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Zia 870 Championship
DM Nate Dog
by Danny Camp
DM Nate Dog notched his first stakes win in the $50,000 Zia 870 Championship at Ruidoso Downs on July 29.
Under jockey Raul Herrera, the gelding broke from the 1-post. He didn’t go to the front immedi- ately, but he hung in there enough so as not to give up the rail.
The team was on top by the first call and had a clear advantage as they came down the stretch.
Weappear made a late charge, but DM Nate Dog was able to hold off the field and finish a neck in front, stopping the timer in :45.775. That effort earned a 96 speed index.
DM Nate Dog brought home the $30,000 win- ner’s share of the purse for breeder/owner Derrell Riggan and trainer Clifford Lambert, boosting his total lifetime earnings to $111,034.
Riggan bred DM Nate Dog out of 2-time winner Kat Kora. She was fourth in the 2008 New Mexico Juvenile Challenge-G3. Kat Kora has produced 100% winners from four starters, including top earner Everybuddys Talkin, who won the Shue Fly Stakes-RG3 and the Sunburst Stakes-RG3 earlier this year. She is also the dam of 2016 KOFX-FM Radio Handicap-G2 runner-up DM Ada Kat. DM Nate Dog is her second stakes winner.
Weappear TB (Devon Lane-Reappear) and Duane Sterling finished second for owner/trainer Nancy Summers.
Super Quintons (Quinton’s Gold TB-SS Rigamaroll) was third under L. Martinez for owner/ trainer Hermenegildo G. Aldavaz.
Regards Miracle (Chicks Regard-Old Lady Mitchell), Big Spurs (Big Daddy Cartel-Lady Chimes), Tag Yur It (Roll Hennessy Roll-Upside Down), D E Wagons Strawfly (Genuine Strawfly- Wagons Maiden) and Frank N Jesse (Jesse James Jr-Famous Poet) completed the field.
By By JJ Stakes
JeSS verSioNtiNo
by Michael Cusortelli
orona Racing LLC’s Jess Versiontino earned his first stakes victory in the $50,000 By By JJ Stakes at Ruidoso Downs on July 28.
Ridden by Federico Martinez, Jess Versiontino went 400 yards wire-to-wire in :19.836, and his margin of victory was a 1/2-length from Wood Be A Superstar. Gaston Valenzuela prepped the Winners Version colt, who was a $4,000 yearling purchase at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale and has banked $57,640 from five starts, including a second in the New Mexio Breeders’ Futurity-RG3
Jess Versiontino was bred by Dan Newby out
of Cmon Jesses Girl, who ran third in the 2013 Sunburst Stakes for New Mexico-bred sophomore fillies at Sunland Park. She has produced 100% money earners from two starters. Jess Versiontino is her first stakes winner and top earner.
“I saw his momma run, and I liked her,” said owner Missael Orona. “So, for $4,000, I took a shot, and now we’re running with the big boys.”
Jess Versiontino’s second dam, the unraced Corona Caliente mare Hot Baby Indy Suds, produced Hot Indy Chick, the winner of the 2016 Zia Futurity-G1.
Wood Be A Superstar (Woodbridge-Starsmith) finished second under Adrian Ramos for owner Aldai Transport and trainer Blane Wood.
Daddys Wine (Big Daddy Cartel-Fine Wines) finished third for owners David Barrett, Sandra Barrett, J & SM Inc., and Ralph Nix Jr. Justin Shepherd rode the gelding for trainer Fred Danley.
Jessa Whistlin Dixie (First Moonflash-Jess
A Cartel) finished fourth and was followed by Igotmybiggirljeanson (Big Daddy Cartel-Prada N Jeans), Cartel Mister (Big Daddy Cartel-Arbor Mist), Cristobell Fame (Jesse James Jr-Sandys Fame), Jess Shaker Runaway (Jess A Chicks-Runaway Shaker) and Sugar Momma Blue (Big Daddy Cartel-Ms Payment Deferred).
Bobby Dan Crenshaw Mem.
eagleS FirSt Prey
by John Moorehouse
one of only two Quarter Horses entered in the 1,000-yard race, Eagles First Prey rallied to win the $20,000 Bobby Dan Crenshaw Memorial
Stakes at Ruidoso Downs on July 28.
Eagles First Prey broke in fourth from the
5-post, but grabbed the lead in the stretch to defeat Caminetto TB by 1-length while stopping the timer in :53.026 and posting a season-best 93 speed index.
Benito Baca rode the six-year-old One Famous Eagle gelding for owner Michael Martinez and trainer Isaac Martinez.
The Bobby Dan Crenshaw Memorial marked Eagles First Prey’s first-ever start at the 1,000-yard trip as well as his first stakes victory. A $10,000 claimer early in the Ruidoso meet, Eagles First Prey has won five of 29 starts, and the $12,000 winner’s share of the $20,000 purse pushed the gelding’s bankroll to $97,162.
Eagles First Prey was bred by Burnett Ranches LLC out of lightly raced Classy Cashy. Eagles First Prey is one of nine winners from 16 starters and
is a half-brother to Classy Shot Glass, a son of JJ Shot Glass who won four stakes in 2002 includ- ing the 870-yard AQHA Distance Challenge Championship-G1 at Lone Star Park. Eagles First Prey is also a half-brother to Cashy La Jolla, winner of the 2013 La Mariposa Handicap at Albuquerque Downs, as well as to 1999 Remington Park Futurity-G1 runner-up Classy Bully.
Caminetto (Stormy Atlantic-Vassar) and Raul Herrera finished second for owner/trainer Martin Orona Sr. First Place TB (First Samurai-Right Place) finished third under Frank Reyes for owners Richard D. Sedillo & Phyllis Wolfe and trainer Tony Sedillo.
K P Creed TB (Jimmy Creed-Our Year), Jess Excessive (Jess A Chicks-Excessive Victory) and Southern Mojo TB (Hold Me Back-Sizzlin South) completed the order of finish.
Ruidoso Downs • $50,000 870 yards • :45.775 • si 96
Real Runaway
Gonna Ro Sham Bo
DM NATE DOG, ‘13-g. Kat Kora
First By Far
The Trader’s Echo TB Famous Poet
Ruidoso Downs • $50,000 400 yards • :19.836 • si 91
Holland Ease
Winners Version
JESS VERSIONTINO, ‘16-c.
Jesse James Jr
Cmon Jesses Girl
The Jubilee Diamond
Hot Babe Indy Suds
Ruidoso Downs • $20,000 1,000 yards • :53.026 • si 93
Mr Jess Perry
One Famous Eagle
EAGLES FIRST PREY, ‘12-g. Classy Cashy
One Famous Lady Dash For Cash
Special Sound TB
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