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Valiant Lil Lady and jockey Cody Jensen in the post parade prior to the Valiant Lil Lady held off the furious late charge of Big Boi to her inside to become
Texas Classic Futurity-G1 at Lone Star Park.
the first filly to win the $1,000,000 Texas Classic Futurity-G1.
foals in 2010—Valiant Lil Lady and Bubba Carver, a Wave Carver gelding who was fifth in the TQHA Sale Futurity-RG2. Her only other registered foal is a yearling of 2012 by First Down Dash.
Verle Bohner trains runner-up Big Boi (Oak Tree Special-Bosanova Baby) for owner Irene Velasquez. The gelding was previously fourth in the Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Futurity.
Texas Classic Juvenile
SaSSMaSTeR
by Stacy Pigott
Sassmaster is compiling a great 2-year-old record that now includes two stakes wins in addition to six top-three finishes in seven total starts. His latest score came in the $80,459 Texas Classic Juvenile Stakes on Nov. 10 at Lone Star Park.
Owned by Macedonio Lozano, Sassmaster previously won the Sam Houston Futurity-G2 on April 14 at Sam Houston Race Park. The only off-the-board finish in
his career was a seventh-place
effort in the Firecracker
Futurity-G2 at Delta Downs
on July 7.
Trained by Eusevio Huitron for both stakes wins, Sassmaster added $21,459
to his bankroll in the Texas Classic Juvenile, running his earnings total to $227,478. The win was the third of
his career, and came on the heels of a trial win that,
Kearl also saddled third-place finisher
PYC Kant Katch Me, who won all five of his previous starts including the Remington Park Juvenile. He had set the fastest qualifying time to the Heritage Place Futurity-G1 before his starting gate mishap denied him a shot at the lucrative finals. Rordigo Vallejo rode PYC Kant Katch Me for owner JNB Enterprises LLC.
The remaining order of finish in the
while impressive, was not fast enough to earn Sassmaster a spot in the million-dollar Texas Classic Futurity-G1. Instead, the geld- ing raced to a half-length win in the Texas Classic Juvenile, covering the 400 yards in :19.471 under jockey Francisco Ramirez Jr.
Breaking from the seven hole, Sassmaster just avoided a traffic jam to his outside that resulted in the disqualification of two horses.
Dont Tell Lila was disquali- fied from sixth to ninth, while One Bald Eagle finished eight and was placed tenth.
Bred by Edward Allred, Sassmaster is the leading money earner of the winning mare Catch You Now, whose three foals are all starters and winners. Sassmaster is her only stakes winner, although First Down Now is a two- time graded stakes finalist. The second dam is graded
Texas Classic Futurity was: Cruisin Finish (Shazoom-Jess Cruisin), Ronnie James (Valiant Hero-Jess A Lil Bit), One Fast Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Fast Mans Prize), Lethal Fortune (Volcom-Lethal Delight), A Will
And Away (Spit Curl Jess-Fly By The Mall), Eyegotitgoinon (Mr Eye Opener-Cant Hide Love), and First Prize Shaunda (PYC Paint Your Wagon-First Prize Leesa).
stakes winner Brace It.
Longshot Ivory Owl turned in a good effort
on the inside part of the track to finish second under Francisco Calderon. Marianne and Paul Phillips own Ivory Owl (Ivory James-Seattle Style TB), who was trained by Leon Bard.
Tayte Me Down (Special Leader-Defining Difference) was third with Jose Alvarez in the saddle for trainer Mike Robbins. Merle and Joe Kirk Fulton own the filly.
The official order of finish behind the
top three was: Racey Winner (Shazoom-The Jubilee Diamond), Rooms By The Hour (Walk Thru Fire-Make A Run), Malcom Quinn (Valiant Hero-Sixarun Bug), Blaze Carver (Wave Carver-Blazin Fire), Ivory Coast Girl (Ivory James-Ima Perry Girl), Dont Tell Lila (Teller Cartel-Jessthisgirl), and One Bald Eagle (One Famous Eagle-Rustys Quickid).
Lone Star Park $80,459 • 400 yards :19.741 • si 89
First Down Dash
TR Dasher
Tylers Cutie
SASSMASTER, ’10-g.
Separatist
Catch You Now
Brace It
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