Page 171 - Speedhorse December 2019

Evangeline 550 Handicap
FINANCIAL TOP
by Danny Camp
Financially speaking, first place paid $12,000 to Financial Top for winning the Evangeline Downs 550 Handicap. The stakes was held at on Dec. 14
and carried a total purse of $20,000.
The 5-year-old chestnut gelding broke from
the three-post in third place. Jockey Luis Vivanco showed uncanny awareness, and his mount responded. Vivanco encouraged Financial Top just enough that they ended a head in front at the wire, thus saving his horse to run another day.
Financial Top now has a total bankroll worth $58,910 with the addition of the $12,000 winner’s share. His race record stands at six wins from 20 starts. The gelding is owned by Gerardo Prado and Karla Diaz, and Adrian Huitron is in charge of conditioning. Financial Top was bred in Arizona by H & E Ranch Inc. out of 2-time winner Financial Leverage, who has produced six race age foals. Grade 3 stakes winner Believe Me Irene is the top earner of the brood.
TH Maverick (American Runaway-Shes Jess Special) spotted the winner a length at the break, but came roaring down the lane with steady encour- agement from jockey Ricardo Hernandez Jr. and pocketed second place money for owner Adrian Moreira and trainer Xavier Alonzo. The photo showed Eagle Deluxe (One Famous Eagle-Corona Deluxe) was in third place. He is owned by David Dunn and trained by Heath Taylor. Donell Blake was in the irons. The field finished like this: Favorite Kool Cartel (Favorite Cartel-Rustys Cool Lady) Stone Cold Leader (Brookestone Bay-Sheza Classy Leader), Flash Moonfire (First Moonflash-Required Fire), TDZ Going Nuts (FDD Going Grand- Thequeenhasgonenuts), Racing Kane (Jet Black Patriot-Ms Janas Perry), Jw Losin Control (Strong Hope-EW Comment) & Ellepradas Jumbo Jet (Jet Black Patriot-My Elle Prada TB).
Lone Star P&A Futurity-G1
PHQ APOLLITICAL JESS
by Michael Compton
PHQ Apollitical Jess delivered his second win- ning effort of the season at an opportune time, prevailing in the $39,450 Lone Star Paint and
Appaloosa Futurity-G1 at Lone Star Park on Nov. 8. Ridden by Ricky Ramirez, PHQ Apollitical Jess
vied for command from the start of the 350-yard fixture. In a tough stretch duel, he fought his way to the front approaching the wire to score by a head over race favorite Little Texas and jockey Noe Villatoro. Trained by Dee Keener, PHQ Apollitical Jess covered the distance in :17.783, earning a 92 speed index.
Owned by Paint Horse Queens, PHQ Apollitical Jess, who finished second in his Oct. 26 trial heat, improved his record 9-2(1)-1-1 and the $14,991 winner’s share of the purse increased his earnings to $34,791.
Paint Horse Queens bred PHQ Apollitical Jess out of Champion PHQ Princes Stefani. She ran fourth in the Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Futurity-G1 and was a finalist in the Speedhorse Graham Paint & Appaloosa Derby-G1 and Tulsa State Fair Stakes. PHQ Apollitical Jess is her first foal.
Little Texas (Little PYC-Memories Of Texas) also vied for supremacy throughout and just missed under Noe Villatoro in a determined effort for owner Oswaldo Hernandez and trainer Luz Chavira.
Keener, who saddled the winner, also sent out Catch This Kitty ApHC (Capo De Capi QH-R Ms Kitty) to a third place finish for owner/breeder Jeff Adams.
Babe Wired APHA (CRM Livewire-Biker Babe), Kiss Me Bye ApHC (Ivory James QH-Turnin Tricks), Charlie Rising APHA (CRM Livewire- Rare Wine), Banking On Kool APHA (Kool Wagon QH-Thank The Bank), BG Unleash The Beast ApHC (Takin The Cash-Proudest Prize
QH) and Moonpiebywire APHA (CRM Livewire- Moonpie Marauder) completed the order of finish. Onefastheifer scratched.
B F Phillips Jr Stakes
SERENDIPITY ROCKS
by Michael Compton
Serendipity Rocks made it back-to-back victories and registered his second stakes score with a much-the-best performance in the $25,000 B.F. Phillips Jr. Stakes at Lone Star Park on Nov. 8. With Jose Montoya aboard, Serendipity Rocks had an alert takeoff and ran away from five rivals
in the 400-yard dash. He dueled early with DM La Jolla but put that one away and drew clear to defeat This Is A Deal Too and jockey Francisco Calderon by 1-length at the finish. Trained by Esteban Rubio, Serendipity Rocks received every call and stopped the timer in :19.625 for a 99 speed index.
A homebred for Sarah Huskey, Serendipity Rocks improved his record to 14-7(2)-0-1 and now boasts a bankroll of $134,241. Last year, Serendipity Rocks captured the Sam Houston Derby-G3 and was also
a finalist in the Texas Classic Derby-G1, TQHA Classic and Retama Park Derby.
Huskey bred Seredipity Rocks out of winner Precious Serendipity. She has produced 100% win- ners from 7 starters. Seredipity Rocks is her second stakes winner and top earner.
Runner-up This Is A Deal Too (Dealagame- Lady Lilla) ran a game race, but was second-best for owner/breeder Pete Scarmardo and trainer Leon Bard. The graded stakes winner entered the B.F. Phillips Jr Stakes off three straight stakes plac- ings. The sorrel gelding was victorious in last year’s Lovington Stakes-G2.
DM La Jolla (Hiclass La Jolla-DM Bella Mia) and jockey Jorge Garcia finished third after flashing early speed for owner Sergio Jimenez and trainer Porfirio Fierro. The stakes winner was bred in Texas by Donna Mushinski.
Jax Louisiana Game (The Louisiana Cartel- Thunder Got Game), Dak (Dominyun-Fleet Elis) and Acadillac (Azoom-Louisiana Cadillac) com- pleted the order of finish.
Lone Star Park • $25,000 400 yards • :19.625 • si 99
Mr Jess Perry
Rock Solid Jess
SERENDIPITY ROCKS, ‘15-g.
Behold A Beduino
Precious Serendipity
Rockin The Tetons
Precious Stones
Evangeline Downs • $20,000 550 yards • :27.302 • si 98
Heza Fast Dash FINANCIAL TOP, ’14-g.
Heza Fast Man
First Prize Dash
Mr Jess Perry
Financial Leverage
Lady Dee Vee Em
Lone Star Park • $39,450 350 yards • :17.783 • si 92
Mr Jess Perry
Apollitical Jess QH
Apollitical Time
PHQ APOLLITICAL JESS APHA, ‘17-c
Country Quick Dash
PHQ Princes Stefani APHA
Coronation Time
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