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Baxter Andruss Futurity
CMBOOMSHAKALAKA
by Dillon Hamilton
Odds-on favorite, CM Boom Shakalaka, became a multiple stakes winner with a convincing performance in the $28,350 Baxter Andruss Futurity
at Portland Meadows on Dec. 17.
The bay gelding stepped into the 8-post as rival
L Bar D Razle Dazle joined the gelding in their individual quests for the multiple stakes winner title. CM Boom Shakalaka broke second from the gate and clasped an early head length lead at the first call. His pace and lead did not change much under Luis Gonzalez, but the pair pulled away comfortably down the stretch. They crossed the wire 1-length ahead of the others for the gelding’s second stakes victory. CM Boom Shakalaka covered the 400-yard fast track in :20.073 and earned a 97 speed index.
CM Boom Shakalaka took the $11,340 winner’s share of the purse for owner Randy Dickerson and trainer Nick Lowe. The gelding’s lifetime total spiked at $34,849. His record includes a win in the Emerald Downs Juvenile Challenge and a fifth in the AQHA Juvenile Challenge Championship-G2.
Dickerson bred the gelding out of Mi Fames A Dandy in Washington. The bay mare now has two multiple stakes winners to flaunt, including the 2011 Far West Futurity winner CM Got Overserved.
CM Once Ina Bluemoon (Ivory James-Cool Blue Corona) gave game effort under Javier Matias and placed for owner Randy Dickerson and owner/trainer Nick Lowe. Corona B Gone (Favorite Cartel-Go Girl Gone) gained under Lorenzo Lopez and came
in show for owner Ruben Magallanes and trainer Hector Magallanes. Followed by L Bar D Razle Dazle (Ragazzo-Dash Home Deb), L Bar D Classic Trip (Mr. Nightlinger Tb-Be First Rose), Heza Eagle (One Famous Eagle-Copes Hope), Diva Has It (One Sweet Jess-Jn Sonoma Rose), Bunnys Best Advise (Best Advice-Royal Time Bunny) & Dashing Mystery (Cancino Dash-Austinette). Volt was scratched.
Portland Meadows Fall Derby
PERRYSGETTINDOWN
by Michael Cusortelli
Armando Cervantes rode Perrys Gettin Down to the three-year-old bay gelding’s first stakes victory and his first triple digit speed index in the $19,150 Portland Meadows Fall Derby on Nov. 20.
Perrys Gettin Down was saddled by Hector Magallanes, whose runners swept the top three places in the event.
Perrys Gettin Down races for owners Adrian Gonzalez and Atilano G. Gonzalez, and the gelding covered the 400 yards over a sloppy track in :19.982, earning a lifetime-best 100 speed index. His margin of victory was a nose from L Bar D Bonnie Lee.
Perrys Gettin Down also earned the $7,660 win- ner’s share of the purse and increased his earnings to $26,710.
Perrys Gettin Down qualified to the Portland Meadows Fall Derby during the Nov. 6 trials, win- ning his heat by a nose for the third-fastest qualify- ing spot in the finals.
Raced in California and Oregon, Perrys Gettin Down now has a race record of 16-4(1)-1-2(1). His third place stakes finish came in this year’s Portland Meadows Bonus Challenge.
Perrys Gettin Down was bred in California by Vessels Stallion Farm LLC and Gianni Samaja. The gelding is one of six winners and two stakes winners from 11 starters produced by two-time winner First Down Toll. She ran fourth in the 2005 Governor’s Cup Derby-RG1 and was a finalist in the California Derby Challenge-G3, both at Los Alamitos.
Perrys Gettin Down is a half-brother to 2010 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1 winner One Quick First Down, the top earner of the brood, as well as to a pair of stakes-placed runners, including Three Times The Toll, the third-place finisher in the ’09 Ed Burke Million Futurity-G1.
L Bar D Bonnie Lee (Giorgino-Dash Home Deb) finished second for Hernan Torres. Jose Antonio Figueroa rode the Oregon-bred filly.
Henry Craig (One Sweet Jess-Copa Show Girl) finished third, another neck behind the winner. Eduardo Gutierrez-Sosa rode the sorrel gelding for owner Cedar Creek Tree Farm Ranch and Racing.
CM Partners In Crime (Ivory James-Im Special Star) finished fourth, followed by Win Surfer
(Big Daddy Cartel-She Surfs), L Bar D Genuine Red (Genuine Strawfly-Be First Rose), The Cartel Hawk (Corona Cartel-Hawk Three), Ez Frosty Morn (Heza Fast Dash-Easy Verna) and Absolutely Kool (Stel Corona-Im Willie Kool). Leavin My Lover was scratched.
AQRA Turf Paradise Open F.
COWGIRL N UP
by John Moorehouse
Cowgirl N Up posted the second stakes win of her rookie year, winning the $40,280 AQRA Turf Paradise Open Futurity by daylight on Dec. 10.
Ridden by Jorge Bourdieu, Cowgirl N Up fin- ished the 400-yard stakes final with relative ease in :20.041, which was good for a 90 speed index.
The filly broke well from the 9-post, and established herself as the front runner by the first call. She proceeded to widen the gap from there, crossing the wire first by 1 1/4-lengths.
Cowgirl N Up banked a $20,140 payday that improved the total earnings of the bay filly to $43,184. She has reached the winner’s circle in four of her eight starts to date, including as the fastest qualifier from the Nov. 19 trials to the AQRA Turf Paradise Open Futurity. She also won the Turf Paradise Juvenile Challenge in April.
Matthew Fales trains Cowgirl N Up. Ralph and Carolyn Fales homebred the filly and also owned her dam, New Track Record setter Secret Return. The mare has five stakes wins to her name, all in Arizona, as well as several stakes seconds and thirds. She has produced 100% money earners from eight starters, including West/Southwest Hi-Point 3-Year-Old Gelding Jess A Cowboy, her top earner.
Skinny Kyni (Winners Version-Miss Mischievous) placed second for A & C Racing and Roping. The Tyler Gibbs trainee had Mark Jasso aboard.
Dig Deeper (One Sweet Jess-Halfpast Aheartbreak) and Joseph Belloc Jr., finished third for owner Jesus Torres and trainer Alex Torres-Casas.
Dominate This (Dominyun-Valiant Red Vixen), Haybeautiful (Walk Thru Fire-Chicks Tell), BP Southern Hero (Valiant Hero-BP Shes Southern), Baymax (Favorite Cartel-Getit Together), Acadillac (Azoom-Louisiana Cadillac) and La Reynita Dash (Ivory James-Dashaway Eagle) completed the field. Excessive Dashing was scratched.
Portland Meadows • $28,350 400 yards • :20.073 • si 97
Corona Cartel
Jumping Tac Flash
Carters Cartel
CM BOOM SHAKALAKA, ’15-g.
Dash Ta Fame
Mi Fames A Dandy
Mito Easy Chick
Portland Meadows • $19,150 400 yards • :19.982 • si 101
Streakin La Jolla
Scoopie Fein
PERRYS GETTIN DOWN, ’14-g.
Mr Jess Perry
First Down Toll
First Down Dash Summer Toll
Turf Paradise • $40,280 400 yards • :20.041 • si 90
Texas Icon COWGIRL N UP, ‘15-f.
Corona Cartel
Jennifer Kate
Canth
Secret Return
Secret Orders
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