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AQHA Challenge Championship
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Merial Distaff Chal. Champ.
SUDDEN SEPARATION
by Michael Compton
Despite getting bumped from both sides soon
after the start of the $126,250 Merial Distaff Challenge Championship Stakes-G1 at Lone Star Park
on Nov. 7, Sudden Separation continued her recent run of success with yet another authoritative win.
A winner of 3 consecutive stakes events, Sudden Separation has been running true to her moniker. With James Flores aboard for trainer Larry Sharp, Sudden Separation rallied in the lane, collared the early leader and drew clear late to win by 1/2-length covering the 400 yards in :19.655 for a speed index of 95. A home- bred for Duane Murphy, Sudden Separation now owns victories in five stakes events. Her latest victory earned $57,500 boosting her lifetime earnings to $138,547.
Sudden Separation is produced from the graded stakes-winning mare Okie Dokey Annie. Winner of the 2006 Kansas F., Okie Dokey Annie earned $94,773 in winning 7 starts and placing in 3 others. She set a track record at Will Rogers Downs in 2008 for 350 yards.
Visual Magic (Corona Cartel-Tender Flyer) finished second for jockey Ricky Ramirez. Gilbert Aguirre III trains the California-bred filly for Turner Farm.
Aguirre also sent out Cheyenne Hero (Valiant Hero-Illegal Feature) who finished in third position under jockey Gaspar Garcia. The Oklahoma-bred filly is owned by Canadian River Quarter Horses LLC.
Send Me This Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon- Jess Send Candy), Flyin Lion (Panther Mountain- Flaming Cynthia), Betrothen (Walk Thru Fire-Flo
Jo Lady), Rock Princess (Rock Solid Jess-A Classic Serenade), Im Hott Ur Nott (Tres Seis-Wild California Rose), Silver Inlay (Hiclass La Jolla-Princess of Dash) & Cartels Fortune (Carters Cartel-Jewel Fortune) followed. Zoomin Daphne was scratched.
Zoetis Distance Ch. Ch.-G1
CR TUCKERNUCK
by Michael Compton
CR Tuckernuck justified his 6-5 odds in the Zoetis Distance Challenge Championship-G1 at Lone Star Park on Nov. 7, winning the 870-yard
marathon by a head as the race favorite.
Ridden by Ricky Ramirez, CR Tuckernuck set the
pace between rivals. He dueled in the early stages then picked up the chase when Jess Twice Cash dropped back, making CR Tuckernuck work all the way to the wire. The brown gelding did just that, prevailing by a head on the line for his third straight stakes score.
In notching his first Grade 1 win, CR Tuckernuck clocked the distance in :45.659 for a speed index of 95. Earning the winner’s share of $60,000, CR Tuckernuck boosted his lifetime earnings to $194,694 for owner Kharlottie Grace Urschel and trainer Stacey Capps.
Produced from the winning mare Fast Prize Corona, CR Tuckernuck is a half-brother to Spit Like Jagger, winner of the 2013 Speedhorse F.-G2, and stakes-placed Chasin Mojo, third in the 2013 Rainbow Juv. Invit.
CJS Rocksolid (Rock Solid Jess-Sultry Miss) just missed for jockey Ricardo Aguirre. The 5-year-old gelding is owned by Rockin J Running Horses and Jack Manning and is conditioned by Tammy Johnson.
Painted Josy (PYC Paint Your Wagon-She’s Josy TB) rallied on the outside to finish third for jockey G.R. Carter. George Carter’s gelding is trained by Justin Joiner.
Jess Twice Cash (Jess Louisiana Blue-Twice Cash), Dashers Midnight (Some Dasher-Sheza Moon Bar Baby), KR Streakin Version (Latest Version-Streakin Miss Tina), Lil Dip A Nitro (Royal Miracle Dip-Attract) and Sensational Dash (Streak And Dash-Sensational Affair) completed the order of finish.
Lone Star Invit. Bonus Ch. Ch.
JESS A ROGUE
by Michael Cusortelli
Triple M Farms’ Jess A Rogue, a homebred sophomore filly trained by Steven Kearl, sprinted to a 1/2-length victory in the $75,000 Lone Star Invitational Bonus Challenge Championship at Lone Star Park on Nov. 7.
Ridden by Rodrigo Vallejo, Jess A Rogue went 350 yards in :17.520. The $34,500 winner’s share of the purse from her fourth stakes win pushed the filly’s bankroll to $128,173.
“She broke real well and she didn’t make any mistakes,” said Vallejo. “She responded when I asked her to go.”
Jess A Rogue has won five of 13 starts, includ- ing last year’s $83,615 Old South Futurity at Delta Downs in just her second career out, as well as the Sparkling Tip and Biscayne Stakes this year.
The filly is one of eight winners from 12 starters foaled by graded stakes placed Miss Jess Rogue. The mare has produced two other stakes winners, includ- ing Heza Fast Rogue, a full brother to Jess A Rogue who has won three stakes in Louisiana.
Chicks Deville (Chicks Regard-La Jolla Sioux) ran second for owner Cesar Marquez Castaneda. Manuel Gutierrez rode the 3-year-old gelding for trainer Janet Loya. Kearl also prepped Time For Jesse Lee (Mr Jesse Lee-Time For Noble), a homebred 4-year- old gelding who ran third, under G.R. Carter Jr. for owner Jim Walker.
Nifty Fury (Furyofthewind-Iza Flyin Eye), This Wagons Okay (PYC Paint Your Wagon-This Candys Okay), Cascade Dynamite (Mountains Majesty-Mary A Millionaire), A Spring Snow (This Snow Is Royal-Lexines Legacy), Llano Cartel (Teller Cartel-Eyesa Lil Cuervo), Micato (Ivory James-Special Crys) & CC Tres (Tres Seis- Shaded In Gray) completed the order of finish.
Lone Star Park $126,250 400 yards :19.655 si 95
Separatist
A Delightful Legacy Okey Dokey Dale
Lone Star Park $125,000 870 yards :45.659 si 95
Game Patriot
First Down Hemp Corona Cartel
Lone Star Park $75,000 350 yards :17.520 si 96
Inseperable SUDDEN SEPARATION, ’11-f.
Okie Dokey Annie
Jet Black Patriot
CR TUCKERNUCK, ’11-g. Fast Prize Corona
Heza Fast Dash JESS A ROGUE, ’12-f.
Heza Fast Man
First Prize Dash Mr Jess Perry
106 SPEEDHORSE, November 2015
Miss Jess Rogue
Annie Montana
Fast First Prie
Easily A Rogue
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