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brown gelding went wire-to-wire under Ed Walton
for owner Milena Kwiecien, trainer Jason Pasco and breeder Stone Chase Stables LLC. Carneros covered the distance in :6.770, breaking the previous record
of :6.784 set in 2012 at Remington Park by Jakes Charming Jody. 2016 sorrel gelding Ballast Point (Favorite Cartel-Fall For It, Separatist) set a 1,000-yard New Track Record at Los Alamitos in his first start of 2021 on Jan. 2. Ballast Point covered the distance wire- to-wire, winning the $18,000 allowance by 7-lengths in :51.676 to break the previous record of :51.700
set in April of 2020. Ballast Point, who was bred by Steve D. Burns DVM, is owned by Paul C. Jones and Thompson Racing Inc., trained by Jones and was ridden by Ramon Guce. Ballast Point previously won the 2019 & 2020 Snowbound Superstar Stakes and the 2020 Trick Or Treat Handicap.
NEWS BRIEFS
Donalda Cochrane Passes Away
Donalda Cochrane passed awayonDec.7attheageof
80 after a battle with cancer.
The Canadian horsewoman
discovered horses as a
youngster and spent her days
as a breeder, owner and trainer
of Quarter Horses. She was
the owner of 38 winners and 7
stakes winners with earnings of more than $868,000, including top earner Pow Wow Lane ($191,453); the breeder of 54 winners and 7 stakes winners with over $860,000 in earnings, including top earner Fast Fifty ($115,654); and she was the trainer of over $600,000 with 78 wins, including four in 2020. Donalda
was proceeded in death by her husband Earl and is survived by many family members and friends.
Judi Green Passes Away
Judith Rae “Judi” Green passed away Jan. 5 at the age of 80. Judi graduated from high school in Kennewick, Washington,
and in 1958 was named Miss
Rodeo Washington State. In
1962, she helped her father
start SunDowns Race Track in
Kennewick, and in 1963 she
received her Bachelor of Science
in Elementary Education and also married Peter Green. She received her Masters of Bilingual Studies from Texas Women’s University in 1990 and retired in 2003 after 38 years of teaching. Judi was the trainer of several AQHA Youth Champions, was a judge for the AQHA from 1975-1985, and was the breeder, trainer and owner of racehorses with over $1 million in earnings. Green is survived by son Chris and daughter-in-law Shelley, as well as many other family members and friends.
Racy Casanova Dies
Racy Casanova (Stel Corona-Miss Racy Eyes, Mr
Eye Opener) died Jan. 29. Owned by Movin On Partnership, the 2012 gray stallion won three races,
was a finalist in the Skip Zimmerman Memorial, and qualified to the Heritage Place Futurity-G1 and Texas Classic Futurity-G1. He earned $64,981 before moving to the stallion barn where he became a stakes sire of 100% money earners from his first crop to race in 2020. Racy Casanova had been standing at Newman Equine in Wyoming.
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