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his task relentlessly and scored by 3/4-length, stopping the timer in :19.478.
“When he came away from there and I saw he had his head out front, it was pretty positive,” said McNelis. “This is the greatest place to run.”
McNelis had also traveled to Los Alamitos to see Scoops Dynasty win his first stakes, the John Deere Los Alamitos Juvenile Challenge last August. Qualifying to the Challenge Championship, Scoops Dynasty finished third in the AQHA Juvenile Challenge-G2 last Oct. 23 at Albuquerque Downs, his only race not at Los Alamitos.
Monty Arrossa trains Scoops Dynasty for the McNelises, and the gelding now has three wins in seven starts. His other victory came in the Jan. 29 trials to the Los Alamitos Winter Derby-G1, in which he also went wire-to-wire for a 2-length victory and the fastest qualifying time to the finals.
McNelis said that he purchased Bye Sweet Girl, the dam of Scoops Dynasty, at the Los Alamitos Equine Sale.
“I’ve heard a lot of people tell me that I should come here and buy horses at this sale, and that’s very true,” he said.
McNelis has bred and owned horses since the early 1970s. He spoke of all the hard work it takes to produce good runners.
“We’ve been fortunate to have some good horses,” he said. “We are starting to get there with our horses. There’s no feeling like it after you spend all the time. You don’t know what’s going to happen in a big race like this one, and then you see this happen.”
The Los Al Winter Derby finished off
an excellent day for McNelis, who said that earlier he learned that they have a full sibling to Scoops Dynasty on the way in a recipient mare. Both Scoops Dynasty and the coming
foal are by FDD Dynasty, a Champion runner and good sire bred, raced, and developed by the Vessels Stallion Farm of the late Scoop Vessels.
Bye Sweet Girl has produced four winners from five starters, including stakes win-
ner Mommas Dynasty and stakes-placeres Rumpled Britches and Reason To Stay In. The McNelises also raced Mommas Dynasty, Rumpled Britches, and Reason To Stay In, though Reason To Stay In was claimed away from them after her stakes placing. One of the McNelises’ current runners is winner My Game Plan, a 3-year-old gelded son by One Sweet Jess and out of Rumpled Britches.
“We like the family a lot,” said McNelis. “I own three of Scoop Dynasty’s sisters, and they are already producing as well.”
Oscar Peinado rode A Pollitical Candy V (Apollitical Jess-Rock Candy SA) to a very
fast-closing second for owner Valeriano Racing Stables LLC and trainer Jaime Gomez. A Pollitical Candy V three starts back ran second in the Evening Snow Handicap.
Corona Yo (Corona Cartel-Harem Carver) ran third under jockey Ruben Lozano for owner S and S Horses and trainer Valentin Zamudio. The colt last year finished second in the PCQHRA Breeders Futurity-G2.
Completing the field were A Famous Ribbon (One Famous Eagle-Fast Prize Ribbon), Eye On The Sky (Favorite Cartel- Eagle On The Fly), Amadeus MV (Power Jam TB-Queen Of Appeals), Jess Being A Friend (Jess Being Valiant-Six Zeroes), Empty Promise (Seperate Interest-Babe On The Fly), Fortunate Corona (Corona Cartel-Matabari), and Daytona 1000 (Corona Cartel-A Reason To Run).
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Ed Burgart presents trophy to co-owner Edward McNelis, jockey Armando Cervantes and trainer Monty Arrossa.
Scoops Dynasty and jockey Armando Cervantes make their way to the winner’s circle.
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