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Iowa Double Gold Derby
FERRARIJAMES
by Dillon Hamilton
Abrisk head wind couldn’t keep Ferrari James from his first stakes win in the $84,179 Iowa Double Gold Derby at Prairie Meadows on Sept. 3.
The 3-year-old bay gelding started from the post position seven and was fourth out of the gate. Ferrari James geared up late to rally on the field and take first under Oscar Delgado. The pair won by a neck, legging out the finish. They covered the 400-yard fast track in :19.992 and earned an 85 speed index.
After winning the Aug. 20 trial by a neck in :19.452 for the fastest qualifying time, Ferrari James kept his winning form for owner Alfredo Botello and trainer Manuel Campos, narrowly edging out the field with his late rally.
Ferrari James was bred in Oklahoma by Weetona Stanley and W. E. Smith out of lightly raced Ferarri Fast Prize. She has produced 100% money earners from 12 starters including top money earner V Power, who finished second in this year’s Remington Park Oklahoma Bred Futurity-RG2, and Dash For Cash Futurity-G1 runner-up Ferrari GT. Ferrari James is her first stakes winner.
The Fiscal Cliff (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Signs Zoomer) started slow, hopping the start under Cesar Gomez, but continued the rally theme of the race to hold place, showing good speed for owner Thomas D. Lepic and trainer Shawna Manriquez.
Prized Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon-First Prize Honey) utilized a surge of late energy to finish third under Cristian Esqueda for owner Joel Rod Pierce and trainer Gina Downing.
There Goes My Wallet (Mr Piloto-Coronita Cartel), Okeyfreight (Freighttrain B-Okey Dokey Eyes), Freighttrain V (Freighttrain B-LW Lady Val), Divas Candy Girl (Spit Curl Jess-Some Kinda Diva) and Candys Little Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon- Jess A Candy Gal) completed the order of finish. DD Chicks Piloto and Kokko Wagon were scratched.
John Deere PRM Juv. Chal.
FASTERTHANHASTA
by Michael Compton
Faster Than Hasta wasn’t the quickest away from the blocks in the John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge on Sept. 17, receiving the 9th call from
the inside post, but the 2-year-old gelding steadily progressed to the front along the rail to win the 350-yard test. The victory earned him a berth in the $150,000 guaranteed John Deere Juvenile Challenge Championship-G2 on Oct. 29 at Los Alamitos.
Ridden by Cody Smith, Faster Than Hasta broke just a step slow & raced in 4th position early. He moved to the front in the late stages and prevailed by a neck over hard-charging race favorite CR Game Changer. Faster Than Hasta covered the distance in :17.705, for
a 90 speed index for trainer Robert Johnson. It was the 2nd stakes score for Faster Than Hasta, who captured the Minnesota Stallion Breeders’ Futurity in July at Canterbury Park. This latest win increased his bankroll by $24,426 to $62,721 for owner John G. Johnson.
Bred in Wyoming by Wardell Quarter
Horses, Faster Than Hasta is out of the multiple graded stakes-placed mare Leadmetoyourladder,
who has also produced multiple stakes winner Hastabealeader. Faster Than Hasta qualified to the John Deere Prairie Meadows Juvenile Challenge after winning his Sept. 3 trial for the 3rd qualifying spot.
CR Game Changer (Game Patriot-LW Evening La Jolla) was 2nd under Brayan Velazquez for owners Dick & Curt Tobin and trainer Jason Olmstead. DF Girly Girl (Pappasito-Bold Aldebaran) was 3rd with Raul Gutierrez riding for owner Jesus Alberto Lugo- Vargas and trainer Miguel Banuelos. In a deadheat for 4th were Stel Cute (Stel Corona-Tres Cute) & Aregal Rainbow (Apollitical Jess-The Regal Streak), followed by Perkin Desire (Desirio-Fols Perky Cat), Hals Flying Eagle (One Dashing Eagle-Corona With Ice), Corona Springs (Corona Cartel-Aquatina), Into The Fray (Corona Cartel-Ima Ramblin Girl) and Classy in Wranglers (First Wrangler-Holland Class).
BOA PRM Champ. Chal.-G2
ABUNDANZ
by Tracy Gantz
Abundanz earned a berth in the Oct. 29 Bank of America Challenge Championship-G1 with a victory at Prairie Meadows. He upset 1-2 favorite AJs High in the Bank of America Prairie Meadows Championship Challenge-G2 on Sept. 17.
Both Abundanz and AJs High had to overhaul early leaders Tempting Valor and Burst Of Dash late in the 440-yard event. Abundanz, ridden by Oscar Delgado, narrowly edged the favorite by a head, stopping the clock in :21.496. Gustavo Almanza, Jr. and Francisco Raul Hernandez own Abundanz, and Julio Almanza trains the gelding, who set a 330-yard track record at Indiana Grand in an allowance race earlier this year.
Stephen Williams bred Abundanz in Oklahoma from 2-time stakes-winner Jess A Lil Bit More, who won the 2007 Dash For Cash Derby-G1. She has produced 100% money earners from nine starters, including stakes-placed Gold Rrrush. Abundanz is her first stakes winner.
Michael Teel’s homebred AJs High (Apollitical Jess-Regally Rare) was second by 3/4-length. Stormy Smith piloted the 4-year-old gelding for trainer Charles Hunt. AJs High earlier this year won the Bank of America Canterbury Championship Challenge.
Jorge Torres piloted Tempting Valor (Tempting Dash-Thanks Jens) to third for trainer Stacy Charette-Hill and owners Matt Ratliff and Vicki Tebow. At Canterbury in June, the 4-year-old geld- ing won the Skip Zimmerman Memorial Stakes.
Burst Of Dash (Dashin Bye-Iza Flyin Eye), finished fourth and was followed by Habits Secret (No Secrets Here-Habitual Dreamer), and Your
Just Jesse (Jesse James Jr-Leadmetoyourladder), A Royal Country Man (Country Chicks Man-A Royal Goddess), Crying Eagle (One Famous Eagle-Fantastic Penny Sue), and Gospel Howdy (DMNV Mountable- Catie Rocks) and JZ Zoomin Wootan (Jess Zoomin- Scootan Wootan) was DQ’d from 7th to 10th.
Prairie Meadows • $84,179 400 yards • :19.992 • si 85
Ivory James FERRARI JAMES, ’13-g.
Corona Cartel
Dashin Follies
Mr Jess Perry
Ferrari Fast Prize
Fast First Prize
Prairie Meadows • $53,100 350 yards • :17.705 • si 90
Pritzi Dash
Hasta Be Special
FASTER THAN HASTA, ’14, g.
Special Leader
Leadmetoyourladder
Hasta Be Fast
Pretty Polly Cash
Prairie Meadows • $74,340 440 yards • :21.496 • si 104
Holland Ease
Corona Chick
Mr Jess Perry
Corona Cartel
ABUNDANZ, ’12-g.
Jess A Lil Bit More
Sheza Lilbituino
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