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RUIDOSO DOWNS
by Michael Cusortelli
ATTILA’S STORM STAKES (R)
Diabolical
Artax
Bonnie Byerly
Gator Prowl
Roar Of The Tiger
Reed And Rite
DIAbOLIcAL GATOR
Diabolical Gator, a homebred 4-year-old Diabolical gelding owned by J. Kirk and Judy Robison of El Paso, Texas, parlayed a sharp break from post 4 into a wire-to-wire victory in the September 1, $25,000 Attila’s Storm Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred Thoroughbreds at Ruidoso Downs.
Prepped by Joel Marr, Diabolical Gator defeated Rig Time by 2 1/4 lengths while covering his 5 1/2-furlong trip in 1:02.55 on a track officially labeled “good.” Miguel Fuentes Jr. rode the gelding, who was recording his third consecutive win.
Diabolical Gator is one of 107 winners from 137 starters sired by Diabolical, a Grade 2-win- ning 15-year-old son of the Marquetry stallion Artax and a half brother to two-time Group 3 winner What A Name (IRE). Diabolical has sired 10 official black-type stakes winners and the earners of more than $6.9 million from
six crops, including multiple stakes winners Diabolical Dame, Liberty Lover, and That’s The Idea, and stakes winners Mays Or Mantle and My Mirage.
Diabolical is owned by Fred A. Alexander
and J. Kirk Robison, and he stands for a $4,000 fee and Fred and Linda Alexander’s A & A Ranch at Anthony, New Mexico.
Diabolical Gator is one of four winners from as many starters produced by Gator Prowl, an 11-year-old daughter of the Storm Cat stallion Roar Of The Tiger who won the 2010 Marshua Stakes at Laurel Racecourse
in Maryland. The gelding is a full brother
to Fast Gator, a filly whose four stakes wins include last year’s New Mexico Cup Lassie Championship (R) at Zia Park, and he is a half to 2015 Dine Stakes (R) winner Gator Heat.
Diabolical Gator traces back to his fourth dam, What A Future, a Roberto mare who pro- duced two-time graded stakes winner Whata Brainstorm.
Diabolical Gator was coming off of a wire- to-wire, 5 3/4-length score in the 5 1/2-fur- long, $50,000 Sierra Blanca Handicap (R) at Ruidoso Downs. All told, the gelding has won six of eight outs, and the $15,000 winner’s share of the Attila’s Storm Stakes purse pushed his earnings to $110,640, of which $94,740 has been pocketed this year.
D E Lover finished third, 3 3/4 lengths behind Diabolical Gator. Four Star Saint and The Waki Rapper completed the order of finish.
Runner-up Rig Time, the lone 3-year-old in the field, was facing older horses for the first time off of his 1 3/4-length win in the 5 1/2-furlong, $50,000 Road Runner Handicap (R) for sophomores on July 29. A homebred gray or roan son of Right Rigger owned by brothers Larry Teague and Harry Teague of Hobbs, New Mexico, the gelding has won three of six starts and has earned $57,600.
FIRST MOONFLASH STAKES (R)
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 four with a convincing 1 1/2-length victory in the September 1, $25,000 First Moonflash Stakes (R) for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses at Ruidoso Downs.
Owned and trained by Martin Orona Sr., who claimed Cartels Star Daddy for $7,500 on March 2, Cartels Star Daddy covered 350 yards in :17.369 under showery skies. Raul Herrera rode the 4-year-old gray son of Big Daddy Cartel.
Cartels Star Daddy was shortening in distance off of his wire-to-wire, one-length win in the 400- yard, $50,000 Zia Handicap (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs on July 29. The gelding was bred by Jimmy Negrete. His sire, the 9-year-old Corona Cartel stallion Big Daddy Cartel, has sired the earners of more than $3.2 million from three crops, including two-time New Mexico-bred graded stakes winner and 2017 All American Futurity (G1) fastest quali- fier and runner-up Bigg Daddy.
Big Daddy Cartel is a half brother to stakes winner Racy La Jolla. He 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’s dam, the Dash To Chivato mare Chivato Star, won the 2004 Cherry Creek Futurity (RG3) for Colorado-breds at Arapahoe Park. The gelding’s second dam, the winning Sticks An Stones mare Catch This Star, ran third in the ’95 Cherry Creek Futurity (RG3).
Cartels Star Daddy 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 has won seven of 17 starts, and the $15,000 winner’s share of the purse from his second career stakes score pushed his bankroll to $151,044. He has won all three of his races and has earned $60,600 since the claim.
Cartels Star Daddy returned a $4.20 win mutuel as the 11-10 favorite. You And Eye, a 9-1 longshot, finished second to complete a $38 ($2) exacta.
Eyesawagon, Nolans Theory, Arandanos, First Moon Fire, Mystic Daddy, and Dream Bigg completed the order of finish.
You And Eye is a gray son of Chicks Regard campaigned by Sergio Castro, who
claimed the gelding for $10,000 at Ruidoso Downs on July 20. You And Eye has won two of 12 outs, and the $5,000 runner-up share of the First Moonflash purse pushed his earn- ings to $32,187.
Eyesawagon races for Manuel Villagran and Juan Corral. A 6-year-old daughter of the Mr Jess Perry stallion Gonamakeyoureyesblue, the mare has won two of her 26 starts, and the $2,500 third-place share of the purse increased her bankroll to $59,593.
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