Page 104 - New Mexico Horse Breeders 2019 Stallion Register

ZIA PARK
by Michael Cusortelli
NM Classic Cup 870 Championship (R)
Chicks Regard
Chicks Beduino
First Regard
Old Lady Mitchell
Dean Miracle
Speed Buff
REGARDS MIRACLE
Regards Miracle came from slightly off the pace to win the November 4, $140,000 New Mexico Cup 870 Championship (R) at Zia Park.
Racing for owners Joe Dee Brooks, Ted Rushing, Scott Bryant, and Lee Lewis, Regards Miracle covered 870 yards in :45.665 while making just his fourth start at the distance, and his margin of victory was three-quarters of a length from Amsterdams Big Daddy.
Esgar Ramirez rode the 4-year-old Chicks Regard gelding for trainer Mike Joiner.
Regards Miracle was facing New Mexico-bred distance specialists off of his fourth-place finish in the 870-yard, $50,000 Herman Jefferson Stakes (G3) at Zia Park on October 6.
The gelding was bred by Richard Franco, and he was a $60,000 yearling purchase at the 2015 New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs.
Regards Miracle’s sire, Chicks Regard, is a 19-year-old son of the Beduino (TB) stallion Chicks Beduino. Racing between 2001-03, the stallion earned $52,783 from 13 starts, and his six wins included the 2003 Head Pin Handicap at the Sonoma County Fair at Santa Rosa, California.
Chicks Regard has sired the earners
of more than $7.1 million from 12 crops, topped by multiple graded stakes winner A Streak Regard and Ms Regard, and graded stakes winners Regard With Respect and You N How Many More.
The stallion is owned by KH Logax Inc., and he stands for a $2,800 fee at Robert and DelRae Driggers’ Bar Y Equine at Berino, New Mexico.
Regards Miracle is out of Old Lady Mitchell, a winning daughter of champion Dean Miracle. Raced exclusively in New Mexico, the gelding has won four of 14 starts, including two of his four outs at the 870 trip, and the $84,000 winner’s share of the purse from his first stakes victory increased his earn- ings to $153,890, of which $101,684 has been pocketed this season.
How Bout Dat finished third, one length behind Regards Miracle, and was followed by Dark Brook, D E Wagons Strawfly, Tag Yur It, DM Nate Dog, and Desierto Famoso.
Runner-up Amsterdams Big Daddy earned $30,800 for owner Joe Johnson. A 3-year-old gray son of Big Daddy Cartel, the gelding was making just his second start at the 870-yard distance. Amsterdams Big
Daddy has won two of 10 starts and has banked $66,871, and he was a finalist in the July 29, 400-yard Zia Derby (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs.
How Bout Dat races for Leann Archuleta. The 4-year-old son of the Count Corona stallion Coronas Blackdiamond, the sorrel gelding has won two of 17 starts, includ-
ing two of 13 at the 870 distance, and the $14,000 third-place share of the New Mexico Cup 870 Championship purse pushed his earnings to $54,085.
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