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OCHOA si 99, $1,244,200
Champion Two-Year-Old, Champion Two-Year-Old Gelding
Breeder: John Jones, Jr. Interests, Ltd. Owners: J Bar 7, Monte and
Katsy Cluck, and Doug and
Shavon Benson
Trainer: C. Dwayne “Sleepy”
Gilbreath
Jockeys: Roy Baldillez and Jacky
Martin
2011 Record: 4-3(1)-0(0)-1(1),
$1,244,200, 1st All American Futurity-G1, 3rd Ruidoso Futurity-G1
Trainer C. Dwayne “Sleepy” Gilbreath is
a man of few words, so when he says a horse is as good a horse as he’s ever had, you’d better listen up. It’s high praise from the man who saddled the likes of Refrigerator and this year’s World Champion, Cold Cash 123. Gilbreath said exactly that about Ochoa, who was named Champion Two-Year-Old and Champion Two-Year-Old Gelding after winning the All American Futurity-G1 and finishing third in the Ruidoso Futurity-G1.
“He’s a big, nice gelding that has a lot of run left in him,” said Gilbreath. “Right now, I’ve got to say he’s about as good a horse as I’ve ever had.”
Ochoa wasn’t always so highly-regarded, as he was repurchased for only $25,000 as a yearling by breeder Johnny T.L. Jones.
“You’ve got to be a little lucky in this business. But I knew he was a good colt,” said Jones. “The horse that he was sired by was a little cool at the time, (and he was) out of an unraced mare. I told (wife) Brenda, we prob- ably need to sell him but we’re not just going to give him away. I didn’t even go out there. I said ‘If he doesn’t bring $25,000, bring him home.’ I think if they’d have bid 30, she’d still have come home with him.”
Ochoa is sired by Tres Seis, whose stud career heated up in 2011 with a Champion to his credit. Ochoa is the first starter for his dam, Stolis Fortune, who was purchased pri- vately by Julianna Hawn Holt last fall.
And when Jones’ longtime friends Monte and Katsy Cluck and Doug and Shavon Benson asked to partner on a racehorse, Jones suggested the sorrel colt.
“That’s the first racehorse they’ve ever had, and he won the All American. So it was a lot of fun,” Jones said of his partners.
All told, Ochoa won three of four races in 2011, with one third-place finish. His career earnings stand at $1,244,200.
Ochoa is currently taking a break at Gilbreath’s farm in Brock, Texas, and will be returning as a three-year-old for the rich derby schedule at Ruidoso Downs.
Tres Seis
Sixarun
Our Third Delight
Streakin Six
Chickarun
Reb’s Policy TB
Tiny’s Delight
First Down Dash
Strawberry Silk
Six Fortunes
Splashing Bunny si 98
Easy Six
Miss Assured
Chick’s Deck
Ida Run
New Policy
Yenoh Reb
Tiny Watch
Gay’s Delight
Dash For Cash
First Prize Rose
Beduino TB
Painted Bug
Streakin Six
My Fortune Cookie
Jet Creek si 103
Ester’s Bunny si 88
Easy Jet
Peggy Toro
Little Request TB Assured
Three Chicks Decketta
Top Conference TB Peggy Clabber Khaled
Feu Follet Berseem
Honey Did
Anchor Watch TB Clabber Tiny Rocket Bar TB Miss Ginger Gay
Rocket Wrangler
Find A Buyer TB Gallant Jet
Rose Bug
Romany Royal Jo-Ann-Cat
Shawne Bug
Miss Painted Clown TB Easy Six
Miss Assured Timeto Thinkrich Dee Mount
Jet Deck si 100 Negra Creek Bunny Bid
Esters Little Klu TB
Jet Deck
Lena’s Bar TB
Hijo The Bull TB Prescott Peggy Joe Requested
Little Wichita
Direct Win TB
Sally Rand V
Three Bars TB Chicado V
Top Deck TB
Lady Thomas Wilson Traffic Judge Fiendish
Clabber II
Irene Ahr
Hyperion
Eclair
Fair Trial
Caprifolia Bernborough
Little Priss
He Did
Filomena
Degage
L’Admiralte
Clabber II
Tiny Iny TB
Three Bars
Golden Rocket Palleo Pete
Ginger Gay
Rocket Bar TB Go Galla Go To Market Hide And Seek Jet Deck
Leo Jewel
Lady Bug’s Moon Casco Rose
Grey Sovereign Romany Belle Rejected
Quick Eye
Lady Bug’s Moon Shawne Win
Dead Ahead
Talk About Run Easy Jet
Peggy Toro
Little Request TB Assured Aforethought TB Chronometer Killoqua TB Vancent Dee
Moon Deck si 95 Miss Night Bar si 95 Afton Creek TB Negra Gila
Double Bid si 100 Easter Rose
Big Klu
Little Ester
OCHOA, ‘09 g.
Stoli
Stolis Fortune
Splashing Fortune
42 SPEEDHORSE, February 3, 2012
Ochoa wins the Grade 1 All American Futurity by 1 1/2-lengths at Ruidoso Downs.
Stacy Pigott/Speedhorse