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Gentilly Dash Stakes
MeMoryS FAST DASh
by Michael Compton
Memorys Fast Dash made his first start
of the year count, winning the $30,000 Gentilly Dash Stakes Aug. 23 at Fair Grounds
in his stakes debut.
The 5-year-old gelded son of Heza Fast
Dash dueled for the lead from the start of the 250-yard test and held on to defeat Zoomin To Win by a nose to notch the initial stakes score of his career. Ridden by Floriberto Maldonado, Memorys Fast Dash covered
the distance in :12.978 for a speed index of 110 and a new track record. A 9-1 outsider, Memorys Fast Dash earned $18,000 for the win.
Trainer Fructuoso Huitron saddled Memorys Fast Dash for owner Jaime Torres of Cedar Creek, Texas. With the win, Memorys Fast Dash has now won three of five tries at the distance and four of 18 overall for earnings
of $48,137. Prior to the Gentilly Dash, Memorys Fast Dash closed out his 4-year-old season in 2011 with a victory in the claiming ranks at Fair Grounds in September followed by two second-place finishes at Evangeline Downs for trainer Steve Garrison.
Bred by in Louisiana by Talmadge Cook of Denham Springs, Memorys Fast Dash is out of the stakes-placed Holland Ease mare Grab A
Memory. She is a half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Grab Your Glass. In addition to Memorys Fast Dash, Grab A Memory has produced graded stakes winner Toastin To Memory, by Toast To Dash, winner of the 2007 Mardi Gras Futurity-RG2 at Louisiana Downs and graded stakes-placed Grab A Suspect, a daughter of Ausual Suspect.
Second-place fin- isher Zoomin To Win
(Azoom-First Place Winner) was ridden by John Hamilton for trainer Heath Taylor. The 4-year-old filly races for Kimberly and Herman Hogue.
Rumbulling Knight finished a game third, three-quarters of a length behind the runner- up, under jockey Bobby Ransom. Rumbulling Knight (Midnight Knight-Rumbulling Jazz) is owned by Guadalupe Chavira.
Completing the order of finish were
JLS Party Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon- Dancing Tonight), favored Taylors Toastin Papa (Toast To Dash-Tacha La Jolla), Little Eye Opener (Mr Eye Opener-Little Kook Barbie), Two Minute Warnin (Heza Fast Dash-Streakin Alive), Heza Grand Ds Dash (Heza Fast Dash-Mary Snow), Hesa Winner ( Stoli-Apollos Winner), and HCS Oreillie Quickjet (Gros Oreille-Jet Quick Miss).
Fair Grounds $30,000 • 250 yards :12.978 • si 110 • Ntr
Heza Fast Man
Heza Fast Dash
First Prize Dash
MEMORYS FAST DASH, ’07-g.
Holland Ease
Grab A Memory
Up For Grabs
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Faubourg St. John Stakes
CAT FIve STorM
By Michael Compton
Talk about hunch plays. With Tropical Storm Isaac churning toward the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, Aug. 25, Louisiana-bred Cat Five Storm notched her first win of the year in the $30,000 Faubourg St. John Stakes at Fair Grounds. The top 870-yard feature during the Fair Grounds stand, the Faubourg St. John Stakes attracted a competitive group of distance specialists.
Doyles Dashing Star broke sharply and took control early under
John Dearmon. Extending
his advantage to as many as
three lengths into the stretch, Doyles Dashing Star, seeking his second consecutive stakes score, appeared well on his way to his fourth win from five starts at the distance. But Cat Five Storm had other ideas.
After racing in fourth position early, Cat Five Storm inched closer to the
leader around the turn. Swung out from behind runners at the head of the lane by Gilbert Ortiz, Cat Five Storm hit her best stride in the stretch and went on to win by three-quarters of a length. Doyles Dashing Star settled for second, 1 1⁄2 lengths in front of Streakin King Corona in third. The winner covered the distance in :46.459 for owner Teddy Abrams Jr. and trainer Frank Cavazos.
The only mare in the field, Cat Five Storm was bred by Dale R. White Sr.
of Abbeville, Louisiana. Her dam, winner She Wants Cash, has also produced stakes- placed runners Hollywood La Jolla, I Want Cash and We Want Cash.
Cat Five Storm has now won seven of 26 career starts, including four stakes, all of them at 870 yards including a track
record-setting performance at Delta Downs last year. The $18,000 winner’s share of
the purse boosted her earnings to more than $140,000.
Doyles Dashing Star (Heza Fast Dash- Georgia Wildcat) was saddled by Gene Stephens. The 6-year-old mare races for Rachael L. Stephens, lessee. Third-place finisher Streakin King Corona (King Corona- Streakin Pacific), is campaigned by Gene Cox and was saddled by Donnie Strickland.
The top three were followed across the wire by Leading Patriot (Game Patriot-Little Miss Leader -TB), Dirty Boy Friend (Dirty Coup-Go Girl Friend), Dr Drip (First To Shine-High Seas Operator) and Eyeonetheline (Eye Yin You-Bobbie Lou-TB). Heza Dashing Dream (Heza Fast Dash-Celtic Dream-TB) was scratched.
Fair Grounds $30,000 • 870 yards :46.459 • si 90
Meter Me Gone
Panther Mountain
Cash This Runner
CAT FIVE STORM, ’07-m.
Send Cash
She Wants Cash
Princess Rio-TB
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