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RACING NEWS
Remington Park Oklahoma Bred Derby-RG2
EMPRESSUM
by Tracy Gantz
When Steve Holt of Guthrie, Oklahoma, and Jeff Jones of Pembroke, North Carolina, decided to arrange a foal-sharing breeding 14 years ago, they couldn’t have predicted where it would lead. Crazy Down Corona, the result-
ing foal, produced Empressum, who captured
the $355,800 Remington Park Oklahoma-Bred Derby-RG2 on April 17.
“We met at the Ruidoso sale years ago,” said Holt. “I had a really nice Corona Cartel mare who was a stakes mare and out of a really big family that went back to Debonairess.”
Holt’s mare, stakes-winning Crazy About Corona, was out of graded stakes winner Fontana Beaujolais. A daughter of stakes-placed Debonairess, Fontana Beaujolais was a half- sister to the likes of multiple grade 1 winner Fast Debonair.
“I had a chance to sell the mare, but Jeff had this share, and so we foal-shared,” said Holt.
Jones’ share was to First Down Dash, and to
Remington Park
$355,800 • 400 yards :19.625 • si 92
Bred by: Jeff Jones & Steve Holt
Raced to 3 $213,478 9-6(1)-0-0
Bred by: Ginger & Rainy Graham
Raced to 3 • $90,252 16-7(1)-2(1)-2(2)
11 f., 1 SW • $394,653
APOLLITICAL JESS
si 107
Bred by: Juan Alberto Tirado Lizarraga
Raced to 3 • $1,399,831 14-8(2)-4(2)-0
950 f., 82 SW • $38,978,255
MR JESS PERRY si 113 Bred by: Jesse Perry Raced to 4 • $687,184 21-12(5)-2(1)-0
1,914 f., 155 SW • $58,452,881
APOLLITICAL TIME si 104 Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm LLC
Raced to 6 • $904,242 35-14(10)-7(2)-5(4)
11 f., 1 SW • $1,523,868
CRAZY DOWN CORONA
si 96
Bred by: Steve A. Holt Raced to 3 • $73,162 6-2-1-0
8 f., 1 SW • $303,062
FIRST DOWN DASH si 105 Bred by: A F Stanley Jr./B F Phillips Jr.
Raced to 3 • $857,256 15-13(8)-1(1)-0
2,502 f., 258 SW • $89,406,623
CRAZY ABOUT CORONA si 100 Bred by: Ginger & Rainy Graham Raced to 3 • $90,252 16-7(1)-2(1)-2(2)
11 f., 1 SW • $394,653
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Empressum and jockey Rodrigo Vallejo winning the $355,800 Remington Park Oklahoma Derby-RG2.
Dustin Orona Photography
EMPRESSUM, ‘18-g.