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RACING NEWS
The Championship at Sunland Park-G1
INSTYGATOR
by Danny Camp
Instygator has run 12 races in his lifetime and he has finished first, second or third in all
of them. And, he has won eight of those races
against some of the fastest horses in the business. His latest win was in The Championship at Sunland Park, a Grade 1 event at 440-yards hosted by Sunland Park on Jan. 2 that carried a total purse worth $350,000.
The 4-year-old brown gelding stepped away from the number four post carrying Juan Pulido. They broke in second behind Empressum, but within a couple of strides they took command.
At the first call they were a half length to the good and they finished a neck in front, stopping the clock at :21.313.
The gelded son of Ivory James earned a 105 speed index and a first place check worth $182,000. That ups his lifetime earnings to $1,450,239. His team includes owner Barboza Racing Corp. and trainer Santos Carrizales Jr.
Sunland Park
$350,000 • 440 yards :21.313 • si 105
IVORY JAMES
si 103
Bred by: Michael A Pohl Raced to 3 • $220,026 11-5-2(1)-0
1,271 f., 52 SW • $20,167,507
CORONA CARTEL si 97
Bred by: Robert D. Etchandy Raced to 3 • $557,142 14-6(3)-3-0
2,052 f., 184 SW • $66,157,246
Bred by: Bobby D. Cox
Raced to 4 $1,450,239 12-8(2)-3(3)-1(1)
DASHIN FOLLIES
Bred by: Henry E. Brown Raced to 2 • $ 475 3-0-0-0
38 f., 3 SW • $1,692,191
EYE POPPING
si 95
Bred by: Bobby D. Cox Raced to 4 • $34,069 16-2-2(1)-3(1)
13 f., 3 SW • $2,174,892
MR EYE OPENER si 106
Bred by: Joe Kirk Fulton
Raced to 3 • $202,978 15-9(2)-1(1)-4(1)
2,030 f., 96 SW • $28,309,798
SHES JESS SPECIAL si 105 Bred by: Randel Brown Raced to 3 • $104,955 12-5(1)-2(1)-2(1)
26 f., 4 SW • $650,222
174 SPEEDHORSE January 2022
Jockey Juan Pulido guides Instygator to a neck victory in the $350,000 The Championship at Sunland Park-G1.
Coady Photography
INSTYGATOR, ‘18-g.