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AQHA Challenge Championship Weekend
AQHA Awards Recognition Concepts Distaff Chal. Champ.-G1
PREYN ONTHE MOUNTAIN
By Michael Compton
Preyn On the Mountain didn’t need any luck or help from above in the $106,500 AQHA Awards Recognition Concepts Distaff Challenge Championship-G1
at Albuquerque Downs on
Oct. 26, riding a clean trip to
the winner’s circle.
The 4-year-old daughter
of Ivory James broke sharply
under Jimmy Brooks and raced
in third position early in the 400-yard dash. She engaged
the leaders in the lane, grabbed
a narrow advantage approach-
ing the finish and surged clear
to win by 1/2-length at odds of
11-1. Racing for Eddie Willis,
the winner stopped the timer
in :19.626, earning a 91 speed index.
In winning the second stakes of her career, Preyn On the Mountain improved her record to 10-4(2)-4-0 and increased
her bankroll to $114,265 for owner Stetson Hurlbert. In her previous start, she captured
the ARC Will Rogers Downs Distaff Challenge at Will Rogers Downs.
Dr. Steve Hurlbert bred Preyn Onthe Mountain out of unraced
Prey. She has a produced three winners from four start- ers. Preyn Onthe Mountain is her first stakes winner.
Finishing second
was another longshot in Weetonas Lafawn (Valiant Hero-First Prize Fancy), piloted by Juan Pulido. Sent off at odds of 19-1, the 4-year-old filly races for Cavenaugh Quarter Horses and was trying to make it back-to-back stake
scores after winning the Prairie Meadows Distaff Challenge-G3. Trained by Clinton Crawford, Weetonas Lafawn was bred in Oklahoma by Weetona Stanley.
LJ Moonrise (Separatist-Risen Eagle) and jockey Francisco Calderon flashed speed early
and held third for owner P & J Racing LTD and trainer Leon Bard. The 3-year-old filly, bred in Texas by Elizabeth Vance, was also seeking a second straight stakes win after win- ning the Lone Star Distaff Challenge.
Curls Happy Wagon (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Eye A Spit Curl Girl), the odds- favorite, Favorite Bling (Favorite Cartel- Spring Bling), Yashira Vista (BRZ) (One Famous Eagle-Strawberry Cartel), True Copy (TR Dasher-Realistically), Love To
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The Polar Vortex (Carters Cartel-Signs Zoomer) and DF Apollitical Sign (Apollitical Jess-Stolin Sign) completed the
order of finish.
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162 SPEEDHORSE, November 2019
Downs At Albuquerque $106,500 • 400 yards :19.625 • si 91
Corona Cartel
Ivory James
Dashin Follies
PREYN ONTHE MOUNTAIN, ’15-f.
Panther Mountain
Prey
Careless Bunny
above: Preyn Onthe Mountain’s winning connections.
left: Trainer Eddie Willis and jockey Jimmy Brooks. right: Jimmy Brooks with Preyn Onthe Mountain.
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