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by Michael Cusortelli • photos by Coady Photography
New Mexico State Fair Juvenile S. (R)
Osbaldo
Jesse James Jr
Shes So Blazin
Strawberryberryfast
Strawflyin Buds
Beduinos Cash
BLAZINBERRYBERRYFAST
Making just her second career
start, Vicente Solis Grajeda’s Blazinberryberryfast broke her maiden in the Sept. 20, $50,000 New Mexico State Fair Juvenile Stakes (R) for state-bred 2-year-olds at Albuquerque Downs.
Blazinberryberryfast defeated Surfz Up by a neck while making her 400-yard trip in :19.795. Jesse Levario rode the bay daughter of Osbaldo for trainer Ivan Tafoya.
Blazinberryberryfast was coming off
of a sixth-place finish in a 400-yard New Mexico State Fair Futurity (RG3) on Aug. 28. The filly was bred by Hubaldo Solis. Her sire, Osbaldo, is a multiple graded stakes winner who earned $456,878 from 43 starts in New Mexico. Osbaldo won five stakes from 2011-17, including the 2011 New Mexican Spring Futurity (RG2) at Sunland Park and New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG3) at SunRay Park.
Osbaldo’s leading runners include 2017 New Mexico Breeders’ Futurity (RG3) runner-up Osbaldo Blue Diamond and ‘18 New Mexico Cup Futurity (RG2) runner- up HS Paul Walker. The stallion is owned
by Hubaldo Solis, and he stands at The Quarter Company in Chamberino, New Mexico.
Blazinberryberryfast is out of Strawberryberryfast, a New Mexico-bred daughter of the Strawfly Special stallion Strawflyin Buds. The filly is a full sister to HS Paul Walker. Blazinberryberryfast traces back to her fourth dam, Topless Dancer,
a winning daughter of the Native Dancer (TB) stallion Texas Dancer (TB) who ran second in the 1976 Texas Futurity at La Bahia Downs and was a finalist in that sea- son’s All American and Rainbow futurities at Ruidoso Downs.
Blazinberryberryfast was sent to post at odds of 7-1 in the full field of 10 and returned a $16.40 win mutuel. The filly earned $30,000 to bring her bankroll to $30,140 from two outs.
CC Moonflash, the 3-1 favorite, finished third, a head behind runner-up Surfz Up. Sweet Zulu, A Flash of Corona, Sonny Surfer, Shakemyseis, Mr Big, Jess Keep a Secret, and Waitanotherdayamanda com- pleted the order of finish.
Surfz Up is a brown daughter of the Corona Cartel stallion Corona Surfer owned by Guadalupe Cortez. An $18,000 yearling purchase at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale, the filly has earned $40,121 from four outs, and she was a finalist in the June 13, 350-yard Mountain Top Futurity (RG2) at Ruidoso Downs.
CC Moonflash races for W.L. and Dee Mooring of Bosque, New Mexico, who pur- chased the First Moonflash filly for $27,000 at last year’s Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale. CC Moonflash has banked $8,850 from five starts.
ALBUQUERQUE DOWNS MEET RECAP
Albuquerque Downs concluded the
main portion of its 2020 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse meet on September 20.
Luis Negron was Albuquerque Downs’ leading Thoroughbred jockey with 22 wins from 129 mounts, 10 more than runners-up J. Martin Bourdieu and Duane Sterling, who each rode the winners of 12 races. Negron also led all jockeys with mount earnings at $414,512.
Justin Evans led all Albuquerque Downs’ Thoroughbred trainers with 23 wins from 76 starters, nine more than runner-up Nancy Summers, who saddled the winners of 14 races from 70 starters. Todd Fincher topped all Albuquerque trainers in starter earnings at $485,161.
Stable H.M.A. was Albuquerque Downs’ leading Thoroughbred owner with seven winners from 22 starters, two more than runner-up John Pinkerton, who won five
races from 12 starters. Stable H. M. A. was also the meet’s leading owner in purse earn- ings at $168,473.
J. Martin Bourdieu led all Albuquerque Downs’ Quarter Horse jockeys with 10 winners from 43 mounts, one more than runner-up Alonso Rivera, who won nine races from 59 mounts. Cody Smith topped all Quarter Horse riders in mount earnings at $284,881.
Ivan Tafoya and Bernard Baca were Albuquerque’s leading Quarter Horse trainers with eight wins each; Tafoya had 54 starters, while Baca started 17 run- ners. Dean Frey was the meet’s leading Quarter Horse trainer in starter earnings at $327,685
The partnership of Ray Madewell
and Davy Madewell led all Albuquerque Downs’ Quarter Horse owners with four winners from four starters. The partnership
of Dean Frey, Downtime Enterprises LLC and Billy G. Smith topped all Albuquerque Quarter Horse owners in purse earnings
at $265,817.
For the second consecutive year, Albuquerque Downs hosted the American Quarter Horse Association’s Bank of America Challenge Championships. Ten stakes races, topped by the 440-yard, $250,000 Bank of America Challenge Championship (G1), were run on October 24. Purses totaling $922,711 were paid to horsemen on this date.
A total of $406,760 was wagered on the 10-race program, of which $39,257 was wagered on track.
The AQHA has announced that the Bank of America Challenge Championships will return to Albuquerque Downs in 2021.
THE DOWNS AT ALBUQUERQUE
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