Page 110 - New Mexico Horse Breeders 2019 Stallion Register

ZIA PARK
by Michael Cusortelli
NM Cup Derby Championship (R)
Song Of Navarone
Sultry Song
Timely Legend
Carmen’s Delight
Carmen’s Glory
Dela’s Delight
BLAZING NAVARONE
Blazing Navarone, a bay son of Song Of Navarone racing for George E. Coleman and trainer Henry Dominguez, registered his fourth career stakes victory in the November 4, $140,000 New Mexico Cup Derby Championship (R) at Zia Park.
Ridden by Ry Eikleberry and sent to post at odds of 13-1, Blazing Navarone went 6 fur- longs in 1:09.34, and the gelding’s margin of victory was a neck from Golden Band. Blazing Navarone banked $84,000 while posting his sixth win in 13 starts.
Blazing Navarone was bred by Lucky Six Inc. The gelding is one of 18 winners from 27 start- ers sired by Song Of Navarone, a Grade 3-placed Kentucky-bred son of the Cox’s Ridge stallion Sultry Song. Raced in three states, including New Mexico and California, from 2006-10, Song Of Navarone earned $757,858 from 21 starts, and his five career stakes wins included the 2007 WinStar Derby at Sunland Park.
Song Of Navarone has sired the earners of more than $1.01 million from five crops. The stallion is owned by Henry Dominguez, and he stands at Lucky Six Farm at Sunland Park, New Mexico.
Blazing Navarone is also one of four win- ners from five starters produced by Carmen’s
Delight, a 15-year-old winning daughter of the Relaunch stallion Carmen’s Glory. The gelding is a half brother to Carmen’s Rocket, a winning Rocket Included gelding who ran third in the 2013 Dine Stakes (R) at SunRay Park.
Blazing Navarone’s fourth dam, the win- ning New Mexico-bred King Of The Castle mare Western Saint, finished second in two stakes in New Mexico during her 2-year-old campaign, including the 1982 Dessie Sawyer Futurity at Albuquerque Downs.
Campaigned exclusively in New Mexico, Blazing Navarone has earned $328,226, of which $211,000 has been pocketed from six starts this year. He won three stakes during the 2017-18 Sunland Park meet, including the 1 1/16-mile, $100,000 New Mexico Breeders’ Derby (R) on March 25.
Blazing Navarone returned a $29 win mutuel and teamed with Golden Band for a $161 ($2) exacta. Rig Time, the 5-2 second choice in the field of 10, ran third to complete a $296 ($1) trifecta.
Indian Jack, Wheredoesthecashgo, 2-1 favorite Flying Rollex, Hollywood Henry, The Great Dome, McOro, and Storm The Beach.
Golden Band is a homebred Quinton’s Gold gelding owned by Dale F. Taylor Racing
LLC. The runner-up in the July 29 Road Runner Handicap (R) at Ruidoso Downs, Golden Band has won three of 10 starts, and the $30,800 runner-up share of the Derby Championship purse pushed his bankroll to $110,117.
Rig Time races for brothers Larry Teague and Harry Teague of Hobbs, New Mexico. A homebred gray or roan son of the Unbridled’s Song stallion Right Rigger, the gelding, who was unraced at 2, has earned $89,150 from nine starts, and his two wins include a 1 3/4-length score in the 5 1/2-furlong, $50,000 Road Runner Handicap (R) for state-bred sophomores at Ruidoso Downs.
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