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Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1
PARTY POLITICS
by Tracy Gantz
Owning a horse with family and friends may be the ultimate way to party at the racetrack. That’s exactly what trainer Juan Aleman got to do
at Los Alamitos on June 19 when Party Politics won the $960,000 Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1 because Aleman owns the gelding with several people in JGA Racing Stables.
“JGA is a family group,” said Aleman. “It’s my dad, my mom—it’s our family. We have a friend who is involved, so it is a little syndicate. What we all do is we all join up and pitch in.”
That paid off handsomely in the Ed Burke Million Futurity, which not only awarded $403,200 in first-place money, but anyone in the group who wagered a few dollars also did well. Party Politics, the 9th-fastest qualifier, went off as the 10-1 sixth choice and paid $23.20 to win.
Ramon Sanchez, the all-time leading Los Alamitos jockey by stakes wins, piloted
RACING NEWS
Los Alamitos
$960,000 • 350 yards :17.611 • si 93
APOLLITICAL JESS
si 107
Bred by: Juan Alberto Tirado Lizarraga
Raced to 3 • $1,399,831 14-8(2)-4(2)-0
1,135 f., 111 SW • $51,075,767
MR JESS PERRY si 113
Bred by: Jesse Perry
Raced to 4 • $687,184 21-12(5)-2(1)-0
1,966 f., 159 SW • $59,955,187
Bred by: J. Garvan Kelly
Raced to 2 $408,950 3-2(1)-1-0
APOLLITICAL TIME si 104 Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm LLC
Raced to 6 • $904,242 35-14(10)-7(2)-5(4)
12 f., 1 SW • $1,527,555
SHANACHEE
si 98
Bred by: E I R E Equine Nursery LLC Raced to 6 • $124,478 32-7(2)-5(2)-3(1)
19 f., 2 SW • $891,637
COUNTRY CHICKS MAN si 110 Bred by: Sparky Mullins Raced to 8 • $736,793 38-13(10)-6(4)-5(4)
472 f., 22 SW • $7,078,534
COURT ETIQUETTE si 93 Bred by: J. Garvan Kelly Raced to 3 • $41,564 14-1-3-3
3 f., 1 SW • $128,928
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Amber Mendez, Los Alamitos
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