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Sam Houston Stakes
LOUISIANA SEIS
by Tracy Gantz
Louisiana Seis has been working his way up to a stakes victory, finally nabbing one in the $20,000 Sam Houston Stakes on May 17.
Favored and with Nestor Duran aboard, Louisiana Seis broke on top in the 350-yard Sam Houston and never gave up the lead. He won by 3/4-length in :17.661, posting a 93 speed index.
Louisiana Seis ran second in the 2018 TQHA Sires’ Cup Derby and 2019 Leverne Perry Memorial Stakes. He began racing in 2017 for Kenneth and Christine Blouch. Jose Espinoza initially trained Louisiana Seis for the Blouches and joined them in ownership the next year. Espinoza now solely owns the gelding, with Santiago Riojas Jr. training him at Sam Houston.
Christine Blouch purchased Louisiana Seis
for $14,000 at the 2016 Texas Quarter Horse Association Yearling Sale from the Haddad Ranch as agent for Richard Arizpe. Arizpe bred Louisiana Seis in Texas out of winner Seis Passes, whose only other starter is stakes-placed Louisiana Hit Man.
Eddie Sanchez piloted DM La Jolla (Hiclass La Jolla-DM Bella Mia) to second for trainer Porfirio Fierro and owner Sergio Jimenez. DM La Jolla won the 2018 TQHA 250 Stakes and Delta Dash Stakes.
Juan Lozano Jr.’s homebred Mystical Jess (Apollitical Jess-Traffic Juana) finished third. Victor Urieta Jr. rode the 4-year-old filly for trainer Josue Ponce. Mystical Jess was coming off a victory in the Miss Houston Stakes.
Completing the field were Serendipity Rocks (Rock Solid Jess-Precious Serendipity), Potus (Toast To Dash-Toole N Round), One Sweet Merlot (One Sweet Jess-Onemoreglassofwine), FM Im A Zatanaz Too (Tempting Dash-Dashingfordestiny), Cali Swaggs (This Cartel Is Cold-Foxie Minnie), Dak (Dominyun-Fleet Elis) and Coronas On The Coast (Special Royal Corona-Coasting Rabbit).
Colors of Houston Paint Juv.-G2
TJ DASH
by John Moorehouse
Make it two races and two wins for two-year-old Paint filly TJ Dash, who added blacktype to her unblemished record in the $24,000 Colors Of
Houston Paint Juvenile-G2 at Sam Houston Race Park on May 6.
The filly debuted in an April 22 maiden at Sam Houston at 250 yards and showed no issues with the slightly greater distance of 300 yards in the Colors of Houston Paint Juvenile. Breaking from the inside starting gate under Jesus Menchaca-Coronado, TJ Dash was bumped early, but still led by a head as she entered the stretch, holding off Cat Dash Wired to win by a neck. TJ Dash finished the race in :16.150, snagging the $14,640 winner’s share of the purse
for owner Zackery Rios and trainer Noe Rios, and increasing her lifetime earnings to $20,640.
Dena Todd bred TJ Dash out of Treasured Judy, a 2000 Paint mare with 13 offspring and 10 starters. TJ Dash becomes the first member of the brood to win a stakes event. Treasured Judy is a decorated competitor in her own right. She compiled an 8-2-0 record in 13 career starts, logging five victories in stakes company – two of them in Grade 1 races – while amassing more than $68,000 in prize money. Treasured Judy was the 2003 World Champion Running Paint Horse, and she holds four additional Champion titles as well.
Cat Dash Wired APHA (CRM Livewire -Quick Cat Dash), the pre-race favorite, finished 2nd under Francisco Calderon for owner Kylene Whiteman
& trainer Juan Gomez. Jalepeno Country APHA (Flight Patterns QH-Lil Bit TX Country) and Ricardo Garza-Cruz finished 3rd for owner/trainer Janessa Muniz. Followed by Call Sign Chaos ApHC (Geneo JJ-Sunshines Willea), Rios Beer Run APHA (Grippage -Chickie Pie QH), C R B Bat APHA (Double Kandu QH-Bat Them Eyes) and Katnip Krazy APHA (Dos Poruno -Skat Kat Kitty). Mona Lisa TLC scratched.
Colors of Texas Paint Mat.-G2
CAT SCRATCH DASH
by John Moorehouse
Winning stakes races continues to be a habit for Cat Scratch Dash. The veteran seven-year-old Paint horse logged his eighth career stakes victory in the $23,500 Colors Of Texas Paint Maturity-G2 at Sam Houston Race Park on May 6.
Juan Diaz Jr. trains Cat Scratch Dash, who showed few signs of rust coming of a 10-month layoff. He broke well from the 6-gate, was running a close second at the first call, then moved into the lead by
a head as he entered the stretch. He crossed the wire 3/4-length in front in a driving finish. Luis Vivanco was aboard as Cat Scratch Dash, an overwhelming favorite, completed the 350-yard trip in :18.288.
Owned by Melissa Dehoyos, Cat Scratch Dash has nine wins in 22 total starts. This latest triumph produced a $14,335 payday, increasing the lifetime bankroll of the horse into six figures at $106,195. Cat Scratch Dash was the 2016 Champion Running Breeding Stock Aged Stallion.
Richard Joneson bred Cat Scratch Dash and
owns his dam, Cat Scratch Fefurr, a 3-time winner and multiple stakes finalist. She has produced 100% money earners from one Paint and five Quarter Horse starters. Cat Scratch Dash is her first stakes winner.
Tres Miracles APHA (View Me Flying QH-Together Again) beat CL Loaded Flash APHA (Cocked An Loaded-Contenders Flash) for second by a neck. Sandra Garnett-Tatom owns Tres Miracles, an Esteban Rubio trainee who had Noe Villatoro aboard. CL Loaded Flash is owned by Charles Leggett, trained by Theodore Alexander, and had Francisco Calderon in the irons.
Wiredup APHA (CRM Livewire-Im Gone Too), VP Send Me Cash APHA (Dos Poruno-Call Her Awesome), VP Awesome Dos APHA (Dos Poruno- Laus Deo) and Big Red Crush APHA (Awesome Chrome-Gotta Grippin Image) rounded out the order of finish.
Sam Houston Race Park • $20,000 350 yards • :17.661 • si 93
Corona Cartel
The Louisiana Cartel
LOUISIANA SEIS, ‘15-g. Seis Passes
The Louisiana Girl Tres Seis
Buena Chick
Sam Houston Race Park • $24,000 300 yards • :16.150
First Down Dash
Down N Dash QH
Tell Her More Judys Lineage
TJ DASH APHA, ‘17-f. Treasured Judy
Tushka Treasure
Sam Houston Race Park • $23,500 350 yards • :18.288
Royal Quick Dash QH
Country Quick Dash
Country Zevi QH
CAT SCRATCH DASH APHA, ‘12-h.
Apollo TB
Cat Scratch Fefurr QH
Beeline Feline
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