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The gelding was bred by longtime breed- ers Donna McPherson and Mike Abraham. His dam, the Walk Thru Fire mare Episode Of Fire, qualified to the 2010 All American Futurity-G1 but was scratched out of the $1.9-million final.
Flashin Fire’s second dam, the Bold Episode mare Last Episode, won the 1992 Longhorn Futurity at Manor Downs and
El Reno Stakes at Remington Park. A 1990 foal, Last Episode produced 7 winners, including Heza Bold Man, a 1/2-brother to Episode Of Fire who won the 1998 Manor Downs Futurity-G1 and 1999 Heritage Place Derby-G1 and was a finalist in that season’s Grade 1 All American and Texas Classic derbies. Last Episode also foaled A Special Episode, a 1/2-sister to Episode Of Fire who was a finalist in the 1996 Kansas Futurity-G1 at Trinity Meadows and produced Grade
1 winner and 2002 Champion 2-Year-Old Gelding Eye Opening Episode. Flashin
Fire traces back to his fourth dam, Sooner Kitarive, a daughter of the Go Man Go stal- lion Kitaman and winner of the 1977 Boomer Sooner Futurity at Blue Ribbon Downs.
Flashin Fire was claimed by Guzman from Jimmy Vasquez and Scott Branson.
Guzman is a longtime racing Quarter Horse owner whose top runners include 2049 All American Futurity winner Mr Jess Jenkins, that he co-owned with Rito Sosa, 2020 All American Futurity-G1 runner-up Instygator and Grade 1 winners Eye Work For You and JLS Dashn And Zoomn. In his first start
for his new connections on the Fourth of July, Flashin Fire was placed fifth after a troubled trip in a 300-yard $9,700 maiden- special-weight dash for New Mexico-breds at Ruidoso Downs.
All told, Flashin Fire has won two of four outs and has banked $138,549, of which $138,209 has been earned since the claim.
The 10th-fastest qualifier, Cowboy Zulu (Zulu Dragon-First Cowgirl Flash) pock- eted the $57,565 runner-up share of the
Zia Futurity purse to bring his earnings to $67,285 from four races for owners Chuck Sonnenberg and Fred Danley, who also trained the homebred chestnut gelding. Noe Garcia Jr. rode Cowboy Zulu.
Third-fastest qualifier Daddys Mony (Big Daddy Cartel-Jenna James) finished third, 3/4-length behind Flashin Fire, and earned $31,980 for owners Julie A. Schoenhofer
and Maricela Vasquez. A $34,500 yearling
purchase at last year’s New Mexico-Bred Sale, the sorrel filly is a full sister to 2019 New Mexican Spring Futurity-RG1 winner and Zia Futurity-RG1 finalist Honky Tonk Daddy. Adrian Ramos rode Daddys Mony for trainer Albert Valles.
Wine Dont Lie (Big Daddy Cartel-Fine Wines), Azara (A Royal Jess-Camelia), Long Pour (Big Daddy Cartel-White Wine Glass), Renika (Big Daddy Cartel-Woodys Allstar), Tickle The Nickel (Big Daddy Cartel-Penny Snatchin), and Jess Ring The Bell (Jess A Chicks-First Tinkerbell) completed the official order of finish following a stewards’ inquiry which resulted in Jess Ring The Bell being disqualified from fourth and placed last for drifting in early. Fifth-fastest qualifier First Feature was listed by the Equibase chart as a trainer scratch.
Contested annually at Ruidoso Downs since 1991, the Zia Futurity is the track’s richest race for New Mexico-bred Quarter Horses and is the featured stakes during the track’s annual two-day Zia Festival. Past win- ners include AQHA Champions Now I Know (1995) and Handsome Jack Flash (2013). The 400-yard stakes record of :19.24 was estab- lished by Arealstraitheart in 2005.
Flashin Fire’s connections include owner Jose Guzmon, trainer Santos Carrizales Jr. and jockey Juan Pulido.
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