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Black Gold 440 Championship Futurity-RG3
CAPTAIN FORCE & CLOUD RIDGE
Will Rogers Downs $282,552 • 440 yards :21.956 • si 81
Mr Jess Perry
Captain Courage
Corona Chick
CAPTAIN FORCE, ’15-c.
First Down Dash
Deelish
Such An Easy Effort
Corona Cartel
Carters Cartel
Jumping Tac Flash
CLOUD RIDGE, ’15-g.
This Snow Is Royal
Snow Clouds
Running Cloud
by Danny Camp
Captain Force and Cloud Ridge finished in a dead heat to win the Black
Gold 440 Championship Futurity-RG3 at Will Rogers Downs on Nov. 11.
Captain Force got a decent break from the 5-hole under Edwuin Lujan, while Cloud Ridge broke a bit behind from the 7-hole under Berkley Packer. Cloud Ridge surged late and Captain Force held on, crossing the line exactly even and stopping the clock at :21.956.
This is the first win for
Captain Force since he broke
his maiden in his first out in
June. The $80,527 winner’s
share pushed his earnings to $85,512 and race record to 5-2(1)-0-1. Cloud Ridge also added first place money of $80,527 to his account, which
now totals $163,529. His
race record is 7-5(2)-1-1(1) with a win in the Easy Jet Stakes-RG3 and a third in the Dash For Cash Futurity-G2.
Captain Force is owned by Pedro Andazola and trained by Michel-Valverde Hipolito. Bred in Kentucky by Gentry Farms, the colt
is out of 2-time Champion Deelish. The mare has pro- duced 10 winners & 100% money earners from 18 start- ers. Captain Force becomes her third stakes winner.
Cloud Ridge is owned/ bred by Randy J. Davis and trained by Stacey Capps. The gelding is out of two-time win-
ner Snow Clouds. The mare has produced 100% winners from five starters. Cloud Ridge is her top earner and first stakes winner.
“This is a really nice horse,” said Berkley Packer of Cloud Ridge. “He’s gonna be an even better 3 year old. He is a good gate horse, but he doesn’t leave there very fast and it gets him in trouble. So far, he has been able to overcome that trouble.” Trainer Stacy Capps offered, “This horse will give you a heart attack. You think he’s in trouble, then here he comes. It’s a team effort here and we are looking at the Heritage Place Derby and then maybe Ruidoso.”
Hot Dam Bam A Lam (Captain Courage-Hot Nova) was 3rd under Gonzalo Guiterrez for owner Gene Cox and trainer Donnie Strickland. Followed by DG Tempter (Tempting Dash-DG Miss Daisy), One Sweet Policy (One Sweet Jess-CC Policy), Luke Acey (Furrtreeous-Mea Chick Too), Fast
N Furious 123 (Furyofthewind-Tresor 123), Can You PYC Me (PYC Paint Your Wagon-Last First Kiss) & Ruler Of The Realm (Apollitical Jess-KGB Agent Anna). A Prize Wagon was scratched.
Lazie Too), the fastest qualifier and post-time favorite at 2-1 odds, made a game run for
second place. The filly, who won the FL Lady Bug Stakes at Remington Park back in May, is owned by Gordon Pevehouse, trained by Clinton Crawford, and had Omar Reyes in the irons. The Valiant One (Valiant Hero-Jessa Leaving You), a 15-1 longshot, surprised in third for Darling Farms. The R.L. Robinson trainee had Edwuin Lujan aboard. The remaining order of finish was Express Train No 9 (Freighttrain B-Wildfire Express Two), Peves Candy Man Dan (Cartels Candy Man-Eye On The Candy), Flashy Concho (Valiant Hero-Jess Because I Could), Unconquerable (High Rate Of Return-Fleeting Touch), Ivory Trader (Ivory James-Belle Of Valor), Audi Murphi (Valiant Hero-Jess A Lil Bit More) & Furrget Me Not (Furrtreeous-The Cheetah).
Oklahoma Horsemen’s Association Mystery Futurity-RG3
PAINTED WINE WAGON
by John Moorehouse
Painted Wine Wagon rolled into black
type on Nov. 11 at Will Rogers Downs, winning the $186,892 Oklahoma Horsemen’s
Association Mystery Futurity-RG3.
Owned by Larry Rice and trained by Eddie
D. Willis, the filly led at every call of the 350- yard event. She broke on top from the 9-hole, led by a neck at the first call
and maintained that advantage
both as she went into the stretch and reached the finish line.
Jimmy Brooks was aboard for the trip, which took :17.587 and registered a 94 speed index while running into a 13 mph crosswind.
This marked the third win in seven lifetime starts for Painted Wine Wagon. Making her competitive debut back
in April at Remington Park, the filly made a July trip to Ruidoso, where she qualified
successfully for the Rainbow Futurity-G1, finishing fifth in the finals. From there she went to Will Rogers, where she won her OHA Mystery Futurity trial on Oct. 29 and posted the 3rd-quickest qualifying time.
Flag Ranch, LLC, bred Painted Wine Wagon and owns her dam, stakes placed
winner Mr Perrys Wine, who finished second in the 2008 All American Juvenile at Ruidoso. The mare also competed in five other graded stakes during a career that encompassed five victories in 18 starts.
Seven of Mr Perrys Wine’s 12 foals have made starts, with Painted Wine Wagon becoming the first member of the brood to enter black type.
PV Queen Bee Candy (Cartels Candy Man-Ima
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Will Rogers Downs $186,892 • 350 yards :17.587 • si 94
Corona Cartel
PYC Paint Your Wagon
Dashin Follies
PAINTED WINE WAGON, ‘15-f.
Mr Jess Perry
Mr Perrys Wine
Fine Wines
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