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                 RACING NEWS
Lou Wooten/Sydney Valentini Handicap-RG2
CAT DADDYS LIL GIRL
by John Moorehouse
Returning to her home state led to a return to the winner’s circle for Cat Daddys Lil Girl. The six-year-old mare went wire-to-wire in the
$100,000 Lou Wooten and Sydney Valentini Handicap, held Jan. 15 at Sunland Park.
Jimmy Negrete and Jimmy Vasquez home- bred the mare, who reached the winner’s circle for the 10th time in her career and banked a $60,000 payday that sent her lifetime earnings past the half-million milestone to $554,408. This marked her fifth win in stakes company, including the past two runnings of this event, which was exclusively for New Mexico-bred fillies and mares.
Cat Daddys Lil Girl bounced back nicely from an eighth-place run in the Champion of Champions-G1 at Los Alamitos last December.
“Getting back with the girls and away from the boys sure didn’t hurt anything. She ran big,” trainer Wesley Giles said. “She ran good in California, she just couldn’t quite hang with
 Sunland Park
$100,000 • 400 yards :19.367 • si 102
       BIG DADDY CARTEL
si 94
Bred by: Sunflower Supply Co. Raced to 2 • $121,800 5-3-0-0
646 f., 20 SW • $12,045,857
CORONA CARTEL si 97
Bred by: Robert D. Etchandy Raced to 3 • $557,142 14-6(3)-3-0
2,053 f., 184 SW • $66,163,597
   Bred by: Jimmy Negrete & Jimmy Vasquez
Raced to 6 $554,408 23-10(5)-6(5)-2(1)
MISS RACY EYES si 98 Bred by: S K T Farms Inc. Raced to 4 • $133,195 15-3(1)-3-1(1)
21 f., 1 SW • $470,265
   GIRLONTHEGO
si 96
Bred by: Terrence M. Lane Raced to 2 • $174,146 6-3(1)-0-2
7 f., 2 SW • $969,044
MAN ON THE MOVE si 94 Bred by: Suzann M. Marney Raced to 4 • $206,369 10-3(1)-3-0
61 f., 1 SW • $421,530
    DEVONS WISH si 91
Bred by: Nannette or Terry Lane Raced to 3 • $8,691
13-1-0-1
13 f., 1 SW • $385,235
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Cat Daddys Lil Girl winning the Lou Wooten and Sydney Valentini Handicap RG2 at Sunland Park.
Coady Photography
CAT DADDYS LIL GIRL, ‘16-m.































































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