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RACING NEWS
NM Cl. Cup 870 Champ.-RG3
MOONFLASH CAT
by Michael Cusortelli
Sent to post at odds of 9-1 in a full field of eight state-bred distance specialists and making his first start against stakes company, Mario A. Ortega’s Moonflash Cat scored a 2 3/4-length win in the $30,000 New Mexico Cup 870 Championship at Zia Park on Nov. 9.
Moonflash Cat was out on top, briefly dropped to third, and then moved into the lead, covering 870 yards in :45.097 under jockey Frank Reyes. Sherry Armstrong trained the gelding, who earned a 105 speed index and pocketed the $17,640 winner’s share of the purse.
Moonflash Cat was bred by Dosi and Norma Alvarez, and he was coming off of a 3 1/2-length vic- tory as the 13-10 favorite in an 870-yard non-win- ners-of-two allowance race at Zia Park on Oct. 14.
Raced exclusively in New Mexico, Moonflash Cat has won three of 18 outs, including two of nine at the 870-yard distance, and he has banked $71,775, of which $62,062 has been earned at the 870 trip.
The gelding is out of Domeinitchy TB, an unraced homebred who has produced 100% money earners from nine starters. Moonflash Cat is her third stakes winner.
Why Buy The Cow (Heza Motor Scooter- Southwest Treasure) was 2nd for owner Carroll
A. Durbin. The winner of last year’s New Mexico Cup 870 Championship, the gelding was ridden by Enrique Gomez for trainer Simon Buechler. Rod James (Jesse James Jr-Lady Rubina) ran 3rd under Mauro Salcedo for owner/trainer Alvaro Hinojos. Dan The Flashman (First Moonflash-Domeinitchy), Dramatic Eclipse (Choovie Do Dash-Dramatic Colors), Regards Miracle (Chicks Regard-Old Lady Mitchell), odds-on favorite Wascallywittlewabbit (Heza Motor Scooter-Rabbits N Diamonds) and Al Siete D Copas (Winners Version-Oflee Wicked) completed the order of finish. .
New Mexico Classic Distaff
FAMOUS JULIA
by Michael Compton
Famous Julia ran her current win streak to three and joined the rank of stakes winners with a front-running score in the $27,000 New Mexico
Classic Distaff at Zia Park on Nov. 9.
Piloted by Alejandro Medellin, Famous Julia
wasted no time getting a leg up on her competition. She darted to the front at the break of the 350-yard dash and lengthened her advantage through the
lane. She won as she pleased, crossing the wire 1 1/4-lengths in front of her nearest pursuer, runner-up Hollywoodcrown. Famous Julia stopped the timer in :17.603, earning a 97 speed index.
Owned by Bertha Irigoyen and trained by Rene Saucedo, Famous Julia improved her record to 25-7(1)-0-2 and the $15,720 winner’s share of the purse increased her lifetime bankroll to $92,301. She has
won four of five starts in 2020, including her last three straight at three different tracks, having won at Ruidoso Downs, The Downs at Albuquerque, and Zia Park.
Urbano Cervantes bred Famous Julia out of lightly raced Julia James. The mare has produced 100% money earners from three starters.
Sergio Becerra Jr. guided multiple graded stakes- placed Hollywoodcrown (Heza Motor Scooter- Hollywood Gone TB) to a second place finish for Fred Danley who owns, trains, and bred the 5-year- old mare. Race favorite Diamond And A Half (First Moonflash-Cuz Shes Famous) and jockey Benito Baca overcame a bobble at the break to finish third for owner Antonio Gomez and trainer Jorge Hernandez.
Wahene Version (Winners Version-Wahene Kai), Frost Dalena (Chicks Regard-Forced To Win), Woodys Copy Cat (Woodbridge-Fast Copy Miss), Sixie
Won (Ketel Won-Shelbys Twiggy), Direct Deposit
FS (Winners Version-Eye Drink Alone), Chicks
Baby Suds (Jess A Chicks-Hot Babe Indy Suds), and Quemados Royal Moon (First Moonflash-A Royal Lead) completed the order of finish. .
New Mexico Classic Juvenile
RUN POTION
by John Moorehouse
Run Potion dashed to her first career win and her first victory in stakes company simultaneously, going gate to wire in the $16,000 New Mexico
Classic Juvenile held Nov. 9 at Zia Park.
A two-year-old filly home-bred by Bauer Farm LLC, Run Potion entered black type in her fourth
career out. She has raced exclusively in New Mexico to date.
This marked her debut in stakes company, and she made the most of it. The filly broke on top
from the inside starting gate, grabbed a 1/2-length advantage by the time she reached the first call, and never surrendered the lead. She remained in front
by a 1/2-length going into the stretch, then held off post-time favorite El Chevo during the final yards to prevail by a neck.
Michael Joiner trains Run Potion, who finished the 350-yard race in :17.990 and registered an 86 speed index. Benito Baca was aboard for the stakes win, which produced a $9,360 payday that roughly quadrupled the filly’s bankroll to $12,520.
Bauer Farm bred Run Potion out of winner Thirty Fourth Street. The mare has produced 100% money earners from 8 starters, including four stakes winners.
El Chevo (Osbaldo-Now I Know I Can TB), finished second for Cervando Molinar. The Osman Iturralde trainee had Omar Itturalde in the irons. Fly On Down (One Handsome Man-Never The Same) hit the board in third place for owner Dalia Aranda and trainer Tony Sedillo. Alfredo Sigala did the riding.
FS Maxximillian (Maxximuss-Pubsblazinfilly), Fantastico Dragon (Zulu Dragon-Jess Lookin), Have Another One (Jesse James Jr-Wish You Had One To), Blazinberryberryfast (Osbaldo-Strawberryberryfast), Cannelloni (Jess a Chicks-Machi Moon), Ember Moon (First Moonflash-Episode of Fire) and Moon Girl On Fire (Moonifisant-Shes Walking On Fire) completed the finishing order. .
Zia Park • $30,000
870 yards • :45.097 • si 105
First To Flash
First Moonflash
Nagano Moon Dome
MOONFLASH CAT, ‘16-g. Domeinitchy TB
Perfect Present
Zia Park • $27,000
350 yards • :17.603 • si 97
Dash Ta Fame
Dash For Famous
FAMOUS JULIA, ‘15-m. Julia James
Born To This Land Jesse James Jr Maggies Miracle LX
RUN POTION, ‘18-f.
Meadow Creeks Effort
Dean Miracle
Zia Park • $16,000
350 yards • :17.990 • si 86
Feature Mr Jess
TF Featured Effort
Thirty Fourth Street
Dash For Davis
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