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ZIA QH HANDICAP (RG2)
by Michael Cusortelli
Big Daddy Cartel
Corona Cartel
Miss Racy Eyes
Chivato Star
Dash To Chivato
Catch This Star
CARtels stAR DADDy
Cartels Star Daddy extended his winning streak to three in the July 29, $50,000 Zia Quarter Horse Handicap (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs.
Ridden by Raul Herrera for owner and trainer Martin Orona Sr., Cartels Star Daddy covered 400 yards in :19.607 while aided by a reported 8-mph tail wind. The gray 4-year-old son of Big Daddy Cartel defeated First Note Medley by one length and earned a 96 and the $30,000 winner’s share of the purse.
Cartels Star Daddy was bred in New Mexico by Jimmy Negrete. The gelding’s sire, Big Daddy Cartel, is a 9-year-old son of the Holland Ease stallion Corona Cartel. Racing in 2011, Big Daddy Cartel won three of five starts and earned $121,800, and he was a finalist in that season’s All American (G1) and Rainbow (G1) futurities at Ruidoso Downs.
Big Daddy Cartel has sired the earners
of more than $3.2 million from three crops, including multiple graded stakes winner Big Daddy and graded stakes winner Daddys Blushing. A half brother to stakes winner Racy La Jolla, the stallion is owned by Mac and Janis Murray’s MJ Farms, and he stands
for a $5,000 fee at MJ Farms at Veguita, New Mexico.
Cartels Star Daddy is out of Chivato Star, a daughter of the First Down Dash stallion Dash To Chivato. Racing in Louisiana and Colorado from 2004-05, Chivato Star earned $46,685 from nine outs and won the ’04 Cherry Creek Futurity (RG3) for Colorado-breds at Arapahoe Park.
Cartels Star Daddy’s second dam, the win- ning Sticks An Stones mare Catch This Star, ran third in the 1995 Cherry Creek Futurity (RG3). The gelding traces back to his third dam, Fols Native Star, a daughter of Fol’s Native (TB) who won the Raton Derby at La Mesa Park in ’87.
Cartels Star Daddy was claimed by Orona for $7,500 at Sunland Park on March 2. Campaigned exclusively in New Mexico, he has won six of 16 starts and has banked $136,044. His resume includes a third-place finish, three- quarters of a length behind winner Yudes Jess Dashin, in last year’s 440-yard, $210,000 New Mexico Cup Derby (RG2) at Zia Park.
Dream Bigg finished third, a neck behind runner-up First Note Medley. Seeyalateralligator, First Kool Moon, Cinco
Menudos, Mystic Daddy, and Princess Jessie Jane completed the order of finish.
First Note Medley is a 5-year-old gray son of champion First Moonflash owned by Benjamin Calderon. A finalist in the 2016 West Texas Derby (G3) at Sunland Park, the gelding has won two of 23 starts and has earned $90,479.
Dream Bigg races for Christina D. Robinson. The gray 3-year-old son of Big Daddy Cartel has won three of nine starts, and the $5,000 third-place share of the purse pushed the gelding’s bankroll to $35,826.
share of the purse increased Weappear’s earnings to $195,615, of which $78,200 has been banked in 870 races.
Super Quintons earned $5,000 for
his owner, Hermenegildo G. “Poppy” Aldavaz. A 9-year-old sorrel son of Quinton’s Gold (TB) and a $10,000 claimer during
the 2017 Zia Park meet, the gelding has
won eight of 36 starts, including seven
of 32 at the 870 distance, and he has
banked $295,146.
ZIA 870 CHAMPIONsHIP (R)
RUIDOSO DOWNS
Gonna Ro Sham Bo
Real Runaway
First By Far
Kat Kora
The Trader’s Echo
Famous Poet
DM NAte DOG
Derrell Riggan’s DM Nate Dog outran his 25-1 odds to win the July 29, $50,000 Zia 870 Championship (R) at Ruidoso Downs.
Ridden by Raul Herrera for trainer
Cliff Lambert Sr., DM Nate Dog covered 870 yards in :45.775, and he led at every
call en route to a neck victory from 7-2 third choice Weappear (TB). The $30,000 winner’s share of the purse increased the 5-year-old homebred Gonna Ro Sham Bo gelding’s earnings to $111,034.
DM Nate Dog was coming off of a fifth-place finish, six lengths behind win- ner D E Wagons Strawfly, in an 870-yard, $14,000 allowance at Ruidoso Downs on June 24. The gelding is out of Kat Kora,
a winning 12-year-old New Mexico-bred daughter of The Trader’s Echo (TB).
He traces back to his fourth dam,
Logical Lark, a stakes-winning daughter of 1979 world champion Moon Lark who
ran second in the 1990 C.E. Willhite Memorial Derby (G3) at Gateway Downs in Holly, Colorado.
Raced exclusively in New Mexico, DM Nate Dog has won four of 29 starts, includ- ing two of five at the 870 distance. He ended his 4-year-old season with a wire-to- wire, one-length victory in an 870-yard, $28,000 allowance race for New Mexico- breds at Zia Park on December 2.
DM Nate Dog returned a $53.60 win mutuel and teamed with Weappear for a $2 exacta payoff of $403. Super Quintons, a 13-1 longshot, ran third, 1 1/4 lengths behind DM Nate Dog, to complete a $1,278.90 ($1) trifecta.
Regards Miracle finished fourth and was followed by 2-1 favorite Big Spurs, Tag Yur It, D E Wagons Strawfly, and Frank N Jesse.
Weappear is a 6-year-old gray or roan son of Devon Lane (TB) owned by Nancy Summers of Albuquerque. The lone Thoroughbred in the eight-horse field, the gelding has won six of 25 starts, and his two wins in seven outs at the 870- yard trip include last year’s Zia 870 Championship. The $10,000 runner-up
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