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Super Sound Charge Handicap
DUCK DASH N GO
by Tracy Gantz
Duck Dash N Go took an eight-month break in 2019. Now racing in the name of Lex Fabrizio, Duck Dash N Go has won four times, with two
seconds and a fourth (when bumped from both sides) for her new owner.
Her most recent victory came in the Dec. 15 Super Sound Charge Handicap at Los Alamitos. Monty Arrossa has trained Duck Dash N Go
throughout her career. He put jockey Armando Cervantes up for the 300-yard Super Sound Charge.
As the 2-1 favorite, Duck Dash N Go went to the front immediately and received every call. She had a neck at the top of the stretch and won by that same margin in :15.240 for a 101 speed index.
Duck Dash N Go has now won 16 of 33 lifetime starts and earned $138,674. This was her fifth stakes victory, with her earlier successes including the 2018 Independence Day Handicap-G3. She also set a New Track record winning the Oneida County Fair Futurity.
Duck Dash N Go was an $18,000 purchase at the 2015 Heritage Place Yearling Sale. Bobby Cox bred her in Oklahoma from multiple graded stakes winner Duck Mea Running. Duck Mea Running has produced nine winners in 14 starters, including stakes-placed Makit Snappi and Mea Dominator.
Jesus Ayala rode Rite Quick (Favorite Cartel-Iba Quick Chick) to second for trainer Yanet Rodriguez and owner Alberto Rosiles. Rite Quick was coming off a win and a second in allowance company.
CM Boom Shakalaka (Carters Cartel-Mi Fames A Dandy) finished third for jockey Cesar Franco, trainer Luke Lindsey, and owner Chris Sutton. The gelding has won four stakes.
Completing the field were Eagles Policy (One Dashing Eagle-CC Policy), My Favorite Cartel (Favorite Cartel-Chicks Tell), One Proud Eagle (One Famous Eagle-Guy Chasing), and First Royal Cartel (Favorite Cartel-First Royal Dutchess).
Paul B Ford Memorial
YANQUE
by Tracy Gantz
Martha Wells homebreds finished first and third in the $15,000 Paul B. Ford Memorial Handicap at Los Alamitos on Dec. 1. The 550-yard
distance particularly appealed to Yanque, who as the 1-2 favorite won the event. Chicks Fayvorite, Wells’ other entry, finished third.
With Ruben Lozano aboard, Yanque broke in third and quickly flew to the lead. He increased his advantage throughout to score by 1 1/2-lengths. Yanque completed the distance in a hand-timed :26.600, posting a 118 speed index. The gelding now has a total bankroll of $149,761.
Yanque has started three times at 550 yards, and he also won the Scott Lewis Handicap at that dis- tance. In 2017, he got his first stakes victory in The Plan Handicap. The 4-year-old gelding has placed in four other stakes.
Matthew Fales trains Yanque and Chicks Fayvorite for Wells, who bred both of them in California. Yanque is out of Wells’ homebred graded stakes-placed mare Red Hawk Chick. Wells also campaigned Yanque’s second dam, stakes winner Chicks Tell. Red Hawk Chick has produced six start- ers, all winners, including stakes winners Zendaya and Red Hawk Cartel.
Minor Arana piloted Run Raging Rhino Run (FDD Dynasty-Love That Six) to second for owner Dan Wilson and trainer Felix Gonzalez. Earlier this year, the gelding captured the Turf Paradise Distance Challenge, Wheatland Handicap, and Barbra B Handicap.
Chicks Fayvorite (Favorite Cartel-Chicks Tell) ran third for Wells, Fales, and jockey Jesus Ayala. The 6-year-old gelding has placed in several other stakes throughout his career, and this year he has won twice in allowance company.
CM Once Ina Bluemoon (Ivory James-Cool Blue Corona) finished fourth, followed by A Mere Icon (Texas Icon-A Mere Formality) in fifth.
Snowbound Superstar H. Div. 1
JB GRAY DAWN
by Tracy Gantz
In his first attempt in stakes company, the Quarter Horse JB Gray Dawn defeated one other Quarter Horse and four Thoroughbreds in the first division
of the $15,000 Snowbound Superstar Handicap at Los Alamitos on Dec. 8. JB Gray Dawn has never finished worse than second in four attempts at the Snowbound Superstar distance of 870 yards.
With Ramon Guce in the irons, JB Gray Dawn broke on top and led throughout the race. He extended his lead to 2 1/2-lengths in the stretch, ultimately winning by 2-lengths in :45.116, posting a 95 speed index. The $8,250 winner’s share of the purse boosted his total bankroll to $47,664.
Paul Jones, who also saddled Ballast Point to win the second division of the Snowbound Superstar, trains JB Gray Dawn for owner/breeder James Burgess. JB Gray Dawn had previously won five claiming races, including two at 870 yards.
Burgess bred JB Gray Dawn in Oklahoma from his homebred Thoroughbred mare Skyline Dawn Too, an allowance winner at Fair Meadows. JB Gray Dawn is Skyline Dawn Too’s first winner and starter.
Run Raging Rhino Run (FDD Dynasty-Love That Six) finished second under jockey Minor Arana for owner Dan Wilson and trainer Felix Gonzalez. The gelding had previously won the 2019 Barbra B Handicap, Wheatland Handicap, and Turf Paradise Distance Challenge.
Ridgefield Rocket TB (Stay Thirsty-Adorable Lydia), ridden by Francisco Orduna-Rojas, ran third. Kelly Castaneda trains the gelding and co-owns him with Cunningham Stable. Ridgefield Rocket has spent most of his career in the Thoroughbred claiming ranks, most recently claimed for $6,250 in October.
Completing the field were Sokudo TB (Salute The Sarge-Beauallis), El Koreano TB (City Place- Bridge To Gold), and Hydrostatic TB (Creative Cause-Short Sentence).
Los Alamitos • $15,000 300 yards • :15.240 • si 101
Corona Cartel
Coronas Fast Dash
DUCK DASH N GO, ’14-m.
Dash Fast Girl
Tour De Kas
Duck Mea Running
Delta Duck
Los Alamitos • $15,000
550 yards • :26.600 • Hand Timed • si 118
Favorite Trick TB
Favorite Cartel
YANQUE, ‘15-g.
Red Hawk Chick
Shenoshercorona Hawkinson
Chicks Tell
Los Alamitos • $15,000 870 yards • :45.116 • si 95
Heza Fast Man
Heza Fast Dash
JB GRAY DAWN, ‘16-g.
First Prize Dash
Preachinatthebar
Skyline Dawn Too TB
Skyline Dawn
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