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Rubio Futurity
BARUCH
by Eduardo Silveyra
Once again, on July 19 at Racetrack “La Guajolota” in Rubio, Chihuahua, Mexico, the 2015 version of Rubio Futurity
was carried out. This past December, 104 yearlings were registered and microchipped with their pertinent information so that in
six months they could present themselves in Mexico’s most competitive and lucrative futu- rity in the north of the country. Racing teams hailed from inside the state of Chihuahua and others from the states of Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas. Not only did they represent the horsemanship of their respective Mexican states, but represented
the breeding of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and California through the yearlings that were purchased at their respective sales. This year, 80 participants returned to La Guajolota racetrack to contend for the crown of the north.
The futurity’s first heat was held May 17 at a distance of 300 yards, where first and second place would both qualify to the second heat that was carried out on June 14. In the second heat, only first place from each race would qualify to the final, eventually with six final- ists, all colts, making their way down the wet track on July 19. Odds favored no one as the qualifying heats saw the elimination of many
of the tournament’s favorites,
and the finals turning into
anybody’s win. The tourna-
ment’s largest team, Cuadra
Santa Rosa, hailing from
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, was
able put two horses in the
final round: El Benito (TLC
Dale) and Baruch (Baruch).
Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua’s
own Cuadra Don Elias was
able to qualify El Dorado
(First Prize Four) and El
Bull (TJ Dine N Dash). El Brujo represented Cuadra Rodeo while El Sonico (Wagon Gone Rogue) Cuadra RC.
The track was wet and humid as the seasonal rains visited Rubio the night before. When the starting gates opened, all six par- ticipants broke without a problem. El Sonico (#3) bolted straight down the center of the track from gate three, never wavering in his speed through the initial 200 yards of the
race. El Benito (#1), El Dorado (#4), and El Bull (#5) ran close behind El Sonico, while the sorrel colt Baruch (#2) trailed behind the lot. However, when the last 50 yards of the heavy track took its toll on El Sonico, Baruch acceler- ated along the outer rail all the way from the
back to the head of the pack, as he did in his qualifying heat, crossing the finish line with a nose in front.
Baruch was bred and consigned in the United States by Bobby D. Cox at the 2014 Heritage Place Yearling sale (Hip 425) and was then purchased by Luis Lozano Gonzalez for a sum of $8,700 (U.S.) for current owner Victor de La Garza. With 1st
place came an entrance fee prize of $1,000,000 pesos ($62,500 U.S. approximately) plus
the auction purse prize of $2,300,000 pesos ($143,750 U.S. approximately), thus the
total $3.3 million pesos ($206,025 U.S.) was awarded to Baruch and Cuadra Santa Rosa. He was led by jockey Leonardo “El Pelon” Morales and saddled by trainer Arnulfo Guajardo Jr.
Owner Victor de La Garza commented after the race,“He looked well before the race, he looked superior to me. If I was to describe his condition, it’s as if he was going to the All American. We didn’t change anything prior. And, he demonstrated that confidence as he came from the back to the front like he did in
La Guajolota Racetrack 300 yards
Mr Jess Perry
Dominyun
Runaway Dee Dee
BARUCH, ‘13-c.
Royal Shake Em
Scraw Barie Shake
Kelsey Bug
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Two of the Marin Ornelas brothers present the Speedhorse blanket to Victor de la Garza, the owner of Baruch
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Eduardo Silveyra