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First Down Dash Handicap
KATIES EASY MOVES
by Tracy Gantz
Katies Easy Moves had a rough time in his first two Los Alamitos starts of 2017, but things went his way in the First Down Dash Handicap on Dec.
9, and he responded with a splendid effort. Ridden by Cesar DeAlba, Katies Easy Moves
popped out of the 4-gate on top and never relin- quished the lead. Chicks Fayvorite tried to rally late in the 400 yards, but Katies Easy Moves defeated him by 1/2-length in :19.777. The winner’s share pushed the geldings earnings to $89,460 with a race record of 23-12(3)-2(2)-4(2).
Monty Arrossa trains Katies Easy Moves for O-So Smart LLC. In 2016 at Los Alamitos, Katies Easy Moves ran second in two stakes. When trained by Jessica Hadley, the gelding set two New Track Records at 330 and 350 yards and won the 2015 Bitterroot Juvenile Consolation and 2016 Western States Breeders’ Derby.
In his two previous 2017 Los Alamitos starts, Katies Easy Moves finished 4th behind World Champion Heza Dasha Fire in the Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship-G1. Katies Easy Moves then was bumped in the Z. Wayne Griffin Directors Trials and finished 5th.
Walter Finder bred Katies Easy Moves in Utah from lightly raced Katie Lane Finder. She has produced 100% earners from six starters, includ- ing Grade 1 finalist Movin Lannie. Two-time New Track Record Setter Katies Easy Moves is her top earner and first stakes winner.
Martha Wells’ homebred Chicks Fayvorite (Favorite Cartel-Chicks Tell) ran second under Jesus Ayala for trainer Paul Jones. Celina Molina’s homebred Viento Negro (First Moonflash-Coup Of Corona) finished third. Carlos Huerta was up for trainer Juan Aleman.
Jess Paint Your Lips (Jess Louisiana Blue-Paint Your Lips) finished fourth, with Unclaimed Dividend (A Mere Chocolate-Chavela Magic) fifth.
Golden State Juvenile Stakes
SPLENDID CAUSE
by Tracy Gantz
Splendid Cause has been making her way west, having begun at Remington Park in her native Oklahoma, where she broke her maiden. She then started once at Ruidoso Downs and has scored in her first stakes at Los Alamitos.
Third in an allowance race and second in
her Oct. 22 trial for the Golden State Million Futurity-G1 at Los Alamitos, Splendid Cause came away first in the Nov. 5 Golden State Juvenile Stakes. Second early under jockey Carlos Huerta, she put on a strong finish to win by a half-length in :20.050 for 400 yards.
Juan Aleman trains Splendid Cause for J. Garvan Kelly, Nancy Yearsley, and J. Lloyd Yother, all three partners in breeding the filly. The $16,500 winner’s share pushed the filly’s earnings to $29,434.
Splendid Cause is out of graded stakes winner Answer The Dream, and the second dam, Three Dee Dreams, won the Huntington Beach Stakes. Answer The Dream has produced 10 winners in 15 starters, including stakes winner Empty Arms and stakes- placed/top earner Jess Envision.
The Cartel Runner (Corona Cartel-A Reason
To Run) ran second for owners Mike Abraham and David and Ross Hinkins. G.J. Rangel rode her for trainer Jose Flores.
Paulo Otavio Freire Macedo’s homebred King Of Appeals MV (Tres Seis-Queen Of Appeals) finished third with Jesus Ayala up. Paul Jones trains the colt.
Completing the field were Walk It Man (Walk Thru Fire-Attack The Cartel), Perfect Az Can Be (Texas Icon-Jess Perfect Girl), Snedeker (Favorite Cartel-Sables Sixty Six), Headed For Utah (Walk Thru Fire-Kingman Kin), Dont Foose With Me (Foose-Queenly Walk), One Sweet Barbie (One Sweet Jess-Runaway D L T) & Rhemy Marko (Hawkish-Gimme Back Mybullets).
Los Alamitos Juvenile Invit.
A POLITICAL LADY
by Michael Cusortelli
APolitical Lady, a homebred owned by Parsons Ranch of Sanger, California, parlayed a sharp break from her rail post position into a victory in the $30,000 Los Alamitos Juvenile Invitational on Dec. 17.
Ridden by Cody Jensen for trainer Chris O’Dell, A Political Lady was out on the lead and had a 1/2-length margin at the first call. Twenty One Gunz was coming up strong on the outside, but A Political Lady held on and defeated the gelding by
a nose in :20.289. The filly returned a $5.40 win mutuel as the 17-10 favorite in a field of eight two year olds.
Raced exclusively in California, A Political Lady has now won two of nine starts, and the $16,500 winner’s share of the purse from her first stakes win increased her total bankroll to $134,907.
A Political Lady’s two-year-old resume includes a third place finish in the $939,000 Golden State Million Futurity-G1 on Nov. 5.
A Political Lady was coming off of a second- place finish, 1 1/4-lengths behind Matilda Czech, in her Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity-G1 trial on Nov. 26.
A Political Lady is one of three winners from four starters produced by Another Wise Lady.
The mare is a three-time race winner and stakes placed in the Go Josie Go Handicap and California Breeders’ Freshman Stakes. The mare has produced 100% money/ROM earners from four starters. A Political Lady becomes the second stakes winner
of the brood and is a half-sister to Thrice Wise, who won the ’15 John Deere Los Alamitos Juvenile Challenge Stakes.
Link Newcomb’s Twenty One Gunz (First Moonflash-Jess Charming) was ridden by Carlos Huerta for trainer Juan Aleman. The gelding is still searching for his maiden victory.
La Rusa (Walk Thru Fire-Corona Fria) ran third. G. Jairo Rangel rode the filly for owner Howard Nichols and trainer Jose Flores. The filly is stakes placed in the California Breeders’ Freshman Fillies Stakes and was a finalist in the PCQHRA Breeders’ Futurity-G1.
King Of Appeals MV (Tres Seis-Queen Of Appeals), Go Cash Stevie B (Dashair-LDS Good Goin Gracie), My Favorite Cartel (Favorite Cartel- Chicks Tell), Sweet 16 (PYC Paint Your Wagon- Fovee), and Just Walk By (Walk Thru Fire-Babe On The Fly) completed the order of finish. McFarland USA & Ray Donovan were scratched.
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First Down Dash Militia
Lanes Leinster
Maknmoves KATIES EASY MOVES, ’13-g.
Katie Lane Finder
Current Kate
Los Alamitos $30,000 400 yards :20.050 si 85
Mr Jess Perry
Apollitical Time
Tres Seis
Answer The Dream
Apollitical Jess
SPLENDID CAUSE ’15-f.
Three Dee Dreams
Los Alamitos $30,000 400 yards : 20.289
Mr Jess Perry
Apollitical Time
First Down Dash
Apollitical Jess
A POLITICAL LADY, ’15-f.
Another Wise Lady
Awise Lady
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