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New Mexico Cup Juvenile Stakes (R)
RUN POTION
Story by Michael Cusortelli • Photos by Coady Photography
TF Featured Effort
Feature Mr Jess
Meadow Creeks Effort
Thirty Fourth Street
Dean Miracle
Dash For Davis
Sent to post at odds of 11-1 in a full field of 10 state-bred 2-year-olds, Bauer Farm LLC’s Run Potion broke her maiden in the November 9, $16,000 New Mexico Cup Juvenile Stakes (R) at Zia Park.
Run Potion covered 350 yards in :17.990, and her winning margin was a neck from 19-10 favorite El Chevo. Benito Baca rode the home- bred sorrel filly for trainer Mike Joiner.
Run Potion’s sire, TF Featured Effort,
is an 11-year-old son of the Mr Jess Perry stallion Feature Mr Jess. Raced primarily
in New Mexico from 2011-15, the stallion earned $343,403 from 33 starts, and he won five graded stakes, including the 2013 West Texas Futurity (G2) and and ‘14 KOFX-FM Handicap (G2), both at Sunland Park.
A half brother to 2001 Remington Park Futurity (G1) winner Le Magnifique FG, TF Featured Effort has sired the earners of more than $421,000 from two crops, including 2020 New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Association Stakes (RG2) runner-up Jess Featured Girl. The stallion is owned by a partnership and
stands for a $2,500 fee at The Quarter Company at Chamberino, New Mexico.
Run Potion’s dam, Thirty Fourth Street,
is a winning homebred daughter of champion Dean Miracle. The filly’s second dam, the winning Dash Ta Fame mare Dash For Davis, was a finalist in the ‘96 Sunland Park Fall Futurity (G2).
Run Potion traces back to her third dam, Scouts Melody, a winning Scout Leader (TB) mare who ran second in the 1998 Shue Fly Stakes (R) at Sunland Park. The $9,360 win- ner’s share of the purse from her first win in four starts pushed her bankroll to $12,520.
Fly On Down ran third, three- quarters of a length behind Run Potion, and was followed by FS Maxximillian, Fantastico Dragon, Have Another One, Blazinberryberryfast, Cannelloni, Ember Moon, and Moon Girl On Fire.
A homebred son of the Jesse James Jr stal- lion Osbaldo, El Chevo has earned $19,920 from three starts for his owner, Cervando Molinar. The sorrel gelding has won two
races, including a 350-yard New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG2) trial at Zia Park on October 19.
Fly On Down races for Dalia Aranda, who purchased the gray son of the One Famous Eagle stallion One Handsome Man for $7,000 at last year’s New Mexico- Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs. The colt has earned $44,663 from seven starts, and he was a finalist in the July 26, $353,000 Zia Futurity (RG1).
New Mexico Cup Sophomore Stakes (R)
ZIA PARK
Call Me Corona
Corona Cartel
Beths Beluga
Rewound
Attila’s Storm
Pocketfulofsilver
CALL ME KASH
Leopoldo Hernandez’s Call Me Kash broke sharply from post 7 and sprinted to
a wire-to-wire victory in the November
9, $16,000 New Mexico Cup Sophomore Stakes (R) for state-bred 3-year-old Quarter Horses at Zia Park.
Ridden by Alejandro Medellin, Call Me Kash covered 400 yards in :20.122. Jaime Aldavaz Sr. prepped the gray daughter of Call Me Corona, who’s winning margin was three-quarters of a length from First Neon Moon.
Call Me Kash was bred by 2 Fat Ranch, and she was coming off of a third-place fin- ish in one of four New Mexico Cup Derby (RG2) trials on October 20. The filly’s sire, the winning Corona Cartel stallion Call
Me Corona, earned $25,045 while racing in California and New Mexico from 2003-05, and he was a finalist in the 2004 El Primero del Año Derby (G2) at Los Alamitos.
Call Me Kash is out of Rewound (TB), an unraced 8-year-old daughter of the Forest Wildcat (TB) stallion Attila’s Storm
(TB). The filly traces back to her fifth dam, Kathryn’s Doll, a Kentucky-bred daughter of the Nasrullah stallion Lurullah who was a half-sister to three stakes winner and who won seven stakes from 1967-71, including the 1967 Raton Futurity at La Mesa Park and ‘70 Queen’s Handicap at Ak-Sar-Ben Racetrack in Omaha, Nebraska.
A $10,000 claimer at Albuquerque Downs in 2019, Call Me Kash has won three of 13 races, including two of four at the 400-yard distance, and the $9,360 winner’s share of the purse from her first stakes score bumped her bankroll
to $52,795.
Jess Tequila Talkin ran third, 1 3/4 lengths behind Call Me Kash. Easters Regard, Chick N Pot Pie, Knockout Chick, Stominado, Outta Debt, Jess A Dasher, and Cardonal completed the order of finish.
Runner-up First Neon Moon earned $3,120 for his owner, Victor Lozano. The gray First Moonflash colt has won three of 12 races, including the 400-yard, $100,000
New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Association Stakes (RG2) at Sunland Park on February 15, and he has earned $124,696.
Jess Tequila Talkin is a bay son of Jesse James Jr racing for Gary W. Hartstack of Houston, Texas, who purchased the gelding for $22,000 at the 2018 New Mexico-Bred Sale at Ruidoso Downs. Jess Tequila Talkin has won four of 12 races, and the $1,560 third-place share of the purse pushed his bankroll to $87,579.
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