Paso Times Handicap at Sunland Park.
Hollywood Henry’s third dam, the unplaced Sadler’s Wells mare Reluctant Diva (GB), produced Minnie McGinn, a half-sister to After The Beep who ran third in a stakes in Norway in 2012. The gelding traces back to his fourth dam, Miss Demure (IRE), a daughter of the Blushing Groom (FR) stallion Shy Groom and a Group 2 winner in England in 1988. A 1986 foal, Miss Demure foaled Royal Shyness (GB), a half-sister to Reluctant Diva who won the 1999 Great Lady M. Handicap at Hollywood Park.
The $60,000 winner’s share of the Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap purse pushed Hollywood Henry’s earnings to $378,915. The gelding
has won 10 of 30 starts, including seven of 12 at the 5 1/2-furlong distance and four of 11
at Sunland Park, and his three career stakes victories include the 2019 Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap and last year’s Sierra Blanca Stakes (R) at Ruidoso Downs.
Diabolical Ruler finished third, 2 3/4 lengths behind Hollywood Henry. Delbert Too, Stormin Fast, Tucum, Monterey Secret, Aisle Runner, Ilikerollin, Lariat, Del Mar Summer
and Cerveza completed the order of finish. Runner-up On A Warpath banked $20,000
for his owner, Amanda Sweeten, who claimed the 5-year-old Indian Firewater gelding at Ruidoso Downs for $7,500 on July 24, 2021. On A Warpath has won four of 19 races and has earned $163,461, and he was coming off of a fourth-place finish in the January 30, 6 1/2-furlong Jamison Memorial Handicap (R) at Sunland Park.
Diabolical Ruler races for Alfred Alvarado, who claimed the 6-year-old chestnut son of Diabolical at Sunland Park for $10,000 on January 21. The gelding has won five of 21 races, including the 2018 New Mexico Cup Juvenile Championship (R) at Ruidoso Downs, and the $10,000 third-place share of the
Mt. Cristo Rey Handicap purse bumped his bankroll to $208,580.
Hollywood Henry’s winning connections include owner Bennie A. Vanecek, trainer Fred Danley, and jockey Alfredo Juarez Jr.
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