Page 47 - Speedhorse February 2018

HOLD AIR HOSTAGE si 102, $1,216,317
Champion 3 Year Old, Champion 3-Year-Old Gelding
Mr Jess Perry
Apollitical Jess
Streakin La Jolla
Scoopie Fein
Streakin Six Bottom’s Up
Sinn Fein
Legs La Scoop Falstaff
Tumble Along First Down Dash Favorite Attraction
Heisanative Long Chance Scooper Chick Three’s Gal Rocket Bar TB Lady Jag
Smart Smoke TB Barbara Ann
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Raise Your Glass TB La Jolla
Three Oh’s Vansarita Too Scooper Chick
La Ferne
Lyphard
Ivorina
Tumble Wind
Shine Quick
Dash For Cash
First Prize Rose Easy Jet
Native Noblesse
Raise A Native Times Two Ole Fols Longing
Triple Chick
Scoop Bam
Bar Three
Okmulgee Gal
Three Bars
Golden Rocket
Jaguar
Whitcomb’s Lady Hank First Team Lindenwood
Jo B Hunter Sorrel Molly
Easy Jet
Peggy Toro
Little Request TB Assured
Raise A Native Champagne Woman
St Bar
Top Pretty TB
Three Chicks OhMyOh
Vandy Garrettsmisspawhuska Triple Chick
Scoop Bam Quicksilver King
Nikita
Northern Dancer Goofed
Sir Ivor
Double Damask Restless Wind
Easy Stages
Rise ‘N Shine
Quickie
Rocket Wrangler
Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet
Rose Bug
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Raise Your Glass TB Native Empress
Native Dancer Raise You Double Jay Bayadere
Tudor Minstrel Game Of Chance Father John Doonaree
Three Bars TB Chicado V
War Bam TB Clabbers Lucky V Three Bars TB Patsy Lee Blondie Hancock My Streak Percentage Myrtle Dee Cartago Morshion
Custus Rastus TB Mame Taylor Hank H
Lady Speck
Shut Out Hand Picked Time Supply Povalong TomL
Pet 5
Dusty Benear Baca Mare
Apollo TB Apollitical Time
Half Time Attraction HOLD AIR HOSTAGE, ’14, G.
Fols Gold
Fols Zookie Cookie
Zookie Cookie
Fol’s Native TB
Scooper Gal
Jaguar Rocket
Cookie Pie
Breeder: Luis Miguel Albores Gleason Owner: Darling Farms
Trainer: James B. Padgett & Judd Kearl Jockeys: Omar Reyes, Ricky Ramirez & Rodrigo Vallejo
2017 Record: 8-6(3)-1-1, $1,200,939, All American D.-G1, Rainbow D.-G1, Heritage Place D.-G2
Dan and Tiara Darling of Lamont, Oklahoma, who race in the name of Darling Farms, had an excellent 2017. Darling Farms was named Champion Owner, and the Darlings own 2-time Champion Hold Air Hostage and have a half-interest in 2-time Champion J Fire Up.
Dan Darling picked Hold Air Hostage out of the 2015 Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale for $12,700. Luis Miguel Albores Gleason bred the son of Apollitical Jess out of Fols Zookie Cookie in Oklahoma.
“I liked his size and his breeding,” said Darling.
At the end of Hold Air Hostage’s 2-year-old season in 2016, he finished eighth in the Oklahoma Horsemen’s Association Mystery Futurity-RG3.
“He didn’t run and had his head up,” said Dan Darling. “Sure enough, he had chips in both knees. We got that fixed. I took him back out to the farm and turned him out.”
Hold Air Hostage returned better than ever. At Remington Park, he won an allowance race and qualified for the Heritage Place Derby-G2 with a second in his trial.
In the finals, Hold Air Hostage flew home by 1 3/4-lengths over favored Apollitical Scout. Ricky Ramirez rode Hold Air Hostage because Rodrigo Vallejo piloted 4th-place Duponte, winner of the previous year’s Heritage Place Futurity-G1. Vallejo returned to Hold Air Hostage for the rest of the season.
At Ruidoso Downs, Hold Air Hostage went four for four. He qualified the fastest for the Rainbow Derby-G1 and took the finals by 1 3/4-lengths.
Then came the rich All American Derby-G1. Now trained by Jimmy Padgett, Hold Air Hostage again qualified the fastest. Padgett had a phenomenal All American weekend, saddling Hold Air Hostage for his easy 2 1/4-length score, as well as All American Futurity-G1 winner Fly Baby Fly, All American Gold Cup-G1 winner Jessies First Down, and All American Juvenile winner Jesse Lane.
“It was pretty exciting,” Dan Darling said. “He loves to run. There were a lot of good horses in the race. I went by to see him the morning after the race, and he was full of energy and acted like he could run that day.”
All American Derby-G1
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