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RACING NEWS
New Moon Handicap
WAMBUI
by Tracy Gantz
With four of the five runners in the $15,000 New Moon Stakes at Los Alamitos by the stallion Favorite Cartel, it wasn’t surprising that his offspring put together the Trifecta. His 4-year-old daughter Wambui captured the first stakes of her career in the 330-yard event on April 11.
Favored at 4-5 and ridden by Oscar Andrade Jr., Wambui broke on top. She vied with Fayvorite Chick but always remained in front and posted the victory by a neck in :16.894 for a 90 speed index.
Scott Willoughby trains Wambui for Dr. Ed Allred, who purchased the filly as a yearling from Burns Ranch at the 2018 Los Alamitos Equine Sale for $50,000.
After Wambui’s first 11 starts at two and three, including two wins, Allred and Willoughby turned her out for about eight months. Since coming back, Wambui has won three of four races and finished second in the Denim N Diamonds Handicap-G3.
Steve Burns bred Wambui in California out of his homebred Babe On Fire. Wambui is the mare’s first winner in three starters. Stakes-placed Babe On The Fly, the second dam, has produced eight stakes win- ners, including 2014 Ruidoso Derby-G1 and 2015 All American Gold Cup-G1 winner Rock You and 2015 Golden State Million Futurity-G1 winner Little Talks.
Martha Wells’ homebred Fayvorite Chick (Favorite Cartel-Chicks Tell) finished second under jockey Armando Cervantes for trainer Matthew Fales. The 4-year-old filly also ran second in the 2020 Sgt Pepper Feature Handicap and 2021 Cypress Handicap. Diego Herrera piloted All Prettied Up (Favorite Cartel-Pretty Jet High) to third for and owner Ashley Garcia and trainer Angela Aquino. All Prettied Up won the 2020 California Breeders Debutante Stakes.
Ms Ko (Corona Cartel-Whatta Knockout) finished fourth, followed by Victorioso Dinastia (Favorite Cartel-Forgotten Dynasty).
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