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RACING NEWS
Brad McKinzie Winter Championship-G1
APOLLITICAL PENCE
by Tracy Gantz
Billed as the rubber match between two truly talented horses, the $144,950 Brad McKinzie Los Alamitos Winter
Championship-G1 on Feb. 19 pitted Empressum against Apollitical Pence. Newly crowned as the 2022 World Champion, Empressum had defeated Apollitical Pence in the 2022 Champion of Champions-G1 after Apollitical Pence had beaten him in the 2022 Robert L. Boniface Los Alamitos Invitational Championship Stakes-G1.
The two each won their respective Winter Championship trials, with Empressum posting the fastest time. Apollitical Pence, owned by Matt and Bendi Dunn’s Dunn Ranch, won the race last year. However, bettors opted for the World Champion, sending 5-year-old Empressum and jockey Rodrigo Vallejo away as the 1-2 favorite
over 7-year-old Apollitical Pence and jockey Armando Cervantes at 7-2.
168 SPEEDHORSE March 2023
Apollitical Pence wins the Brad McKinzie Winter Championship-G1.
Los Alamitos
$144,950 • 400 yards :19.380 • si 101
APOLLITICAL PENCE, ‘16-g.
Bred by: Dunn Ranch/ Womack Cavender Farms
Raced to 7 $1,775,614 37-19(11)-5(3)-7(7)
APOLLITICAL JESS
si 107
Bred by: Juan Alberto Tirado Lizarraga
Raced to 3 • $1,399,831 14-8(2)-4(2)-0
1,222 f., 118 SW • $57,871,091
MR JESS PERRY si 113 Bred by: Jesse Perry Raced to 4 • $687,184 21-12(5)-2(1)-0
1,994 f., 161 SW • $60,731,924
APOLLITICAL TIME si 104 Bred by: Vessels Stallion Farm LLC
Raced to 6 • $904,242 35-14(10)-7(2)-5(4)
13 f., 1 SW • $1,527,555
SEND CITY
Bred by: Womack/Cavender Farms Unraced
11 f., 1 SW • $1,819,206
TRES SEIS si 97
Bred by: Mrs. Gwendolyn Eaves Raced to 3 • $856,901 12-6(1)-3(3)-3(1)
1,748 f., 64 SW • $27,741,044
SEND ME THE CANDY si 97 Bred by: Carl C. Pevehouse Raced to 3 • $135,976 6-3(1)-1-0
37 f., 4 SW • $1,276,772
William Zuazo, Los Alamitos